Had one walk through a mine earlier and it just brought it down to like 25%
#gtfo-lore
harsh agate
thorny ridge
We have no way of measuring the Damage the Hammers do ethier from what I've seen
lilac island
Because at about 60-70% you'll kill the sleepers, and 3 full charges will kill a big dude
Would be nice to have the exact damage values clarified, but I guess the mystery of whether or not it's enough adds tension
lilac island
But dad, that's effort
It'll probably be the charge function with multipliers and damage caps, I'll go looking and do the math later
thorny ridge
Cause all Hammers rn do the same damage.
I'd do Weapon test and Weakness tests but I can't solo with just myself rn and I don't wanna be a Liability to the Mission for em.
"Weak points might be the knees to stagger, or high damage to the big belly."-Striker aka Big Boi's
So I'am guessing almost every weak spot Is where these Egg Like Abnormalities are Located.
vagrant lynx
i've seen a chart on the steam game guides page i think of wpn dmg. Maybe hammers is there too? (correction: maybe it was elsewhere?)
lilac island
Would explain why shooters die fastest to head, strikers die fastest to body (or at least so it seems from my experience)
thorny ridge
Sleepers and Small Strikers can Survive Upper torso blows Unless They're Alerted.
lilac island
Well yeah
It seems inconsistent but I've killed them with torso hits if it is glowing
Could just be that desync means I hit head anyway, but idk
thorny ridge
Could be Entirely based on the Percentage Health system aswell.
lilac island
True, true
All I know for sure is that the glowing bit does seem to do extra damage consistently
And seems to carry through whether they're fully alerted or not
thorny ridge
Also I have no clue on how the "Horde" stay's In a Sleep State Other then the Scouts No Matter the Environment's
vagrant lynx
i like to think that (#1) on each level there were humans working, who by some global event inside the prison (and suggested "mine-shafts"), became the monsters. #2 i think stage 2 for a monster (when his heart beats) isn't jsut them being annoyed by light and sound, isn't just a biological function to keep there bodies alive by pumping some blood around periodically, but is also signs of growth and evolution. Hence why they twitch violently. || also that shit in C2 when you look up...is...alive..||
thorny ridge
I mean If you're a Parasite, Infection, or whatever, you'd do only the things needed to keep your Host Alive.
vagrant lynx
very true, but i think its more than that. the ||variations weve seen|| indicates many uses, like how ants have different roles and are physically different somewhat
old field
I have great pictures of Lamprey I took myself.
thorny ridge
I mean there's also that one Parasite or Infection that fucking spits out shit.
thorny ridge
old field
AHHH
vagrant lynx
...damnit nature... i wont sleep now for a week... 😛
midnight spoke
Boi, there's worse things than that in nature unfortunately
thorny ridge
Yep
vagrant lynx
mankind? OH HE TAKES THE CAKE!
midnight spoke
I wish
We're brutal and destructive, it's simple
Anthrax infected deers becoming unfrozen? Scary
A specific breed of fish in the deep parts of the sea fusing together to survive? Creepy
Mosquitos? Annoying
thorny ridge
There's also this Fucking shit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez4l514lBb8
There's alot of Possibilites of the Cause of this games Lore
and I'am hoping It's nothing too detailed ;~;
midnight spoke
Nah, I think they'll stick to fungus or parasites unless they want to throw us a wild card
lilac island
I mean, there are parasites that consume a part (or theoretically all) of a host and occupy the functions of it
Could be that it's some parasitic worm that consumes the internal organs and replaces their function with those egg like things, which would explain the deformation and why hitting those is a quick kill
midnight spoke
Sure are, they can also chemically induce behaviour or control it, also change the chemical balances of the body and do some interesting stuff like that
last saffron
according to simon the lore is extensive and that they know everything
midnight spoke
Hell, people don't realise how common DNA mutations are
last saffron
so well just have to wait until audio/text logs arrive
lilac island
^^^
I mean, there are bugs that eat the tongue of a fish, or fungi that take over the brains of ants
thorny ridge
Can't wait to listen to a Man Discover the Horrors of the Depths
last saffron
im fairly certain we have plenty of mutants inside of us already
thorny ridge
I know the WIKI States there "Mutated"
lilac island
Yes, but they have no superpowers just chronic illnesses
midnight spoke
Kek, look at it this way
1 cigarette = 15 mutations
sunlight? Leads to mutations called Thymide dimers
We have an enzyme to repair those too
Then there's environmental
Cell replication tends to have an error every 1 million replicated cell
thorny ridge
I mean if we think about It these fuckers live Underground In a Metal Coffin surrounded By Artifical Light.
midnight spoke
And then there's chemically induced mutations
lilac island
It's UV light that causes mutations, theoretically living in that environment would be the ideal area to not mutate
lilac island
However mine runoff and industrial waste is known to cause tons of "wack shit"
thorny ridge
My Poor 500 kbps can't handle 3 mb upload.
midnight spoke
@lilac island This is accurate, specifically the blue part of the spectrum, most of the rest doesn't penetrate
lilac island
Wooo, that chem-bio major I dropped in my senior year to go to culinary school pays off
Haha mom
thorny ridge
And The Most common depth for the Expedition Is between 800 Meters to what 1-2 Km Underground Somewhere.
lilac island
I wish we knew how deep we will go at the furthest
last saffron
the original expedition, irl, to chixculub reached around 1.3 km below sea floor
D1 is sitting at..
last saffron
842
lilac island
That's the thing that gets me going, the fact that we're in Chixculub means we could be dealing with leftover from "that time period where everything was fucking insane"
last saffron
at the very least we reach the kilometer mark
midnight spoke
another 500m of pure fun and smiles
lilac island
At least
thorny ridge
And Plus In the Game Files there's about what 300 Levels?
lilac island
Unless I missed something we've never been told how deep this facility goes
thorny ridge
Don't know If they Represent Actual Levels or Objects
midnight spoke
or how wide it is
lilac island
It could very easily be 5-10km deep if they have adequate cooling
midnight spoke
we could be dealing with the least infected option on the sight tbh
If there's more to the sight
site
thorny ridge
All we Know Is that we get Inserted through a Hole Protected by Metal that Descends for about 1-2 Minutes
Thats what 500 Meters Across? idk I can't eyeball it
lilac island
That's the other thing, that descent speed and time
That doesn't seem right for 800 metres
midnight spoke
It is, the game loads while falling
lilac island
I get that, but it still gets me because I enjoy skydiving
last saffron
the darkness of the drop is the load period so it shouldnt be used to determine how fast you descend i think
thorny ridge
But the Width so far of the Decent has Stayed the same from what I've noticed or paid attention to.
lilac island
It's like 50-60 metres diameter
It's not that big
Why is my autocorrect doing that today
thorny ridge
It's the English Way of Spelling It I guess?
lilac island
No
thorny ridge
I mean you've got English English and American English
lilac island
I think my phone is just wack
lilac island
You hurt me
lilac island
Back to lore
So the tongue thing on the strikers
Looks like a lamprey, strikes like a frog snapping its tongue out
midnight spoke
Also is stretchy as fuck
lilac island
However it has a remarkable degree of control over direction and seems to turn it at 90 degree+ angles
Which means that thing is literally just muscle and cartilage
thorny ridge
I feel like It's just Bound In the Gut or some shit.
midnight spoke
Big strikers can lash out to like 20m I'm guessing
lilac island
I think that the actual creature is just the tongue
It uses the body for motive capability and protection
midnight spoke
Ehh, how can they walk around without the top half?
lilac island
Grows by eating the internal organs, replaces their function with itself as it goes and occupies more of the body
The eggs could very well be actual eggs
That question of how they survive damage is a big one
midnight spoke
Possible there's more than one parasite coexisting
thorny ridge
They Obviously don't have Many Organs Functioning anymore.
midnight spoke
It's like people who get infected with tape worm probably have a few
lilac island
Indicates biological redundancy, which was very common in the Mesozoic-ish timetable
last saffron
all those pretty teeth
lilac island
Yeah, could be several existing within the body
lilac island
Or could be one big dude spread everywhere through it
And it just has redundant and simple biology to survive injury
We don't know yet, will have to wait and see
thorny ridge
I mean there could be an entire diffirent Parasite or Infection on Lower Levels
You don't see much Environmental Change with them being Active or Sleeping on the floors sofar.
lilac island
If it's capable of HGT then we have no idea how batshit insane they'll get as we get deeper into the hive
thorny ridge
It'll probably get worse the Deeper we can go.
midnight spoke
HGT?
lilac island
Horizontal Gene Transfer btw, for those who aren't into biosciences
midnight spoke
gotchya
thorny ridge
Yeah I don't have a fucking clue XD but I'am getting there.
All ya need Is a basic Understanding formed to keep along.
lilac island
So vertical gene transfer is that "parent-to-offspring" type of transfer and is most common, however horizontal gene transfer is when you take genes from another creature and just incorporate them into yourself or your offspring without a mate
It's really common amongst some types of parasite and a few types of lizard iirc
thorny ridge
Horrifying yet practical.
lilac island
"Life finds a way"
last saffron
scouts sure have a lot of space in their heads
lilac island
That way is just often disturbing and impractical
last saffron
all these feelers have to stay somewhere
lilac island
If it's full of thin sensor tentacles it would explain why it doesn't have a feeder one
last saffron
lilac island
Yeah, joy that it has discovered food
midnight spoke
I was joking btw
thorny ridge
I mean The Scouts are Capable of Letting out a Screech that Alerts the Other Sleepers
lilac island
If you notice their behaviours are entirely basic predatory instincts, they just seek nearby food with no higher thought
thorny ridge
I'am Assuming It's not a Form Of Communication but just Pure Noise to set them off.
lilac island
Probably encoded noise
last saffron
if you touch the feelers they react
lilac island
Like how bird caws or dog barks can mean different things based on the sound
last saffron
if you crawl infront of it while it walks, it wont react
lilac island
Like "HEY FOOD THAT DIRECTION"
lilac island
It's an accurate description based on how they work
midnight spoke
The vibe checkers of the monsters
last saffron
"dont touch those feelers! oh man, this place is going to get crowded.."
lilac island
That got me
last saffron
im also going to test on observation which confuses me
midnight spoke
Which one?
lilac island
I just imagine a mod one day so that the sound of the feelers has the scout shout "Ay yo, vibe check"
midnight spoke
LOL
last saffron
everytime a scout dies, theres a deep roar coming from some distance away
lilac island
Make the shriek just be "BAD VIBES"
last saffron
doesnt matter if the scout was alerted too
lilac island
You're right
thorny ridge
Im finna post something probably stupid and Unrelated we'll see.
midnight spoke
Could be whatever may have tried to force it's way out
thorny ridge
Lets just Put It this way some of You guys can assume and probably accuratley Use this Picture as a Form Of Communicating Anger
It's kinda like the Scouts just Screeching and no picture I guess.
chilly robin
that picture makes me a n g e r y
chilly robin
just completed war of the chosen
thorny ridge
98
lilac island
ofc
chilly robin
o o f
lilac island
Dude I had a guy miss a shot like that last night while high off my ass and I just shouted in the middle of my friend group " THIS DUDE'S FUCKIN TWEAKING BRO"
Hol up, my roommate is making Pho and I gotta get me some of this
thorny ridge
Lets not get too side tracked but I could use all my Combat Knowledge from other games and tactics and In XCOM It doesn't matter all due to that little Number that falls upon you.
lilac island
So back to the nature of the facility
What were they mining, just minerals or what?
thorny ridge
I mean Is the Planet On Earth?
thorny ridge
The Gulf?
So Near Where one of the Supposed locations of an Asteroid hit Near (IIRC History doubt I do XD)
midnight spoke
last saffron
the irl expedition was mining underwater, at the center
last saffron
research to see how the peak formed from core samples
lilac island
^
However IIRC that found there was a stupid high mineral content of rare earth elements in the crater
midnight spoke
Meteors be cash money like that
thorny ridge
yeah they can also carry things over aswell
last saffron
the center is extremely rich in iridium
plus they found pink granite, which helped determine just how hard the thing hit
"the impact was so great it shocked and melted rocks found deep in the crust, causing them to shoot up before falling back down to produce the peak rings."
thorny ridge
So we could be working with a Fictional Virus, Infection, Parasite, Fungal Etc
Which would expand the horror of the Depths even more.
lilac island
"Their discovery of shocked, granite rocks from deep in the crust placed “out of order” on top of sedimentary rocks validates the dynamic collapse theory of formation for Chicxulub’s peak ring, the scientists says." they call this "false layering" from what I remember and it means the low crust high mantle minerals we normally can't get rose up to reachable areas of the crust
midnight spoke
The two main ones are fungal and parasitic
lilac island
It also means that high crust material got pushed down into the depths
last saffron
i really enjoy the idea that it might be something prehistoric, an area i believe we havent grazed
a horror from deep within the earth as messer says
lilac island
Are we allowed to link news publications about stuff when the explanation is a bit over my head
Also, does anyone know a geophysicist, that would really help us out
thorny ridge
I mean I've used Off topic Links and Pictures so far don't think It'd be an Issue.
last saffron
since its tied to us speculating on lore, i dont see why not
thorny ridge
IIRC The Facilites you Enter During the Expeditions are usually made of a Metal Material some Cement Mix and Rarely any Glass or Weak Materials.
lilac island
So clearly it's deep and supporting itself
last saffron
its a mix, metal/concrete
thorny ridge
^
last saffron
sometimes the ceiling is just natural rock
thorny ridge
And there's the I guess you could call Iron Dome that You get Inserted from every start.
I've never seen It clearly so I don't know how far It spands.
lilac island
I think the top is open since we hear and see rain
lilac island
I think it's more of a grating than anything else just to keep people out/in
last saffron
the confusing part about the entry point is that it doesnt look like its rock walls were excavated, both by the facility stuff or whatever forced its way up from below
thorny ridge
I think there's door
lilac island
I think it's in the ocean
last saffron
lilac island
So that's a tunnel to the sea floor, which explains the lack of excavation until you get to the floor
thorny ridge
In All Honesty It could span the Entire Crater and be Drilled down the Center.
lilac island
Nah, this is a single giant borehole
lilac island
Likely a platform around it for support staff when they were digging
We are dropping in on a skyhook basically
last saffron
your pod emerges from this porthole looking thing
well, all 4 pods rather
1 for each side
thorny ridge
So It'd be a Constant 4 Man Expedition Team for the Rest of the Prisoners (as we know)
lilac island
That would fit what we have seen so far
thorny ridge
And we haven't seen any other Insert Points and the Inserts the Same as the Exfil since we RTB From the Stasis Pods.
*Entrance and Exits
lilac island
Could be one hook that drops people, the pod arm thing locks itself in place, the hook returns to send the next group while we do our job
thorny ridge
Would make since
lilac island
The reason we have to wait for extract is because the warden has to decide that we're worth dropping the hook to recover us
thorny ridge
the Entire System could be Automated aswell.
Cause you come In no Contact With other beings other then the "Infected" and the Corpses of the Less Fortunate.
midnight spoke
@thorny ridge C2 has a alternate exit
thorny ridge
Does it?
lilac island
You're right it does
thorny ridge
What's It look like?
last saffron
to be fair it could be other side of the hole
lilac island
Doesn't D1 have a different exit too?
midnight spoke
Same get up, different location
last saffron
since you can see other parts of facility in it
midnight spoke
this is true too
thorny ridge
So There Is secondaries.
last saffron
ill stick with it being part of the same entry, just using another ruined entrance
lilac island
I mean if you build a mine like this you have multiple boreholes with capillaries that spring off of each one to interconnect
last saffron
whatever went up took quite..a few chunks with it
midnight spoke
I'm going to do it again today so I'll check the map
lilac island
That standard would fit with how the facility seems to be laid out
thorny ridge
They're In the Same pods as the MC's
last saffron
its painfully hard to see, but everyone inside these pods are in same condition as mister fat
thorny ridge
So I wonder what would happen If a Prisoner sent a Deceased pod up Instead If possible At all.
last saffron
thorny ridge
Bloody Hell Literally.
last saffron
i dont think even 4 of them can haul that thing back without getting swarmed in a second
plus the cage has its own units already attached
thorny ridge
Fair Enough.
Makes me think that these are Infected Facilites that we're clearing and SSEing before we return to our Secure Facility.
Shit I mean Securing Assets
last saffron
terminal doesnt provide background on who is in the pods, but a few are confirmed to have "officers" and administrators
thorny ridge
Mainly due to the 2 Entry and Exfil Points.
Prisons can have Multipile Officers and Adminstrators Especially If they're there own
They can come with there own Facilites for Inmates Aswell.
Especially If there Integrated with a Mine.
last saffron
dev kit doesnt have any sort of prison sets in it so i dont think theres a literal prison in here
brittle knot
my wild guess is that were gathering DNA to clone those scientists or whomever was down there
last saffron
you need the DNA to pass
thorny ridge
Ethier way prisoners would be Free Labour.
midnight spoke
@brittle knot cloning is a no go, is bad
last saffron
Powergrid as example requires officers dna
midnight spoke
^
last saffron
midnight spoke
It's a security measure
thorny ridge
I mean You can't access a Armory without a Permitted ID
thorny ridge
So these could be Different Sections of Mining Sites.
I'am just putting out Random Varies and Theories here.
thorny ridge
I'am slowly getting tired aswell so these may get Nutty or Repetative.
thorny ridge
Well they know somethings there at least.
last saffron
it knows approximate location of things but not specific details, such as layout, security zones etc
thorny ridge
I don't think It considers the Possible threat of the Infected per say.
lilac island
We're more likely to find something useful if we're getting all of the IDs rather than just looking for one specific one
thorny ridge
I mean all the ID's are Named
lilac island
Yeah, but the networking in the place is all segregated
thorny ridge
And the ID Commands for the Terminal Very almost every code has an X Inbetween 6 Digits
lilac island
Nothing is consistent, almost as if the intention when making the facility was for it to not be able to be 100% controlled from one point
Otherwise we'd be able to find and ping shit from any terminal
thorny ridge
Kinda like a More Randomized Version of the German Enigma's.
lilac island
Nah, more like a gapped network
Like how the humans dealt with Cylon hacking in BSG
thorny ridge
Hmm..
lilac island
Which I guess if the facility was overseen and directed by an AI would make sense
Since if the AI then went rogue it wouldn't be able to kill everyone in the facility in one move
thorny ridge
Well you don't see much Net working do you
Just a Data base the Terminal has stored on the Sector
Now that I think about It we could be switched Inbetween each Sector
then Dropped Into them
I doubt they'd have much Variation to them.
Then once your In the UW It Is.
lilac island
Could very well be using prefab structures to flesh out the rooms they dig out
thorny ridge
You don't see any Offensive or Defensive Protocols ethier
last saffron
i know the people inside HSUs are random, but sheesh
thorny ridge
and It looks like the Facilities have only aged rather then getting trashed by the Infected.
last saffron
vale prairie
that i find strange
why the frick have they people in pods that are like 15 years old
last saffron
everyone inside the pods has random age/gender/name but still, funky
i remember having a 87 or so old guy
thorny ridge
I mean In Modern Day IIRC Stasis for us Is freezing the body Until a Cure Is found Useable to Cure the Disease IIRC.
last saffron
we dont have stasis, freezing someone is death
lilac island
I mean, Mexican labor laws let kids work in mines AFAIK, but what's with all the stasis pods
last saffron
we have chemically induced comas though
lilac island
We have cryogenics that we don't know if we can revive people from
Which is what he was referring to
thorny ridge
It could well be a Survey Site with a Mine Imbedded In it or Something
you Rarely see Mining Equipment other then Forklifts and Storage Shelfs
and that Alone all you see Is Crates and some Varied Parts
last saffron
looking it up gave me..a rather morbid result.
Cryonics (from Greek: κρύος kryos meaning 'cold') is the low-temperature freezing (usually at −196 °C or −320.8 °F or 77.1 K) and storage of a human corpse or severed head, with the speculative hope that resurrection may be possible in the future.[1][2] Cryonics is regarded with skepticism within the mainstream scientific community. It is a pseudoscience,[3] and its practice has been characterized as quackery.[4][5]
thorny ridge
Yeah It's all based on Hope
last saffron
Cryonics procedures can begin only after clinical death, and cryonics "patients" are legally dead
thorny ridge
Yep
It doesn't support your body to keep you alive your bodies completley frozen
The Cells In your Body are attempted to be maintained
lilac island
However they refer to the pods as "hydrostasis units"
vale prairie
yeah
thorny ridge
I mean we never see them active do we
Even when we're being deployed we're just staring at the door.
We don't even see the Evac Happen.
last saffron
vale prairie
so they are either dead or alive
thorny ridge
But we'll never know the fate of them.
lilac island
There's no readout on whether the occupant is alive though
last saffron
considering how our main 4 are sent down, it needs someone from the outside to do anything in them
thorny ridge
^
Our Main Characters almost completley rely on there pods being functional
to Enter them In the Sectors and Extract them
lilac island
But for the prison there are likely active staff maintaining them
thorny ridge
Entirely Possible.
last saffron
a confirmed function for the pods, aside from keeping the occupant, is running diagnostic, it even scans brain activity, x rays you
lilac island
We still have no clue what the state of the outside world is, but unless the disease got out most likely this is just a quarantined area with prisoners going in to get shit done
This is true
And it talks about inserting a probe, so it would seem to have some sort of surgical capability as well
thorny ridge
I mean If you've noticed the Prisoners themselves are Infected.
lilac island
Indeed
thorny ridge
That'd be an area of Infection probably.
thorny ridge
Even with our Characters Infected they still wear Facial Filteration Systems.
I won't say Gas Masks cause I doubt they'd contain whatever this Is.
lilac island
It probably is to limit exposure so that the pod+immune system can handle it
last saffron
lilac island
I remember hearing at some point that madness would be a feature
But that was at least a year and a half ago, might not be a thing anymore
last saffron
if its hard to read:
Cognitive stability
Physical Functions
Cell Degradation
midnight spoke
Also they're in a mining complex, a gas mask is a safe bet
thorny ridge
I don't know what they'd mean by NRV Probe
last saffron
Nerve probe
thorny ridge
There's also the Asset Organizing System or something along those lines
where It's sorts the value of the Inventory.
lilac island
Loot and shit is coming in future they've said iirc
So you'll be able to take the stuff the "wardens" don't want
Which makes me think they're human
last saffron
Warden lets prisoners keep anything it doesnt need
lilac island
Inb4 the mining corp made it a for profit prison when everything went to shit
last saffron
so if you scrape up something it wouldnt give a single damn as long as its not something it requires
lilac island
Capitalism at its finest everyone
last saffron
i mean, thatd be just Amazon warehouse
thorny ridge
So you could In Theory only insert the Requested Items In the POD for Retrival
lilac island
I don't like that you're correct
thorny ridge
I mean most of the Rooms Look like Ware Houses
Especially In B1 In the Fogged Rooms.
last saffron
the whole place is a mess to be fair
thorny ridge
And Mainly the Upper Levels
last saffron
you have random shelves everywhere, HSUs just dumped around
lilac island
When Amazon's automated warehouses turn on us they'll rebrand as prisons
last saffron
Machinery sitting here and there
thorny ridge
I mean I'am still wondering where most of the Mining Equipment would be
last saffron
hazardous containers just laying on their sides
lilac island
Most areas we've been in don't seem like active mineshafts, which would explain the lack of equipment
thorny ridge
Unless they're Stashed Boxes from Previous Prisoners.
lilac island
But there's a lot of stuff in here that makes me wonder why it's there
last saffron
you know what ticks me off most as someone who worked in a place like that? thermos' and stuff near bloody acidic chemical barrels
thorny ridge
I mean I'd look at It like this
last saffron
they have paperwork just laying there too!
thorny ridge
It's like a Coal Mine
the More they Dig The Higher the Chance Of your Lung's Being Coated (AKA The Stronger the Infection Chance)
The Stronger the Enemies
and Most likely the More Infestation of the Environment.
last saffron
C has ||angry gigantic lumps in 2 parts of the area||
well, theyre not angry to be precise. its the ones sleeping below it that are very angry
thorny ridge
We've been going at this since what 1 PM EST?
last saffron
||it doesnt seem to be like necromorph creep, its a big, pulsating and glowing sack. almost like a cocoon||
thorny ridge
A Picture would further help with Examination tbh
There's alot In the Environment we probably miss
since we're usually going In a Group.
last saffron
im not at c yet, but theres a clip of it
at a really awful angle so you barely see it
last saffron
the only coherent thing about it from the clip is that its ||moving and glowing akin to the rest of them||
midnight spoke
@last saffron what part of C? 1 or 2?
midnight spoke
I don't remember seeing it, but that roof I remember
last saffron
its in 2 spots, one behind an optional alarm door
midnight spoke
probably why I didn't see it
lilac island
If anybody is ever doing test/lore runs feel free to hmu btw, I don't really care for completion I just enjoy the game
thorny ridge
My Fingers are Aching from typing so much holy shit
I haven't completed past B1 But I've already had Spoilers and I've Looked for my self at picture for reference.
Hence why I had no clue about the secondary Entrances/Exfils
last saffron
my main need is just unlocking levels so i can do what i did in alpha...and literally spend hours exploring every inch i cant get to
sitting near hosts and watching them
thorny ridge
I'd help ya but I'am currently Reinstalling a Certain EA Game to Test my PC.
Just Remember to bring a Trusty Rifle or Pistol just In Case the Infected decide to make you Family.
midnight spoke
But we are family
midnight spoke
and families have tifs, must remain the last one standing
Sorry fam bam, it's hammer time
thorny ridge
Fuck someone needs to reproduce the Doge meme for GTFO.
mighty sun
BloodSung's Nicknames for Sleepers
Strikers
These mutants are commonly found amongst their swarm, sometimes running around like some type of ninja... careful of their tongues...
Titans
These are the bigger cousins of their smaller swarmers and it is best to avoid being close to them while their alert... it will take everyone together to bring them in the darkness if trying to avoid detection...
Shooters
Are they shooting teeth at us?... Gross, damn the Warden... It is best to get up close and personal when there are few of them... don't stand in one place and keep on the move.
Bursters
MORE TEETH?! WHY!?... okay... this is the only time when I can be loud... it is always about being quiet... if you really want to survive and if you don't, expect a hail of teeth... aim for the...
Feelers
That is not my fantasy... don't let it touch you... their loud enough to call in more of these mutants... and that flash 'Rubs Eyes' doesn't help in the darkness...
||Bulls||
||They are like strikers... but a bit beefier... I found that it is better to break their spines in, rather than the head when taking the subtle approach||
Pending More Information...
dense saffron
C1's got the krispy boys, I've got some screenshots if anyone needs them
atomic tree
Sure thing
dense saffron
krispy boy
midnight spoke
Don't forget roof
pallid garnet
you mean ||c2||?
midnight spoke
Yeah, that's c2
dense saffron
Here's the roof of the room they're introduced in
You can find the same roof in zone 90 as well
Here's a couple screenshots showing the pulsing it does
midnight spoke
There's actually two roofs on the map like that
dense saffron
Load all three up in separate tabs and switch between that
mighty sun
@dense saffron Yeah those be ||bulls||
dense saffron
Yeah zone 90 and the other on the critical path
midnight spoke
@mighty sun bruh, spoiler
mighty sun
:x
midnight spoke
Still
pallid garnet
the spoiler rule still applies
mighty sun
thumbs up
dense saffron
||Interesting thing of note, c2 has no HSU but a lot of containers for moving HSU around||
||Also the forklifts have this on them, no idea what it says maybe someone can translate unless someone already has||
Anyways back to d1 attempts
earnest palm
I tried translating the chinese (i think) on the forklift and it honestly makes no sense. The 1st character (魚) is fish in traditional chinese, but i have no idea what the 2nd one means.
Either that or its one word and it means crocodile
:/
atomic tree
Well the other one is a "Cheng" so far I understand, means "to beat a drum" or "startle"
earnest palm
sighs hahaha
@atomic tree Where did you get that translation for the 2nd word, cause i'm writing it and it doesnt show up for me
atomic tree
@earnest palm last part of the word.
But yeah, found the full word and it says Crocodile or Alligator. . .
earnest palm
Exactly
prime silo
Maybe its the company name? Like 'John Deer'?
earnest palm
^
prime silo
I can't remember if that's the spelling.
earnest palm
Might just be nothin, but ya never know
karmic temple
so many spoilers
floral plaza
||What's a spolier?||
earnest palm
||idk man||
midnight spoke
||the roof we will come to worship||
atomic tree
Well, kinda assume people know that you are gonna talk spoiler in the lore tab tho
prime silo
||Crikey||
karmic temple
CROCODILES
prime silo
I did too!
midnight spoke
There we go
earnest palm
uu
karmic temple
👀
floral plaza
||r/GetTheFookOffMuhLawn... DamnedKids||
earnest palm
Uhhh
midnight spoke
||nothing to see here, just your lord and saviour in the roof||
lilac island
That word on the forklift is indeed "crocodile", or "alligator". Source: I'm ethnically Chinese and speak it as a first language. 
earnest palm
Well at least its confirmed now
prime silo
Thank you! I have no idea how to speak it. I tried to learn Cantonese but it was beyond my brain's abilities.
lilac island
Though, the Chinese word would be 鳄 or 鱷
鰐 is Japanese. Same meaning though.
鳄 is SImplified Chinese (used in China and most Chinese-speaking countries)
鱷 is Traditional Chinese (used in Taiwan and Hong Kong)
鰐 is Japanese kanji
earnest palm
No wonder i mixed them up, they all are just the same with little variation.
lilac island
Yeah, even I didn't notice it was Japanese until I zoomed in
dense saffron
Some d1 observations: ||The sorta spikes around the pit are much more pronounced than they are on the higher floors, also you can hear the distant sorta roaring you sometimes hear while higher up much more often||
Face close up
THE EYE
dense saffron
uh player 3
fallen pendant
btw what about the eye?
dense saffron
oh it's just a close up of the player eyes
player 1's character has blue eyes, player three has green
dusk copper
||who else really hated the fact that in D1 after you shutdown the reactor all the enemies are invisible.||
atomic tree
Think that's the point
atomic tree
I'm not 100% sure in my English, doesn't this mean that Warden is not a single entity? Or can it also be said like this about a artificial object?
warm sedge
"Them" doesn't have to refer to multiple things or be plural in any capacity, it can be a substitute for "him/her"
atomic tree
Ah fair nuff
vagrant lynx
warden may be an A.I. too 🤔
consider that each time you start a level you see text that says : "subsurface transmission" ... its like your picking up other teams on other floors
atomic tree
That is what most people go for, but I think it is more a organization.
Well, you are inside a HSU.
vagrant lynx
could also be the wardens, like you said, are plural and each one has an "region of control" , hard to know if its one or more just yet
atomic tree
Mhm, just find weird we have Santonian Industries first have the Warden Logo on the lower levels of the complex.
vagrant lynx
well people have being saying its a mining complex as well.
some of the architecture and pipes and stuff apparently resemble mineshafts IRL
atomic tree
Yes and I think I'm alone on this one, but I think it is weird that a mine have two nuclear reactors if it's "just a mine facility"
vagrant lynx
well: a) we don't know what reactors they are TMK, B) clearly something more long term was under way, the amount of stuff on shelves on every level is kinda nuts. including the HSS_PODS , like what if ppl are alive in those ! 🤔
atomic tree
TMK?
vagrant lynx
to my knowledge
vagrant lynx
i want to know why the reactors are offline to begin with, and why security doors are active, and can those doors stop monster's from escaping.. .and what is so important about getting some of the items on levels we are sent for anyways?
i never saw nuke signs, but that's fair, i didn't look around alot on that level.
atomic tree
One is offline, one is online.
vestal magnet
tell me the lore u batches 😄
vagrant lynx
there isnt alot yet, we are prisoners sent in to get things
vagrant lynx
-# dont look up folks 😉
atomic tree
Besides that, we don't know much yet. But I have my theory
vagrant lynx
dont we all 😉
atomic tree
Yeah, but I have it written down 😛
marsh lagoon
Any Lead on which Year the game is supposed to take place in?
marsh lagoon
and also not the location?
atomic tree
That we know
vagrant lynx
not yet as far as i know
atomic tree
The Chicxulub crater
vagrant lynx
i've been meaning to study the sky line at the start of the map
atomic tree
Well, one of them seems tied to Santonian Industries, the company whom logos is dotted throughout the complex
vagrant lynx
i said it earlier that we appear to be in a mining complex on some levels..... could be forced labor... could be a forced labor blacksite too
atomic tree
And another is wearing a Santonian uniform.
vagrant lynx
where does it say that name in game? logos on walls?
atomic tree
I think the gist of the story is following: Santonian Industries mines in the Crater (inspired on some real life drillings done in 2016). They find -something- down there, the company collaborate with what we now know as the Warden. Warden moves deep down to into the complex and set up labs at the lower levels, away from the gaze of governmental control and such. Somewhere beyond the year 2020 an outbreak happens and totally eradicate the Complex. The Warden says "fuck that shit" and put a lid on the whole operation and let it simmer for an unknown amount of years, hoping that most monsters would get bored and die/decay. And now have re-open the hole to sent people down to salvage whatever useful information and date there is left.
marsh lagoon
for those of us who just arrived: what is the Santonian Industries?
atomic tree
A mining company, their logos is all over the complex in the game
vagrant lynx
yup i think your on the right track more or less
marsh lagoon
it does sound very reasonable
vagrant lynx
except the big question is, are those monsters new, or were they people who changed, and did they all change at once or in stages or?
atomic tree
It is the only reason why we first see the Warden log on the lower levels.
languid walrus
Hackett wears a hoodie that has the logo on the chest.
atomic tree
Well, the outbreak must have been rapid, yet the people might have been infected for quite sometime since all levels of the complex got fucked over, with all these security gates and locks, it would been too easy to contain a visible outbreak to the lower levels.
Hence why I think our guys wear mask, must be airborn
languid walrus
Why does Hackett’s clothes have the mining company logo on the chest?
vagrant lynx
the masks dont appear to be full bio masks thou, so they may jsut be a precaution
atomic tree
True, even miners wears them in a regular mine.
Also important to note not all of the prisoners are wearing seal up outfits, with some exposing skin.
vagrant lynx
i mean, some of the machines may be breaking down release deadly gases (FOG) or other substances... i bet will see oil spills etc in the future
hence at the end of a level " infection level" is a detail on each person
atomic tree
Mhm
languid walrus
I just want to know why Hackett is wearing a hoodie with the mining company logo on the chest. Does it mean he is affiliated with Santonian?
atomic tree
Maybe, maybe not, maybe Warden just issue what they got.
vagrant lynx
does each character in game have a name?
languid walrus
Hackett, Dauda, Woods, Bishop.
atomic tree
^
vagrant lynx
interesting!
languid walrus
But none is really known about them except their accents.
atomic tree
Well, the devs also said they are careful not to let the characters shine that much thru.
languid walrus
I wish the characters would talk more though.
vagrant lynx
of course, players need to RP
atomic tree
Which is fine, because I feel this is more a narrative driven story than a personal one.
languid walrus
Will the devs issue fixes to make the characters talk more?
atomic tree
Did that make sense, might be me rough translating from Danish
Well, don't think it is an issue.
And as they said: they are really careful with them talking at all
languid walrus
And would future expeditions increase enemy numbers dramatically like seen in the trailer?
Cause in the trailer the enemy numbers looked extremely high.
vagrant lynx
i'd have to watch it again, i thought it was on par...
we dont carry enough ammo for large waves or several large ones....
atomic tree
Well, the game can adjust the amount of ammo players start with depending on mission?
vagrant lynx
no i mean total ammo you can carry at once at 100%
i'd also like to hear more about the mutations and what cause the different variations of monsters... what triggered the inital response that creates different strains?
atomic tree
Ah, I guess it could be possible, but if I'm know my Devs they would do something as "Oh, that extra ammo means you can't carry tools" or some shit like that 😂
vagrant lynx
i can't picture them having us face several large hordes without resupply... we'd jsut turn into hammer time... you cant really hammer big daddy's down with little guys on you too... 40% hp per hit is to much
and so far this game doesn't make me rage... which is a great sign... cause its fair and balanced
atomic tree
Well, C1 kinda makes us
vagrant lynx
but theres resupply
i meant what shawn was saying back there
coming back to reactors... why do we need all that power for lights and doors?
atomic tree
Well, briefing says you need power to access lower levels.
But Warden can tell us whatever I guess
vagrant lynx
sure. but like... all that power must be doing more... we haven't seen like labs and "offices" just sorta endless storage rooms on most maps... and what appears to be rooms either re-purposed with storage or built because the surrounding rock was to difficult to open up or not worth it.
atomic tree
There is some screenshots of lab facility stuff from the alpha built.
But they are not in this Rundown.
atomic tree
And it is Umbrella tier lab equipment.
And I darn hope they make a office level or at least some rooms when fitting.
Also I guess due to the location and size of the facility I guess living quarters is also a must?
vagrant lynx
yeah i mean i think we all saw that coming... i've always wondered about the room layouts... and items in rooms... really seems like they jsut put shit in the rooms... where do the forklifts come from ? there are not ramps and exits like a parking garage sooooooooo? 😛
living quaters are likely on the surface, isolated, within compound walls. so we may not see them
atomic tree
"living quaters are likely on the surface, isolated, within compound walls. so we may not see them" really think it depends on the size of the facility. There is ammo all over the place, so we can assume there is some kind of security force present.
And some must have facilitation for sleeping, for 24h observations
languid walrus
I feel safer the further underground I am.
So it makes sense the living quarters should be deep down.
atomic tree
Also yeah, some forklift will never be free 😢
Also let us be realistic, we talking scientists nerds that do crazy science, don't think you can convince them to go all the way topside everyday.
vagrant lynx
the upper levels being storage could make sense too, could be incoming and outgoing supplies....
the other odd thing, is the "drop method" for us... is pretty custom made... and if im not mistaken, our pods came from the walls, not like the back of a truck right? so....implies this was purpose built
midnight jolt
mhm but us being dropped down we are also called Prisoners
atomic tree
Mhm, well, if you see the shaft after deployment, it is just a crater going through the facility.
It is not a built shaft
And the debris is torn upwards, meaning something cylindered tried to go up.
vagrant lynx
this could imply a metor or object... you would only need to collapse one or two upper sections to have the others below give way to the weight...
vagrant lynx
i've been trying to look at the other side from the deployment side more, when your jsut about to step off... see what's out there
😮
i hadn't notice.
midnight jolt
which means it's probably some experiment that went horribly wrong and to see what has happened the prisoners are sent into the abyss
vagrant lynx
could be natural too... gas pocket.... that happens in mining...
atomic tree
And yes the drop-in mechanism is very custommade, the whole structure seems to made to drop people down, hence my theory of Warden literally putting a lid on it.
vagrant lynx
i should see if there is a video of that whole sequence on YT i can watch over and over to look for details... i dont have capture ability myself rn
atomic tree
Well, would a gas pocket make a straight upward cylinder?
atomic tree
Well, if tear through rooms, they would make the explosion go horizontal
keen seal
i guess it would be easier for a gas explosion to go up through the floors rather than horizontally through solid rock
vagrant lynx
maybe its like that older movie where they find dragons down a mineshaft and the world goes to hell 🐲
atomic tree
@keen seal well, it goes thru rooms. That would be easier.
vagrant lynx
i find it interesting that i've heard they want to avoid flamethrowers...
atomic tree
Yes! Which I respect. Only way I want flamethrowe is as a sentry.
torn swallow
Fire no longer exists in this world clearly
marsh lagoon
I like it as it is
atomic tree
Well, if you going through a mining facility I think you wanna minimize open fire.
vagrant lynx
no the problem is aoe damage detracts from the tension the game is built on. low ammo and i'll equipped to deal with the threats
i still would like to see laser guns in the game... but i might be bias on that one 😉
keen seal
Also fire underground typically not a good idea
You run the risk of using up all the oxygen in the area
vagrant lynx
but what would be good is if i can change the color of my tracers (just thought of it ima suggest that!)
atomic tree
@vagrant lynx doing mean a ||mining-||lasergun?
vagrant lynx
what is this... minecraft with expansions 😉
atomic tree
I were more thinking Dead Space
atomic tree
But tbh, dunno what other weapons or tools I would want
vagrant lynx
variety is something i like to see constantly added to a game... energy weapons or mag-guns/Gauss could be interesting...
also, whats your thoughts about during alarms where the monsters come from? do they climb the central shaft area? do they dig?
misty spade
is one of the prisoners the guy that's doing the voiceover in the reveal trailer?
atomic tree
Well, the thing is, the Warden doesn't even issue you with full ammo upon deployment, why would it bother to give you expensive fancy weapons, when a slug to the face seems effective enough to take down an enemy?
@misty spade the wiki say yes, but can't find anything to back that up.
@vagrant lynx erh, don't really know, just assume they came from a random hallway, but now you mention it, every map is self-contained
vagrant lynx
fancy wpns aren't fancy if technology advanced enough. bows > flint lock pistols > muskets > rifles etc
but i hear you
atomic tree
Judging by the rest of the tech, I don't think the game setting have laser weaponry as common tech. But that is just what vibe I get.
atomic tree
And the Biotracker seem to be a very dedicated tool, made especially for this. It only tracks enemies and not teammates
vagrant lynx
i think they will add palyers to it as green icons... but maybe not. the on-board computer could filter us out... also did you notice the other data on screen on it? heartbeat? size? can't remember them all... doesn't seem to work rn... but damn if they added that in.
@atomic tree you've given me alot to think about for sure
vagrant lynx
excellent point and i didn't know about that sub thread.
it makes sense too... you wont frag and risk blowing out a gas line.
rockets would also be dumb...
marsh lagoon
the closest we have to that is the detonators
but they usually don't have a big blast radius
vagrant lynx
again, very true i didn't thinj about mines, but mines msut be like shaped charges where you can control the blast wave and direction. C4 could be an interesting add in
marsh lagoon
I think C4 would create a too big blast
vagrant lynx
likely. i wonder why you need to turn off a reactor... @atomic tree
also why do security scans move about the room?
marsh lagoon
as I've theorized, you turn on the one on C1 to get access to C2, while the one in D1 must be turned off, cause it's part of what blew the situation out of control
at least in THIS Rundown
vagrant lynx
interesting idea.
im watching someone stream D1 right now... cause i ahven't beat it. to loo kfor clues
tidal jay
I had a few rounds in d1
almost beat it
passed the reactor room and was running back to base
and there was a security scan there at the end
we got it to 75% but died Q_Q
vagrant lynx
careful on the spoilers 😉
tidal jay
oh sorry
vagrant lynx
all good ! - off to bed folks , good chat thx gang..
hearty schooner
spoilers
alpine path
Anyone got to check the PC next to C2's extraction zone? I had no time to check what's on there due to || spikey bois || chasing us en masse
rigid heron
theres nothing in it
cunning atlas
so there was this scanner back in 2017 teaser
( is this the new bio-scanner ) or is this another thing?
cunning summit
I saw that in the trailer and was expecting it to be in the game. that would've been amazingly useful!
toxic sand
SimonViklund04/11/2019
Fox asks: Does that thing in the trailer that scans the room through a door actually exist, cause if so thats badass
Answer: It does exist, yes, and it is indeed badass!
cunning summit
@toxic sand Will it be released at a later date?
toxic sand
I hope it will release one day, it look badass! My personal guess is those new tool are part of the player progression that will be added later into the game.
spiral thicket
explosive barrel could be nice
last saffron
ergh
atomic tree
It -could- be nice, but the balancing and effort to implement is not of importance rn
thorny ridge
I mean I don't see a reason In balancing a COOP Game or what would even be Balanced for a COOP Game.
atomic tree
@thorny ridge balancing is SUPER important to make a proper challenge. Especially in this game.
thorny ridge
Yeah but how would you balance It.
atomic tree
@thorny ridge on top of my head I can't really pinpoint, but a feature like that gonna make teams able to use less ammo pr. encounter. So already there the inclusion would make the game easier.
thorny ridge
Like I understand the Importance of Balancing
but I can't think of anyway to balance a COOP Game other then the Enemies and Equipment given.
Or changing a feature of the game Entirely.
atomic tree
Well you can implement features that challenges how the team needs to coordinate
lilac island
that thing could be like an upgrade to the bio scanner, or like a sidegrade or something.
balancing in games, even co-op games does encompass a lot more than just those raw stats. they're a big part of it, but you can do so much more tbh.
last saffron
cough wrong channel cough
lilac island
cough you didn't see any of that cough
last saffron
👀
hollow thunder
Any of you wondering what that tentacle thing was at the end of the 2017 trailer
alpine lantern
It's your friend.
mortal ruin
Are there canonical names for the enemies because I've heard sleeper/Naruto runner, shooter/crab, tall boy/thiccem, scout/witch/siren, spiker/Sonic the Hedgehog for the enemies
vale prairie
not really the devs said the community can name them
mortal ruin
Bet Naruto Sonic Thiccum and Scout it is
midnight spoke
They do have base names for everything but encourage people to use their own terms
glad tiger
Sleepers and tentacle dudes
steep cosmos
109775240990890823
GTFO-161 B2 English speaker +1
https://discord.gg/
midnight spoke
So far there's: strikers, big strikers, shooters, big shooters, scouts, ||bull rushers|| and ||shadows||
steep cosmos
https://discord.gg/dQCPPc
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GTFO-161 B2 English speaker +1
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midnight spoke
It's okay
Though scouts should be called feelers, like they are in game
I call them vibe checkers for amusement
shadow igloo
we call the sleepers just creatures, scouts are spindlers/spindly guys, giants are giants. and we havent really come up with a name for the spiky guys or the ones on D1
thorny ridge
I Just Use Infected as an Overall word for them, then there Nicknames for Specifics.
midnight spoke
Don't forget to report to your local scout for a vibe check
thorny ridge
Proceeds to 4 Man Hammer Rush a Scout By Itself
midnight spoke
he screams, you have not passed the vibe check
vagrant lynx
there are names for the monsters on the wiki
midnight spoke
||only found one not on there, the ones in C2, D1 is there though||
vagrant lynx
Enemy Types from the wiki
Sleepers
Striker
Scout
Big Striker
Shooter
Big Shooter
or if your ork its "big shootah"
midnight spoke
I always look at the big shooter and think "needs more dakka"
vagrant lynx
ahha yeah... i dont really care for some of those names from the wiki... alot of the community ones are better imo
jade lintel
||Do we know about the changing intro screen?! Because I just loaded up the game for the second time ever and details have changed!!||
I highlighted the changes in red boxes!
midnight spoke
it's randomly generated
glad shore
It’s been discussed a few times with a few varying theories. We know that the red part is probably what you get denied for, but not why.
vagrant lynx
i found some interesting stuff on the wiki page, that sorta answers some questions i had: Not much is known about the Complex.
The Complex is supposedly under the Chicxulub Crater which was made by the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs.
the enemies in GTFO are confirmed not to be zombies or aliens, the possible origins could be fungal or parasitic in nature that require a human host, given that the creatures exhibit human features and anatomy such as two arms, legs, and ears.
Sleepers are mutated humans of pale skin and mangled body parts found in every corner of the Complex in varying numbers.
dense saffron
Reactor Terminal in d1 || The Ip address of the connection is from china, according to this website. Ip doesn't return a ping https://db-ip.com/112.95.6.139, it's possible it's randomly generated as well||
midnight spoke
@vagrant lynx you don't have to anti-spoiler lore
just specific things like names and descriptions of things that new people haven't run into
for the most part
floral plaza
From #rules
9. Be sure to mark any content that has a likelihood of spoiling someone. This means that for 3 weeks after something major is released you must use Discord's spoiler formatting and include non-spoiler context when submitting the content.
Just a reminder
🙂
vagrant lynx
always good to know.
@atomic tree do you know about the basic info form the wiki i just posted a few lines up?
midnight spoke
It's the wiki website
midnight spoke
Enemies for the base ones, but it doesn't show all of them, you have to search for one and another isn't there yet
we should actually edit it
vagrant lynx
still some key points i mentioned from it earlier... really adds perspective to situation in the complex
midnight spoke
Enemies one shows enemies and mentions they're not aliends or zombies
vagrant lynx
locations, enemy pages
tall anchor
“The Complex” page has a bit more about the location
midnight spoke
Also, if y'all look at the pinned messages, there's info found by users there
Be it from interviews, gameplay etc
tall anchor
mm
I’m trying to shift more lore onto the wiki
we’ve got a santonian page and complex page so far
floral plaza
@midnight spoke Lookin' good in that ambassador role 😉
vagrant lynx
😎
midnight spoke
Thanks, thought I'd try it on
midnight spoke
Same eyes?
floral plaza
Maybe the eye color is the symbol of immunity to the infection?
midnight spoke
Dauda has brown eyes and Hackett has green
last saffron
food is served boys
floral plaza
Yum 😋
last saffron
i like how nice and sleek the santonian uniforms are
midnight spoke
Same, they look well made
last saffron
(ignore the corpse spitting out his liquified innards)
midnight spoke
Very sci-fi like uniforms too
last saffron
finished d1 and got a nice look at the generator, i wish it looked..more active. but overall quite a contraption
midnight spoke
Similar to the one in ||C2||
tall anchor
@native shell
midnight spoke
Don't make him look at us, we will be prisoners
obtuse garnet
?t lfg
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naive kindle
Probably a stupid question but has the year the game is taking place in been established?
Or is it like megaman with the 20XX as the year
midnight spoke
I don't believe so
carmine shuttle
Haven’t seen anything regarding year
thorny ridge
This Is the only character screenshot I have but this Is the same Eye Effect most of em have for me If I can even see into there mask
thorny ridge
Cool...?
floral plaza
I like SantoniOS better
pliant quail
SappleOS X
thorny ridge
I mean the commands It's got does remind me of a Linux.
fathom sluice
Reminds me of CMD
Linux doesn't use backslash for addressing like windows and the formating is more cmd than terminal in presentation imo. But it doesn't matter, the pc is a tiny part of the game anyway and doesn't do much more than ping. @thorny ridge
thorny ridge
Ik But I'am saying the commands you can use remind me of linux
fathom sluice
Could be either Or command name wise.
midnight spoke
@thorny ridge Eye effect? like reaction to light? design? Help me out
vagrant lynx
if anyone can screenshot those little subsurface messages from different levels, could you please send them to me in DM, im trying to make a graphic of them all along with some other things.... Thanks in advance! I have a few levels today but i haven't had time to get them all yet
carmine shuttle
has anyone posted maps of the floors yet
naive kindle
Maps are overrated
vagrant lynx
The doors, keys and items change on the maps
surreal citrus
lmao just press tab
rigid heron
some maps, like d1, don't actually have a map to show, sometime anyway
vagrant lynx
i think that's a bug... ( this may not be a spoiler for those who have done B2 ) ||on B2 there is a ladder leading to an unmarked area on the map, but there are no secrets there (that i know of) its jsut a normal room with monsters and lockers... ||
midnight spoke
I think D1 might be due to it being a specific room
livid cape
I'm waiting for the day when I finish this run down a few more times so I can explore the levels for more lorey things
but like someone said, this chat flies in terms of topics so I don't want to repeat anything too much
midnight spoke
Nothing wrong with repeating man
lilac island
I kinda understand
I had this group who I helped get through B2, they only went through one path to get all 12 PID's and not the two others. I would happily reply if I could see more paths
vagrant lynx
i recommend one or two successful runs of each map its a little different each time, but you feel more confident after the 1st time
it occurs to me that (this is one part stuff from the wiki and one part my theory, so not really spoiler but i will mark it jsut in case) || that if the complex is in the crater from the metor that kind the dino's, and given that sky appears to be dark and stormy, and a good size communications tower is seen at the top of the complex, that EARTH may in fact be partially lost, it really depends on weather these monsters can tunnel out or not. if not they may be able to be contained below, hence sending prisoners, if not, then sending in prisoners and not wasting marines also makes sense.||
atomic tree
It can also just be night and stormy which both happens a lot at sea.
short quartz
hell, if it was near Seattle, it would be raining all the time.
possibly even more often than not.
vagrant lynx
well the wiki states the location
||he Complex is supposedly under the Chicxulub Crater which was made by the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs. ||
||ooohhhh its not 100%. "supposedly" my bad!!||
velvet ivy
lfg
feral zealot
It could be Nevada or arizona in the states
also Duriji The marines wont be sent in to abyssal locations we are not equipped for it, now the army or national guard would be equipped for the job due to local resources making prisoners due the job would be cruel and unusual so the states are out, now with the accents it could be done by the U.N. which explains the "Varity" of accents and legal ability to pardon the survivors of the complex.
last saffron
the state of the outside is part of the mystery, also implying states wouldnt do shady stuff is funky
the thing about our prisoners, is that all of us are "special". At the very least the main 4 characters are since its implied they either originate form the complex, or have been there
mainly from the start sequence, it tries to access a memory (presumably) before the override
feral zealot
true but who original v.s. who left. We see much more bodies than what the facility does.
from the lobby we can see different clothes, gear, and movement patterns
last saffron
there arent as many corpses as id expect to be fair
feral zealot
consider the fact that the "creatures" walk bipedal and have a homo sappiness body as well as mutations from low light conditions
last saffron
and all of them had santonian uniforms, the clothed ones at least
feral zealot
santonian? I was going to say mopp level 1/2 gear on
last saffron
all the uniforms have 
on em
feral zealot
might be a unit patch for id purposes
last saffron
feral zealot
with that shot we see a pile of clothes also
so yah M.O.P.P. level 3 gear
a suit, mask, gloves, boots. all CBRN treated
last saffron
these are sort of, everywhere. they dont have boots, masks or gloves, only pants and jackets for now, even the full body ones
like mr fat over here
feral zealot
well that is early access still
thought with opening scenes this is some type of research facility
last saffron
the parts we visit is a mining complex. ||press kit has lab environment, but we dont have those kind of maps yet||
"Santonian Mining Industries" is plastered everywhere, on doors/walls/some crates
Santonian in general has 3 names at this point
Santonian Mining Industries/Strategic Investors Group/Industries
feral zealot
yes mining complex's often have labs for testing quality and biologics
last saffron
feral zealot
Slanesh thank you for comfirming now lets figure out the timeline
also the P.R. kits we can see the characters
the twitter tells us at least 647,431 were sent and 8,925 survived though taking survivor to percent is closer to real survival (after recovery) from blood loss, blunt force trauma, radiation (Tentacle creature) as the blue flash is more akin to cobalt 59/60 which would be medical purposed
my apologies y'all can deliberate this as me overthinking lore.
thorny ridge
@fathom sluice I was talking about the IRIS The Characters Iris has a Ring Like Design where there actual eye Color Is In an Inner Ring and the Outer Ring of the Iris Is a Deep Purplish Blue dam took me about 4 hours to respond XD
feral zealot
@thorny ridge its fine man i got side tracked
thorny ridge
Just Shifting my Previous Picture Again to see It quicker.
feral zealot
shit dude this guy is f'ed up medically the eyes lost their reflectivity.
short quartz
he gets bitten by telescopic teeth on the end of eel tongues on a regular basis he's fucked up in every way possible at this point
feral zealot
No that's not the end of it there's one more thing it's no older than a week and the mask is intact (for now). Thought this complex does hold bio/chemical agents and heavy industrial material so the mask is minimum
thorny ridge
I mean have you seen all the stuff that floats Visibly In the Air
I Expect the Corpses that are lying around of the Unfornate are what happens when you don't have any Air Filteration.
regal pumice
The female mutants may have a fungus like behaviour? Generating these “seeds” through those bloats around their head?
thorny ridge
They're almost like eggs
Most of the Infected you encounter have some Egg like Abnormalties somewhere In or across there body
regal pumice
In this case, could they be the “after effects” of the “seeds” insertion?
last saffron
a fungus doesnt express any behavior. its hosts however when afflicted do. the issue is, a parasitic fungus doesnt need to mutate you. Para fungi spread mycelium throughout, pretty much steadily eating you. stuff like cordiceps makes their hosts "confused" and get to highest point possible while devouring them in order to make spore dispersion better
and their hosts death, unlike other parasites, wouldnt affect it much. for a fungus any matter is good matter, as long as its from a living being ' v'
santonian sure has cool id tags
regal pumice
Conclusion being that the “bursted” looking human bodies maybe the after effect of the fungi dispersing
last saffron
(also another cool feature is how the tags actually have stuff)
regal pumice
?
last saffron
not really, since theyd be covered in fungal growth
regal pumice
Hence why I was assuming the “egg” looking features may be the fungi
Already in action. Taking over the host mind
last saffron
then strikes would in theory have them too
regal pumice
To put it in a sleep stasis waiting for something to trasnfer to
last saffron
the growths are exclusive to shooters and their deviants, but they still suffer same affliction as strikers
regal pumice
I was thinking. I know some fungi have features to fight against bacteria. Ants take advantage over this in their hives. Could the facility have tried to create a form of fungi that was to try and fight off something else?
last saffron
i really doubt its a fungus at all, it just doesnt display any characteristics at all. Ants grow fungi for food ' v' and as far as i know its a bit opposite
theres a type of bacteria which protects ants from a parasite fungus
the thing about them is that whatever makes them glow comes up from their stomach, its easier to see in strikers since theyre a bit bigger
nyoom
thorny ridge
I mean If you blow there upper torso off some of them Have the Abnormalties In there Gut.