Gods of the Cataclysm (Challenge Thread)

John_Candlebury · 2014-10-25T01:25:09.000Z

I killed a shocker brute with a banana, that ought to count for something.

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-25T01:30:05.000Z

New challenge: kill a shocker brute unarmed, without Dielectric Capacitance.

John_Candlebury · 2014-10-25T01:32:40.000Z

TheFlame52:

New challenge: kill a shocker brute unarmed, without Dielectric Capacitance.

I use no fancy bionics in my characters, its all the result of insane training from hell; and the fact that bananas don’t conduct electricity.

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-25T01:39:38.000Z

Ya know what, it counts because the mental imagery is hilarious.

IcedPee · 2014-10-26T02:14:00.000Z

Start game
Immediately find monacle

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TheFlame52 · 2014-10-26T13:52:56.000Z

Goddamnit. I’ve found 4 top hats, 2 dog whistles, 1 a fish bowl, 12 Granades, have survived for almost 5 years, AND I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND A MONOCLE!

Rhodri · 2014-10-26T16:21:52.000Z

Is it me, or do some of these challenges seem more tedious than challenging? (I think it’s me.)

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-26T16:30:28.000Z

Well, some of them are, especially the ones where you have to find the monster in question first. Which ones specifically do you mean?

Coolthulhu · 2014-10-26T16:51:54.000Z

Rhodri:

Is it me, or do some of these challenges seem more tedious than challenging? (I think it’s me.)

I said it like 5 times in the thread.

It’s kinda hard to invent a good challenge, though. Cataclysm is an open world game with a randomly generated world, so unless your challenge starts with something “use [stats here] char, debug in a hulk”, it has to be at least partially tedium-based. Especially since it is so easy to grind, meaning that older characters are stronger than younger ones and there is no limit to that power growth.

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-26T16:59:31.000Z

Changed some of the challenges. Instead of

Kill a tank drone in melee.
Kill a tank drone from 45 tiles away, no invisibility, smoke, or darkness.

there is

Kill a chicken walker in melee.
Kill a tank drone without invisibility, smoke, or darkness.

Rhodri · 2014-10-26T18:21:19.000Z

Coolthulhu:

[quote=“Rhodri, post:107, topic:7456”]Is it me, or do some of these challenges seem more tedious than challenging? (I think it’s me.)

I said it like 5 times in the thread.

It’s kinda hard to invent a good challenge, though. Cataclysm is an open world game with a randomly generated world, so unless your challenge starts with something “use [stats here] char, debug in a hulk”, it has to be at least partially tedium-based. Especially since it is so easy to grind, meaning that older characters are stronger than younger ones and there is no limit to that power growth.[/quote]

So it IS me. Well, at least I get to bathe in the misery of those in search of a monocle, trying to beat my fancy clothes milestone.

But going through the tedium of the challenges will be worth it, once I become god of the ants! (I call dibs on being an ant-god.)

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-26T18:22:21.000Z

Sure.

Rhodri · 2014-10-26T20:44:10.000Z

Found a cloak and a chicken walker nearby. Might be able to complete my first challenge! First I must re-learn how to take screenshots, due to not turning off RL skill rust.

Arek_PL · 2014-10-26T20:55:51.000Z

Rhodri:

Found a cloak and a chicken walker nearby. Might be able to complete my first challenge! First I must re-learn how to take screenshots, due to not turning off RL skill rust.

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KA101 · 2014-10-26T21:45:24.000Z

[quote=“TheFlame52, post:110, topic:7456”]Changed some of the challenges. Instead of

Kill a tank drone in melee.
Kill a tank drone from 45 tiles away, no invisibility, smoke, or darkness.

there is

Kill a chicken walker in melee.
Kill a tank drone without invisibility, smoke, or darkness.[/quote]

Objection. The range requirement on the tank drone is specifically so one can’t use buildings to replicate the effect of invisibility, smoke, or darkness: hiding from the thing and avoiding being shot at.

Anyone can pop out from behind a wall and LAW/EMP/hack the thing. I’m not interested in your killing or capturing the tank drone. I’m interested in your Tanking the tank drone.

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-26T21:59:33.000Z

Yeah, I changed the requirements after posting that but didn’t edit the post. Look at the OP.

KA101 · 2014-10-26T22:04:22.000Z

TheFlame52:

Yeah, I changed the requirements after posting that but didn’t edit the post. Look at the OP.

“The tank drone must see you” doesn’t change anything: it sees you just fine after you’ve popped out and fired, or popped out at range 3 and closed to melee.

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-27T00:00:34.000Z

I dunno man. I want this challenge to be possible by other ways than just ramming a pickup truck into the tank drone. You can’t charge it, even Marloss Man Reborn can’t do that and I think of him (or a similar character with different mutations) whenever I post these challenges.

IcedPee · 2014-10-27T00:00:56.000Z

Well, at least I get to bathe in the misery of those in search of a monocle, trying to beat my fancy clothes milestone.

Speaking of which, I’d like some clarification on this: Do we need to collect one of EVERY stylish object, or just a complete set of clothes (like a hat, shirt, shoes, pants, certain amount of jewelry… etc?)

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-27T00:03:48.000Z

Just one set of clothing, plus some bling. ‘Set’ and ‘some’ are relative. This milestone has pretty lenient requirements.