Why do you think they have no armour upgrades?

[Pigeon Chest]

NG+ is starting to feel just plain unfun....

I really can't stand this damage- why did they think no armour upgrades was acceptable? I'm trying to get 100% and I'll have to go to Remix 2 to get the ants all completed- but with the difficulty I'm having completing these Mix'Rs and with how hard the last Battle for the coffee pot was- I may as well just start a new save file because I am not going to be able to do this on a harder difficulty.

I never quit the game out of frustration before this update, now it happens all the time... that's not a compliment to the gameplay to say the least...

[pcdeltalink]

I truly don’t know whether or not it was somehow forgotten (dumb) or if it was intentionally left out (VERY dumb).

[Adu]

Considering that they made announcement that this is the last major update for the game. My guess would be that they were closing up to deadline when update has to be pushed out and they had to cancel bunch of features in order to make it in time.

If you think about it, the launch of 1.4 update was already a mess, no way it was properly tested / balanced before the launch day (as follow up minor patch had insane amount of balance tweaks, over ~50 at once). That could possibly be one of indicators that there was a serious lack of time / man power to make things ready in time.

Just a wild guess tho.

[Padgey]

I’ve upgraded my health in NG+1 not all the way and still getting 1 shot killed, and to upgrade my weapons past level 9 I have to kill the broodmother to make the new upgrade station

[Pigeon Chest]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Padgey:

I’ve upgraded my health in NG+1 not all the way and still getting 1 shot killed, and to upgrade my weapons past level 9 I have to kill the broodmother to make the new upgrade station

I know how you feel- I'll keep it a stack with you- she got stuck in the floor and that's how I beat her my first time. Now that the removal of constant explosions is here I spam the fire staff and run away.
(Edit: You have to run when using staves because they don't allow you to block cancel like literally every other weapon- thus making them clunky deathtraps)

[Padgey]

I’m currently trying to kill the mant boss with my level 9 weapons I have a few health upgrades and some in stamina and some in health items, but I get the mant to about half health and then it always seems to one shot me maybe I’m trying to do it too quickly not being careful enough too impatient but yeah I’m literally stuck so my option is to go find more molars but if I’m getting 1 shot I’m not sure how much upgrading my health is gonna help, or try for the broodmother who I assume will also one shot me

[GaskinZ]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Adu:

Considering that they made announcement that this is the last major update for the game. My guess would be that they were closing up to deadline when update has to be pushed out and they had to cancel bunch of features in order to make it in time.

If you think about it, the launch of 1.4 update was already a mess, no way it was properly tested / balanced before the launch day (as follow up minor patch had insane amount of balance tweaks, over ~50 at once). That could possibly be one of indicators that there was a serious lack of time / man power to make things ready in time.

Just a wild guess tho.

TBF Microsoft was going crazy with their game studios what with Highfy Rush and Arkane Austin being shut down. Very possible that was a factor in feature cutting.

[Vincont]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Padgey:

I’ve upgraded my health in NG+1 not all the way and still getting 1 shot killed, and to upgrade my weapons past level 9 I have to kill the broodmother to make the new upgrade station

I don't see how that is possible. Are you in light armor with no health and no upgrades or naked?

[Pigeon Chest]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Vincont:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Padgey:

I’ve upgraded my health in NG+1 not all the way and still getting 1 shot killed, and to upgrade my weapons past level 9 I have to kill the broodmother to make the new upgrade station

I don't see how that is possible. Are you in light armor with no health and no upgrades or naked?

I find that if the enemy owns the Electricity attack it doesn't matter how much armour I have, those are 1 shot kills.
Otherwise I die in like 4 hits with Roly Poly maxed out armour in NG+1- not an issue in one on one battles, but during defence events it feels like I own a tumour instead of battle armour.

[Vincont]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Pigeon_Chest:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Vincont:

I don't see how that is possible. Are you in light armor with no health and no upgrades or naked?

I find that if the enemy owns the Electricity attack it doesn't matter how much armour I have, those are 1 shot kills.
Otherwise I die in like 4 hits with Roly Poly maxed out armour in NG+1- not an issue in one on one battles, but during defence events it feels like I own a tumour instead of battle armour.

Just some thoughts: The sour element is top tier damage, so I guess that makes sense. If you perfect block they can't get off their bonus attack or, you could cheese if you have to. There are other ways, especially with roly polys, you can attack them while running around them and they will never get a hit off. If you add stun and speed to your arsenal, it makes this even easier. The black ox beetle makes this harder to do this on, of the big slow bugs, because they have their aoe attack but it's possible, same as the green shield bug. You can also get bugs fighting each other, though not the roly poly because I don't believe they take damage from other bugs.

I think the very nature of having a plus tier game, is to cause the player to use creativity and skill to go further. Which will obviously be the hardest when it comes to bosses because you have a set arena. They have kind of always had a unique viewpoint with gear in general though. For instance, in the normal game the last gear you get is explosive but all the bosses have explosion resistance. Just weird, if you ask me.

To conclude, I wish there was better armor. I like to get the to point where I am so strong that I laugh as I kill the things that used to be difficult. But, you pick your own poison as a developer I guess. And, all the materials are there to allow us to upgrade, it wouldn't have to be a new big patch. *Shrugs*

[Padgey]

yeah its the green lightening bolt that kills me and im not overally struggling in the yard in general its the mant im stuck at on ng+1, so its a boss fight not just a normal bug in the yard, and he keeps one shotting me even with level 9 gear on