Fuck, this just had to come out while we're down, huh? Ahh well, great news, time to go download it, thanks for the heads up, OP.

>>1227455 Played the demo during the steam next fest. Didn't end up liking it that much because I remember they teased a boss fight and cucked us right before it. Will pirate it and see

>>1227455 Also important news for Muramasa fags

Which one bros?

>>1227565 I'm going for a light spidermech, seems like the best of both worlds except for exploration since the jump seemed to be shit in the demo.

>>1227565 based on the demo weapon wise the sniper rifle is the best, but it's a bit cost inefficient to use so you can't use it on every regular enemy you see armor wise the melee/shotgun set was the best mobility which is pretty nice.

>>1227455 link?

You guys didn't die to the first boss like noobs, did you? I'm noticing it's balanced somewhat different from the demo. A bit easier. Also, it looks like the absurd amount of weaponry strewn about was to give us a taste of it. >>1227565 I went with the balanced option because I did melee during next fest and it was so bad I had to restart. I picked sniper that time, but I didn't really like it.

reminder for anyone who didn't play the demo about the hidden doll joint body customization option you can find after the first tram ride

Fuck. I really want to play it but I'm busy.

>>1227455 Can you import your save from the demo?

>>1228420 No. Things seem to have been rebalanced and a lot of the weaponry in the starting area was just to let people play around with them.

Ahh yes, perfect.

Oh no. Not again.

>>1228948 DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA GET FILTERED GET FILTERED GET FILTERED GET FILTERED GET FILTERED GET FILTERED GET FILTERED GET FILTERED GET FILTERED GET FILTERED

>>1228550 Shame. I wanted to use my spider loli from the start, guess i'll just have to start a new save once i finish my shift

>>1227543 >Demonbane armor Based

Is it fun so far? How's the performance?

>>1230111 running it on a 7900xtx and an i9 13900KS, native 4K, i'm getting these not so much stutters but definite dips in fps at seemingly random times. i dunno; maybe it's the particle effects.

>>1230111 >>1230301 Similar, I'm running a 6950XT and an R9 3900x and I get occasional stutters that seem to be related to certain animations. Also, breaking boxes still causes weird performance drops just like the demo. That said, it does seem to run better than the demo at least, and they definitely made some changes to the map design and the lighting.

>>1230111 Running it on a RX 6800 XT on Linux at 1080p. Works pretty well, but as the other anon said, boxes and map reloads wreck the framerate for a few seconds.

>>1230375 >they definitely made some changes to the map design What kind?

How does it run on steam deck? I know the demo ran pretty good but could have been improved

>>1230492 At least in the demo area I've come across some new areas that I hadn't seen before, so maybe I just did a shitty job exploring the map originally.

>>1228978 I actually had to go back to the hub and take the middle tree instead of the left because I could barely damage this thing with tier 1 weaponry. I got fwoom fwoom fwoom'd hard. Anyways I'm done for the day. Too tired to play more.

>boring environment >small enemy variety >not that much customization >generic sound assets they should stick to VNs

Any permanently missable stuff? My autism is making me hesitant on progressing.

How do I get to the other side where those items are? I swear I remember reaching there during the demo but I don't remember how...

>>1232519 You need to play longer.

>>1232533 in the demo you had to jump and hover across. I forget the specifics to how exactly. but that connects to the red barrier by the munch munch girl so I assume that's the intended way to get there

>>1232626 It wasn't possible to do legitimately, you needed cheat engine to prevent your hover meter from going down. There's more than just that one red barrier in the game, you're clearly supposed to come from the other side.

it seems this will be the last game Nitroplus ever makes

>>1232713 why?

>>1232782 they've been bleeding devs, the new Muramsa project had it's director leave, so it's probably in development hell. Urobutcher doesn't make VNs anymore.

>>1232683 You apparently could do it without cheating by purposely overweighting yourself, or something strange like that though personally I just cheated like you said

There's a hidden path right under this hole right after the first tram ride

>>1228948 This guy was my first death only because my mom decided to randomly invade my home at 1am just to be annoying and the game could not be paused

>>1228351 >doll joints holy shit you're my fuarking hero, thanks anon i got the item near that area and assumed that was all the secret shit around there

>>1233380 >ARE YA WINNIN' SON?

>Loadout menu crashes the game for me 50% of the time I haven't seen anyone else bitching about it so I assume it's some weird bug specific to my PC. It's a shame the default is the lewdest outfit and there's not really any reason to buy the others

anyone found out how to get past that red wall? dunno if that was ever possible in the demo >>1234007 I've had that issue too

i HATE the slow movement of the mouselook on the left and right HOLY SHITTT

>>1234508 It's how they implemented turn speed limits. Trying to go beyond what your handling can handle kills the momentum.

I'm mad that they took the demo down, I was going to try it but never got a chance to.

>>1234667 Huh, not sure why so many devs do that, it's a pretty good demo too, only issue is that they don't seem to have fixed the performance issues that the demo had.

>>1234159 There's other red walls in other areas past the first one, so I assume the ability to bypass them is something you unlock later on. >>1234508 I had to switch to controller, shit's too irritating on m+kb.

>>1227543 Based

>>1234007 this happened to me a couple times. So far I've had luck clicking resupply first and then going into loadout speaking of loadouts what have people been using for weapons? I only cleared on area past the first but I've been using the francesca shot gun and scimitar beam rifle

R8

>>1235133 too thicc this is clearly a sticc game

>>1235133 She looks like she assaults oji-sans >>1235231 She looks like she gets assaulted by oji-sans

Do the guns feel better than the demo on release? Shooting with them felt pretty flat and a lot of them were balanced rather poorly in the demo

Talk me out of doing a 2kat build again like I beat the demo with.

>>1234886 Either the Javelin beam sniper or the AwlPike physical sniper, plus the 3-round burst grenade launcher. I haven't been running any rear weapons, and every time I try to use my shield against a big attack I die anyway. Had more luck just stacking resist. >>1235133 Nice consistent palette you've got going on. Here's mine so far, chilling in the hub.

How do you get more skillpoints?

anyone find out how to open this one way door in the middle tree route? The end of the area goes in the opposite direction and you can get a good look at the outside walls of the area so I have no idea how you would get in there >>1236251 you find some nerve item, give it to the speared lady in the hub, then she lets you buy more 5 more skill points for 30k each. The merchant in the hub sold me one, but that might have only been after killing a boss. I also found one by going back to the middle tree area after I killed the boss and the soldier girl near the shortcut was missing and the merchant not far from her was dead. Looking around the a spot I already checked had a player type enemy now so I assume that was the NPC. She dropped a nerve and when I went to turn it in the speared lady asked if I went on a massacre so I'm not sure if I fucked up an NPC questline or if that's supposed to happen.

>Late to the party Fuck working 2nd shift, Ill join you fine folks after a shower.

>>1236333 Hmm, weird. I went back to that area with the dead merchant and didn't have a hostile NPC, but I already ran into the blind soldier girl in another area before going back, so maybe it's her.

>>1236333 I'm in that same area, are you supposed to jump from here to move on? Also is the middle tree route not the first place you go to? I assume not considering how tanky everything is

>>1236460 the enemy was pretty far from the dead merchant, over on the one rooftop you can reach. It's possible that there's some other reason it didn't spawn the first time I was there. I also had a bug where when you get to the bridge and go back inside and climb up some stairs at the top of that room the game bugged out and I clipped through the floor, and when I climbed back up I could lock on to an empty spot of nothing. If that's where you saw the blind soldier the second time then I probably fucked up (by which I mean the game fucked up through no fault of my own) >>1236502 no, that area is optional and there's another entrance to it. That area is pretty mazelike but if I remember it correctly I believe there should be a narrow passage around right behind you. You should also be able to hover over the large gap in the floor to your right and reach the ledge that has the asshole shooting at you on it.

>>1236558 >I also had a bug where when you get to the bridge and go back inside and climb up some stairs at the top of that room the game bugged out and I clipped through the floor, and when I climbed back up I could lock on to an empty spot of nothing. I actually just ran into that bug at the 4th tree in the big generator room with the 4 different paths, I think that might just be a general bug.

I need a name for my doll.

>>1236333 >NPC questlines oh god Is here NG+ at least?

>>1236558 you mean this guy? I just found a shortcut so I'll check out the other trees

I couldn't bring myself to not give Yoyo some food, but I am curious what she says if you don't?

>>1236869 I meant a normal enemy but you seem to have found the right way to go anyways >>1236882 I tried in the demo and she's a bit sad about it but you can talk to her again to feed her properly I'm not sure if you need to beat the boss of the area or just feed her and touch a tree but the bars go away and you can go back there yourself, Just a dead end with a kind of crap weapon to find

Fuck it, sword time. >cleared that platform with ~7 enemies in one 'combo' first try with starting gear Did they make the basic smg bots weaker/less accurate or am I still FIGJAM after 8 hours in the demo?

waiting for the crack because i have no money. i will buy next month if i really like it.

>>1236926 I tried out the left tree with the upside down looking city in the sky, those machines with the homing attacks just melt me down like nothing

>>1236952 I think they have less tracking now. In the demo it felt like they had a similar system to the player where after looking at you for a bit they got a lock and tracked your movement better, but now they either don't it takes so long that you kill them first.

First design attempt. I rushed to the spot across from Yoyo thinking the first grabbable sets would still be there. Guess it's time to explore!

>>1237044 Mad as fuck they weren't. That battle miko outfit was cute as fuck. At least new starter outfit with the cape and big sleeves is just as good.

>>1237044 Go beat the boss, there are quite a few cosmetic sets at the merchant

Gonna test on my deck later, it seems to have some issue with particle effects absolutely murdering your GPU at high resolutions, if you look at some burning debris from a few feet away it absolutely demolishes your GPU.

>open this door to get raped >cute loli instead I've been bamboozled

after destroying that tank boss in the first area and going to the hub, what tree did you all go to?

how's the writing is it Nitroplus enough

>>1237128 Aurum to you.

So is it good?

>>1233749 I never understood that fetish, give me some insight as to why some people find that hot

>>1227455 >Find pic related in the great forest >Won't accept it and can't sell it either Should I just fight the area boss and check back?

>>1237240 I got destroyed by the left one's boss, trying my luck with middle now

Fair warning, if you jump around on elevators too much you can fall into them.

Man, that first boss was cool as fuck. >really inaccurate MG and missile spam >main cannon hurts but rarely used it <2 different melee attacks that become more aggressive at %50hp <basic dumb charge becomes ANGERY SPAMRUSH <steam AOE for chip damage becomes INSTANTLY GET COOKED WITHOUT WARNING NIGGER Amazed I beat it (and all former demo content) first try. This game feels a lot better tuned than the demo was, but I still get huge FPS drops in certain areas like that big pipe.

Mass flight and lightweigth frame a best. >>1228351 Wow, I had completely missed that in the demo. Would've missed it again too not for you.

Did they improve weapon handling since demo? Can you actually dodge enemy attacks now or still stuck tanking the homing projectiles? Writing any good? Im still on the fence

is this related to FAGirls or is it a different thing

>>1237502 >being hit by the homing projectiles >ever What, are you rolling the tankloli build and trying the equivalent of fatrolling away from them?

Before I knew it, I was out of money.

>>1237619 Kurokamis are best with long hair, I love short hair but that ain't it. Just my opinion tho, she looks pretty cute otherwise.

>>1236223 Does anyone else have thoughts on the weapon balancing so far? Went to the steam forums and its pretty disappointing if only a couple of weapons are much better than the rest just like the demo

>>1237619 You too? I blew all my starting dosh on cute frames. >>1237637 Isn't there an upgrade system? Just pick the one that feels the best for you and then pump its stats.

I've been circling the first area for hours and I haven't seen another checkpoint or boss. Please help The only interesting I've found is this red wall. I'm completely lost. I don't know what else to do.

>>1237653 They looked so much cheaper than they were.

>buy poncho expecting cute breast curtain action >become umbrella instead fug >>1237654 I remember guys with CE to max their flight time still hit those red walls while trying to sequence break the demo. I'd put money on getting a bypass for them later on.

>>1237564 No I had the balanced build in the demo and they just tracked no matter what

>>1237654 Since you're next to that wall, make sure you feed the girl nearby Did you find the circle teleport yet? The long hallway with all the enemies is where the boss is If you didn't find that yet, go back onto the big pipe and go the opposite direction of where that red wall was, eventually you'll find a tram that will take you to another area

>>1237712 forgot my image >>1237716 Oh, tracking not homing. Yeah their 'computing' stat was borked in the demo. You had to break line of sight regularly (including out turncapping them) to reset their lock.

>>1237736 Cool Sekibanki

>>1237637 The starter AR is really good, but you also want to try out shotguns and sniper rifles as well. I don't really mind it when the starter is very reliable though. I recall the flamethrower being really strong for triggering a status effect as well, so burning enemies and then swapping back could take down big enemies fast. I just unlocked a burst fire bomblet launcher that area damages a lot if you're above them, so that's fun.

>>1237736 Good to know it was just a bug. Might buy in a couple hours then even if I'll likely regret it.

Game runs alright on the deck so far, main issue seems to be effects. The effects cause bad stutter no matter the setting, and these big burning piles of debris rape performance when they're on-screen. First screenshot is medium settings at 720p, second is absolute minimum at 540p. When this burning debris isn't on-screen the 720p shot runs at 50-60 FPS. Seems like one of those issues with UE4's default effects being shit and extremely demanding, like its default TAA. Here's hoping they can fix some of these performance issues, but I won't hold my breath on that.

>>1237332 I went back to check on them and they were still around. I also checked on some other npc that was in the same area. Third npc is in the next area.

How do I get upgrade points? I'm doing the three areas after the boss and not being able to upgrade anything really feels annoying and repetitive

>>1237832 Very american frame

>>1237872 After beating a second boss, Yayo sold some nerves you can give to Nehma. That just gives you the CAPACITY for points. After that you buy the actual points for 30k each. Not sure where else you can find nerve samples but thats what I've done so far.

>Attack first NPC >Get killed >NPC gone What happened to the boss woman anyway? I was geared up to fight her and though the NPC was her disguised.

>>1237927 I've beaten the helicopter and I got one nerve end from Yayo but who's nema?

>>1238258 >thought the NPC was her disguised >Get killed

>>1238297 The big impaled torso/head in the broodchamber. The one you give an eye.

>>1238297 >>1237927 nevermind I found Nehma >bought the upgrade points >upgraded the stats >went to change loadout >fatal error

>>1227455 Can't exit the Esc Menu thing and it's not letting me jump

>>1237128 I forgot what the demo boss looked like.

So how's the writing? It's nitroplus so kinda looking forward to it, did they deliver or it's unrecognizable?

>>1238533 writing? characters barely speak, it's doing the dark souls thing by drip feeding lore as little as possible except there's not even any lore in item description so all that's left is some characters sometimes saying things and not elaborating further

>>1238555 So there's no plot at all huh. I was hoping it only started out dark souls'ish and they expanded on it later. Shame.

>>1238500 top kek

>>1238555 >except there's not even any lore in item description press V

>>1238500 Haven't gotten around to naming yet.

>>1236849 I don't think anyone is far enough to tell you that

Cute anime girls and robots? I'll be playing it as soon as my paycheck arrives

>>1238643 Naming? My doll is named Berry.

>>1238786 Berry nice

>>1238533 It has very souls-ish storytelling, with NPCs interspersed throughout the areas, some dying or moving when you beat a boss or give another NPC an item, and a main hub where you end up after the first area Not sure what the other anon was saying, every item and equipment has a short description and a longer lore description

Is there no ingame map? I'm worried I'm running around in circles sometimes.

>>1238815 I didn't notice there was a whole inventory screen I missed

Holy shit, it's a greatsword. >nearly twice the reach of starter blades >can charge up and hold it until you want to release >does 50% more damage WITHOUT charging <also found a pair of wheels that let me move at 86MPH, faster than the homing missiles that turtle boss shot >get melted instantly by flying enemies on the left tree >murder my way through the middle and jack all this cool shit Gardina is my new favourite faction >>1238997 There's so much verticality and side paths you seem supposed to miss without paying attention that a map wouldn't really fit.

>>1227455 I know absolutely nothing about this besides what the Steam page shows. I'm tempted to buy it, but I want to know just how jank it is before I take the plunge.

>>1239093 Less jank than I was expecting so far, but my tolerance for jank is quite high admittedly.

Anyone got an ultrawide monitor? How's the experience.

>>1239093 Dark Souls played like early Armored Core. It's got as much SOVL as jank. Helps if you like anime girls. Personally get the same feeling as the first time I played EYE. Confusion, frustration, but somehow losing like 6 hours in the process. It's actually a bit less jank now that the most basic enemy combatant isn't a fucking aimbot.

>>1239040 I just started on the right tree and it's so fucking awful it's unbelievable. In a good way. Do you like optically cloaked spawners in random fucking corners that will fill the whole map before you notice it with spider robots that poison shotgun you and make no noise? Worse yet, they take two hits to kill no matter what I use. >>1239093 I have pretty high tolerance for jank but I'm not really feeling much jank here. Or if I am, it's not the bad kind.

>>1239155 I've got a decent tolerance myself, but my main sticking point is on the controls. If it just flat out feels like ass to play, I'm probably not going to get through it.

>>1239159 2560x1080 here. The game only runs in 16:9 with the black borders.

>>1239040 Where'd you get the sword?

>>1239164 Jesus christ. Did you fasttrack yourself to loli blighttown?

>>1239040 Just found that as well, it's fantastic. >>1239093 There's only been once or twice so far where something actually went wrong for me. I once got stuck on some terrain and whaled on with missiles, but that's about it. The game has slowdown on anything that makes lots of smoke effects, which isn't very often. I think basically if you're curious, then it's a neat exploration "souls" shooter game. if you saw it and went "nitroplus made a mecha musume action game?" then you should just buy it already lol. >>1239186 It's around the boss fight in the skyscrapers area. Just after, I think.

>>1239186 Somewhere in the middle tree. "Great Forest". Fairly sure it's after that big fuckoff machinegun turret, either after the boss or where those tall bots are.

>>1239188 The good news is that the spawners stay dead permanently.

>>1239196 >I think basically if you're curious, then it's a neat exploration "souls" shooter game. Alright, I'll give it a shot. I've burnt 20 bucks on dumber shit before, so might as well.

>>1239206 >just like the blowdartniggers Nitroplus were pretty inspired with this, huh?

>>1239202 >>1239196 This place with all the fuck your framerate fires? I still can't find the sword

>go to the trouble of carefully matching skin tone >find out skin uses a different specular map Dang. At least I can use a slight shift to emulate translucency. >>1239491 Might be after the boss then. Did you check around that NPC on your right?

WHY do every single NPC they/them me holy shit I'm a little girl there's not even the option to change to body type 1 I hate americans so much

>>1239040 >There's so much verticality and side paths you seem supposed to miss without paying attention that a map wouldn't really fit. I just want a simple way to keep track of where I've been. I find myself running around and getting lost more often than not, but that's normal for me in these types of games. I have the worst sense of direction in the world.

>>1239545 Yeah, there's nothing around her but the teleporter Also, I gave her a bionic part 8 but she didn't do anything

>>1239632 I just did the same and I have no idea where to go now, I unlocked a shortcut back to the tree after the merchant but I don't see any obvious ways forward

>>1239632 Well, have you fought the boss and moved on towards the next tree? Might be between them >>1239668 The girl has a key next to her that opens the gate to the boss in that red room opposite the merchant.

>>1239679 Yeah it's right after the boss, I just wanted to hold off on beating it because I was wondering if this was avoidable somehow

>>1239844 Did you try killing the soldier below her? I feel like she did it. I've seen her again lurking near some scared soldier girl - if I come back and she's dead we'll know.

>>1236333 I wonder if there's an intended route where you avoid killing hostile Nymphs. I just got the same lecture about massacring after killing one on the left route.

>>1239679 >red room opposite the merchant. I don't see any rooms opposite the merchant?

Walking fortress more like walking turd, it just sat there soaking my hits without even trying to hit me with anything threatening

>>1240094 When you ascend the highway and kill the gatling bot, on your right a series of platforms leading to the merchant, left is a red room with a gate to the boss and a passage to the tall bots.

>>1240150 Oh, you found it. Yeah. Easiest boss I fought, huge telegraphs.

Dolls Nest was personally built for me but I'm busy with a lot of shit in my backlog right now. Hope they managed to polish up the stuff from the demo

Can you fuck your lolis?

>>1239040 >greatsword damn nice, I can truly recreate my little lass now did they fix melee feeling like pure shit to use?

>>1240757 Is that a FAG or a 30 Minute Sister?

>16 gb ram required Do you think I can get by with only 8GB?

>>1240790 it's a 30MS with HG 00's limbs, MSG's unite sword, and a fresh coat of paint

>>1240757 For normal encounters, there's options that make it somewhat less shit. Turns out they never really gave us the actual melee-specialized equipment in the demo. That said this game doesn't let you pick one set of equipment and call it a day. It wants you to kit yourself differently depending on the situation. So if you try to play the whole game with only a sword, that's not going to work.

>>1241006 >It wants you to kit yourself differently depending on the situation. Really feeling this after going left then middle. They really specialized the enemies to encourage building the right resistances for each route depending on whether they deal phys or thermal, and my sniping doesn't work nearly as well in the claustrophobic middle route. Overall I'm just impressed how good the level design is and how much there is of it. Was worried it'd be kind of short at $20.

>>1239182 >The game only runs in 16:9 with the black borders. Fuck

Found a big hat in the accumulation zone.

>>1240800 It's a UE game, so...maybe? The game itself uses about 1.5-2 GB of RAM on my 32 GB system, so you might be able to get away with 8GB assuming you're either not on Windows or if you are on Windows, you aren't running anything else in the background.

Warning. You may be tempted to sell the Luminous Ore for cash. Don't. You're going to need them.

Remember when Memeyazaki put a poison swamp level in armored core? Me neither.

Just found the Kuramitsuha fram chest, hope I didn't miss some more early on, they aren't exactly easy to spot, feel like I might've passed some.

At least the poison swamp had a energy sword.

does the girl from the first level go to your home if you exhaust dialog

[spoiler]Update on the the lady who's sitting there and telling you to let her die in the Great Forest: you can also bring her Bionic Parts 9 and Bionic Parts 10 for more dialogue (and lore) again. After that she disappears. Not sure if she an hero'd or if she can be found again somewhere.[/spoiler]

>>1241888 Well, there was a poison maze in 1.

>>1242385 The fuck? Where's the spoiler formatting? I'm pretty sure I did that right.

>>1242397 weird. just use ** instead

>>1242099 Which one? The little girl you find on the other side of the destroyed wall does, and sells you shit. The other one in the room that had a strong enemy in the demo I'm not sure, maybe she shows up again later.

The sniper cannon is great. I love one shotting everything from a distance. BP usage? Don't care. Just buy food from Yayo. You get so many cells its hard to even spend it all.

>>1243896 I like this one.

The only times I've died so far have been taking meetings or a piss Would be nice to be able to pause my single-player game

>>1244369 I died once to that big fuckoff gun that spams bullets and destroys your framerates in the great forest, but only because I accidentally pressed 2 and used my healing out in the open. The game definitely feels like it's not aiming for super difficulty so far, but we'll see what the later levels are like.

>>1244444 Wasted

>>1244369 I died while fumbling around in the menu for the second tier of healing item when I realized I went into a boss room and forgot to restock them from the shop loli. I actually like it this way. If you think about it, this is how the game punishes overuse of healing items. By making anything beyond your quick wheel a serious risk.

Where should Berry go first?

>>1246710 Middle one seems like the intended first path

>>1246710 left has enemies that spam a shit ton of homing chaser shots right has invisible spawner assholes who shit out an endless number of speedy shotgun spiders. Also all the enemies' bullets inflict poison. middle enemies are a little bit tankier than the others but otherwise unremarkable I haven't reached the right path first boss but the middle one is a pushover and the left is a huge fucking asshole

Do Nymphs have functional genitals? This is important.

After you kill the boss in the Arboreal Nest, does the coward die? I killed the Investigator preemptively after the first merchant died near her and seeing her lurking around again. Dropped a sweet camo frame and silenced AR.

>>1246859 I'm wondering if you could kill the investigator before her first kill, and if there's a benefit for letting her keep killing. Maybe there's two paths for her? Also are there NPCs in the other two areas? I got to the first boss of the left tree area and haven't seen a single one

>reach the hub >immediately buy all the clothes I can afford ... fuck. horrible impulse control

>>1246986 It didn't seem so expensive at the time...

>invisible spawners that shit out infinite poison shotgun spiders ha ha wow i love the way this sucks

>>1247039 every time I look at a price I somehow think the price is 1 digit less than it is and I wonder why it cost me all of my money luckily after your first couple purchases it doesn't seem like there's too much worth buying and you can stock up on cells pretty easily

>died to a flamethrower am I retarded?

>>1246918 I've seen one friendly on the left side, but she's after the first boss. She's pretty hard to miss when you do get to her.

>>1246918 Right has the pilgrim you meet in the first zone and a another npc. They don't seem to do much in the first 2 right zones and the path after the 2nd boss is blocked by a red barrier.

what kinda weapons are you folks using? trying to get away from my bread and butter scimitar but some of them feel really gimmicky to use

>>1241888 >>1242386

>>1247794 I'm liking the polearm themed shotguns and grenade launchers.

>>1247794 I learned to love rear weapons after getting a trebuchet cannon that rapid-fires thermal missiles, but it only works in high ceilings. Great for bosses and tanks since it just dumps 40k damage on them, but you can't move while using it. It looks cool as hell, so it's worth it when I can fit it in my weight limit. Regular equipment's a beam gun and burst grenade launcher. There's a lot of dogshit that can't hit the broad side of a barn, so I've been trying out everything I pick up. The pistol sold by >>1247687 seems especially shit. Most styles of weapon seem to have one or two usable pieces so far, though.

>>1247832 >>1247882 i tried out the warhammer nade launcher from the first area and the damage seems kinda ass for the fact it's single shot maybe i'll find better, i'm in the sandy poison spider rape area now

The second big walker that was here, I never killed it and ran past to use the fairy circle and now it's gone. Did I sequence break something or a bug?

>>1247794 Dual pistols for the style points.

>>1247943 Those respawn for me, so seems like some weird shit happening if it doesn't come back after you resupply.

huh, an actual spear

Finally, it's weeaboo time

O-okay master Nehma...

>>1248021 I thought the spear would be cool but it only did about the same damage as a single shot from my shotgun, except the shotgun has 7 shots instead of just 1 hit before needing to reload. Granted I was comparing a lvl 3 shotgun to a lvl 1 spear but still. I don't think it would make enough of a difference to be a one shot unless I respec'd and put all 20 skill points in melee up maybe.

>>1248092 >26 km/h walking speed Get the big Japanese hat set in the right zone. Not only does the hat have 400 melee boost, but the set is so light and fast that you can reach 45km/h just walking. 96km/h while grinding.

>>1248213 holy shit you weren't kidding nyooooooooooom

Is it possible to get Balmung to work or just wait for a better melee?

>>1248361 You can make it work. You gotta be hugging the enemy pretty much though.

>>1248213 Sweet, hadn't been there yet, looks like melee's actually fun in this game once you get the right set for it

>notice a suspicious empty space in the upturned forest >come back after beating the boss >nymph mini boss now in the area am I going to have to replay through every area after beating the area boss to look for nymphs? This one dropped a nerve and the melee starting set's 2 shot thermal shotgun

>>1248393 It's really good if you're just a little careful and don't try to unga bunga enemies. Most of them are pretty obvious when they're not watching you or cooling down. I think most of the issue is people trying to lightspeed dash an enemy and then eating every single hit on the way in, which kills you. >>1248456 Oh, there's been big, empty spaces in each zone that I found and thought "wow sure feels like there'd be a boss or something here", so that's probably it.

Fatal error!

>got obliterated twice to ??? before realizing mines are a thing >second time was literally "huh? what's that thing on the ground?? let's get a closer look" i may not be smart

I know it's Unreal Engine but this game stutter like crazy, anyone know a fix ?

I normally game on consoles but I'll sometimes use Steam for rare exceptions like this since it's PC only. How is the controller support? Does it just werk? The Steam page says "partial support" and I don't really know what that means.

>>1248702 i'm using a ps4 controller and it just werks usually that means something like the button mapping will be wonky but otherwise it's fine

skill point bonuses for barrier pwr: >first 5 levels give +140 >next 15 levels give +20 >last 10 levels give +200 why? It does mean that you really should put at least those 5 in since going from 5k to 5.7k is pretty good. Not like you can really tell how effective most of the skill point bonuses are

>Yoyo sells a light quad leg with stupid high handling Now THIS is podracing.

>>1248868 but it also cuts off your legs meaning you can't look up your nymph's skirt anymore doesn't seem worth it

>>1248868 Shit, I need this, technically not a spidermech, but I'll take it.

There's these odd areas with a single unresponsive enemy npc with a spotlight directly on it. I've found two so far. I assume they're for something secret.

Do all three areas lead to Arboreal Nest, or just Great Forest?

>>1249197 Each area leads to a different follow-up.

>>1249197 it's demon's souls each one is a separate route

>>1249025 Yeah this is clearly meant to draw attention to something.

heh

all these cool looking frames and i cannot tear myself away from the kuramitsuha found a broken down doll girl who took my bionic parts (8) but seems to need some more do i find those in other areas or did i just not comb the place thoroughly enough?

I HATE THE SPIDER-CHRIST

>>1227455 >cover looks like SOVL >game doesn't live up to the cover It hurts

>>1248536 The ones in the under layer don't even look like mines, they're just weird little triangles at least the mines in the middle layer are very obviously mines

>>1249846 I'm starting to mix and match sets, figuring out what I like and how much numbers actually matter.

>>1250753 >>1249846 You definitely need to at least try out the different mobility parts. They can change how movement feels quite a bit.

>got completely lost in arboreal nest >turns out I already unlocked the boss door anyway Anyway there's a really good smg there that I found at least. On top of the big cube room next to the teleporter that puts you on the staircase.

>>1250901 Did you find the twin cocoon? Giving it to the twins gives you the weab quickdraw katana melee weapon.

>you can attack any NPC out on the field oops, I shot someone putting my controller down accidentally hitting the trigger

>>1250830 Currently fielding this. Probably gonna change primary 2 out for something with more shots.

>>1248139 >we want the evangelion crowd

>>1244369 I was in the city level with the poisonous enemies and died twice. Not paying attention to my ammo and health due to needing some sleep.

>>1241888 Any mission where the level gets too hot and overworks your radiator.

>>1242386 I'm pretty sure AC2AA had bioweapon gas levels too

>>1250949 Yeah but it also makes them enter their chuuni phase and now they keep ranting about swords. It's cute though.

>it's your job to restore my body >also don't forget to purchase upgrades at our company store Nehma-sama...

i have more parts now. R8 again

>>1251383 i need to remember that i can upload more than one file at a time now

>>1251034 Cute insurgent >>1251383 Learning from the tank loli I see.

>>1251383 thick/10, but what you should have done is raised only the thickness to max so she looks pregnant or like a cute chubby. Looks great in the frame though

>>1227543 Good.

I will say, UE seems to be kind of shit in DX11 mode on current GPUs. The game stutters like crazy in DX11 but is waaaay more playable in DX12, which is weird because usually it's the opposite. At least it's pretty fun dashing around roboniggers and slicing them up with my mech katana.

What's the req for dx12? Win11?

>>1251671 No, DX12 is W10, and even W7 for some games, albeit janky.

>>1251691 And it also works on Linux/Steam Deck if you add the command line option to use DX12, Proton seems to play better with DX12 in this game, at least on the SD.

Decided to give it a shot. I only played about an hour so far but it's pretty neat.

these maps have quite a lot of space I hope I'm not missing any npcs

>fight cube boss for the first time >every weak point has a shield with 100% uptime >can't break through >explore the area some more and check the loot I found >handgun that can disable barriers >kind of dumb to do that but whatever >round two >not all of the weak points have barriers and I can attack the boss normally >barrier breaker can't even break these barriers >boss does nothing and dies I'm a little annoyed I was cheated out of a first try kill by the boss being literally invincible. >>1246859 bit late but yes, the coward dies and drops her stuff. frame set, smg, and a missile launcher.

>sniper cannon is heavy as fuck and I barely even use it >still can't bring myself to drop it because I like having something that can zoom Please tell me there's a lighter one somewhere

The hat and cloak go well together. I only have 1 hand gun so far, can you still dual wield them?

>>1251999 you can if they're both the same gun at least I didn't check if you can mix and match two different handguns

There's a plasma sniper rear arm in the upper area. I don't recall the exact location though.

the rate of fire on some of these guns is killing me tbh >6 round revolver >2-3 seconds inbetween shots

>>1252624 Revolver seems like a meme weapon. They even deal less damage to weakpoints, not more.

>>1252624 All of the handguns suck ass as far as I can tell.

I feel like I spent more time messing with my doll's looks than actually playing, what the hell is wrong with me

So is this game good enough for Nitroplus to sell out and never make VNs again?

>>1253230 Yyup. I'm softlocked. Nothing else I can do. And I really don't feel like starting all over again. Guess that's an ending of sorts. Moral of the story: don't walk away while Nehma is talking to you.

>>1253230 Oh wow, the same thing happen to me. I can't find one of the cells found at the end of the path.

>>1253433 I already went back to all three boss rooms to check and it's just fucking gone.

>>1251952 i used a flamethrower and the big sword for that one

Is there a way to remove the limiter when you're trying to move your mouse fast? Is that attached to your gear or no? I just started and I picked the close range frame and I definitely want to be able to swing my mouse fast but the game just stops me.

>>1253539 This is called turn speed. It is a feature of all classic mech games, not a bug.

>>1253230 >>1253433 >>1253410 Report it on the steam discussion sticky, hopefully they'll put out a failsafe bugfix soon

>>1253539 Some legs have pretty brutal turn speeds. You can barely skate round corners with some of the basic bipeds. Oddly the quadlegs have great turning. The skinny quadlegs you can later buy at the shop are insanely fast and response. Look for stuff with a higher handling stat.

>>1253549 >>1253622 I see, I've never played Armored Core before so I'll take your word for it. Thanks.

>>1253676 It works in favor for these sort of games. If people were able to skill through penalties, then mech customization feels less impactful.

I like the style and everything but how the fuck is this so demanding? A phone should be able to handle it Looks like a psp game and it should run like one and not take up more vram than crysis3

>>1253987 Unreal engine is shit. You should be glad it runs without needing memescaling.

>>1253987 Like anon said, UE, especially default UE, is shit. The effects in the game are weirdly demanding, but your best bet to improve performance is to run the game in DX12 mode via the launch option in Steam.

>>1239164 >optically cloaked spawners in random fucking corners that will fill the whole map before you notice it with spider robots that poison shotgun you and make no noise I tried going right after remembering this from skimming this thread, but you're right it's awful. Can you tell me a hint or a tip to get rid of those? I wasn't even 4 minutes into the map, spent my sweet time looking around in the first room and suddenly I'm ambushed by an entire squadron. I'd like to be able to clear the way.

>>1254567 First one's in the bottom ditch you probably went around through the building because it looks like a straight stretch with no cover from the spiders Second one is down the stack of buildings and to the right up a short path in the center of a square arena-looking area

>>1254746 Sorry, no cover from the snipers, not spiders

So how's the game? Is it worth $20, or is that money better spent on alcohol?

>>1254746 >https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1839430/view/519711795144818994 Patch 1.0.2 prevents bricking your save. Those of us who bricked our saves already have to wait for 1.0.3.

>>1227543 I'm a demonbane fag

Was it really necessary to have such an in-depth system for customizing your lolibot?

>>1255969 You tell me.

>>1255969 Yes

>>1248902 Is it possible to turn the loli into a full robot through equipment?

Rear weapons are so fucking cool, that sniper rifle's hilariously OP. Do I really want to nuke my mobility to use them though? Feels like it'd be annoying to explore when slower >>1255969 yes

>>1255758 $20 feels like a good bargain for it. There's a lot of customization and it seems like it'll be good for a NG+ or two with the NPC quests being as esoteric as they are.

>>1256357 I think I noticed you can change your frame without resupplying and thus resetting the zone, so you can kill things and then explore with a flight set. I might be misremembering, though.

For anyone that got to the depths. Here's what I did and got for that quest. I'm sure there were other options but I went for the one that I actually remembered.

>>1257455 it auto resupplies on changing. Besides that would waste even more time

>>1257670 No. Also kill yourself.

How long is this game?

>those dual plasma hand cannons you get in upturned forest >5 shots >big dick damage and nice loud firing sound >horrendous BP consumption >atrocious reload time i want to make these work so bad i am GOING to make these work

>>1257848 okay so they can work provided i double my loli's waist size from all the supplements she's eating

>>1257848 If it were up to me, reload and firing times would be halved pretty much across the board It's tragic that you can get a cool revolver and it fires 1 shot every 3 seconds

>>1258422 upgrading seems to improve reload speed a bit and i guess if you max out the reload stat MAYBE then things get better i get that they want you to maybe swap to a different weapon but that doesn't work with dual handguns

>>1257848 I kind of want to rock these, but I don't want to use so many thermal weapons, and the thermal assault rifle is fucking great, just like its physical counterpart.

>>1227455 Is this actually good? I've never played anything from Nitroplus.

Does this work on steam deck?

>>1259310 It works on my Linux desktop so I don't see why not. You'll probably have to turn the settings down some, though.

>>1256180 There's a couple bodysuits and helmets, yeah.

>>1259050 It's pretty good, surprisingly a lot better than I was expecting. >>1259310 Yes, but don't expect amazing performance. For me it hovered around 45-60 FPS on medium settings at 720p, except for the not-swamp poison area, which is almost Blighttown-tier when it comes to the performance because the effects are super demanding for some reason.

>>1251911 My NPCs keep disappearing and I'm wondering if they moved somewhere, I missed a quest link or they're just gone

anyone been to The Vault yet? the little shits that spit out about one gorillion seeking lasers are absolutely wrecking me and i cannot seem to figure out how to deal the degree of heat seeking is unreal, at close range not a single one misses even if i'm boosting on a fairly speedy frame if they spot me i get chunked for 2/3rd of my hp, no save

>>1260306 The Fault, or is there another area? I was sniping everything there from outside its range and using a lot of wall cover. This might also be a good time to boost your mobility or switch armor for thermal resistance

>>1260534 shit yeah, my (F)ault. i think i might have to ditch the hand cannons, getting up close just isn't worth it and they still chew through my ammo like nothing else

>>1260306 surprisingly I found a shotgun to be pretty good at killing them. The main thing is that if they shoot you from close up you can't dodge at all and get shredded, so you want to get their attention from far away to make the lasers easy to avoid then rush in while they reload and kill it before it can start shooting again

>>1260306 >>1260556 Get your thermal armor up bro. I've been going through the area with a silenced shotgun and an SMG just fine. Dodging all their shots isn't really an option unless you go long range.

>>1261409 >>1261421 that is very good advice, thanks i brute forced the area but it's nice to know that there was a strat for it and that enemies are varied enough to not just be able nyoom around everything

>>1249434 Theres one in... many but not all of the main 3 route areas(?), when you put the associated item on them you get a specific weapon back when it shows up again

Finally have time to play a bit more, though I've got work to do tonight too... How's your progress looking? >>1257836 I was afraid it'd be 10-20 hours at the price but I'm 12 hours in and haven't even completed the first three areas yet.

>>1261990 i am somewhat burnt out, and ive already had one save bricked right before the end because of the bug that is now fixed Some questions remain that i must know the answers to though(whats going on with the outfit seller? how do i open that godforsaken door on the wall in the forbidden domain? Are there 'good' endings to ANY of these questlines?)

>>1261990 I beat the 2 legged sniper and killed the 4 legged super artillery.

>>1261990 2 zones cleared on the left and middle routes and almost through my 2nd on the right. Slower progress as work picked up, so looking forward to getting back to it this weekend.

What are you using bros?

>>1262265 I'm trying out whatever this is.

>>1262265 unga bunga build, and youve stolen my paintjob so i have to find a new one

>>1227455 The game is Jank and combat feels floaty I like the doll though

Is there any amount of Reload that makes the Wagana more than just a secondary?

>>1262265 I'm very disappointed that the first shotgun I found has been the best one so far. I'm very tempted to use the Bulz instead if it didn't feel so much worse having both lower damage and smaller clip size. I'm still not very sure about the second primary; I used the scimitar for a bit but I haven't really tried out using a battle rifle or compression gun so I might try those out a bit.

>>1262363 Thats as high as it gets, which seems usable enough

>>1262413 That's dece- you can change your HUD colour?

>>1262421 its under game in config, 'combat ui settings' additionally, thats a fully upgraded + 30 points in reload as the base reload on the gun goes down every other upgrade

>>1262394 Did you try the wave guns too? They're the energy shotguns.

>>1262560 yeah. The close range starting one is okay and the Bulz I mentioned is the single pelt version of the wave gun which is conceptually neat and it looks cool to shoot but the stats are a bit low.

I think Yodo killed the merchant and now I see her sulking around Calrad

>>1262620 She did Which means you can save her

Is there a nymph in the upturned forest? I found a place that had a nerve sample on the ground, but there was no nymph.

>>1262799 After the boss every area has a nymph except the last one which has a nymph before you beat the area. No idea why it would be just a nerve sample, all of them have some equipment drops as well.

>>1262827 There was a wave gun, I think it was the same one from the close range starter kit because I already had it

>>1262836 >>1262799 Sounds like she died somehow.

>>1262836 Nehma appreciates your contribution to the natural cycle of nymphs

Do I HAVE to kill her too? I already beat Lena or whatever her name is so I'm just backtracking to see if I missed anything from this tree before I move on to the next one.

>>1262941 You get the missile launcher and a nerve stem, nothing else, nothing story relevant, so its not required for anything. Nerve stems you can just collect endlessly as long as youre willing to kill nymphs and cycle the story

Was there a Nymph fight in the starting area after you beat the boss? I went back to explore and found a bunch of things I missed out on, but no Nymph.

>>1263142 Its behind a red wall, so you need the red wall key item to get to. But it is there.

>>1263120 Okay, thanks. What about the mushroom ring shortcut near the tree? I assume that's also behind the red wall?

>>1263165 Yes its the area across the chasm

>>1263153 Alright, thanks. I beat the spider shield tank in The Great Forest so now comes the question of what to do next. I'm not sure if I should progress into the next zone or try out one of the other trees.

Cubes are friends, but I don't know how to kill the last three spheres. Eventually one just lost its shield and I've no idea why, or why it's not happening to the others.

>>1263257 That boss has been bugging out for some people making it impossible to finish. First I've heard of friendly cubes though.

>>1263257 Just use a wave gun or something and ignore the shield entirely.

I find it pretty funny that you can end boss fights pretty quickly.

>>1263261 Well that's no fun. >>1263286 Just tried that, didn't work. Neither did the Waltus.

I started exploring the left tree after beating two bosses on the right. I haven't seen any NPC so far even after beating the first boss there. Is that normal? >>1263293 How the fuck?

>put on two celpeks >can't fire them both at once my disappointment is immeasurable

Trashloli sleeps with giant stuffed animals.

Still have no idea what these things hint at.

>>1263499 the associated item is at the entrance to the depths and its not really missable unless youre deaf. When you have the item to put on it which one of these you pick determines what weapon you get from the resulting interaction.

>>1263527 Oh so it's like a one key for multiple treasure boxes situation. Neat. Thank you for solving the mystery.

>>1263587 >>1263527 But which box should you open!?

>>1263787 Boldr is the one in the accumlation zone, REstef is Water Treatment levels

>>1263818 Is there a third one?

>>1263992 There are at least two more(Great forest and Upturned Forest) but i dont know what you get from those.

It makes me really happy to hear that Nitroplus have made what seems to be, by all accounts, a decent action game. The last time they tried that (Kishin Hishou, the Demonbane sequel) it wasn't exactly great novelty aside.

So when are we getting the demonbane armor

>>1263818 >>1264013 Here's the great forest one.

>>1264060 At some point. Hope they implement all of the weapons too, though I suppose it would be kind of pointless if they didn't.

Hurry up and unfuck my save already Nitro+, this wait is excuciating.

Once you get to the hub, which of the three areas should you do first?

>>1264872 Doesn't matter, they are all about the same in terms of difficulty. Left has annoying enemies that like to jump around and flying ones. Middle has tankier enemies, some with front facing shields so you want to shoot their backs. Right has poison spamming enemies and enemy spawners. There is an NPC that moves between the routes though. She's the pilgrim you find behind a big door in the starting zone, I first found her on the right, then middle, and after that, I couldn't find her again. All other NPCs stick to their routes.

>>1264903 >Left has annoying enemies that like to jump around and flying ones. Yea, I went to the Upturned Forest last, and the hopping assholes and flying fuckers can be kind of a bitch if you try to shoot them without fully locking on first. Gives me a reason to actually use the lock-on system though I guess.

>>1264903 Aurum pilgrim girl, right? I actually didn't run into her in The Great Forest. I met her in that room in Central Cavern first, then I ran into her again before the big elevator in Accumulation Zone before the boss. I'm gonna check out the third tree next, wonder if she'll pop up for me there, or if she just randomly locks into a zone and keeps popping up there.

>Other half-thread on autosage Lol Genuinely a site for battered housewives.

Behold! The most demanding area in the entire game.

>>1265208 I can take boxes, but try looking at fire up close...

Do homing weapons care about the Rear Arms Boost stat on Hangers? Also, is there ever a reason to upgrade frame parts? The stat boosts on the first level are absolutely pitiful.

Got my first quadruped mobility frame after 4 bosses. Went left tree after right. I'll continue this next time and go middle to test just how much better I can turn by now. >>1265208 That won't be demanding until you start breaking those boxes.

>>1264903 Will she appear in an area if you already best the boss?

What is the best way to farm money?

>>1264872 Center is easiest Left has a really annoying boss but is otherwise okay Right is cancer embodied

>>1263818 >>1263587 There's some follow up stuff if you decide look thru the zone you picked.

>>1265791 Not entirely sure about later areas, but so far the best way to farm that I've found has just been killing enemies and hoping they drop bionic parts that you can sell for more cells.

the doll that takes bionic part 8 - what else do I need to bring her?

>>1265987 bionic part 9 & 10 found both in the water treatment level but i think any of the third tier of levels have them however she disappered after giving her the 10 and i haven't seen her since

>>1266015 She shows up again near the arboreal nest node. Then again at the bridge.

Yodo

>>1266113 neat, i found her at arboreal nest and i'm probably just about to hit the bridge not sure where pilgrim girl's last haunt is though

>>1266113 fuck do i tell the investigator i've seen her? that seems like a death sentence

>>1266497 Pic related happened after I told her. Not sure if she just waits if you choose otherwise.

>>1266542 figured i tried saying no but it just puts off the conversation instead of ending it, guess you gotta

>>1266542 :(

>>1266835 forgot image

What is Leki weak to? I just cant beat her, nothing breaks through the shield and I don't deal enough damage when she's open after her slam attack.

missiles use up so much ammo but the accuracy is so fucking shit

>>1267369 I used the basic shotgun but it took awhile and had to be very carful since once her recovery from the slam is over she pulls out her own shotgun. I heard someone say the corrosion AR worked pretty good so maybe try some status effect stuff. The best tip I have is to boost in the opposite direction that you're moving to dodge her shotgun shots. Or maybe try jumping, but the point is that if you boost in the direction you're already moving it seems like her tracking is pretty good so you have to change direction. Also that she seems to shoot in groups of 2 on the ground or just a single shot in the air, but she can choose to shoot 4 or 5 times in a row before doing another slam.

>>1265168 maybe if the mod team here hadnt decided to shoot themselves in the foot with IDs and the site could handle traffic i wouldnt even have to look at the halfchan thread

>>1267707 8/v/ has had IDs for years you mongoloid.

>>1267707 We've had IDs for ten years. We shouldn't change who we are just because our competition is down.

>>1267791 Seemed like everywhere i went on this site had them, and i know 8/a/ was shitcanned by it and the BO being a fag, my apologies i didnt realize this place always had them >>1267804 A fair point, though i still think theyre trash personally

Away from my own ignoarant retardation and offtopic things i havent seen it mentioned anywhere but the clothes vendors name implies there is more to her, has anyone found aynthing that might advance or shed light on that? Specifically in the EN TL her name is 'elp' but in JP theyre saying 'sukete' so the natural conclusion here is that the EN is trying to say Help and JP is saying Tasukete(help).

I beat Leki but the red barrier is still active. I came back and beat the Nymph too but still nothing. Im guessing I stick or combine the code fragment with something?

>>1268505 You're gonna need to clear the middle and left to get the other fragments, then the game will tell you what to do next.

I will say, I'm glad this area was relatively short, because god damn do I hate super dark areas where I need to use consumables to see. Doubly so if they pull this kinda shit where I need to walk along small, narrow walkways and avoid falling. >>1267435 Accuracy in general seems kind of bad, even when locking on if your weapon doesn't have high velocity or homing capabilities.

Truly, the worst bug in the game is Equip Preset not sticking.

>>1268563 Locking on just means that your aim now factors in enemy speed and projectile travel time. It doesn't help against enemies that move erratically, or if you yourself move erratically. Shooting without locking on means the center of your aim is always on the opponent. When you factor in cone of fire, most bullets just don't hit shit.

>Yayo says "Aww" if you walk away without saying bye S-sorry

>>1269781 Fun fact her panties are pure white

>>1268134 The vendor even hints towards this, her dialogue about her suggests she thought she was asking for help.

>>1269781 I always feel a little bad every time I accidentally do it... I'm sorry Yayo-chan...

>Skate Legs I sort of want to make Shirabe from Symphogear, but I dont know what weapon would fit best besides missiles. I sort of wish this game was more of a character action now, though I'm certain there'll be one made in the future by someone.

>>1269781 The scared/sad sound Elp makes when I absentmindedly walk off makes me feel like absolute shit

Ohhhh, robot body...

So upgrading modules just improves their defensive stats? Doesn't seem like it boosts stuff like Handling on Legs or Computing on Headsets.

... is there a way to keep the wandering merchant alive?

Does anyone know where to find the pilgrim after this? I directed them to "The Ruins" but I have no idea where that is. I tried checking the church in The Fault but the priest instead insists that I direct the pilgrim there instead so now I have no idea where she actually is.

>>1270793 Tower in the water treatment plant labelled unknown.

>>1267369 I never discovered what she's weak to, I just played by her patterns and tried sticking close to prevent her spamming her shotgun (that shit really hurts). I also used a shotgun and a melee weapon (since I wanted to try a melee vs melee but she whips out a shotgun anyways so fuck her). I'm mobilitymaxing so dodging her shotgun attacks isn't as hard for me as long as I'm not too close, but the tip is to redirect when she's about to fire. Since it's a shotgun shot a few pellets could still hit but it shouldn't be enough to break your shield. >>1266161 lmao, does she always try to shoot you from the back? Also what mobility frame do you have?

While proceeding through the Arboreal Nest I found another NPC, someone called the Coward. After exploring a bit, the Investigator is also nearby. I remembered seeing her before and also reading some spoilers here, and when I checked on the Great Forest near the Investigator's previous location, I found the Traveling Merchant dead. What the fuck? Is that preventable?

>>1272229 Yes, you can just shoot the investigator first.

Anyone else encountered this error? My shitbox laptop crashed while playing, presumably due to overheating, and after the second time this started showing up and the game just doesn't boot. >>1272254 I accidentally shot at her while she was speaking and she said another line. Is that good enough?

>>1271553 Nah, my arrogance was my downfall and when I came back she was like, "I will not fight you. I have already won. You face now only a ghost of fate." I've been getting this glitch where the enemies become buddies sometimes, as well as phasing through walls and floors. The game reloads you to your last posistion if you quitify so there might be no way to escape softlock if you get stuck without a way to end yourself, since the game has no homeward bones/darksign. The world design was way better than I expected but I still often threw myself heavensent on the shotgun express to skip the backtracking. All the bugs so far have only improved the experience; the cube factory being invincible gives that boss some attitude, and it feels like the intended way to kill it to just deal enough burst damage in one hit to chunk through the shield into the armor. This game would be hugely improved at little development cost to add a challenge option where the enemies' cooldowns are reduced and fire-rate increased and I wish I could beam those thoughts into the dev's heads. Legs are Shamalform, the pieces of which are spread out and hidden above the path in the upturned forest.

>>1272382 I had that happen and my game didn't load the level properly when I booted it back up but then it went back to normal. If your save is stored outside the game folder you could try reinstalling, or otherwise find the save first and copy it.

>>1272553 Already tried reinstalling, found others with the same issue on the steam pinned topic, it seems like a save issue. I tried copying saves and the files around but nothing's working. At least it's booting up and going through the starting screens, but as soon as I try to get to the title screen it crashes with the same error. I sometimes manage to get to the title screen but as soon as I try either Continue or Load Game it crashes. I disabled Steam Cloud I pirated the game for now but I plan to buy it on steam later so I can't roll back to an earlier version. This would really suck if I lost all my progress.

>>1272533 >since the game has no homeward bones/darksign The parasite egg item you have at the very start is a darksign, and you get root access codes that are homeward bones.

>>1272645 Amazing. I am retarded. I kept trying to find the root access codes in my inventory because I thought they were a key and I thought Jesus-mom was taking them since it said "transferred" when I picked them up. When I got the last one at the end of the game and it didn't say :transferred" I thought it was because my nymph had developed free will.

>>1236702 Elza

>>1270621 ;_;

>>1272645 >The parasite egg item you have at the very start is a darksign Huh, I assumed that was a story item or something. Shit, I feel like a retard.

Any tips for the Upturned Forest? I'm having a hard time with all the flying/jumping enemies. Should I use different weapons or parts?

>>1273738 The grounded homing enemies' tracking depends on range, which is kind of bullshit since it means they're actually shotgunners in disguise, Keep your distance or you can't dodge their attacks. Upgrading your character's weapon skill increases accuracy which makes it easier to hit the fliers. You might want to just run past the fliers though. They're only dangerous when you're boxed in.

>>1273738 >Should I use different weapons or parts? Yeah, probably. Looking at your gear >not maxing thrm res in thrm weapon land >Calrog headset's target area is small, so it's hard to keep a lock at the close range your SMG demands >low ground mobility in close range kit >SMG is kinda weak anyway >GL eats a ton of BP and fires way too slow to justify bringing it I ditched rear weapons entirely and just took the Javelin, but better synergy overall can make close ranges work

>>1273798 >>1273800 Thanks, great advice. It's way smoother than what I was doing before.

>>1273800 Rear weapons in general are just too expensive for the amount of damage they do. I really want to use them, but most are just not worth the energy expenditure in almost any situation with a few exceptions.

>>1273800 >SMG is kinda weak anyway SMGs are the best weapons in the game DPS-wise by far, what are you talking about lol

After beating the game, I've just been reading thru all the item descriptions and by far my favorites are the ones from the colony of Nagara.