What's Happening in YOUR Randomly-generated Apocalypse?

[Azrad]

Thanks. Wondering if my next building to make is the armory, though I’m still befuddled with regards to how to arrange the ammo…

Anyway, with regards to that reward room, the CBMs are usually higher-tier compared to the CBM rooms littering most labs. In any case, it’s a whole lot better than the other two “reward” rooms. Another one is good if you got certain resources. Found one of the two during a trek to an eight-floor ice lab…

That said, it wasn’t as bad as one lab I found. No reward room because there was a lava rift in the same area as the map where the lab is.

And, yeah, taking their plutonium cells can come in handy, depending on what stuff you’re using. Got a firearm repair kit running on plutonium; takes a long time before needing to reload, since with a UPS mod you have to wait a bit for it to recharge when the energy runs out.

[Litppunk]

smallest to largest caliber, sub-divided into shell/bullet lengths comes to mind. It would be semi damage sorted that way and piled by name, or you could arrange it by weapon/damage

[deoxy]

I actually got a Fusion Gun, 220 fusion cells/packs, Laser Pistol, Laser Rifle and a Quantum Solar Panel at the bottom of my 1st Lab (with default spawn rate). I’m quite happy with that loot, too. From what I gather, the 3rd possible reward is just a bunch of CBMs? That sounds rather disappointing when compared to the other 2 - especially when you can find CBMs in other rooms of the Lab (behind the hack-to-open reinforced glass). But yeah, the number of reward 'Nukes is surprisingly high. A friend suggested disassembling them for Plutonium Cells.

Disassembling for plutonium is my usual default, yeah.

And that particular loot room always has that stuff (except the solar panel - that’s only sometimes).

But the CBM finale is actually pretty good (usually) because it has BETTER CBMs, not just the usual lab stuff - the really rare stuff, even the military stuff (Carbon Filament, for example). It’s pretty hit and miss, of course - I’ve seen some that were VERY disappointing, but it’s the most reliable source of the rare stuff.

[zombiechow]

Decided to train my dodging skill to 7 in a spider basement. It’s not so bad (with repair nanobots and armor).

SPIDER TRAINING MONTAGE

(I liked to imagine he was training his “spider senses”)

[CaioLugia]

Found a stethoscope and cracked the a safe, both on one veterinary clinic. But I’m not here to boast about the medical loot I just got.

Do anybody else think the veterinary might be one of the most depressing places on Cataclysm? I mean, on an actual vet, there would be lots of sunny dog/cat health sheets plastered on the walls and all that sort of happy stuff. Description on many breeds of dogs and cats, then, fuck it, all of them are now coming to eat you, and now they are out there to eat your guts.
Bring me the feels, makes me want to shelter all cats and dogs throughout the game.

[TooDAMNMuch]

found an engraved thingamajobber, mutated like 6 times, rip.

fucking things are dangerous, died in my sleep all peaceful like, shame i wasn’t driving a bus…

i gainted tentacle mouth out of it, didn’t even notice at first when i got carnivore, i guess i was heading towards the blood thirsty giant squid threshold…

it basically went fang mouth -> flap mouth -> tentacle mouth, so i thought it was heading down the canid threshold seriously at first.

[Nijuni]

@Azrad & deoxy:
Thanks for the info. I read that the CVD Machine used for making Diamond Weapons also has a chance of appearing in the Lab finale. Is that a separate possible reward or does it spawn along with one of the other 3 rewards?

That said, it wasn’t as bad as one lab I found. No reward room because there was a lava rift in the same area as the map where the lab is.

Ouch. <.<

@zombiechow:
lol I didn’t know they can train one’s Dodging that high. XD

@CaioLugia:
I never found Cataclysm Vets that depressing, tho that’s probably 'cause I’m usually trying to cope with killing dozens of zombie children, then having to butcher them into small pieces so they won’t get back up. >.>

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I finally found my first skill book - “The Book of Five Rings”. Seeing how my character is a sword-wielding melee specialist, learning “Niten Ichi-Ryu” basically turned him into a Demi-God. XD

[nick0010]

[quote=“Nijuni, post:13047, topic:47”]@Azrad & deoxy:
Thanks for the info. I read that the CVD Machine used for making Diamond Weapons also has a chance of appearing in the Lab finale. Is that a separate possible reward or does it spawn along with one of the other 3 rewards?[/quote]
Its separate. A big ass multi block machine, not an item.

[Nijuni]

Its separate. A big ass multi block machine, not an item.

I see, thanks for clearing that up.

[Azrad]

It’s one of the possible lab finales. In older versions, you can only use the CVD machine on a handful of weapons, and you also needed a certain book for the recipes. Now it’s kinda more convenient, as any cutting weapon (I think it needs a certain amount of cutting damage to qualify) can be diamond-coated. Sadly, that meant that diamond rapiers are no longer possible since they use piercing damage.

Anyway, most combat skills can go beyond ten. Like, from constant fighting (60,000+ kills so far and no chance of stopping), my survivor has 17 in marksmanship, 16 in rifles, 15 in SMGs, 12 in handguns, 9 in launchers and shotguns, and 13 dodge.

Survivor still gets damaged, though she’s pretty encumbered in some areas. Like -4 in dodge due to torso and leg encumbrance.

In comparison, her close combat skills aren’t as high, since it seems to take longer to train them. Around 9 at the highest and 6 at the lowest.

[deoxy]

Anyway, most combat skills can go beyond ten. Like, from constant fighting (60,000+ kills so far and no chance of stopping), my survivor has 17 in marksmanship, 16 in rifles, 15 in SMGs, 12 in handguns, 9 in launchers and shotguns, and 13 dodge.

That’s a lot of ammunition to find and use… but more importantly, what did you find to train dodge against to get it that high? I’ve never found anything that will train me higher than 10.

[TooDAMNMuch]

“the shopping cart collides with errors in the movement code” cute.

[Azrad]

[quote=“Azrad, post:13050, topic:47”]Anyway, most combat skills can go beyond ten. Like, from constant fighting (60,000+ kills so far and no chance of stopping), my survivor has 17 in marksmanship, 16 in rifles, 15 in SMGs, 12 in handguns, 9 in launchers and shotguns, and 13 dodge.

That’s a lot of ammunition to find and use… but more importantly, what did you find to train dodge against to get it that high? I’ve never found anything that will train me higher than 10.[/quote]

Mostly due to the necropolis. Like about five or six levels, as I recall. Armor of my survivor was decent enough to deflect damage about 80-90% of the time, and on a necropolis you’re pretty much swamped by enemies for the majority of the time there.

After that, dodging still gets trained but at a far slower pace. Since my survivor has good dodge, depending on the enemies on sight I’ll still have her reload empty gun magazines to slowly train the skill. In general, it seems that being surrounded by a lot of enemies trains the skill.

[Lesseps]

What’s a necropolis?

[Azrad]

The necropolis/vault. It’s a location that shows up on those certain towns with the craters and whatnot. The place with the irridated wanderers.

[Exsoit]

I picked up a rock today, it was a very profound moment for my character.

[TooDAMNMuch]

I picked up a rock today, it was a very profound moment for my character.

sure you don’t mean a boulder? wait till you find sharp rocks.

[deadmerits]

Among the mundane things to happen in the Cataclysm I ran across a bunch of corpses in the middle of a small city… more like the end of the road with four buildings. As I investigated the scene I was hit a bit a of nostalgia as I realized what had occurred here.

In the middle of this group of zombie bodies was a moose corpse. It had to have happened quickly as they were only within my bubble long enough to siphon one car.

Edit: 10 to 1 various zombies vs moose

[Azrad]

Took out another big military outpost. Gonna loot the corpses tomorrow. It took a while to clear the place out.

Also disarmed the massive mine field. Didn’t take any chances, even with trapping at level 8, so I made my survivor wear some power armor. It’s the only time I consider using it.

And true enough, some mines did explode. Survivor took some heavy damage, but not fatal ones thanks to the power armor. All in all, about 600+ mines nabbed. No need to worry about gunpowder with this…

[Nijuni]

@Azrad:
I’m playing the latest stable version atm and I got the “Lab Journal - Gustav”. I have enough materials to make at least one Diamond weapon (except for Nodachi, I’m still a bit short on Hydrogen for that one), so I’m only missing the CVD machine.

I know most skills can go beyond 10, I just thought Giant Black Widows only trained Dodging up to 6. Heck, my character has 14 in Melee and 13 in Cutting Weapons atm. I can’t seem to get anything over 15 due to Skill Rust, tho. >.>

Are larger Military Outposts only in experimental versions or just rare? I’ve only seen the small fenced-in ones so far.

@deadmerits:
Mooses are surprisingly resilient, aren’t they? I wonder who’d win in a Moose vs Zombear fight? XD