Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
King of Bleh
Mar 3, 2007

A kingdom of rats.
Seeing it all laid out in one place, it's kind of fascinating how they managed to take all these seemingly disconnected random monsters, but structure them such that it's all covertly and densely interwoven with the game's main narrative in various ways. Very cool.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Materant
Jul 22, 2010

see, what you don't understand is he now has

THE MANLIEST MUSTACHE

it defies physics


Only five left, now... The end is in sight.

Rogue AI Goddess
May 10, 2012

I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?
Little Red is good at dealing with slow but annoying threats like White Fixer or Big Bird that would otherwise require hit-and-run tactics and precious attention.

Intoluene
Jul 6, 2011

Activating self-destruct sequence!
Fun Shoe
I will note that Meat Lantern once suppressed Red in my playthrough. I just got real lucky there.

Black Robe
Sep 12, 2017

Generic Magic User


I will never get tired of different takes on Red Riding Hood.

Solitair
Feb 18, 2014

TODAY'S GONNA BE A GOOD MOTHERFUCKIN' DAY!!!
Big Wolf is probably my favorite abnormality in the game. He needs a hug, but cannot and should not be hugged.

Little Red was a huge pain for me until I figured out a solution: park an agent wearing Mimicry gear in her corridor. She always fixates on one target when breaching if the Wolf isn't involved, only deals Red damage, and the Mimicry sword will swiftly heal what little damage she can deal through the Mimicry suit. Since then, I always chuckled every time she breached.

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.
X-394 is a big facility, full of mysterious creatures known as Abnormalities. Many of these Abnormalities can do very bad things if they're handled improperly, and it's vitally important that our agents know just what may happen if they're careless. What's a manager to do?



Episode 32: Void Dream

Music: trailer


Hi! I'm Paul! Just your everyday plucky employee of Lobotomy Cobotomy, here today to talk about Void Dream!



Void Dream is a TETH-level Abnormality which takes the shape of a sleeping sheep.

All it's missing is a fence to jump over!

While it is only a TETH Abnormality, like any Abnormality it can be dangerous if handled improperly. The most important thing to remember is to never send an agent with a Temperance of 1 to work with it.

By gum, my Temperance is 1! Does that mean it's exhibition time?

It sure does, Paul! Void Dream's effect kicks in at the end of a work from any Temperance 1 agent.



Yowie wo… wait. I'm sleeping. Does that qualify for one?

Um… w-well, you are sleeping forever, and can't ever be woken up?

Good enough. Yowie wowie! To die, perchance to sleep!

Outside of this, its only other meaningful ability is its breach. Since its Qliphoth Counter only goes down on Bad work results, this is thankfully rare. However-



We here at Lobotomy Corporation pride ourselves on thoroughness and attention to detail! So let's screw things up, for science!

With a lowest base success rate of 20%, and an observation bonus of 10% on top of that, it can be difficult to have a maxed out agent trigger a breach from it at all.

Luckily we have Nea! Her level 3 Temperance is the perfect blend of incompetent and better than mine!



When Void Dream does breach, it slowly flies through the facility. On its own, it is incapable of dealing any sort of damage.

But it definitely does something, right? What is it?



Periodically, Void Dream will fire out a number of stars from itself. These stars will cause any agents they impact against to fall asleep.



Oh no! That looks just like my nap! Is it an instant-death dealing horrible monster in disguise after all?!

Not quite, Paul. Whenever an employee is put to sleep by one of these stars, it's a simple matter for the Manager to wake them back up by clicking on them several times.



With a big yawn, the employee wakes up and gets back to work.

Aww man, why can't he just do that to me sleeping in the cell?

The sleeping suggestion is much stronger in person, so there's no known way to wake an agent who has fallen prey to it.

Nefarious naptimes! How sad! So, how do we handle Void Dream while it's breaching?

We don't! Void Dream will return to containment on its own after a while, making it annoying but not dangerous. If it's attacked, however, there's a reaction.



Wowsers! It transformed!



That's right, Paul. In this form, Void Dream is capable of actually harming our valuable work staff.

Oh no! What does it do?

What all roosters do, Paul.



Void Dream will crow, dealing White damage to all employees in the room. Additionally, any sleeping employees within that room will wake up.

That's good!

The employees will immediately panic from being woken up in this manner.

That's bad!

Fortunately, as a TETH Abnormality it is not nearly as resilient as other more dangerous Abnormalities.

That's good!

However, since its panic can happen instantly to any agent of any level it is important to ensure no high powered agents are sleeping near it, as this would most likely lead to a situation of rapidly escalating danger.

That's bad!



This concludes our basic overview of Void Dream's handling. Please keep this information in mind for smooth handling of this mostly risk free Abnormality.

And remember: if you handle it wrongly, it can quickly change from a peaceful sheep into a giant c-

Well, that's all the time we have today. Thanks for joining us! And remember…

Knowledge is just pain plus observation! Have a great day!


Music: Aspire


Good evening, future Managers. While I sincerely hope it does not show on my face, I'm filled with apprehension. Today, as well, I finished another mission for that Hod. Her fourth mission, as it were. And, like a predetermined path had been cleared, she'd announced a training session for our employees about the Abnormality known as Judgment Bird.

Announcing a training session for an Abnormality which we do not even have in our current facility, and so soon after a mission has been completed? I sense an ill omen upon the winds… or perhaps it's simply pattern recognition. Angela.





All things considered, Void Dream is a very easy-to-handle Abnormality. Its Bad works are difficult to come by, and it doesn't have any sort of unusual breaching condition. Moreover, as a Black damage Abnormality with good Insight, Instinct, and Attachment rates it's quite capable of training any of the three.

Honestly, the only real strike against it is that it's a TETH. As such, neither its gear nor its training ability will ever be anything but lacking… were this exact Abnormality a HE or WAW it would be a must-pick. As it stands, it's merely a very safe option for any Manager who would prefer to avoid a challenging day.

Manager, I have received a report-there's been an incident.

And speaking of challenging days… Very well. What's happened?

Hod appears to have become unstable. I shall bring up the relevant security footage.

Yes, yes-you do as a machine ought to. My apologies to all of you, but for now this old man must cease his ramblings. It seems we're needed on stage.

Next time's featured Abnormality…




New Guidelines

Void Dream

New Gear


Requirements: None
*Not affected by Attack Speed



Requirements: None

New Story

Void Dream (Part 1)
Void Dream (Part 2)
Void Dream (Part 3)

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 12:03 on Jul 11, 2021

Tatters
Jan 29, 2020

King of Bleh posted:

I guess Binah never ate anyone.

There is no evidence that Binah has abstained from human flesh.

MiiNiPaa
Jan 19, 2020

Two abnormalities I was waiting for. One, because I found an image which reminded me of it and was waiting to share it, and another one is story-related.

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
Do abnormalities dream of insane sheep?

MinutePirateBug
Mar 4, 2013
Huh I never noticed the really long ?optical nerve? dangling from the sheep's empty eye socket when it transforms, until now. Binah's probably eaten someone.

eternaldough
Jan 16, 2017

Combining the concepts of 'counting sheep' and 'morning rooster' into one creature is something I find very novel and charming.

Ashardalon125
Apr 14, 2021
As has often been said: "DON'T SHOOT THE SHEEP!"

Narsham
Jun 5, 2008

eternaldough posted:

Combining the concepts of 'counting sheep' and 'morning rooster' into one creature is something I find very novel and charming.

Is it a sheep dreaming that it is a rooster, or is it a rooster dreaming that it is a sheep?*

*Or is it a goat in sheep's clothing?

Arcvasti
Jun 12, 2019

Never trust a bird.
There's some kind of bug where your employees can get permanently uncontrollable if they get hit with the stars and you wake them up just wrong. Happened to me halfway through a Binah suppression... to my entire murderstack, clustered in an elevator.

Lunar Suite
Jun 5, 2011

If you love a flower which happens to be on a star, it is sweet at night to gaze at the sky. All the stars are a riot of flowers.
Due to stumbling on a korean version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on YouTube, somehow, my brain is stuck on "what if that crossed over with Lobotomy Corporation".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Iwbra7dyk

quote:

It's astounding. Time is fleeting.

Madness takes its toll.

But listen closely. Not for very much longer... I've got to keep control.

I remember doing the Time Warp. Drinking those moments when... The blackness would hit me...

And the void would be calling!


Let's do the Time Warp again!
Let's do the Time Warp again!

It's just a jump to the left. And then a step to the right.

With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight.

But it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insa-a-a-ane!

Let's do the Time Warp again.

Cirina
Feb 15, 2013

Operation complete.
So do temperance 1 agents put to sleep by the sheep count as dead once the day is finished, or are they useable again after?

Materant
Jul 22, 2010

see, what you don't understand is he now has

THE MANLIEST MUSTACHE

it defies physics


Eopia posted:

So do temperance 1 agents put to sleep by the sheep count as dead once the day is finished, or are they useable again after?

They're hella dead. Hod isn't using hyperbole when she says there's no known way to wake up any Temperance 1 agent who gets put to sleep by Void Dream.

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
Only way out if L Corp that's better is shrimp boat holiday

Arcvasti
Jun 12, 2019

Never trust a bird.
Oh yeah, and one of the next two Abnormalities was the cause of the most restarted days for me, because it has easily the worst documentation on it's mechanics in the game. It is very cool though, and is almost as story related as Bloodbath is.

MiiNiPaa
Jan 19, 2020

Eopia posted:

So do temperance 1 agents put to sleep by the sheep count as dead once the day is finished, or are they useable again after?

"Put to sleep" is just an unique death animation
code:
if (agent.temperanceLevel < 2 && !agent.IsDead() && !agent.invincible)
{
	agent.GetWorkerUnit().animChanger.ChangeAnimatorWithUniqueFace(WorkerSpine.AnimatorName.BakuAgentDead, separator: false);
	agent.Die();
}

Tombot
Oct 21, 2008
Its a missed opportunity that the Wolf doesn't have any interactions with this one, but I suppose we can't have every Abnormality interact with eachother just because they are vaguely correlated.

Cloacamazing!
Apr 18, 2018

Too cute to be evil

Tombot posted:

Its a missed opportunity that the Wolf doesn't have any interactions with this one, but I suppose we can't have every Abnormality interact with eachother just because they are vaguely correlated.

Also because having to keep in mind the synergy between all abnormalities on top of everything else would be absolutely terrifying. See WonderLab "The Road Home, Scaredy Cat", and that one only has two abnormalities of the four. Imagine that, one Scarecrow breach and you have an Apocalypse Bird situation on your hands...

AweStriker
Oct 6, 2014

Tombot posted:

Its a missed opportunity that the Wolf doesn't have any interactions with this one, but I suppose we can't have every Abnormality interact with eachother just because they are vaguely correlated.

That way lies combinatorial explosion levels of scope creep, which will kill a game dev cycle flat dead.

Keldulas
Mar 18, 2009
I'm fond of the current abnormality interactions anyways. Abnos can and will make a situation worse by their triggers being flipped by something else, and it very organically kicks your teeth in.

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.
X-394 is a big facility, full of mysterious creatures known as Abnormalities. Many of these Abnormalities can do very bad things if they're handled improperly, and it's vitally important that our agents know just what may happen if they're careless. What's a manager to do?



Episode 33: Alriune + The Snow Queen

Music: trailer..?


Hi! I'm Paul! Just your everyday plucky employee of Lobotomy Cobotomy, here today to… uh…

Oh, Paul. You're usually more professional than this. We're talking about Alriune today, right?

Y-yeah. That's what we're doing, Miss Hod… It's just that you look a little, um. Exploded.

Oh, that? No, no, there's nothing to worry about, Paul. We're just making a training video today-like we always do. I'm always so helpful, doing this and that for everyone!

Oh, um… Alright... then… Let's give it a shot, I guess!

There's no need for guessing! Let's all do our best today! Lights, camera, action!!





Alriune is a WAW-level Abnormality which takes the form of a porcelain doll with flowers growing from it.

Oh, I had one of those growing up! Maybe this won't be so bad.



Any work with Alriune must be done with an eye on getting a Normal work result. On either a Good or a Bad, the Alriune will be released-causing significant dangers for whichever one of our ungrateful agents was too good to listen to the very careful and detailed training plan I prepared for all of you. On top of that-

Uh, Miss Hod? I think the video feed's being covered by your… angst?

Oh! I'm sorry, I must have gotten a little off topic. Now, where was I~?



On a Good or Bad result, Alriune will breach. While I know that none of you pay attention to the things I say, please try to avoid situations like this one, okay?

I pay attention to what you say, Miss H-

Just like you paid attention when I said it was a ZAYIN Abnormality. I haven't forgotten, Paul.

That was-

Just read your lines like a good boy! I've had to work so hard to write them since Malkuth broke all those days ago!

I thought she was always broken...

Well? Your line?

Eheh… We'll all work hard to make sure nothing bad happens! But since it's too late now, let's see what Alriune does when it breaches!

That's a great idea, Paul!



Upon breaching, Alriune will appear in a random hallway, and spend time there. As it does, three petals will grow over its back, like a tail.

What happens when they all grow in?

That depends entirely on the state of the corridor. If there are no employees within it, nothing.



Alriune simply teleports harmlessly somewhere else, and repeats the process.

Flashstepping flowers! That doesn't seem so bad.

Oh, Paul. Paul, Paul, Paul. I knew you were a bit slow, but you're overlooking an obvious thing here.

Good thing we have the great and mighty Miss Hod to point it out, right? Everything would definitely be better if we were to just listen to you!

Exactly. If an employee is in the same corridor during the teleport, there's a reaction.



As you can see, agents who decided they knew better than to listen in training and want to stay in there to see 'how bad the cutie could possibly be' wind up taking significant White damage.

Wowsers! That's a lot of hurt! But since it's White damage, that means our agents will only be-

Panicked? Why, you'd think so.

I-I was just saying that!

You took too long.

Well, maybe if you weren't releasing that sedative, I could-

Oh dear! This training video might need one more ungrateful, self-obsessed diva of an extra to show off Alriune's ability! Or maybe you'd prefer a trip to We Can Change Anything, since there's something you're finding wrong with my direction? I'm sure it can fix anything!

No problems here, ma'am!



As I was saying, any employee who would panic from this attack is instead killed, as flowers sprout from their bodies. A fitting end for those people who couldn't be bothered to listen through a simple training exercise, or participate in standard therapy just to deal with their problems-and the only ones who did sit through it only did so for the drugs, the manipulative little-

Um… are you okay, Miss Hod? You don't seem so good.

I'm fine! I'm fine… Tiffany… Tiffany, you should have just let me help you! I'm not self-satisfied! I'm not smug! I'm just trying to help everyone! I'm a good person! A good person!!

Y-yes'm! You're a good person! Um, and that covers Alriune, right?

...Ah! Oh, yes. Alriune will continue teleporting until suppressed. Simply keep its rules in mind and there's nothing else to worry about. While frustrating to deal with, it's a simple Abnormality to understand.

I see, I see! Very insightful as always, Miss Hod! And wowsers, look at the time! Well, that's all we have for you today. Thanks for joining us! And remember, knowledge is just-

Oh, no. We have much more pain to observe.

I'm sorry?

There's so much more to do! We're nowhere near through with our filming day!

I think this is enough…

You think wrong. The purpose of training is to make sure that you don't think the wrong things. So we need more training, until you can't think of anything wrong! And I know just the thing!

Umm… okay?!



The Snow Queen is a HE-level Abnormality which takes the form of a witch made of ice.

Sounds c-cool, Miss Hod.

While she lacks a Qliphoth Counter, she does have a special ability which can activate on a Bad or Normal work result. Paul.

Ah! Y-yes, I'll demonstrate. But the sedative…

Since she deals White damage, I'll be more than happy to have your fellow agents beat the sanity back into you, even if you screw it up a hundred times!

Yes… Miss Hod.



Ouchies! I got poked through by something!



That's a shard from The Snow Queen, meaning that you've received her first kiss.

Like that thing Queen of Hatred does?

Not at all like that. You'd know that if you ever read the training manuals I spent such painstaking hours making for you, of course-but it's fine! I'm a good person so I'll let you learn hands on. The first kiss is merely cosmetic. A second failure, however, will give a second kiss!



Yowie wowie! I'm a popsicle, Miss Hod!

Yes! The second kiss traps the agent inside a frozen hell, where they can't escape. They can't escape… Won't ever escape. There's no escape from them there, alone, with their thoughts, realizing that they're the worst-that nothing will ever undo their crimes. It's hellish, isn't it? A true hell just for the agents of Lobotomy Corporation!

U...um… Yes?

Luckily for them-unlike some of us, they can get out! The third kiss is the lethal one, and that isn't administered until the end of the day.

Then how do I get out?

We send in some help, of course!



The next person sent to work with the Abnormality is given a rose sword, to use to try and rescue their fellow agent.

Wowsers! You really sent Miss Medea to come save me? She's a Training team legend!

Don't be silly. This is stock footage. I had someone else go bail you out. Since you don't listen, it can't be helped if you die, right? Right?!



Once inside, the agent and the Queen have a duel!

Miss Hod, your thoughts are doing the thing again…

The duel's outcome is unrelated to the work type selected, and the only thing that matters is the agent's Fortitude level. At Level 5, the rescuing agent cannot possibly fail, but below that the odds range from 10% to 80%. Should the agent fail, both die.

Th-thank goodness that Nea has Level 5 Fortitude, then, huh?



Once the work is done, if successful, both agents can leave-and they get a special gift to commemorate the occasion.



Hey! My cheek's all icy now!

This special E.G.O Gift provides the agent with +6 HP and SP. Since it's a guaranteed gift for winning the duel, it's worth putting agents at risk so long as you follow the guidelines that we've set forth. Tiffany… Tiffany, you knew you weren't supposed to take that much Enkephalin. Why would you take so much? Why did you kill yourself?! Tiffany…!

Um… so are we done now?

...No. No we can't stop. Not yet. The Snow Queen has one more undocumented feature.



For it, we'll need to use Elodie. Tiffany's old friend. They talked on my team-plenty. I bet about how to get more Enkephalin out of old Hod… even though she's trying to do her very best to make sure that everyone is alright, caring for each of them like none of the other Sephirot ever would!

U...um…! Miss Hod…?

But it's fine! I can demonstrate this-the unusual effect of an agent with the Feather of Honor suit working in The Snow Queen's cell!



She… Just burned up...

Isn't it interesting? The Feather suit realizes the temperature has dropped, and tries to turn up its heat to compensate… but that's too much for any agent to take, so it just burns them alive instead! Cooked from the inside out! This was in the training materials I passed out in that meeting about the Firebird-but nobody came to that one, so of course no one would know about it. So we'll teach everyone through pain and observation. Pain and observation.

Um… Miss Hod… I really think you should take a moment to breathe.

But why? What purpose is there in that? I haven't done anything wrong. Tiffany died-she abused my kindness and she died. And Elodie was her friend, of course she was abusing it too. They both abused it, so they deserve this.

Really Miss Hod, you sh-should take a moment to-

And what did I do? I sent Tiffany her old friend! Now they can both talk to each other, wherever they are! Even though they both betrayed my trust, even though they got my counseling cancelled, I'm only thinking about them. I'm a good person! No matter what happens, I'm a good person!

M-Miss Hod..!

I'm a good person! Won't someone please recognize that?! Please, look at me! Look at all the good I've done, all the good I'm doing! Rely on me more! Put all your faith in me! And would it kill you to thank me while you're at it?! Every one of you is ungrateful! You don't deserve my kindness, and here I am providing it for you all every day, because I'm a good person!

Manager, please... help! I-I don't know what to do!

Everyone should praise and be thankful for me! Because I'm a good person!!!

Tch, I suppose you couldn't cut it after all.

Manager?! What do you mean?! I've done nothing wrong-! I'm..!

Nothing more than a broken machine. We've observed enough pain for the day, thank you.






Music: Aspire


Good evening, future Managers. I've… made a grave miscalculation. Throughout nearly four months of work, day after day, I've managed to put together a near-complete library of every Abnormality in the entire facility. However, with this latest twist… it's become clear that I cannot simply allow the present Hod to take the stage any longer. I've made a terrible mistake.

...For the sake of those who don't wish to listen to an old man grumbling, I'll cover the Abnormalities now. Feel free to skip to the next episode after this, should you like. Angela.





This blasted chia pet is not particularly dangerous to a powerful facility, but will run rampant over anything less than a crack team of agents with good White resistance. Moreover, its tendency to teleport around will make it difficult to successfully suppress-as it will be difficult for agents to damage it while it is warping around. As a result, even at its best it is frustrating. Still, it must be considered for the weapon-its crossbow is a very powerful White ranged weapon, and there are few things better for handling a panicked agent.

My personal recommendation is to take this Abnormality and work on it to gain access to its powerful gear, and then once you are satisfied to rewind time and never think of it again.





This Abnormality unsettles me. It brings up bad memories, clawing at my mind much like an agent begging to be released from the cell of Nothing There. Since I can't put my finger on why, I'll discard that feeling and judge it fairly.

There is absolutely no reason to ever build a facility without The Snow Queen in it.

She is perfectly benign, and gives out a very powerful Gift without any random chance. Her weapon is powerful, quick, and slows enemies to make them vulnerable to other attackers. There's really almost nothing bad I can say about her-the only weak point is her suit's weakness to Red damage. Take her, put her in your facility, and reap the rewards. There is little reason not to. That is all there is to say.

Now then… since making the mistake of clearing a Dusk Ordeal after first reaching that unopenable door, I haven't since dared complete the missions of our Sephirot. Doing that cleared both Malkuth and Yesod from the field-leaving Angela with their duties. Unfortunately, Malkuth wrote the scripts. Neither Hod nor myself have quite the same touch as she does-but we've tried for the entirety of this season.

We had to. My mission was almost complete-and it was my own folly which brought a Dusk Ordeal upon us. Much the same way, my own error has now cost us Hod. I never meant for the Wolf and Red's interaction to spread so far… but I suppose this too was inevitable.

Tried as I might to rage against the machine I was trapped within, straining without rest to hold back the movement of the gears, the inexorable weight of this place has finally crushed my resistance. Things are once again moving forward. I cannot move them back, nor can Malkuth, Yesod, or Hod be fixed.

...Two remain. Only two Abnormalities remain. I must see this through-for the sake of those who come after. For the sake of this project. For her.

All I need to do is what I've always done. There's no longer time for rambling. Now it falls to me to act.

Next time's featured Abnormality…


New Guidelines

Alriune
The Snow Queen

New Gear


Requirements: Prudence 3


Requirements: Fortitude 3


Requirements: None


Requirements: Fortitude 2

New Story

Alriune
The Snow Queen

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 12:13 on Jul 11, 2021

mizure
Apr 14, 2020

Mizu "Just Mizu" Mizu, reporting for cutie!
Hod you're doing amazing sweetie

SL the Pyro
Jun 16, 2013

My soul cries out
with the desire to
FRACTURE
your puny spine.


what do you mean that hotkey disappeared
Oh boy, we're getting two separate updates to go along with this hot new story beat. I'm not sure whether to be excited or scared. :suspense:

Also, check out Snow Queen's story. And after you do: cross-reference it with Bloodbath.

SL the Pyro fucked around with this message at 13:21 on Jun 20, 2021

my dad
Oct 17, 2012

this shall be humorous

SL the Pyro posted:

Also, check out Snow Queen's story. And after you do: cross-reference it with Bloodbath.

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Alriune, amongst all the already annoying facility teleporters, is definitely the worst. How I despise it.

Tylana
May 5, 2011

Pillbug
I never knew how Alriune's damage worked because she turned up in Tipereth's sector for me and thus got dunked on... very slowly because it teleports quite quite fast.

::giantfistshake::

Narsham
Jun 5, 2008

Theantero posted:

Alriune, amongst all the already annoying facility teleporters, is definitely the worst. How I despise it.

It produced a reset for me. But I have to say that after getting most of the way through the game before being forced to do a Day 1 reset, having it as a replacement for the skull was actually pretty useful, as with post-Hod agents and gear from a previous facility run, you can normal it pretty regularly and suppress it easily. It’s when the facility expands that Alriune is awful.

OTOH, that was the same run I got White Night, and I missed Good Deeds and Sins at that point something awful.

Winterdragon2004
Mar 28, 2021

I'll hear that wonderous sound again, even if it has to be from my own two hands
Ah, Alruine. It was my first troublesome abnormality when I first picked up the game. It wasn't the Good/Bad shenanigans or the constant teleporting that I found annoying though. Rather, it was the fact that 80% of my agents were decked out in white gear that drove me mad. Taught me real quick the importance of type variety.

Nea
Feb 28, 2014

Funny Little Guy Aficionado.
I appreciate that even though I put my name in the hat too late to appear during the main story, you're using me in these trainings! Thanks!

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Nea posted:

I appreciate that even though I put my name in the hat too late to appear during the main story, you're using me in these trainings! Thanks!

I feel like I should mention that I grabbed Nea to kill off at random in one of the episodes, but she wound up not having to die, so now she’s just my go-to for doing mundane stuff in the BCPs.

She’s sort of unofficially become the Maya Matsumoto of Better Call Paul. Always there, generally competent, rarely mentioned.

GilliamYaeger
Jan 10, 2012

Call Gespenst!
Only two left!

MiiNiPaa
Jan 19, 2020

Ok, Alriune. 70% chance to escape on any result aside from normal. 50-70 White damage when breaching. I found out that her plant imagery is really similar to Wisteria tree:


Snow Queen duel probabllities are 100-80-50-30-10 percent depending on fortitude level.
And apparently Ayin does not like machines.

Nea
Feb 28, 2014

Funny Little Guy Aficionado.

TeeQueue posted:

I feel like I should mention that I grabbed Nea to kill off at random in one of the episodes, but she wound up not having to die, so now she’s just my go-to for doing mundane stuff in the BCPs.

She’s sort of unofficially become the Maya Matsumoto of Better Call Paul. Always there, generally competent, rarely mentioned.

I like to think of myself this way as well :v:

PlasticAutomaton
Nov 12, 2016

Artoria Pendonut


Snow Queen good, Abel's steady stream of failures in these videos good, Alirune is one of the absolute worst abnormalities and I absolutely hate that loving llama.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Viola the Mad
Feb 13, 2010
Paul... :ohdear:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply