Yeah I initially got that one up to 15 here but then slowed down after reading it was only good for mob kill xp and that at least 50% of the XP in the game was from quests and tomes.
IIRC each world has a given level of upgrade material so maxing on that which is to level 1-4/5 (iron), 4/5-9/10 (forged iron), etc is usually the best but not always necessary.
I'd mainly focus on your weapons first as that's your bread and butter, armor is more for its passives though can't hurt to upgrade it as well.
Plenty of iron will drop though and I think Ace, the hunter you helped start the reactor with, will sell material including lumenite crystals though it seems to fill as you play and resets if you quit a game and jump back in to make it so you can't just buy all your crafting material.
This got updated, by the way. The crafting materials that drop are based on your average item level. You can also, IIRC, exchange high level materials for lower level ones with Ace, so if you get a new piece of gear and want to level it up you shouldn't have too many issues.
IIRC the worlds are kind of balanced around being done in order and of course there is unique loot to each world.
Up to you though, you may being handling it just fine.
It's interesting, we stopped after the first mini boss on Yaesha and moved to Corsus to try it out and it almost feels more difficult. Some strange dude that seemed immune from damage when near death. Even though I'd assume Corsus is supposed to be 3rd given the Undying King option.
IIRC the worlds are kind of balanced around being done in order and of course there is unique loot to each world.
Up to you though, you may being handling it just fine.
It's interesting, we stopped after the first mini boss on Yaesha and moved to Corsus to try it out and it almost feels more difficult. Some strange dude that seemed immune from damage when near death. Even though I'd assume Corsus is supposed to be 3rd given the Undying King option.
Shoot that guy in the glowy spot of its head while it is kneeling.
It can be kinda hard to know if you're doing it right until it keels over.
IIRC the worlds are kind of balanced around being done in order and of course there is unique loot to each world.
Up to you though, you may being handling it just fine.
It's interesting, we stopped after the first mini boss on Yaesha and moved to Corsus to try it out and it almost feels more difficult. Some strange dude that seemed immune from damage when near death. Even though I'd assume Corsus is supposed to be 3rd given the Undying King option.
The way scaling works:
Every time you enter a map in a game, it makes all the enemies on that map your "level"+1. Your "level" is a weighted average of your gearscores. You can leave and come back, and they'll still be the same. Level up, i.e. upgrade your gear, on Yaesha, then go to a map you never visited on Corsus, though, and that "new" map will be +1 level. There are a few bosses or areas that have a minimum level. The last boss of a first playthrough is minimum level 10. You can do what you want with this system, such as game it by only leveling the absolute minimum so that you can grab a couple levels to beat a hard fight, etc.
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Since it was for free I grabbed it as well, my first run at it on steam ended with me returning the game. It’s going better this time around , looks like they changed the first boss?
Yeah I initially got that one up to 15 here but then slowed down after reading it was only good for mob kill xp and that at least 50% of the XP in the game was from quests and tomes.
I came to this thread I thought for the first time, then saw all these posts by myself on my birthday and thought I’d lost my mind.
Nope, no worries here. I just forgot how to read my own username and avatar. Carry on.
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Since it was for free I grabbed it as well, my first run at it on steam ended with me returning the game. It’s going better this time around , looks like they changed the first boss?
As I understand it so far, a lot of stuff is randomized.
The first major boss I ran into was a sunuvabitch name Gorefist. Not fun (but in a fun way).
I found a sniper rifle in the basement of a church where you find a lady called the Root Mother. It's doing good work. Very handy shooting baddies in this new world of dusty desert ruins I've now stumbled onto.
I just got the beam rifle and it's doing good work. Otherwise the SMG and Huntsman rifle were my main weapons.
I need to look through the patch notes as it seems some things were changed. I now have 2 healing charges on that mod vs max 1 before. Also notice the SMG doing better on weak points and really bad against armor now.
Yea first play through was gorefist as my first boss and he killed the game for me, not so much him as the spore bomb buddies. This was my first soulslike so I am not a veteran of this sort of game so it didn’t last the 2 hour playtime when I bought it on steam. Happy that I got a different first boss this time around “the shroud” as being able to progress further has been great. Love the look and gameplay just hated that cheese boss. I’m sure I’ll be fine when I ever fight him again
I'm picking this back up. I met the Queen and killed the butcher guy. Where do I go next? The objective is to follow Ford's trail.
Have you obtained the heart of a beast that two parties are interested in getting?
No. I recall the queen asking me to kill someone, but she's probably a bitch, so what do I do?
So the other was the Undying King in the previous world who has the key to go to the world where Ford is.
You can either keep searching for the beast and give the heart to the king to get the key or go back and kill the king for the key (refuse to give him the heart)--or you can give the heart to the Queen and kill the King.
Whoever you give the heart to does give you items so recommended for gear but not necessary.
The gate to the next world is in the first area on the swamp planet.
I'm picking this back up. I met the Queen and killed the butcher guy. Where do I go next? The objective is to follow Ford's trail.
Have you obtained the heart of a beast that two parties are interested in getting?
No. I recall the queen asking me to kill someone, but she's probably a bitch, so what do I do?
So the other was the Undying King in the previous world who has the key to go to the world where Ford is.
You can either keep searching for the beast and give the heart to the king to get the key or go back and kill the king for the key (refuse to give him the heart)--or you can give the heart to the Queen and kill the King.
Whoever you give the heart to does give you items so recommended for gear but not necessary.
The gate to the next world is in the first area on the swamp planet.
I'm back on track now. Thank you!
It turns out I did all this already. I gave the Undying King the Heart and I already unlocked the forest world, Yaesha, and its map is incomplete so I must be on the right track.
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lol can there be copyright infringement on ratmen?
I'm half wondering if it's a legit crossover. I mean, the Warhammer license doesn't seem that expensive considering the tide of indie games that use it.
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lol can there be copyright infringement on ratmen?
Man, I hope not. I mean, obviously 'animal+person' isn't something you can copyright, but if you call them skaven and make them 'talk-talk like this-this, yes-yes' you may be in trouble. But the skaven are such great examples of characterful, skittish, twitchy rat-people that's it's hard to resist the urge to make your own proprietary OC do-not-steal rat-people deviate.
I guess Remnant has made the effort by making them noticeably bigger than humans, and many of them pretty bulky. There's a few parts of that trailer where they're beating the hell out of the player and they look quite a bit taller.
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Just finished main campaign! No idea why any of this happened - story is kind've light in this game, but there are bits of lore here and there. When I went looking online for more, I found out that Remnant is actually a sequel, to another game called Chronos. Or at least it's set in the same universe and apparently the events of Chronos result in the current state of affairs in Remnant. Interesting if true! Currently watching a playthrough and I already recognize a few elements, so maybe this really will shed light on the story.
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Just finished main campaign! No idea why any of this happened - story is kind've light in this game, but there are bits of lore here and there. When I went looking online for more, I found out that Remnant is actually a sequel, to another game called Chronos. Or at least it's set in the same universe and apparently the events of Chronos result in the current state of affairs in Remnant. Interesting if true! Currently watching a playthrough and I already recognize a few elements, so maybe this really will shed light on the story.
Isn't it like Dark Souls where a lot of the storytelling is in the item descriptions and stuff? Haven't got very far yet.
About Chronos, I was excited for a moment and then realized its VR.
Just finished main campaign! No idea why any of this happened - story is kind've light in this game, but there are bits of lore here and there. When I went looking online for more, I found out that Remnant is actually a sequel, to another game called Chronos. Or at least it's set in the same universe and apparently the events of Chronos result in the current state of affairs in Remnant. Interesting if true! Currently watching a playthrough and I already recognize a few elements, so maybe this really will shed light on the story.
Isn't it like Dark Souls where a lot of the storytelling is in the item descriptions and stuff? Haven't got very far yet.
About Chronos, I was excited for a moment and then realized its VR.
Yeah, they aren't fun to watch, but I stuck with it. A lot of its content is mentioned in the Remnant story so far page but makes more sense now in light of actually seeing it.
Humans discovered the magic red crystals and used their power to create Dreamers, people that could psychically visit other worlds. But one world contained the Root, who hijacked a Dreamer and opened a gateway to Earth.
A century later the main character of Chronos is compelled to attempt to shut down the Root at their source, seeking the 'Dragon' that controls the Root at the facility where the Dreamer experiments were conducted.
Chronos-Kid winds up world hopping and slaying all kinds of monsters on his quest, but some of those monsters are actually Guardians who protected other worlds from the Root/Dragon.
When Chronos kills the guardians of the Labyrinth, the 'core' of all worlds that contains portals and gateways to every world, the Dragon reveals he was the one who apparently guided Chronos the whole time, since the Dreamer he was using to invade Earth was dying of old age and he needed a replacement.
The doctor who created the Dreamers, Haarsgard, now an agent of the Root/Dragon, ambushes Chronos and turns him into a new Dreamer, specifically the Dreamer you fight as the final boss of Remnant (wow!) Not only will the invasion of Earth continue, but now the Root/Dragon can spread to more worlds without the Guardians to interfere. Bummer ending!
Your character in Remnant is apparently an acquaintance of Chronos and is searching for the Dragon in part because they want to find out what happened to him.
There was a real nice touch at the end of Remnant where you escape from the island containing the final boss using the same rowboat that Chronos used to travel to the island in his game. I thought that was great.
It sounds like Haarsgard is present in the new DLC, so there may be even more closure to be had too.
Done with DLC. Trying in hardcore now. Some of the dlc enemies seem much more difficult than a lot of the base game, so this is stressful.
I haven't really tried a lot of new builds and stuff yet. Summons definitely don't suck now, and you can do a clearly overpowered bleed thing. I really want to try for some explosions all over the place now.
Hey hey hey did you know if you set your game to public people actually join your game and help you win??? It's true!
I had two insanely powerful friendos jump in and we still all got wiped by the first boss but we finally beat him.
Then I beat the next three bosses alone and only dying once to the Root Mother swarm. Had to get more help for the big scary boss 4 tho, jesus that was terrifying.
So what the heck was the point of the weird bandit subquest dungeon? i didn't get jack from the whole place. Barbyas I think the boss' name was?
Hey hey hey did you know if you set your game to public people actually join your game and help you win??? It's true!
I had two insanely powerful friendos jump in and we still all got wiped by the first boss but we finally beat him.
Then I beat the next three bosses alone and only dying once to the Root Mother swarm. Had to get more help for the big scary boss 4 tho, jesus that was terrifying.
So what the heck was the point of the weird bandit subquest dungeon? i didn't get jack from the whole place. Barbyas I think the boss' name was?
You should have got something from killing him...
check crafting mats. He gives you a thing to make the explosive shot weapon mod.
You can get other rewards from him too depending:
The bandit armor set if you have the pocket watch that you get from letting Mud Tooth tell you all his stories, and you give it to Brabus.
The trait Cold as Ice if you go in with a friend and kill them when Brabus tells you to.
Hey hey hey did you know if you set your game to public people actually join your game and help you win??? It's true!
I had two insanely powerful friendos jump in and we still all got wiped by the first boss but we finally beat him.
Then I beat the next three bosses alone and only dying once to the Root Mother swarm. Had to get more help for the big scary boss 4 tho, jesus that was terrifying.
So what the heck was the point of the weird bandit subquest dungeon? i didn't get jack from the whole place. Barbyas I think the boss' name was?
You should have got something from killing him...
check crafting mats. He gives you a thing to make the explosive shot weapon mod.
You can get other rewards from him too depending:
The bandit armor set if you have the pocket watch that you get from letting Mud Tooth tell you all his stories, and you give it to Brabus.
The trait Cold as Ice if you go in with a friend and kill them when Brabus tells you to.
Nope. He just straight up attacked me and dropped hand gun bullets
edit: oh, nope, i'm wrong you;re right there it is. i just haven't bothered to talk to mcnabe in such a long time i never knew i had anything. heck i can make a big ol flaming sword too!
Just always be breaking jars/barrels/crates seems a reliable way to get the scrap coming in as you adventure.
If you reroll an area/do it with a friend and you find something you've already unlocked you'll get a few hundred scrap IIRC. Not the most reliable thing to do though.
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This got updated, by the way. The crafting materials that drop are based on your average item level. You can also, IIRC, exchange high level materials for lower level ones with Ace, so if you get a new piece of gear and want to level it up you shouldn't have too many issues.
Should we stop and move to Corsus? Or can we do Corsus after Yaesha?
Up to you though, you may being handling it just fine.
You can absolutely go back, but you don't have to. You can finish the campaign and reroll or move on to adventure mode without ever doing Corsus.
It can be kinda hard to know if you're doing it right until it keels over.
The way scaling works:
Every time you enter a map in a game, it makes all the enemies on that map your "level"+1. Your "level" is a weighted average of your gearscores. You can leave and come back, and they'll still be the same. Level up, i.e. upgrade your gear, on Yaesha, then go to a map you never visited on Corsus, though, and that "new" map will be +1 level. There are a few bosses or areas that have a minimum level. The last boss of a first playthrough is minimum level 10. You can do what you want with this system, such as game it by only leveling the absolute minimum so that you can grab a couple levels to beat a hard fight, etc.
Finally, dark souls with guns!
Bloodborne had guns but not like this, obviously.
Just like DIablo 1, there are some key points that are present for each run while the rest is randomized.
I came to this thread I thought for the first time, then saw all these posts by myself on my birthday and thought I’d lost my mind.
Nope, no worries here. I just forgot how to read my own username and avatar. Carry on.
As I understand it so far, a lot of stuff is randomized.
The first major boss I ran into was a sunuvabitch name Gorefist. Not fun (but in a fun way).
I just got the beam rifle and it's doing good work. Otherwise the SMG and Huntsman rifle were my main weapons.
I need to look through the patch notes as it seems some things were changed. I now have 2 healing charges on that mod vs max 1 before. Also notice the SMG doing better on weak points and really bad against armor now.
Have you obtained the heart of a beast that two parties are interested in getting?
No. I recall the queen asking me to kill someone, but she's probably a bitch, so what do I do?
You can either keep searching for the beast and give the heart to the king to get the key or go back and kill the king for the key (refuse to give him the heart)--or you can give the heart to the Queen and kill the King.
Whoever you give the heart to does give you items so recommended for gear but not necessary.
The gate to the next world is in the first area on the swamp planet.
I'm back on track now. Thank you!
It turns out I did all this already. I gave the Undying King the Heart and I already unlocked the forest world, Yaesha, and its map is incomplete so I must be on the right track.
Remnant: Vermintide is out!
I'm half wondering if it's a legit crossover. I mean, the Warhammer license doesn't seem that expensive considering the tide of indie games that use it.
Man, I hope not. I mean, obviously 'animal+person' isn't something you can copyright, but if you call them skaven and make them 'talk-talk like this-this, yes-yes' you may be in trouble. But the skaven are such great examples of characterful, skittish, twitchy rat-people that's it's hard to resist the urge to make your own proprietary OC do-not-steal rat-people deviate.
I guess Remnant has made the effort by making them noticeably bigger than humans, and many of them pretty bulky. There's a few parts of that trailer where they're beating the hell out of the player and they look quite a bit taller.
The whole place has a little bit of a Naked Mole Rat vibe on the enemies I saw in my survival run with my brother earlier.
Best fantasy race.
About Chronos, I was excited for a moment and then realized its VR.
Yeah, they aren't fun to watch, but I stuck with it. A lot of its content is mentioned in the Remnant story so far page but makes more sense now in light of actually seeing it.
A century later the main character of Chronos is compelled to attempt to shut down the Root at their source, seeking the 'Dragon' that controls the Root at the facility where the Dreamer experiments were conducted.
Chronos-Kid winds up world hopping and slaying all kinds of monsters on his quest, but some of those monsters are actually Guardians who protected other worlds from the Root/Dragon.
When Chronos kills the guardians of the Labyrinth, the 'core' of all worlds that contains portals and gateways to every world, the Dragon reveals he was the one who apparently guided Chronos the whole time, since the Dreamer he was using to invade Earth was dying of old age and he needed a replacement.
The doctor who created the Dreamers, Haarsgard, now an agent of the Root/Dragon, ambushes Chronos and turns him into a new Dreamer, specifically the Dreamer you fight as the final boss of Remnant (wow!) Not only will the invasion of Earth continue, but now the Root/Dragon can spread to more worlds without the Guardians to interfere. Bummer ending!
Your character in Remnant is apparently an acquaintance of Chronos and is searching for the Dragon in part because they want to find out what happened to him.
There was a real nice touch at the end of Remnant where you escape from the island containing the final boss using the same rowboat that Chronos used to travel to the island in his game. I thought that was great.
It sounds like Haarsgard is present in the new DLC, so there may be even more closure to be had too.
A neat little narrative setting, overall.
I thought that was our rowboat. We start the game paddling it there.
Certainly some story beats are not as impactful without the Chronus backstory but I thought it made a good impression.
Although I feel like knowing the events of Chronos definitely gives a lot more weight to the final sequence in the main campaign.
Done with DLC. Trying in hardcore now. Some of the dlc enemies seem much more difficult than a lot of the base game, so this is stressful.
I haven't really tried a lot of new builds and stuff yet. Summons definitely don't suck now, and you can do a clearly overpowered bleed thing. I really want to try for some explosions all over the place now.
I had two insanely powerful friendos jump in and we still all got wiped by the first boss but we finally beat him.
Then I beat the next three bosses alone and only dying once to the Root Mother swarm. Had to get more help for the big scary boss 4 tho, jesus that was terrifying.
So what the heck was the point of the weird bandit subquest dungeon? i didn't get jack from the whole place. Barbyas I think the boss' name was?
You should have got something from killing him...
You can get other rewards from him too depending:
The trait Cold as Ice if you go in with a friend and kill them when Brabus tells you to.
Nope. He just straight up attacked me and dropped hand gun bullets
edit: oh, nope, i'm wrong you;re right there it is. i just haven't bothered to talk to mcnabe in such a long time i never knew i had anything. heck i can make a big ol flaming sword too!
If you reroll an area/do it with a friend and you find something you've already unlocked you'll get a few hundred scrap IIRC. Not the most reliable thing to do though.