Mostly Flesh and steel achievement

[Migel]

Im trying to get this achievement, it does not allow me to buy supernatural powers. Am I allowed to buy Enhancements or do they count as powers too?

[Bones]

No ehancements.

[Hsues]

Enhancements count as powers, so nope

[Migel]

Damn... well, except for the agility one there wasnt really anything good there.
Thanks :D

[Chilkoot]

Note that you can't upgrade Blink either, so be careful with that.

[cyberwiz97]

If I read you right, by enhancements you mean Bone Charms. You ARE allowed to use those. The Mostly Flesh and Steel achievement only forbids the use of any Runes to upgrade powers.

"To unlock this achievement, Corvo Attano can only use the Blink power given to him before High Overseer Campbell by the Outsider. Upgrading Blink, or purchasing any other supernatural abilities with runes, will lock the achievement. Corvo may use bone charms as normal." - Dishonored Wiki[dishonored.wikia.com]

Btw, I wouldn't dismiss the value of Bone Charms so easily. They may not seem to be all that effective but, they can be quite useful, under certain circumstances. If I had to choose only one, it would be Void Channel.

[Chilkoot]

Originally posted by cyberwiz97:

If I read you right, by enhancements you mean Bone Charms.

I think OP meant that under the Powers tab, the active abilities in the top row are labelled Powers and the passive ones in the Bottom row are labelled Enhancements. Bad naming convention, IMO, as it can make some descriptions ambiguous.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=679752415
So to be super clear OP, "Enchancements" as they appear under the Powers tab are also NOT allowed for the Mostly Flesh and Steel tab. As Cyberwiz says, Bone Charms are fine but if you spend even one rune on anything, the achieve is shot.

[cyberwiz97]

Yep. My bad. Just a little brain fart, there. :)

[Migel]

Chilkoot is right, i meant those, however, bone charms can be useful. I have one that speeds up choking someone, quite nice.

[Pr1mus3]

Originally posted by Migel the sick sloth:

Chilkoot is right, i meant those, however, bone charms can be useful. I have one that speeds up choking someone, quite nice.

That one is a life saver!

[Chilkoot]

I have to say that the Mostly Flesh and Steel playthrough is probably the most fun of any 'mode'. Slaughter runs have their charm... drop-killing tallboys and all that, but the brilliance of the level design *really* shines through when you can't look through walls or make huge leaps from one area to the next.

A full run focused on this achieve + Ghost + Clean Hands is reminiscent of the old Theif and Thief II days, and probably the best stealth action in a game since that franchice went to the dogs.

[Bill Nye the Russian Spy]

It's No Powers or Abilities except Blink 1, no upgrades, but you can still use bone charms and corrupted bone charms, personally I challenged myself and only used blink when I needed to to progress thru the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOqIPIBB54&list=PL4MWlJdt_O4R8JLQc9RPf14nnKrQ89nL_

[Migel]

Originally posted by Chilkoot:

I have to say that the Mostly Flesh and Steel playthrough is probably the most fun of any 'mode'. Slaughter runs have their charm... drop-killing tallboys and all that, but the brilliance of the level design *really* shines through when you can't look through walls or make huge leaps from one area to the next.

A full run focused on this achieve + Ghost + Clean Hands is reminiscent of the old Theif and Thief II days, and probably the best stealth action in a game since that franchice went to the dogs.

My last playtrough was also 'no powers', I had them, just didn't use them. All I used was Agility 2, because it's incredibly fun to mess around with. Also, In this one, I finally get to try out all my deadly gadgets I didn't want to use on low chaos. All in one, it's probably the most satisfying way to play the game.

[cyberwiz97]

I totally agree with you Migel. Using Agility instead of Blink is how I play most of my runs anymore. To me, Blink feels almost like cheating. It definitely makes the game more fun, and challenging, in some cases.

[Pr1mus3]

Originally posted by cyberwiz97:

I totally agree with you Migel. Using Agility instead of Blink is how I play most of my runs anymore. To me, Blink feels almost like cheating. It definitely makes the game more fun, and challenging, in some cases.

But that feeling of blinking up to someone and stabbing them in the throat has something to be said

[cyberwiz97]

Originally posted by Pr1mus3:

Like when stabbing a tallboy in the throat. That animation never gets old. But, with Agility, I can simply jump from the ground and take him out. :)