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Okay, could I get a spoiler-free, early-game summary of how the heck I should handle BTs? I'm right at the beginning of episode 2, and all three encounters I've had feel really random- standing still seems to get me instantly noticed, moving gets me noticed, crouching gets me noticed. Scanning almost doesn't seem worth it, since the time it takes to stand still and ping usually means I get spotted. The only thing I've found kinda-sorta works is holding my breath, duck walking 30 feet away, catching my breath (and hoping like heck I didn't stop next to a BT), then repeating until I'm out of range. Is that *really* how I'm supposed to handle it early game?
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Do they actually have vision? I think a lot of my disorientation comes from genuinely not understanding their behavior- like, should 100% of my thing be built around sound management, or should I be treating them like explicit MGS guards with vision cones and ears?
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Jul 15, 2020 09:39
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Out of curiosity, how did you guys handle the chapter 2 mission where you have to go to the port, and pass through a long rocky area full of BTs? That was astonishingly frustrating- I was super-weighted down by cargo, most of it was necessary, and it felt like terrain didn't really play a role- I tried once sneaking straight through and once being all tricky with climbing ropes and ladders around the edge of the level, and ran into about the same number of enemies both times.
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Jul 16, 2020 03:30
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WaltherFeng posted:I packed the motorcycle full of Hematic Grenades and drove very slowly up the hill. And stopped when BTs were near. Then I used grenades on them until the path was clear. That's pretty much what I ended up doing- I may have gone a little overboard, because this was my mission loadout for my successful attempt:  Also, apparently the motorcycle approach is hilariously easy once you get good at dodging BTs without stopping to scan. I immediately got oiled every time I tried, but apparently they're slower than the bike and straight-up can't touch you unless you're me and plow straight into one. You guys are absolutely right about it opening up though- making deliveries on roads genuinely make me feel like I'm cheating.
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Jul 16, 2020 11:36
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So I got the hovering sled thingie from the weather station, am I being a dummy for not using it? It sucks up chiral crystals like a vacuum cleaner, and I'm struggling to justify making one trip with it when I could just make 1.5-2 trips with the bike.
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Jul 17, 2020 23:04
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Hmm, I'm partway through chapter 3 and they just went "Whoops, Fragile's fast travel thing isn't working. Go move cargo from the northeast to the souhwest, also Fragile's by the distribution center if you want to talk to her." I see her icon on the distro center's console, but no mission for Sam- is there actually an interaction somewhere, or should I just go to port knot and start the next story mission?
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Jul 18, 2020 03:36
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Are you on order 38? What's your cargo? If they mentioned visiting Fragile stop by the private room in the distro center south of Lake Knot City Yup, I'm on order 38. I haven't started it yet, so maybe that's the issue- I thought if there was optional story content related to the fast travel thingie I might skip it by accident. Since my private room in the southern distro center is (as far as I can tell) normal, I'm betting I'm supposed to start the delivery first, then make a stop in the distro center on my way back down? Edit: Oh yeah, derp- current cargo is a bunch of random poo poo- food and medicine for the guys in the south. Omi no Kami fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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Jul 18, 2020 04:11
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I dunno what Sam has against cryptobiotes, they're incredibly- you just bleed into a water balloon, munch on one, and you're back in business!
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Jul 18, 2020 04:18
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I'm in chapter five and kinda feeling like I want more plot before I sit down and pour 40 hours into carrying all the cargo to all the places, are there any destinations I should max out for life-changing QoL upgrades before I press onwards? I've already 5-starred the craftsman/elder/engineer and the weather station/timefall farm.
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Jul 19, 2020 02:46
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Holy poo poo, I'ma grind the chiral artist like a pro once I finish my current stuff- it's really stupid and boots have never been a problem, but it always freaks me out that technically boots are a non-finite resource. Also, this has been driving me crazy for days- every so often, usually when I'm boosting in a bike, I'll hear four beeps followed by a star trek hypospray noise and get a brief moment of slow motion. What the heck is that? It's not a transfusion 'cause I'm not hurt, it's not BTs because Sam's hand buddy is limp, I'm pretty sure it's not a battery thing, so what's the deal?
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Jul 19, 2020 04:55
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Codependent Poster posted:You're in an area with timefall. The noise is your hood going up. ...so I never noticed that the beeping matched the hood going up, I feel like a dummy. Thanks!
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Jul 19, 2020 05:38
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So the bit where BB needs maintenance and you get to do a shitload of deliveries in frustrating terrain with no radar isn't great.
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Jul 19, 2020 10:33
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Man, I really wish that order 65 was a cutscene instead of, like, 3-4 back-to-back janky boss fights.
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Jul 20, 2020 18:48
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I finished the plot stuff, and holy poo poo that felt like it fell apart in the last 20%. I enjoyed like 90% of the gameplay and there were bits and pieces I really liked throughout, but I kinda wish the story was just "Sam is a post-apocalyptic postman," because I found that way more engaging than all the extinction and beach stuff.
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Jul 21, 2020 13:16
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This is a really weird take, but did anyone else feel like a lot of the deliveries were just way too short? At least from the first gameplay trailer I was expecting them to be sprawling survival horror-y things where it's like "You have a ladder and two pairs of shoes to get over 250km, don't use your ladder early jerkface." I really enjoyed the hiking gameplay, but everything was so close together that I pretty much never felt obligated to carry more than a bola gun and single ladder + climbing hook.
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