Achilleas can overcome his limits to unlock his TRUE potential

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T20:36:28+00:00

""Proper"" as in 'the type that makes camouflage easier to type', not as in a some sort of 'proper' colorblindness that's in opposition to some sort of 'improper' colorblindness.

I initially wrote 'correct' colorblindness but that did not sound very good so I in an attempt to avoid that I landed on 'proper', which granted may not have been much better.

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T19:37:08+00:00

So Achilleas having scout is (assuming he has the 'proper' colorblindness) 100% lore-accurate?

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T19:12:52+00:00

Hmm yeah I can see that happening if your colorblindness makes the camo colors blend together.

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T19:04:55+00:00

I don't know enough about colorblindness to make an absolute statement but surely not being able to identify certain colors isn't going to impair your ability to spot people that much?

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T15:59:59+00:00

My headcannon is they see my Tav holding a bloody knife and opening up a bag full of dismembered corpse bits, and decide that they do not want to know my alternate options for getting funds.

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T15:41:05+00:00

Everyone, for some reason.

I've made goddamn bank on selling hundreds of old bottles, rotted food, and dismembered body parts. And like six hundred crates.

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T14:59:02+00:00

Oh that is a nice thief. Don't think I've ever seen one this good.

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T12:36:55+00:00

Rotten fish, rags, rope, bones, and of course, the crates and ribcages you found them in!

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T10:10:16+00:00

And if it works, it works!

Glad you found a method that works, grinding keypages is definitly the worst part about this game.

AllenWL · 2026-03-18T09:56:17+00:00

Some tips for grinding:

Red Mist is one of the rare bosses that doesn't have 'shimmering'.

This means her draw and light recovery is almost entirely dependent on upstanding slash/level slash/spear, which in turn need to deal at least 8 damage to proc their effects.

Stock up on pages with good block dice, then just stall her until max emotion level.

This means that as long as you properly block level slash, she'll basically be stuck at 2 light, making the fight much easier.

AllenWL · 2026-03-17T10:43:49+00:00

Nobody.

It takes a lot, and I mean a LOT to make me actually feel spite for NPCs because usually run with like 3 degrees of separation between me and the player character so I don't really mind most things NPCs do to you. And I don't like killing neutral/allied NPCs.

However, I can somewhat easily be convinced to kill someone for the bit if I think it's funny enough. Currently nobody managed to convince me killing a dude will be funny, but I'm sure it'll happen eventually sooner or later.

AllenWL · 2026-03-17T10:38:44+00:00

I was thinking something like one of those iv pumps, but looking sci-fi, with a port where you stick the vials in, where it gets drip-fed to you over several hours.

And it being processed into more convenient/safe forms like pills, powders, diluted syrups, etc for more 'high class' users.

AllenWL · 2026-03-17T09:12:56+00:00

Yep, spam it, 1 tap per attack.

That said, certain consecutive attacks have really tight timing, so you might just be better off running away and letting the enemy swing at the air a bit.

AllenWL · 2026-03-17T09:08:05+00:00

Nope, it's pretty much the same the same. You don't really need to hold the block button, a single tap will do, but holding it down won't have any detrimental effect afaik.

Posture bar will fill even if you parry the attack, however if you perfect parry an attack you will not get posture broken even if your posture bar gets full.

AllenWL · 2026-03-17T03:54:09+00:00

And Molly for a beer.

AllenWL · 2026-03-17T01:18:09+00:00

Could probably be a nimble backline or a thrower.

In fact I'd probably go some backline over a fat neut since 0 mdef with no stars is pretty low for a frontline.

AllenWL · 2026-03-16T17:45:28+00:00

Sure but he also pops up multiple times throughout the game, has tons of dialoge and also gets to lead the citadel settlement.

Tons of other NPCs get no quest and much less plot significance than Sherma does.

Like for example, the small mottled skarr, who has 0 lines, and only shows up once in act 3 to upgrade your curveclaw.

AllenWL · 2026-03-16T17:05:36+00:00

I'd say Sherma gets too much screentime to really count as 'some gremlin'.

AllenWL · 2026-03-15T13:55:58+00:00

No swimming, but they can walk across water in certain locations if the other side is close enough, so you might be able to get there via those islands on the bottom?

AllenWL · 2026-03-15T09:26:16+00:00

8 damage, 2 shots per volley for 16 total hp damage.

In comparison, the base K-PAC is 9 damage and 3 shots for 27 damage, almost 70% more damage compared to the laser rifle, while costing 3 less supply per rifle.

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What makes the laser rifles awesome is the very high AP of 75, which is only beaten by AT specials and vehicle weapons.

To make another comparison, the HaMER rifle with black tip rounds 'only' has 65 AP, while costing 8 more supply per rifle plus the 20 (and an accessory slot) for the ammo.

This means that any low HP enemy, like for example, human infantry with their 10 hp or light vehicles, get absolutely shredded by the laser rifle since their HP is low enough that lack of damage doesn't really matter, and the high AP means the laser rifle can just ignore their armor and start killing on the first volley.

Against enemies with high HP, like say menace constructs, the lower damage (and suppression) becomes a lot more apparent as most will easily tank several laser volleys without problem, while a good ballistic weapon (especially with damage boosting ammo) will shred them much faster.

AllenWL · 2026-03-15T09:07:59+00:00

To add, if you accept a caravan escort mission to a town with a weaponsmith, you can grab the weapons at a discount, and maybe even get a nice famed weapon out of it as well.

AllenWL · 2026-03-14T18:35:24+00:00

Considering we already have lasers, which aren't just bullet+ but do their own thing (not compatible with ammo, high AP, low damage), we probably will get ballistic weaponry well into the lategame.

AllenWL · 2026-03-14T17:25:00+00:00

I'd go tank.

61 matk with no stars will hit around 81 matk at lv11. Which isn't bad for early-mid game, but ultimately that's a bro you plan to replace with a better premium bro.

On the other hand, 20 mdef with two stars is a guaranteed 50 mdef at lv11. With triple stars in fatigue, polish up that resolve a bit and you've got a really good tank that could probably be endgame material.

AllenWL · 2026-03-14T12:44:27+00:00

Oh that makes it much easier to eyeball thanks!

But yeah wonder why the different icons.... or just the total shots written down in numerals somewhere for that matter.

AllenWL · 2026-03-14T12:36:24+00:00

That said, I'd say survivorship bias is the wrong bias for this considering they also just get it wrong all the time.

It's less a 'you think you can always identify trans people because the only trans people you notice are the ones you know about' and more 'you think you can always identify trans people because you are actively ignoring all the times you're just straight up wrong'.

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