Winter event ( winter kills )

[rontonik]

This event is terribly hard. Did the developers make it for robots ? If you are not disturbed by constant enemies, you may freeze. The map Defase the Futtermans was impossible to complete on standard difficulty. Enemies each minute, no batteries, freezing each couple minutes. You must search for targets ducks en total darkness. After we managed to get to the end after 2 hours of play, you have 3 minutes to find another 3 targets ducks to open the door to exit the trial. We found 2 and we died. After all this annoying suffering we failed the mission.

We could do Snitch, that seemed easier. We did Reunite the family on easy ( which only gives 6 christmas coins ) and it seemed the high level of difficulty

The maps they chose are very long and very complicated. I lost the fun which I had in game completely. It is a torture. We had the illusion to get christmas stuff which we did not have the previous year. We bought the game this year on Epic store. And I am not sure if we could be able to do it now.

Be advised what to expect.

[Zealous Heart 💜]

it's not that bad and you're playing on normal difficulty if you're getting 6 tokens so it should be doable with 4 people.

[rontonik]

Did you read that we played Deface the Futtermans and Snitch on standard difficulty and we only did Snitch ? And we did Reunite the family on easy and it seemed even more difficult than standard. We play only 2. I do not play with random people that would be unbearable experience.

You need to play on standard difficulty at least to complete the tasks.

[Crimson Bort]

The target trial I found the easiest of the new ones. I was able to pass em all solo on standard, but the thing is I didn't enjoy it. Carrying around mannequins AND dealing with witnesses, plus the new mechanic of.....wait around. Combined with the winter kills mechanic of....waiting around. Not fun. Also the new rig and amps are boring and useless.

[Pigsnortcore DSP style]

Don't play on Intense.. otherwise "skil issue"

[Saeven]

we play duo and we still win i guess skill issues

[Ela]

I think you just need to be familiar with the map I guess. Open the gates, Punish the miscreants and Grind the Apples are maps I play a lot. Although you can't avoid them on Escalation. It is doable solo in Psychosurgery and Ultra (Although the new Ultra is easier than the old one), so there's no way that it is impossible in coop.

[Mickterminator30]

Originally posted by Crimson Bort:

The target trial I found the easiest of the new ones. I was able to pass em all solo on standard, but the thing is I didn't enjoy it. Carrying around mannequins AND dealing with witnesses, plus the new mechanic of.....wait around. Combined with the winter kills mechanic of....waiting around. Not fun. Also the new rig and amps are boring and useless.

Yeah I beat this on Psycho with no problem, and ALL Rig rechargers can be found in locked containers now. 100% spawn rate each time along with a large battery, this is generous.

[Gaz]

Originally posted by rontonik:

This event is terribly hard. Did the developers make it for robots ? If you are not disturbed by constant enemies, you may freeze. The map Defase the Futtermans was impossible to complete on standard difficulty. Enemies each minute, no batteries, freezing each couple minutes. You must search for targets ducks en total darkness. After we managed to get to the end after 2 hours of play, you have 3 minutes to find another 3 targets ducks to open the door to exit the trial. We found 2 and we died. After all this annoying suffering we failed the mission.

We could do Snitch, that seemed easier. We did Reunite the family on easy ( which only gives 6 christmas coins ) and it seemed the high level of difficulty

The maps they chose are very long and very complicated. I lost the fun which I had in game completely. It is a torture. We had the illusion to get christmas stuff which we did not have the previous year. We bought the game this year on Epic store. And I am not sure if we could be able to do it now.

Be advised what to expect.

I will help you if you like. I have A+ on all of them.

[aGryze TV]

it's supposed to be a challenge, just got to practice and keep on practicing

[Subject Δ]

It's quite literally just "Toxic Shock 2.0". It's the exact same thing, I'd wager it's even easier due to the cold temperature happening less frequently than the gas did.

[rontonik]

Thank you, Gaz, for help offering. But I play with friend....Well, we managed to do on standard very good some missions. Players have the reason, needs practice. Even though the event could be better and enjoyable, if they low the frequency of enemies and cold effect....We did not repeat the map Defase the Futtermans.

[Raging ♥♥♥♥]

Im sorry, but u play bad.
I did most of those on psychosurgery solo, and all of them on intense, coop and solo.
It is balanced, and definetely possible.
Dont rant, become a better player, it is doable.

[Darklocket]

@rontonik: IMO, some important things to know that all these professional commentators forgot to include..... What was their level of the player character when doing these, rigs and drugs used, and the gaming controls used? The really only useful comment here was from @Ela.

To further stress this:

No strategy from the professional commentators for how they dealt with the cold. (Assumed lots of hiding, and stamina to run fast to make it from point to point, including anticipating when to start looking for hiding spot)

No strategy from the professional commentators for how they dealt with the enemies. (Assume the use of bricks / bottles / stun rig / other to knock them back. Use of bottles to distract them, increased sound and wearing headphones to hear them. Anticipating their moves and luck for avoiding them. Waiting long enough for them to bar far enough and moving away from you.)

No strategy from the professional commentators for how they dealt with the lack of batteries. (Turning up screen brightness / contrast, or edit the graphisme client side value, use of certain rigs to recharge it, not constantly turning it on and off to quickly drain the bars (I have not tested to confirm)

No strategy from the professional commentators for what controller setup they use to play the game. For me, I am in Virtual Reality using Praydog Unreal Engine mod/injector and VR controllers / wands. Although, after 2-5 hours of standing, this really wears on the muscles. I switched to using gamepad with the VR setup, and much improved for being able to re-act and buttons register an action when I tell the game too. I use the advanced gamepad setup in the game.

Some other tips: In general, turn on the sound and lighting indicators especially the sound one. That way you can see when you make a really loud sound which registers as red. Oh, and listen for the sound cues when an enemy really detects you and is about to attack or charge your area.

Plus, you really need to find more friends to play with. Ya, the game probably increases in difficultly with more players, but then you can balance more rig options, more chances to help each other, and cover more map area in less time.

Lastly, an extreme measure. Look for 640965-outlast-trials-internal-cheat-run-24. It allows you to move around the map in a semi-observer mode and not get attacked, so you can plan your run. I havent tried it yet, but it might save you a lot of head-aches. i.e., but also reduces the developers intent for playing a masochist game.

Other than the tips I provided above, best wishes... and if you fair no better, then maybe this is not a game for you.

[BagOfPINGAS]

The event is not as bad as it seems. Just have to learn the map and keep track of hiding spots and blocked paths or know where to expect them to escape the cold.

Looping enemies is often better than hiding just because it gets you back on track so you can continue forward and they will take time to check a hiding spot sometimes. Getting comfortable with running instead of hiding will get you far on standard.

The targets on Deface the Futterman are actually quite loud, rely on your ears first instead of eyes. Same with enemies, if you hear your heartbeat you know something is nearby before you even see them. The end can be stressful when you aren't familiar with the upstairs and have no idea where the targets could be, but after a couple tries you should get the feel for it. If you want to explore the map without such a time limit, Open the Gates and Punish the Miscreants are the exact same map.

Also, crush the sex toys can be VERY fast with duo once you get it down.

Don't forget to find the presents, gives you extra tickets on mission complete. And if you feel up to it, Escalation gives event tickets as well. (but it's more efficient to just get really good at 1 mission and speedrun it)

[Sierra]

Just a heads up in case you didnt know, you can play genesis and still get winter tokens, you wont get the bonus from doing the challenges ofc but it is something if you dont enjoy the event mechanics.