#Cyberpunk 2077
finite marsh
if you miss the popup when u pick it up letting you hit Z, you can go to your journal and there ought to be a shards category
restive ibex
Wait people actually read those?
calm salmon
there is not
calm salmon
ooh hang on
finite marsh
there is not
hit escape and go to that like 'overview' menu with all the different categories? Hover over journal there and see if Shards pops up under it
calm salmon
the two menu's
finite marsh
yea
restive ibex
from patch notes "Disassembling a Budget Arms Slaught-O-Matic will now give 1 crafting component."
well there goes THAT way of getting components.
SO THEN RED, WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET THEM?!
theres no infinate battle mode.
the police dont drop weapons
you just removed the one infinate easy way of getting them
SO WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET COMPONENTS?!
it used to be easy! junk shops used to just SELL THEM
gun shops used to also sell them
what was wrong with THAT
when each weapon, and certain key cyberware require 200 legendary components each, removing ways of actually getting them, Im going to become.... displeased.
was already displeased when they removed them from shops
restive ibex
PL sidequestin ||but the VDB doesn't exist. I killed all of their leadership. there should be a massive power vacuum allout war going on right now.||
noble whale
Why’d you do that?
restive ibex
well, um.... they tried to fry my brain
twice.
so ya know
given that there is an in game option to kill them, Im really hoping there weren't TOO many sidequests linked to them
..... I think this is base game? idk spoilered ANYWYAS. blue moon sidequest. ||Ms. Moon, do you have ANY idea the death toll I cause? the last guy who asked me to do something non leathally well.... it was non leathal. for the one person I was supposed to save.||
also I found a cool explosive revolver from the DLC
honestly kinda beating out johnys pistol rn. mostly because well.... that pistol really aint all its cracked up to be from the flashbacks.
one shotting mooks? in my dreams. about 3 rounds to the head at best.
its accuraccy, something to be desired.
raw damage output? perfect.
really my main gripe with the iconics in 2.0 is there are no slots on them. like at all. Iconics were GOOD in 1.6 sure, but they weren't THAT good.
they needed support, Johnny's especially.
anyways new pistol for me.
and 200 more oranges down the drain
which is why Im still annoyed at hte lack of good sources for parts.
blue moon quest ||this womans eye mods are real god damned creepy.||
||hard to see but she's got 2 eyes per eye. its weird.||
yup via the power of google, this pistol seems like the one Ill go the rest of the game with. now if only it wasn't so ugly.
damn first crash in a WHILE
guess I should make some food then
restive ibex
jesus that was embarassing
wrong discord server entirely
how did I even end up here.
if anyone saw that, please disreguard.
restive ibex
alright the annoying resource problem has essentially been solved with the DLCs infinate missions. but I mean also..... I really dont like that you need the DLC to solve a problem the game devs caused.
restive ibex
oh okay so this, this is evil
so yall know about those iconic consumables
perminant boosts ya?
WELL, those are shop unique
and dogtown has some hidden shops not even marked on the map
aint that a kick in the head.
heres one I found.
sells a 5 point health increase
also airdrops are a seemingly infinate supply of carry capacity increases
one thing I super like about dogtown, it has actual verticality
like its not just one flat plane.
unlike most of NC
huh. unique threatening dialogue in PL for killing all of the VDB. neato. I think. could also not be related. but I'd like to think it is. (this is MSQ related, specifically the quest "the damned")
oh yeah its absolutely related to killing all of the VDB
they took to that EXCEPTIONALLY poorly
||look man, maybe, brigite shouldn't have tried cooking my brain TWICE. HMMMMM?||
||oi I ain't the VDB. Brigite made her own bed and dug her own grave. I ain't that kinda person.||
restive ibex
||oh dear, turns out lil dear netrunner over here couldn't handle having HIS brain cooked. SUCKS TO SUCK VDB.||
quest "get it together" ||well thats what they said about konpeki plaza, and then I slaughtered that place. so don't lie to me.||
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not like the first excursion to konpeki went well
restive ibex
It went FINE
calm salmon
i like how you can find cars with hookers leaning in and no one sitting in the dirver seat
restive ibex
I love how that whenever Im driving fast, civies dive INTO my car, giving me wanted level.
DO NOT DODGE INTO MY CAR
YOU WERE ON THE SIDEWALK
SAFE
restive ibex
I never said it was a cyberpunk specific issue
Im just airing out greviences
I like how Hands is getting fleshed out (literally) in this dlc.
nice invisible wall we got here.
spoilered because of gig name. look idk, Im just tryin to be careful
calm salmon
Did
Did anyone else forget how dark the game is
both literally
WHY DO I HAVE NO FLASHLIGHTTT
and this story
restive ibex
WHY DO I HAVE NO FLASHLIGHTTT
Because suffer.
calm salmon
Like every single game
Just doesn't give us a flashlight anymore
Except starfield
They had the decency to go "oh these guys probably have a FLASHLIGHT"
calm salmon
Hmm
Not sure how i feel about that
on one hand, incredibly well done and thought out
But on the other, kinda feels like the anti-thesis to cyberpunk, its a genre of destroying whats wrong with society and the constructs we've made and been imprisoned by, rather then reality and potential "higher" beings or aliens or some shit
Cyberpunk is a takedown of the Real, rather then Reality
finite marsh
not to worry, we are still driving half a car
restive ibex
not to worry, we are still driving half a car
thats at least 3/4s of a car
half a car would be your tires also being blown out
restive ibex
PL gig ||dude, you seriously dead clanning me? not cool.||
||and apparently the rest of my file is too encripted/requires higher clearence. kek.||
||wait Im supposed to be afraid of a guy with 160 confirmed kills?||
||does this game have a stats page?||
||no, it does not track my kills. ah well.||
restive ibex
Okay I dont know if to spioler this or not.... there was a weird extra beat on the brat fight..... after the finale?
like the finale has been done for a while
I was doing some weird PL quests.
and then there was a new fight, unrelated to the previous ones, but with the same name and formating.
some PL theorizing ||is songbird..... an AI? All her ops apparently have gone through the blackwall itself whenever she went to do things..... is Songbird even a real person? The only other person that even could remotely help us is also an AI construct..... I have questions, doubts, and wonders now, and I trust her less than ever. Alex and Reed are cool though. they chill.||
||I mean I get it, people have met her flesh and blood and all that, but still, the more I learn about her hte less I feel like I know, and I dont like that. when I don't like something like that in games, I typically go out of my way to make it a non issue. forever. typically via high powered weaponry.||
oh great, for the story theres a swimming segment, in near darkness
my thlassaphobia IS NOT ENJOYING THIS
okay game, checks of rank 3 in anything ARENT CHECKS
YOUR SKILLS CANNOT GO BELOW 3
thats just
uuugggghhhhh
its like they forgot how their own game worked while designing some of htis
finite marsh
yeah that amused me
They wanted the cool force open a door animation but wanted to make sure everyone could do it
cuz they didnt add any other routes
restive ibex
yeah, or a bunch of mines in a water segment, that would in fact just straight kill you if you didn't disarm them
PL ||the more I interact with songbird the more I just want her dead. I do not like her. I do not like her motives. I do not like the style she does things.||
||Ill rescue her for Reed, but the moment she gives me a chance, a hint of something else, axe to the brain.||
PL major quest spoilers ||need is a strong word. I just want a national holiday and to become a drink in the afterlife. after that, well, world can burn. Hell I need to get to adam smasher for one last little kaboom, revenge for Martinez. To do that, well, Ill be climbing up Arasoka tower.||
calm salmon
@finite marsh @restive ibex how do i change weapon mods?
restive ibex
<@261754022216728576> <@202944248801263616> how do i change weapon mods?
In the guns menu, middle mouse click the mod.
calm salmon
Not letting me
was wondering if there was a perk for it
i can remove attachments, just not mods
restive ibex
……. No it’s just default.
Well idk man
Oh wait right
They made mods you have to swap el out
It’s stupid
calm salmon
el out?
calm salmon
Judy
's romance was good
but nothing beats panam just pulling a SAM out of the back of a truck
restive ibex
Not wrong.
Story wise, I like panam more, character wise I like Judy more.
Interesting how in both female romances in this game, you link to their mind at some point.
Idk just a strange running theme.
calm salmon
Gotta say, not a fan of the new police system
its good, well thought out and credit to them, they fixed it
Its better then it ever was
but it doesn't feel right with how they've described the NCPD
Like, would've appreciated them being a gang more like system. higher the street cred, more leeway in crime and a way to pay them off
and some citizens/areas have priority and respond ASAP(like core) but if you kill a citizen in Watson, cops won't come until you kill a dozen and even then they'll be slow
i hope thats how its done in two
but don't get me wrong, its fantastic right now
i guess symptom of the original launch, 3 years on
calm salmon
Bit sad that their ditching REDengine for 2
restive ibex
Wait what do you mean 2
This game is getting a sequel?
How? Where? What would they even do?
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yea Cp #2 going unreal
restive ibex
This world is basically NC and proxy wars
restive ibex
yea Cp #2 going unreal
DO NOT SHORTEN CYBERPUNK
restive ibex
neat
restive ibex
But it’s the same world right?
restive ibex
Which is basically, night city, and a bunch of proxy wars
They haven’t expanded much of anything beyond that and I took the time to watch every in game news segment
There’s nothing else.
What other city?
calm salmon
Tokyo
restive ibex
I see
calm salmon
almost 40 years of lore to draw from, hard to put it all in a single game
Tokyo and Seoul are big cities, due to it being majorly inspired by Asian culture
restive ibex
Hard to put it all into one game he says
calm salmon
i mean yeah
NC is the big one though
My bet is we'll get a game maybe in 88
NC or Reimagined
Reimaigned*
My bet is a new verison of NC(which would be cool, see how they do it with feedback from this one, more verticality)
doesn't really matter if its 1:1
just as long as it hits the major marks
Or we'll get a ward in Tokyo
Maybe East-Coast
With what CDPR has done recently, i'm split on the two actually
could be NC or could be New setting
since we're getting new witcher, based off nothing, first fully original Ip
Point is, you're right
NC is the focal point of everything
analog stratus
OR
Moon
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exactly
calm salmon
Personally don't see it being a good setting, but i see them hinting at it
Honestly to me it screams like that was going to be the big DLC for 77
before they scrapped their plans
and replaced it with solely PL
Because i feel like the plan originally was
Cyberpunk 77
-Dlc #1 Spy(national) thriller
-Dlc #2 Spy(corporate) thriller
-Dlc #3 Moon DLC
restive ibex
Hard to put it all into one game he says
Sorry I got cut off before I could finish my statement.
I’m just saying
If Skyrim could do it
They coulda
calm salmon
its a good setting
(thats a me issue though, i just don't vibe with Tamriel)
The main issue is probably sources
Bethesda had everything in internal documentation and the games before it
And it was in english
CDPR had to track down like 70 full length novels in english of varying physical quality
And since polish, probably quite a bit of error
but the game is also much more flawed then skyrim
restive ibex
Fair enough
calm salmon
i really don't like the new implied canon endings for it
Especially if you do a romance, ||judy moves on, Panam hates you, etc. ITs just depressing||
From an effort standpoint, the Aldecaldo's ending is canon it feels. just the starting of Nomad being much longer, panam's whole questline being MUCH longer then Judy and co's
just feels like thats the best ending as well, V drives off into the sunset and maybe dies, maybe survives
yeah raider
analog stratus
that feels like an easy wimp out of an ending
analog stratus
i really don't like the new implied canon endings for it
For those who want to know, this is the canon ending
||V uses a thing to remove the relic, in the process Johnny is wiped and V is left in a coma for two years. during witch any romance options just up and leave.
and as a result of the relic removal you can't use cybernetics anymore. Leaving you not much of an option other than to live a "normal" life ||
noble whale
Yeah, don’t like it
calm salmon
I couldn't find anything to say it was canon(or saying it wasn't) but since it's the only ending added with the dlc, I assumed it is
restive ibex
Especially if you do a romance, ||judy moves on, Panam hates you, etc. ITs just ...
then whats the point of ANY of it. WHY DID I EVEN BOTHER.
WHY EVEN INCLUDE IT
knew I Shoulda just shanked everyone with high explosives.
calm salmon
They went theme over satisfaction for this
Not a bad choice, jut not the choice a lot like
restive ibex
I mean, true, but, and hear me out, this game already didn't have a happy ending, at least let me be happy in other ways.
calm salmon
Mike Pondsmith said the whole setting/story isn't about saving humanity or the person next to you. Its solely about saving yourself
And yeah
I don'
't agree with it at all
restive ibex
and my whole style of play is "if Im dying, Im taking you down with me damnit"
calm salmon
Personally i'm not going to finish the game properly with PL until they add something, thats just too sad for me
restive ibex
I mean have you SEEN my 40k army list and playstyle?
calm salmon
Or go with the Don't Fear the Reaper Ending
restive ibex
I mean have you SEEN my 40k army list and playstyle?
TLDR: I run giant monsters that upon death I force to explode.
these explostions deal nearly unstoppable damage.
restive ibex
Or go with the Don't Fear the Reaper Ending
thats the one where you just charge arasokka right?
calm salmon
By yourself yeah
restive ibex
yeah thats my gameplan
whats that question dexter gave us way back when?
die a quiet nobody, or a blaze of glory?
well, not really a way to drag everyone down with you if you die quietly.
calm salmon
Damn, Dogtown's map design is fantastic
restive ibex
It really is
I wish more of cyberpunk was like that. Dense, vertical, more parkour options.
Also driving in downtown even with the car you get gifted is just impossible. It ain’t happening.
calm salmon
That's my one complaint with it
restive ibex
Which is why we invest in reflexes
All hail the air dodge momentum saving glitch.
Well technically it’s all dashes
But if you get air dodge it’s easier
calm salmon
Honestly seems like a complete redesign of night city would be cool
restive ibex
Not happening
But yes, I wish it had layers
They said it was going to be a very vertical map, WHERE DID THAT HAPPEN CD?!
HM?!
calm salmon
Well no, it could happen
restive ibex
Explain
calm salmon
Looking it up night city's map in the TTRPG is VASTLY different
restive ibex
Hm
calm salmon
And with the swap to new engine
restive ibex
Whadda ya mean swap to new engine
calm salmon
Sequel could easily redesign it and just go "eh who really cares"
calm salmon
They've ditched redengine going forward
restive ibex
👍
calm salmon
Yeah for the sequel
Unreal 5 now
Which u don't feel solid for
Since all unreal engines have that similar looking... shine?
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Since all unreal engines have that similar looking... shine?
also habit of weird hitching
deep frigate
it depends on the tech they used
but this seems more in the fuzzy area of where AI can be used
finite marsh
"The whole process received approval from the deceased's family."
The man's family gave the OK for it
Which makes it, imo, much more in the "ethical" corner of that grey area
deep frigate
yeah, I didn't want to elaborate more until I researched this particular case past the embedded headline and sub-headline
it's also a question if the tools they used to generate the voice were trained solely on the VA
finite marsh
Article says they hired a va to record the base lines then used ai software to edit it into sounding like Vik's original va
analog stratus
Jacket drop period started yesterday
restive ibex
Article says they hired a va to record the base lines then used ai software to e...
Hm. Well, we’ll see. I mean the family okayed it. That’s a big plus for me.
finite marsh
my favourite part of watching cyberpunk on twitch is the streamers panicking when they open the wardrobe and their character is full-frontal nude.
calm salmon
Its funny because thats the only place you see it
Like if you strip then go into the actual game and look down
you'll see undies
calm salmon
huh for me it does that
because i wanted to see if i got unique reactions by running around nude
noble whale
restive ibex
Nibbles WTF
noble whale
Going to have to remember how to get nibbles when I eventually restart
finite marsh
i think you gotta pat him outside Vik's clinic in the intro quest and then later you can find like, cat food in the megabuilding and set it out for him?
noble whale
There’s an iguana????
finite marsh
you can yoink the egg from yorinobu's suite
noble whale
I remember that you had to get cat food
noble whale
you can yoink the egg from yorinobu's suite
Huh
finite marsh
set it out inside V's dirty dishes that she never cleans up after the heist and wait 90 in game days, you get pet igauna
noble whale
Cool
restive ibex
i think you gotta pat him outside Vik's clinic in the intro quest and then later...
I’ll take a peek once I play again. I need all the pets.
restive ibex
set it out inside V's dirty dishes that she never cleans up after the heist and ...
I’m pretty sure it’s less but I believe ya.
finite marsh
it's a really high amount regardless
restive ibex
Yeah
At least 30
Hell mine only hatched after I had done essentially everything outside of dog town.
It takes a while
noble whale
I missed the last twitch drop 
wicked vale
bruh some of these voice lines from keanu reeves
I just
I didn't expect to hear Keanu Reeves say "best [redacted] I ever ate"
that was
that sent me for a loop
wicked vale
Yeah silverhand is violent and vulgar
And everything you hear about Keanu is
Wholesome
restive ibex
Turns out he learned how to act in between John wick and Cyberpunk.
noble whale
Crazy, an actor capable of acting? What will they think of next?
restive ibex
Idk. Writers writing new interesting material?
Game designers being paid a living wage and not being forced to do crunch time?
calm salmon
Keanu Reeves only bad acting was his face/voice
His body language? amazing, his vibe and swagger? amazing
His facial expressions subpar
his voice acting? terrible
But with PL its actually... really good
I wanted to also state
I'm incredibly shocked at how well phantom liberty is integrated into the base game
like when i first saw the premise, i thought it was stupid and they couldn't possibly fit it into the game naturally
but no
it... feels like base game minus the first 5 minutges
Which is a testement to the writers, they outdid themselves with phantom lib
Wouldn't call phantom lib a redemption story like no mans sky
No Mans Sky fixed and overhauled every single issue, making it a completely new game from what it was at launch
Phantom Liberty is an... acceptance story
It didn't fix EVERYTHING wrong with 2077(nor should/could it) so it can't be called a redemption IMO, but it fixed and added enough(Along with 2.0) to make the game acceptable with its issues
wicked vale
Oh is Silverhand popping up and saying stuff a phantom liberty thing?
restive ibex
Oh is Silverhand popping up and saying stuff a phantom liberty thing?
Yeah
Hes still around. Although a complete asshole. I mean I work really hard in the base game to make him not hate me, and in PL he’s just back to generic antagonizer. Sometimes he’s nice though.
wicked vale
Hmm
He seems fairly friendly in all the pop ups so far
I mean, ya gotta give him a tiny bit of a break. ||He was tortured and then had his entire consciousness and ego shoved into a technological brain chip and presumably has been “unconscious” up until he was slotted into V’s brain and now he’s awake again, it’s many years in the future, and he’s kind of in a full blown panic because what the fuck ya know?||
restive ibex
Oh no for what he’s been through the man’s a Saint.
It’s just in PL….. he’s a lot….. more abrasive I’d say. Then again ||songbird is a piece of garbage so he’s got a reason to be.||
Idk. It just felt like a weird disconnect
Maybe because I had just done the rogue quest and what not.
wicked vale
I just got a schematic for a smart revolver
I was like cool, I’ll check it out
It’s iconic so I know it’s gonna be good
Bruh
It’s literally a hand cannon
One shot per magazine but it’s explosive is equivalent to an rpg
finite marsh
The comrade's hammer?
wicked vale
yes
finite marsh
yeah, that's a powerhouse
wicked vale
super fun
finite marsh
very
wicked vale
almost as fun as the hypercritical precision rifle
restive ibex
I like the hypercritical and then there’s a dlc explosive revolver
Those are very fun
restive ibex
ehhhhh Johnny's pistol for me kinda falls off a cliff.
like its fun, its cool, but the lack of being able to mod it what so ever just makes it kinda junk
really the lack of ability to mod ANY iconics is really annoying.
wicked vale
I mean I get it. They’re already kind of modded just by being what they are
I’d like it if all of them could have attachment slots/more than 2 attachment slots
restive ibex
Yeah
wicked vale
I am really enjoying my cannon revolver
Only downside being the reload speed
Even with a good few reload speed boosts, it still takes some time
restive ibex
Use knives. With certain perks there’s no reload time.
wicked vale
Okay but are there any knives that explode
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Okay but are there any knives that explode
restive ibex
Okay but are there any knives that explode
Yes. This one axe explodes with electricity.
It’s from PL.
Absurdly powerful.
restive ibex
not a whole ton, you'll know when you can enter.
I do highly reccomend doing quite literally everything possible before going there.
you know, so that nothing there is a legitimate challenge and you can see the flawed decisions up front and center.
wicked vale
fianlly unlocked ||the 6th skill tree||
restive ibex
fianlly unlocked ||the 6th skill tree||
||yeah I didnt really like that tree. maybe because Ive been max level since forever.||
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wicked vale
What I hate is I was gonna play more while I was waiting to go to an appointment and now it's updating
My download speed is fairly slow
so it's probably not gonna be complete until I'm already leaving
restive ibex
Rebalanced the time limits for Vehicle Contracts.
so maybe some of them will ACTUALLY BE POSSIBLE NOW?!
well thats nice
wicked vale
Hadn't even tried any yet lmao
wicked vale
I just gotta say
Phantom Liberty Spoilers:
The ||chimera fight was so frustrating. It was a super awesome fight and I loved it, but man I did not enjoy going through 5+ deaths before figuring out how some of the fight mechanics worked||
restive ibex
Phantom Liberty Spoilers:
The ||chimera fight was so frustrating. It was a super...
..... Cobra, I am going to tell you, and by extention everyone else this, blotting out a SINGLE WORD, does not REMOVE CONTEXT.
blot out the whole damned thing and add more qualifiers before hand.
I have this issue with the FF14 folks currently to, and I will yell at them til they fix it.
I get, that essentially everyone here is theoretically further than you, but its good practice.
||I found that fight frustrating because I had the firepower of a large country equipped, and for some reason the game wouldnt let me do anything with it. "nooooooooo our super special opening boss is unkillable until it falls a small distance, then it can only be hurt on these open vents that totally weren't exposed beforeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"||
see that, thats how you do a spoiler. block out everything.
wicked vale
Bruh
There’s so many boss fights in this game
Anyone behind me wouldn’t know the fight
Anyone ahead would
Hell, my message with just the name of the boss blotted out could mean an entirely different boss that you fight before the one I mentioned
You know the boss, so it’s clear as day to you
Unless a mod tells me I need to block more out, I feel like I blocked out enough to not spoil those who haven’t played phantom liberty
restive ibex
It’s about the principle.
This server used to be great about spoiler walls, but every few month that falls off a cliff till I pop up and crack some skulls.
calm salmon
Base game , free for all at this point
Phantom liberty? Use your judgement
I'd say main story stuff keep spoilered but side contracts are fair game
restive ibex
Considering it’s the first boss of the dlc
Also my larger issue is that people get comfortable with their one word spoilers and let something massive slip on accident.
Already seen that happen repeatedly in the FF14 chat
It’s why I’m so aggressive about it.
wicked vale
Well, don’t be aggro with me. If you had just been like “hey I feel like that’s a bit too revealing of the boss, can you spoiler that more” I would have absolutely just been like “oh yeah sure my dude”
restive ibex
Sorry.
wicked vale
I’ve spoilered it now, because I understand you felt it was too revealing. But just in the future, try to keep in mind that with me, a gentle and kind approach is often the best if you want me to listen
calm salmon
One minor detail i hope they add before they officially move on
Some guy that lets you change the colour scheme of your guns/cars
Cause they have multiple skins in the game just give me an option to pick the skin i want
wicked vale
This game wants me to deliver this vehicle in under a minute. What the heck
Do I miss anything major for not completing the optional objective?
restive ibex
Do I miss anything major for not completing the optional objective?
Not really
Those quests are infinite
Still they SAID that sort of garbage was fixed
Also FINISH THE NCPD QUESTS!
They give so much stuff!
wicked vale
Yeah I'm near max level so I was doing a lot of the ncpd quests
there's so many that it'll take hours to do them all
after I'm tired of my current build, I'm gonna respec into body/reflexes/technical ability
full walking cyberware tank
restive ibex
Yeah I'm near max level so I was doing a lot of the ncpd quests
Those are how I GOT to near max level
They print XP
restive ibex
after I'm tired of my current build, I'm gonna respec into body/reflexes/technic...
Welcome to my build. It’s a fun one.
wicked vale
I don't wanna give up cool though
so now I gotta decide
body or reflexes
smash or slash
@restive ibex smash or slash
restive ibex
<@202944248801263616> smash or slash
Throwing explosive axes into peoples faces.
So uhhhh…. Both?
wicked vale
gotta choose one, buddy
wicked vale
dang, smash and slash are tied so far
restive ibex
How?!
I picked one!
Didn’t I?
Or did I miss something?
Am I miss remembering trees?
wicked vale
I've asked multiple people
restive ibex
Ah
wicked vale
I'm thinking of changing things up right now rather than at max level
wicked vale
I totally did just do that
wicked vale
restive ibex
your lack of cyberware disgusts me
wicked vale
there's only like 1, maybe 2 frontal cortex ones that are useful
same with hands
I need more capacity for circ sys cyberware
restive ibex
allow me to show you my power.
once I update the game
how did I forget to do that
well Ive got this old screenshot of what I was using a while ago pre PL
so, good nuff
finite marsh
there's only like 1, maybe 2 frontal cortex ones that are useful
those slots are basically ALL for netrunner builds hah
finite marsh
self ICE could be moderately useful without being a netrunner, but yeah
other than those
IIRC self ICE's biggest use is negating the trace location hack they upload when you start hacking enemies from stealth
at least in 2.0
wicked vale
Yeah most enemy netrunners aren't hacking me to do crazy stuff
and I can just sprint over and bonk them with my hammer if they try to
finite marsh
yup
wicked vale
I'm enjoying just picking people up and chucking them
restive ibex
The net runner hacks I don’t like are the DOTs. So much damage. So annoying.
Specifically the screen screwy ones
So self ICE is nice, and then I huck a tomohawk through their skull.
finite marsh
the direct method
restive ibex
I mean actually…. If I think about it….
Usually I freeze time, hunt down the foolhardy netrunner, and then split their skull in half.
Typically all before their hack goes through.
Near infinite 85% time slow is abusable.
wicked vale
Lmao
I’m running an iconic berserk cyberware
I pull out ||sasquatch’s hammer|| and go to town
Or a katana
The attack speed on a bladed weapon without any buffs other than berserk is crazy
analog stratus
noble whale
How do you know they didn’t?
restive ibex
How do you know they didn’t?
Because no one in their right mind puts actual unique items behind convoluted secrets
restive ibex
finite marsh
Because no one in their right mind puts actual unique items behind convoluted se...
Thorton Mackinaw Demiurge would like to have a word
restive ibex
Thorton Mackinaw Demiurge would like to have a word
He can have an axe to the face
finite marsh
it's a car you get from the #FF06B5 mystery/ARG
restive ibex
The hwhat
finite marsh
calm salmon
restive ibex
Is that the random car I found in a shed while just driving around? Alright no. Different hidden car.
calm salmon
Vroom Vroom motherfucker
restive ibex
Meh
calm salmon
whats that from, thats from something
finite marsh
whats that from, thats from something
delamain's quest has "BEEP BEEP MOFO"
with one of the rogue cars
restive ibex
shiny
calm salmon
TLDR
-full metro system
-Completely rebalanced bosses
-new races
-new Romance scenes
-RADIO ON FOOT WOOOOOO
@analog stratus @finite marsh both of you will like this
Geniunely surprised that Full-metro is properly being added
from the silence of CDPR on that subject, figured it wouldn't have happened
restive ibex
-full metro system
-Completely rebalanced bosses
-new races
-new Romance scenes
...
but I already killed a lot of the bosses!
new romance scenes.... with WHO?!
calm salmon
Everyone
restive ibex
WELL I ALREADY DID THEIR QUESTS
except for the VDB guy
killed him
he was an asshole
Ill take radio on foot though
ah well
Ill just find em on youtube.
noble whale
Ooooh
wicked vale
I gotta restart my playthrough
wicked vale
I am not satisfied with V goes Smash
And I don’t have another reroll
Playing on Xbox so I can’t mod
restive ibex
Ah
wicked vale
Like don’t get me wrong, it’s fun
But it’s not the headcanon I had for my V so it just feels incongruent?
restive ibex
absolutely fine.
I immagined my V as a murderious sociopath who yeets exploding axes.
so ya know
she turned out wonderfully
wicked vale
yeah I imagined mine as a techie hacker with the brains and skill to get through any situation
restive ibex
hm
I just became a time god
well
less so than my former V
but still fairly close enough
restive ibex
Neat
noble whale
More????
finite marsh
He's Arasaka's attack dog, if it ain't some 90% experimental saka tech I demand a refund
restive ibex
It kept pace with the edge runners one, which is cannonically 85%
So
He better bloody be dancing with me in Sandy time.
Because if not I’ll be disappointed
Who are the 2 Russians?
Endgame bosses?
Or dlc?
finite marsh
dunno
restive ibex
Fair
rough grove
hi folks trying not to spoil myself - I never got very far in patch 1.0, so now I have patch 2.1 and the expansion and I'm starting a new run. should I finish the original campaign and then load an earlier save and do the DLC, or is it okay to start the DLC mid-playthrough? assuming I don't know nothin about the plot as it was
calm salmon
Dlc midway
rough grove
started phantom liberty and it's giving me some very mixed emotions. so far I'm like two hours into the starting mission and it's basically a long, uninterrupted/uninterruptible linear cinematic sequence
restive ibex
Yup
The opening be like that
Along with some later sections
The DLC is very linear.
rough grove
and on the one hand I've got my inner game critic in the background going "no! you've gone against the spirit of an open world game with this railroad! where's the downtime interval, a smattering of sidequests and exploration opportunities? you've turned into call of duty!"
but on the other hand my inner gamer is going "WOOOOO EXPLOSIONS HAHAHA YEAH CINEMATIC THINGS BREAKING I AM LOVIN THIS"
restive ibex
Yup
Don’t worry there is an open world area you can muck around in
And that’s stupid fun
But the missions are quite linear.
rough grove
also pathtracing + photo mode = I may have suddenly discovered an obsession
restive ibex
I see.
rough grove
c'mon madam president let's take a silly one
wicked vale
I need to go at cyberpunk again
restive ibex
c'mon madam president let's take a silly one
for some reason she thinks this whole situation is dangerous and that you cant just slaughter your way through the entire dogtown area if you wanted.
wicked vale
I hate that you only get 1 actual reset for your skills
Very dumb in a game with so much variety to try
restive ibex
like, ma'am. I can slow down time by 85%, am literally max level, and have a complete chromed up body of legendaries that have been upgraded.
Im nearly unkillable to the point I can take down max tac squads.
wicked vale
It activates my anxiety about missing stuff
restive ibex
It activates my anxiety about missing stuff
rough grove
yeah prez myers and songbird are all like "oh noooo you got spotted you idiot it's TOO DANGEROUS" and I'm like [loads Sovereign with malicious intent]
restive ibex
also is it just me or do the new upgrades for your relic just kinda.... suck?
restive ibex
yeah prez myers and songbird are all like "oh noooo you got spotted you idiot it...
oh I just threw knives at everything.
rough grove
the upgrades focus on the arms afaict. they added a little thing for stealth but not a gamechanger
kinda salty that they basically killed optical camo
restive ibex
well alright, technically I did in fact use the hypercritical too.
rough grove
also salty about the whole "only one respec" thing because it kinda kills freedom to experiment when you're in the late game
restive ibex
and later in the DLC I did get my thunder axe
restive ibex
also salty about the whole "only one respec" thing because it kinda kills freedo...
you get one respec of your stats. you can reset your perks as much as you like.
rough grove
still.
rough grove
another annoyance is not being able to take mods off because I keep finding really cool weapons with pax pre-installed
restive ibex
someone shoulda invested into technologyyyyy
my big gripe is the removal of slots on iconics
wicked vale
Bruh that iconic pistol you get at the start had a non lethal electric attack
So I spent the first area just knocking cyberpsychos out
Part of the reason I wanna start over is there’s a lot of dialogue with Johnny you get during missions
But since I didn’t do the first mission immediately, I feel like I missed out a ton
restive ibex
Bruh that iconic pistol you get at the start had a non lethal electric attack
its melee is insane.
like legitimately if I was doing a melee playthrough I'd use that over most actual melee weapons at the start.
rough grove
I don't feel like there's a TON of johnny commentary but yeah it's probably a good idea to do the heist early
wicked vale
its melee is insane.
like legitimately if I was doing a melee playthrough I'd u...
And it really just stun locks literally anyone
rough grove
as for the cyberpsychos I usually get 'em down to around 5% and then shortcircuit or just pistol whip them :3
restive ibex
I don't feel like there's a TON of johnny commentary but yeah it's probably a go...
wait I WASNT supposed to do literally everything before the heist?
restive ibex
but its so fun to laugh and heal spam my way through the heist while grabbing my enemies weapons, dismantling them, and pulling out a LEGENDARY ICONIC out of my back pocket!
rough grove
TIME TO GO NON-LETHAL ON THIS MOFO [brings up the O'Five]
restive ibex
the game expects me to use this silly garbage it hands me. hell no.
wicked vale
I also didn’t know until like mid game that the police scanner things aren’t just radiant events, they’re actually a completable subset of radiant quests.
restive ibex
I also didn’t know until like mid game that the police scanner things aren’t jus...
oh my god sweet summers child Im so sorry
you missed out on so much early game XP
rough grove
there's nothing really radiant about them? they're handcrafted and fixed, every single one
wicked vale
Yeah
rough grove
the police things
wicked vale
I really did
restive ibex
literally the first thing I do every playthrough is do EVERY police scanner
wicked vale
They’re radiant in that they’re not actually marked in your quest log, they only show up on your map
restive ibex
there is SO much loot and gear you get from them
restive ibex
They’re radiant in that they’re not actually marked in your quest log, they only...
in a sense sure. but they are a distinct map toggle
wicked vale
You should do a no iconic playthrough
restive ibex
no.
wicked vale
Yeah I also didn’t figure out the map toggle until mid game
restive ibex
Yeah I also didn’t figure out the map toggle until mid game
so HERES THE THING
BACK BEFORE 2.0
THEY WERE JUST ALWAYS VISIBLE
wicked vale
Lmao
restive ibex
at some point they added them asa a map toggle
wicked vale
That explains why you just beeline them
restive ibex
which really screwed with me for a while.
wicked vale
Clear out the clutter
restive ibex
exactly
but now they're a toggle but its already ingrained "do all police events" so ya know
I do it anyways
wicked vale
I really liked the fixer side quests
rough grove
you should do all the police events anyway because some of them have iconics
wicked vale
I wish there were more
restive ibex
theyre fun enough. I just hate the ones that force me to do stealth
liek why cant I just throw an exploding axe through everyones head and solve the problem
rough grove
I am a filthy disgusting stealth archer so of course I do all of them with stealth
wicked vale
I’m also a stealth archer
restive ibex
I am a filthy disgusting stealth archer so of course I do all of them with steal...
Im a throwing time slowing explosives using lunatic.
I kill enemies before htey realize Im there, perfect stealth.
rough grove
funny enough my silenced pistol of choice is jackie's iconic
wicked vale
Depending on the gang I go non lethal or lethal stealth
restive ibex
funny enough my silenced pistol of choice is jackie's iconic
doesnt he have 2?
restive ibex
annoying
rough grove
dying night and the custom lexington both don't do enough damage to one-shot on stealth headshot so it's gotta be a nue and above
restive ibex
Jackies should have a pspecial ability that makes em dual wielded
restive ibex
dying night and the custom lexington both don't do enough damage to one-shot on ...
well yeah. they're rapid shot weapons Crem.
rough grove
though I suppose I SHOULD try throwing knives
rough grove
you filch one from saburo's carcass
restive ibex
although I technically reccomend the throwing AXE instead.
wicked vale
I always fuckin miss with throwing knives
restive ibex
specifically Agaou
restive ibex
I always fuckin miss with throwing knives
you using controller?
restive ibex
yeah thats way
they are a hyper precision weapon
basicaally keyboard and mouse only
even then I sometimes wiff horribly
wicked vale
I wouldn’t be any better on kbnm
restive ibex
wicked vale
Essential tremor in my hands so when I use them, they shake. So when playing FPS games on kb and mouse, my aim is only marginally better
And sometimes my hands just… jerk?
wicked vale
It sucks
wicked vale
It’s only a light tremor/shake. It’s not crazy bad.
wicked vale
It’s just enough to make certain activities more difficult
rough grove
huh. I wonder if there's a one-euro filter for mouse aiming
wicked vale
Eh, I’m fine with it. I’ve dealt with it as far back as I can remember. Anyways back to cyberpunk
I tried switching to a melee tanky build but it doesn’t fit my character so that’s why I gotta start a new character
My headcanon I mean
It feels incongruous with how I was playing
Going from very Intelligent to a meat head just feels so weird
rough grove
yeah it's hard to reconcile "night city's best operator" with "punchy meathead"
somehow, stealth archery is just.. the default
calm salmon
theres a reason you're called an operator and not an assassin or such
restive ibex
Im specifically called a whirlwind of death and have been blacklisted from all stealth gigs so, ya know, same difference.
wicked vale
I especially love knocking cyber psychos out because you’re giving them a second chance at life. The fixer lady who wants them taken care of doesn’t want them killed, just wants them safe and people around them safe
And wants to know why there are so many people going cyber psycho
rough grove
I sort of got the feeling she was more interested in figuring out cyberpsychosis? there are multiple cyberpsychos where she either can't help (because maxtac has been pissed off, specifically) or the person in question is a shitheel
wicked vale
Yeah
But there’s a lot of them where she’s empathetic and talks about wanting to get them actual help
restive ibex
I especially love knocking cyber psychos out because you’re giving them a second...
I mean I knocked em out. I was very nice to them.
I did have to save scum those missions a lot though
my damage output was a LITTLE high
wicked vale
There was that one sacrificial cult cyber psycho though
restive ibex
yeah that one was weird
maelstrom are a weird group
Im suprized more of them havent gone psycho
rough grove
also is it me or is muamar a little too snobby with her car selection
"sorry v you don't have enough STREET CRED to buy this car" man screw you I got every fixer in night city on speed dial
*his
restive ibex
"sorry v you don't have enough STREET CRED to buy this car" man screw you I got ...
idk, I capped out my street cred insanely ealry
never encountered that issue
rough grove
I'm taking it slow, meandering
rough grove
did you go on a sidequest spree before or after getting your kiroshis at vik's
restive ibex
I paid him off imidiately
so yes
LEMME TELL YOU
WORST DECISION I EVER MADE
YOU CANNOT SEE YOUR AMMO COUNT
IT IS HELL
BUT I DID IT
AND I PAID OFF VIK IMIDIATELY
AND THAT WAS WORTH IT
everything else was not though
just get the koroshi optics and then go back to him to pay if off before the heist
dont be me
oh I did leave dexter waitingng for like 4 weeks straight with his door open
yeah funny thing there if you get close to his car, the door opens..... and if you walk away it doesnt close
so he just was waitin there
for weeks
while my V galavanted around the city
rough grove
good, screw him
rough grove
dexter is one of the parts where pathtracing is worse because in normal lighting mode the light from outside the car leaks in and you can clearly see him talking to you, but with path tracing on the inside of the car is appropriately dark
restive ibex
dexter is one of the parts where pathtracing is worse because in normal lighting...
neat
rough grove
I did not even consider that dexter might have an iconic
restive ibex
I did not even consider that dexter might have an iconic
yeah its on his corpse
rough grove
for some reason I just sort of assumed his corpse would de-spawn
rough grove
"yep this guy was just a device for getting the plot in motion time to forget he ever existed"
[memory deleted]
restive ibex
kekw
calm salmon
He's a cool big black guy though
Like Lawrence Fishbourne
i really liked him for that, since he was essentially an evil Lawrence fishbourne
not to mention his voice was smoooooth
rough grove
I agree his voice was smooth, however phantom liberty provides a cooler one
rough grove
on a second playthrough you notice just how MANY people immediately go "uhhhh, dexter deshawn? isn't he a terrible fixer with a bad rep"
heavy heavy foreshadowing that whizzed right over my head on first playthrough
come to think of it, I wonder what happens to his body guard
restive ibex
dead probably
rough grove
also my cat has gone invisible. I can HEAR it. it's somewhere in v's apartment, the positional audio has let me more or less locate it, but it's invisible
restive ibex
wicked vale
You can have a cat?
I never noticed a cat
Also I don’t even know where to find Dexter’s corpse tbh
restive ibex
I have a lizard
restive ibex
Also I don’t even know where to find Dexter’s corpse tbh
the place where you were dragged out of the scrapyard
he's literally where he was shot dead
wicked vale
Yeah I mean, have you tried to navigate the scrapyard area? It’s kind of a mess
wicked vale
I have a lizard
Is it the lizard from the start of the game?
restive ibex
Is it *the lizard* from the start of the game?
yes
it is the lizard
was a pain in hte neck to find.
but theyre a sweety lizard
very cuddly
wicked vale
Yeah I remember seeing it but I didn’t get a pick up prompt or anything
restive ibex
you fool
wicked vale
I mean, I’m restarting the playthrough so not a big deal
noble whale
Remind me again is it in the hotel at the start of the game?
I got the DLC so I’m going to restart at some point
When I’m interested enough to make room on my pc and reinstall it
rough grove
yeah you can have a cat. steps to get a cat: 1) finish The Heist. 2) in the corridor near V's apartment find a shard called "feed teh cat". 3) go buy cat food from a vendor 4) when you have cat food in your inventory - and ONLY when you have cat food in your inventory - there will be an interaction symbol near where you found the shard. use it to leave a bowl of catfood. 5) pass time 6) return to discover a kitty. collect kitty.
noble whale
No I remember how to get the cat, but I’ve never gotten the lizard before
rough grove
the lizard is a definite missable along with saburo's katana (why would anyone think to go there?!)
finite marsh
I've seen a lot of streamers go to the door that leads to the katana, except the door doesn't open until you go through the other balcony door
so they miss it
10/10 design lmao
noble whale
I've seen a lot of streamers go to the door that leads to the katana, except the...
So that’s why it’s so confusing
finite marsh
yep
rough grove
since discovering Photo Mode I've taken almost a hundred pictures already, I feel like I'm on vacation with my camera ready, I may have a problem
calm salmon
huh theres a chainsword in the game