70.01 thoughs/experiences

[itkotw2000]

70.1 is not too bad for me so far, but there are some bad things.

The game crashed the first couple times I tried, but "Verify integrity of game cache" in STEAM found two bad files, and I haven't had a crash since.

Bugs (easy to spot ones)-
Cant use beds. It says "bed does not belong to you". This makes the new experimental update hard to play. This would be on the top of the list of things to fix.

Character rag-dolls just slide down hill. Kind of fun to watch when there is a huge battle...


Other stuff -

A leviathan was one of the first animals I saw, it was attacking the town of Brink. The guards rushed out to attack it and so did I. Big mistake. All of the town guards were instantly defeated, and I my main character, legendary swordsman "Skywalker", was instantly killed. Dead. Luckily I had a companion that was more Jedi-like than my Skywalker. The companion got stuck, you could say, between the legs of the leviathan and was able to attack and ultimately defeat the monster. No loot, but his Katana skill raised to 55, so it wasn't a total loss.

Leviathan encounter brings up some questions -
- What kind of loot should he have ? Maybe you could get a title like - "Leviathan Slayer". Maybe the contents of his stomach - med kits, armor, money, and other random (non-pointy) items. Or, like the Krayt Dragons in the Star Wars universe, they could have a pearl or other sought after body part. At the very least you should get a couple hundred units of leather.
- If a leviathan attacks and kills town guards, will they eventually respawn ? I would think over time a wandering squad should wander into town an become the new town guards, rather than new ones just appearing.
- Should the town guards even bother attacking a leviathan ? They have a absolute 0% chance of killing the monster, so I think the town should retreat and close the gates. I think some Monty Python "RUN AWAAY!! RUN AWAAAY!!!" should be added here.
- There needs to be a way of dealing with leviathans. Killing them needs to be super rare, but do-able. They need some sort of weakness. Maybe lightly armed troops distract/attack/dodge while ranged troops attack. Maybe the leviathan is hungry and attacks then grabs a single guy only to munch on him some distance away. Leviathans should avoid towns (mostly because it could be so game breaking), but travelers in the wastelands should have to watch out for them. As of right now, with the leviathans ability to instantly kill your main characters, the game might as well just say "Game Over" when you agro one.

I will try to write more when I have more time...

[TheGreenKraken]

Had this Happen as well, with a few differences. I though it would be okay to aggro one and lead it to brink. I had slightly wounded it and managed to run without getting hit and realizing how outrageously bad my idea was.

When i got to Brink the Samurai swarm got its game on and swarmed the "unlucky" leviathan. Then everyone started dying. It was a terrible Slaughter and I was very worried. My "Leader" got lucky and only got 120 bludgeoning damage and passed out. Then he slid to safety down the mountain. at the end 99% of the police and Samurai had been expunged and the Leviathan was sitting nice with most of its body over 75% except with left arm which was close to 20%. but he was bleeding badly and my lone surviving man was able to get by the things neck and just slash away till he was the only one standing.

I was sad to discover that There was no reward for this but I was more confused by what the townsfolk would do with this giant corpse in the middle of town with all of their protectors completely slaughtered.

In the end all I learned was never to mess with those things. ever.