3.4 Game Update Video Discussion

Jenng

Aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!

The video is awesome @Fluxxx ! Excellent job and just enough info for me to speculate wildly 😜

I’ll slow my roll on participating in the potential nerf talks though ! Lol 😑

Firekid

Ah I see, so basically misreading what his trait means. As the counter is clearly the number counting down until the incoming is due rather than the amount of walkers which will be incoming. I suppose it could be clearer in the description. Although not sure how. Just tried to rewrite it myself and failed.

Billbam

Might use the term Threat Clock over Threat Counter.

JoeSmart

I think the update - as much info i have at the Moment - sounds really good!

What I wonder - are there still round passes once the master stage is live?

And if not - what happens to the round passes we get this weeks challange?

Thx @Fluxxx

😁

Billbam

@JoeSmart yes round passes no affected

JoeSmart

Thx - But they get more and more „useless“ as i understand - correct?

Billbam

We shall see...havent given that part much thought yet hahaha

JoeSmart

I give you some time - let me know 😂

Urbanjesus

@Fluxxx will using the master stage (skip round) option decrease the number of available stars?

i.e. 6 missions 3 stars each with round pass = 36 possible
Master stage 1 mission 3 stars with round pass = 3 possible?

Or will completing the master stage count as 3 staring every possible mission that round?

So excited for the update! Thanks for all your hard work and community management!

JoeSmart

I am not sure about that - but as it was mentioned before, no. Once you pass the master stage you get the stars of all maps... if NG would mess this up with not giving stars, they killed the game 😁

Dbl_Edge_DEP

Grendel said:

Dbl_Edge_DEP said:

Stars above a person's head in a Looney Tunes animation normally denotes being dazed, you'll notice th Looney Tunes theme in the background hinting at that. I would say it is likely what @ATLAS-Z suggested, confused status, attack own allies or attack self, or travel in opposite direction to us.

In this game, stars above a walker's head denotes that it is stunned. Maybe question marks would indicate confusion?

It's possible. I don't sense any red herring in the video regarding the status effect tho. Confusion, stunned, perhaps even berserk ala Final Fantasy?

ATLAS-Z

> @Dbl_Edge_DEP said:
> (Quote)
> It's possible. I don't sense any red herring in the video regarding the status effect tho. Confusion, stunned, perhaps even berserk ala Final Fantasy?

I was thinking back to playing Pokemon games with my kids...

Status effects included

Paralysis (effectively what we call stunned)
Burn (same)
Confusion
Freeze
Sleep

Urbanjesus

> @JoeSmart said:
> I am not sure about that - but as it was mentioned before, no. Once you pass the master stage you get the stars of all maps... if NG would mess this up with not giving stars, they killed the game 😁

Thanks for clarification bud. I was worried there for a second 😆

Dbl_Edge_DEP

@ATLAS-Z loved the Pokémon games but the common theme with a lot of them is they made some other status effects redundant. Darl Souls had poison (lose % health per second) Toxic (lose greater % health per second) and those could work in tandem. I want confuse (enemies attack one another), attack reduction (enemiey damage is reduced) , slow (enemy moves one less space per turn), haste (enemy can move one additional space per turn), blowback (enemy is pushed back 3 spaces.

Grendel

With 10 round passes, you basically play 60 maps to get the rewards and advancement of 120 maps.

If the master level replaces round passes, you would play 20 master level maps to get the rewards and advancement of 120 maps.

So play 20 instead of 60 to get the same results.

Even if round passes disappear, the master level system seems much better. I guess it could get boring playing the same map 20 times in a row if the master level stays the same - but hopefully it rotates.

I guess what I'm saying is maybe we shouldn't freak out too quickly if round passes disappear. I still think it will be a huge reduction to the grind.

Billbam

Master level advances through the map set one at a time as you progress, no repeats until the 7th if you go that high. Round passes are still in effect. Don't forget the master map is 6 levels over the current level, so unlikely you will play it 20x.

Firekid

@Billbam you been beta testing this?

Billbam

@Firekid
No just watching the videos..I am not that lucky hahaha

Firekid

Is there a new video out?

Billbam

Pain Walker has 2 out on You Tube...just posted one about the new fast walkers and a couple of technical updates

Firekid

Ooooooh

RWS

xbamfx

Fast walker can dodge lmao 👎 oh and dodge bullets too 👎👎

ATLAS-Z

I hate these walkers already.

Can't wait ;-)

Jenng

Ugh 😑 I knew double dodge would haunt me for the rest of time.

Dbl_Edge_DEP

This should make the people who voted for increased challenge, reduced grind happy. The fast walkers are an interesting concept, however, much like metalheads, the novelty may soon wear off. Did anyone else pick up on the barrels in those maps? Gameplay showed the player interacting with barrels during missions.

Billbam

We need RED barrels that we can shot and explode

Kasimir

I guess the new trait on the right (the man with the hole in his chest while moving) could, or should be shoting while moving. Survival Daryl attacks with knife or spear while moving. I think it is an equal trait for shooting class!? Anyway... if i cant kill walkers with a rifle at for example level 37 with one shot i will probably mostly use melee...like before, especially when Jesus gets his new toy...lol

Kasimir

... but Alpha with a rifle? Not pssssst any more? It would have been more sense if NG came out with her instead of survivor Daryl....he has exactly the thaits i would have expectet on Alpha

ATLAS-Z

> @Kasimir said:
> I guess the new trait on the right (the man with the hole in his chest while moving) could, or should be shoting while moving. Survival Daryl attacks with knife or spear while moving. I think it is an equal trait for shooting class!?

Yeah I suggested the same to my guild,

"Strafe"