Random pal mode is no joke

[BecketsGD]

I selected the random pal mode for a restart and OMG it is so awesome but stressful lol. my first captured pal was a incineram noct that I ran into after spawning into the starting base. On spawn in the plateau of beginnings was completely packed with foxicles and Ozerks. I ran for my naked life right into a pile of incinerams.

After picking up multiple balls along the way I was able to take my club and beat one down enough to capture it. That was rough, but it was only the beginning. I now have a warsect, Gildane, and a blazehowl and I just started being allowed to use a triple bow, I am barely wearing clothing. Finding a lamball was almost impossible cause the two I was finally able to find were surrounded by vanwyrms, some weird pink cats that are insanely OP LKatriss ignis. This mode is insane.

I went into a level 13 cave only to see myself in front of a level 52 boss at the end of it. I was level 9.. I didn't make it lol

[funewchie]

Yeah, in mine I had a similar experience.

My solution for the Lamball situation was simple enough, once I could reach the Small Settlement. I saved up, and eventually managed to buy a Lamball from the Pal merchant for around 1,500.
So now, I have a supply for wool. And thanks to finding a Flambelle, I now can get Flame Organs.
(Now I just need to find a way to get Pal Fluids so I can make a hot spring and we're in business)

That Triple Bow is pretty cool.
Though I finally just unlocked crossbow, which in my first game was a mainstay of my arsenal for ages.

And yeah, randomizer is intense, definitely keeps you on your toes and requires outside-the-box tactics and thinking.

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Yeah, in mine I had a similar experience.

My solution for the Lamball situation was simple enough, once I could reach the Small Settlement. I saved up, and eventually managed to buy a Lamball from the Pal merchant for around 1,500.
So now, I have a supply for wool. And thanks to finding a Flambelle, I now can get Flame Organs.
(Now I just need to find a way to get Pal Fluids so I can make a hot spring and we're in business)

That Triple Bow is pretty cool.
Though I finally just unlocked crossbow, which in my first game was a mainstay of my arsenal for ages.

And yeah, randomizer is intense, definitely keeps you on your toes and requires outside-the-box tactics and thinking.

definitely keeps me on my tired and weary toes lol. This world is one that I will do in shorter spurts instead of lengthy sessions. Its too mentally exhausting haha

[funewchie]

Originally posted by GloriasDaughter:

Originally posted by funewchie:

Yeah, in mine I had a similar experience.

My solution for the Lamball situation was simple enough, once I could reach the Small Settlement. I saved up, and eventually managed to buy a Lamball from the Pal merchant for around 1,500.
So now, I have a supply for wool. And thanks to finding a Flambelle, I now can get Flame Organs.
(Now I just need to find a way to get Pal Fluids so I can make a hot spring and we're in business)

That Triple Bow is pretty cool.
Though I finally just unlocked crossbow, which in my first game was a mainstay of my arsenal for ages.

And yeah, randomizer is intense, definitely keeps you on your toes and requires outside-the-box tactics and thinking.

definitely keeps me on my tired and weary toes lol. This world is one that I will do in shorter spurts instead of lengthy sessions. Its too mentally exhausting haha

Yeah, I'm currently considering turning off items dropping on death (I already set it to keep equipment and tools). I think the randomizer challenge alone is enough.

Right now... I seriously hate Verdash. I climbed up a tall cliff, trying to be clever. I made it to the top.. right front of a group of Verdash, who targeted me immediately. And killed me in short order.
I'm going to enjoy blending tons of them in the condenser, and taking the butcher knife to the rest.

[SHOVEL.EXE]

let be real a build in randomiser is frankly a brilliant move.

randomiser are usually some of the first mod's for a game by the fan's. like look at the pokemon or zelda series there the perfect example of what i'm saying.

the dev just giving use the option just like that is like the bow on top of this crismiss gift of the update

i personally not gonna play it. but it do's sound like fun.

[ScDK]

Honestly, I expected the game to merely randomize the spawns but keep the zone's levels.

So ofc I was shocked when the moment I walked out to touch the teleporter, there was a Suzaku above me and a Shadowbeak where your first Cattiva would spawn, and they were their usual levels (30-50).

I actually teleported to different starting locations, picking ones with lower Pal density because that mad dash to get as much resources as possible before being nuked from orbit by another flier was INSANE.
And each time, inevitably, there would be some level 35-60 pal(s) or some NPC bosses, ready to kick your butt. It's amazing XD

I actually build a base in the swamp area for once, and walled that place up ASAP, because while during the day it spawns level 18-26 frogs and passive pals that flee, by night time, it's just pure level 50+, hyper-aggressive enemies, waiting for you to stick your head out.
Absolutely recommend people to play with the randomizer.

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by ScDK:

Honestly, I expected the game to merely randomize the spawns but keep the zone's levels.

So ofc I was shocked when the moment I walked out to touch the teleporter, there was a Suzaku above me and a Shadowbeak where your first Cattiva would spawn, and they were their usual levels (30-50).

I actually teleported to different starting locations, picking ones with lower Pal density because that mad dash to get as much resources as possible before being nuked from orbit by another flier was INSANE.
And each time, inevitably, there would be some level 35-60 pal(s) or some NPC bosses, ready to kick your butt. It's amazing XD

I actually build a base in the swamp area for once, and walled that place up ASAP, because while during the day it spawns level 18-26 frogs and passive pals that flee, by night time, it's just pure level 50+, hyper-aggressive enemies, waiting for you to stick your head out.
Absolutely recommend people to play with the randomizer.

I still havent found a place to build yet. I just make temp bases to heal pals and take off again lol. Too dangerous pretty much everywhere so far. I just need to level to 15 so i can use my nightwing to scout or make a quick getaway lol

[Anoliux]

If you encounter a lvl 50+ boss in dungeon, you can just wander around the cave a bit. Boss will change. In my case lvl51 Gorirat Terra changed to lvl11 Lifmunk.

[Shazza]

I'm finding that Region Random (over Complete Random) has been a slightly better experience for balance - the meme of "everything is 40+" loses its charm a little quick if you can't find enough low-levels to progress.

Having to contend with survivable level 10 Gobfins while catching Roobies and Ribunnies has been a lot of fun, I'm glad they've put these modes in!

[ScDK]

Originally posted by GloriasDaughter:

I still havent found a place to build yet. I just make temp bases to heal pals and take off again lol. Too dangerous pretty much everywhere so far. I just need to level to 15 so i can use my nightwing to scout or make a quick getaway lol

Oh yeah, I thought I found one suitable area to build, but then the combat music started and 2 big pals came out of a nearby forest, straight at my base. I tried to evade, ran into 3 frost foxes who chased me further. When I finally gave them the slip and said "okay, just build up, they might despawn and be blocked if there's a base here" ...and then this BIG guy came out, level 55, and threw this shotgun blast of rocks across the entire area. Broke my cloth armor INSTANTLY, but also aggro'd 20+ pals with the attack hitting them. They started fighting, I hoped they would take him down. They got him to 50% at best, before they were down to 1-2 pals.
So I ran to my base, deconstructed everything and left before the smoke settled.
It's such a funny experience to not be in total control anymore.
Kinda like building your base near the 2nd teleporter at the start, and have the mammoth aggro on you random and flatten your base back when first starting.

[^1 6xloczus 144H]

let be real a build in randomiser is frankly a brilliant move.

randomiser are usually some of the first mod's for a game by the fan's. like look at the pokemon or zelda series there the perfect example of what i'm saying.

the dev just giving use the option just like that is like the bow on top of this crismiss gift of the update

i personally not gonna play it. but it do's sound like fun.

[Sersa]

Im playing a random region and I think is a bad idea for someone that starts fresh since you don't get the same feeling of progresion and discovery but for someone that has played already, is super fun. For the wool problem I started buying it off till I found some wild lamas. All the starting are is full of level 20+ Astegon flying around and its crazy running around for your life.
I think they should fix the caves though, If a boss is 50+ it should show at the start of the cave so you don't lose your time trying to get ancient tecnology just to find a level 57 Aqua Faleris at the end. Other than that, the mode is awesome.

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by Anoliux:

If you encounter a lvl 50+ boss in dungeon, you can just wander around the cave a bit. Boss will change. In my case lvl51 Gorirat Terra changed to lvl11 Lifmunk.

oh wow! thanks for telling me

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by ScDK:

Originally posted by GloriasDaughter:

I still havent found a place to build yet. I just make temp bases to heal pals and take off again lol. Too dangerous pretty much everywhere so far. I just need to level to 15 so i can use my nightwing to scout or make a quick getaway lol

Oh yeah, I thought I found one suitable area to build, but then the combat music started and 2 big pals came out of a nearby forest, straight at my base. I tried to evade, ran into 3 frost foxes who chased me further. When I finally gave them the slip and said "okay, just build up, they might despawn and be blocked if there's a base here" ...and then this BIG guy came out, level 55, and threw this shotgun blast of rocks across the entire area. Broke my cloth armor INSTANTLY, but also aggro'd 20+ pals with the attack hitting them. They started fighting, I hoped they would take him down. They got him to 50% at best, before they were down to 1-2 pals.
So I ran to my base, deconstructed everything and left before the smoke settled.
It's such a funny experience to not be in total control anymore.
Kinda like building your base near the 2nd teleporter at the start, and have the mammoth aggro on you random and flatten your base back when first starting.

I felt what you said lol I swear these animals are crazy aggressive now lol

[BecketsGD]

Originally posted by #boczuś^6xloczus 144Hz:

let be real a build in randomiser is frankly a brilliant move.

randomiser are usually some of the first mod's for a game by the fan's. like look at the pokemon or zelda series there the perfect example of what i'm saying.

the dev just giving use the option just like that is like the bow on top of this crismiss gift of the update

i personally not gonna play it. but it do's sound like fun.

IT is EXTREMELY fun but sooooooo stressful lol Its finding the smaller pals that is hard for us. I got killed by a vicious and over levelled lamball just cause I wasn't expecting it to be aggressive like that. I wasn't prepared for what randomizer did. Its great to have such mid game pals at the beginning of the game. levelling and getting resources is much faster this way. But it is definitely more dangerous lol