you also make 3 of them at the same time now
#Abiotic Factor
dense ember
sick charm
How do you get them now
dense ember
the same, fish eel at canaan
but now the drop rate is 100% instead of whatever shit number it was
dense ember
heh
dense ember
oh boy, the new ||Quill spear|| feels pretty good
most ||gatekeeper|| in reactor sector is also ||resistant to laser because of course, so it works nicely||
dense ember
jesus christ
i found the new bots
and a guy that sounds like he's a goddamn space marine
alright, let's see what tactic can I use to out-rat these guys
unkempt lily
man reactors are tough
I feel like I must've missed out on discovering a new weapon to use for this zone because goddamn do I not do enough damage to keep up with these enemies
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I feel like I must've missed out on discovering a new weapon to use for this zon...
Do you have the Deatomizer/Laser Katana?
unkempt lily
I mean everyone I'm strugling with is resistant to laser damage, so while the answer is yes, it does not really help
sick charm
I feel like I must've missed out on discovering a new weapon to use for this zon...
quill rifle maybe?
or just plain grenades
quill rifles can also be used with a shield
to block incoming damage while shooting back
unkempt lily
What about the ||Rocket Launcher||?
yeah see don't have access to that lol
which makes me feel like I've missed something
||I've turned on the dusk reactor||
unkempt lily
quill rifle maybe?
that's what I've been using after giving up on the laser, yeah
it's sorta feasible but
sick charm
not as easy as deatomizer against canaanite I guess
I guess I'll go back to my old standbys of slush bomb
oh I should also start carrying molotovs
i heard witches are very flammable
sick charm
only issue with canaan was low visibility
my nvg kept running out of battery
hopefully we get better nvgs soon
unkempt lily
omg you can pet the skink
10/10 game
so many excellent friends in this game, pests, kylie, the skink
dense ember
you want like, holy damage type to deal with gatekeeper
like the lodestone disk with grinder and lodestone bolt
even then, these guys are so tanky...
sick charm
witches are resistant to holy though
because they are beloved by god
maybe they are vulnerable to explosives though
oak parcel
i find most things are vulnerable to being frozen and then having a few pounds of explosives detonated by them
sick charm
i now wonder
if we can build a whole base in the Mirror World
and have convenient access with other places thorugh portals
ooh I can build a farmland there
put down a teleporter so I can access it
also use it as storage
unkempt lily
yeah once I've cleared out the new areas I think I'm going to move into the Mirror World
or at least set up a portal hub there
I am very out of space
dense ember
I will just set up a portal hub in mirror world
if I got the resource to do so because oh boy, you need to deal with the exploding exor really carefully to get their b lood
unkempt lily
iirc they're bugged right now to always explode
dense ember
you can still get them, but they sometimes still explode even if you do it right
just wait for hotfix
unkempt lily
it's weird considering how easy it is to get the volatile pests
sick charm
do we have powered armor
oak parcel
power armor is next major update iirc
sick charm
ooh
dense ember
the defense value nerf has been painful really
cause we really need that extra defense this update
sick charm
but we got those hardlight shields yeah?
unkempt lily
they're something
but man it's a little rough as a solo player lol
I might have to turn the difficulty back down to regular
sick charm
i think my friend and I can still probably do concentrated fire with laser against most of these enemies
but it'll be draining on battery reserves
unkempt lily
oh yeah it seems pretty doable coop, especially if one of you can just draw the fire of some of the more fucked-up guys and the other shoots them freely
I've had to do some pretty significant cheese agaisnt ||the jotuns||
dense ember
but it'll be draining on battery reserves
do it like WW1 machinegun team, get someone to carry like 3 laser collector
if I can play this coop, we would be managing this sector like a fireteam
sick charm
yeah I think I can just shieldwall while they shoot the monster with quills and bolts
I'm the better shot with the deatomizer but they have more practice with a crossbow
dense ember
CORN OBTAINED
dense ember
okay, gotta have to lower enemy damage because doing reactor solo is harddddd
I would also lower enemy health but that setting seems to be bugged right now
unkempt lily
I think the new exor armor might be the trick for solo play
I'll really really miss the hexwood gear but the extra body is just too nice to pass up
this game is a game of collecting friends, I'm concluding
dense ember
having a stand is just too useful, even if all it does is attract fire
dense ember
I'm now in mist sector, which is definitely, easier than cloud sector, but you will get one of the toughest common enemy you will sss
sick charm
which is
dense ember
The next level of bot
But alao simultaneously easier to deal with because this guy don't mortar your position from miles aaay
clever flower
How do they feel about slushies
dense ember
Also unlocled rocket, but making the rocket is bloody expensive, think i will stockpile them for goddamn 7 hours war
Slushy is good against a lot of thing really
sick charm
how do they feel about lasers
unkempt lily
not excellent I would say
they're just really durable tbh, they're way less dangerous than the security bots
or whatever they were called
sick charm
they don't nuke you with grenades and mortars?
brittle comet
honestly not enjoying the update
I hate the Gatekeepers and new Exors
it's all too damn tanky
even WITH the deatomiser and the quill spear/exor flail
i'll take any advice
unkempt lily
the exor are sorta just tough, but the gatekeepers have weakeneses, or at least things they're strong against
if you're playing solo I highly recommend the exor armor, and if you're really stuck ||you can grab the skink in cloud reactor without actually fighting anyone, just bring a net gun||
brittle comet
i used the net gun on them and i couldnt get them
unkempt lily
you just gotta keep trying
its like a minecraft horse
eventually they'll fall over and you can pick it up
brittle comet
alright
dense ember
oh, new hotfix, gatekeepr is now 20% easier to deal with, mostly
dense ember
yeah I was thinking Cha isn't so bad, until it suddenly teleports like it's Dragonball Z
clever flower
I've yet to find an enemy that enjoys being whopped with the Carbon Pickaxe
unkempt lily
my base post-dark energy
sick charm
I think we are becoming less and less human
Eventually we will be indistinguishable from the exor
clever flower
I'm sure inhaling all these spores is fiiine in the long term
sick charm
I’m sure iodine is 100% effective in healing long term effects of gamma radiation exposure
oak parcel
dont ask whats in the healing syringes :)
sick charm
Antewheat and bleach
brittle comet
just keep eating the alien leg, arm and heart soup nothing bad could possibly happen
oak parcel
me after finding out most of my friend group would rather restart with every update rather than continue the save i've put 150h in farming materials organizing and building bases in: 
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me after finding out most of my friend group would rather restart with every upd...
every update?? why??
oak parcel
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oak parcel
one of them barely played at all and wants to restart, one of them more or less wants to restart because they missed the early game because both times we've started from the beginning they spent all of it just cooking and then didnt play after that because they missed the beginning, one of them just flat out said they want to restart every major update
thankfully the one person who wants to continue and see the new content is the one that hosts the server
dense ember
new update thankfully drastically reduced the cost of rocket
unfortuantely, I'm still out of glue, and clothes
glue can be solved by fishing, and clothe...I guess flathill?
oak parcel
iirc you can turn wood into cloth with a step or two
dense ember
Hmmm, guess so
Oh right I completely forgot about that
So hmm
1 plank is equal to 1.2 cloth
Yeah, flathill is the way to go with how much plank you can get there
brittle comet
Apparently the mystagogue hell room in Cloud reactor is now just one mystagogue
dense ember
Oh, that was hell? I jist beat them up separatedly
It's not like they literally are in the same room, you can isolate them one by one
brittle comet
I may be confusing it with something else
I only just got to the one after Cloud
also love that Kyle Hill is the reactor manager
dense ember
Anyone found the new fish yet?
Trying to look up detail on them but not finding much
dense ember
Argh, I really want to play coop in Abiotic Factor,because having an entire squad deatomizing shit just sounds so much fun
dense ember
It is, very good
Hotfix now have some of the gatekeeper weak to acid and honestly, skink is doing enough damage to quite a few of then
But while the ammo capacity is deep, you do need a source of radioactive waste to 'reload' it
unkempt lily
oh did they patch the bug then?
dense ember
The 'skink can reload from any liquid' bug? Not yet I think
But better not get used to that
oak parcel
you can reload from a water cooler or barrel full of stuff, so if you mess around with it you can get a water cooler down to a reasonable weight to carry a few reloads
what i do is carry a carbon battery and a teleport pad and have a full barrel of waste at my base
the pads seem to remember their tag when you pack them so that takes a step out of the process
oak parcel
yeah, you do have to assemble the pad so its a 3 item investment but i always carry some form of construction tool and previously i was carrying a toilent and a cot so i just swapped those two out for a batery and the pad and now i more or less have a scroll of town portal
the pad is 12 weight so its not nothing but for the utility its worth it imo
and if you're playing singleplayer (or have a team you can rely on to sleep) and dont mind having to hunt for an outlet you can drop the battery
brittle comet
finished the update
||I honestly thought Cahn was going to get us to release that thing from containment but it does genuinely seem like the Gatekeepers were trying to summon it, also holy shit we're in the Order base||
oak parcel
Laser Collector now requires construction and requires a tool in order to be packaged, to match the same style as other similar objects.
clever flower
Cruelty, for what
I still don't know why the regular charger needs construction, now this
oak parcel
this only raises the boi further as the best weapon
unkempt lily
clever flower
Carbon Pickaxe Sneak Attack has yet to let me down
unkempt lily
Yeah lmao, friendship ended with deatomizer, skink is my only friend now
oak parcel
alt fire is a pet
oak parcel
i feel like the ||gatekeeper grunts|| were the perfect chance to give us unlocked overworld guns that were ballanced with where the game progression was and it feels like a giant missed opportunity
oak parcel
like theres so much holding back "overworld" weapons and they are so out classed by science weapons
oak parcel
like sure i could give up armor set bonuses give up like 16+ armor value on my arms which is a good 60% of my hits when using a weapon in order to use a gun that burst fires (which i hate) or i could use the rocket launcher
unkempt lily
Yeah I do think the overworld stuff may be a little over-restricted
I’d be interested in being able to upgrade guns with the biomimic thing rather than the armbands
oak parcel
they restricted things based on the security pistol's preformance i feel
and the security pistol does 100% overshadow anything at its stage of the game
but the rest of the guns dont really
sick charm
can you feed your skink with radioactive goop contained inside a water bottle
oak parcel
no
sick charm
accursed!
oak parcel
but you can with a deployed barrel or water cooler
sick charm
how do you field reload your skink gun then
oak parcel
water cooler, barrel, or map pool
sick charm
hmm
it's not like I can really comfortably carry around a giant barrel of radioactive goop
oak parcel
you can carry a partially filled one or carry a bottle of goo and a empty watercooler/barrel
or
my personal favorite
carry a teleport pad and a carbon battery and a construction tool
sick charm
lol
oak parcel
town portal
unkempt lily
it's not like I can really comfortably carry around a giant barrel of radioactiv...
It’s not that bad carrying around a mostly empty barrel of the stuff
It doesn’t drink a lot
oak parcel
and it can go a while between reloads
inb4 skink nerf and darioactive waste is made radioactive
sick charm
radioactive waste barrels are not radioactive?
sick charm
that's kinda funny
oak parcel
the pools yes but once you put it in a container...
dense ember
Apparently water cooler has leaded glass
Yes I know leaded glass don't work like this but god know what else does GATE do differently in their facilities
oak parcel
nope
unkempt lily
You really should be able to feed the skink from the sippy cup but alas
brittle comet
let me feed the skink from the bottle like a baby
me to the skink with radioactive waste
oak parcel
let me feed the skink the forbidden trinket
brittle comet
If we fed the skink the radioactive trinket would it get the recharge effect
oak parcel
dense ember
I mean, it would be like the difference between getting vitamin d from sunray and eating a sun
One can help you and one definitely will not
oak parcel
i mean nuclear waste thats radioactive enough to glow probably is more radioactive than a bit of plutonium
dense ember
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images//43009981/10e2dccf318e313cb138c2cd6b7542d8fcd6359f.jpg
This is me when fishing outside of portal world lmao
dense ember
Apparently someone made a mod where if you have self-defense trait, you can use guns without arm wrap
So, that's nice
Hmm
Really feeling like start a new playthrough at some points, maybe when the game reach 1.0, to feel how everything is like when fresh
dense ember
finally going through reactor after coming back from the trip
laser katana buff really makes thing much easier
dense ember
annnnd finished
god that was a tough fight, if I didn't turn damage down to 50%, I would be dead so many times
dense ember
Finally made that Leyak container at the other bigger office security room
and, well, might as well start putting other stuff there since it's big and safe and I really need that space
sick charm
I built the leyak container in the parking lot beneath the aquarium
that way I can look at it while I farm my crops
speaking of
once leyak is contained, the soup that makes you delicious to leyak is just... free buff right
free damage resistance
oak parcel
unless you forget to feed the containment
dense ember
It's like 2 of those eye fruit for 10 days straight of containment
Very hard to miss
Though you need to also remember to keep power on so, don't entangle the wires too much that it confuse you
Also, I'm now starting to think that the eyefruit has the same texture as a mangosteen
It looks pretty fleshy in the inside too
They are oretty tasty
dense ember
For now, I guess I will just, wait out Canaan to reset and then keep building more of the teleporter chain or something
You also can't just glue lodestone pieces back together
Which I guess is intentional so you don't immediately just build teleporter network blpody everywhere in no time
brittle comet
I’m pretty sure Sappers can drop full lodestones
Wait no my bad they only drop fragments
dense ember
it's fucking impossible to find shadowberry
their bush seems to be a random spawn like the bee
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A PIE
brittle comet
dense ember
balling
vagrant thicket
dense ember
ohhhh
sick charm
waiting for portal reset so I can get lodestone for teleporters 
is there any faster source of lodestones
sick charm
Guess I’ll just go fishing
sick charm
i wonder if they'll add hardlight based weapons in a community update
upgrade to the deatomizer
or even a hardlight blade
dense ember
Honestly, it would nice if they work out the upgrade system before 1.0, because I really want to see what they do woth every weapon
The funniest thing would be to upgrade the pipe pistol and rifle for like, I dunno, double shots
sick charm
Oh huh
I also do wonder when they’ll finally give us new watches
That’s gotta come in a community update surely
Commemorative watch for beta players seem pretty logical
oak parcel
they mentioned in the last qna that there are plans to have upgrades to weapons that unlock them as they arent doing a t3 biowrap arms
sick charm
So what, you can upgrade military weapons or improve science weapons?
oak parcel
it sounded like they were saying you'd be able to upgrade the overworld weapons and in the process remove the need to use armbands
sick charm
Ooh power armor for cold fusion
Ooh
Maybe I’ll finally be able to use that sniper rifle
And carry around a six shooter
oak parcel
I'm hoping they realized the over world guns were massively under curve and we can remove the locks pretty early on
oak parcel
There's too many negatives, you have to give up armor set bonuses, you have to give up ac on the part if you that gets hit most you have to carry and farm ammo and it has less damage output than crafted weapons
sick charm
Yeah
Using science to hack the biometrics itself to enable the firearm to be used sounds much sensible
sick charm
Hmm
I wonder once weapon upgrade system is available
We will be able to enchant the ancient shotgun to its former glory
oak parcel
i still think its not actually an anomalous object and its the ammo that was special
sick charm
Well once it’s enchanted it’ll become anomalous won’t it
brittle comet
Using science to hack the biometrics itself to enable the firearm to be used sou...
They said they'll have armour with built-in biometric bypasses too
not the armwraps
sick charm
Inquisition armor maybe
dense ember
There's many pathway to the upgrade system
Like the most obvipus things is to upgrade fhe armor value, but what if you can upgrade other thing
Like temperature resistance, built in quirk, and other things
Kinda like what System Shock 2 did
Or Monster Hunter
sick charm
Yeah
Temperature resistance would be good
I don’t need that many neutrino mappers but I might
Heat is easy enough to resist with icenigiri
But you can only up one bar of temperature resistance
With risotto and coffee
Ooh what if you could integrate trinkets into the armor
dense ember
Or like, integrate lead into makeshirt armor to resist radiation
There's just a lot of ways for the devteam to consider
sick charm
Yeah
We got a lot of those radiation vests in lab sector
That goes basically without use
Maybe we could integrate them into the armor for rad resistance
sick charm
aalso huh
I can use long jump packs inside uncleared portal worlds?
wonder if that's intentional
brittle comet
thule deserves it
sick charm
What did he even do
dense ember
being thule
also you would think we could make a flamethrower by now from all the anteverse gel we got
dense ember
they are vulnerable to fire damage but good luck hitting them with molotov
sick charm
There’s a group of them dancing by a campfire right outside where I placed my warp gate
Pretty sure I can get a cheeky grenade on them
dense ember
you sure can get that intial damage in!
brittle comet
What did he even do
He's Thule
sick charm
all I remmeber him doing is complaining about not having coffee
ignoring the infinite coffee dispensers scattered throughout the facility
still igloo
Maybe he ran out of money
sick charm
beat up ordo soldiers then
sick charm
In preparation for the flamethrower
I’ve begun an anteverse gel stockpile
But watch it be powered by lasers for some reason
Wonder if they’ll give us a laser version of field batteries
oak parcel
considering they more or less "just" took that away i doubt it
oak parcel
they might have, but honestly just maing it require asembly i just stopped using laser weapons beyond the pistol
sick charm
I still carry one around since i play co op
So there’s a lot of value between the two of us using laser weapons
dense ember
nope, maybe not yet, but they sure are a pain to find because the bush spawn location is depeneded on RNG
sick charm
Only thing you can make out of them are pies with no benefit too
Greyeb chowder remains the best food
At least until we see another leyak
unkempt lily
oh man upgrades look like exactly what I wanted
oak parcel
supple dome
New update looks siiiiiick
sick charm
Honestly I really want that sciences up smg
clever flower
I love how they try so hard to keep everything all diagetic and whatall, the game has such a feel to it
sick charm
Wondering if that smg is a scienced up railgun
oak parcel
i'm really hoping i can upgrade the scrapshot shotgun to be a lever action
sick charm
Scrapshot revolver when
supple dome
It'll be nice to have the military guns be more usable
They felt kinda just worse than the science ones generally
oak parcel
yeah
the security piston is great when you get it and all the guns just go down hill from there outside of a few niche uses
supple dome
not me carrying around 4 ||deatomizers|| so i can kill things more efficiently
sick charm
i wonder how they are gonna make the smg more useful
are you literally carrying around a belt of laser guns
like a scienced up pirate
sick charm
I suppose it's lighter than carrying around a single collector
oak parcel
i'm still so mad they made the laser collector require assembly
supple dome
and usually my lightning caster
supple dome
and some spare outfits
sick charm
just when its in hologram form
you can press f with your empty deatomizer
and it charges right up
supple dome
and a spare backpack
sick charm
so no assembly needed technically
supple dome
and a teleporter
sick charm
found that out few days ago
clever flower
Four Deatomizers, how is anything left alive after the second one
sick charm
try killing a tarasque with only two reloads haha
oak parcel
i've found throwing knives to be supprisingly effective
oak parcel
trying to remember what my weapon loadout was at the end of my last run
supple dome
*Four Deatomizers, how is anything left alive after the second one*
have you fought the ||Jotuns with the gatling guns|| yet
you'll want some hella fucking firepower for some of the later game stuff
clever flower
>:|a maybe not, but didn't they also make them sort of specifically laser-resistant in the endgame zones or something
supple dome
try killing a tarasque with only two reloads haha
i think i legit just poked a tarrasque to death
supple dome
*>:|a* maybe not, but didn't they also make them sort of specifically laser-resi...
i have no idea
what i do have is four ||deatomizers||
sick charm
Surprisingly tarasques are extremely resistance against getting hit by a freaking rocket
oak parcel
gotta zap em
supple dome
i would love to use the ||rocket launcher|| but getting ammo for it is kind of a chore
compared to carrying ||four deatomizers|| at least
which is both cheap and easy
and unfortunately takes less weight than carrying a laser collector
sick charm
I use|| rocket launchers ||for when I need to quickly grab a reinforced cpu for something
One shots those bots
supple dome
i mostly just use the deatomizers for everything
clever flower
I'm more in need of backpack slots than weight, really
supple dome
they sort of melt shit
clever flower
I have so many tools and knickknacks
clever flower
sames
supple dome
since the jetpack is goated for traversal
but looting needs more space
and i can always just
teleport back to base
if i'm full on stuff
jetpack need not apply for getting home
supple dome
jump pack has no precision for my money
sick charm
It’s very tricky yeah
supple dome
i just prefer being able to scale shit with the jetpack
sick charm
But I like it
supple dome
that's fair!
supple dome
mhm
sick charm
Which is why I’m also very interested in this military weapon buff
Because traditional weapons probably fit better for my zippy attack style now
supple dome
still sad the crystal got nerfed so i can't infinitely reload all my tech shit, but it was kind of fucking busted
so it is very fair
sick charm
I already carry around the ancient shotgun again
supple dome
Because traditional weapons probably fit better for my zippy attack style now
probably!
ancient shotgun is cool
i like it
sick charm
Ammo is a non issue now too
sick charm
||Shadowgate has|| so much shotgun ammo every reset
oak parcel
is crafting 15 and how to get it
wood > paper> cloth > bandage
supple dome
i didn't manage to get crafting 15 through my whole run of the game i did last time, and i wasn't exactly being sparse or efficient about crafting
maxxing stuff out does take a lot tho
which is fair
sick charm
How exactly is our scientist turning wood into paper without chemical treating anyways
supple dome
hammer
sick charm
Are we just crushing the wood with our fists
Like how we crush coal into carbon nanotubes with our hands
supple dome
yes
sick charm
Basic skills of a scientist: must be able to crush coal with out bare hands
supple dome
transcendental physical might
oak parcel
wood > paper> cloth > bandage
also use a scrapshot pistol for as long as you can and you'll be constantly crafting ammo for it
supple dome
i'm probably going to end up farming up my strength stat in my 1.0 playthrough i do with my friends
i want to be able to wear heavy armor
though tbh, i might just take a backline role
oak parcel
strength is king
supple dome
and let them all be fighters
oak parcel
carry weight good
sick charm
Once full release comes
And I get to the ending
I might restart the game with more friends
supple dome
my friends said they all want to play when 1.0 comes out
so i will almost certainly be doing my 1.0 run with them
sick charm
i told my friend that they gave rats a gun
"Is it a big gun"
me: "It's a gun that doesn't generate a lot of recoil. Recoilless, I'd say."
dense ember
Argh, I really want to know how the upgrade system UI will really look like
And yeah, this will actually mske me use overworld weapons more, unlocking the biometrics individually certainly makes it easier
And I like how this will actually give everyplayer their kwn unique way of dealing withthe threats in the facility
Since everyone will want different things and stick to it to upgrade it to heck
Unlike other survival game where everyone build is unified in someway
clever flower
I love it, keeps things from just being Pure Upgrades or Best In Slot when something has a fun passive or specific effect you like
I miss my Landmine Mallet
dense ember
Please let me upgrade heavy melee attack speed
dense ember
Become goddon freeman
Tgat crowbar deserved to be swung fast
That crystal armor colour sure looks green though
'ah yes, I like my stealth to be matcha flavoured'
'Gordon, this is 1997, what is a matcha'
sick charm
I wanna see if I can transform the sniper rifle into a super awesome railgun
Sick as hell railgun
oak parcel
i just want a leveraction scrapshot
oak parcel
iirc they are coil guns
sick charm
Distinctions without a difference if you ask me
oak parcel
for a game sure but irl very very different physics and material requirements
clever flower
A'right I was hesitant at first but I have become a jump pack believer, not as upwardly mobile as the jetpack but you can just keep one of those in your back pocket
Basically untouchable in combat and just the speed
Also still hilarious Carbon Pickaxe sneak attacks kill anything that isn't a Jotun
dense ember
huh nice
I hope heavy melee can get some nice upgrade to their attack speed when the next major update rolls around
sick charm
Basically untouchable in combat and just *the speed*
Yeah I can solo a defense bot easily
You just zip around him pelting him with acid
And you can run away from any challenge
Nothing short of a witch can hope to catch you
and then we can upgrade our carbon pickaxe even further beyond
Although ngl I’m still hoping for proper hardlight weapons
clever flower
Also I utterly underestimated ||The Skink||
A mighty weapon, a ||stalwart friend||
oak parcel
sick charm
Infinite source of muggrenade
dense ember
though, the real issue of making all the mugnade is more the mug than the other ingredient
sick charm
I live next to a coffee dispenser it’s fiiine
I kinda slept on portal toilet all this time
That thing trivializes that minigame
oak parcel
sucks the poo right out of you
supple dome
the ||residence sector|| stuff in the first look is so fucking cool
dense ember
honestly, I'm surprised ||constant environmental shift|| isn't introduced sooner.
though I guess ||night is colder, but only a little bit, and security sector is in total darkness.||
but yeah, ||we have to deal with constant cold in resident sector, which might or might not be anomalous.||
dense ember
I like problems that can be solved, please give me problems I want to solve them through the power of SCIENCE
and enough electric power
clever flower
Our base has been built above the doors to residential since the start of the game, we have been waiting on that door a while
Every single time we found a tram 'this is going to be it, this is the one'
supple dome
real
i've been holed up in the cafeteria cause it's like
the most central place possible
clever flower
we're basically just one floor above that, crammed into the offices above the elevator to silo 3
it's been great tbh though we did spill out into the hallway due to space
sick charm
I live above the aquarium in lab
Closer to new content
And lobby is just one tram away
supple dome
really wanna play more Abiotic but i've already done everything basically and i'm saving my next playthrough for 1.0
sick charm
I’m just hoarding up resources so I can immediately test out the upgrade bench to max possible
supple dome
i'm replaying from the beginning with my friends when 1.0 comes out
sick charm
We decided to see the end content first before restarting
dense ember
gosh, I really want to replay from the beginning when 1.0 is out
gotta test the upgrade system from start
supple dome
got the ||Skink|| weapon fixed up
apparently making and deconstructing nets is mega lucrative xp wise for crafting xp
i know exactly what i'm going to be doing on my 1.0 playthrough to max out my xp
that and str farming
sick charm
I need more bullets
Really hoping for an ammo trader in 1.0
Although I can get like two full stacks of shotgun shells every reset from shadowgate
supple dome
making the final upgrades to my crafting table
all my reliable sources of exor hearts are gone
well the quick to get to ones
sick charm
Huh
My armory locker is full of shotgun shells
Do you think we’ll be attacked by a bear as soon as we escape the labs
supple dome
if we do i have 4 ||deatomizers|| ready to go
vagrant thicket
What does it come before
Presumably their theory is that these are pre-universes
Like the universe version of a protostar
But maybe that's just their naming scheme for every alternate universe due to a coordinate system for perforations that sets everything else behind
It's like how gravity wells are measured as negative energy
oak parcel
oooooooooo supporters edition going to be free for early access people
supple dome
full game price and supporters edition free for early access
woeful raptor
ooo so anyone who has q copy by the end just Gets it :0
thin trench
dense ember
Supporter edition provides the 'homeworld' thing I think, which is just small portal world that just serves as a new place to build a base with
sick charm
Maybe I should make the home world my permanent base
dense ember
Apparently it's gonna be in that place in office that's sealed off with a petrified scientist in it
dense ember
dunno, but we will see when summer arrives
this sure is just a pricing announcement video only
totally no sneakpeak on the next update
||TRIPLE SHOT SCRAPSHOT||
clever flower
the end of the video is also deeply important
also GAHD i want to play with the enhancement bench
sick charm
Upgraded laser pistol using red energy too
oak parcel
is that an upgraded one or did they just change the bar color to reflect it can charge from laser sources?
sick charm
It shoots red lasers
oak parcel
nice, it was one of the things i was hoping would get upgrades
the thing i most want is still a lever action scrap shot
sick charm
I’m kinda disturbed by the armored exor waiting in ambush next to your work bench when you teleport back though
unkempt lily
istg I saw an enhanced vaccum
supple dome
which is hella cool
dense ember
and most likely, the current screwdriver is now 'upgraded' through this system instead of in the crafting bench
the exor spear is also seen being upgraded into quill spear through the upgrade workshop
so we can probably expect just about everything be to able to be upgraded multiple times in different form in this manner
supple dome
makes sense
sick charm
I also see a weapon callled the Volt Staff
Which I’m hoping is like a handheld Tesla coil
Extreme high damage single shot weapon thing
brittle comet
I really want a hammer that isn't fucking awful
As in, the claw hammers that you get from toolboxes/hexwood + steel scrap
sick charm
i mean you want more durability on them or faster deconstruct speed
brittle comet
Durability so I can deconstruct more than a handful of things before it implodes
I want them to last as long as the actual hammers you use for fighting
woeful raptor
I need to get back into Abiotic Factor ougugh
sick charm
I mean I just use my regular melee weapon for deconstructing most of the time haha
clever flower
I use a tesla gun
supple dome
Tesla is good for it
dense ember
It used to be even better, it's so busted
dense ember
i carried a blunt weapon for smashing crates and a knife for butchering too
in hindsight, maybe I should have only bought a knife
blunt weapon really need some love
like it's called blunt weapon, maybe make the enemy stunned or something?
soft chasm
i didn't actually realize we had an abf channel
but on the topic of New Gubbins, i'm just so fucking excited for the possibilities in general
i want to make the famas good...
i want to make the romag not Just Worse than the antique
and i hope the romag and antique have different upgrade options
sick charm
The BOLT STAFF
Oh do you think they’ll allow upgrades for some of the weirder weapons
Like cane sword
Or the regular sword
To make them actually viable
soft chasm
i sure hope so
we've got a lot of random goobery
like the umbrella
and cane sword
sick charm
I want to upgrade my cane sword with TRANSCENDIUM ALLOYS
sick charm
I think that’s probably illegal
soft chasm
you gotta have a shotgun umbrella
soft chasm
I think that’s probably illegal
so are flamethrowers
sick charm
Concealed weapon
soft chasm
but we're getting one of those
sick charm
Flamethrowers are in fact legal in most states I believe
sick charm
Well some of them are
soft chasm
would've thought they'd be banned
sick charm
Like military flamethrower
That shoots bouts of napalm
Definitely banned
Limited legality for flamethrowers with entertainment or land clearance purpose
soft chasm
interesting
sick charm
Things like these not like real flamethrowers
They are just nozzles that blast burning gas at things
Basically an oversized lighter
Tf2 pyro kinda stuff
dense ember
i want to make the romag not Just Worse than the antique
romag only drawback really is needing the biometric armwrap thing
dense ember
as long as we can remove it via 'upgradeing it', it will already solve that problem
soft chasm
romag only drawback really is needing the biometric armwrap thing
well, that + worse DPA than antique
sick charm
and we can just shoot everyone with buckshot (as long as we find sufficient ammo)
sick charm
i'd honestly just continue using antique shotgun yeah
soft chasm
sure you can farm a trillion
soft chasm
but it takes a while
sick charm
to its former glory
soft chasm
and the ammo efficiency is lower on the romag
sick charm
and make it truly a paranormal weapon
soft chasm
i really want some halo fuckshit for the milspec stuff
sick charm
i want a fricking railgun
soft chasm
yeah
dense ember
I just want to actually get to use the revolver
sick charm
yeah same lmfao
soft chasm
my poor boy
sick charm
I've literally got
an armory locker
full of shotgun shells
llilke several hundred shells in there
dense ember
yeah
sick charm
i'll upgrade the revolver into becoming a Destiny golden gun
dense ember
I also want to see what other crazy upgrade path can the pipe pistol or rifle can be turned into
soft chasm
give me railgun wessex
sick charm
i know that they were all about making the game about SCIENCED UP WEAPONS instead of military weapons
so I'm glad they decided to compromise
soft chasm
i know that they were all about making the game about SCIENCED UP WEAPONS instea...
this is what i've wanted the whole time tbh
soft chasm
science is about innovation
dense ember
yes!
soft chasm
but it's also about building on what's there
sick charm
making the military weapon require sciencing up is a very good mechanic
makes things exciting
and actually gives reason to grind up all those ammo
soft chasm
the endless forward march of progress isn't just a series of infinite ideas generated from the aether
sick charm
improving what we have already
sick charm
makes me wish for an ammo trader though
soft chasm
and magitech them harder
soft chasm
i really really want lodestone crossbow upgrades
dense ember
won't be surprised
soft chasm
i love its revolver magazine
sick charm
i somehow have like
dense ember
eating rations for days will make people sick of it very quickly
sick charm
6 stacks of lodestone fragments in my chest right now
soft chasm
magazine autocrossbows are so cool
sick charm
from all the gatekeeprs i've murderized
dense ember
just use them for holy ammo
soft chasm
eh, lodestone bolts are pretty good
dense ember
unless you also have stacks of them already
sick charm
i haven't relaly used holy ammo
since skink guns are really good
and I always carry a deatomizer with me
soft chasm
deatomizer my beloathed...
it's so fucking strong
but in such a boring, linear way
"hey you know how the Ranged Weapons skill exists?"
dense ember
disc thrower with holy discs work well against GK, just goes right through their shield, and you can generally get half of the ammo back
soft chasm
"and how all our ranged weapons take ammo?"
sick charm
i'm hoping for a more exciting... laser rifle
soft chasm
"here's the best ranged weapon in the game"
soft chasm
"it's got pinpoint accuracy, doesn't take ammo, and ignores the ranged skill"
sick charm
so like destiny fusion rifles
soft chasm
i'm hoping for a more exciting... laser rifle
laser famas...
sick charm
a single shot laser rifle
soft chasm
ooh
sick charm
that requires charging up
soft chasm
that'd be neat too
sick charm
before firing
soft chasm
i also want more like
dense ember
another problem is that base weapon ammo stack so little
soft chasm
tactical underslung bullshit
dense ember
gives the SMG an underslung grenade launcher
soft chasm
instead of just the flashlight on...exactly the scrapshot and glock
dense ember
just like the original
sick charm
i want an xray flashlight on my submachinegun
sick charm
so I can blast the leyak with style
dense ember
fuck I dunno, maybe make people want to wear biometric armwraps by upgrading the armwraps
gives it VATS or something
sick charm
people might want to wear biometric armwraps if, yeah
or upgrade an armor to have integrated biometric armwraps
soft chasm
i would also love to see energy pistol upgrades
sick charm
yeah I've seen it with red lasers
dense ember
I just can't wait for 1.0 and then wait for someone to finally mod the shit out of Abiotic Factor
soft chasm
yeah
sick charm
the red laser pistol seems like na upgrade that increases its power
dense ember
fucking, I dunno
sick charm
in exchange for it no longer being able to be charged by regular sockets
soft chasm
i'm planning on doing a full restart with cold fusion
bc the upgrade system is gonna be early-game
sick charm
I want to test out the new content before doing a full restart
dense ember
make a Escape from GATE mod
soft chasm
yuh
dense ember
god I just
love the potential to turns our scientist survivor into the nightmare
the doomguy
god I love this game so much
soft chasm
it's so fucking good
supple dome
Absolute cinema
sick charm
also it seems like there's new kind of mobility backpack coming for 1.0
there's a scene where the scientist is doing some kind of horizontal glide
supple dome
Yippeeeee
sick charm
research pack seems like it has lower backpack size now
but comes with refrigeration
but I imagine backpacks themselves are upgradeable now
still igloo
there's a scene where the scientist is doing some kind of horizontal glide
If they just implement all the jump jet options from Planetside 2 I would be happy
Drifter jets would be phenomenal in ABF
still igloo
but comes with refrigeration
Mmm, cold soup
sick charm
i can't wait for homeworld
a large private world all to myself
so I have space to put infinite freezers
oak parcel
are the homeworlds private per player on multiplayer?
sick charm
I hope not
But the pieces of a place I sssume is the homeworld I’ve seen in the teaser seems massive enough to comfortably house multiple players
oak parcel
ngl kind of hoping its like invite private so i can stash away rare/hard to find/farm resources (i am the resource gatherer in my friend group)
clever flower
don't we already have a large open space anteverse though
oak parcel
yes
clever flower
I wonder if like there'll be just like a generic type or you can sort of choose
still igloo
ngl kind of hoping its like invite private so i can stash away rare/hard to find...
I bet there are some really really hidden places you could sneak a crafting bench and a storage crate into
I suppose the hardest part is powering the bench, it's a bit less hidden if you've got a long power cord running over to it
sick charm
I’ve taken note of some absurdly well hidden base locations
Like the one past the fans that only turn off at night
In purple reactor
supple dome
i've got some places to stash stuff myself
soft chasm
or u could just like
trust your friends when you play with em
feels like it'd be nerve-wracking not to
clever flower
My friend and I just have personal lockers for our specific gear and all that happens is that sometimes I put a human skull or something in theirs
supple dome
i just like having stashes of stuff
clever flower
i keep a buncha healing items in each of the trams, especially since swapping to jump-jet instead of jetpack
lot more legbreakies
also just like having the doors on things closed
clever flower
i carry both lmao
supple dome
idk what armor i'm going to use in the new update tbh
supple dome
i carry both lmao
i have the best storage pack as my swap
since teleporting back to base is such an easy option
clever flower
for me it's sort of 'jumpjet is great at mobility, but very bad at Go Up'
friend has the superstorage so i lets him handle it
supple dome
fair
also i might fw the caananite armor ngl
i went a full heavy armor build for my solo run
but since i'm planning to not take much of a combat role with the 1.0 run with my friends
clever flower
i feel like i'd be going through 150 bandages a day elsewise
supple dome
i won't need heavy armor
clever flower
'what if we made everything heavy bleed' - the meanest dev on the team
supple dome
prolly still gonna farm out my str to lvl 15 tho
clever flower
i'm currently trying to get cooking to 15 but holy hell do those last levels scale harshly
clever flower
'two more levels, now i just need-.. exactly as much XP as I've gotten so far'
supple dome
i'm probably going to start off by farming the absolute fuck out of crafting and strength
clever flower
at least strength is like easy
and can probably just eat flathill and the furniture store for craft/construct
supple dome
yeah
if you want good crafting xp, nets
paper > cloth > nets and then deconstruct for massive xp
clever flower
the Skyrim Dagger Method always seems to be the best way
they really gotta make high tier stuff worth more
'two days of farming and fishing'
76 xp
supple dome
running heavy armor shit
clever flower
and the shield too.. indestructible
clever flower
lordt
supple dome
also carry two healing briefcases
clever flower
would so love an upgraded briefcase
supple dome
my promise of violence is backed up by heavy ordinance
love fighting a ||Jotun|| and not even taking damage
i'll prolly be a bit more discerning about what i use when i'm playing 1.0 tho
supple dome
was a big fan of carrying a small armies worth of heavy ordinance and the toughest armor available but i will be more passive when i play with my friends i think
sick charm
With friends you can concentrate all firepower with deatomizers
Which defeats most enemies in seconds
oak parcel
i'm currently trying to get cooking to 15 but holy hell do those last levels sca...
eggs or co level with fishing
sick charm
I just made a whole bunch of grilled eel
dense ember
yeah, the level exp needs to be... adjusted
and 1.0 is gonna bring the max level to 30
so even more grind
sick charm
I guess i'll have to get obtaining a fishing rod a priority
since I'm the chef of the group
i'll feed everyone with fish
sick charm
wondering if we'll get ammo trader once we reach Manufacturing
dense ember
really just wondering what the 'wandering trader' will be selling to us
which is another system coming in 1.0
the composer guy being a prototype of the system basically
soft chasm
wondering if we'll get ammo trader once we reach Manufacturing
you mean like
manu east?
because manu west is the second area of the game
dense ember
i think charlie means like the order rat that don't shoot us on sight
maybe he can trade with us or something
dunno whether we will ever get access to some of the sealed off area really, like manufactur east, the multiple sealed off area in lab, etc
soft chasm
it would be quite nice if hasta tria became a permanent vendor
sick charm
yeah a wandering trader that sells ammo
in exchange for say
pocket watch
silverware
and other valuables
brittle comet
I wonder if we'll ever get a watch to fill the watch slot
And a use for the tiny gears from the pocket watches
oak parcel
there was somthnig in the watch slot in the pricing video
muted juniper
poking my head back in: did they announce when end of spring will be? as in the release date
supple dome
no
muted juniper
ah
sick charm
I’d guess either late may or late June
Err
Late may or June
cold fusion took about 2 months to release
after the first look dev diary
and so I'd guess the same time table
sick charm
hmm
actually
do you think supporter's edition might come out on May 1
giving us homeworld early
I still keep finding places in the game I didn’t know about before
Like I never thought about moving some keep out signs on the ground at manufacturing west
But when I did I could walk in to the hole in the wall
sick charm
And it’s got a whole portal to… something
supple dome
where is this?
soft chasm
manu, very near the room with the radiation venting button
soft chasm
like charlie said it's in a cave behind some hazard & keep out signs
idr if that one has the core keeper crossover or the other thing
or both
but there's a core keeper crossover in one of those bits
sick charm
It’s not the corekeeper crossover
But it does lead to a decently sized cave which I think can only be entered with the portal
Got power sockets, a pool of water, and a natural beehive
unkempt lily
is that the pool with the portal at the bottom
supple dome
well, i've been to all the portal worlds so it's probably not one of those, i'll need to investigate later
sick charm
is that the pool with the portal at the bottom
don't think so
it's a natural water pool
not antejuice
sick charm
a single barrel of antejuice can get so much honey out of it with the beehives
Actually fairly excited to restart the game once cold fusion hits
I really want to bling out my weapons
sick charm
I am really hoping for ammo traders too
So I don’t have to keep farming ordo soldiers for bullets
Either that or an upgrade that allows the milspec guns to accept scientific ammo
soft chasm
i mean, science ammo can be a huge bitch to craft too
sick charm
Yeah but I can farm those resources from flathill
soft chasm
namely shock bolts
sick charm
Or train world
soft chasm
Yeah but I can farm those resources from flathill
god i wish
sick charm
Ah
soft chasm
electro-pests or nothing!
sick charm
You are talking crossbow bolts
Hmm
At some point I had like a lot of capacitors from something
Feel like they added a new source of it in reactors
Oh right arcane crates
soft chasm
yeah i'm addicted to the sweet sandpaper glide of electron grenades sliding across my palm
before i hurl like forty of them at people
sick charm
I just use mugnades these days
soft chasm
and also shock bolts for my lodestone repeater crossbow
i mean yeah mugnades are broken
but i prefer electron grenades for style
sick charm
From the infinite shit generator that are the skinks
I think I’m gonna save up every lodestone I get in the new run instead of breaking them aside from the one you need to break
Because you can get some from gatekeepers anyways
sick charm
And also because they are very very useful for teleporter network
soft chasm
because finding them after you throw them is awful
soft chasm
i wish
sick charm
Or just about anyways