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I'm happy that this LP exists, because I would never play this game (hella scared about being underwater).
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FriskyBoat posted:IMO, Reapers are way scarier than Ghosts. Ghosts are more dangerous, but they're also more visible or in generally better lit areas. Reapers tend to stick to areas that have bad visibility, which makes it easy for the giant fish to sneak up on you. Reapers are one of the few creatures in the game that aren't bioluminescent and that makes them incredibly sneaky.
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May 8, 2020 06:50
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inflatablefish posted:We're a Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief. We're basically a Space Janitor. I took that to mean [Non-Essential] Systems Maintenance Chief. As in non-essential personnel, "your life is important to us as a valued member of the Alterra family...just not very". From the logs, your shipmates seem to have been decent people. Alterra can go gently caress itself but that's par for the course for space future megacorporations.
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May 8, 2020 07:17
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Alterra and shipwreck dad are the absolute worst of capitalism, Marguerite is an adrenaline crazed merc, everyone else is fairly reasonable.
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May 8, 2020 07:25
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The blurb the PDA makes about the Prawn suit when you construct it the most accurate thing in this game. I love the Prawn.
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May 8, 2020 07:37
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Loxbourne posted:From the logs, your shipmates seem to have been decent people. Hahahah, I look forward to a certain PDA being discovered if I'm remembering it right. Also yeah, Reapers don't glow and they make a sound that makes you dread encountering them in advance. The sounds, rather than reducing terror by warning you that Reapers are around, instead just crank up the anxiety of meeting one. Honestly the only animals in Subnautica that make nice sounds are the Reefbacks, they're soothing.
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May 8, 2020 08:29
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FriskyBoat posted:IMO, Reapers are way scarier than Ghosts. Ghosts are more dangerous, but they're also more visible or in generally better lit areas. Reapers tend to stick to areas that have bad visibility, which makes it easy for the giant fish to sneak up on you. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 08:38 on May 8, 2020 |
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May 8, 2020 08:36
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malkav11 posted:Are there enough fragments out in the wider sea to get the Prawn Suit going without visiting that bay? Obviously if you know it's there and are willing to risk a Reaper the bay is easier. But I could see someone not figuring that out. So you could either risk a single Sea Satan by picking them up in the Aurora Bay, or a handful of them in the Dunes  PurpleXVI posted:Honestly the only animals in Subnautica that make nice sounds are the Reefbacks, they're soothing. Unless they get stuck on something and you get to hear them moan every few seconds for however long you're in range to hear them. Then it rapidly becomes annoying. FriskyBoat posted:IMO, Reapers are way scarier than Ghosts. Ghosts are more dangerous, but they're also more visible or in generally better lit areas. Reapers tend to stick to areas that have bad visibility, which makes it easy for the giant fish to sneak up on you. Damage is also the absolutely least dangerous thing they can do to you.
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May 8, 2020 09:30
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inflatablefish posted:We're a Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief. We're basically a Space Janitor. Perhaps he's Head Space Janitor, but yeah. The devs have specifically said Riley is essentially a janitor. That said, there's a hell of a mess to clean up and he's the only one around to do the cleaning. I think that was still a part of the Aurora and not the Degassi, because it mentions the Mongolian ambassador who was only on the Aurora. I'm pretty sure it's mentioned the Degassi crew remnants entirely scrapped what was left just to make the stuff on the floating island. For their other stuff they had to work hard and find native metal sources. As for the difference between Reapers and Ghosts and their nastiness, I find a handful of bonesharks to be even worse than either once I have a Prawn because even loading one up with armor modules, they can work together to tear it up extremely fast because they're so drat agile they can get in more hits for faster DPS, resulting in "where the hell did 80% of my Prawn's HP just go?" being the first thing I notice on it being damaged. ThingOne posted:Reapers are one of the few creatures in the game that aren't bioluminescent and that makes them incredibly sneaky.
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May 8, 2020 10:55
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I've seen a number of people assume Ryley is a male name (here and elsewhere), but it's not gender specific. And I haven't seen any sign that the game assigns a gender to the protagonist otherwise, so I don't think that we can assume that. (Indeed, my suspicion is that it's deliberately not explicit so that players can identify however they would like to.)
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May 8, 2020 14:26
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malkav11 posted:I've seen a number of people assume Ryley is a male name (here and elsewhere), but it's not gender specific. And I haven't seen any sign that the game assigns a gender to the protagonist otherwise, so I don't think that we can assume that. (Indeed, my suspicion is that it's deliberately not explicit so that players can identify however they would like to.) The voice clips we hear upon injury sound male to me, but I'm willing to shrug my shoulders and accept whatever. Very much looking forward to seeing some of these nastier super predators, though. The creature design in this game is great! and fairly horrifying.
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May 8, 2020 14:31
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azren posted:The voice clips we hear upon injury sound male to me, but I'm willing to shrug my shoulders and accept whatever. I'm guessing one of my favorites is coming up pretty soon, since the Blood Kelp and Grand Reef biomes have been revealed and the LP is starting to go deeper. It's the indigestion echo octopus
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May 8, 2020 14:38
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malkav11 posted:I've seen a number of people assume Ryley is a male name (here and elsewhere), but it's not gender specific. And I haven't seen any sign that the game assigns a gender to the protagonist otherwise, so I don't think that we can assume that. (Indeed, my suspicion is that it's deliberately not explicit so that players can identify however they would like to.) It's not an obvious thing to do, but you can put a window in a scanner room and take a camera drone around to see the body model. (Some people have taken this even farther using glitches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYWLttrX81M)
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May 8, 2020 15:57
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Dyz posted:I'm guessing one of my favorites is coming up pretty soon, since the Blood Kelp and Grand Reef biomes have been revealed and the LP is starting to go deeper. Eructation Crustacean
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May 8, 2020 16:02
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anilEhilated posted:Agreed. I find Ghosts more pretty than dangerous. They're majestic, they're grand, they're beautiful... But they are not good at being an effective threat since they can be seen from a mile away. I mean... Thematically, that's 100% appropriate. They don't attack you because they want to eat you, they attack you because you ignored their bright coloration and massive size and entered their territory, and now they're going to make it extremely clear to you why that was a bad idea.
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May 9, 2020 01:53
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Wait, we're a what? Are you saying we're effectively Roger Wilco? Oh god, it's Space Quest all over again. 
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May 9, 2020 03:00
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To be fair, being non-essential maintenance chief doesn't mean he's *bad* at anything, just that he was a low flunky in the pecking order. The guy who fixes the vending machines and doors is a lot more useful in this situation than the xenobiologists would have been. Also Reapers are surprisingly sneaky. I have almost punched my monitor more than once because I got out of my Seamoth to pick something up, and turned around to see a Reaper powerbombing my sub to scrap.
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May 9, 2020 06:49
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Gothsheep posted:To be fair, being non-essential maintenance chief doesn't mean he's *bad* at anything, just that he was a low flunky in the pecking order. The guy who fixes the vending machines and doors is a lot more useful in this situation than the xenobiologists would have been. I like that it neatly explains why we're so good with the repair tool. Riley is probably very, very glad he logged all those hours maintaining the emergency equipment stores just now (shame about the data corruption on the emergency PDA, must log that when he gets back to civilisation).
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May 9, 2020 08:39
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I'm just happy that Ryley has an early 2000s haircut
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May 9, 2020 09:16
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bony tony posted:I'm just happy that Ryley has an early 2000s haircut I read somewhere that when asked about his hair, the devs responded, "He really likes hair gel."
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May 9, 2020 09:41
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Shei-kun posted:Are you saying we're effectively Roger Wilco?
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May 9, 2020 11:19
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Hair gel holding up despite hundreds of hours underwater. Good advertisment for the brand.
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May 9, 2020 11:21
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#16 - Big Boy Toys Feels like I just posted the last one, but nope! It's been three days already!
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May 10, 2020 10:53
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That colour scheme! All aboard the party U-Boat!
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May 10, 2020 11:20
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So did that escape shuttle transmission cut off before they told us how to make the engine?
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May 10, 2020 11:21
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I suppose that was the PDA people were talking about when I said the crew sounded like decent people. Given there was a nasty incident during the game's development with a sound designer, I rather suspect that was a douchelord sticking something in to Totally Own The SJWs. This measurably decreases my interest in paying money for the game.
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May 10, 2020 11:28
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I really need to get around to building the Prawn myself. I have a mod that lets me add Prawn suit arms to the Seamoth but it's a bit wonky and I've already managed to lose one by loading my save. Also the Cyclops colours reminds me of some english brand of candy.
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May 10, 2020 11:54
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By popular demand posted:That colour scheme! With that color scheme, it should be called The Slaanesh. Are you gonna build the Vehicle Bay ever
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May 10, 2020 12:01
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It's impossible to finish the game without one, be patient.
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May 10, 2020 12:05
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Aw dang I was trying to put this toy on my headboard but I slipped and fell on the bed guess I may as well have a nap while I'm here
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May 10, 2020 12:22
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Loxbourne posted:Given there was a nasty incident during the game's development with a sound designer, I rather suspect that was a douchelord sticking something in to Totally Own The SJWs. Why? It's mostly showing off what Alterra's society is like. DoubleNegative went through the little plot line in reverse. If you come through the other way, you first see the message from the Prawn bay guy inviting someone to try out the suits. Then you go to his room and see the official advice on how people of means deserve to get everything including in relationships, and if your partner wants to see someone else then you should spend time thinking about how to be richer. Then you see the message with the girl breaking up with her girlfriend, quoting that advice verbatim. It's a demonstration of the lovely capitalist society of Alterra, along with other bits and pieces like the notification you'll be charged for all the gold and diamonds you used to survive.
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May 10, 2020 13:17
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Tenebrais posted:Why? It's mostly showing off what Alterra's society is like. Yeah, this was all I really saw it as, too. It's loving awful, and does a great job of expressing how utterly hosed the society is. It almost makes me wonder if we wouldn't be happier just staying here.
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May 10, 2020 17:35
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Never apologize for going mad with power over the Prawn. You get a power mech with jump jets underwater! It's amazing! And it gets even better when you get the arms.
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May 10, 2020 17:35
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azren posted:Yeah, this was all I really saw it as, too. It's loving awful, and does a great job of expressing how utterly hosed the society is. It almost makes me wonder if we wouldn't be happier just staying here. At the very least the world in general would be likely better off; giving Alterra access to all this alien tech seems like it would be extremely bad. Also picked this game up as a result of the LP (albeit a while back). The game really does suffer for the lack of a map; I've basically gone through everything that can be easily reached and could technically get down to the depth level of the Alien Labs mentioned in the clues, but the directions aren't terribly useful and I think I'm just repeatedly going over the same ground trying to figure out how to get "southwest-ish" from the QEP, ~800 meters down.
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May 10, 2020 18:01
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I found the entrance to that by completely random while searching. Pretty sure I've forgotten the exact location because it needed another tablet to get inside so I didn't explore it. It's not really something I carry on me at all times.
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May 10, 2020 18:40
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There's multiple entrances to the 800m area, I found one close to the 500m Degasi base, so just follow that beacon and go deeper from there. The sonar upgrade helps as well, visibility isn't the best down there.
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May 10, 2020 18:48
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Tamba posted:There's multiple entrances to the 800m area, I found one close to the 500m Degasi base, so just follow that beacon and go deeper from there. The sonar upgrade helps as well, visibility isn't the best down there. I found that one by accident when exploring the far end of said 800 m area.
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May 10, 2020 20:06
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MShadowy posted:At the very least the world in general would be likely better off; giving Alterra access to all this alien tech seems like it would be extremely bad. I would very much recommend the Easycraft and Map mods linked in the first post of this thread, make life A LOT less annoying, and would also say that there are multiple ways to get to where you are looking, so if you just go very deep somewhere, you should eventually find it. Guper fucked around with this message at 21:54 on May 10, 2020 |
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May 10, 2020 20:10
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I loved having access to the Cyclops, it feels so cozy. Everything about it is well-crafted. Plus if you're playing on Survival you can jam some planters in there and have a constant supply of fruit while exploring.
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I feel like it'd make more sense to dock the Prawn Suit in the Cyclops than the Seamoth since the latter is mobile enough you don't need to carry it so you could probably store it in the base's Moonpool if you're not using it whereas the Prawn seems is dense enough to be effected by gravity hence the necessity of a jetpack.PurpleXVI posted:I loved having access to the Cyclops, it feels so cozy. Everything about it is well-crafted. Plus if you're playing on Survival you can jam some planters in there and have a constant supply of fruit while exploring. That's actually why I think Freedom mode kinda misses the point cause a good number of things like the heat knife and planters, especially the indoor ones, were built for Survival mode and thus aren't as viable in Freedom. Like I get that Freedom is a convenience mode but this game really seems to be built around the survival mode not just mechanically but even its lore such as the Degassi logs and your crewmates worrying about surviving.
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