What's Happening in YOUR Randomly-generated Apocalypse?

EkarusRyndren · 2014-11-19T00:19:29.000Z

Ahhh NPCs.

Herrith Sebon says: “Let’s talk, friend!”

“Drop your weapon!”

“Screw you!”

Herrith Sebon turns hostile!

You draw your smashed Remington 870 (6)

Kerblam!
Headshot!
Herrith Sebon dies!

You butcher the corpse.

Good talk.

Closet_Pankin · 2014-11-19T03:45:33.000Z

[quote=“EkarusRyndren, post:4101, topic:47”]Ahhh NPCs.

Herrith Sebon says: “Let’s talk, friend!”

“Drop your weapon!”

“Screw you!”

Herrith Sebon turns hostile!

You draw your smashed Remington 870 (6)

Kerblam!
Headshot!
Herrith Sebon dies!

You butcher the corpse.

Good talk.[/quote]

You forgot the part when you draw your weapon, he starts chasing down a giant fly.

Alasnuyo · 2014-11-19T04:18:22.000Z

Closet Pankin:

[quote=“Alasnuyo, post:4090, topic:47”][quote=“TheCondor, post:4088, topic:47”][quote=“Alasnuyo, post:4084, topic:47”]There’s probably a nether portal nearby…

Managed to survive the encounter and came back during the day with a sniper rifle. Found the creature that was causing the laser beams, but ran out of ammo trying to snipe it down (seriously, whats with all these creatures shrugging off 100+ dmg headshots.) Did not find a nether portal but did find a new berry bush that I have never seen before. Can’t risk trying to go for it now, but given the enemies around I am guessing that they are some really spoilery. Even if I could reach that plant, it is too early in my run (Spring day 12) to risk losing my character trying out something new.[/quote]
If there are marloss bushes in the middle of nowhere, chances are, the portal is really, really close by. I suggest avoiding it for now. The portal tends to spawn nether-creatures from time to time. Most of them deadly to early-game survivors. I’m currently in the middle of acquiring enough resource to seal away the portal that I found in my game.[/quote]

How do you seal portals? Not explosives, I remember how that went.[/quote]

At first, I tried surrounding it with blade traps. But it turns out that the nether-spawns are either too fast/nimble to be affected by them, or are able to fly, avoiding the traps completely.

Now, I’ve surrounded the portal with a 4-tile radius of spiked pits and caltrops. Next, I’ll be building a walled enclosure around it before releasing a swarm of manhacks into it. I think that would at least kill most of anything that crawl out of the portal.

blazing_glory · 2014-11-19T09:37:21.000Z

Alasnuyo:

[quote=“Closet Pankin, post:4098, topic:47”][quote=“Alasnuyo, post:4090, topic:47”][quote=“TheCondor, post:4088, topic:47”][quote=“Alasnuyo, post:4084, topic:47”]There’s probably a nether portal nearby…

Managed to survive the encounter and came back during the day with a sniper rifle. Found the creature that was causing the laser beams, but ran out of ammo trying to snipe it down (seriously, whats with all these creatures shrugging off 100+ dmg headshots.) Did not find a nether portal but did find a new berry bush that I have never seen before. Can’t risk trying to go for it now, but given the enemies around I am guessing that they are some really spoilery. Even if I could reach that plant, it is too early in my run (Spring day 12) to risk losing my character trying out something new.[/quote]
If there are marloss bushes in the middle of nowhere, chances are, the portal is really, really close by. I suggest avoiding it for now. The portal tends to spawn nether-creatures from time to time. Most of them deadly to early-game survivors. I’m currently in the middle of acquiring enough resource to seal away the portal that I found in my game.[/quote]

How do you seal portals? Not explosives, I remember how that went.[/quote]

At first, I tried surrounding it with blade traps. But it turns out that the nether-spawns are either too fast/nimble to be affected by them, or are able to fly, avoiding the traps completely.

Now, I’ve surrounded the portal with a 4-tile radius of spiked pits and caltrops. Next, I’ll be building a walled enclosure around it before releasing a swarm of manhacks into it. I think that would at least kill most of anything that crawl out of the portal.[/quote]

Bam, proper working Z-levels come along and the creatures fly over your pathetic walls.

You know, I wonder if multi-Z level high creatures could be programmed? Probably not…

EkarusRyndren · 2014-11-19T10:48:19.000Z

[quote=“Closet Pankin, post:4102, topic:47”][quote=“EkarusRyndren, post:4101, topic:47”]Ahhh NPCs.

Herrith Sebon says: “Let’s talk, friend!”

“Drop your weapon!”

“Screw you!”

Herrith Sebon turns hostile!

You draw your smashed Remington 870 (6)

Kerblam!
Headshot!
Herrith Sebon dies!

You butcher the corpse.

Good talk.[/quote]

You forgot the part when you draw your weapon, he starts chasing down a giant fly.[/quote]

See that’s the thing, when I drew my shotgun I’d imagine I drew it more or less into his nose. I was in bitch-slap range.

EkarusRyndren · 2014-11-19T11:44:20.000Z

Just ran into an NPC camp…

I AM HAVING DIFFICULTY REMEMBERING TO FUNCTION POLITELY IN SOCIETY. I MUST STOP THINKING OF THEM AS FOOD.

EDIT: I just used a noisemaker to summon a horde to distract them while I broke into their food stores.

EDIT: I decided to burn down their shelter after the trader screwed me on a pistol.

EDIT: Rock is insultingly fireproof. Gonna find some explosives and return later.

EDIT: Crashed a bus into the lobby, bus’ gas tank exploded. Mission Accomplished.

Arek_PL · 2014-11-19T12:30:44.000Z

[quote=“EkarusRyndren, post:4106, topic:47”]Just ran into an NPC camp…

EDIT: Crashed a bus into the lobby, bus’ gas tank exploded. Mission Accomplished.[/quote]
you survived gas tank explosion?

EkarusRyndren · 2014-11-19T12:58:17.000Z

[quote=“Arek_PL, post:4107, topic:47”][quote=“EkarusRyndren, post:4106, topic:47”]Just ran into an NPC camp…

EDIT: Crashed a bus into the lobby, bus’ gas tank exploded. Mission Accomplished.[/quote]
you survived gas tank explosion?[/quote]
… … … …

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Caconym · 2014-11-19T13:15:18.000Z

[quote=“Arek_PL, post:4107, topic:47”][quote=“EkarusRyndren, post:4106, topic:47”]Just ran into an NPC camp…

EDIT: Crashed a bus into the lobby, bus’ gas tank exploded. Mission Accomplished.[/quote]
you survived gas tank explosion?[/quote]
He did say he would be back with explosives, I think the gas tanks count as explosives.

TheFlame52 · 2014-11-19T14:01:27.000Z

I’m still in my boarded-up garage. The zombies finished destroying the wreck and dispersed. They are everywhere, even brushing up next to my garage, but they do not bash on the walls. So, out of boredom, I hacked one of the eyebots.

The zombies instantly turn toward the friendly eyebot. I have made a terrible mistake.

EkarusRyndren · 2014-11-19T15:10:03.000Z

…I think my NPC bodyguard got bit.

Time to make lunch.

TheFlame52 · 2014-11-19T15:39:59.000Z

THEY HAVE BROKEN THROUGH THE LEFT WALL
OPEN THE GATES
REV THE ENGINE
ESCAPE

Caconym · 2014-11-19T17:19:37.000Z

Moved into a LMOE shelter a ways south, nestled between a FEMA camp and an anthill so I have a abundant source of both tainted and regular meat now that I finally have the skills and equipment to cook up mutagen.

TheFlame52 · 2014-11-19T17:24:17.000Z

MONOCLE!!

Caconym · 2014-11-19T18:23:44.000Z

I was dicking around with my ultra-OP cyborg char (Zoe Nakiya) and I thought “why not use a tank drone’s gun?” So I debugged in one and HEAT ammo.
Then a giant bee decided to all get up in my face and I point blank fired the Tank Drone Gun, There ain’t no kill like overkill

Link to post with stats

TheFlame52 · 2014-11-19T18:26:54.000Z

looks at stat post
Your stats are a little higher than mine, but my skills are much higher than yours are. How many Granades was that? And how long have you survived?

Caconym · 2014-11-19T18:39:19.000Z

[quote=“TheFlame52, post:4116, topic:47”]looks at stat post
Your stats are a little higher than mine, but my skills are much higher than yours are. How many Granades was that? And how long have you survived?[/quote]
I think it was 'bout 14 or more can’t remember exactly how many it was but there was a lot used, skills aren’t that high because skills seem to be no longer infinitely trainable in the period of time where I stopped playing cata and when I resumed with this char also I never tended to grind them to insane levels, probably started that char late feb this year, days survived over 3 in game years default settings.

TheFlame52 · 2014-11-19T20:16:17.000Z

Hm. I stopped at 10 Granades, but you still have 4 more strength than me. I don’t keep track of the others, they aren’t really that important beyond 20-30. I play with skill rust off and I have a car, so my mechanics is at 60 from all the repairing. My melee is pretty high too from my 30,000+ kills.

tivasyk · 2014-11-19T21:47:54.000Z

oh i love the insomniac trait! add some cough syrup (in abundance everywhere you go), get sleepy instantly without side effects and treat yourself to those 2 stat points for free =)

Closet_Pankin · 2014-11-20T01:54:43.000Z

tivasyk:

oh i love the insomniac trait! add some cough syrup (in abundance everywhere you go), get sleepy instantly without side effects and treat yourself to those 2 stat points for free =)

Poppy sleeping pills, my friend!