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Post Mortem / [0.9.5a|UV|Sc|YAAM] Couldn't win UV with my fav Tech/SoG, so went for H/Sniper..
« on: November 25, 2020, 16:51 »
After I wiped my player data, I have to get to at least Corporal.
90% of my runs are non-angelic Tech on UV, and don't yield any new badges.
So, I tried something else. Suddenly, I won.
Building a Sniper was a challenge in a close-quarter maps, before I got to Toxic Caves. There, I found an ENV Helmet, and with its Darkvision and Heat Vision I never had to worry that there's something behind the next door! It's really awesome.
The armor I found there also had a great synergy with Sniper (don't remember what it was), but I decided to keep my better protected Combat armor.
7.62 sniper rifle is not that bad, when a Sniper extends its range. The ammo is abundant like dirt, you can open doors from a distance with it, and I was also lucky to kick an ADV2 variant out of some Exalted. I even dumped my .44 PAB rifle, though I did have 100 shots for it – I just found that I never switched to it. So I got a rocket launcher instead, to have more variety in my toolbox - for example, to smoke enemies out from behind corners.
Except for Toxic Caves, all good stuff I found was not from special levels or vaults, but was dropped by Exalteds. Well, I did get a couple of modpacks from vaults, but nothing Sniper specific.
Movement speed really helps. I need to remember to stick more A-mods on armor, even instead of a P-mod.
90% of my runs are non-angelic Tech on UV, and don't yield any new badges.
So, I tried something else. Suddenly, I won.
Building a Sniper was a challenge in a close-quarter maps, before I got to Toxic Caves. There, I found an ENV Helmet, and with its Darkvision and Heat Vision I never had to worry that there's something behind the next door! It's really awesome.
The armor I found there also had a great synergy with Sniper (don't remember what it was), but I decided to keep my better protected Combat armor.
7.62 sniper rifle is not that bad, when a Sniper extends its range. The ammo is abundant like dirt, you can open doors from a distance with it, and I was also lucky to kick an ADV2 variant out of some Exalted. I even dumped my .44 PAB rifle, though I did have 100 shots for it – I just found that I never switched to it. So I got a rocket launcher instead, to have more variety in my toolbox - for example, to smoke enemies out from behind corners.
Except for Toxic Caves, all good stuff I found was not from special levels or vaults, but was dropped by Exalteds. Well, I did get a couple of modpacks from vaults, but nothing Sniper specific.
Movement speed really helps. I need to remember to stick more A-mods on armor, even instead of a P-mod.
Flynn Taggart, level 15 Scout, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 19895 turns.
The run time was 3h 20m 36s.
He scored 5436 points.
He liked it HARD!
CALLISTO L4 - Volatile Storage
CALLISTO L4 -> Callisto Docking Bay
Callisto Docking Bay - cleared
EUROPA L2 -> Asterius Habitat L1
Asterius Habitat L2 -> Asterius Breach
Asterius Breach - cleared
IO L3 - Low Power
IO L4 -> Noxious Hollow
Noxious Hollow - cleared
BEYOND L2 - Exalted Summons
BEYOND L2 -> Limbo
Limbo - cleared
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Explorer Ribbon (+50)
* Visited all encountered special levels
Conqueror Ribbon (+100)
* Completed all encountered special levels
JoviSec Silver Badge
* Win a game
JoviSec Gold Badge
* Win a game on at least HARD
CRI Bronze Badge
* Win any game with 100% kills
CRI Silver Badge
* Win a MEDIUM or higher game with 100% kills
He killed 474 out of 474 enemies.
40 archreavers
6 plasma ravagers
3 exalted ravagers
33 fiends
10 exalted fiends
17 turrets
21 rocket turrets
2 military sentrys
2 former CRI guards
1 former CRI grunt
13 security sentrys
1 exalted reaver
14 CalSec bots
7 former CRI soldiers
1 Summoner
5 corrupted sergeants
3 exalted kerbeross
26 ravagers
9 former soldiers
8 combat drones
5 former guards
7 siege ravagers
24 fire fiends
1 former heavy
7 exalted soldiers
3 former sergeants
22 CRI marines
5 corrupted heavys
10 cryobeross
1 guardian bot
4 hellish soldiers
2 former CRI commandos
1 hellish heavy
14 corrupted soldiers
15 ice fiends
20 toxic reavers
13 former grunts
2 hellish commandos
18 armored ravagers
2 former CRI sergeants
11 CRI bots
5 reavers
7 corrupted commandos
11 security drones
2 cybeross
10 cryoreavers
1 kerberos
18 CalSec sentrys
8 former commandos
10 security bots
Traits
Hellrunner L2
Juggler
Pinpoint L2
Gun hoarder
Eagle Eye
Deadly precision
Dodgemaster
Whizkid L2
SNIPER L3
Trait order
PP->PP->EE->DPr->Hr->MSN->GHo->Hr->
MSN->Dm->Whk->MSN->Whk->Jug
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV2 7.62 sniper rifle PA
* Deadly 4
* Precise
* Critical 30
* Fresh Mag 5
Slot #2 : rocket launcher
Slot #3 : AV1 hyperblaster
* Precise
* Spin-up
Body : AV2 combat armor PA
* Powered
* Auto-med 3
* Durable
* Compartments
Head : ENV helmet B
* Durable
* Heatvision 6
* Darkvision
* Sealed
* Fireproof
* Heated
Utility : AV3 utility AMP
* Auto-med 10
* Improved stealth
* Metabolic boost
Inventory
energy cell (x100)
rocket (x10)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x64)
gas grenade (x2)
krak grenade (x1)
frag grenade (x2)
CRI phase kit (x3)
multitool (x1)
stimpack (x3)
small medkit (x3)
large medkit
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Post Mortem / [0.9.3b|H|AoLt|Te|YAAM]
« on: September 16, 2020, 00:24 »
I built a Sharpshooter. I don't know how people play melee in JH.
Europa was really tough because I was stupid enough to only have a SMG of 9mm weapons. Surely, I lacked ammo BADLY, had to use a random rifle on each level.
I had a .44 SMG that I thought would take me out of dire situations! Well, it wasn't so good.
At Refueling Base, I thought that's the end, b/c by the end of it I only had the ammo for a 7.62 rifle - everything else was out of ammo. I also ate all three of my medpacks.
But I made it through, and got a Backpack - that was the only useful loot there.
Just what an Ao-not-so-LT needs.
Somehow I managed to make it to Io, where I happily grabbed a plasma pistol, and lived happily ever since.
Funny screenshot with exalted blessing attached.
Europa was really tough because I was stupid enough to only have a SMG of 9mm weapons. Surely, I lacked ammo BADLY, had to use a random rifle on each level.
I had a .44 SMG that I thought would take me out of dire situations! Well, it wasn't so good.
At Refueling Base, I thought that's the end, b/c by the end of it I only had the ammo for a 7.62 rifle - everything else was out of ammo. I also ate all three of my medpacks.
But I made it through, and got a Backpack - that was the only useful loot there.
Just what an Ao-not-so-LT needs.
Somehow I managed to make it to Io, where I happily grabbed a plasma pistol, and lived happily ever since.
Funny screenshot with exalted blessing attached.
Flynn Taggart, level 15 Technician, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 12714 turns.
The run time was 2h 31m 7s.
He scored 5080 points.
He liked it HARD!
He was an Angel of Light Travel!
CALLISTO L5 - Infestation
EUROPA L3 - Low Power
EUROPA L4 -> Refueling Base
Refueling Base - cleared
IO L4 -> Io Warehouse
Io Warehouse - cleared
IO L5 - Low Power
BEYOND L2 -> Limbo
Limbo - cleared
BEYOND L3 - Exalted Curse
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
JoviSec Silver Badge
* Win a game
JoviSec Gold Badge
* Win a game on at least HARD
CRI Bronze Badge
* Win any game with 100% kills
CRI Silver Badge
* Win a MEDIUM or higher game with 100% kills
Lightfoot Bronze Badge
* Reach Io on Angel of Light Travel
Lightfoot Silver Badge
* Complete Angel of Light Travel
Lightfoot Gold Badge
* Complete Angel of Light Travel on Hard
He killed 439 out of 439 enemies.
38 archreavers
38 fiends
6 exalted ravagers
3 plasma ravagers
18 exalted fiends
13 rocket turrets
16 turrets
3 security sentrys
4 former CRI grunts
4 CalSec bots
10 exalted reavers
3 former CRI soldiers
1 Summoner
3 exalted kerbeross
3 corrupted sergeants
43 ravagers
2 combat drones
5 former soldiers
17 former guards
1 former heavy
53 fire fiends
8 siege ravagers
10 former sergeants
4 exalted soldiers
4 cryobeross
2 corrupted heavys
19 CRI marines
1 guardian bot
3 hellish heavys
2 former CRI commandos
8 corrupted soldiers
2 former CRI heavys
2 hellish commandos
4 former grunts
6 toxic reavers
3 former CRI sergeants
12 armored ravagers
8 CRI bots
24 reavers
4 corrupted commandos
3 cybeross
6 security drones
5 cryoreavers
2 kerbeross
8 former commandos
9 CalSec sentrys
3 toxibeross
2 security bots
Traits
Son of a Gun L2
Whizkid L1
Hacker L2
Hunker down
Juggernaut L2
Remote Hack
Headshot
Incoming!
SHARPSHOOTER L3
Trait order
SoG->SoG->Hsh->Hak->Whk->MSS->Hak->RHa->
MSS->HDw->Inc->MSS->Jgn->Jgn
Equipment
Slot #1 : CRI plasma pistol P2B
Slot #2 : JS .44 revolver BA
Slot #3 : AV1 energy pistol V
Slot #4 : AV1 rocket launcher
Body : AV3 combat armor PA
Head : AV1 combat headset A
Utility : CRI backpack
Inventory
energy cell (x93)
.44 ammo (x50)
CRI phase kit (x1)
multitool (x5)
stimpack (x3)
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General Discussion / Sticky situation
« on: September 16, 2020, 00:12 »
I was lucky to have a phase kit.
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General Discussion / CRI stuff is supposed to be premium, no?
« on: September 16, 2020, 00:11 »
Now, this...
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Bug Reports / Re: Plurals in mortem
« on: August 19, 2020, 12:49 »
Shouldn't be that hard. Gettext is pretty awesome and easy to use.
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Bug Reports / Re: Broken (disposed?) strings again on a broken turret
« on: August 19, 2020, 00:07 »
I think it only happens when you target a tile. When you stand on the same tile, the string is OK.
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Bug Reports / Plurals in mortem
« on: August 19, 2020, 00:05 »
"heavys".
"sentrys".
And the best one: "cybeross".
"sentrys".
And the best one: "cybeross".
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Post Mortem / [0.9.2c|H|AoSh|Te|YAAM]
« on: August 19, 2020, 00:05 »
I decided to try shotguns for a change. Felix on Steam forums is so fond of pistols, that I became curious - is everything else worse?
Well, not exactly.
I won on my first run. Only in the middle of it I found out how awesome Smoke Screen is with shotguns - you can shoot and they cannot. And shotguns DON'T MISS.
Did I say my visor had Heatvision, so I could see the enemies even in my smoke?
To have a way to deal with bots, I took my favorite secondary specialization - Remote Hack, and proceeded to Wizard.
I ditched the 3 EMP grenades I got in the beginning on Io 1, in favor of some energy cells for a new shiny shotty.
Summoning bots was unnecessary. Especially given how dumb they are (I submitted multiple bug reports).
Sometimes I forgot to spend my extra Energy and take bots with me to the elevator, but this didn't matter. It wouldn't even if I didn't summon them at all. All I needed is a free Smoke Screen, then shotgun everything in range, repeat.
I walked through the Limbo without a scratch.
"Vampiric 1" on the 1st shotgun made medkits mostly unnecessary as well.
In the ammo stations, I only produces krak grenades. Ended up bombing the Summoner with grenades (it took 5 of them, still had 3)... with a little help of the 4 bots that I spent my energy on. Still, you see how much spare stuff I had.
Time to switch to UW.
Well, not exactly.
I won on my first run. Only in the middle of it I found out how awesome Smoke Screen is with shotguns - you can shoot and they cannot. And shotguns DON'T MISS.
Did I say my visor had Heatvision, so I could see the enemies even in my smoke?
To have a way to deal with bots, I took my favorite secondary specialization - Remote Hack, and proceeded to Wizard.
I ditched the 3 EMP grenades I got in the beginning on Io 1, in favor of some energy cells for a new shiny shotty.
Summoning bots was unnecessary. Especially given how dumb they are (I submitted multiple bug reports).
Sometimes I forgot to spend my extra Energy and take bots with me to the elevator, but this didn't matter. It wouldn't even if I didn't summon them at all. All I needed is a free Smoke Screen, then shotgun everything in range, repeat.
I walked through the Limbo without a scratch.
"Vampiric 1" on the 1st shotgun made medkits mostly unnecessary as well.
In the ammo stations, I only produces krak grenades. Ended up bombing the Summoner with grenades (it took 5 of them, still had 3)... with a little help of the 4 bots that I spent my energy on. Still, you see how much spare stuff I had.
Time to switch to UW.
Flynn Taggart, level 15 Technician, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 17179 turns.
The run time was 3h 5m 41s.
He scored 5908 points.
He liked it HARD!
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
CALLISTO L2 -> Callisto Mines L1
Callisto Mines L3 -> Callisto Anomaly
Callisto Anomaly - cleared
EUROPA L4 -> Refueling Base
Refueling Base - cleared
Refueling Base - cleared
IO L2 -> Io Black Site L1
Io Black Site L2 -> Black Site Vaults
Black Site Vaults - cleared
Black Site Vaults - cleared
Black Site Vaults - cleared
Black Site Vaults - cleared
BEYOND L2 -> Limbo
Limbo - cleared
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
CRI Star (bronze cluster) (+25)
* 25+ kills without taking damage
Explorer Ribbon (+50)
* Visited all encountered special levels
Conqueror Ribbon (+100)
* Completed all encountered special levels
Shottyman Bronze Badge
* Reach Io on Angel of Shotgunnery
Shottyman Silver Badge
* Complete Angel of Shotgunnery (AoSh)
Shottyman Gold Badge
* Complete AoSh on Hard
He killed 452 out of 452 enemies.
62 archreavers
9 plasma ravagers
35 fiends
18 exalted fiends
9 military bots
18 turrets
9 rocket turrets
4 military sentrys
1 former CRI grunt
17 security sentrys
3 exalted reavers
5 CalSec bots
1 former CRI soldier
1 Summoner
2 corrupted sergeants
9 exalted kerbeross
42 ravagers
13 former soldiers
6 combat drones
8 former guards
10 siege ravagers
42 fire fiends
3 former heavys
6 exalted soldiers
16 former sergeants
13 CRI marines
1 corrupted heavy
6 cryobeross
2 hellish soldiers
2 former CRI commandos
3 hellish heavys
2 military drones
20 corrupted soldiers
2 toxic reavers
7 former grunts
4 hellish commandos
10 armored ravagers
3 former CRI sergeants
13 CRI bots
11 reavers
5 corrupted commandos
8 security drones
2 cybeross
12 cryoreavers
3 kerbeross
6 CalSec sentrys
5 former commandos
3 security bots
4 toxibeross
Traits
Skilled L2
Powerjack
Juggler
Hacker L2
Hunker down
Juggernaut L2
Shottyman
Remote Hack
WIZARD L3
Trait order
Jug->Shm->Hak->Hak->RHa->Skl->MWZ->Skl->
MWZ->Jgn->Jgn->MWZ->Pow->HDw
Equipment
Slot #1 : AV2 12ga auto-shotgun A
Slot #2 : AV2 12ga shotgun BA
Slot #3 : CRI plasma shotgun PBA
Body : AV2 combat armor PB
Head : AV3 combat headset B
Utility : CRI shotgun damage amp
Inventory
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x93)
12ga shell (x46)
krak grenade (x3)
CRI phase kit (x2)
small medkit (x3)
small medkit (x3)
large medkit
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Post Mortem / [0.9.2c|H|AoMr|Te|YAAM]
« on: August 16, 2020, 15:44 »
Starting from Io, it was like walk in a park. I one-shot mostly anything that I encountered with a revolver (if I felt pressured) or a 7.62 sidearm.
The only thing I was a tiny bit short on were multitools/armors.
I only had to use Smoke Screen three times: once when I opened a door to meet two exalted (I thought so?) Ravagers, one time to take out 4 turrets that you face at the same time in Black Site Vaults, and one other time. I mostly used energy for Dismantle, BECAUSE I HATE TO DROP MY GOOD STUFF! :D
Interestingly, I didn't have enough keycards to open one door in Black Site Vaults. Is it because I used one to disable CalSec?
I remember Kornel mentioned that there should be enough keycards to open everything. Did this mean "everything on a single chosen level"?
I'm quite sure I have cleared and searched every single level.
The only thing I was a tiny bit short on were multitools/armors.
I only had to use Smoke Screen three times: once when I opened a door to meet two exalted (I thought so?) Ravagers, one time to take out 4 turrets that you face at the same time in Black Site Vaults, and one other time. I mostly used energy for Dismantle, BECAUSE I HATE TO DROP MY GOOD STUFF! :D
Interestingly, I didn't have enough keycards to open one door in Black Site Vaults. Is it because I used one to disable CalSec?
I remember Kornel mentioned that there should be enough keycards to open everything. Did this mean "everything on a single chosen level"?
I'm quite sure I have cleared and searched every single level.
Flynn Taggart, level 15 Technician, defeated
The Summoner against all odds.
He survived for 18370 turns.
The run time was 3h 4m 39s.
He scored 5395 points.
He liked it HARD!
He was an Angel of Marksmanship!
CALLISTO L3 -> Mimir Habitat L1
Mimir Habitat L2 -> CalSec Central
CalSec Central - cleared
EUROPA L2 -> Conamara Chaos Biolabs L1
Conamara Chaos Biolabs L2 -> Containment Area
Containment Area - cleared
IO L2 -> Io Black Site L1
Io Black Site L2 -> Black Site Vaults
Black Site Vaults - cleared
BEYOND L2 -> Limbo
Limbo - cleared
Awards
Medal of Prejudice (+200)
* Won with 100% kills
Explorer Ribbon (+50)
* Visited all encountered special levels
Conqueror Ribbon (+100)
* Completed all encountered special levels
JoviSec Silver Badge
* Win a game
JoviSec Gold Badge
* Win a game on at least HARD
CRI Bronze Badge
* Win any game with 100% kills
CRI Silver Badge
* Win a MEDIUM or higher game with 100% kills
Marksman Bronze Badge
* Reach Io on Angel of Marksmanship
Marksman Silver Badge
* Complete Angel of Marksmanship (AoMr)
Marksman Gold Badge
* Complete AoMr on Hard
He killed 466 out of 466 enemies.
46 archreavers
29 fiends
9 plasma ravagers
18 rocket turrets
30 turrets
2 military sentrys
5 security sentrys
1 former CRI grunt
3 CalSec bots
4 exalted reavers
3 former CRI soldiers
2 corrupted guards
1 Summoner
5 exalted kerbeross
2 corrupted sergeants
47 ravagers
2 combat drones
11 former soldiers
18 former guards
2 former heavys
38 fire fiends
4 siege ravagers
6 former sergeants
2 exalted soldiers
7 cryobeross
2 corrupted heavys
12 CRI marines
6 hellish soldiers
1 military drone
2 hellish heavys
2 former CRI commandos
14 corrupted soldiers
1 former CRI heavy
13 former grunts
10 toxic reavers
4 former CRI sergeants
15 armored ravagers
8 CRI bots
18 reavers
6 corrupted commandos
6 cybeross
8 security drones
16 cryoreavers
7 kerbeross
11 former commandos
21 CalSec sentrys
1 toxiberos
2 security bots
Traits
Juggler
Packrat L1
Son of a Gun L2
Whizkid L1
Hacker L1
Hunker down
Juggernaut L2
Headshot
Incoming!
SHARPSHOOTER L3
Trait order
SoG->SoG->Hsh->Whk->HDw->MSS->Inc->Jgn->
MSS->Jgn->Hak->MSS->Jug->Pak
Equipment
Slot #1 : CRI plasma pistol PBE
Slot #2 : AV3 7.62 sidearm A
Slot #3 : AV3 .44 revolver PA
Body : combat armor BA
Head : AV2 combat visor A
Utility : CRI pistol power control
Inventory
energy cell (x100)
energy cell (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x100)
7.62 ammo (x67)
.44 ammo (x50)
.44 ammo (x46)
krak grenade (x1)
CRI phase kit (x1)
stimpack (x2)
small medkit (x3)
small medkit (x2)
large medkit
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Bug Reports / Broken (disposed?) strings again on a broken turret
« on: August 07, 2020, 17:04 »
Broken turret and energy cell title in targeting mode, after I destroyed the turret.
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Bug Reports / Tech can see through walls if they are in his smoke!
« on: June 25, 2020, 00:43 »
Is this a feature or a bug?
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Bug Reports / Bad string pointer?
« on: June 25, 2020, 00:43 »
I don't remember how I did this, but this happened when I had a bunch of bots, after a heated battle.
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Discussion / Re: Some maybe contrarian opinions on master traits
« on: June 16, 2020, 23:50 »
I like the analysis. It's well-structured.
I almost never played melee, so cannot speak of it, but I cannot see a statement I would immediately disagree with.
I also like the idea of optimizing for early game, because this is what people get first impression from. JH design should take this idea into account as well.
I almost never played melee, so cannot speak of it, but I cannot see a statement I would immediately disagree with.
I also like the idea of optimizing for early game, because this is what people get first impression from. JH design should take this idea into account as well.
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Bug Reports / Graphic glitch: pipe connected to nowhere
« on: June 16, 2020, 11:27 »
Here's a pipe in a pit that is supposed to go into a wall.
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Forum / I think I see what's the problem with Honeypot
« on: May 30, 2020, 20:44 »
Periodically, when I try to post, Honeypot will reject the post because my cookie is too old (older than 3 days, I think?)
But the login form has an option to log in for a longer time. This effectively doesn't work, because forum thinks you're logged in, and Honeypot overrules it.
Can we either change Honeypot setting or remove the login option to log in for more than 3 days?
It's irritating as hell to try to post or to login and see "Please clear your computer of malware first".
But the login form has an option to log in for a longer time. This effectively doesn't work, because forum thinks you're logged in, and Honeypot overrules it.
Can we either change Honeypot setting or remove the login option to log in for more than 3 days?
It's irritating as hell to try to post or to login and see "Please clear your computer of malware first".