Invoking all 10 idols

[Latisan Sklay]

Hey guys, this is more of a question than anything else.
I know that there are achievements for playing the "dream sequence", wave based levels (smoking the pipe, drinking the soup, etc.) with all 10 idols invoked.
My question is, have you ever done it? Have you gotten close? And if so, what gear configurations did you use?
I tried the easiest one (the pipe) a few days ago and was slaughtered by the third enemy that spawned (large squirt guy with spinning hammer). And I don't consider myself a bad Basion player necessarily.
So have you done it? How?

[morbosfist]

Pick weapons appropriate to the situation. The Kids Dream is best played with the Scrap Musket and the pike or hammer. Zola's Dream can be done with the same. Zulf's Dream is easier if you use the Calamity Cannon in place of the musket, and likewise with the Stranger's Dream.

As for actual play, know how the enemies behave and react accordingly. Those hammer guys should be engaged at range at all times, just to start.

[SheepFreak]

i acutally made videos on that back in 2011.
its not a guide thou. just me beating it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ4JeJzPlD8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGJipB94Myo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJGY0GFszi8

[Shajirr]

Just completed the Stranger's Dream with 10 idols, using Fire Bellows + Calamity Cannon.

When using Calamity Cannon, you just stand on the edge of the level behind some stone pillar and spam it, since last upgrade gives your missiles seeking ability. Keep in mind though that unlike mortar, CC will always damage you if it detonates in point blank range.

Fire Bellows allows you to quickly dispatch of groups of weaker enemies like squirts, plus it slows enemies down, which helps if you are fighting jumping armored frogs.

My secreat skill choice was very poor - mirror shield - which did not help at all. It is too short and enemies don't attack frequently enough for it to be useful. Should have probably used something like Fire Carousel.

Barely survived the last wave, first I killed the poisoned dart shooter with CC, then rolled away from the spear guy, trying to roast him between the blocks, but in the end I managed to push him off the level, which greatly simplified things.

The Kid's Dream is easiest of all, completed it with musket + mortar, but I am pretty sure it can be completed with most weapon combinations.

For Zulf's Dream I think a carabine + mortar or pike + mortar are the best choices.

[Blind-Seer]

I did it awhile ago, while I dont exactly remember what weapons I used for the strangers dream, (I think bellows and pike) I used the musket and mortar on all the others. It wasn't easy, but dang was it fun!

[cearn]

For me it was Mortar + Bellows/Machete with DoT + Leechade&Lunkhead Liqueur.

Damage over Time weapons combined with Leechade basically means you never have to get below half-health. Mortar to do the damage to actually kill the enemies.

Obviously, it really helps if you have all the weapon upgrades.

[Ser Withershins]

I like Leechaide+Werewiskey+Pike+Bow. Use the pike for quick/ strong damage and the bow for a damage over time that keeps you fairly well healed and can go through multiple enimes. If you get too low, youl get nice auto pike crits with the werewiskey that will heal about 4 hp per hit (doesnt sound like alot, but I used it with the pushback and it saved me against the uras quite alot) while killing off a few enimes so you can back off and let the bow damage heal you up for the next wave. The bow shoots through walls too.

That was my set up for zulf, zia, stranger. I was using the calamity cannon for the kids, but found that the salf damage and imobility killed it later on.

The best skill Ive found is actually the brusher decoy. I reeeeeally saved me on the boss ura waves in the strangers and zulfs since I never seemed to get their block timming down. Put it on the edgeto lure the big spear guy to the edge and push him off when he gets there. You get an opening crit too, so if the push gets botched a plan B slugfest isnt too awful.

Much luck!

[Garrin Voss]

Such a feet like beating the strangers dream with all ten idols, is not easily accomplished. keep trying! i know i am ;_;

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Latisan Sklay:

I know that there are achievements for playing the "dream sequence", wave based levels (smoking the pipe, drinking the soup, etc.) with all 10 idols invoked.

Yes there are. Games also often have achievements for completing the game in superhardcoreimpossible mode without taking damage while being blindfolded and drugged. Doesn't mean I have to do it :-)

My question is, have you ever done it?

Not quite there yet.

I'm playing the smoking pipe regularly with no real problems (in fact, there's the occasional 'eh? you call that a wave?') to get some money (the higher tier upgrades DO get expensive), and I think you get experience too.
Anyone interested in the Kids history? I'm an expert on that :-)

I failed the books (didn't even notice that in the first playthrough, and it was given before the pipe on the new game plus), failed the cooking pot on the first playthrough (haven tried it again since, though, and it's not yet available on the current playthrough), and haven't tried the bedroll at all.

All of this with no idols. So, it's not going to happen anytime soon, and most likely never :-)

[Sgt. Polaris]

The books are only in New Game Plus and Score Attack, I think. I don't think you can play them first time through becasue it uses all enemys.

[The Gromble]

I once tried to manage an all-10 run, starting with The Kid's Dream.
As it turns out, using the Fire Bellows is amazing for those giant Gasfellas, considering the health regeneration.

[Sturm]

I've completed all of the Dream Sequences with 10 Idols invoked (have every achievement).
It's been a while since I did it though.

I think I used this set-up (weapons depend on which Dream):

Mortar / Bellows
Pike / Machete
Gel Canister

Dreadrum
Werewhiskey
Graver Gimlet
Leechade
Cham-Pain
Hearty Punch
Bastion Bourbon
Black Rye
Bull Brandy
Lifewine