Singleplayer and the O.R.C. fight

[The Minted Lady]

I was really enjoying the way this game challenged me, until I reached the fight with Director Schmector. That whole thing just seems patently unfair and designed to force you to either cheat or play multiplayer. I managed to get as far as him turning on the lasers, then at that point I just had to throw up my hands. He's got his neverending army of O.R.C. Weaver Spiders, the electricity that bounces around, and then those lasers practically filling the room. Exactly how is one supposed to deal with him if they're playing solo? It felt less like a challenge and more like a "screw you."

[Padgey]

Just have a level 9 coaltana for the spiders, have a level 9 black ox hammer sour i think it is for the boss itself and also take lots of heals and try and have most of your milk molars full, so maxed out health stamina mutations, and then maybe use the trinket that does a bit of everything thors pendant

[R3DSH1RTS]

Originally posted by Padgey:

Just have a level 9 coaltana for the spiders, have a level 9 black ox hammer sour i think it is for the boss itself and also take lots of heals and try and have most of your milk molars full, so maxed out health stamina mutations, and then maybe use the trinket that does a bit of everything thors pendant

I was planning on using the Pinch Whacker with the Wondrous Wormhole for Bust+Sour, Mighty Toe-Scimitar for spideys. Yeah i'm NOT making a new hammer for ONE fight... learnt my lesson with a 2nd termite axe...

[peon]

I had roly poly armor and a lvl 9 mint hammer and 10 kelbasa blood healing things.

Even though the description makes it only sound useful for multiplayer, they heal way better than the bandages do. Without those, I couldnt do it.

I noticed after the fight, that you can actually destroy the doors and lasers? Something I didnt think about when fighting, maybe you could use some sticky bombs to quickly take those out.

Other than that, just alot of jumping, and throwing kelbasa's. This was on mild hahaha.

I agree this game seems totally geared toward multiple players.

What really irks me? Even after battling this thing, the orc attacks just never quit. Who in their right mind thought that was enjoyable.

[The Minted Lady]

Originally posted by peon:

I noticed after the fight, that you can actually destroy the doors and lasers? Something I didnt think about when fighting, maybe you could use some sticky bombs to quickly take those out.

Yeah, I tried that during the fight and nothing seemed to happen. I don't know what was supposed to work on them. I had bombs, an axe, a hammer, and two stabbing weapons. Nothing destroyed the doors or the laser nodes.

[karg]

Does the ORC creatures stop spawning in the yard after defeating Schmector?

[The Minted Lady]

No. I thought they would but they do not.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

I honestly wouldn't bother with healbasas.

Use basic cooked meat (I know they don't stack, but they do "stack" on your hotbar so you can use them without going into your inventory every time) and Green Machine smoothies (preferably beefy) as they are very easy to make, they are basically instant use (you don't have to equip and throw them, and you can even interrupt the "eat" animation with a block or whatever and still get the heal, so you can sneak heals in between attacks if you whiff a parry or similar situation) and they heal, a lot, instantly. Pretty much all cooked meat also adds a version of regen that stacks with the bandage regen, so I'd eat and use a bandage before a fight just to have two regens active and then keep up with your HP beyond that.

Cooked meat, Green Machine, etc. > both healbasas and bandages imo. SP anyway.

Also, don't forget about gas arrows for mobs.

[karg]

I did the fight with the ladybird armor and the tick sword (both at level 5 or 6, the level before you decide specialize it) and filled my inventory with all kinds of smoothies.

I glued myself to the face of Schmecktor and just spammed attack, to get as many 3-hit combos as possible. When I was out of stamina I retreatet, waited for it to replenish and went into his face again. Depending on what stage the spiders start to spawn I ignored him and killed these. Once the lasers started I stuck to one side of the room, where they won't get me and that's basically it. I needed a couple of tries but in the end this was an easy method. At least for me.

Just spam attack and smoothies. Throw in a bandage, won't hurt.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

Black Ox Crossbow and Sour Arrows also do a lot of damage, especially with crits. With the right build you can eat through his phases pretty fast. You can bring Spicy arrows for the Weavers, or gas. Probably the easiest and safest way to win.

The unlimited spiders is the worst part of the fight. The rest is awesome imo.

[GAMING_Alligator]

I'm at the same point and having the same thought. I think it's just a case of spamming healing smoothies during the fight, but even then once the spiders start to gang up they often get through my health faster than I can replenish it, never mind actually getting as far as the lasers. I can block and fight one without losing health, but not half a dozen. With the blue balls bouncing around too, there's too much to keep track of if there's just one of you.

Definitely a fight designed for multi-player. I'm thinking of going down to "mild" for it.

[T-Baggins]

Had troubles at first then saw some advice to just get in close and spam. That worked well using the salt morning star and just combo him before allot of spiders spawned. Shield block blasts and try to keep on top of him.

[pcdeltalink]

Just cleared him on Whoa! difficulty yesterday. Was fairly tough but only took me about 5 or 6 tries. Something I learned fairly early on that saved my life was that a shield can completely negate the energy shock balls and his ARC attack. I stuck with Spicy Staff for dealing with the orb weavers so I could hit both of them at the same time and from range if they were in the middle of some of the lasers or energy balls.

Gear was:
Lvl 8 Antlion Armor, Bulky
Thor's Pendant

Lvl 7 Mint Mace
Lvl 7 Salt Morning Star
Lvl 6 Spicy Staff
Fire Ant Shield

Mutations
Whittle Wizard (was hoping spicy burn damage would help in some way)
Coup de Grass
Trapper PEEP.R
Cardio Fan
Parry Master

Ate a black ox burger, fuzz on the rocks (sticky) and liquid rage (sticky) before the fight.

If it helps you, here's the footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9-dHsOxAWo