Thoughts on the Oil Rig

[Hank]

I think it's disappointing at best.

The Oil Rig at first is cool you're flying there / ride swimming there and suddenly lasers start beaming you forcing you to evade. Alright good start it's a cool lead up.

BUT then it's all down hill from here.
Getting on the platform you start fighting it out with the goons and you realize half the time your pal can't hit ♥♥♥♥ because railings, containers, beams will just block most of their attacks. The area is claustrophobic as heck for pals as well since they can get stuck on so many things like containers, railings and the narrow corridors.

Also the oil rig makes me think "huh, I wonder what the devs think about pals" because whenever a syndicate member throws out a pal I'm not thinking "Oh my god it's a Blazehowl Noct LOOK OUT!" I'm thinking who gives a ♥♥♥♥ the syndicate with the gun is 10x as lethal as whatever pal he sent out. The big turrets are no better as you think a pretty big size target that should be far stronger than a normal human would be prime for your Pal to take out. Nope not only does it do tickle damage you need to walk over hold a key for a bit of time to destroy it making it nothing more than an annoyance. The rewards is about the equivalence of the Bellanoir raid boss I think haven't opened enough.

Overall I thought the raid bosses are a fantastic addition utilizing your pals, base, character equipment in a culmination of build up and pay off.

I think the oil rig was "this seems cool" and that was the only thought put in to it.

[King of Amazons]

By lowering the difficulty, I can clear out the Oil Rig with just a gun and a sword.

[Hank]

Originally posted by Irene ❤:

Err I feel it's actually really well made. ^ ^;

First the laser problem. Overcome by flying really high and gliding in. Then the alarm and heart racing music plays which really bring out the feel of a raid. Lots of red container to shot for massive explosions. Never a dull moment with rocket launcher.

In parts of area a pal will be summoned by enemy, and I have to quickly switch and throw the elemental counter. There are far away mounted guns and I have to use the grapping gun with accurate grab points. Using a pal that can heal and small pals set to attack aggressively, they aid my raid mission awesomely.

The most fun part is to get to unbox up to 12 purple chest, and came the big yellow chest unbox. Epic escape with Dazzi cloud. It was everything the game has taught being put together. Manage to get one legendary lazer gun after a few tries and it felt awesome.

I didn't have a problem with the lasers I thought it was the coolest part.

I never bothered with elemental counter as it was pretty much always faster for me to turn the minigun and mow the target down, or if Bellanoir's active is up which would one tap anything.

The Purple chest aren't that great when you can just fly around the overworld on Jetragon and do the same thing but faster.

But I see your points I just don't see it as highly as you do, but if you had fun that's great to each their own.

[Aestrea]

By the time you can reasonably use the drops from the oil rig, you already have the rocket launcher and since the explosion goes through walls.....It's just a good place to grind exp with the stairs and multi levels. Just don't use your pals since their AI will get aggroed on something it can't reach.

[Arkanu of Galatiel]

Quite irritating at first because I was going in blind, but it's not so bad now, except for those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LASERS. I blew them up on my first series of runs and finally looted the big chest, but I returned later and those damn things are BACK.

I don't care that I found a way to get past them, they're too much of a pain in the ass, and shutting them down is hard enough when you've got a hailstorm of bullets flying toward you.
I read that the lasers were permanently deactivated once you destroyed them. If this were the case then it would be a drastic improvement.

Ranting about lasers aside, I actually found that it was quite fun to play in a more strategic manner, and I do actually enjoy being in a spot that requires more complex problem solving than usual. (so no, tampering with difficulty settings won't really improve the experience, but rather eliminate one of the strongest selling points for me)

Come to think of it, it's quite amusing in that this is the first time I've seen Rayne Syndicate clowns using their brains.

[Deluvenai]

I've got one word for you about pal attacks APOCALYPSE it's kinda OP use your bellanoir libero OR get a apocalypse skill fruit from sakura and put it on shadowbeak, necromus, or frost noct

[malgrumm]

Originally posted by Arkanu of Galatiel:

Quite irritating at first because I was going in blind, but it's not so bad now, except for those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LASERS. I blew them up on my first series of runs and finally looted the big chest, but I returned later and those damn things are BACK.

I don't care that I found a way to get past them, they're too much of a pain in the ass, and shutting them down is hard enough when you've got a hailstorm of bullets flying toward you.
I read that the lasers were permanently deactivated once you destroyed them. If this were the case then it would be a drastic improvement.

Ranting about lasers aside, I actually found that it was quite fun to play in a more strategic manner, and I do actually enjoy being in a spot that requires more complex problem solving than usual. (so no, tampering with difficulty settings won't really improve the experience, but rather eliminate one of the strongest selling points for me)

Come to think of it, it's quite amusing in that this is the first time I've seen Rayne Syndicate clowns using their brains.

The bosses/boss pals/arena areas respawn as every time i've gone through one and beat it it tells you that you've beaten the boss for the first time meaning that you can repeat them.

[Damsels and Dragons]

Well, I haven't gotten to the raids yet - tried lowest level Bellanoir and got my socks knocked off along my base being destroyed, for not being properly prepared - so when I found out that I can get those cores from the oil rig's big chest too, my appreciation towards it got a small boost (just need to remember to have enough ammo for each run - also need to keep an eye for that friggin' Bushi because of the iai technique it spams).

[Teratus]

Kinda wish there was more there tbh, like bosses or something.
Oil rig feels a bit too easy to me, even without using Pals since their pathing gets all screwwy there so I don't bother using them.

[funewchie]

I hate the oil rig, as I can't conceive of a way to dodge the death lasers, they just zoom right on to you and KO your mount in one go.

Any tips?

[Yal]

Originally posted by funewchie:

I hate the oil rig, as I can't conceive of a way to dodge the death lasers, they just zoom right on to you and KO your mount in one go.

Any tips?

They only target flying mounts so bring a Surfent, Azurobe or Jormuntide. (Or several land mounts and switch whenever they run out of stamina)

[Merlin]

Originally posted by funewchie:

I hate the oil rig, as I can't conceive of a way to dodge the death lasers, they just zoom right on to you and KO your mount in one go.

Any tips?

They target flying pals specifically.

They also cant shoot very high

Fly above them (about the height of the tall tower in the middle , then glide down when you run out of stamina.


Destroy a few lasers when you land, mount and fly straight up again, glide down onto more lasers and eventually disable them all



Now you can fly in peace

[funewchie]

Originally posted by Yal:

Originally posted by funewchie:

I hate the oil rig, as I can't conceive of a way to dodge the death lasers, they just zoom right on to you and KO your mount in one go.

Any tips?

They only target flying mounts so bring a Surfent, Azurobe or Jormuntide. (Or several land mounts and switch whenever they run out of stamina)

Thanks for that tip.
I actually tried it again last night using a Jourmantide, and you're right, no lasers.
I do have to contend with the bazillion Lv 55 bad guys on the rig that all come gunning for me... but at least I can actually reliably get on the rig now.
(I'm only Lv 46, and only just recently got basic Pal Armor, so it's not a big surprise I got slaughtered)

Is there a reason to bother with stealth with the oil rig?
As soon as I shot one bad guy facing away from me, the alarms went off and all heck broke loose.
The thought keeps nagging that I should have snuck past him, but Palworld never struck me as the kind of game that allows stealth.

All this trouble to try and get some Ancient Cores... I wonder if I'd have been better off trying my hand at a basic Bellanoir? I've heard it's so insanely powerful that even high-level players struggle with the basic one, and have been too nervous to try (plus, few of my Pals outside the party are leveled up enough to fight).

Originally posted by Merlin:

Originally posted by funewchie:

I hate the oil rig, as I can't conceive of a way to dodge the death lasers, they just zoom right on to you and KO your mount in one go.

Any tips?

They target flying pals specifically.

They also cant shoot very high

Fly above them (about the height of the tall tower in the middle , then glide down when you run out of stamina.


Destroy a few lasers when you land, mount and fly straight up again, glide down onto more lasers and eventually disable them all



Now you can fly in peace

Honorable mention, thank you for the tip as well.

I did always wonder if it was possible to fly really high over the rig. But I doubt my Ragnahawk has the stamina needed to pull that off. Maybe...

[Ericslive]

Originally posted by Hank:

I think it's disappointing at best.

The Oil Rig at first is cool you're flying there / ride swimming there and suddenly lasers start beaming you forcing you to evade. Alright good start it's a cool lead up.

BUT then it's all down hill from here.
Getting on the platform you start fighting it out with the goons and you realize half the time your pal can't hit ♥♥♥♥ because railings, containers, beams will just block most of their attacks. The area is claustrophobic as heck for pals as well since they can get stuck on so many things like containers, railings and the narrow corridors.

Also the oil rig makes me think "huh, I wonder what the devs think about pals" because whenever a syndicate member throws out a pal I'm not thinking "Oh my god it's a Blazehowl Noct LOOK OUT!" I'm thinking who gives a ♥♥♥♥ the syndicate with the gun is 10x as lethal as whatever pal he sent out. The big turrets are no better as you think a pretty big size target that should be far stronger than a normal human would be prime for your Pal to take out. Nope not only does it do tickle damage you need to walk over hold a key for a bit of time to destroy it making it nothing more than an annoyance. The rewards is about the equivalence of the Bellanoir raid boss I think haven't opened enough.

Overall I thought the raid bosses are a fantastic addition utilizing your pals, base, character equipment in a culmination of build up and pay off.

I think the oil rig was "this seems cool" and that was the only thought put in to it.

I'd love to tell you all my thoughts/experience on the oil rig.

Context: I'm playing the game on hard. Level 51. The game played this way is a masterpiece until you hit level 50. Great progression all the way until then. There simply needs to be more variety of pals for more exp.

Experience: To me, the mystery of the oil rig is the end game. I have 3,000 hours in Ark and Rust each and I love the concept of an Oil Rig just like in Rust. The beam lasers gunning me down at level 40 etc gave me a good goal to strive towards.

I get to level 51 and I think I'm ready to give it another shot. I jump on my water mount and head over. Hard is 4x damage to the player so I need to go stealth. I have 200 in stamina and start climbing the legs of tge rig like mission impossible. I use my gale claw to glide from support beam to support beam.

I have a 4 star Alpha Bellanoir that has ferocity, muscle head, and serenity. That's 60% extra attack. Huge eggs on hard take 2 hours each so it took about a week and a half to make her. She's going to be my tactical goddess for taking these gunners out 1 by 1.

I decide to fly all the way to the other side of the rig to try a different path then the stairs at the front. I notice some pipes in the middle of the rig at the far end I can climb up. I mission impossible up them and use my bellanoir to take a few guys out one at a time.

I get overwhelmed and bail out flying to the side of the rig and just make it to climb over the railing. (About an hour has passed already) I see some containers I can get behind and reload. I feel like James bond jr. Bellanoir is almost dead and I'm at low health. I kill a few more guys and see a chest right below me in the containers. It's purple.

I dodge roll into it hoping I can get a nice good legendary schematic to bring back to my base to help me push further through next time. I grab it and fly off the edge with bullets zipping by me.

So far the experience is a 10/10.

Then, it all goes bad.

Thoughts: it's a regular purple chest like the rest of the game. I realize at this point that the rig is probably full of meaningless chests with no real value at all.

So I lower all settings to make me godly and go check the rig. I was right. All purple terrible chests. The turrets you can't even shoot. You just hold a button on them. There's one yellow chest I found with 5 of those ancient cores in them. Wow I can make ability glasses finally that I should have been able to make at level 1.....

Whoever the developers were that designed this oil rig and whoever the developers were that accepted, and let it be published should read this. The rewards are an absolute terrible dissapointment.