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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2011
    EDIT Double post

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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    TehSpectre wrote:
    I need more water, everything is going dark!

    I think she is living off a salt-lick.
    In alot of media, non-stop thirstiness is the first symptom of the zombie infection~

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  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    I wish I had known that about lockpicking. I've found exactly three locked chests so far (Act 2 Ch 8) and haven't seen any others since. Total waste of points (unless things change drastically between now and the endgame). I'm definitely going to try to do a bit of research before I jump into another character.

    I've been trying to find a site that displays all four characters' skill trees, but thus far I've had no luck. C'mon internet, work faster.

  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    I think once you put points into lockpicking, you just open chests and don't know they are locked.

    Atleast, that is the impression I got because before putting points in them I'd see locked chests everywhere. Now I see none.

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  • kildykildy Registered User regular
    Nappuccino wrote:
    and her cabin has energy drinks all over it.

    Really, this island seems to have a thing for energy drinks. I'm expecting to run across a red bull plant later and find out that red bull gives you zombiiiiies.

    And I also expect my character to die of a heart attack after chain chugging six of the damned things.

  • envoy1envoy1 the old continentRegistered User regular
    Have many on this thread tried random co-op yet? How has it been? I'm toying with the idea but still wary.

  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    There's a locked chest right around the start of the game.

  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    OK, I JUST bought it, and am playing it now. Anyone for some co-op?

  • EtherealWalrusEtherealWalrus Registered User regular
    So, skull/skull mod question. Spoilers for those who don't want to know about the purple or blue skulls.
    So, I found the purple skull in the sewers, and I guess that its altar AND the blue skull are in the abandoned house for the "unwanted Guests" quest. Problem is, I've already done that quest and it doesnt look like I can get back into that house. Am I screwed here?

  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    I just found a "brown skull" in the resort area. Do i need to find an altar? I heard theres supposed to be one near the lifeguard station?

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    So never thought a zombie story would get
    gang rapey
    .... yet here we are dead island.

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  • El FantasticoEl Fantastico Toronto, ONRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote:
    I just found a "brown skull" in the resort area. Do i need to find an altar? I heard theres supposed to be one near the lifeguard station?

    It was posted where to find it a while back. Follow the beach going north and look for some boards letting you go upwards into the rocks. Just jump up and keep "climbing" and you'll eventually reach the top where you'll find the altar.

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  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    Halfmex wrote:
    I wish I had known that about lockpicking. I've found exactly three locked chests so far (Act 2 Ch 8) and haven't seen any others since. Total waste of points (unless things change drastically between now and the endgame). I'm definitely going to try to do a bit of research before I jump into another character.

    I've been trying to find a site that displays all four characters' skill trees, but thus far I've had no luck. C'mon internet, work faster.
    Most chests in act 2 are locked, actually.

    If they have that little number pad on the front of them, it means they were locked but your awesome lockpicking skill trumped it.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    @mojojoeo might wanna spoiler that... but yeas pretty fucked up

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    @mojojoeo might wanna spoiler that... but yeas pretty fucked up

    A bit unexpected.

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    So is it possible to find any skulls before going to town? I'm about to load up the save I have from the hotel when you go and get the truck to clear the tunnel.

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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote:
    I just found a "brown skull" in the resort area. Do i need to find an altar? I heard theres supposed to be one near the lifeguard station?
    Ayup. Altar's also in act 1. Down and to the right of the...think it's the Sapphire bungalows. The ones primarily between the lifeguard station and lighthouse. Go behind the high voltage area, hug the wall, and jump along the rocks on the cliff.

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  • Helios127Helios127 Registered User regular
    Out of curiosity (And incase I mess up) is there any way to respec (besides creating a character at chapter X)?

    I ask this not because I desperatly need to respec but on the occasion like in borderlands I want to toss all my money away to try out investing heavily in anouther skill tree

  • Ratsult2Ratsult2 Registered User regular
    So, skull/skull mod question. Spoilers for those who don't want to know about the purple or blue skulls.
    So, I found the purple skull in the sewers, and I guess that its altar AND the blue skull are in the abandoned house for the "unwanted Guests" quest. Problem is, I've already done that quest and it doesnt look like I can get back into that house. Am I screwed here?
    You can get back into that house. Just look for the portal on the map sort of on the north east side.

  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    People who think they are losing their save progress when they "log" out, you are not.

    However, if you quit playing during a quest where you have two things to do, and you have only done one of them, it will drop back to you having done none of them when you load your save back up, but all your stats/money etc will have saved.

    So, basically. Hand in quests before you quit. "I'll hand that in tomorrow" will not work out well for you. If you're in the middle of a quest, finish it or be prepared to start that quest again when you come back to the game.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    mojojoeo wrote:
    @mojojoeo might wanna spoiler that... but yeas pretty fucked up

    A bit unexpected.
    to be honest me and my friends being the awful people we are, we called her 'rapey' the rest of the game. and then at the end of the game
    when she gets shot we all went 'THEY SHOT RAPEY NOOOO'

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    This is a fairly newbie-ish question, but how do I use the "ram" skill on Sam?

  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    so firearms are getting goddamn ridiculous on my purna.

    i've got +30% damage on all modified guns, plus nearly doubled ammo capacity.

    i'm still really good at melee combat, but now, when i just don't feel like messing around with some special zombie, i can blow him the fuck away.

    one-shotting thugs with a shotgun all day erry day

    and thanks to a fellow PAer, i was able to pick up a glitched quest that never appeared in my game - Council of Despair. Now I have the weapon recipe i was missing, the Torch Mod. Thanks Toxic Pickle!

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  • RobesRobes Registered User regular
    so firearms are getting goddamn ridiculous on my purna.

    i've got +30% damage on all modified guns, plus nearly doubled ammo capacity.

    i'm still really good at melee combat, but now, when i just don't feel like messing around with some special zombie, i can blow him the fuck away.

    one-shotting thugs with a shotgun all day erry day

    and thanks to a fellow PAer, i was able to pick up a glitched quest that never appeared in my game - Council of Despair. Now I have the weapon recipe i was missing, the Torch Mod. Thanks Toxic Pickle!

    I got piercing shot instead of wunderwaffe. I figured if i shot a crit bullet it would crit a line of zombies. I just want like all of the talents. It's not like WoW where you can tell the sucky talents from the good ones by just reading it.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    Robes wrote:
    so firearms are getting goddamn ridiculous on my purna.

    i've got +30% damage on all modified guns, plus nearly doubled ammo capacity.

    i'm still really good at melee combat, but now, when i just don't feel like messing around with some special zombie, i can blow him the fuck away.

    one-shotting thugs with a shotgun all day erry day

    and thanks to a fellow PAer, i was able to pick up a glitched quest that never appeared in my game - Council of Despair. Now I have the weapon recipe i was missing, the Torch Mod. Thanks Toxic Pickle!

    I got piercing shot instead of wunderwaffe. I figured if i shot a crit bullet it would crit a line of zombies. I just want like all of the talents. It's not like WoW where you can tell the sucky talents from the good ones by just reading it.

    Most zombies don't exactly line up for you, though. It seems like a very bad skill when instead I can get +30% damage.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Oh ho ho, left hand of glova is pretty rad. Super expensive to craft and reapir though... Had to grind the money to make the damn thing.

    Worth it though

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    So I see some weapon mods have colors to them, does that mean that white level mods can eventually be upgraded or you might eventually find a better version of one?

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  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    I misread the above post.

    I haven't actually tried using a blue or green mod on a white item.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    Is it bad that I'm level 11 and I haven't taken the Fury skill yet on Sam B? The normal melee tree just seems way better, and some of the survival options are pretty nice too. In comparison, being able to rage a little bit just doesn't seem that great, especially since I'm already destroying zombies right and left with my gold quality hammer.

  • EtherealWalrusEtherealWalrus Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Ratsult2 wrote:
    So, skull/skull mod question. Spoilers for those who don't want to know about the purple or blue skulls.
    So, I found the purple skull in the sewers, and I guess that its altar AND the blue skull are in the abandoned house for the "unwanted Guests" quest. Problem is, I've already done that quest and it doesnt look like I can get back into that house. Am I screwed here?
    You can get back into that house. Just look for the portal on the map sort of on the north east side.
    Really? I checked the door and I could not find a portal on the map, but I'll check again.

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    There is one skull I am exploring the entire island to find...
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  • Gaming-FreakGaming-Freak Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    envoy1 wrote:
    Have many on this thread tried random co-op yet? How has it been? I'm toying with the idea but still wary.

    I played with a guy who seemed stoned out of his mind, asking more than once, "So how to you like the game so faaaaar?" He didn't seem to contribute to much of the killing, but did a decent amount of looting. Then, when we hit the sewers, he up and quit on me, and made me go the whole length of the Sewers alone. What was worse, the navigation messed up after he left, so I was going through the sewers blind.

    I hope that guy Red Rings his 360.

    EDIT: Other than that, there was one dude who helped out during the later parts of Act 1, and I admit I wouldn't have gotten through Act 1 nearly as well as I did without him. The other two experiences went like this: "Player is Busy" and after 4 minutes of him standing around, I just dropped out. Then another one, "Player is Busy" and he dropped out literally 20 seconds later.

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  • RobesRobes Registered User regular
    Not being able to mod a magnum is :V

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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    So how do I find PAers to play with?

  • EtherealWalrusEtherealWalrus Registered User regular
    Ratsult2 wrote:
    So, skull/skull mod question. Spoilers for those who don't want to know about the purple or blue skulls.
    So, I found the purple skull in the sewers, and I guess that its altar AND the blue skull are in the abandoned house for the "unwanted Guests" quest. Problem is, I've already done that quest and it doesnt look like I can get back into that house. Am I screwed here?
    You can get back into that house. Just look for the portal on the map sort of on the north east side.
    Really? I checked the door and I could not find a portal on the map, but I'll check again.
    Alright, I double checked and there is no portal icon on my map, and I cant use the front door. Damn.

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    Spectrum wrote:
    Spectrum wrote:
    Everyone gets the stomp. The characters actually seem pretty balanced.
    I dunno. Xian is doing disturbing amounts of damage in MP. I feel pretty useless as Purna sometimes.

    Xian is offense and quick kills.

    Sam B. is a tank and focuses on drawing attention and knocking down enemies flat.

    Purna is range and support. The "range" part is the thing that puts people off from Purna, due to the severe lack of guns early in the game. I'd say she's still great, though, and a guy on gamefaqs even had a good build for her.

    Logan, who I'm using right now, is like a Jack-of-All-Trades that dabbles a bit here and there, but his prime focus is throwing shit. Because of that, I try and focus on Deo Grenades and Molotovs, as well as using my melee weapons as throwing weapons.... though the effects can go wrong if my Boomerang skill doesn't activate, or if there's mobs of enemies.

    For everyone, I always pack a pistol, just in case. Those Suiciders are real douches.
    Range isn't the issue with Purna, it's damage. Guns just blow for damage. I see Xian doing 2k effortless with that special jump attack, I'm doing 1k on prone dudes. Shit, with a very good heavy pistol I'm only doing 500 to the head on zombies. It's just not effective at all in 4-player. This is at Level 29.
    Spectrum wrote:
    Spectrum wrote:
    Everyone gets the stomp. The characters actually seem pretty balanced.
    I dunno. Xian is doing disturbing amounts of damage in MP. I feel pretty useless as Purna sometimes.

    Xian is offense and quick kills.

    Sam B. is a tank and focuses on drawing attention and knocking down enemies flat.

    Purna is range and support. The "range" part is the thing that puts people off from Purna, due to the severe lack of guns early in the game. I'd say she's still great, though, and a guy on gamefaqs even had a good build for her.

    Logan, who I'm using right now, is like a Jack-of-All-Trades that dabbles a bit here and there, but his prime focus is throwing shit. Because of that, I try and focus on Deo Grenades and Molotovs, as well as using my melee weapons as throwing weapons.... though the effects can go wrong if my Boomerang skill doesn't activate, or if there's mobs of enemies.

    For everyone, I always pack a pistol, just in case. Those Suiciders are real douches.
    Range isn't the issue with Purna, it's damage. Guns just blow for damage. I see Xian doing 2k effortless with that special jump attack, I'm doing 1k on prone dudes. Shit, with a very good heavy pistol I'm only doing 500 to the head on zombies. It's just not effective at all in 4-player. This is at Level 29.

    The DPS on pistols is fine, the problem is in 4 player even with the ammo upgrades, you blow all your ammo to kill 4 or 5 walkers

  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    I am soooo far behind on this game/thread, but having finally had the time to put a few hours into it, I've made it to the first main hub and am loving the shit out of it. It's like a more melee heavy Boarderlands, but with fewer things/mechanics in it that make me feel crazy. I like that I can judge pretty well at a glance if an item is worth picking up or ignoring, and am trying to pick and choose what to hold onto, upgrade and eat up valuable inventory slots with. I'm only level 6 or so, but I definitely enjoy how visceral everything feels.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular

    The DPS on pistols is fine, the problem is in 4 player even with the ammo upgrades, you blow all your ammo to kill 4 or 5 walkers

    have you modded your guns at all

    because that's a big part of increasing their usefulness

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  • EvilMonkeyEvilMonkey Registered User regular
    People who think they are losing their save progress when they "log" out, you are not.

    However, if you quit playing during a quest where you have two things to do, and you have only done one of them, it will drop back to you having done none of them when you load your save back up, but all your stats/money etc will have saved.

    So, basically. Hand in quests before you quit. "I'll hand that in tomorrow" will not work out well for you. If you're in the middle of a quest, finish it or be prepared to start that quest again when you come back to the game.
    I can't speak to the PC version but the save problem is a real issue on the console. As in losing completed quests, levels, cash, etc as opposed to just "oops I guess I can't quit mid-quest".

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    Disabling the bloom, desaturation and turning overcast weather on makes the game so gloomy.
    It's awesome.

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