Shoggoths

EditorRUS · 2014-03-13T13:28:55.000Z

Just as i thought it’s vurneable to explosions.

EditorRUS · 2014-03-13T13:30:14.000Z

Shoggoths eat any object they pass over, I wouldn't be surprised if that applied to armed explosives as well.

They don't seem to fly at objects by their will. But yeah - it's useless to throw something in them.

EditorRUS · 2014-03-13T13:42:47.000Z

Ok, i just played a little and found an ideal way to kill them - use a taser. It seems like stunning make them stop to regenerate. And also - they are VERY vurneable to stun. 5 stuns from my taser to a shoggot made it be stunned for ~20 turns.

I stunned it 5 times, dropped a stack of birdshot and 00 shot right under him, went away for 7 tiles, lit the molovot, and threw in shoggot. It exploded and after 5 turns in raging fire it’s dead.

jimboblordofeskimos · 2014-03-13T13:45:58.000Z

Wow, that means tazers are useful for something besides quantum stacking batteries!

EditorRUS · 2014-03-13T13:47:08.000Z

I like tasers a lot. You just don’t know how powerful they can be. It’s the most robust kickasser for strong enemies.

EditorRUS · 2014-03-13T13:53:14.000Z

Sometimes, there’s situation where you can destroy very strong enemy with bad equipment but it needs few turns while this enemy can kill you just in 2-3 turns. And you can’t run away from it or you’re blocked. So, that’s situation when taser makes sense. There’re enemies which are faster than you and Time Dilation CBM is too rare and expensive, but now you’re about to die.

Lost · 2014-03-13T16:34:16.000Z

That’s kind of funny. You “kill” Shoggoth in a similar fashion in Dark Corners of the Earth, though in that game, the “tazer” is much larger.

EditorRUS · 2014-03-13T16:48:30.000Z

In Call of Chtulhu taser is not a taser. It some kind of energy weapon, but not taser.

Mrnocamera · 2014-03-13T16:51:18.000Z

In a very loud voice
EXCUSE ME FRIEND BUT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE JOKE.

Lost · 2014-03-13T18:05:40.000Z

EditorRUS:

In Call of Chtulhu taser is not a taser. It some kind of energy weapon, but not taser.

I’m not referring to neither Hydra nor the Yith Weapon. It’s much earlier in the game, when you storm the factory with J. Edgar Hoover.

MassiveEffectz · 2014-03-14T12:50:39.000Z

I killed one with +70 katana strikes with an electro shock cbm.

Soyweiser · 2014-03-14T13:31:46.000Z

Stunning prevents regeneration? now that is a bug.

And this thread makes me happy.

Belteshazzar · 2014-03-14T22:25:31.000Z

Now imagine the Shoggoth sprouting and absorbing both limbs and mutations randomly, sprawling across the multiple tiles as it consumes matter to fuel it’s cancerous, unstable, weaponized growths.

Oh… oh yes…

halberdsturgeon · 2014-03-14T22:30:21.000Z

They actually aren’t terribly scary, as they’re quite slow (which they ought to be) and can’t destroy doors. They’re more like semi-unkillable lumps. They’d be scarier if they destroyed objects to pursue you, but I wouldn’t boost their offense without reducing their regeneration.

Mrnocamera · 2014-03-14T22:30:44.000Z

[quote=“Belteshazzar, post:28, topic:5410”]Now imagine the Shoggoth sprouting and absorbing both limbs and mutations randomly, sprawling across the multiple tiles as it consumes matter to fuel it’s cancerous, unstable, weaponized growths.

Oh… oh yes…[/quote]
Whatever you say, System Shock Mutant.

Soyweiser · 2014-03-15T13:05:19.000Z

halberdsturgeon:

They actually aren’t terribly scary, as they’re quite slow (which they ought to be) and can’t destroy doors. They’re more like semi-unkillable lumps. They’d be scarier if they destroyed objects to pursue you, but I wouldn’t boost their offense without reducing their regeneration.

That would also destroy labs quite quickly. Esp currently when the destroy objects mechanics uses the hulk ones, and it is errors on the side of overkill.

halberdsturgeon · 2014-03-15T13:10:26.000Z

True, I forgot I’d found it in a containment room that couldn’t possibly have held it if it could destroy objects.

John_Candlebury · 2014-03-15T13:11:26.000Z

Soyweiser:

[quote=“halberdsturgeon, post:29, topic:5410”]They actually aren’t terribly scary, as they’re quite slow (which they ought to be) and can’t destroy doors. They’re more like semi-unkillable lumps. They’d be scarier if they destroyed objects to pursue you, but I wouldn’t boost their offense without reducing their regeneration.

That would also destroy labs quite quickly. Esp currently when the destroy objects mechanics uses the hulk ones, and it is errors on the side of overkill.[/quote]

I am not sure, but I think Jabberwocks have a destroy terrain ability that is slightly more controlled. (I think they can destroy certain things like the weaker walls but will be stopped by metal ones)

EDIT: Nope. Opps thats false. They just prefere pathing through the metal walls instead of destroying them. Sorry.

Agoelia · 2015-07-19T01:04:15.000Z

One of them just destroyed it’s own containement cell’s doors in a lab and escaped. Tried to shot it down with an assault rifle and incendiary ammo, but it was always ‘‘unarmed’’. Tried with the Rivtech’s RM20 Autoshotgun with the 20x66 incendiary ammo on automatic fire, apparently 4 shots per turn, for 5 turns, are not enough. Tried again with frag ammo and explosive ammo, same result. Finally I shot it down istantly with a LAW rocket launcher.

Wardenn · 2015-07-19T01:17:59.000Z

Proven method: Luck

One of these things survived C-4. SEEEEEEEE-FOOOOOOOUUURRRRR