Night Terrors are stupid

[Aglet Green]

Well, I guess I'm done with the game. I was starting it up again to give "Pets and Dungeons" a try, but I was still doing the basic get-the-four-relays quest to open up Camp Caneveral, and I got massacred by a Night Terror. It's like all the worst parts of Underworld in one monster. I'd ask for a refund, but nah, I'm just done with the game. Going to change my review to Thumbs Down.

[OldCannonFodder]

Sorry to hear that you are giving up the game BUT how did you see a Night Terror? I have been grinding all over the main island trying to raise the towers to Ascension +3 since the release of the final patch and have yet to see one ( and I managed to raise 2 towers to +3 since then! )
BTW I raised my level to 180 yesterday and am definitely looking forward to the encounter!!!

[Vardis]

Originally posted by OldCannonFodder:

Sorry to hear that you are giving up the game BUT how did you see a Night Terror? I have been grinding all over the main island trying to raise the towers to Ascension +3 since the release of the final patch and have yet to see one ( and I managed to raise 2 towers to +3 since then! )
BTW I raised my level to 180 yesterday and am definitely looking forward to the encounter!!!

Look for blue glows on the map (that aren't from ghost deer), and visit the area at night.

Originally posted by Aglet Green:

Well, I guess I'm done with the game. I was starting it up again to give "Pets and Dungeons" a try, but I was still doing the basic get-the-four-relays quest to open up Camp Caneveral, and I got massacred by a Night Terror. It's like all the worst parts of Underworld in one monster. I'd ask for a refund, but nah, I'm just done with the game. Going to change my review to Thumbs Down.

You'd ask for a refund with your 300 hours played and 100% achievements? They only show up at night starting at day 24. What were you doing to still be at that point in the game?
Did one make you miss the chance to get the surreal key that last play through, so you're rage quitting? :)

[Vardis]

Ahh, I shouldn't tease. You've played nearly as many hours as I have, so probably have had a number of restarts to get the key. I would've been pretty mad if the night terror ruined my last run, and it almost did. Nearly one shot me with its volley of three after dodging my rifle. I was able to outrun it for a short while, when dawn fortunately arrived to save me. After that, they were easy since I knew what to expect.

I hope you give it another try after you've cooled off.

[OldCannonFodder]

Hi Vardis,

Thanks for the hint !

Since I've died 181 times I'm not really worried about one more death or two.

I finally met my first Night Terror 10 minutes ago ( after running around for a couple of hours ), saw what you meant about a sort of pale blue "smoke" on the island map and managed to die another 4 times ( included in my total mentioned earlier ) !

I did manage to kill it finally by placing a number of turrets down, running around like crazy and reloading them. It dropped a mana / golden object which must have some use? Will check a little later if I can now enter the 4th floor of the Ark!

Once again "Thanks!"

[Rodos]

Ok so Night Terrors can take damage from projectiles? Because I'm pretty sure I threw everything I had at it (including the fox) and nothing worked until I hit it melee. Haven't been so scared of a monster in this game since mana creatures.

[Mariner]

Got 8 of that new mana thingos, need 10 in total for the Ark. Anyone care to share, are they more areas (besides the main island) for them horrors? My eyes are so sore now trying to find the frikkin spawn grounds....

[DarthNemesis]

Originally posted by Mariner:

Got 8 of that new mana thingos, need 10 in total for the Ark. Anyone care to share, are they more areas (besides the main island) for them horrors? My eyes are so sore now trying to find the frikkin spawn grounds....

https://dysmantle.fandom.com/wiki/Night_Terror#Map

[OldCannonFodder]

Thank you for the map!!!

[Mariner]

Originally posted by DarthNemesis:

Originally posted by Mariner:

Got 8 of that new mana thingos, need 10 in total for the Ark. Anyone care to share, are they more areas (besides the main island) for them horrors? My eyes are so sore now trying to find the frikkin spawn grounds....

https://dysmantle.fandom.com/wiki/Night_Terror#Map

Thanks alot! Amazing fast edit on the fandom page too!

[OldCannonFodder]

Oops! Well I was wrong. The turrets only annoy the Terror and it attacked them which gave me a few more seconds to kill it with the light sabre.
I have been able to kill 6 more so far using various speed up items as well as the Khopesh and have Polaris, Solaris and Hibernus remaining. The two first ones will require a change in temperature setup without loosing the speed setup but Hibernus is more tricky as the Terror is on a platform where I unfortunately damaged a number of guard rails. I will have to install sand bag barriers during the "day" so that I don't fall off.