What's Happening in YOUR Randomly-generated Apocalypse?

[Azrad]

Just to see if I can, I tried something related to my purging.

Firstly, my setup.

A simple flamethrower.
A jerrycan of napalm.
A rollmat.
Several braziers.
Thick tail mutation (no more need for ambien, just activate mutation and wait until I get tired)
Internal climate control activated.
About 20k batteries, in case I need to refill my bionic power.

So I find me a nice, safe spot in a corner. I set up some braziers just in case, and place the rollmat on the safe zone. With that set and ready for use, I light the place up, and I go to bed.

When I woke up, this is what I saw.

Since it’s underground, I couldn’t see a lot for the screencap, even with the nightvision bionic. Still, I walked around the entire area and confirmed it myself: the entire underground level of the slime pit has been purged of all slime. No more blobs, just a field of ash and ruin. Was it costly? Yup. Was it worth it? Oh hell yeah.

Purge, purge, everything will burn.

[Random_dragon]

Needs moar tank shells though. o3o

[deoxy]

Got all the way to the bottom of an ice lab, having cleared out everything on 6 floors above, and in the room in the center, that light-blue, special-floor, stuff-in-the-middle-surrounded-by-4-dissectors room, I find…

-a fusion gun, which I already have
-100 fusion ammo (nice I guess?)
-900 battery
-A7 laser rifle (nice)
-V29 (or whatever) laser pistol (ok, I guess?)
-computer prinout (atomic battery mod… and I would EVER use plutonium for that? UH, NO!)
-Enhanced memory banks

OK, that last one would be nice… if I weren’t playing without skill rust (since it’s so silly busted).

Seriously, THAT’S what I moved into this place for a week plus was for? What I made a thermal outfit for? THAT’S IT?!??!!?!?

So frustrating. The laser rifle looks nice, if I can just find a bloody UPS CBM (the whole reason I was here, and I didn’t find one).

[TheWumpus]

[quote=“deoxy, post:6063, topic:47”]Got all the way to the bottom of an ice lab, having cleared out everything on 6 floors above, and in the room in the center, that light-blue, special-floor, stuff-in-the-middle-surrounded-by-4-dissectors room, I find…

-a fusion gun, which I already have
-100 fusion ammo (nice I guess?)
-900 battery
-A7 laser rifle (nice)
-V29 (or whatever) laser pistol (ok, I guess?)
-computer prinout (atomic battery mod… and I would EVER use plutonium for that? UH, NO!)
-Enhanced memory banks

OK, that last one would be nice… if I weren’t playing without skill rust (since it’s so silly busted).

Seriously, THAT’S what I moved into this place for a week plus was for? What I made a thermal outfit for? THAT’S IT?!??!!?!?

So frustrating. The laser rifle looks nice, if I can just find a bloody UPS CBM (the whole reason I was here, and I didn’t find one).[/quote]

You…do realize an ice lab provides the ability to store food indefinitely since below freezing temperatures suspend all rot? Get to butchering and farming and have your own refrigerated warehouse.

[Valpo]

Life ain t fair. And the cataclysm isn t suposed to be either.

[Random_dragon]

Plus it means you’re free to worry all the kevlar loincloths you want without overheating.

[Pageman]

Just opened the shelter door and…well shit.

[Random_dragon]

That sig that seals the deal. o3o

Also, yeah you’re fucked. Hide in the basement, they shouldn’t follow unless they’re near the stairs.

Meanwhile, and NPC is gonna rob me. Hah. Rob the krav maga guy, suuuure.

Nice, steal my cash while I beat your face in.

[Arek_PL]

[quote=“Random_dragon, post:6068, topic:47”]That sig that seals the deal. o3o

Also, yeah you’re fucked. Hide in the basement, they shouldn’t follow unless they’re near the stairs.

Meanwhile, and NPC is gonna rob me. Hah. Rob the krav maga guy, suuuure.

Nice, steal my cash while I beat your face in.[/quote]

Reminds me all these american movies where main hero is being stoped by some bad guys during his traveling somewhere

[Random_dragon]

And she didn’t even catch on to what I was doing, she just spent all her turns grabbing my cash cards while I wrung her joints out like wet towels. 3:

[TheWumpus]

Day one of the newest experimental: My starting shelter sucks. There’s another one nearby. Make a pointy stick to deal with the occasional zed that spawns in other shelter basements and head over there.

Great. Googly. Moogly. Jackpot. Tons of canned food and water, tons of clothing, 2 BACKPACKS!, sewing kits, batteries, a hotplate, bedding materiel, all kinds of awesome stuff! And a shrieker zombie, but stair kiting.

Ok, what’s the catch. There has to be a catch.Ok there are SOME fungoids outside but they’re not super dangerous and will eventually provide an unlimited source of cooking oil.OK there is some wreckage with some pretty awesome stuff free for the taking…Huh. I don’t see a downside to this at all…guess I’ll just go hunt some rocks to make a fireplace.

Night one: Into town.

Ok so there is a checkpoint over there but it’s on the road I don’t need to cross from my current shelter. Ok so I’ve got 3 hardware stores, 2 sporting goods stores, and 2 garages to loot, plus houses and groceries. Well…nothing seems to have gone wrong yet, no wild Shoggoths have appeared.

Cue Psycho theme.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen one of these. Ever. Since 0.8. And it happens to a decent character with an awesome start on the first night. Two questions:

1. What do?

2. Did Kevin put the AI director from L4D2 in without telling us or something? Because man, this feels like that moment when things have been going quietly and then it’s a horde mixed with chargers and spitters and jockeys all at once.

Edit: OH GOD THERE’S MORE OF THEM!

[Arek_PL]

maybe you will be lucky and get your hands on red leatcher clothing good luck

[TheWumpus]

maybe you will be lucky and get your hands on red leatcher clothing good luck

No, seriously, what the hell am I supposed to do about this with a new character? Just hope they don’t see me and be glad I know of their existence and come back later with enough firepower to take out an armored division? Burn everything to the ground? Say fuck it and move far away?

[Zireael]

The answer is forget the town and move away.

[Frostwood]

[quote=“Arek_PL, post:6072, topic:47”]maybe you will be lucky and get your hands on red leatcher clothing good luck

No, seriously, what the hell am I supposed to do about this with a new character? Just hope they don’t see me and be glad I know of their existence and come back later with enough firepower to take out an armored division? Burn everything to the ground? Say fuck it and move far away?[/quote]
The dancers are mostly harmless, until you kill the thriller, and then they turn into hulks… all of them. Most character don’t survive. Also the dancers auto-regen until the thriller is killed.

As long as you don’t kill the thriller, and keep running, you’ll be fine.

[Random_dragon]

Oh wow that is derptastic. owo

[Laughing_Fool]

I am yet to see those dancers, they must be quite rare.

[Dirkkun]

Just opened the shelter door and…well shit.

I know that feeling…

[deoxy]

[quote=“TheWumpus, post:6071, topic:47”]Ok, what’s the catch. There has to be a catch.Ok there are SOME fungoids outside but they’re not super dangerous and will eventually provide an unlimited source of cooking oil.OK there is some wreckage with some pretty awesome stuff free for the taking…Huh. I don’t see a downside to this at all…

…

Cue Psycho theme.[/quote]

You’re looking for a catch, a downside… keep looking. Seriously, this is a continuation of ridiculously good fortune. You can loot that town in broad daylight without fear and level up your melee and unarmed skills to your heart’s content.

Seriously, that’s a wonderful thing - it converts all the local zombies to harmless dancers. Continue your milk run, and I hope you find some challenge at some point, eh?

[Random_dragon]

Wha- O.o