i would make long truck trips along the highways i'd already built appropriating ceramics at every stop. then when you reach the end of the road you can load up the next paver, drive back to the beginning and do it all over again.
game of the century
― adam, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 17:00 (four years ago) link
if any of those ziplines were set up by "precisiongrind" I would recommend throwing him a few dozen likes
I didn't realize until near the end that you can give structures more than one like at a time. the really useful things are worth it
― babu frik fan account (mh), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
mysteriously music by the band Low Roar made it onto my phone after playing
not that I'd go outdoors and stand on the edge of a bluff and cue up a song, or anything
― babu frik fan account (mh), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
i'm not that many hours in but completely against expectations am really enjoying it. so tactile!
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
i like the shit out of pretty much everything i use apart from signs.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
same but i made an exception for the no-peeing sign at the springs
― chihuahuau, Thursday, 9 January 2020 01:19 (four years ago) link
The zip lines in the mountains for me were sparse enough and rightly placed enough to bounce off of them with my own additions.Haven’t picked this up since X-Mas, I wonder if the building deterioration is based on game time or real time?
― circa1916, Thursday, 9 January 2020 04:44 (four years ago) link
This is still easily my favorite game of the year. Wanna get back in.
― circa1916, Thursday, 9 January 2020 04:45 (four years ago) link
i want skis so bad
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 10:04 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJMElfDItc&feature=emb_title
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 10:32 (four years ago) link
can't see that YouTube, but you can kinda snowboard on those floating carriers
― circa1916, Friday, 10 January 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
lol yes that's exactly what this guy did. he created a "ski resort" with rails and jumps for floating carriers. try this:https://youtu.be/mnJMElfDItc
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
that ski slope is excellent!
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
God I would love a proper skiing minigame though. FUCK
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
I like that there really *aren't* minigames within the game? The closest we get is the encounters with the larger BTs and a very brief segment in one of the endgame boss battles.
Even the BT encounters aren't really any different than normal gameplay
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
fwiw my version of hell was when I was half-asleep and did some extended mountain hiking using the wrong damn exoskeleton. The all-terrain one is incredibly essential. The warming packs really help, too.
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
i guess by minigame i just mean that i dream one of these preppers will present me with a blueprint for some skis. and then i will just ski the fuck out of those mountainsi haven't gotten the warmers yet. something to look forward to! am using the gloves but i can't tell a difference.man some of these autopavers need a LOT of stuff.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
the gloves do help with traction. the boot upgrades are gradual enough you don't notice too much, but they also help. i've also got some CHIRAL BOOTS now
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
fuckin MULES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I64CF3SR0k
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
I wonder if anyone's tried eradicating the MULEs from their game by blowing them all up and making runs to the incinerator
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
I've read game forum posts where this exact speculation has occurred but afaict no one has actually tried it!
(You can make runs to the black crater lake as well if you need to, right?)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
Yeah, incinerators and the lake are your two disposal methods
One of the craftsmen has a bunch of chiralium-corrupted cargo outside his location that you can take to the lake to dump and get an achievement and karma
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
What's your opinion on bot deliveries? I used to max him out but I started feeling humiliated by the C and B ratings so I had to bench him. Fuckin guy.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
It's not a bad way to passively (and slowly) increase your ranking for out-of-the-way places. I have been working on getting 5 stars at every location and bots gave me a good head start.
Alternately useful to increase material storage in an area where you might need mats.
― circa1916, Friday, 10 January 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
Ah because increased stars of connection increase those materials there? Hmm. Still. I feel like I'm letting these people down. I see stuff like 'Rare painting. Damage level - 92%' And I'm like damn.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
Things I have never done:
- Created a sign requesting something, much less done that and then gone back to see if someone's actually followed through on the request
- Killed anyone
- used a 'Bridge Link' or created a 'contract' with another online player
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
the bridge links/contacts are subtle enough to seem ephemeral given the amount of material that bleeds in naturally, tbh
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
Well, any time a place receives a delivery there are some materials added to their cache I believe. I'm not sure if increased star rating = increased material gain, I'm just gunning for 5 stars for fun and for the items and equipment upgrades you can get out of that.
I understand the hesitancy to send important or delicate sounding materials via bots though haha. I wish you could encounter them stumbling around in the wild.
xxp
― circa1916, Friday, 10 January 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
increasing your ratings ups the maximum amount of materials a site can hold, but I'm unsure whether it ups the regeneration rate
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
man i suck at this game. still in chapter 2, trying to get to port knot city for the first time. it seems like i need the bike to get there with all my cargo, but the bike can't get through the terrain. so i try to walk and end up falling down cliffs with my overloaded cargo.
― na (NA), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
keep on keeping on
― chihuahuau, Friday, 10 January 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
ropes and ladders, friend. ropes and ladders
― babu frik fan account (mh), Saturday, 11 January 2020 01:57 (four years ago) link
NA did you know you can see the elevation of the land on your map? you hold down the touchpad on your controller and tilt the controller.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 January 2020 10:01 (four years ago) link
#PS4share pic.twitter.com/USo3fdU9vl— 芝生の頭 (@sibahunoatama) November 29, 2019
― chihuahuau, Sunday, 12 January 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
i like it
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 12 January 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
what begins in comedy ends in tragedyI’m being a big dummy and running around my game where I finished the story in normal mode, now in hard modethe big old BT fights are definitely meaner, and I’m more apt to run away. it’s like the first time I ran into two of those lion-looking jerks the first time, only now every fight is that stressful. and the timefall is much more punishing!apparently there’s a backpack cover upgrade that I was unaware of that protects packages that don’t extend beyond the top of the bag! working on that
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 13 January 2020 02:54 (four years ago) link
i was just being too cute about finding a route to avoid the BTs when the game at this stage is obviously trying to funnel me towards them. i made pretty good progress getting through them the other day (and finally figured out there some that don't appear like big floating humans but are instead wispier and harder to see) but then i turned off the console without saving by accident so now i get to do it all again. this game obviously rewards patience and i am not a patient person so i am likely going to continue to suck at it.
― na (NA), Monday, 13 January 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
the BTs are annoying. later you get bombs and stuff that will “kill” them.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 January 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
you can do a lot of evasion by crouching, walking slowly, and holding your breath at strategic times
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 13 January 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
yeah just slowing down and going around them pretty much always works.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 January 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
mh have you ever cut their “umbilical” cord with the fancy new handcuffs?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 January 2020 18:53 (four years ago) link
don’t try and bust through on a trike tho cos it don’t work.
― Fizzles, Monday, 13 January 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
yeah that's the problem, i'm trying to get the cargo through on the trike so it's a slow process of clearing a path, moving the trike, clearing a path, etc. i've got the blood bombs. i can do it, i just need to find the time to sit down and do it in one sitting since you can't save amongst the BTs
― na (NA), Monday, 13 January 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
you don’t need to clear *all* of them to get through on the trike ime. but yeah, slow going.
― Fizzles, Monday, 13 January 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
I've done the umbilical cut multiple times, but it's become exceedingly difficult now that I'm in HARD MODE and late game
the funniest shit is when you're on a vehicle and it's a beautiful flat area with no rocks, fuck the BTs, I'm gonna barrel through
and then your vehicle going full speed runs directly into one and INSTANT HARD STOP
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 13 January 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
finally got through to port knot city. turned out it was a lot easier to ditch the trike and just hike through. i was able to bypass most of the BTs just by climbing around them.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 03:57 (four years ago) link
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 07:36 (four years ago) link
this is getting easier and more fun. i stole a truck from the MULES and have a bolo gun and suddenly there are paved roads and i'm just tooling around between outposts making deliveries
― na (NA), Monday, 20 January 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
also getting the cyborg skeleton thing has helped
― na (NA), Monday, 20 January 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
cut some BT umbilicals yesterday and.... feels good man.
i'm now at the tar lake and apparently trucking around the outer edge of.... everything i've connected so far. which is weird, because i thought i was going across the united states??
not enough has been said about how great this game looks. the tactility of the snow. and how the game teases the mountains even at the very early stages of the game, and how you ease up into them, a few incursions here or there, but you know it's inevitable. some of the weather you end up encountering is just tremendous.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 January 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link