Tips on hard mode?

[velkito]

For chicken especially

Try as I might, very soon after 1-3 starts I get ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ by either the two big bandits, or the horde of regular mobs around that I've barely begun to trim down. :(

Current starting weapon: golden crossbow

[ΘSaniblues]

Golden Assault Rifle. Bullets weapons are exceptional for crowd control throughout a better portion of the game due to their high rate of fire. Spearhead attacks through entire crowds and work your way to a safe point. A golden splinter gun is also good, but requires a slightly slower buildup.

[ei balls]

Golden wrench mate

[ΘSaniblues]

Originally posted by Billy Meis:

Golden wrench mate

Deals subpar damage and swings at too slow of a rate. Okay for regular play, but terrible for hard mode.

[Alice (Moth)]

Originally posted by ΘSaniblues:

Originally posted by Billy Meis:

Golden wrench mate

Deals subpar damage and swings at too slow of a rate. Okay for regular play, but terrible for hard mode.

destroyes bullets and 1shots maggots
nuff said

[Dracowhaleshark]

honestly the disc gun is perfect for crowd control if you have no golden wep

[Milk]

I had a pretty good time with the gold GL as chicken. If you get smashed to bits by the BB's, you can DPS them down quickly and hope for medikit drops.

Otherwise I don't mess with hard mode. It's boring.

[Maddie Gaming]

Don't play Hard Mode.

...But seriously though:

• You're pretty much gonna need a melee weapon if you're planning to get any further than Mom (And you'll want to if you want that Golden Nuke Launcher/Disc Gun achievment).
  
• Consider putting on a Crown of Curses if you've unlocked it for Chicken. You'll get better weapons earlier, which can really help you survive.
  
• Don't just blindly charge into everything.

Other than that, good luck, and pray that RNG doesn't spawn so many flies in the Desert.

[velkito]

Hey guys, I'm back.

Thanks a lot for all your comments. I'm not sure I understand what I need for the twin big bandits + horde of regular mobs in 1-3? Do I need to get golden GL and hope not to blow myself up? Would this work? Anything else I should try?

[Dracowhaleshark]

Get gamma guts, bloodlust, rhino skin, rabbit paw, or trigger fingers as your first mutation

[Milk]

Originally posted by velkito:

Hey guys, I'm back.

Thanks a lot for all your comments. I'm not sure I understand what I need for the twin big bandits + horde of regular mobs in 1-3? Do I need to get golden GL and hope not to blow myself up? Would this work? Anything else I should try?

Like I said previously (maybe it was in another thread, they all blend together), I used chicken with a golden GL and intentionally blew myself up while fighting the double Big Bandits. I then used the 5 seconds to kill them both and hope for a medikit drop.

[SmorcInc]

gama guts removes the maggot threat and can kill off one bandit quickly, scarier face and impact wrists are also good.

Keeping the sword is also not an awful idea to cleave out scorpion rounds.

[ΘSaniblues]

Originally posted by velkito:

Hey guys, I'm back.

Thanks a lot for all your comments. I'm not sure I understand what I need for the twin big bandits + horde of regular mobs in 1-3? Do I need to get golden GL and hope not to blow myself up? Would this work? Anything else I should try?

Roll for Gamma Guts, pick off individual enemies at a time to trigger one big bandit since they spawn separately based on the number of kills, and run into him after he spawns in.

Alternatively, Golden Assault and Rogue Rifles can keep them locked in place during their charge phase, and even push them out of the way. You can do the same to vans if you shoot them vertically because of the way the game works, imagine pairing that with a hyper rifle.