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[BFEL]

Didn't matter, add "Shocker Brutes" to the list of things that are bullshit instant death now.

[beorn080]

Didn't matter, add "Shocker Brutes" to the list of things that are bullshit instant death now.

They really aren't. Just find a window, hide from it until it moves into the frame, then beat with cudgel. Ideally find one of the several armors that protects against electric attacks, but not required. They're certainly harder then regular brutes, but still doable. Something of a weak mix between hulks and tank drones.

[BFEL]

I was playing a quick black belt and got instagibbed in full armor. His first attack threw me about ten tiles. FUCK. THAT.

[IcyTea31]

Shocker brutes have a speed of 110. They can be outrun, kited with ranged weapons, lead into environmental hazards...or just outrun. Remember, a coward is still an alive coward.

[beorn080]

Well, there is your problem. Fists conduct electricity, which paralyzes you when striking Shocker types. Pointy Sticks, Cudgels, or other wood or range based armaments are ideal for them, even if you use fists for everything else. Fortunately for your next character, black belts start with 8 melee, which means they're already pretty good with a cudgel. I THINK the latest experimentals make knife spears non conductive, and they have a ranged attack.

[ShinQuickMan]

On the other hand, a turn 20 hulk or shocker brute is basically a death sentence during fire/bad day starts, reducing the scenario into a gameshow. This, however, has more to do with the scenarios themselves, all no thanks to the ridiculously crippling noise of the house crashing down.

[Cheedows]

I was playing a quick black belt and got instagibbed in full armor. His first attack threw me about ten tiles. FUCK. THAT.

Yeah if you aren't careful brutes can easily instakill you by throwing you through a wall.

[UristMcDwarf]

so that one robo-cop profession starts with something like a "cyber shield"
when are we gonna get craftable ones?

[BFEL]

Wow I am having the SHITTIEST luck with starts. Newest game as a historical reenactor my evac shelter is apparently right next to a blob spawning ground or something, even though that's not shown on the map in any way whatsoever. Not only that, but the town nearby is filled with giant wasps for some reason.

And then tremorsworms attacked the wasps, so the outskirts now look like a fucking warzone. Burnt down two forest tiles next to the shelter to get rid of a spiderweb and then blobs, but the blobs keep coming, so the shelter ALSO looks like a fucking warzone.

I spawned in the middle of bugwars. WTF GAME?

[SalmonGod]

Wow I've been so out of touch this year I just now noticed there's a new thread for this game

[BigD145]

Wow I am having the SHITTIEST luck with starts. Newest game as a historical reenactor my evac shelter is apparently right next to a blob spawning ground or something, even though that's not shown on the map in any way whatsoever. Not only that, but the town nearby is filled with giant wasps for some reason.

And then tremorsworms attacked the wasps, so the outskirts now look like a fucking warzone. Burnt down two forest tiles next to the shelter to get rid of a spiderweb and then blobs, but the blobs keep coming, so the shelter ALSO looks like a fucking warzone.

I spawned in the middle of bugwars. WTF GAME?

Sounds normal. Wasp towns happen.

[Adragis]

so that one robo-cop profession starts with something like a "cyber shield"
when are we gonna get craftable ones?

It's basically a police badge in the shape of a shield. No actual shield :ap

[IcyTea31]

Wow I am having the SHITTIEST luck with starts. Newest game as a historical reenactor my evac shelter is apparently right next to a blob spawning ground or something, even though that's not shown on the map in any way whatsoever. Not only that, but the town nearby is filled with giant wasps for some reason.

And then tremorsworms attacked the wasps, so the outskirts now look like a fucking warzone. Burnt down two forest tiles next to the shelter to get rid of a spiderweb and then blobs, but the blobs keep coming, so the shelter ALSO looks like a fucking warzone.

I spawned in the middle of bugwars. WTF GAME?

I would recommend relocating about 25 map tiles to a direction of your choice.

[azmodean]

Buckshot refers to the general size of the target these are effective against.

trivia: The point where it turns from "birdshot" to "buckshot" is when "you have to stack them in a certain pattern to make them fit instead of just pouring them in the shell".
The More You Know♒★

[Sheb]

Buckshot refers to the general size of the target these are effective against.

trivia: The point where it turns from "birdshot" to "buckshot" is when "you have to stack them in a certain pattern to make them fit instead of just pouring them in the shell".
The More You Know♒★

So a given size of shot can be birdshot in a 12-gauge shotgun and buckshot in a 20-gauge shotgun? This make exactly zero sense.