Way to deal with IS-0091 aka the Leyak

[TheLordEternal]

I suddenly find myself not wanting to progress to the labs anymore due to the Leyak.
Before the Leyak i had fun with Abiotic Factor, as it was a somewhat comfy science adventure to me, but not so much afterwards, with a ticking clock constantly looming over my shoulder. And while i recognize the place the Leyak has, i don't think making the game unfun with its inclusion was the result the devs intended.

My suggestion is to give the ability to contain it, the same way GATE contained it. Since you don't have a custom high-powered X-ray machine to trap the Leyak with, you'll have to ad-hoc your own by setting up a array of X-ray turrets encircling a spot and leading it into the middle and "flipping the switch", turning them all on just as the Leyaks wanders within it.
The Leyak thus contained instead of banished, so long as the turrets remains active.
Keeping it contained during the night consuming it's fair share of battery however, and you won't get any essence from it while trapped as a tradeoff.
Just be careful not to step inside the circle while it's active. Or don't; I hear cancer's in fashion these days anyways. /j

Maybe there's some kinda efficiency with the amount of turrets, and if you have too few the Leyak can get back out or something. Maybe you have some kinda electric weather that can disable turrets to counter it.


(Alternatively, a meal made from Greyebs that gives you a buff that stops it from spawning, the reverse of the one that makes it spawn more often (which conversely is also the solution to making it spawn more often for it's essence, or rapid (re-)containment.))


...Really i just don't want to have to worry about it anymore. Even a map setting for its spawning timer that can be set to never would be great. (Maybe overwritten by the Greyeb buff.) Just want the power to control when it can show up, thanks.
I'm sure i'm not the first or last person to bring this up.
Good game though despite, a veritable solid banger.

[whatRUCKUS]

Honestly he/she's the reason why my BF and I stopped playing altogether. A shame really, because we really, really, love the game otherwise. Sad to see people are still having difficulties with it, months later. :(

[Prowler™]

Use. The. Xray. Gun.

In multiplayer the leyack is even LESS of an annoyance because it will haunt other players and all you need to do is use the xray gun to get rid of it or simply look at it for 10 seconds.
A single xray gun near your craft bench completely removes the leyack as it dies instantly as it spawns.
Using the portable xray gun also instantly removes it and you need to craft this to gain other material so why do you refuse to use it? lol

Even if you aggro it the chance of it killing you is extremely low as you can just run away. It also cannot appear in portal worlds so build a base there if you dont want to use the xray gun that unlocks the moment you find the leyack

It has loud audio ques and literally does NOTHING at all unless you run into it haha as far as annoying enemies go the riot troopers are waaaaay worse as they cost resources to get rid of, even the level 3 robots are pretty tough as you need the CPU drop and they can kill you almost instantly no matter what armour you have from the explosive spam

[CombatWombat]

My only problem with the leyak is how frequently it appears. It has lost all its spookyness completely and is more like a puppy turning up you look at it for 5 sec and it's gone. I don't even take the ray gun anymore because I don't want the place littered with essences that never despawns.

I have no problem with it being uncontainable, but please please make it way way more rare. I think this would remove the issue for most people.

I don't know what the story holds for our googly friend so I don't know if we will ever be able to contain it. Many people expected that we would be able to contain it with the crush depth update but it didn't happen.

[Keldar]

You could just look at it. It doesn't like being watched. And remember, you hear it before you see it

[SirRZN]

If you'd like, download the Leyak dracula flow sound replacement mod. You'd be able to hear it from across the sector when you're using that. The two "leyak remover" mods don't work. One doesn't at all and the other only works on your first time using it before it stops working too.

[Demonocolips]

yes still annoying.
and still people who dont understand the issue and just try to put others down.

[Lil Intro Vert]

the introduction of leyak totally ruined the flow of my game and i end up being super aware of time passing

[Echorion]

Yeah this thing is extremely aggravating. It's been coming at me non stop and it seems to magically know when I have to AFK to go to the bathroom or something when exploring with my friends; and kills me and makes me walk my ass all the way back.

[Echorion]

Originally posted by Prowler™:

Use. The. Xray. Gun.

In multiplayer the leyack is even LESS of an annoyance because it will haunt other players and all you need to do is use the xray gun to get rid of it or simply look at it for 10 seconds.
A single xray gun near your craft bench completely removes the leyack as it dies instantly as it spawns.
Using the portable xray gun also instantly removes it and you need to craft this to gain other material so why do you refuse to use it? lol

Even if you aggro it the chance of it killing you is extremely low as you can just run away. It also cannot appear in portal worlds so build a base there if you dont want to use the xray gun that unlocks the moment you find the leyack :evadebullets:

It has loud audio ques and literally does NOTHING at all unless you run into it haha as far as annoying enemies go the riot troopers are waaaaay worse as they cost resources to get rid of, even the level 3 robots are pretty tough as you need the CPU drop and they can kill you almost instantly no matter what armour you have from the explosive spam :shieldsup:

Sometimes people have to step away for a second m8; the gun doesn't solve that. Since your teammates can't see it they can't cover you either.

There is the base turret thing but it's not much use in the field.

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by Echorion:

Yeah this thing is extremely aggravating. It's been coming at me non stop and it seems to magically know when I have to AFK to go to the bathroom or something when exploring with my friends; and kills me and makes me walk my ass all the way back.

It's nothing nefarious, it's just a 15 minute timer.

Though, if you and your friends are exploring around and will be in on spot for awhile, taking along an X-Ray turret might not be a bad idea. While the range isn't great, it does help with being AFK and you can cover a larger area with it by setting it up at a choke point.

That said, I agree that those solutions aren't exactly a cure-all. The hand held X-Ray lamp doesn't offer much over just staring it down, other than getting a loot drop; which may or may not be wanted at the time given how radioactive the essence is.

[ourorboros]

might just suggest turning on subtitled, its hard to miss them when you see their name start popping up at the bottom of the screen.

i can understand why people might not like them but personally i love the leyak. it was such a cool terror initially when my BF would get attacked and i would have no idea wtf was happening and then vice versa.

as stated, take the gun with you or just spot him the moment you hear him moaning.

[Kikinaak]

Originally posted by Echorion:

Originally posted by Prowler™:

Use. The. Xray. Gun.

In multiplayer the leyack is even LESS of an annoyance because it will haunt other players and all you need to do is use the xray gun to get rid of it or simply look at it for 10 seconds.
A single xray gun near your craft bench completely removes the leyack as it dies instantly as it spawns.
Using the portable xray gun also instantly removes it and you need to craft this to gain other material so why do you refuse to use it? lol

Even if you aggro it the chance of it killing you is extremely low as you can just run away. It also cannot appear in portal worlds so build a base there if you dont want to use the xray gun that unlocks the moment you find the leyack :evadebullets:

It has loud audio ques and literally does NOTHING at all unless you run into it haha as far as annoying enemies go the riot troopers are waaaaay worse as they cost resources to get rid of, even the level 3 robots are pretty tough as you need the CPU drop and they can kill you almost instantly no matter what armour you have from the explosive spam :shieldsup:

Sometimes people have to step away for a second m8; the gun doesn't solve that. Since your teammates can't see it they can't cover you either.

There is the base turret thing but it's not much use in the field.

If you are in single player, pause. If you are in MP and need to step away in the field, set down the turret with a battery. At least one team member should be carrying a pocket base anyway. Or use a teleporter to get somewhere that already has one. If an emergency happens and you need to step afk faster than you can do these things, odds are you have bigger issues to worry over than a death in game. In any case, worst case scenario your teammates cover your loot bag while you run back. If theres anyplace in the game you cant reach in under 2 minutes from respawn, you need to unlock shortcut doors or improve your teleport network.

[devlos]

As someone earlier mentioned , this has to become a very rare occurance once you are past the required usage for the leyak. I find her insanely annoying over time , constantly appearing barely scary at all. I wish at some point you could literally just create a given bait item so she appears when needed for essence and not just a constant annoying spawn that lost all it's impact due to it being so frequent aswell being way more dangerous.

[Morb The Menace]

lol

[Kirshak]

leyak is only an annoyance when you first encounter it and can't make the Xray turret, after thatn it's pretty much just farming it's essance and I barrely notice he is here