[BETA v1.11.33] Environmental DMG... off the rails

[Geldric™]

[Extreme Survival +75% XP]

Working on just a run of the mill TAC "kill" mission. Took me to Guniibuu II, a pleasant little death trap that will kill you quicker than a Terrormorph.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245714593

My target is hold up in an "Abandoned Hanger" - you've most likely been to one. Clear the enemies top side then take either the stairs or the elevator down to the lower levels where you will ultimately find your target. Usually not before the hanger doors open and a ship lands inside and drops off some reinforcements.

Here's my current armor/protection ratings
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245717526

Note: I am keenly aware of the "beep" progression my suit/watch provides and the huge drawbacks of having "any" aliment become infected or worse yet, I go into shock.

Having said that I hop out of my ship and notice I'm already at "beep" level 2... like what???

I press on, moving around the right side towards the elevator - my plan was to take out the target with minimal collateral damage. On my way I have to take out a few low level pirates but now I'm at "beep" level 3... yup hazard protection is gone. Suddenly I feel sick... oh jees I really don't want to see that "Chicken Tikka" again.. wait... have you ever seen a chicken??? yeah me neither... what the heck is in that...? Sorry got sidetracked.

Now this is in a span of 60 seconds, maybe less. I run to the elevator, take it down, head left to take out the sniper by the railing... check my health bar and oh my.. quickly run back to my ship... phew, made it... but, oh no... quick, grabbed a pail.. oh crap my helmet's still on... yeah that's not good and it's def NOT chicken...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245721369

<to be continued>

[Geldric™]

<continued>

I will have to leave the planet and travel back to a location with a real doctor to "patch" me up. New Atlantis is just a jump away and I've got Reliant Medical on speed dial.

So I got patched up, the doc tells me "don't ruin his hard work by dying"... Sure doc, I can do that :/

Jump back to Guniibuu II and beeline it for the elevator. Head down and just like our previous trip by the time we have exited the elevator, the yellow bar is already growing at an alarming rate... "beep beep beep"

Fortunately; in a previous univ... er, um life, I've had extensive simulation training for this facility. I know it like the back of my gloved and now incredibly itchy hand... wait why are my hands itchy?? Sorry, sorry...

From the elevator we head down two flights of stairs and happen upon yet another Crimson Fleet thug wanting to do us harm. Easily dispatched with my silenced Beowulf and no one is the wiser.

My custom TA-MkII tracking unit (never buy the MkI, easily shorts out in damp weather) is showing my target in the lower landing area just as I expected. I am now in the perfect spot to take out just my target....

Move a little to the left... get lined up... hold my breath.. .... and it's done.

Holy moly... my target must have been wearing one of those "life-alert" series 5000 because the entire facilty know he's dead and they are looking for you know who...

It's me... they are looking for me. My usual MO is to head to the body and as per TA rule #7c and claim any and all loot. But given how far this yellow bar is eating into my health... I'm just going to have to leave it.

So that's what I did, left the body and subsequent loot behind and raced back to my ship.

Oh boy Doc's gonna have some choice words for me...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245738752

===================

I mean that's one way to level up my "Environmental Conditioning" skill.

In case anyone is wondering... yes this affliction will eventually kill you. There is no you keep 5% of your health... nope.. you die.

From my experience it takes a minimum of THREE treatments to go from POOR to EXCELLENT. This is again at Extreme settings
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245738860

[Raven]

I think I may have suggested more chickens be included in another post, for the very reason you mention. Just because it fly's doesn't mean it's fit for use in a Chicken Tikka.

I always imagine that the yellow bar on the health indicator is showing how far up your helmet the regurgitated last meal has reached.

"Oh boy Doc's gonna have some choice words for me..." This is the very reason we need to be able to recruit a 'proper' doctor for the ship med bay.

[Geldric™]

Originally posted by Russel:

I think I may have suggested more chickens be included in another post, for the very reason you mention. Just because it fly's doesn't mean it's fit for use in a Chicken Tikka.

Indeed
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245740667

Originally posted by Russel:

I always imagine that the yellow bar on the health indicator is showing how far up your helmet the regurgitated last meal has reached.

ewe... just, ewe... :D

Originally posted by Russel:

"Oh boy Doc's gonna have some choice words for me..." This is the very reason we need to be able to recruit a 'proper' doctor for the ship med bay.

100% on the recruit a functioning doctor

-----------------
As a follow up, it seems my first two trips to this planet were during a storm. Rule #7c was nagging at me so after getting healed, I went back and cleared out the facility.

From this vantage spot I cleared out all but three stragglers... so much for "minimal collateral damage".... but they were just pirates, don't worry they'll make more
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245750327

[AbientAle]

So... storms do way more dmg now but regular enviro is only same or slighty stronger with the new settings? 'Extreme Survival'? I thought they were not adding a survival mode yet till after CK?

[momopovich]

Originally posted by AbientAle:

So... storms do way more dmg now but regular enviro is only same or slighty stronger with the new settings? 'Extreme Survival'? I thought they were not adding a survival mode yet till after CK?

there is a fully fledged survival mode with the new settings
It's not a pre set like in Fallout 4, you have sliders for everything (sustenance, environmental damage, diseases etc). "Extreme survival" generally means every slider to max difficulty.

[AbientAle]

Ah okay, thanks was not sure if another survival like f04 was also gonna be added or not. I loved F04's dmg on survival mode actually felt immersive, they could kill me easily and vice versa, made the fights much more interesting. Tired of putting 360 rounds into a person before they finally die.... lol

Originally posted by momopovich:

Originally posted by AbientAle:

So... storms do way more dmg now but regular enviro is only same or slighty stronger with the new settings? 'Extreme Survival'? I thought they were not adding a survival mode yet till after CK?

there is a fully fledged survival mode with the new settings
It's not a pre set like in Fallout 4, you have sliders for everything (sustenance, environmental damage, diseases etc). "Extreme survival" generally means every slider to max difficulty.