Specimen 2 in Endless Mode

[GroovyFox]

So how Specimen 2 was made to work on endless mode is kinda weird to me. So it just automatically activates although I have never seen it popping up on the first 100 rooms. However it seems that it's room CAN be encountered and then it actually counts as the specimen encounter for that floor. Like I kinda have a hard time understanding what was the reason to make it work like that? Like if it is to make early part of endless mode harder/interesting I think there would be much better ways to accomplish it. Like make the first 100 rooms split into two floors so that you have two potential things chasing by the time you reach room 100.

I mean it is not a big deal it was just kinda bugging my thoughts. For me the endless mode was actually one of the biggest selling points of the game, it is what makes me come back to it and play a few endless mode runs every now and then. The unpredictable nature of the mode that has a unique experience on every run is what makes it interesting and fun. Having something predictable in it like a specimen that you always get at a certain point kinda takes away from it.
But that is just my opinion. What anyone else thinks about it?

[WalkThrough101]

I think part of the reason was that Specimen 2 is so easy and mostly a support enemy, and the fact that it's starting room is rather uninteresting and small, and they probably thought it would be better to have him automatically activated. I like how you can rarely find his room and makes the endless runs you do find it in a bit more interesting.

[Ume Ito]

Yeah, just for the sake of always having a threat available in Endless Mode, Specimen 2 starts in the chase pool from Room 1. His room can appear but it makes no difference, as he is always available to chase you.

Originally posted by The Meat Demon:

I like how you can rarely find his room and makes the endless runs you do find it in a bit more interesting.

Nothing to do with rarity, if you go through enough floors you're guaranteed to encounter every specimen room in EM.

[GroovyFox]

Originally posted by Ume Ito:

Yeah, just for the sake of always having a threat available in Endless Mode, Specimen 2 starts in the chase pool from Room 1.

Are you sure it is active from room 1? I did plenty of runs but I only see it active after room 100. The only time I ever seen it that early is if I get his room as the floor encounter. But maybe I just had weird luck .
Again if they want to have a threat early I think there are better ways to do. They could just make the first encounter always come very early.
I mean is there even a point to having a threat from room 1? Even if you would somehow die by some miracle to something that easy your score is only saved for every 100 room point you reach. If it is just to keep things interesting early on again I think there are better ways to do it.

[Ume Ito]

Originally posted by GroovyFox:

Originally posted by Ume Ito:

Yeah, just for the sake of always having a threat available in Endless Mode, Specimen 2 starts in the chase pool from Room 1.

Are you sure it is active from room 1? I did plenty of runs but I only see it active after room 100. The only time I ever seen it that early is if I get his room as the floor encounter. But maybe I just had weird luck .
Again if they want to have a threat early I think there are better ways to do. They could just make the first encounter always come very early.
I mean is there even a point to having a threat from room 1? Even if you would somehow die by some miracle to something that easy your score is only saved for every 100 room point you reach. If it is just to keep things interesting early on again I think there are better ways to do it.

He's always in the chase pool in EM, there's no special trigger after a certain threshold or anything. You just start with him in the chase pool by default.