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lets hang out posted:There are some great Lob Corp employee creators out there and well This is amazing, but I just realized... how does the face-skin have teeth???
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booksnake posted:This is amazing, but I just realized... how does the face-skin have teeth??? "By the skin of your teeth" is not just a saying in LobCorp.
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Jul 11, 2020 22:46
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That was a good joke.
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e.: cool, will do, just couldn't seem to come across that thread
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Jul 12, 2020 23:25
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There's a LobCorp/Library of Ruina thread in Games that might be a better place to ask.
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Jul 12, 2020 23:27
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It’s over here, if that helps.
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Day 16: Gameplay Music: neutral 3  New department, new research options. Let's take a look. Regenerator Mk2: Boosts HP healing at every healing tic. The base amount of healing is doubled from 6 to 12. Netzach's Clerk bonus is unaffected by this research-it boosts healing by the same amount regardless. Mental Corruption Neutralizing Gas: As Regenerator Mk2, but for SP instead of HP. Regenerator Distinguisher Modification: The main room's regenerator now continues working even when an enemy is inside the room, albeit at half speed. All of them are useful, so it's basically a choice between 'number go up' and a slight tactical advantage we'll hopefully only rarely need. The gas is a bit lower priority since Red damage is still everywhere this early, but all three are solid improvements.  I just like to go for tactical advantages, no matter how small.  Also our Clerks are better! ...yay?  With our Agents having grown past what Scarecrow can do, some reshuffles are necessary. Mizu kicks it over to Safety, and Tenebrais/Credentia head to Training for some advanced leveling. Sephiroth, SeyserKoze, and Boksi all come back off the bench, with Boksi being placed on Scarecrow duty.    It doesn't matter… just do whatever.  I've seen some messed up poo poo in this place, and this still takes the cake.  Aww, it's a cutie! You wanna work it, then? Duh. I was about to head right over! Can I take notes? I'm interested in your methods when looking at new Abnormalities.  Go ahead! I'm just going to get acquainted with this new cutie.So our new Abnormality is some sort of freaky beehive… thing.  Our first two works give us a name-Queen Bee-and tell us that it's an unescaping entity with a QC of 1. That means if we annoy it, it'll do… Something.  ...hey, where'd everybody go? They were loud. Pawned 'em off on Yesod. ...well okay then!  Manager! I can't fire him, Yesod. Angela! Ask the manager. Mrgrgr..! Cheer up, Yesod! You'll barely notice that we're here! HAHAHAHA! He's like a boomerang. No matter where we toss him, he winds up back here. Yeah, he's amazing like that. Amazing isn't the word I would use. A couple of works later, Mizu gets a neutral result and the QC drops to 0. Uh-oh.   The Queen emits some sort of gas…  And fires it out across the department.  ...anyone feel any different? Nah, we're good. Huh. How boring. MY SKIN IS LITERALLY ON FIRE. Astounding, isn't it?! Why, this may be the most pain I've ever felt! ...Yeah, I'm going on break.  When the Queen fires off her pollen, a number of Agents/Clerks from her department are infected by it, no matter where they're at. This pollen deals 8 Red damage every 2 seconds for the next 20 seconds, and also completely blocks healing by our regenerator. Mr.Black is still just fine since he has 100 fortitude, but Mr.Blond there is chopped down to a tiny sliver of health before the effect turns off.   These two have lower Fortitude, so it comes down to math. Mr.Blond has 67 HP and HE armor with a Red resist of 0.8. Each hit will deal him 6.4 damage, at 10 hits that's 64 damage-he lives, by a sliver. Twee has 69 HP (nice), her TETH armor takes 1.2x damage from Queen Bee's pollen, and she has a Red resist of 0.7. This works out to 6.72 damage, at 10 hits that's 67.2 damage. She also lives-also barely. If an Agent cannot tank 80 Red damage, they have absolutely no business being in Queen Bee's department. Meanwhile…   Orders from the top, everyone! Let's see… SeyserKoze, you're on 1.76 MHz duty. Sephiroth, you'll be handling Forsaken Murderer today. And I'm… with Laetitia? I told Yesod you could hang out in his department while you were down there. He didn't say no! Alright. Can I trust you two not to screw up? I'll take care of the radio. There is nothing to fear. I shall show this Forsaken one the way to the promised land. ...That's probably a yes. Why is my department the popular one..?  Let's all do our best today! Where's Talow? He took one look at the photo of that weird Queen Bee Abnormality and took off to get the Knight of Despair's protection. He said he'd need it... Heh. Chicken. It's not a fight unless you can really feel the bones snapping. Wouldn't you not want that to include your bones..? Enough talk. What task could be so complex as to require taking me off of administrative duty? Oh, yes. Um… Boksi, you're training with Scarecrow today. Tenebrais, you'll be with Ppodae. Credentia, please keep the Knight of Despair company. Medea, keep an eye out for any problems. You got it, boss! Manager, we have passed the first Meltdown level. I know. Let's just see which Dawn we're… Purple? They come in purple? It's Violet, Manager. Same thing. Everyone, stay cautious-but keep going. They're here, Manager. It's some kind of… glowing, gooey orb. Ew. Our new guest, The Fruit of Understanding, is our first Violet Ordeal. Violet Dawn is not very threatening as a combatant, dealing only a small amount of damage very slowly. However, the battle against Violet Dawn is a race to the finish-if left alive it will blow itself up and set off every Abnormality in the same department as it. Since it's a DPS race, the best option is to bunch up everyone in a department and throw them at that department's Dawn.  I didn't know you actually did work around here, Zeta. You have to ration out your vacation to survive here. This just isn't worth using paid time for. This gun is amazing! It feels like it's firing bolts of energy with each trigger pull. I find the best weapon is the one that carves a smile into the enemy's flesh! Oh, is that why you use the Scarecrow's spear? Precisely, my girl! At the end of the day, Violet Dawn just isn't a threat to our facility anymore. It's at its worst if we we're completely unprepared for it on day 6 or 7, or if we just let it sit there while we think about how to approach it. At worst, the self-destruct will kill a new player once before they get the hang of it.  We are ready to end the day at any time. But I assume… We don't have the Queen Bee's gear yet. We don't even have her full information. We continue. I am an incredibly advanced AI. At this point, I am quite capable of reading the basic patterns of your form of thinking, and reacting accordingly. I shall continue operational protocols. And so modest, too.   Not long after, something bad happens. Can you see it? I didn't, because I was focused on assigning Zeta21 some work orders. The pollen hit two Clerks in Safety this time. Luckily, people dying to this make a pretty distinctive noise, and I was on edge for it the entire day.  This is when I noticed and looked over. What is that..? It's a bee. Yes, I can see-Wait, you're awake?! Don't like the buzzing. Right, then what's that other shining spot there? Was a clerk. Now… It's another bee. Bees? My god.These bees can spiral out of control quickly-anything they kill becomes another bee. However, they're HE-level threats that deal Red damage, and our facility is tuned to wipe out Green Noons. So long as we don't let them eat through more than 1-2 Clerks, we're in no danger.  Mizu, go west and up. Sweep the North corridor. Suppress any Abnormality you see. Here I come, cuties~ Betas, stay in the main room. Or die. Not like you'll escape it in the end. Well I'm not going anywhere now. Yesod, need to borrow some agents. Which ones? All of them. Go up and sweep the corridor from the other side as Mizu. ...Hmph. Get to it, everyone. Move out, team!   Mizu and the bee hit each other for 5 damage a shot, but Mizu fires 2-3 times per one hit from the bee. Mizu has 102 HP, the drone has 120. This does not end well for the bee.  The other bee dies so quickly that I didn't even catch the fight on camera. There. I can finally go back to sleep. Night, manager. Goodnight, Netz-hey, wait-! zzz... Geez… at least I can count on him for anything loud, I guess.  I got it. You know-ouch!-I know you're mortal now. I've seen you-ow!-bleed. And the bees didn't overrun everything-geh!-either. Nobody died. I don't-hey!-think I'm as scared of you as I was before.  You can still stop anytime, you know... Manager, the full information on Queen Bee is now available. Perfect. That means I'll have all the equipment in… 220 more boxes… Today's going to suck. Speaking of which, Manager, a Noon Ordeal has appeared! It's a Green Noon! Let's intercept and defeat it perfectly! I'm going to go get some coffee. The universe can stay on pause for a minute. Hey, it's been a while since I last went down this corridor in a big group. Weren't the rest of them going to kick your rear end last time? Only if I went crazy. I didn't, so it's all good!   Obligatory gratuitous chainsaw shot.  And Mizu solos the one in Safety, of course. Hey, Netzach was right! Those two guys didn't survive in the end after all! ...at least they didn't turn into bees, I guess. With everything under control, all that's left to do is to collect the rest of the Queen Bee's gear.  Okay cutie, you made a bunch of pollen go everywhere. Let's just clean that up, and get to work on raking in those boxes… I wonder what your Enkephalin tastes like..?Meanwhile…  Hey, boss. Would I get in trouble if I clonked an agent over the head for being annoying? Umm… yes? Why? Hmhmhm. Hmhmhm! HM HM HM!!! ...um… are you laughing? I suppose you could say that. I've been granted a gift by the scarecrow, befitting my talent and station. Oh, like the radio Tenebrais and I got from 1.76 MHz? I suppose, but as a HE Abnormality, the one from the scarecrow is clearly more special. Just more proof of my overwhelming talent. Hmm… No reason.---  ...Twee? Where were you? Mirror meltdown. Had to go take a look. You look paler. Yeah… My Fortitude got lowered a little bit, but it's probably no big deal!So at Meltdown level 7 I screwed up by sending Twee to a melting mirror. Remember how she was spec'd to just barely survive a Queen Bee tantrum?  That's not happening anymore. We're walking a tightrope and I just set the net on fire. I swear I'm good at this game.  To salvage things, I move Mizu from working Instinct to buff her Fortitude to Insight, which is a better success rate. Angela… Forsaken Murderer is upset. It appears so. We have been doing Instinct work with him like usual. Malkuth. Who've we been sending? It's been Sephiroth all day, sir! Sephiroth, you utter nitwit… Hey, Talow. Can you take care of this guy again? Sir, that won't be necessary. Tenebrais? What are you doing here? Burning off some frustration. What's it look like? ...Alright, he's all yours. Don't die. Not a problem, boss. Miss Tenebrais! Don't worry, I'll support you! ...okay?  No need to thank me, Miss Tenebrais. Wasn't gonna. Later. She's so cool! Did you see that? I saw! And that part at the end… She doesn't need to thank us, because she sees us as equals-our help's just to be expected! What a visionary! Anyways, the work continues until we've only got one suit left to get, and only need ~42 more energy to finish it. That's most likely going to be 3 works, so I think we should be-  Hold on.  Ow. Ow. Ow.-While the bird finishes giving Talow a mild concussion, Mizu finishes off the last works with Queen Bee without incident. We've survived!  Finally done. And it only took until... Holy crap, nine? That's a long day. Good work, Mizu. Thanks, Manager!  Shall we press forward? Nah, we've pushed our luck enough today. zzz… huh?! Over already? 'Kay.We still don't have any Agents who are 100 in everything yet. Mizu's very close, as are Mr.Black and Zeta21 at 2 stats maxed out each. That's going to change quickly over the coming days. Music: never frozen bottom flows  T-02-71: Tell the kid today's treat is going to be grape-flavored candy. It's his favorite. O-03-93: Let us meet again as stars. O-05-76: Someone's persistent gaze can be felt from the keyhole inside the machine. ...I get that you're trying, but I'm not sure I forgive you yet, game.  Let me explain! The first Abnormality, -71, is a WAW Abnormality which is incredibly easy to keep in containment and who actually works relatively well as a Justice trainer. If it ever escapes it's a giant pain in the butt to deal with and its gear is only average for a WAW, but it's a solid pick. Then there's -76, which either is the second-best HE-level Justice trainer in the game if we know the trick, or an absolute nightmare if we don't. There is no in-between. Since I know the trick, this would be another very powerful Justice trainer. Unfortunately, they're both outclassed by -93. It's our first ALEPH, and it will either murder the entire facility or serve as a wonderful finisher for our stronger Agents. It requires high Prudence and Temperance to work at all-the two stats our facility is best at cranking out. It has a consistent 40% Repression work rate regardless of level, making it ideal for powering up an Agent's Justice after they have maxed the first two stats. It also has our first ALEPH-tier gear.  It's time to grab an ALEPH.  Next time, on Lobotomy Corporation: Netzach asks us for a solid. New Guidelines Queen Bee New Gear  Requirements: Fortitude 3  Requirements: Level 3 New Story Queen Bee (Part 1) Queen Bee (Part 2) TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 11:46 on Jul 2, 2021 |
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76 is a hilarious abnormality and it’s a bit of a shame we don’t get to see it. At least we got our first Aleph though. It’s also probably one of the better ones to get cause other Alephs can be nightmares. jimmydalad fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Jul 14, 2020 |
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Jul 14, 2020 12:32
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Fixed a typo-It's actually -76, not -96. But yes, I'm absolutely in agreement with you here and I hope it shows up on a day with less amazing competition.
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Jul 14, 2020 12:34
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We shall meet again as Stars. I think I ended up just buying an agent to max stats so they could survive working it. Fun times, good gear.
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Jul 14, 2020 12:41
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Ooh, an Aleph. I'm on like day 27 in my game and still haven't seen one yet. Although I haven't been looking up what the choices are so maybe I just passed some up unknowingly. Also expressing mild disappointment about -76 because it's just so cheeky, but needs must! And the character writing is as good as ever. I don't know if I've said it before but all your added dialogue is at least as much fun as the game itself.
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Jul 14, 2020 12:48
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Tenebrais posted:And the character writing is as good as ever. I don't know if I've said it before but all your added dialogue is at least as much fun as the game itself. I just wanna say that I've seen this come up several times, and every time I sincerely appreciate it. If I don't respond it's because the sentiment makes me feel all  and it's not a feeling I'm very good at dealing with yet.Thanks for enjoying my thread full of bunches of dumb jokes and mad science.
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Jul 14, 2020 13:18
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TeeQueue posted:Thanks for enjoying my thread full of bunches of dumb jokes and mad science. 
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Jul 14, 2020 13:55
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Oh -93 is great. I lost so many people trying to figure out all of its conditions.
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Jul 14, 2020 15:15
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TeeQueue posted:
TeeQueue posted:Thanks for enjoying my thread full of bunches of dumb jokes and mad science. I'm so happy about this. And so mad.
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Definitely enjoying the thread. Also, Bear beer was no mistranslation, it is a honest brand of beer, just in Finnish. .png) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karhu_(beer)
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Jul 14, 2020 16:13
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ThCawdor posted:I'm so happy about this. And so mad. I can assure you it was 100% intentional. 
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Jul 14, 2020 16:19
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I also really love the dialogue you give the agents. You're doing a great job.
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Jul 14, 2020 16:40
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Oh man its MAH BOI!!! The keyhole guy is an absolute piece of poo poo I had to Google.
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Jul 14, 2020 18:25
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"Let us meet again as stars." in no way sounds ominous!
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Jul 14, 2020 18:43
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Night10194 posted:"Let us meet again as stars." in no way sounds ominous! Relax! I'm sure it's a very nice abnormality who helps people become famous. Movie stars, pop stars, super stars, that sort of thing. Their resume is bound to include many successful people who definitely arent dead and/or crazy.
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You can get an ALEPH this early . It also amuses me narratively speaking that Safety department is getting such dangerous stuff.
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Jul 14, 2020 19:13
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Just because of my luck I'd assumed abnormalities scaled up to forcing an Aleph on you around here. EDIT : I believe tools are every 4th? I forget if you can make one department have two tools.
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Tylana posted:EDIT : I believe tools are every 4th? I forget if you can make one department have two tools. Nothing is stopping you from doing that.
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Jul 14, 2020 19:20
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Oh wow, Violet ordeals DO exist.
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Given your lack of Justice trainers that day, I'm kind of surprised you didn't Mirror Mizu at all.
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I've always like -76, it's got a fun little gimmick that I found out on my own pretty quickly and got some good use out of it. Now O-04-72 can god gently caress itself and I hate it and they are so drat kinda similar 
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-76 also helps makes Hod’s mission a breeze once you realise what it does. On the other hand, it can easily kill you if you mismanage it and trying to find out its gimmick can be very hard. Still, I can’t help but love it.
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Keldulas posted:Given your lack of Justice trainers that day, I'm kind of surprised you didn't Mirror Mizu at all. If I were to mirror Mizu right now she would have likely wound up with Grand Senior, and I want to keep her title distinct for... reasons. 
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Keldulas posted:You can get an ALEPH this early They're volunteering to take the really dangerous stuff to keep it away from the other departments. That's the safety way!
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Honestly, a lot of the more dangerous abnormalities aren't Aleph. It's just that if you don't know what you're doing with Alephs, they WILL kill you.
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Keldulas posted:You can get an ALEPH this early I got my first ALEPH at day 14, and if I am got it mechanics right, you can potentially get that particular one even earlier. It killed me and forced to do a day 1 reset.
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TeeQueue posted:If I were to mirror Mizu right now she would have likely wound up with Grand Senior, and I want to keep her title distinct for... reasons. Are you gonna mod it so titles are different from the actual game 
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Kitfox88 posted:Are you gonna mod it so titles are different from the actual game TeeQueue posted:Look into your heart.
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There are some abnormalities that aren’t Aleph but are real loving assholes. I’m looking at you -15 and -86. There are probably worse ones but -15 keeps trying to come to my facility and 1 day with -86 was more than enough.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:30
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Murder hornets right on time. No need for the EDF.
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Oooof. I didn't get offered my first Aleph this early, but I did get offered one around day 20~21 after... A whole load of Teth and a couple Waw. Previously trained agents helped break through, but missing out on HE gear is rough. Took one look at -89 and nope, wasn't gonna happen.
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Scalding Coffee posted:Murder hornets right on time. No need for the EDF. E D F E D F !
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