I'd like to provide an update to my Deerclops Strategy:
Use every dirty trick you have because that motherfucker won't go down without massive carnage.
I lucked out in my choice of campsites because I knew, much like Winter, Deerclops was coming.
Advantages:
1. Aggro near Bee Hives, specifically Killer Bee Hives. Every attack on a bee prompted more bees to attack him.
2. Bee Hives were near an active Walrus Camp. Those fucking walrus-men and ice-hounds are a bane on your existence until they aggro on him.
3. Kite his ass to your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Apocalypse. I lucked out with this one since he aggroed the whole lot of them at night when I was dodging his attacks.
4. Attacks focused in one direction. Staying at his back and making the occasional jab diverted his attention and allowed free hits from the mobs.
Disadvantages:
1. Kept burning through food stocks for HP, Sanity and Hunger.
2. Was gathering materials on the fly to craft food and items to last through till dawn, burned down half a forest for heat and light.
3. Motherfucker has an AoE/sweep attack that one-shots everything in the arc.
4. I didn't get him to the Guardian Pigs when I found them; too far away and not enough resources to keep hitting him with a boomerang to kite him there. I'll try that next time around since eight Guardian Pigs killed a herd of twelve Beefalo and not a single pig died.
Tactics:
1. Hit, run, kite ... like Braveheart without the self-aggrandizing actor/director ... also without the rampant anti-semitism and misogyny.
2. Boomerangs are BOSS-HOG for kiting that bastard.
3. Didn't have time to put together Killer Bee Murder Chests, but was halfway to Swamp Tentacles when he bit the dust ... so, use every last aggressive mob you can think of.
4. Kite him to the clockwork mobs next time. The bishops alone should cut his HP by a quarter.
Evasion:
1. If you can't kill him, run like Hell to get to a sinkhole and drop down to the caves.
2. Use caution with spider nests without a cane because the movement is for shit on those webs.
3. Use fire to aggro all around him. Fucker hates fire.
I kind of like the weather changes. I haven't gotten that far yet but it seems like they want you to be more adaptable. Maybe change where you live each season (instead of always hanging with the rabbits)
But there is so much shit that can kill you now, and early, that its a little crazy. I'm sure after a couple more runs I'll figure out how to get past day 15, but for now it is kicking the shit out of me
Well, now that they've added random present skins to Don't Starve Together I am well and truly hooked again. I just wish they dropped more than 4 a week.
I also killed my first Boss last night! I managed to take down a Tree Guard with just an axe, a torch and Webber all on his lonesome.
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Permission to pronounce it, "Chest-a-moider?" sir?
Use every dirty trick you have because that motherfucker won't go down without massive carnage.
I lucked out in my choice of campsites because I knew, much like Winter, Deerclops was coming.
Advantages:
1. Aggro near Bee Hives, specifically Killer Bee Hives. Every attack on a bee prompted more bees to attack him.
2. Bee Hives were near an active Walrus Camp. Those fucking walrus-men and ice-hounds are a bane on your existence until they aggro on him.
3. Kite his ass to your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Apocalypse. I lucked out with this one since he aggroed the whole lot of them at night when I was dodging his attacks.
4. Attacks focused in one direction. Staying at his back and making the occasional jab diverted his attention and allowed free hits from the mobs.
Disadvantages:
1. Kept burning through food stocks for HP, Sanity and Hunger.
2. Was gathering materials on the fly to craft food and items to last through till dawn, burned down half a forest for heat and light.
3. Motherfucker has an AoE/sweep attack that one-shots everything in the arc.
4. I didn't get him to the Guardian Pigs when I found them; too far away and not enough resources to keep hitting him with a boomerang to kite him there. I'll try that next time around since eight Guardian Pigs killed a herd of twelve Beefalo and not a single pig died.
Tactics:
1. Hit, run, kite ... like Braveheart without the self-aggrandizing actor/director ... also without the rampant anti-semitism and misogyny.
2. Boomerangs are BOSS-HOG for kiting that bastard.
3. Didn't have time to put together Killer Bee Murder Chests, but was halfway to Swamp Tentacles when he bit the dust ... so, use every last aggressive mob you can think of.
4. Kite him to the clockwork mobs next time. The bishops alone should cut his HP by a quarter.
Evasion:
1. If you can't kill him, run like Hell to get to a sinkhole and drop down to the caves.
2. Use caution with spider nests without a cane because the movement is for shit on those webs.
3. Use fire to aggro all around him. Fucker hates fire.
Summation:
I need a cigarette.
Game is fucking hard now.
But there is so much shit that can kill you now, and early, that its a little crazy. I'm sure after a couple more runs I'll figure out how to get past day 15, but for now it is kicking the shit out of me
Even if the game doesn't need it, it should be a lot of fun. Wonder if it'll be online, or local only?
I also killed my first Boss last night! I managed to take down a Tree Guard with just an axe, a torch and Webber all on his lonesome.
Island Name: Felinefine