keeping a BERSERK! character alive?...

[Icedfate]

how do I accomplish this?
avoiding getting bit isn't the problem.
it's all the random events on the road.
eventually I inevitably get a random avent that just result in "you got hurt" and my berserker dies instantly with no way to avoid it.

I can understand making a game more challenging by having a character that dies in 1 hit (Lost in Binding of Isaac)
but if you make a character that isn't supposed to get hit and then put cheap forced unavoidable damage in there that basically just kills them, that's really unfair.

[Jeff]

big bruizer
also issac is ♥♥♥♥

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by FeMaiden:

how do I accomplish this?
avoiding getting bit isn't the problem.
it's all the random events on the road.
eventually I inevitably get a random avent that just result in "you got hurt" and my berserker dies instantly with no way to avoid it.

I can understand making a game more challenging by having a character that dies in 1 hit (Lost in Binding of Isaac)
but if you make a character that isn't supposed to get hit and then put cheap forced unavoidable damage in there that basically just kills them, that's really unfair.

oh i still have to do this/
just make 4 chars with it, and schuut.
schuut only XD

[Pixel Peeper]

There's a lot of damage that's non-lethal. For example, a BERSERK! character with just one 1HP stubbing his toe while running will not die, in fact the damage will be ignored entirely. So sometimes it's actually a boon.

But yes, most of the time it's crippling; among other things, you can never fight bandits. Which is why it's typical to take Big Bruiser too; a character with only 1 HP is pretty much unmanageable, so sadly it's your only option.

[Icedfate]

well like, I got an encounter with bandits and they say "give us your car and all the fuel" and that's pretty much a death sentence. because if I fight them, the berserker dies. if I give them the car then I end up on foot and a feral cat kills the berserker or we fall asleep and ants bite us and kill the berserker, etc. . .

I know I could bring along a non berserker but then I won't get the achievment, if the berserkers die.

although, maybe I'll try it with the 4 berserkers, I'll admit I was being dumb and trying to do it solo to get that achievment as well

[Icedfate]

Originally posted by fish astly:

big bruizer
also issac is ♥♥♥♥

you only have 14 hours on Isaac. . .you barely scratched the surface.

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by FeMaiden:

well like, I got an encounter with bandits and they say "give us your car and all the fuel" and that's pretty much a death sentence. because if I fight them, the berserker dies. if I give them the car then I end up on foot and a feral cat kills the berserker or we fall asleep and ants bite us and kill the berserker, etc. . .

I know I could bring along a non berserker but then I won't get the achievment, if the berserkers die.

although, maybe I'll try it with the 4 berserkers, I'll admit I was being dumb and trying to do it solo to get that achievment as well

I actually just got this done. i did it on short trip to heck mode ( 9 days instead of 15) and io used a character with gungineer and used the one with BESERK! so it never got hit,tried to avoid fighting every chance i got, run in for supplkies, grab food, ammo, etc.
Once i got tp the rest stop, I was blessed wioth the vendor selling the AK47 and MINIGun. so i grabbes a minigun ( almost wiped out my food) and my next stop thankfully was an overcrowder y'all mart.
got a ton of food back, more ammo and htings were looking good.
avoided every chance i could, and on the 4 hour siege I just trapped the zombs on a rock formation while i cirlced the map, collecting all the goodies.
last screen i jhust ran for the bridge and shot what got near me. barely made it, but i made it ^^

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by Tripoteur Ventripotent:

There's a lot of damage that's non-lethal. For example, a BERSERK! character with just one 1HP stubbing his toe while running will not die, in fact the damage will be ignored entirely. So sometimes it's actually a boon.

But yes, most of the time it's crippling; among other things, you can never fight bandits. Which is why it's typical to take Big Bruiser too; a character with only 1 HP is pretty much unmanageable, so sadly it's your only option.

this stuff ^ is what saved me in the end.

[Jeff]

Originally posted by FeMaiden:

Originally posted by fish astly:

big bruizer
also issac is ♥♥♥♥

you only have 14 hours on Isaac. . .you barely scratched the surface.

nope
killed satan
i dont spend time playing bad games

[Jiyapiece]

Get a paranoid character to accompany you. They have an ability to predict most bandit encounters or bring a big bruiser berserker becuase those have 2 Max HP

[Rougheredge]

Originally posted by SpeedwagonWithdrawsCoolly:

Get a paranoid character to accompany you. They have an ability to predict most bandit encounters or bring a big bruiser berserker becuase those have 2 Max HP

Though it's worth noting there is, I think, at least one bandit encounter where the paranoid character's solution still results in you taking damage, I don't know if there's more and I forget which one it is though.

[Jeff]

use your cool it to save you
just remember to charge it

[Icedfate]

Originally posted by fish astly:

Originally posted by FeMaiden:

you only have 14 hours on Isaac. . .you barely scratched the surface.

nope
killed satan
i dont spend time playing bad games

your opinion.

I don't waste time feeding trolls.

well, sometimes I do, when I'm bored and it's fun. . .

[Jeff]

Originally posted by FeMaiden:

Originally posted by fish astly:

nope
killed satan
i dont spend time playing bad games

your opinion.

I don't waste time feeding trolls.

well, sometimes I do, when I'm bored and it's fun. . .

issac is more rng based than ftl

[Regrettable Acts in 1 Step]

To win with a BERSERKER, you must understand the rules of playing one and play one. Such as:

BERSERKER WILL NOT DIE FROM WALKING EVENTS UNLESS BANDITS
BERSERKER MUST BE PAIRED WITH PARANOID, ALWAYS. (Think of it as an autistic person and a carer kind of relationship.)
BERSERKER CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO BE CONTROLLED BY NONE OTHER BY YOURSELF (NEVER TRUST THE AI).
BERSERKER CAN KILL ANYTHING AS EASILY AS THEY CAN KILL ONE, SO DON'T MESS AROUND.

[Regrettable Acts in 1 Step]

Originally posted by fish astly:

Originally posted by FeMaiden:

your opinion.

I don't waste time feeding trolls.

well, sometimes I do, when I'm bored and it's fun. . .

issac is more rng based than ftl

In some cases, true. But it's still completeable and the more you play, the more RNG gets better on your side.