This is why we need Spuddy
#Abiotic Factor
clever flower
oak parcel
you can take the ||cube|| from my cold dead hands 
sick charm
That can be arranged
sick charm
What if the blood tub monster gets loose
And starts hunting us at night at some point
oak parcel
woeful raptor
hey i set up a FOB and got lost where do i go to find all the refined carbon and whatnot
sick charm
What’s an fob
Refined carbons can be obtained by giving a sacrifice of silver to the trade station
Trade station location is here
woeful raptor
What’s an fob
forward operating base
oh god i forgot to. uh my base is at that window balcony by the upgraded security bot and the tram thing
sick charm
I do not know if there is a direct path from that sector of lab to cellular labs
Ride the cart back to the crossroads
And then follow the arrow to LABORATORIES
It should be straight ahead from there and up the stairs
woeful raptor
gotcha ty
dense ember
when the game is fully out and it's easily moddable, the first thing I want is skateboard or rollerblade
sometimes you just want to go faster and a car is just way too far away
sick charm
You’ll break your neck
Moyer would kick your ass
And I’ll laugh in your face
Tbh the existence of this email in game might suggest they might eventually make rollerblades an in game thing
Or otherwise a dash option
We already have kind of a rolling system going with the rolling chairs
clever flower
Rollerblades/skates suit the aesthetic of being a bunch'a science dweebs
dense ember
we gonna have jetpack, so i guess we might also make rocket rollerblades too
clever flower
also wouldn't have to deal with like.. board physics
clever flower
'We already made the ramps'
sick charm
Rocket rolling chairs
oak parcel
heelys
sick charm
Personal blink system
dense ember
I mean we got that already
sick charm
No
Personal blink system like the dishonored blink
Short range targeted teleporter that warps us to somewhere within visual range
Like the exors!
oak parcel
just become one with the ||blood tub|| and eat some ||hearts||
sick charm
I will augment myself with ISes just you watch
oak parcel
i want to become a gatekeeper || that fights fire with fire by becoming an anomaly myself||
woeful raptor
some piece of bionic armor like the legs that just installs source engine movement tech into the game
woeful raptor
i want to become a gatekeeper || that fights fire with fire by becoming an anoma...
this is how we can add in a roguelite upgrade system 🙏
infect every corner of the market
woeful raptor
made with science!
oak parcel
i want more ice weapons
still igloo
I've suggested bicycles as a personal transportation option, and I've seen suggestions for segways
Rollerblades would definitely be fun as well
sick charm
How about a way to duplicate ||THE CUBE THE CUBE THE CUBE THE CUBE||
still igloo
Didn't they actually make it respawn in the latest update?
still igloo
I haven't actually seen it respawn but I'm absolutely beelining for ||Containment|| next time my group picks up the game
(Probably after the next sector releases)
sick charm
I will have to go there to check once I boot the game up again later
dense ember
okay, just went and put a bunch of lights from the ||train|| into ||ikea|| to see if it might brighten up the place
also doubles as a test for my plan when security sectors arrive
well, it certainly is slightly brighter, but not by much
oak parcel
lantern
dense ember
it all depends on material cost and how much I can carry in
oak parcel
i dont think they are too expensive and they are super bright
dense ember
but yeah, I guess I will spam lantern when security sector comes
guess I will need more grease to trade from ||train||
sick charm
Do lanterns go out eventually even if you place them?
dense ember
no, they just last forever when you place them
dense ember
very bright too
sick charm
I should craft a bunch then
dense ember
even brighter than holding them
sick charm
I’ve been using tri lamps to light my base
Costs electricity though
Not that that’s usually a big problem
dense ember
main issue is that lantern is, well, lantern, placing them on ground doesn't look that nice in a base
gonna need shelf or soemthing
sick charm
Maybe place them on kitchen cabinets or something?
dense ember
maybe, but I'm living in a place without any
sick charm
I should grab a nice dinner table from the furniture store or train
To set up in the bedroom area of my base
I can put soup and pie on it
dense ember
I guess there's also another issue, that whether enemy will target and destroy lantern
sick charm
Why not now while farming up materials like a hoarding squirrel
dense ember
because lantern is an equipment and thus can only hold one per slot
though I guess I will gather as many phone as I can
oak parcel
i'm just waiting for all the talk of darkness and what not just being like metaphorical for the level not being there so its dark
dense ember
lmao
sick charm
Just vacuum up flathills office area
oak parcel
because its a literal black void currently
sick charm
Bunch of phones there
sick charm
I actually somehow managed to use up all my case fans
Flathills is just a super resource rich area
Paper, metal part, tech part, staplers, power cores
All can be found there
dense ember
probably the main point of the zone, so players don't get stuck progress wise
oak parcel
yeah perfs are meant to be farming zones
dense ember
the portal world are just useful in their own ways
oak parcel
good for farming farming xp
sick charm
I suppose so
oak parcel
also meanto to be an into to perfs
sick charm
I haven’t really found good stuff in furniture store aside from maybe the sword
oak parcel
construction xp
sick charm
I wonder if I can farm for two seat couches there
For infinite bed
Heck I wonder if I can FIND a more pleasant bed there
An exquisite bed
oak parcel
i hear theres this really comfy red chair to sleep in 
dense ember
far garden provides antewheat
flathill provides general supply and power cell
||train|| provides second tier material for better equipment and trading items
||IKEA|| provides just about any furniture of your choice to pretty up your base, and some exclusive weapons
||Mushroom world|| just provides resource needed for armor and to get to next zone, also a place to go for jumping pad.
||Rise|| is pretty much a bonus world, so it only really gives one special thing, ||EGG||
and also good for farming shotgun shells I guess
sick charm
I have some eggplants growing in yeah
dense ember
I expect players to have to go through ||mushroom world|| many times however, there's a lot of doors still locked by ||the red bio growth||, just that we can't burn open those because they are on the other side
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
I want update
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
dense ember
maybe a good idea
god, we should just take photos of our inventory before stepping into security when the update is finally out, just to see which of us has the worst overly prepared paranoia
oak parcel
nothing but laser trip mines and an explosive hammer
sick charm
I need more silver
unkempt lily
mayhaps
why do you have so many
oh for security I get it
tbh I will make do with my trusty personal teleporter
oak parcel
i'm waiting to see how security actually is before i prep anything
sick charm
I wonder if this update will also allow us to finally access the residential blocks
So that we can finally obey the rules and go home at night
oak parcel
i mean according to the broadcasts the rules are currently get to security by any means necessary
sick charm
I can’t understand AI so that won’t stop me
dense ember
please update tomorrow aaaaaaa
dense ember
you mean the game?
obsidian dragon
please update tomorrow aaaaaaa
is there any reason we should be expecting an update soon? there's two and a half more months in this summer
dense ember
well summer is starting in about a week, northern himesphere summer, which the devteam said that's what they are following
I'm more looking forward to the in-between update that teased composer getting into the facility
sick charm
Well then wouldn’t there be no update until next week
obsidian dragon
meteorological summer started like two weeks ago in the north
I think that's what NZ goes by?
sick charm
Yeah
June is the start of summer
Why would they release an in between ypdste between now and the main security update?
unkempt lily
https://tenor.com/view/furiosa-furiosa-mad-max-saga-gif-5775210635224467803
why is the loop like a fraction of a second long
this is an accursed gif
woeful raptor
oh my god i reached the stapler drought
4 staplers per matrix(?) is crazy
has anyone ever gotten these effects?
dense ember
yeah, you gonna want to get all the stapler that can you find
flathill is a good place to farm stapler along with computer parts
woeful raptor
yeah, you gonna want to get all the stapler that can you find
no kidding, what a tax
sick charm
Is there a use case for the pest wheel
unkempt lily
friend
dense ember
generate power even at night
oak parcel
Mostly fwen, I hear the power gen isn't great
woeful raptor
I'm mostly disinterested due to maintenance costs
oak parcel
i need a mod that has a 1/1000 chance for the hungry line to be "sometimes i dream about cheese"
sick charm
Twitter
woeful raptor
just how i like it
woeful raptor
i need a mod that has a 1/1000 chance for the hungry line to be "sometimes i dre...
happens to me every 1/1000 days anyways
sick charm
Wonder if there will actually be an update next week
sick charm
Hmmm
What’s the point of the large water tank in lab sector
I can get water from it but it contains a finite amount
And it’s not packageable
dense ember
there's a large water tank in lab sector too?
well generally, it's basically there for players to take if they ran out of water somehow
wish I can mark the map for important stuff, but also the map isn't exactly 1 to 1
woeful raptor
that'd be nice, better than running around memorizing where I've been
it'd give me a good use for pens too
sick charm
there's a large water tank in lab sector too?
Yeah
Just through the vent from the balcony area above the aquarium
By the stairway to access that area near the tram station
Which leads into some kind of storage area with lots of boxes
oak parcel
If I had to guess each area is meant to have fresh water sources via sinks and for the offices all the water coolers, but they couldn't get another good thematic one for labs and that one industrial area so the just put big tanks
dense ember
I mean, purified water is necessary for a lot of lab work
sick charm
Scientists require water to function
thin trench
dense ember
obsidian dragon
I see ||the NVGs||
unkempt lily
I can't imagine the brain scanner will be especially useful but it is very fun and random gadgets is a good vibe for abf
dense ember
brain sync sounds like it's useful if a new player join in a world that's half finished already
or for an offline player catching up on things
also, it's mad scientist as fuck, I'm gonna make one even in single player
unkempt lily
oh yeah for sure
sick charm
Not fda approved
dense ember
sighs
I fucking hate gamer sometimes
some people poked at the dev enough that he just told everyone there won't be an update this week
as much as I want the update to be this week, sometimes, sit the fuck down you morons
dense ember
oh fuck, oh shit, oh god
woeful raptor
oh god
woeful raptor
as much as I want the update to be this week, sometimes, sit the fuck down you m...
thats genuinely really annoying, i'd hate to be in his position
dense ember
I was joking about ||mini-composer|| at the other place, I can't believe I guessed it right
this is the worst thing to be right about
fuck
woeful raptor
maybe mini composers will actually take damage...? (wishful thinking)
also i wish i had the eyesight/skill to recognize this
oh why did that crop like that
woeful raptor
silo obv gotcha
imagine being chased around by a mini composer while you hear a leyak somewhere
i'd love that
dense ember
I suggest a lot of laser mine to first figure out how much it takes to kill this thing
woeful raptor
maybe that's where we get the antennae shoulder horn things in labs
dense ember
you would think we can just pick those up
woeful raptor
apparently not!
dense ember
presumably, defeating this creature let us unlock the composer chest somehow
woeful raptor
then im guessing the gate security crates follow a similar loop
What if the mini composers show up during night raids
dense ember
maybe it's a weather thing, they only appear when it's foggy
mushroom pecarry might also appear when it's full of spore
radioactive weather is just radioactive weather
there might be more weather type in the future or even some haven't revealed to us yet
woeful raptor
oo i hope so
dense ember
I hope so too, because I want to get mushroom without going into the mycofield again, that place sucks
oak parcel
i hope theres an is that ||makes your character a vampire||
woeful raptor
dense ember
jesus
dense ember
please update this week aaaaaaaaaaaa
woeful raptor
i saw someone speculate that they'd release one for the summer sale in two days, 🙏 ing it'll be by then
obsidian dragon
they're writing the patch notes
sick charm
How do you know this
obsidian dragon
the design director posted that on the official discord
unkempt lily
I've played nearly 40 hours of this game and I just saw my first ||peccary alpha||
woeful raptor
a what
dense ember
a ||red peccary|| basically
woeful raptor
THOSE EXIST?
woeful raptor
nature is beautiful...
dense ember
I hope they are a more common enemy type later
woeful raptor
the design director posted that on the official discord
woeful raptor
I hope they are a more common enemy type later
maybe they'll just keep them in shiny pokemon status
one fear
woeful raptor
IT'S TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME
and more news on crush depth!
full patch notes ^
woeful raptor
and more news on crush depth!
And Crush Depth stuff
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427410/view/4157463936679382213
dense ember
IT'S HERE
woeful raptor
more foods to cook, too!
im glad i grabbed a few more pots because im not touching my bad soup storage after this
im ngl i went 20+ hours in my playthrough thinking slushie machines didnt work because only the button was interactable and i missed it
this is interesting
good shark...if you're out there...please upload all chest locations 🙏
dense ember
oh good, leyak's approach is telegraphed now so you know she's coming
woeful raptor
SUBTITLES!!
unkempt lily
the update is pretty cool
still stumpted on how to ||open the cacaphonous crates|| but
still igloo
I'm guessing you need to craft something from ||the drops of one of the new weather-specific enemies||?
dense ember
my god, you really cannot see shit in this fog
my plan is to walk until I see something big and plan mine, but it is just so damn hard to see
dense ember
I finally found one of the creature
5 buckshots are all its take
honestly I was spook out at first then I realised the creature...is even more blind than you in the fog
I stood literally 5 feet in front of it and only then does it notice me
sick charm
what does it drop
dense ember
it drops its head, which you can turn into a scarecrow to ward them off from your base, which I don't need but it looks rad
and clay which presumably is used to make composer armor
and a 'key', which didn't drop for me yet to open the crate
what's inside the crate? I dunno
the update also said that you can unlock order crate now, and I'm just gonna keep killing them until they drop a key or something
unkempt lily
it's the officers I think
woeful raptor
Yeah I ran around a bit, didnt get any of the key drops
im regretting placing workbenches near the order-heavy areas 😅
There's a Captain in manufacturing, the train, and (i think) the place where you find the air compressor recipe
do yall know other places to find them?
dense ember
you need to take apart an extinguisher
aaaaaa, looks like weather is a once per week event
or like, portal reset or something
I also have killed so many captain already, no drop
this is definitely something you are supposed to do it slowly
honestly though, the fog thing might be tooooo much
it hurts my eye trying to squint to see things.
unkempt lily
you need to take apart an extinguisher
well no I do know it lol I was wondering if there was a place you were supposed to unlock it
woeful raptor
where do you find the compressor recipe?
I believe it's around the area where you find the first forklift, in manufacturing
the order people have it hooked up to some machinery trying to punch through a door. it's a set up of three order soldiers, a few outside with a sniper
long pipe and bridge area, I'll send a screenshot when I'm available tomorrow (it'll be a while)
also yeah i think the keys are supposed to be a rare drop you get as you slowly progress through the different areas from a fresh run instead of the end-of-early-access-game runs we have which. 🤷♀️ i don't mind an excuse to play more
dense ember
yeah, just gonna take it slowly
some people already got multiple keys
so it really depend on luck
woeful raptor
some people already got multiple keys
okay maybe they should share some luck with the rest of the class
it's not FAIR
sick charm
Wondering if eventually you’ll get night vision goggles
To help you see through fogs or some t big
Err infrared
dense ember
oh yeah
do not use electricity weapon against it (melee stick is still find because you are just beating the shit out of it)
it's made out of porcelain
you know, something that don't conduct electricity at all?
dense ember
also
you can find the new enemy ||right in flathill|| if you don't want to wait for another fog weather event
they can be found at ||the alley behind the first big building|| and ||the office area below the first power cell||
since getting key is gonna take a while, I'm just trying to figure out what is the recipe for the cake
because it's goddamn tall
it might be a soup recipe somehow
that thing ain't fitting in the oven
also, SMG works just fine against the new enemies, you just need a whole stack of 9mm and then some against it
so, if you find yourself hoarding way too much 9mm like me, this is a good idea to use SMG against it, also duct tape works on firearm now
dense ember
cake recipe seems to be bugged, but in the sense that some people just can't get it right now
plain cedar
The sneaky pride ties are 10/10
oak parcel
fog is v annoying
unkempt lily
you can find the new enemy ||right in flathill|| if you don't want to wait for a...
is it a guaranteed spawn? I haven't been able to find it
unkempt lily
where's the third?
dense ember
it's ||in front of the elevator to the final power cell||
dense ember
they respawn like normal enemy basically, just check those places every day
also I'm getting the rad weather right now and shit is fucking green everywhere
oak parcel
just go full rat you'll be fine
dense ember
FINALLY, A KEY
order key though, no composer armor yet
this chest is rad proof too
unkempt lily
huh, I'm suprised, the containment gloves don't seem to do anything
dense ember
i think it's just fashion
I do put it on with my transmogifier because it makes me look like Dexter
and I'm pretty sure it's what the colour is referencing
also I'm so used to the new enemy that I got their attack pattern down
my strategy to get one down effeciently is just mugnade or electron grenade one, and then put 2 shotgun shells with the antique, then just smash them up with the thermal mallet to finish them
I was planning to use the laser mine but it just, it just explodes as soon as I placed it down, I might have stood too close to it or something but I'm not wasting another mine to test that out
dense ember
after you open it yup
sick charm
Bring it to your base to use as extra storage?
sick charm
I need a rectangular object to place my oven on
dense ember
it's also tough as nail
so you can place it somewhere more dangerous without worrying about it for the most part
I'm not sure if you can place anything over it though
dense ember
medium chest size
sick charm
Took down a symphonist
It looked real freaky
Shot it ten times with a shotgun until dead
dense ember
if you use the antique you only need 5, if you hit it well
honestly, the symphonist is pretty cool
I like it, a lot
it's not an enemy that just charge at you and maul your face.
it still does that, but it also ||make illusion clone like freaking Naruto, roll itself at you like a bowling ball, kick you like a ballerina, and then just grab you and chug you, which mean you want to put on gravity cube when fighting it||
it feels like I'm placing Dark Soul: Black Mesa
which also describe this game somewhat
I hope when crushing dept comes in and we have to venture the security sector with no freaking light, the enemy gimmick is more than just like to stick at shadow and actually does some cool shit
sick charm
I was with a friend
So it was buffed + kept changing targets between us two + summoning duplicates
woeful raptor
i love the duplicates because using the electrothrower and spinning around to dissipate all of them is fun
it's not optimal but it's fun and
it makes the electro thrower actually feel like it's doing something, cant complain about the convenience of an infinite ammo weapon but the damage + range makes me hope there's an upgraded version in later updates
sick charm
They are extremely effective for two things
Electrothrowers
Killing security bots and killing breachers
Both are vulnerable to electricity and two people concentrating fire on them will stunlock them and eviscerate them in short order
woeful raptor
so that's whats missing, a second person 🤔
dense ember
CAKEEEEEEE
dense ember
you get it now after unlocking baking at level 10 after the recent bugfix
dense ember
now that Leyak has dialog when it spawns, I'm like just absolutely not scared of it or her anymore
like as soon as I see that dialog box I just go 'Leyak, please go home'
woeful raptor
i used to get kinda stressed when i heard the audio cue when i was still exploring because i didnt want to turn a corner and get minced while carrying a bunch of shit from a new section of labs
but now that ive finished the present content im like oh it's my good pal leyak visiting me while i go grocery shopping for staplers or cpus
woeful raptor
minor spawn location spoilers but ||they're mostly in some out of the way places and have shit eyesight so you kinda have to deliberately find and engage them||
||i will say i haven't visited the third spawn location in flathill||
sick charm
Have they added some new cooking recipes?
woeful raptor
just the cake and one other iirc
vagrant thicket
Pizza!
woeful raptor
piza
sick charm
The zza
dense ember
yup!
woeful raptor
now that Leyak has dialog when it spawns, I'm like just absolutely not scared of...
huh! new patch notes suggest that the leyak won't announce herself so soon
dense ember
aaaaaaaaaaaaa
woeful raptor
i also hope zag is able to keep pressing on with some creative decisions while still accommodating to people who don't like said decisions
because as annoying as the fog is, it does make me a little claustrophobic (which i like when the game leans towards mild horror/tension) and it's like a test of how well i know the map and enemy placements
dense ember
yup
sick charm
Oh apparently leyak isn’t supposed to chase us into mirror worlds
woeful raptor
but also fuck the difficulty to repair things i hate durability i get that it's the point you're supposed to be a scrappy scavenging scientist--I'll still play with it to meet the game where it's at--I don't like it but I'll stick with it. /exaggerated feelings
woeful raptor
Oh apparently leyak isn’t supposed to chase us into mirror worlds
it's not?
you learn something new every day
sick charm
Fixed a bug where IS-0091 could targeting scientists in unintentional (and far-flung) locations.
woeful raptor
Damn, that kinda made it more scary if you couldn't escape it there
one of those things where i think the bug should have been kept in
woeful raptor
but also fuck the difficulty to repair things i hate durability i get that it's ...
although personally frustrating it's definitely a non issue considering drop rates of guns if that's what they're referring to
plus one person posted a whole hotbar of scrapshot. i think whoever that is is just fine
unkempt lily
Other than the military weapons I find repairing things really easy
And the military weapons feel just sorta underwhelming for their difficulty to use
woeful raptor
agreed, someone said that the biowraps should be a wristwatch item and I think that'd just indirectly fix my hangups about it
sick charm
I’m very displeased though that they made antique shotguns take light gun repair kit to repair
dense ember
it might be a temporary thing but it does seem that whatever future repair mechanic is, the antique shotgun will be tied to it too instead of being some kind of anomaly
woeful raptor
guess I'll have to just wait and see then
sick charm
What if we actually unlock its anomalous property later
woeful raptor
A gun to kill a god
unkempt lily
Fixed Splints and some other consumable/useable items not properly working using medical radial wheel (hold X key by default) or when using the right-click context menu to use the item.
there's a medical radial wheel??
woeful raptor
right? that would have saved me a few times
still igloo
Well. It didn't work, previously
sick charm
Only god of this facility is myself
sick charm
Oh that’s a cozy looking red chair
Must feel pretty nice to relax in it while resting by the heater
oak parcel
i love that the cement barricades are just the bags stacked up
still igloo
I have made a very cozy base
Ooh, I like this a lot
unkempt lily
(posting the rest of my base as well)
unkempt lily
i love that the cement barricades are just the bags stacked up
I did want walls because I couldn't find a like, room sized location for a base I liked
I was considering the exec offices tucked away in the office sector but they're far from everything
and being in labs is just so convenient
still igloo
It's so... organized
And cohesive
I should have screenshotted my group's base from early on, it was so awful
Beds and lamps scattered all about and no defenses, and we hadn't unlocked storage crates so our crafting bench was knee-deep in a pile of trash
unkempt lily
incredible
still igloo
In our defense
We all went summer intern
So it felt pretty realistic as a response
woeful raptor
I have made a very cozy base
the fireplace setup is really nice
sick charm
I got a nice spread of baked goods and soup on a vintage dining table
My friend and I went on a trip to the furniture store to grab all the furnishing we wanted
I murdered some symphonists at flat hills but it doesn’t seem like they respawn with portal reset
unkempt lily
I am finding it more than a little unfortunate how not that difficult it is to softlock yourself, not out of progression, but out of certain non-nessecary items in the current version
like, I'm almost 100% sure at this point that I've eaten every single potato in the game by accident, so now I cannot do any of the potato cooking now that I've finally hit level 10
sick charm
Potatoes sometimes spawn in fridge in flat hills at the final office area
I always just have a potato plant somewhere unharvested
As unharvested plants seem to live indefinitely
unkempt lily
oh cool, I figured that thing's loot was also fixed
vagrant thicket
woeful raptor
just got around to watching this, it gave me an idea to make a sort of street sign system to help with the fog n for decoration
and i wouldn't blame them if they had to delay crush depth. like zomboid i am always willing to wait for quality
sick charm
i've murdered all the soldiers in rise
and i've only got one weapon repair kit
i've got multiple weapons drops though
woeful raptor
that's a pretty uncommon drop then
sick charm
weapons repair kit actually has a smaller drop rate than keys
about 1.64% chance per kill
compared to 6% chance for keys
of course every soldier has a chance to drop aweapons repair kit
compared to just officers for the key
however, fact remains--it's probably easier to just kill soldiers for a spare weapon
than to get a weapons repair kit
as it happens I have a create full of milspec weaponry
10 submachineguns, 5 shotguns, etc
but only 1 weapons repair kit
woeful raptor
i really can't wrap my head around the item, does the antique shotgun only take the kits now? i haven't played in a bit and i remember the devs mentioning something about the shotgun
unkempt lily
yeah the antique shotgun is only repair kits now
I hope you can eventually tame peccaries as well, I'd love to get milk in an easier way than hunting
clever flower
Well rest in peace antique shotgun
They absolutely need to adjust weapon repair kits that system is miserable
We're scientists let us craft them
sick charm
They really want us to use science weapons not milspec weapons
I’m hoping that we get to reverse engineer exor’s arm cannon and be able to use exor quills as ammunition
Making milspec weapons obsolete
clever flower
I don't think a magic gun from 1890 counts as milspec
oak parcel
i want a gun that shoots bees
sick charm
In the alternative I want a sick as hell laser gun
oak parcel
nope demand is now for a gun that shoots laser bees
sick charm
A launch device that shoots homing bees with integrated laser stingers
I do think it’s kinda ridiculous that it’s easier to get weapons than weapon repair kit though
Drop rate for the repair kit should be much higher
They should switch around things actually
Drop rate for repair kit should be what drop rate for weapons is
And weapons drop rate should be what it is now
sick charm
another fruitless search for keys in flathills and rise and train world
I did find two weapons repair kit and a shotgun though so I can't complain too much
One symphonist finally respawned in flat hills although he didn’t drop a key
Devised a route which allows me to get to the courthouse area without having to sneak past composers too
The symphonists remain remarkably resistant to getting hit in the head with an explosive sledge
unkempt lily
Devised a route which allows me to get to the courthouse area without having to ...
is the route just run quickly
sick charm
No
unkempt lily
because that's generally my strategy in flathill with all my gear now
oh? do tell, I'm intrigued
sick charm
Climb up the ladder shortcut to the GATE office building from start location
Use rope plant to slide down into the alleyway on the other side
Enter the arcade building
Climb to the roof
Climb down the ladder shortcut there to the lower section of the roof
There is a portal there to the roof of the courthouse
sick charm
As an added bonus you can grab two power cores on this route
Not that you probably need them at this point
but in any case you can get to the courthouse fast without tediously running past or sneaking past composers
unkempt lily
I'm not actually sure that's quicker than just running to the courthouse, but it is safer
sick charm
indeed
and peace of mind is good
don't particularly wanna risk my lives every time I need staplers
unkempt lily
Not that you probably need them at this point
Yeah I have so many of them, and leyak essence
just overflowing with the stuff
I also have bit of tech: if you have the gravity cube and put a bounce pad on the hood of this truck in flathill, not only can you jump down the alley with no fall damage, but you can also use it to get to the roof of the arcade
sick charm
just grabbed a third grav cube
that's one for each of the group i'm in
so disabling loot respawn
i need a place where I can kill a lot of soldiers fast
I suppose that's gonna be Rise
unkempt lily
doesn't the cube respawn without loot respawn on?
sick charm
for some reason it didn't for me
i heard enabling loot respawn can help with that
so I did and it seemed to work
sick charm
3 weapons repair kit right now
not bad
way I see it weapons repair kit is purely useful for ancient shotgun
can't really justify using it for anything else
sick charm
ornate key drop 😮
unkempt lily
pizza
dense ember
pizza!
sick charm
The zza
I too have baked the zza
Btw they really need to reduce cooking time of bread
dense ember
at least you can't burn bread
literally, there's no burnt version of bread
so you can just put the dough in oven and get bread when you come back
no matter how long it has been
sick charm
Oh huh
Neat
Guess I gotta go gut more peccary for their milk like amino sac
I’ve also been executing symphonists in flat hills but are they supposed to spawn in the courthouse?
I’ve literally never encountered it
dense ember
you mean the office you get in for the first power cell?
yeah they do
it's the second room on the left of first floor
try not to stand to close to the left side when searching for it
unkempt lily
they don't only respawn on portal resets I'm pretty sure
unkempt lily
after weeks of searching
sick charm
sick charm
I really hope they add something I can do with leyak essence sometime in the future
The hazard crate has two full stacks of it in there
still igloo
Definitely expecting a laser gun or suchlike at some point
unkempt lily
Im honestly kinda suprised there isnt a (more useful) convertor for it
woeful raptor
leyak essence to staplers will solve all my problems
unkempt lily
you're onto something
vagrant thicket
leyak essence to staplers will solve all my problems
@obsidian dragon @rustic patrol
rustic patrol
rare interdimensional resource
obsidian dragon
leyak essence to staplers will solve all my problems
yes please
muted juniper
obsidian dragon
yeah, from his website
dense ember
YAY
sick charm
Why yay
unkempt lily
have any of my fellow scientists actually seen the ||symphonist|| spawn in the courthouse in flathill?
woeful raptor
is the courthouse the one w the fourish staplers?
woeful raptor
I'll have to check it out again but I believe i fought one there on a stapler run
unkempt lily
the drop rates on ||organs and keys|| are so low 
woeful raptor
i remember fighting one in this area, obviously not there rn but ill eventually play more and see if it'll spawn again
woeful raptor
the drop rates on ||organs and keys|| are so low <:sadcowboy:572822626456698892>
yeahhh, ||for the keys im waiting to see if they add more stuff in the containers to open them all up. i dont expect it'll happen (because fridges and cabinets can have like 2-3 items out of like 20) but doesnt hurt me to save em||
unkempt lily
yeahhh, ||for the keys im waiting to see if they add more stuff in the container...
that's fair, I really just want ||the full armour set to see if it will be able to replace my current gear||
woeful raptor
cake, too, relies on the principles of construction
also ||personally i cant let go of the bionic legs and mushroom helmet to equip the armor||
sick charm
why not wear carapace armor that also prevents spores
unkempt lily
oh does the mushroom helmet negate spores?
woeful raptor
why not wear carapace armor that also prevents spores
i like the healing boost when sitting
i dont bring a lot of syringes
still igloo
||Healing Briefcase|| my beloved
woeful raptor
||Briefcase + Sitting with the mushroom helmet has gotten me through so much||
unkempt lily
damn, the ||symphonist armour|| is kinda underwhelming
Really only compared to how nuts the gravity cube is
sick charm
It’s mostly for the bling
unkempt lily
flathill now contains... double the staplers? maybe more
I am very happy, thank you warren
woeful raptor
nacho stocks are so high right now
sick charm
I will turn everyone into nachos
Wonder if we can build a handheld laser emitting device
Or if this is purely stationary defense
Also, long range power transmission with lasers?
Feel like that might be more of a hazard than a convenience
Unless
We can shoot lasers into the security wing
Bisect it in half
dense ember
if laser can be used to both act as a power line and a hazard, I can already predict that someone will make a line of laser through security sector to power something
sick charm
Laser walls
dense ember
well, this is, august, the next big update is probably going to be out somewhere this month so that's nice
gloomy dock
woeful raptor
Maybe tonight since it's not exactly on the 2 🥹
oak parcel
my guess next saturday
8/10 by the American system which iirc they said they were basing there times off of
dense ember
God it would be so nice if it's tomorrow
sick charm
Doubt they’d give an ambiguous teaser literally the day before though
oak parcel
i mean they posted it on the 30th
sick charm
okay I doubt they'd give an ambiguous teaser literally two days before though
dense ember
8/10 by the American system which iirc they said they were basing there times of...
Also, erm, what do you mean by American system?
oak parcel
month/day/year
oak parcel
the clock is at 8:10
dense ember
Oh
oak parcel
maybe like 8:08-8:10 or so, hard to tell with parallax error
reading the time as a date its likely either August 10th or October 8th
dense ember
Later is not likely since that's way past summer already
dense ember
yeah, proabably 8th august, august 2nd is saturday already in australia 10th is sunday, while 8th is friday
vagrant thicket
gloomy dock
yeah cause only america has that stupid door gap at the bottom
I was rattled when I found out
like I've been living with those dumb stall designs my entire life?
still igloo
I assume it's for something stupid like checking to make sure homeless people don't have anywhere to sleep
Oh, it's actually required by ADA in small stalls for wheelchair toe clearance, that's a pleasant surprise
still igloo
They could, but bigger stalls take more space, and office space costs money
woeful raptor
So it is for "something stupid" but it's a more capitalistic reason than an anti-homeless one
sinful totem
but they could just make a bigger stall
I don’t know enough about wheelchairs to know exactly why but the ADA demands a 9” gap between the stall and the floor
sick charm
It’s so that people in wheelchair don’t bump their toes while turning inside the stall
They could also make a bigger stall though
sinful totem
Aiui the ADA doesn’t allow that as an option
sick charm
There’s definitely Handicapped stall which is super big that I’ve seen before
still igloo
Aiui the ADA doesn’t allow that as an option
It does, the stall just has to be 6 inches deeper
(At least according to the 2010 ADA standards)
sinful totem
Ah ok
rustic patrol
It's all so fucking weird if you're not American
dense ember
PLEASE I NEED
dense ember
aaaa, give us more hint on the next update already aaaaaaa
woeful raptor
The 12th
woeful raptor
CRUSH DEPTH IS REAL
unkempt lily
I'm highly hyped
I should make some more teleporters in preperation I reckon
maybe farm some more ||composer keys|| too, it seems like there might be more stuff after all
unkempt lily
I figured it meant alien homeworlds, but maybe
sick charm
I mean the architecture doesn’t strike me as really exor
But more importantly
Fuck yeah
Laser cannons
unkempt lily
I already hate this guy
unkempt lily
I'm really hoping we get new watches in this patch
unkempt lily
I struggle to imagine I'll give up my headlamp
though, at the same time, nvgs maybe
sick charm
What if it’s a night vision goggle yeah
woeful raptor
are those new order variants :0
dense ember
god that's a fucking yeti isn't it?
also, that thing on the left
yup, we seen it before, on trailer
sick charm
also, that thing on the left
I’m sure the grim reaper will be a friendly passive mob
unkempt lily
it's going to give you a hug
sick charm
I just want that LASER GUN
unkempt lily
rewatching the trailer, I do hope the indiana jones-ass warehouse makes it into the full game
sick charm
i wonder if we'll be able to make soup with fish
dense ember
rewatching the trailer, I do hope the indiana jones-ass warehouse makes it into ...
I WANNA LOOT THE SHIT OUT OF THE PALCE
IT'S MINE, IT'S ALL MINE
dense ember
also, I'm so ready to use my entire crate supply of lamp
gonna turn the security sector into a goddamn christmas tree
woeful raptor
Who needs NV goggles when you can force perpetual day via lamp?
oak parcel
i've managed to convince my group to restart so we can all make characters with better perks 
oak parcel
we all went in blind and then eventually realized we all spent most of our points on very bad perks
woeful raptor
we all went in blind and then eventually realized we all spent most of our point...
ah yeah, common case
especially when you're going in blind
oak parcel
yeahhhh
oak parcel
fanny pack is god tier
woeful raptor
top 1 tbh
oak parcel
we were all "surely there will be a way to get that ingame and the perk is just for starting with it"
woeful raptor
inventory management is my bane so anything that helps me collect more items per scavenge is a priority for me
oak parcel
rat pack 
woeful raptor
we were all "surely there will be a way to get that ingame and the perk is just ...
god i wish
oak parcel
most of the positive perks are mid at best and a lot of the negatives hit harder than they should imo
and i'd love to see some neutral but game changing perks
dense ember
3 days to go ah fuck
woeful raptor
and i'd love to see some neutral but game changing perks
expansion on the perk system would be nice 🤤
woeful raptor
3 days to go ah fuck
dense ember
expansion on the perk system would be nice 🤤
melee skill perk unlock where your scientist can now do wave dash and shit
just use your neutral against the Tarrasque
woeful raptor
just add the full roster
plink, wave, l cancel
add a burst mechanic to abiotic factor
dense ember
dragon install Leyak
woeful raptor
helps get out of the containment bot grab attack
woeful raptor
dragon install Leyak
Leyak but instead of breathing, it's cue is Ride the Fire quietly playing
sick charm
I want the power to transform into a leyak
woeful raptor
gives me a reason to drop (and get rid of my) leyak essence should any new enemies use xray guns
sick charm
do you think the laser gun will use leyak essence as ammo
woeful raptor
I'd imagine it'd use something from the new areas, or the crystals
though. I'd rather have it use the item that's just a sitting in a stockpile
sick charm
I mean could use both
woeful raptor
could use both!
dense ember
Manse was talking about using leyak as an energy source in one of his log
so, maybe its/her essence can be used to power something
dense ember
there's also the tarrasque juice
woeful raptor
completely forgot abt that ngl
dense ember
you only need one to open a protal, killing the tarrasque gives you like 4 to 5 at once
it is definitely used for something
dense ember
I definitely need some more spaces, mostly for farming...
sick charm
Just convert all of the lab to a farm
dense ember
maybe after unlocking moisture teleporter, I could remove some of my barrels to put down more plots
I got way too much water container from unlocking all the soup at once back then
sick charm
I don’t even know what I’m gonna do with my collection of fruits and pies and pizza and soups and a wall of water coolers
dense ember
one water coolers is probably enough, store the rest of water in barrel
sick charm
Of which I have 4
dense ember
that's more than enough yeah
that said, the barrel weighs makes no sense
a fully filled barrel weighs like 50, but you can only put in 10 liters of water in it
I know it's for balancing purpose, because a barrel that can store 50 liters is just busted
but damn this barrel is anomalous
still igloo
So you can maintain multiple bases
Technically you can do that already with workbenches and personal teleporters, but it's clunky, so hopefully they add something more convenient
dense ember
2 DAYS!
woeful raptor
oak parcel
i'm just sitting here hoping they release the patchnotes before the update
dense ember
yeah same
though I can only play the game like hours after the patch is out, so that matters less to me
oak parcel
the silver lining of covid: time flys when you sleep for 12-16h a day
woeful raptor
🙏 immune system please kick covid's ass so you can play abiotic factor in
checks event time
Sixteen Hours
oak parcel
me and fwens are planning to play <t:1723500000:R>
I'm sure I will still be sick but I might be better by the time we hit new content as we're restarting
My main concern is if I can get the gatekeeper's hat
dense ember
I'm certain we will get it eventually
unkempt lily
that is a real bright side, thanks :)
dense ember
fully missed out on the leyak swarm bug when it happened
someone apparently said they got assaulted by like dozens of leyak that day
unkempt lily
that's incredible
oak parcel
terrifying
woeful raptor
id love that actually
leyak stopped being scary a while back, 12? that'd bring things back
oak parcel
make it a weather event
woeful raptor
Leyaks are muted and more plentiful
dense ember
8 hours left!
dense ember
just had a thought, since platform cart is invincible, you can absolutely just park it at a far away temporary spot to use it as a set-and-forget storage right?
you can make box, but then an enemy might just decides to break them
dense ember
alright, plan is to move my platform cart to the entrance of security sector loaded with 18 goddamn lamps and use that to brighten up the whole palce
dense ember
18 at the start, bring in the rest of I need more
vagrant thicket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3amLNBSMP8k premieres <t:1723478400:R>
sick charm
Gimme the laser gun
woeful raptor
woah how do you do the time thing on discord
dense ember
sadly, it's 100 minutes away, not 39
aaaaaa, will have to watch the trailer tomorrow I guess
woeful raptor
ah
sick charm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3amLNBSMP8k premieres <t:1723478400:R>
Missed it by an hour haha
dense ember
And watched the trailer from bed, though no sound
Fucking excited for tomorrow, gonna find all these shit
woeful raptor
OH FUCK
theres a new effect for using the leadlamp in radioactive places
...nevermind i think my game was just bugging out
oh wait no it's when the ground shakes
woeful raptor
and the uses 👀?
sick charm
we can use it to get a bait for the fish that gives you more leyak esssence
I caught in in the swimming pool in the gym area
woeful raptor
oh so ANY water source works?
sick charm
haven't found a water source that didn't work yet
woeful raptor
😈
sick charm
well no
sewer
something touches the bait
but never actually bites
sewer in the foghill
not sure if its some kind of special fish down there that needs a bait
foghill also has a unique fish though
in the fountain just before the GATE office a re
antefish filets can be usued to trade for staplers with warren
so far I've caught antefish mostly in the large aquarium in lab
later I'm thinking of going to anteverse to fish there
and the large antejuice pond in the mines
i guess i'll bring a deployable anti leyak turret there so that I don't get disturbed while fishing
But foghill fountain seems fish population poor
You mostly catch staplers there
And bottles of bleach
You don’t actually need a bait to catch a fish btw
sick charm
Wondering if there are any cool new fish soup recipes
woeful raptor
You mostly catch staplers there
YOU CAN CATCH WHAT
they really did just fix the stapler issue
sick charm
YOU CAN CATCH WHAT
Yeah I caught a stapler
woeful raptor
😈
oak parcel
if anyone is having a disconnect bug in multiplayer, the in game voip seems to cause issues for some players
oak parcel
yes but the positional audio is cool
and i'm hoping eventually they do something like the husk from baro
oak parcel
have something horrible make us mute
sick charm
There’s something like that in the game already
When you get grabbed by a composer you get real quiet
dense ember
ALRIGHT LET'S GO
dense ember
I have no idea, I just started
dense ember
oh god I just walked into security sector, I have been fully correct in making like 20 lamps, this place fucking needs light
I'm placing my teleport in my hotkey if I face whatever the fuck is in here
my paranoia is through the roof
oh ha
haha ahh a ah a
oh fuck
oh great
HMMMMM
it's ||imprevious to all weapons||
hahahahhaha
fuckacscask
dense ember
||gothic as hell, but peaceful, FOR NOW||
sick charm
Maybe we can build a base there
dense ember
that said, ||do not rely on IS 59 teleporting you all the time, it might just decided to murder you||
dense ember
okay, slowly figuring out what I needed to do here
dense ember
this is some fucking Mr X shit, but thankfully less annoying than RE2 remake one
oh
I'm stupid, I should have actually just use the new weapon introduced by the game, that makes things so much easier
dense ember
oh no
oh nooo
so I mention the ||other dimension the GRIM FUCKING REAPER take you to||
||there's a probably dead gatekeepr big boy in it, he couldn't suplex IS 59. :C||
sick charm
Fisherman glue recipe: ||fish bones and hcl||
Spent all of the first day playing fishing at a variety of old locations
Not sure what recipes I can do with the fish I bc aught just ye
dense ember
what is fisherman glue for actually?
substitute glue?
anyway, currently in hydrosector now, and this place is fucking massive on a ridiculous scale
holy shit this place is huge
woeful raptor
||i dont know why i didn't expect to be able to go through the reaper portal, perpetual fall isn't that bad if you can cope with the sky||
dense ember
||yeah it's actually quite a beautiful place||
also, there's (hydrosector spoiler) ||a fucking Composer over there||
sick charm
Btw how do you get the ||new energy weapon||
dense ember
||didn't get the big one yet, but I built an energy pistol in security sector, you WILL need it.||
||also somewhat decently at being an ammo free pistol replacement, takes forever to recharge however.||
dense ember
oh geez, these new bots...
dense ember
okay, new bot, old trick, electron grenade just do work against them, 3 or 4 should do it
woeful raptor
||ammo free??|| need
dense ember
just DO NOT get hit by its everything in the meantime
dense ember
||ammo free??|| need
it's a ||laser gun, you just recharge it.||
woeful raptor
NEED
dense ember
also, HELL YEAH, I KNEW IT
I knew ||there will be a weapon that use all the quills I got from exor!||
finally I'm packing some heat!
dense ember
nope!
woeful raptor
Even better
unkempt lily
I've just started the new update, but omg I love the carbon pickaxe
this is what heavy weapons need
sick charm
Yeah I used it to take down a symohonist very easily
Move over explosive sledge
Also I believe they buffed the number of carapace you get from those bugs in a reverse
You get two per bug now
dense ember
that said, explosive sledge's ammo finally got 'buffed' to something much easier to make
sick charm
On the flip side
Materials for that are also easier to find now
Err laser tripmines
My friend and I spent like 10 minutes fishing and walked away with 35 staplers in tow
dense ember
lmao
though at this point, it's not staplers dragging it down anymore, but circuit from computer because you have to smash so many of it
sick charm
We just vacuum up flat hills in portal reset for tech parts and circuit boards
dense ember
also, just finished hydrosector, and unlocked the laser weapons, and yes, you get a laser katana and laser cannon
sick charm
Do you need to find a ||schematic for energy pistol btw||
dense ember
no, just discover material
sick charm
Ooh
My friend is busy so I’m experiencing this update vicariously more or less
Hmm
Lasers
dense ember
laser is very much the theme of hydrosector
dense ember
small gear from scrapping watches still get no uses apparently, what are they for...