Killing Lizards

[Cobblesprock]

I've found that the best way to kill the lizards is to pin them to a wall with a spear and then repeatedly hitting them with another spear. What are your guys strategies.

[Mashymoo]

I try and get past them, then when they're turning around, hit 'em with a spear. If I've only got the one I try to jump back over them and taking the spear to do the same thing. There was one moment when I had two neurons and there was a white lizard hiding in my path. Kept spearing that bastard long after it was dead just to make sure.

[BirdoPrey]

Spearing them in the head doesn't seem to do much besides stunning them, not sure if it's possible to kill them just by hitting that. Body shots seem to do the most damage, and is even able to kill the smaller blue ones with one hit.

[Kaye]

I rarely find it worth to actually attempt to kill, body-shotting them with a spear can usually distract them long enough to get away.

If you manage to sneak up behind them (or are close and can get off your first shot confidently) you can usually hit them, grab the spear out from them, and stunlock them until they die or are in a sorry enough state that something else will finish them off. Be careful in case you ever miss a shot though, a split second out of stun is all it takes for that lethal bite.

[Dan]

I felt wretched after spearing a sleeping white lizard. I thought he was going to go for me after he recovered from slumping in a heap on the floor. Instead he limped up the next pole over, looking miserable, and dejectedly dragged himself off to his lair to hide.
I constantly find myself feeling sorry for the poor dumb lizards. Every time a blue tentacle horror slurps one up, I feel his pain and horror :-P

First time I ever tried out a scavenger bomb, I obliterated a blue lizard. Couldn't help but stare at the destruction I wrought thinking "Now I am become Death..."

There should really be some kind of pacifist achievement for going the whole game without killing anything :-)

[Mashymoo]

Originally posted by grimdanfango:

I felt wretched after spearing a sleeping white lizard. I thought he was going to go for me after he recovered from slumping in a heap on the floor. Instead he limped up the next pole over, looking miserable, and dejectedly dragged himself off to his lair to hide.
I constantly find myself feeling sorry for the poor dumb lizards. Every time a blue tentacle horror slurps one up, I feel his pain and horror :-P

First time I ever tried out a scavenger bomb, I obliterated a blue lizard. Couldn't help but stare at the destruction I wrought thinking "Now I am become Death..."

There should really be some kind of pacifist achievement for going the whole game without killing anything :-)

Well there's "The Saint" achievement...

[Dan]

Originally posted by Mash:

Originally posted by grimdanfango:

I felt wretched after spearing a sleeping white lizard. I thought he was going to go for me after he recovered from slumping in a heap on the floor. Instead he limped up the next pole over, looking miserable, and dejectedly dragged himself off to his lair to hide.
I constantly find myself feeling sorry for the poor dumb lizards. Every time a blue tentacle horror slurps one up, I feel his pain and horror :-P

First time I ever tried out a scavenger bomb, I obliterated a blue lizard. Couldn't help but stare at the destruction I wrought thinking "Now I am become Death..."

There should really be some kind of pacifist achievement for going the whole game without killing anything :-)

Well there's "The Saint" achievement...

What is that contingent on? I seem to be advancing towards it, despite occasional use of violence.

[Mashymoo]

Originally posted by grimdanfango:

What is that contingent on? I seem to be advancing towards it, despite occasional use of violence.

I thought you get it by avoiding violence entirely. I was making pretty good progress but then I speared a blue tentacle horror and it went back down to 0.

[Dan]

Originally posted by Mash:

Originally posted by grimdanfango:

What is that contingent on? I seem to be advancing towards it, despite occasional use of violence.

I thought you get it by avoiding violence entirely. I was making pretty good progress but then I speared a blue tentacle horror and it went back down to 0.

Ah right, I guess it requires an extended period of pacifism to attain it then. I've definitely had it raise later on after previous violent actions, so it certainly doesn't require an entirely pacifist game run.

[LC]

Originally posted by grimdanfango:

Originally posted by Mash:

I thought you get it by avoiding violence entirely. I was making pretty good progress but then I speared a blue tentacle horror and it went back down to 0.

Ah right, I guess it requires an extended period of pacifism to attain it then. I've definitely had it raise later on after previous violent actions, so it certainly doesn't require an entirely pacifist game run.

I got it after living only on plants, bats and centipes for a while without even picking up any spear or rock. No idea if the latter was essential.