I have continued my Kenshi antics, killing slavers and freeing everyone. I have most of the UC slave farms down now and finally finished my “I got the Phoenix” world tour and handed him to the Shek.
Also bashed through a lot of Jump Space with friends. 4p co-op mission-based PvE space FPS, think Deep Rock on a ship. Love it. Incredible pacing, honest. Could use some player progression, but I’m assuming that’s just the early-access-ness. If this is all that ever comes of it, I’ll still have gotten my money’s worth and would just think of it as a bit repetitive on the content. But fun as hell.
Tried Arc Raiders. Absolutely furious about it. Gamers suck. Thought this could be a learning moment for them since all meaningful loot comes from not-other-players, so the PvPvE should really lead to mostly PvE play and freeform team-ups, but gamers are gamers and deserve the gulag. It’s just another Tarkov; most players are pieces of shit. (Note: I have not gotten good, but the moral judgement stands.)
Since we’re here: you should know that the elemental effects combine. It’s not explained well inside the game, but if you put 2 status effects on an enemy it consumes them both to create a different one.
Electrocute + corrosive = poison (deals a % of max hp per tick, can stack; if you hit an enemy with something that rapidly applies electric damage with elemental chance while they’re on a corrosive area, like the Crown Prince Gas Grenade, it will destroy their hp bar very fast)
Electrocute + fire = explosion (good for dealing with many enemies at once ofc)
Fire + corrosive = charm (a lot of games have this kind of effect, in Gunfire Reborn it has a bit more strength due to the really strangely long duration)
Some occult scrolls give you 100% chance to inflict the elemental effects. For example after switching weapons. If you get this, it can be disgustingly powerful with a shotgun or SMG while the enemy is continuously being applied with another element. It will create a stack of the debuff for each hit.
The vaults on each level can contain more than one reward. The ones where it’s just a parkour challenge or the boulder traps always have 2 chests, you just have to look for the second one after you reach the end.
Thanks for the tips! I saw that there were elemental combos, but didn’t took a look into what combos into what, mostly I have been using the charm combo. For the parkour sections I was confused on how to reach the second chest, so it’s good to know I have to look around after reaching the end.
If you play the hawk hero the parkour stuff is a lot easier to find and do. On the 2nd and 3rd floors (not sure about 4th because I’m kinda rusty and haven’t made it to the 4th floor in a while) the 2nd chest from the parkour vaults has a time challenge element that begins as soon as you enter the area, so you’ll know roughly where you need to go.