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J3ffro

Member
Also you get like 90% of the invested XP back when you retire so don't be afraid to spend away.

Exactly - though you don't get back any mats from evolving them, so if you have any doubts, just level up to 10, and don't evolve until you are sure they are sticking around. Drops of rain can be hard to come by.
 

darkwing

Member
Exactly - though you don't get back any mats from evolving them, so if you have any doubts, just level up to 10, and don't evolve until you are sure they are sticking around. Drops of rain can be hard to come by.

you can check the missions in the map, I always see 1 or 2 offering rain drops
 

J3ffro

Member
Favorite weapon so far guys?

I have a Raptor assault rifle that I'm on the verge of evolving. I'm 21, and into Plankerton, but wanted to wait until I had a decent silver stockpile before doing so. The rifle is a semi-auto, so it doesn't chew through ammo too quickly, but if you click quickly you can put out a lot of bullets - and mine also does fire damage too.

Though I got a very broken/low durability Silver Kestral semi-auto hand canon in a chest somewhere. I really enjoyed that until it went away. It really packed a punch, and I have a legendary Outlander that is based around pistol damage. If I was to get a good enough schematic, I could see benching my Legendary Centurian for pistol goodness.
 

J3ffro

Member
you can check the missions in the map, I always see 1 or 2 offering rain drops

Oh I know, but when you need 50 of them because you want to evolve two heroes and three schematics, one or two per mission is a slow go. Saving yourself 10 by not evolving heroes you are iffy on is literally hours of play.
 

Z3M0G

Member
So need to buy a founder pack for early access... store makes you think it is free... any free codes out there?
 

Anastasis

Member
So need to buy a founder pack for early access... store makes you think it is free... any free codes out there?

Most people are selling (standard edition) codes for about $25 that they get for the higher tier packages. You can check in the buy, sell, trade thread.
 
Man I'm sick of storm shield defense. I've only half finished the latest iteration of the first base and the planktown one is looking ready for SS3. I don't want to make all these traps. I barely ever lay traps in the missions because of the ridiculous amount needed for each SS.

It's literally nothing but a negative to the game since it forces you to endlessly farm shit to take home rather than actually use. And it's all for nothing but some arbitrary requirement to fulfil one every now and then since they're used as blockers on the quests.
 

noomi

Member
Is there a way to restart the tutorial? I've only played a bit but already had forgotten what I had learned.... :p

i did manage to open all my loot boxes, this game is super confusing :p
 

Xater

Member
Man I'm sick of storm shield defense. I've only half finished the latest iteration of the first base and the planktown one is looking ready for SS3. I don't want to make all these traps. I barely ever lay traps in the missions because of the ridiculous amount needed for each SS.

It's literally nothing but a negative to the game since it forces you to endlessly farm shit to take home rather than actually use. And it's all for nothing but some arbitrary requirement to fulfil one every now and then since they're used as blockers on the quests.

Yeah I decided to play some more after all, but when I hit one of those again it sucked out all the fun immediately.
 
Yeah I decided to play some more after all, but when I hit one of those again it sucked out all the fun immediately.

Yeah they're extremely off putting. I'd be having a lot more fun if they just didn't exist. It's annoying because I really like the core gameplay and would love to see what it looks like up the higher end, but getting there is just such a chore.
 

J3ffro

Member
Does anyone have any insight on the thousand vbuck llamas? I hadn't paid too much attention, since I was buying the 100 vbuck ones whenever I raised the funds, but now I'm starting to save, and I'm curious if there's any pattern to when they show up.
 

Anastasis

Member
Does anyone have any insight on the thousand vbuck llamas? I hadn't paid too much attention, since I was buying the 100 vbuck ones whenever I raised the funds, but now I'm starting to save, and I'm curious if there's any pattern to when they show up.

People swear by them so keep saving, but they seem to be pretty random when they show up.
 

Palmer_v1

Member
Does anyone have any insight on the thousand vbuck llamas? I hadn't paid too much attention, since I was buying the 100 vbuck ones whenever I raised the funds, but now I'm starting to save, and I'm curious if there's any pattern to when they show up.

They're guaranteed legendaries, so it's worth getting them when they come up.
 

Anastasis

Member
Has anyone bought a version on PC but upgraded on PSN through the in game store? Any issues?

The in game store has the upgrade price but PSN has full price.
 
Ok I think that may be me out. I've had 10 crashes in the past half hour just trying to put my base together for the next SS.

Edit: Yeah I'm done. Got to wave 3 of SS3 after recruiting some help and game crashes twice in a row, first time I get back in time, second time can't get back in. SS are bad enough as it is but I can't be dealing with this on top of it.
 

LycanXIII

Member
Has anyone bought a version on PC but upgraded on PSN through the in game store? Any issues?

The in game store has the upgrade price but PSN has full price.

I bought the $60 version on PSN, but on Epic's site, it says I own the $40 version. It might be a situation like where someone pointed out that the V-Bucks don't carry over, but the items do.
 

Anastasis

Member
I bought the $60 version on PSN, but on Epic's site, it says I own the $40 version. It might be a situation like where someone pointed out that the V-Bucks don't carry over, but the items do.

That's how the FAQ reads I think - "Items unlocked" will carry over or something like that.

Since PSN credit can be discounted here and there, I was thinking about going that route to keep the founders llama train going.
 

Maximus P

Member
I'd kill for any legendary weapon tbh.

Does anyone else get random crashes at the very end of games on X1! Around half a dozen times I've been kicked to dashboard right as the game as ended and had a level one chest waiting when I've logged back in.
 
I'd kill for any legendary weapon tbh.

Does anyone else get random crashes at the very end of games on X1! Around half a dozen times I've been kicked to dashboard right as the game as ended and had a level one chest waiting when I've logged back in.

No but there appears to be a square in my Plankerton base that causes me instant crashes on PC. I've tried demolishing it but it crashes every time I touch it :/

I should probably ask another player to join me and break it or something. Think I'll just take a break and hope they fix it if I can't demo it on PS4.
 

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
if I could make a suggestion, destroy everything that isn't a base core and then start again with traps a little further out. My base has gone through some major changes from being barren, to being a tunnel network that takes up most of the map. The design that works best is death tunnels with a little bit of open space between them and your base to keep movement and visibility high.

If the only way to destroy to literally pickaxe each piece I don't want? Haven't seen an easy way to remove unless I'm overlooking something.

If so...fuck.
 
If the only way to destroy to literally pickaxe each piece I don't want? Haven't seen an easy way to remove unless I'm overlooking something.

If so...fuck.

That is the case yeah. It's even more frustrating when you place a trap in the wrong place. Need to demo the wall and start again. Luckily though I changed the shape of the piece earlier and demo'd all surrounding pieces which didn't solve it at the time, but returning a couple hours later and it has now.

Now to get my mats again and try rally some help in global for a second time. Felt like such a dick getting help only to crash out twice.

Edit: now it's just crashing mid round. sigh
 
I enjoy the gameplay loop for the most part, but I wish there was more variety in the quests/missions and the environments. (Not even in Plankerton yet, so my apologies if things get more varied - I'm basing this on what I've played thus far and media on later areas.)
 
I enjoy the gameplay loop for the most part, but I wish there was more variety in the quests/missions and the environments. (Not even in Plankerton yet, so my apologies if things get more varied - I'm basing this on what I've played thus far and media on later areas.)
There are a few more interesting mission types once you hit plankerton, but the tile set stays the same unfortunately.

Total bait and switch there, the first plankerton storm shield has a new tileset, getting hopes up, but all the missions are the same tiles as before.
 

Iceman829

Member
I'd kill for any legendary weapon tbh.

Does anyone else get random crashes at the very end of games on X1! Around half a dozen times I've been kicked to dashboard right as the game as ended and had a level one chest waiting when I've logged back in.

I've had several crashes while playing but only once or twice at the end of the game. I always ended up getting my rewards. My friend also had a few crashes the other day

I think I can probably craft a legendary weapon and drop it for you. I've been working my way through some of my junk to use it up, but I have several legendary schematics
 
Yes! Plankerton SS3 down! Now I can go back to playing the game lol. That was seriously rough though for just SS3. I'd really recommend three or more people.
 
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