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[Jackrabbit]

I end up feeling so shitty about myself when I kill anyone that I always, always go for a pacifist run. Good times.

[Jreengus]

I really dislike the whole reflections don't count as kills thing, it feels like cheating and make pacifist waaay too easy

[Jackrabbit]

Yeah, since I actually play pacifist because I don't want to kill, I never take advantage of it.

[SolarShado]

I never would have thought that it didn't count...

[Diablous]

I think I remember from my murderstorm run, a Komato log mentioning how reflected kills don't count.

[Diablous]

Sorry, DP.

Encountered something interesting.

Spoiler: 1.6 Pacifist Sector 4 spoilers (click to show/hide)

Okay, does Iji refuse to contact the Komato in other versions of the game besides 1.6 during a pacifist run?

[Jreengus]

Sorry, DP.

Encountered something interesting.

Spoiler: 1.6 Pacifist Sector 4 spoilers (click to show/hide)

Okay, does Iji refuse to contact the Komato in other versions of the game besides 1.6 during a pacifist run?

Nope before 1.6 she just did it.

[Diablous]

Sorry, DP.

Encountered something interesting.

Spoiler: 1.6 Pacifist Sector 4 spoilers (click to show/hide)

Okay, does Iji refuse to contact the Komato in other versions of the game besides 1.6 during a pacifist run?

Nope before 1.6 she just did it.

Hmm. Doesn't really change anything, but it is interesting.

[Akura]

Sorry, DP.

Encountered something interesting.

Spoiler: 1.6 Pacifist Sector 4 spoilers (click to show/hide)

Okay, does Iji refuse to contact the Komato in other versions of the game besides 1.6 during a pacifist run?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

No. Before 1.6, she(well, Dan actually, Iji just hacks the terminal) sends the distress call believing that the Komato are an intergalactic police force or something. During a pacifist run, what she hears from Krotera and Vatielika convinces her that the Komato are a race of genocidal maniacs(at least in 1.6). The change in the events does seem to change Tor's outlook, though.

Does anyone know how to disable the auto-decrease in quality? It keeps kicking in during the final boss(which does cause slowdowns, but at the most epic moments).

[Diablous]

Sorry, DP.

Encountered something interesting.

Spoiler: 1.6 Pacifist Sector 4 spoilers (click to show/hide)

Okay, does Iji refuse to contact the Komato in other versions of the game besides 1.6 during a pacifist run?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

No. Before 1.6, she(well, Dan actually, Iji just hacks the terminal) sends the distress call believing that the Komato are an intergalactic police force or something. During a pacifist run, what she hears from Krotera and Vatielika convinces her that the Komato are a race of genocidal maniacs(at least in 1.6). The change in the events does seem to change Tor's outlook, though.

Does anyone know how to disable the auto-decrease in quality? It keeps kicking in during the final boss(which does cause slowdowns, but at the most epic moments).

No idea. Also, I'm at sector 7 on my pacifist run. Anybody have any ideas on how to get rid of beasts without technically killing them? All I got is get blasted by a shocksplinter while they are nearby.

[Akura]

No, afraid not.

Spoiler: But you'd think killing them wouldn't count (click to show/hide)

Since, like Tasen scouts, Beasts are Komato Troopers who reacted badly to their combat drugs, only the Komato took it further and removed most of their higher brain function and turned them into kamikaze weapons. Also, they've got a shocksplinter round imbedded in them, so technically, they're meant to die anyway.

[612DwarfAvenue]

Awesome, deflected shots don't count?

[dbfuru]

I just finished it, I have to say I really enjoyed the game's music. I might have to put it on my ipod. For strange reasons it reminded me of Deus Ex, Phantasy Star Online and was really nostalgic. I have no idea why.

[Sowelu]

I really dislike the whole reflections don't count as kills thing, it feels like cheating and make pacifist waaay too easy

After finishing my "Innocent" run, I wholeheartedly agree (was coming here to post this).  It wrecks it pretty bad, for me.  It used to be "Oh, there's just enemies in there, I won't go in".  Now it's "Oh hey, these guys will shoot at me, I'll kill them with my reflection weapon".  Here's a tip, Iji:  If you are intentionally and successfully killing off Annihilators to take their nano, YOU ARE NOT A PACIFIST.  Especially if you weaken them with carefully-counted shots from other weapons first.

If you want to be a hardcore pacifist, don't create that weapon until just before you hit General Tor (or against turrets I guess).  When you do go after Tor however, remember that your Attack rating DOES IMPROVE YOUR REFLECTED SHOTS' DAMAGE.  If you bump it up to, like, 3 or 4 or so, the wimpiest Komato troopers go from needing two reflected shots to just one...which is nice.

I gotta say, though, I was kind of disappointed that

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

the Tasen still don't show up in the ending.  You kill Iosa before the bunker is destroyed, and everyone bugs out; I don't see anything to indicate at ALL that they did not survive in that storyline.  I was hoping that I'd at least get a new or altered picture in the ending sequence, or maybe some extra words between Iji and Dan at the end.

[Muz]

I just won this game on normal (non-pacifist) last night. Well, ended at 9 AM, so technically, I won this morning. Tried to do a pacifist run, but got kinda depressed that I got one kill this morning in that level with the assassin guy. I heard that it's possible to get 0 kills on normal, so I don't think boss fights count?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Lol, I bump Attack to 10 when playing pacifist, because that 20% recovery bonus is so useful with the reflector thingy. The irony.