"Complete Ordeal of Dusk"

[Morhem]

I have this mission, and I have no clue what to do next. None.

Help?

[David]

Did you already complete the ordeals of dawn and noon?
Or is it for completing ordeals in general?

I'm very new to this game so someone can give you a better answer- but from the manual I think you have to take jobs to advance the qliphoth tracker far enough that it triggers ordeals, and then complete them all up until the ordeal of dusk.

[CarThief]

Well, you know those events that occassionally happen, like Crimson Dawn (clowns messing with your containment units), Violet Dawn (purple blobs that eventually explode and release abnormalities) and Green Dawn (tree robot guys who want to kill your agents)?

That's what Ordeals are, which appear from weakest to strongest: Dawn, Noon, Dusk, and Midnight, if i remember right. The longer you stick around, perform works, and fill up the red bar on your top-left under the Energy Total, the harsher these Ordeals get.

I believe the Ordeal of Dusk can happen if you stick around too long from day 21 and afterwards? It probably tells you the max Ordeal on the equipment menu before starting your day. The counter on the top-left counts that level it is at, starts at 1, every time you fill it up it goes up, Dusk probably happens near 6-7 or later, by which you'll already have been able to gather twice as much energy as needed.

Be aware Noons can be tough at first, until you figure out what they do and plan accordingly. Dusk, however, is just going to be really mean to deal with at first, but with some practice and trial and error you'll manage, maybe with minimal casualties too. Small hint, you probably don't want to be in one of the main (big) rooms when the Ordeal of Violet Noon comes in and lands through a portal, they come down quite hard.

Edit: And Noons basically qualify as HE-tier threats, so be careful. Dusk is typically WAW-tier threats, definitely handle those with care, you'll need some beefy agents if you want to minimize casualties, or just soak up the casualties (seriously, these missions are not easy to do without someone dying).

[Morhem]

Thanks for answers! This game is HELLA confusing.

My employees (unnamed) seem to be going extinct for some reason, and I dont know why. They kinda just drop dead.

[DragonHunter54]

By unnamed employees I assume you mean the office workers. The most common causes of them dying early on in the game are a named employee going crazy and murdering them, or an ordeal of dawn (mainly green and amber). Depending on what abnormalities you have though there are lots of other things that could be wiping them out with large scale AoE's.

[CarThief]

Yeah, they kinda just die off as the day progresses past Dawn Ordeals, especially once you get any kind of Noon event going. If you're quick you can save most of em from Green/Amber Dawn, but don't bother trying to save em from Noon's and up. A good ol favourite is office workers being squished into chunky red bits flying everywhere by Violet Noon's landing, that never gets old... :P

Ultimately they are expendable, a hazard at times, even. (Some abnormalities react to employee's deaths, and office workers count as employees, or they could be possessed, and whatnot.) Don't try and save em at the cost of your agen't lives, the bonuses they offer aren't worth it and they'll be restocked next day anyway.

Especially when you're surrounded by an army of killer robots or sweepers, i'd say screw the office workers, just group up every agent to one spot, and kill any nasties that enter the room or get close with your team of agents. That'll ussually prevent agent casualties.

[Guulev]

This mission popped up for me on day 4 as well. Have been filling up the Qligoth meter for like 20 times and nothing.. Idk o.o

[David]

At the start of the day you can look and see what tha max ordeal is. It probably says Dawn for you right now. Day 11 I think goes up to Noon.

Basically you get to day 21 or so and then you can get Dusk ordeals. Trigger one and finish it. There is a reason that mission is making you wait until day 21+ before you can even attempt it.

[FL00F3RS]

dawn and noon can be harmless if planned correctly though most of the time dawn is mostly harmless but dusk and midnight are mostly there for to stop farming,for the missions,and midnight is like a optional boss but you are forced to fight one for a quest

[Meoooo]

To complete the ordeal of dusk you must pass the 19th day there you will be able to make the ordeal of dusk after working your quarantine to i think the 5th time.

[DemonchanSama (Lilyia)]

Originally posted by Guulev:

This mission popped up for me on day 4 as well. Have been filling up the Qligoth meter for like 20 times and nothing.. Idk o.o

The issue is the game giving you this Ordeal mission before you can access it, is the confusing part. Specifically I think it should have just been a noon ordeal as upon completion of the Control Expansion and you being development into the other 3 you then should be dealing with them, instead you are waiting for the next 2 Abnormality tiers before you even get the chance, and even still, Dusk Ordeals are WaW level, they are not easy to do without major agent casualties.

If you're lucky and very good at micro management you can keep them to a minimum.

You will not start seeing Dusk level ordeals until Approx day 21 and above. if I remember right, its been a while for me.

[Grim Purrr~urut]

Originally posted by Whisper:

The issue is the game giving you this Ordeal mission before you can access it, is the confusing part.

It is given only after you have completed other missions of said department. So you can get this mission much later, if you failed or not focused on doing missions.