ror2-game-questions

[steel lance]

with false son or the alloyed collective bosses though, where you can choose to continue or end your run after fighting them, you can keep looping but you can't fight the same boss again

[azure nest]

Sweet! I originally thought you could refight the bosses if you chose to keep looping

By the way, does obliteration give me any benefits? I want to unlock the Mercenary, but at the same time I want to beat the ||False Son||

[primal vector]

It gives you 5 lunar coins

[azure nest]

That's all?

In that case, between ||False Son|| and ||Mercenary||, who is better?

[trim lynx]

false son is stronger

but personally i think merc is much more fun :)

its worth trying everyone

[steel lance]

you could do both in the same run! fight false son and then continue your run until you reach a celestial portal

[azure nest]

How many loops do you recommend me doing to prepare to fight False Son? So far, I'm planning on looping once, then obliterating on the 2nd loop

[trim lynx]

probably once yeah

sounds good

[azure nest]

Aaaaand I got oneshot by him. UGH.

Is it a regular occurrence to get oneshot by bosses or am I doing something wrong? I didn't manage to pick up any revives or anything that helps my character survive more hits.

And most annoyingly, I replaced Ion Surge with the heretic's skill but couldn't find the other heretic pieces!

[trim lynx]

false son is kinda especially unintuitive , but yeah

defensive items defo help

and movespeed

[azure nest]

What do you mean? Is he the EASIEST?

[azure nest]

Like what? As for movespeed, how much do I need? I packed in a lot, but still got hit by the Dash + Slam and died in a single hit

[brittle shuttle]

looping false son is finnicky because his damage scaling is rather dangerous

really jus twhat you need for false son is decent movespeed for phase 1

phase 1 is absolute ass rn and unless youve mastered it youre best just having a bit of movespeed to deal with him

commando is particularly really good at it

low cd dodge that you can pop every time false son gets close

[trim lynx]

id say hes one of the harder ones

[azure nest]

Is it his Slide?

[brittle shuttle]

slide or roll both work but slide is best yes

[azure nest]

I was using Artificer but replaced Ion Surge with Heresy's skill so I couldn't dodge. Ugh

[azure nest]

So like, is it a bad idea to loop False Son?

[brittle shuttle]

yeah arti doesnt have the easiest time with him

no not a bad idea just need to be careful

[steel lance]

false son is pretty tough no matter when you fight him, one tip i can give is to keep an eye on your health bar — if you see it get a weird blue pattern that means you have a debuff that increases your damage taken, you can cleanse it by interacting with the yellow geodes around the arena

[azure nest]

What makes her have a less-easy time with him? Who would you say is the best against False Son?

[brittle shuttle]

doesnt have a particularly effective method of dodging

even with ion surge you need to time it well to dodge him cause he can still dash upwards and hit you

and may god rest your soul if you have flamer

[steel lance]

idk about a definitive best but in general survivors with higher mobility will have an easier time

[granite night]

whats the best way to get lunar items

[trim lynx]

newt

[brittle shuttle]

aware that mando and huntress arent universally liked by newer players but their low cd dodges make spacing yourself incredibly easy

So you can just loop once or twice and youll be good

[lavish jacinth]

And/or the bazaar

[granite night]

ok bet

[azure nest]

Do any of his attacks apply it? I'm pretty sure I dodged the blue shockwave thingies thought

[steel lance]

the shotgun of spikes he fires does, and so does the laser in later phases

[azure nest]

That probably explains it. Probably.

[azure nest]

What's his damage scaling like compared to other bosses?

[brittle shuttle]

the highest of all final bosses

[stuck venture]

can i kill false son or solus heart to get the achivement that unlock diablo strike?

[lavish jacinth]

that one has to be mithrix

[brittle shuttle]

yeah specifically mithrix

[lavish jacinth]

same with any other unlock that specifically says "the final boss" afaik

[stuck venture]

dang it i wanted to do all unlocks in 1 run

[brittle shuttle]

frankly it did specify this once but we had too many people complaining so now it just causes confusion

[livid wedge]

Can't have spoilers for a 6 year old roguelike

[lavish jacinth]

because everyone automatically knows everything about a game once it's old enough
(I don't really care about the mithrix thing but I hate the "thing is old so it's okay to spoil it" argument lol)

[livid wedge]

I know, I'm mostly joking

I still spoiler shit for cyberpunk

If necessary

[lavish jacinth]

the perfect solution would just be to change the text to say "mithrix" once the player has encountered him at least once, then everybody's happy

[steel lance]

the perfect solution is to change mithrix's name to The Final Boss

[livid wedge]

I feel like that would be difficult based on what I've seen if game code

Nah, I prefer his King of Nothing subtitle

[azure nest]

So how do I properly fight False Son during Phase 1?

[steel lance]

nono replace the whole thing

[livid wedge]

No

[steel lance]

no more Mithrix, King of Nothing

his name is now The Final Boss

[livid wedge]

I refuse

It's always felt weird with the brothers named providence and mithrix

Like running into brothers called Jeff and Dreckso

[lavish jacinth]

plot twist: the ingame lore is translated wrong and they were never brothers, just bros

[livid wedge]

I could believe that

[azure nest]

What item is that?

Besides Mando and Huntress, who else are good, or can wall False Son? Bandit and his smoke bomb ability?

[mellow crystal]

the huntress showcase because it's just really funny

[steel lance]

the item they have in the video is called weeping fungus, it's the corrupted (sotv mechanic) form of bustling fungus and heals you while you sprint

[mellow crystal]

generally huntress, void fiend, loader, rex, and heretic have the easiest time assuming you're not relying on any items for movespeed and such

ion surge arti too

you do need to know what you're doing for rex and arti tho

[azure nest]

But you'll have to be careful, right? How do I use it properly against False Son?

[mellow crystal]

ion arti specifically when you're closer to the ground you want to pop ion surge when he finishes dashing towards you but before he slams, and if you're in the air you want to release hover when he starts winding up his dash

[vapid raven]

is there a way to identify where the teleporter in scorched acres is? I don’t want to lose a good run

[stuck venture]

look for yellow partcles above ground, thats where the teleport should be

[primal vector]

There is an option in the menu that makes the particles brighter

[bitter steeple]

What’s behind the locks?

[stuck venture]

i think monsters that you havent killed yet

[bitter steeple]

Yeah, but I’m asking what those monsters are

I think its Jailer & Voidling but I’m not sure

[lime ibex]

Heyy i wanna get to the final boss of the haylcon shrines (Green portal) and get the unlockable, but up until now i have been getting the gold portal from the second haylcon shrine in the reformed altar. But for some reason like the last 3 times i have gone to the reformed altar there is just no haylcon shrine there. Does it have a chance of spawning? And why am i so unlucky bc this has never happened the last 4 times i have gone there

[bitter steeple]

You actually need the gold portal

[lime ibex]

ye but normally it spawns when i find the hay;con shrine on stage 2

and now i'm just not getting the haylcon shrine on stage 2 (reformed altar) anymore

[visual brook]

should i get tonic or pillar skip on railgunner

[bitter steeple]

I mean, it’s quite rare than actually spawns. You can use a shrine of gold to get the gold portal though which are pretty common the reformed altar if I remember correctly.

[lime ibex]

oh thanks I genuinely thought it was almost guarenteed if you completed the first haylcon shrine. But i guess i have just been unlucky. Thanks!

[steel lance]

the other option you have is going to the bazaar between time, which has a pretty high chance of showing you gilded coast (the gold portal area) as one of your two options from the lunar seer if you haven't been there yet in the run

[bitter steeple]

If you’re struggling with beating Aurelionite I’d recommend drizzle command

Absolutely trivializes her fight

[steel lance]

drizzle command trivialises everything

[bitter steeple]

Fair

[steel lance]

not that there's anything wrong with using it obviously, some people play only on drizzle command because that's how they enjoy the game and that is perfectly respectable in its own right

[pastel epoch]

I see Goobessa’s clip but what I do personally is just get off the side of the platform and focus on dodging spike throws. He can’t follow you.

[azure nest]

How'd you manage to fight F.S like that? Is there some sort of practice/sandbox mode for this?

[mellow crystal]

Debugtoolkit mod allowed me to use dev console

[lime ibex]

ye thanks it's not even really that because i am using easier stuff bc i just really wanna unlock FS and play with him on normal difficulty it's just that for the 5th time in a row not a single haylcon shrine or newt altar or golden shrine spawned

[visual brook]

why are my eclipse levels not saving

[foggy hawk]

I’m not a 100% sure but aren’t newts guaranteed

[azure nest]

How does it help?

[lime ibex]

I guess not :(

but i'll keep trying thanks for the help anyway!

[pastel epoch]

He can’t hammer you if you keep flying around off the side of the platform

He can’t leave the radius of the platform

[azure nest]

Huh. So all he can do there is shoot spikes, which you're more than likely to dodge?

[lavish jacinth]

if you're trying to get to gilded coast for the halcyon seed, the best way to do it is to check the bazaar each stage, it has a decent chance of appearing in lunar seers. And you'll get a green portal after completing gilded coast, if you're on a valid stage for it

[lavish jacinth]

one on the left is voidling I think, the bottom one is solus heart (there's a bug where it always appears locked until you actually get the log)

[brazen escarp]

update when

[lyric palm]

what void items ARENT worth taking on bandit, and when should i grab what lunar item on him?

[lavish jacinth]

he doesn't really have any specific antisynergies with any voids or lunars, other than the usual crappy ones

and most lunars aren't very character specific, it kinda depends on the state of your run

[lyric palm]

arent lunars MUCH more niche though?
afaik purity is really good on bandit sometimes? though i usually shy away from lunars

[lavish jacinth]

are pretty much always good tho

[lavish jacinth]

some are, but the niches don't really change for specific characters for the most part

[lyric palm]

also, is singularity band bad enough that its not worth taking, even if i have no other bands (yet)?

[lavish jacinth]

like, shaped glass is good on basically anybody for example, it just depends on whether you can dodge or have something like safer spaces

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, it sucks

only time you'd wanna take it is if you're close to the end of a run and don't have bands already

[lyric palm]

gotcha

[lavish jacinth]

purity can be good on bandit (mainly with desperado) but only if you're not relying on random proc items already

[pseudo flume]

help,

[lavish jacinth]

?

[sand tendon]

hello i have a problem with multiplayer lobby when i start my friend got empty lobby background and when he starts i have empty lobby background we cant play anybody know how to fix it?

[lavish jacinth]

two easy things to check, make sure you both have the same crossplay settings (preferably off), and if either of you are running mods that aren't clientside, disable them or share them so you both have the same ones

[sand tendon]

we have both off and both of us have on steam and dont play mods

[errant patio]

Hello, what mob am i missing ?

[lavish jacinth]

solus heart, there's a bug where it always appears locked until you actually get the log

[lavish jacinth]

are either of you using a vpn?

[errant patio]

how do u get the log of it ?

[sand tendon]

nope

[errant patio]

i swear i searched for it extensively

[high forum]

same way as all the others, it drops randomly

[lavish jacinth]

kill it and hope that it drops

[errant patio]

oh ??

wow

[high forum]

it just won't show the silhouette even though you've defeated it

[sand tendon]

it looks like this

[errant patio]

it's as boring as for obtaining aurelionite's

[errant patio]

?

I think i'll just stop at 100% steam achievments

[lavish jacinth]

it's how every other monster log is obtained except solus wing

[sand tendon]

sorry wrong message

[errant patio]

yea but it's boring

[sand tendon]

@lavish jacinth

[lavish jacinth]

purple screen of death, rip
Multiplayer has been buggy in general lately, other than the easy fixes I mentioned I don't know of any other ways to fix it, if any even exist

could try restarting steam ig, or your whole pc

I think I've also heard that sometimes it'll just randomly decide to work after a while

[sand tendon]

GG we already tryied reinstaling restarting pc

[lavish jacinth]

rip

yeah, not sure what else to try then, sorry

[sand tendon]

kk ty for trying help

[lavish jacinth]

according to the devs, the next dlc will launch with, and I quote, "A shitload of bugfixes", so hopefully that'll be one of them lol

[tight zenith]

has anyone else experienced a normal stage with no natural enemy spawns?

[ocean monolith]

I better see a whole essay of bugfixes

[lavish jacinth]

inb4

[ocean monolith]

[nimble wave]

why did aurelionite spawn and kill me on false son phase 3

[cunning gorge]

It's like how mithrix phase 4 aurelionite spawns to help you but this time she spawns and attacks you

You'll need to kill them both to finish the fight

Or just don't get halcyon seed until after false son

[steel lance]

pretty sure if you kill false son auri dips

[brittle shuttle]

where do they say this

the dev cast thing or wtv?

i mustve missed that part

shitload of bug fixes!
fixed operators crash
mul-t retool bug fixed
see you guys next dlc!

[brittle shuttle]

doh

mr preston i will be holding you to your word

[ocean monolith]

The fact that they had to ask if there were questions unrelated to bugs

Is crazy

[nimble wave]

i guess i never noticed that even though i've beaten false son with a halcyon seed on me like 3 times before

[sand shell]

do your clones (like in the bulwark's ambwry artifact) get your temporary items too?

[south egret]

that’s insane 😭

so we gotta wait EVEN LONGER for bugfixes

brochacho

[mystic jungle]

uhhh how do i cheat in achievements/mod? I cant seem to get it to work

[lavish jacinth]

are you using r2modman?

[mystic jungle]

uhhhhh no? I might

[lavish jacinth]

it's the mod manager

[mystic jungle]

No i dont

[lavish jacinth]

then download that and install mods through it, it's on the front page of thunderstore.io

[mystic jungle]

alr i have it now, im guessing i attach it to ror2 files?

[lavish jacinth]

yeah

once it's set up you can download mods through it directly, or just hit 'install with mod manager' on the thunderstore mod page

[mystic jungle]

and for cheats? ( I cant get notepad and other methods to work)

[lavish jacinth]

realercheatunlocks mod if you wanna get achievements

if you want coins, I think there are a few mods that do it, but you can also just get debugtoolkit and use that, it's a really useful mod to have in general

give_lunar is the command for it

[mystic jungle]

it says i need like 10 other mods to install it

[lavish jacinth]

dw about it, r2modman will set that up for you

[mystic jungle]

do you have to extract the files before putting it in the mods folder

wait its working?

[lavish jacinth]

you shouldn't have to put anything in any folder

[clear whale]

most mods require r2api, which is what mods use to communicate with the game

you gotta need to install all of these

[mystic jungle]

it worked!

yay! thank you guys!

[pastel epoch]

I like going for final bosses early and do well on most characters but struggle on Drifter. I've played her for a while but I'm still indecisive on which loadout I should take and how much I should value Attack Speed as her. I think I don't know if more damage comes from playing around her primary or her secondary.

[marble osprey]

Personally i like cube secondary but most people agree default is better, and bag and tinker are definitely better

And you don't have to choose one or the other between primary and secondary, I usually will use both frequently

[pastel epoch]

im in the middle of a run w/ tornado and man is it hard to control

[pastel epoch]

So if I had the choice between Bolstering Lanturn/Syringe and a "?" on a multishop, which would you prefer?

[marble osprey]

I'd say lantern > ? > syringe, but it always depends on your other items
? is much better on drifter than most other characters as it's impossible to get a bad white item

[pastel epoch]

oh interesting i was thinking lantern would be pretty interchangeable with syringe. why do you think syringe is worse than a random white?

[marble osprey]

Lantern gives 30% attack speed, syringe only gives 15%. On other characters it's more interchangeable, but drifter only cares about attack speed while in melee range, making lantern's drawback essentially nothing
Attack speed isn't hugely important, there are a lot of whites that can be better, and the worst case is still +6% movement speed, which is comparable to a syringe imo

This is assuming you're running tinker/have a scrapper ofc

[clear whale]

is good on survivors that often plays in melee range

[livid wedge]

Ye. Just break from combat of you think you're to low and let it recharge

[ocean monolith]

is good on everyone because it’s busted

[north granite]

Except Rex and False Son

[frail scarab]

Which items are affected with the 57 clover?

[steel lance]

literally anything that has a chance to happen except specifically tougher times

[wheat horizon]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why do people love Engineer? I just unlocked him because I got the game yesterday and I'm not loving it. Any tips to play him?

[ocean monolith]

He’s easy

[wheat horizon]

I know but his primary feels like it sucks

[lavish jacinth]

it helps to get his alt secondary and utility, the defaults kinda suck

and he's not meant to rely on his primary too much anyway, his turrets are his main dps

He also has some unique item synergies that can be fun to mess with

[brittle shuttle]

you arent supposed to enjoy every survivor

personal preference

[wheat horizon]

Yes yes haha

[brittle shuttle]

i for one cannot stand playing engi

[lavish jacinth]

I find him weirdly fun but he gets boring the instant your turrets start carrying

[wispy wyvern]

your sentries cover all your bases. the fun of engie is found through item managment and sentry placement

[edgy forge]

I find it interesting having to cover for his weaknesses. His lack of any mobility skill and really bizarre kit in general presents an interesting challenge where you have to fight the awkwardness of how he functions on his own to make the best of him.

A would very much disagree with those who claim he is easy

Positioning matters much more to him because of just how much of a sack of potatoes you are

[ocean monolith]

Stage 3 or 4 is when the game is solved, so you’re really only playing 2-3 stages

Once your turrets get going, they handle everything with ease

[edgy forge]

Isn't that kinda true for most characters though

[ocean monolith]

It’s true for

Except Seeker is solved the moment you hit Ready

[edgy forge]

I'd say also fit there

[ocean monolith]

Occasionally

With Railgunner and Loader it depends on your loadout

Running Charged Punch and Pylon make it much easier for him to take off

[edgy forge]

I mean, the only thing railgunner really needs is like, bands and some survivability

[ocean monolith]

And Railgunner needs to run default scope

And pressure mines

I’d say Viend is solved by Stage 4-5

Sometimes 3

[steel lance]

tbf pylon is just better for loader in general imo, she doesn't need another big damage ability and the ranged damage (albeit low) and extra grapple point pylon provides helps mitigate the only real weaknesses of her kit

[ocean monolith]

Also Thunderslam just

Doesn’t hit things

It’s only utility is as a stop and like you said, it’s damage is better spent on the Punch

[limber mica]

how's eclipse lite on mercenary? ive never rlly used lite that often, but i'm running full alt mercenary so i have a lot of expose procs and therefore a lot of abilities coming off cooldown

[queen vine]

Will the new DLC be available on ps4?

[limber mica]

update i decided to test it out and it's really good!!

[analog brook]

no, old gen consoles are being discontinued

[steel lance]

honestly merc and lights out bandit are the only survivors i like eclipse lite on, imo it's pretty good on both because they both have built in cooldown refunds

[limber mica]

yeah ive always kind of written it off as future scrap whenever i got it, so i was pleasantly surprised to see how well it does on merc

[shell crater]

Does the difficulty scale forever or is there ever a cap?

[steel lance]

enemies cap at level 99 iirc, but final bosses keep scaling infinitely despite this and the game will prioritise spawning harder enemies the longer you spend at level 99

[shell crater]

Hmm ok

[queen vine]

https://tenor.com/view/adventure-time-jake-the-dog-it-hurts-hurt-painful-gif-16342245

[violet dust]

what causes this

[visual fog]

I've heard there is a drone cap here
How many drones can I have before that when I buy another one, it overrides another drone? (I have experienced this before when I was doing a god run)

[primal vector]

Maybe a glided elite

[marble osprey]

Probably your turret having wake of vultures making it into a gilded elite

[violet dust]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-speed-stream-ishowspeed-stream-speed-nod-gif-1082323842437565509

[lavish jacinth]

afaik drones specifically don't have a cap, but they will block passive minions from spawning if you have more than 20

or if they do have a cap then it is absurdly high

[livid wedge]

I believe they just stop spawning after a point

Or at least it felt like it

[visual fog]

something like that
when I started to pick up more drones, items that spawn drones such as empathy cores or spare drone parts won't spawn anymore after I reached a certain point

[livid wedge]

Not even that. Like, the map will not have any drones to buy once it thinks you have enough

[azure nest]

Who would y'all say is the best character overall, or at least best in terms of "easiest to win runs with"? I've played a lot but only ever won with Railgunner and Command. I think I keep getting oneshot by mobs in the later stages

Speaking of which, what are the best items to have late in a run?

[steel lance]

imo seeker is probably the easiest survivor to win with — she gets a revive every stage with her default special and has very good damage, mobility and sustain

tho obviously you need seekers of the storm to play as her

[heavy gorge]

I noticed you can cast multiple uses of sear at once. Does that actually do anything?

[steel lance]

the most important items from my perspective are speed and then damage — speed helps you loot faster and avoid damage more easily, which is always better than taking damage and healing it back up later, and damage items help you deal with enemies to stay alive. items like gasoline and will-o-the-wisp can be especially helpful if your survivor doesn't have built-in aoe

[azure nest]

Oooh, I haven't tried her out yet! What are her best skills?

Can she hard-counder SOTS's final boss? And how is ||False Son|| When you do unlock him?

[mystic jungle]

what mod quickens printer and scrapper. since they are slow asf and its getting me killed

[steel lance]

i'd say her alternate secondary and default special are best — utilities come down to preference really, but all of her skills are very strong.
she doesn't really hard counter the final boss of the sots path, but she does have very solid movement options and survivability which mean you can tank hits more easily and get to the geodes to cleanse lunar ruin when you need to.

the other character you mentioned is very strong! he's the only survivor on the same level as seeker in terms of power. he's also very fun imo, though his animations look a little awkward to some

[marble osprey]

There are quite a few, I think the two most common ones are BalancedFasterInteractables and ExchangeChanges

Also #ror2-modding is generally a better place to go with questions about mods btw

[ocean monolith]

Did you have a Void Seed at all?

[violet dust]

no

[ocean monolith]

Did you have a Gunner Turret around?

[violet dust]

im pretty sure this is what happened

[marble magnet]

What spot specifically in the FS arena is the cheese spot? For phase 1

[shell crater]

Will you unlock all of the characters bye playing the game normally? Ive unlocked bandit, mul t and engineer so far but Im curious how obscure the other unlock conditions are.

[marble osprey]

No, but none of them are too obscure, rex is probably the worst
You can see what their unlock conditions are in the challenges page

[lavish jacinth]

or just hover over them on the character select

[marble osprey]

That too
Couldn't remember if it showed the challenge description or just the name

[carmine adder]

Dose killing false son/solus heart on monsoon count for the mastery skin

[dreamy shell]

after you finish the run on monsoon, like seeing the win screen

[carmine adder]

So if its a win on monsoon, it counts for the mastery skin

[dreamy shell]

Indeed

[carmine adder]

[carmine adder]

What are these logs

[trim spindle]

||Solus Amalgamator, Alloy Hunter, Solus Wing||

[frail scarab]

which items are unaffected by purity?

[marble osprey]

Anything that has 100% chance of happening, and tougher times

[frail scarab]

which items are those?

[steel lance]

so as an easy example, if you have 10 lens-maker's glasses each one is giving you 10% crit chance, so your crit chance is 100%

purity makes you roll that 100% chance again and takes the worse outcome, but because you're guaranteed to roll a crit purity effectively does nothing

on the other hand if you don't have 100% crit purity can be really bad for your crit chance
let's say you have 5 glasses for 50% crit
purity makes you roll that 50% chance twice and if either of them fail you don't get a crit, so it takes your chance of critting from 1/2 to 1/4

[vapid raven]

are there any characters I should prioritise unlocking to progress through the game easier?

[solemn elk]

i'd argue items > characters

then again most of the characters are pretty easy to unlock so you can do a couple of runs of unlocking every single one

try booting up artifact of command and doing most of these you dont need to go super hard on yourself

[vapid raven]

ok thanks

[slow yarrow]

hi, i cant seem to macro into/find any movement speed increase items by stage 4(for most of my runs) what is my best course of survival?

[lavish jacinth]

Try to work with whatever items you do have, have drones to take aggro, and practice dodging without relying on speed items

[slow yarrow]

thank you

blazing elder lemurian go brrr

[gleaming glade]

i have an interaction question, if i have 8 tt and a warped echo is the spread out dmg have a chance to be dismissed aswell>

[inland helm]

what items are good for burst damage on artificer?

[trim lynx]

burst specifically would probs be like

[steel lance]

bands, crowbar

[inland helm]

thank youu

[trim lynx]

[inland helm]

woah okay 😭

[trim lynx]

there are some others, idk how big the emphasis on burst specifically is

[inland helm]

okay but getting all that is very do-able

[steel lance]

why is will smith there 😭😭😭

also shuriken is kinda a double-edged sword because it can steal your band procs

[trim lynx]

i accidentally copied some instead of cutting them

[inland helm]

😭

[trim lynx]

will o wisp kinda slaps ngl

[lavish jacinth]

you basically just want stuff that multiplies damage (which a lot of damage items do), but especially reliable multipliers like

[outer compass]

How do i get trough the final alloyed collectivs fight, at a certain point the arena turns red and i just take constant damage and die

[lavish jacinth]

assuming you mean solus wing's burn attack, there are two methods:

Near the top of the arena there are several heat vents that stick out of the ground, destroying them all will end the attack.

At the bottom, there are some cooling hydrants that you can destroy, which will create a safe zone that extinguishes burn and gives you immunity to it for a little while. Destroying all of them while leaving the heat vents will remove the boss's immunity to its own attack and it'll microwave itself to death

[wild moat]

Apparently there was a way to cross play with players from different systems is this true and so how do you do so?

[lavish jacinth]

It's not true, crossplatform has never existed

the only crossplay is between steam and epic games on pc

[wild moat]

Hmm I see

Unfortunate indeed

[marble magnet]

What part of the FS arena is the part where he can't hit me?

[marble magnet]

Oh and I guess the cheese for phase 3 I'm bringing aurelionite

If anyone if even alive I've lowk asked this question twice with no response

[frosty reef]

look up cheese false son on yt, its the race video

[marble magnet]

Mkay

It's been a while no? I was just asking incase anything changed

Idk apparently FS can kill you instantly if you have drones now lol

[frosty reef]

I never touch that fight

[marble magnet]

I'm continuing my PS4 save for when my PS5 one gets bricked

I need to get the skins

Anyway thank you

[sand tendon]

hello i have a problem with multiplayer lobby when i start my friend got empty lobby background and when he starts i have empty lobby background we cant play anybody we both dont play on mods both have game on steam both have crossplay off trying reinstaling and restarting pc anybody know how to fix it

its look like this

[marble magnet]

Did it

Couldn't figure out the cheese tho

[primal vector]

Does it happen as well when playing with other people?

[outer compass]

Does destroying the heat vents make the damage decrease with each one, or does it go from 100%>0% only when all are destroyed. Since i can only live like 10 secs before i burn up

[lavish jacinth]

I actually don't remember, I normally go for the hydrant strat. But it's usually a lot more generous than 10 seconds as long as you have some consistent healing or items that'll reduce the damage

and you can always jump down and pop one of the hydrants to cleanse the burn and overheat

[steel lance]

iirc destroying some but not all stacks the burn more slowly because there are fewer overheat sources

[pastel epoch]

is there any better understanding to controlling drifter tornado? seems like after hitting a heavy enemy, it will just autotarget to a random other enemy

i'd prefer to bounce between just heavy targets and cubes but i'm noticing it sometimes will have me bounce to something small and the whole combo gets thrown off

[cedar ether]

For acrid’s DLC 3 skin, you accept or decline?

[steel lance]

reject

[cedar ether]

Okay cool so decline

[steel lance]

accepters are bandit, artificer, rex, loader and captain
rejecters are commando, huntress, mul-t, engineer, mercenary and acrid

[lavish jacinth]

fyi, you can double check in the ingame logbook, under challenges

[cedar ether]

I always forget that…

I don’t ply the game enough I suppose :P

[lavish jacinth]

tbf nobody ever uses the challenges section for anything except this

[exotic zenith]

Are there any guides or tips for making Monsoon solo any easier? I've been grinding some runs today with Huntress and I wind up being overwhelmed by enemy numbers by stage 4 or 5 tbh

[lavish jacinth]

https://riskofresources.com/guides

[exotic zenith]

I'll peep this, preciate it

[clear whale]

Wish the guides were written tbh

[marble osprey]

Not sure you'll get an answer to this because I don't think anyone uses tornado

[brittle shuttle]

plenty of people use tornado its a good skill

[vague hedge]

primordial cube plus flight in my 7 second cooldown ability

[cinder pasture]

anyone here use alt esecondary or util on drifter?

[frigid tree]

I don’t use the alt secondary, but I will use the alt utility if I’m playing simulacrum

[brittle shuttle]

other one

[vague hedge]

Youre the other one . kid .

[brittle shuttle]

can you take it back dude that was kinda fucked up for you to say

i..... i cant do this right now.

[frail scarab]

what are the best legendary for looping?

[lethal lark]

I just fired up this game since forever. I got seekers of the storm and alloyed and I'm wondering if enabling all the dlc is too much atm

[lethal lark]

it's been a long time since I played but the bazooka (brilliant behemoth?) is all around strong and good for anyone, also the hammer, sacrificial dagger and maybe some other stuff.

there are other items but they're more character specific, such as the one that increases your ultimate stack I think. the Aegis (the shield) is also good if you can constantly heal. the green antlers that turn any overhealing into skulls are OP on engineer's stationary turrets

[ebon sierra]

When an Umbra from vengeance holds a fuel array. they should die when they reach 50% correct?

[brittle shuttle]

no not really esp if youre already used to the game

[lethal lark]

first run and I reached solus wing or whatever it's called. went through the virtual orb. I died though

[torn sparrow]

does captain's utility and special work in solutional haunt and conduit canyon?

edit: yes it does.

[limpid grail]

I went through the railgun game again, only this time on hard

[edgy forge]

Yoo it's the flowermaker

It's up to you really, I like to experience them one at a time before I enable then all together but you can totally do that. Seekers of the storm is very isolated from the rest of the game so you're not diluting very much

[lyric palm]

which core is better on operator, amp or ejection? or does it depend/is up to preference?

[primal vector]

Absolutely up to preference. Both are fun and have their techniques

[minor parrot]

is playing with more than 4 players still possible? currently playing with 5 players but 1 of the player has black screen issue even with cross play off

[jaunty furnace]

objectively i cant really see it being amp, but at the end of the day everything is preference

ejection amplifies your damage and bounces you up pretty high, amp is kinda like a gasoline

[quasi magnet]

im trying ot get mult 7th day whatever its called

would entering the bazaar at the endo fstage 6 count because the counter woud say 7?

[lyric palm]

Firewall is just worse than ascent protocol though, right? I like firewall, but AP just feels so much better and more versatile

[lavish jacinth]

they're both good, firewall is a good defensive tool, deals a decent amount of damage, and it's good at grouping up enemies to hit with your specials

[lyric palm]

I guess then maybe im just not that great at using it

[quasi magnet]

or would it not count because is tarted it at 6

[lethal lark]

yeah I think I found the main routes now. I found the virtual portal and the green portal, so I guess those are the two. still have to unlock the characters

[trim lynx]

nop

[lethal lark]

where lt.droneboy come from? I've seen him twice but I never picked him up

[tawny flame]

He spawns with this item

Similar to how Spare Drone Parts give you "Col. Droneman"

[lethal lark]

are the storm levels worth visiting for pick ups or something? I finished meridian prime once don't know if there's more. I recall void fields was something we visited before they unfroze the clock

[rough ravine]

Not really. The boss drops arent that good either

[lethal lark]

okay, thanks. guess I'll try to finish the virtual portal levels

[jaunty furnace]

prime meridian has some pretty crazy prizes if you have a halcyon seed

if you dont, its still another set of soup and free chests

but if you dont think you can beat fs then you probably shouldnt go

[outer compass]

is getting lunar coins by changing the files still possible?

[steel lance]

free item if you pop all the geodes too

[jaunty furnace]

yea

[royal harness]

Hi. I killed the secret ending boss (A Moment Whole) after he died I didn't touch his bag but ran to the logs and the screen went black and it was over. I didn't get a single Lunar Coin. Is this a bug?

[high forum]

you get the lunar coins from the twisted scavengers from opening their loot bag

[steel lance]

the game fades to black over time so you have to collect the lunar coins relatively quickly

[royal harness]

I know this, but I didn't open it and it ended and I didn't get anything 😄

[high forum]

well...yeah

[royal harness]

Ahhh, oki tyvm, and what if im opened ? how much do i get ? 10 + 5 ?

[high forum]

you don't get lunar coins for that ending except from the bag

[steel lance]

i haven't been there in a while but i think it's 10

[high forum]

i think it's 10

[royal harness]

I thought it was an ending (+5) plus the bag that gives 10. thank you guys

[lavish jacinth]

you still get 5 from interacting with the altar, no?

[high forum]

I thought that was only if you don't have the beads?

[royal harness]

if you dont have beads you will destroy yourself and get 5 lunar coin in my experience

In theory, when you click on the obelisk and you have the pearls, you will automatically receive 5 lunar coins before the stage starts.

[ebon sierra]

With vengeance and any amount of Neutronium weights. you'd effectively get double the weights if they passed on to you correct?

[forest glen]

can someone help me, me and my friend are trying to play the game co-op for the first time, however when either of us joins the others' lobby it just displays a screen of space and nothing happens. Any idea what is happening?

[livid wedge]

You do

[marble osprey]

First things I'd check is if either are you are using any mods, and that you both have cross-play turned off (assuming you're both playing on steam)

[bronze lantern]

Hey, quick question for my fellow gamers. Is there any way to tell what the teleporters from bazaar take u to besides just knowing how the place looks in that picture? Idk if I worded that the best way.

[tawny flame]

Unfortunately no, you can only tell what the stage is based on the pictures. (If im not wrong)
Maybe there's a mod that exists for that? Idk

[marble osprey]

some qol mods tell you when you ping it, but mostly you just have to know

[hoary sedge]

basegame its only the pictures but theyre pretty distinctive for the most part

[marble osprey]

its always the same picture tho so you can learn them without too much trouble

the aphelian sanctuary and abandoned aqueducts look very similar but most other ones arent too bad

[gray escarp]

Is there no way to reduce the reload speed of scrap launcher

[green pecan]

did we ever find out whos sword this was?

[marble osprey]

i assume it was just something mithrix was trying out before he settled on the hammer, not like there's really anyone else up there

[green pecan]

to be fair hammers are cool

[marble osprey]

very true

[buoyant badge]

what is the rng on this

double reds both the first attempt

[placid grove]

Hey would anyone have any good suggestions for what survivor to use, I’ve been using bandit and loader but bandit doesn’t have the greatest mobility and loader is really hard to learn, any ideas?

[marble osprey]

I believe about 0.24% chance (not factoring in drop chance bias, but that's very minor and would make it way more annoying to find)

[marble osprey]

Engineer is pretty easy, doesn't have super good mobility but his turrets are good at just killing everything for you
Huntress is pretty squishy but has good mobility and auto-targeting if you're not good at aiming while running for your life
Acrid is pretty tanky, has decent mobility, and his is pretty easy to play decently well, you can just poison the enemies and run away a bunch
Captain is similar to engineer in that he doesn't have great mobility, but has the ability to just delete projectiles so anything that isn't melee has trouble hitting you
All the survivors are unique enough that most people have a different survivor that just feels right for them, I'd really suggest just trying stuff out until something feels good

[placid grove]

Yeah fair enough, thanks

[marble osprey]

Np

[gray escarp]

do i have to smack it with an ability to count or can a missile proc count towards this

[hoary sedge]

any of your skills or items count yeah

[steel lance]

pretty sure using your secondary fully restocks it

[ocean monolith]

That's just wrong

[steel lance]

i'll have to double-check in a second, i run double scrap launcher and i could've sworn it worked like that

[ocean monolith]

That'd be your Special that restocks it

[steel lance]

i thought secondary did too

lemme just fight mithrix rq and then i'll load up mul-t

okay yea never mind it definitely doesn't i have no idea where i got that from

i could've sworn i'd used blast canister to reset my scrap launcher cooldown in the past

weird

[trim lynx]

did you perhaps exit powermode to use scrap canister?

[steel lance]

definitely not, i prefer retool 🤔 i have no idea where i got that from lol

[mellow crystal]

Using either special does so

[trim lynx]

should too

[marble magnet]

Ok I have a rough decision and need help

Stage 5 planning to loop
I have the option to pick 3 equipments

Card, recycler, backup

I have spare drone parts with 2 TCs, but since I'm looping card and recycler have value, I also have 4 shipping requests

My builds wacky..

I hope it's readable

I could technically put backup on a equip drone actually

That's what I ended up doing

[cyan niche]

I know mithrix steals our items and uses them but does anyone know if he uses the first couple or the last items we collected?

[lavish jacinth]

he uses them in the order that he stole them, and he can only use the first 37ish unique items that he steals

(it can vary in multiplayer or due to some items being blacklisted)

https://riskofrain2.wiki.gg/wiki/Mithrix#Notes

[ebon sierra]

Safer Spaces can't block a Void Implosion correct?

[woeful halo]

CORRECT

[ebon sierra]

Ben's Raincoat waits for every stack to be gone before recharging correct?

ok I checked wiki it's correct

[livid wedge]

Correct

It's the icing on the milquetoast cake that is that item

[ebon sierra]

I think I had an idea where safer spaces acts like ben's raincoat

[livid wedge]

I was thinking more of raincoat giving temporary immunity to debuffs for a short duration but make the cooldown a little longer

With stacking either increasing the immunity duration and/or cooldown time

Usually whatever manages to trigger the coat lasts more than one tick

[novel lake]

Wanting to dip my toes into the DLC content in the game now, which should I buy first ?

[lavish jacinth]

SotV

then AC, then SotS

[livid wedge]

I'm honestly 50/50 on recommending AC or SotV first

Sotv is definitely a good start

[lavish jacinth]

AC is equal or better than SotV in terms of content imo, but SotV is better as a starting dlc

[lyric silo]

Agreed

[livid wedge]

Fair

I like the item balance a bit more AC

SotV item viability fluctuates greatly

[lyric silo]

I rlly dont like AC enemies

[pseudo flume]

gearbox insider

he knows

[livid wedge]

AC enemies definitely questionable

[lyric silo]

Wtf is ur original username 😭

[livid wedge]

Mostly distributer and scorcher, though

[lavish jacinth]

I think AC enemies are mostly fine conceptually, but very overtuned

[novel lake]

I think i’ll get SotV first cause i always thought railgunner was pretty badass

[lyric silo]

Their health is very overtuned

[lavish jacinth]

yeah

[livid wedge]

Scorcher did not need 20 armor and double player movement speed

[novel lake]

Why SotS last specifically ?

[lavish jacinth]

it's the weakest of the three

[livid wedge]

Too strong, in my opinion

[lavish jacinth]

it's not bad, but it suffers from being gearbox's first attempt at a dlc

[novel lake]

just overall would you say, or something specific

[lavish jacinth]

it's really poorly balanced and there's just a lack of polish in a lot of places

[livid wedge]

The start was very rough. They managed to smooth it over mostly but the bitter taste remains

[lavish jacinth]

two of the survivors are horribly overpowered and feel kinda clunky to play, the final boss is borderline unfair (especially in eclipse), the enemies have some issues and the items are just kinda... weird

[novel lake]

I see

Thanks for the wisdom friends

[livid wedge]

Child does not need that temporary invulnerability after it's teleport

Especially when that can let them throw the orb of fuck you uninterruped during it

[lavish jacinth]

I love it when scorch worms delete all of my drones

[void hare]

Void Fungus is good on Captain right?

[lavish jacinth]

it's good on everyone except arguably engie

[void hare]

alright bet thanks

[livid wedge]

And viend

[lavish jacinth]

yea

[void hare]

why is it not good on void fiend?

[lavish jacinth]

healing messes with his corruption meter

[void hare]

Oh I didn't know that

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, for every % of your hp you heal, you lose that % of corruption

[livid wedge]

Just as taking damage increases it, healing reduces it

[lavish jacinth]

so you really don't want %-based healing on him

and he already has a great healing ability in his uncorrupt form, so he doesn't really need it anyway

[lyric silo]

As viend just pick up all the cautious slugs

Since it doesnt affect corruption iirc

[lavish jacinth]

yeah, regen doesn't affect corruption

scythe is also okay if you don't stack it, crits give you 2% corruption so you'll gain more than you lose

[trim lynx]

wungus is doubly bad though cause you cant scrap it

one wungus tends to be fine on viend though imo

[lyric silo]

I dont play viend

[steel lance]

one wungus is risky because if you forget you have it and pick up a bungus later to scrap congrats you now have two wungi

[lyric silo]

Thats honestly just ur own fault 😭

And adding onto wungus is good anyways

[lavish jacinth]

well, not if you're viend

[lyric silo]

Wait nvm im braining

[rancid bloom]

does getting one wungus make it so every future bungus becomes wungus?

[livid wedge]

Yes

[steel lance]

yea for sure but that doesn't mean it's not a risk

[rancid bloom]

ok thanks

[livid wedge]

all void items have a normal item counterpart that they corrupt. once you have the corrupted item, you can no longer have the noncorrupted version for the rest of that run

[lavish jacinth]

*unless you remove the void item somehow, like encrusted key or being consumed, or egocentrism eating it

[gleaming glade]

if i got temp infusions does the health stay after they expire?

[high forum]

nope

but if you get infusions again it'll jump back to the amount of health you had

[rancid bloom]

are you able to beat solus heart multiple times in the same run?