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[MrWiggles]

I got a bruce from the DRS store for 12k. Came fully loaded with a balance mod, monowire serrator, and shock mod. Slightly less accurate than the nodachi, but hits about three times harder. Took down the bug queen without taking a scratch except for the time I got eaten and failed the focus roll on writhing smoke (took me a few seconds to light my pipe, after that I went into combat with it already packed and lit).

Worked out pretty well, thanks.

Yea, the bruce is a very nice blade. I have a boss springsteel as a spare weapon when I go on body pick up.

I wonder around witha daikatana personally. According to gear screen, it does less damage then the boss, but I seem to do much better with it.

[Grendus]

Well, the place creeps me out, but I can one shot the arachnos for 20 exp a pop, so it's not highly dangerous right now. 90% or so of their attacks either miss or are dodged/parried, and the ones that hit do 3/4 damage. Between heavy armor and snakeskin, it's pretty easy.

Question though, are arachno hides used for anything? Never seen any recipe that uses them.

[MrWiggles]

Nah, chittin is useless.

[Grendus]

Side note - every time I step into the pustule I get joint rot, even if I have a gas mask. Is that a bug, or do I need other protective gear?

[Charlatan]

Chitin is currently used for chitin fiber gloves and footings, as well as formic facades and carapace caps (which are actually quite nice).

[Keiseth]

So, I think I'm an idiot.

Warning! A giant enemy story dump is approaching fast. No refuge.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

My cohort and I left for the Colossus silo, hoping to light some fireworks and acquire much-needed XP. Silo 3 still had a single missile left, which we intended to put to good use. After fiddling around in the place for a long time-- "Why isn't the console working?" As  "REACTOR: Offline" is lit in red above us -- we finally get most of the things running. The reactor is carefully started through use of a Rad-Q pill and diving into the immensely irradiated power plant. The missile is filled with propellant by carefully applying the proper pump, dodging googlepede-things. We weren't sure if you could overfill it and blow the shit out of yourself somehow, but since this is HellMOO we just assumed the most lethal outcome was also the most probable.

Two things remain, really. Opening the silo, and firing it. We examine the console for a while, not seeing a command to actually open it. This is where most people assume the opening switch is located elsewhere, perhaps near the silo itself.

Indeed, this is what we thought.

My ally sits in the control room, no doubt spinning mindlessly in the egg shaped chair as I don my aviator goggles and climb out of the bunker. I pass the bonepanther on my way to the silo, from the top.

No switch on the outside. Well, that should have been expected. Only one thing left to try, then.

I begin clawing and smashing the entrance of the silo, slowly but surely tearing it apart until it's completely opened. I jab myself in the face a couple times no doubt to horrible depth perception. Huzzah! ... Silo 1. Oops. Repeat again as I accidentally open Silo 2 before getting to Silo 3.

All that was left was firing the goddamn thing. The good doctor puts his science skill to the use by turning the launch keys. Nothing happens. We look desperately for about an hour for a big red "FIRE" button. None is found.

Exhausting all options I begin swimming around in the watery bits under the bunker, finally getting to Silo 3 from another side. I climb up and find a lever. Does THIS launch the nuke? No, dumbass, this opens the silo you just ham-handedly smashed the fuck out of. Deerrrrp.

I call an admin, citing that the two ruptures we had encountered-- one with the panel, one with the reactor-- may be a bug. Either we messed things up or we're not launching it right. Apparently the rupture was in fact due to my heartless attacking of the silo hatches.

But it didn't fire because we didn't hit the launch keys simultaneously.

Voila. A simple, hour *tops* journey spanned the early morning entirely. But it was fun as hell.

I realize I must make game designers cringe. You place a pump lever under the silo hatch only to watch your player begin banging on the door from the other side.

And somehow making it work.

[Grendus]

Meh, you followed the basic rule of machinery - if all else fails, break it. Either it starts working or you can bill someone to replace it.

That does explain the giant explosion I heard though.

Edit: I feel like I'm always asking questions, but where would I get my hands on a better pair of gloves. The Lotus Kogake Tebukuro suck, but I can't find any other gloves. None of the corp stores have them, unless you buy the nanoweave zoot suits from Krew's store which, by design, don't last long even when patched and cover the entire body restricting the use of better armor in other slots.

[Tahin]

Protect Ya' Neck has some gloves, I believe.

Also, holy shit is it hard to get pistols ip past 6 raw.

[Grendus]

Protect Ya' Neck has some gloves, I believe.

Also, holy shit is it hard to get pistols ip past 6 raw.

Protect Ya' Neck has, at best, the Lacrosse Gloves, which are worse than the Lotus Kogake Tebukuro. I keep hoping Sargos will have better (according to the Hellwiki Sargos resales items seized from apartments who's tenants have been evicted), but so far all stalking Sargos has gotten me is a half dozen recipes (a few good ones, like armordillo plate jacket and mortilex syringe), a cheap canteen, and a memory card labeled "The sights and sounds of Freedom City" which I can't figure out how to play back.

I'd recommend dual wielding target pistols and wiping out something that's tough enough the pistols won't hurt it and can't hurt you. I got blades up to 8 mostly by dual wielding a fork and ceremonial dagger and grinding chobos. It takes a long time, but it's not too bad. Worst case you can just grind raw exp and have another player train you in pistols.

[Ancient Thingy]

Meh, you followed the basic rule of machinery - if all else fails, break it. Either it starts working or you can bill someone to replace it.

That does explain the giant explosion I heard though.

Edit: I feel like I'm always asking questions, but where would I get my hands on a better pair of gloves. The Lotus Kogake Tebukuro suck, but I can't find any other gloves. None of the corp stores have them, unless you buy the nanoweave zoot suits from Krew's store which, by design, don't last long even when patched and cover the entire body restricting the use of better armor in other slots.

You can always resort to layering them if you don't have anything better. Sargo's normally doesn't have any good stuff unless you get really lucky, and by that time another player will probably have taken it from you. Most of her good inventory comes from old players who don't play anymore and get evicted, but that's not really an infinite resource. And for your earlier question, spider chitin is also used for juicer jackets, leggings, and gloves, which offer good soaks without too much penalty to dodge.

[Grendus]

Sigh, can't layer the gloves. Looks like I'll just have to hope nobody hits my hands.

[beorn080]

Why not farm some spider chitin for those juicer gloves that Grendus mentioned. Juicer stuff is fairly nice.

[Eagle]

Just got into this game a few days ago, wandered around, got some stuff, then died when i jacked a cessna with no skill in pilot. Slammed into the north-eastern most bit of freedom city, just before you leave it for (?) slagtown to the east.

Then i rerolled a character, took 3 steps out, and ran into inaluct. Then i proceeded to jack a rusty radiator, and actually got my chainsaw back from the wreck when i finally found it.

This game is awesome.

[ductape]

inaluct will rape you with zombie bits

[Eagle]

He just gave me a terrorist fistbump when i met him.