About to Supress Cores- Any Advice?

[ccostigan]

On day 25, I killed a Dusk abnormality. The game froze for twenty minutes, and now I have core supressions available for all the Asiyah.

I have heard a LOT of bad things about these.

Any advice, for any of the four, before I try them?

[Grim Xzag]

Malkuth needs a good memory or pen and paper cause she will randomize the works.

Yesod is only visual effects, could cause problems with really low end computers or if you really need the UI, but other then that no changes.

Hod is a troublesome one, but provides the best upgrade when completed, which is the ability to hire an employee with level 3 in all stats for free, essentially cutting all farming in halve. This one requires you to go into the boss fight and try to complete it. Depending on the attempt and the reason for failure, you can gauge what needs to be improved.

None of them are relatively hard, as this is just the first layer core suppressions, but this is not saying they are a walk in the park either, as evident by the requirement of completing a Dusk Ordeal (2nd strongest Ordeal).

A person later on will elaborate and give better advice but this will do for now

[Nocturnal Pie]

For Malkuth it's a matter of keeping track of what each work type does. I believe it shuffles every time you have a meltdown. The best way to figure out which worktype is which is to just send someone to work on One Sin and write down what worktype does what. So long as you take your time you'll be fine.

Yesod is basically just a memory game. So long as you remember what you need to do on each abnormality you should be fine. It gets extremely difficult to see what is going on, so don't do anything that relies heavily on sight like micromanaging combat.

Netzach prevents all forms of healing and only heals you during each meltdown, so avoid fighting or sending the same employee to work repeatedly as they can't be healed in a room. Basically just keep an eye on everyone and you should be right.

I forget what Hod does, so unfortunately someone else is gonna have to tell you what she does.

[ccostigan]

Originally posted by Nocturnal Pie:

Netzach prevents all forms of healing and only heals you during each meltdown, so avoid fighting or sending the same employee to work repeatedly as they can't be healed in a room. Basically just keep an eye on everyone and you should be right.

Can I still heal using abnormalities like Flesh Idol or Lunetita? (the music box)

[Grim Xzag]

Originally posted by ccostigan:

Originally posted by Nocturnal Pie:

Netzach prevents all forms of healing and only heals you during each meltdown, so avoid fighting or sending the same employee to work repeatedly as they can't be healed in a room. Basically just keep an eye on everyone and you should be right.

Can I still heal using abnormalities like Flesh Idol or Lunetita? (the music box)

nope, only abnormality that could heal is Army in Black, the rest will not heal anyone in your entire facility

[ccostigan]

Originally posted by Grim Xzag:

Originally posted by ccostigan:

Can I still heal using abnormalities like Flesh Idol or Lunetita? (the music box)

nope, only abnormality that could heal is Army in Black, the rest will not heal anyone in your entire facility

Great, another bug in the donor abnormalities. It's a pity they won't ever be fixed.

[Illius]

Originally posted by Nocturnal Pie:

For Malkuth it's a matter of keeping track of what each work type does. I believe it shuffles every time you have a meltdown. The best way to figure out which worktype is which is to just send someone to work on One Sin and write down what worktype does what. So long as you take your time you'll be fine.

Yesod is basically just a memory game. So long as you remember what you need to do on each abnormality you should be fine. It gets extremely difficult to see what is going on, so don't do anything that relies heavily on sight like micromanaging combat.

Netzach prevents all forms of healing and only heals you during each meltdown, so avoid fighting or sending the same employee to work repeatedly as they can't be healed in a room. Basically just keep an eye on everyone and you should be right.

I forget what Hod does, so unfortunately someone else is gonna have to tell you what she does.

HOD gradually lowers employee stats over the metl.

Personally I found the best strat is to try to hit your energy quota as early as possible before it becomes too tough to manage the stat decreases since early on the stat decreases are minimal.

Also play EXTRA cautious around the ordeals. You have no idea how much having -50 in a stat hurts until you do HOD surpression.

[Grim Xzag]

Originally posted by Illius:

Also play EXTRA cautious around the ordeals. You have no idea how much having -50 in a stat hurts until you do HOD surpression.

Its -35 in the base game, Kaizo Corp is -50 (Its actually -55 and it use to be -75). This doesn't change anything as the strategy to beat it stays the same (unless its over 50). That being you push the meltdowns while using your "basically immortal" employees to deal with Ordeals

[ccostigan]

Originally posted by Grim Xzag:

Its -35 in the base game, Kaizo Corp is -50 (Its actually -55 and it use to be -75). This doesn't change anything as the strategy to beat it stays the same (unless its over 50). That being you push the meltdowns while using your "basically immortal" employees to deal with Ordeals

What is Kaizo corp?
Also, I presume by "basically immortal" you mean "bullet spam"?

[Illius]

Originally posted by ccostigan:

Originally posted by Grim Xzag:

Its -35 in the base game, Kaizo Corp is -50 (Its actually -55 and it use to be -75). This doesn't change anything as the strategy to beat it stays the same (unless its over 50). That being you push the meltdowns while using your "basically immortal" employees to deal with Ordeals

What is Kaizo corp?
Also, I presume by "basically immortal" you mean "bullet spam"?

There's some armors that provide ludicrous resistance or sustain. Paradise Lost (if you somehow have that athis point) or Mimicry are good examples

[ccostigan]

I just go the Hod Suppression done, one casualty to Sweepers (my first time fighting them). I went on a slight power trip and filled every single employee slot in the facility (it only took 9 LOB).

Is there a reason besides corpse-eating abnormalities (Smiling Bodies) I shouldn't fill my departments?

[Illius]

Originally posted by ccostigan:

I just go the Hod Suppression done, one casualty to Sweepers (my first time fighting them). I went on a slight power trip and filled every single employee slot in the facility (it only took 9 LOB).

Is there a reason besides corpse-eating abnormalities (Smiling Bodies) I shouldn't fill my departments?

Sorta.

One reason is Levelling

Sending employees to do work gives them XP in the respective stat (Ex. Instinct = Fortitude)

Having more employees means over the course of they day your XP will get spread out a bit more thin, but that may or may not be a major concern, especially once you beat HOD Surpression.


There are also abnormalities that react to levels, such as CENSORED, and having a lot of low level employees CAN be detrimental.


Finally, low level employees tend to snap or die fast. When employees die, other employees in the room take sanity damage. Basically, having a bunch of weak people in the room can allow your room to get instakilled just because a couple weaker employees failed.