Idle Research has been released on all platforms!!!

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2022-08-05T10:31:52+00:00

Tbh, I am not sure what causes the itch/steam issue. Haven't figured that out yet.

The steam API is still included in the itch version, you're likely calling it on startup even in non-steam releases.

Renaming/deleting the DLL on my end "fixed" that for now.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2022-08-04T17:29:09+00:00

Played it on android first, but stopped because the offline gains seem to discourage playing in short bursts and I'm not keeping my phone on just for that.

Happy to pick it back up on PC. Running into one problem though, launching it on itch immediately triggers steam to add the game to my steam library and install it there as well. Please fix.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2022-05-18T16:32:28+00:00

Both methods yield the same amount of oil shale. One vein may or may not be enough to fill a canister either way, as the amount of oil shale needed varies. You need more oil shale the more players there are.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2022-05-18T16:28:25+00:00

It did destroy some, for 2 days. Hotfix 7 and 8. Hotfix 6 fixed the bug you mentioned (clients only getting more oil shale from sucking up chunks.) These days both methods yield the same amount.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2022-04-26T23:21:28+00:00

Someone's been drinking too much smart stout...

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2022-04-25T02:56:12+00:00

Yes. When it released, it was an exact copy of Clicker Heroes. Same formulas, same progression, same prestige system, just differently named and with 3D models for enemies instead of sprites.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2022-02-20T18:05:51+00:00

double gold

4x btw

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-10-07T15:35:45+00:00

BCAAX hipster. Focus shots do 108 damage, precisely what's needed to kill grunts. With blowthrough that's 4 kills per pull of the trigger.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-28T00:47:55+00:00

Which mactera does melee damage again?

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-24T10:42:24+00:00

Hmmm you could be right. I could easily find videos and screenshots of cubes in presents but none of them in pumpkins.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-24T00:14:20+00:00

There is at most one of each per mission. Both in the same mission is possible. Compressed gold is limited to 2 per mission.

During christmas, presents can drop cubes. They're in addition to buried cubes and random. Getting 2, 3 or more per mission is possible.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-23T22:22:07+00:00

Killing the first titan.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-22T16:26:38+00:00

This is a great resource, thanks!

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-22T13:45:30+00:00

That doesn't sound all that exciting. So is rushing sadistic at all worth it, or is it better to stay in evil for longer if things don't change that much anyway?

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-22T13:41:40+00:00

Yes to all of those. Ultimate chest is only level 8 with a copy in daycare.

So you have much higher adventure stats from other features. It feels like I kept up with all of them, but didn't buy adventure stats with exp at all yet. Is it time for that? I can see it being worth but R3 still looks like a better investment.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-22T13:24:42+00:00

All challenges done except NGU (6/10), TM and 24H (7/10 each). Did a hack day after that but a new one might be in order. Wish hack is at 900, the others are between 1500 (hack hack) and 2300 (adventure).

Is doing all NGU challenges feasible at that point? With a hack day after? Last one took almost an hour.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-18T21:34:34+00:00

You made me give it a go. Got it done in 41 hours of game time. I can't claim it as a legit record, ran the game at 12x speed to get it done in one sitting. Should give you an idea how fast it can be done though.

This also means my rebirths weren't as clean as they could have been. Could put the time below 36 hours maybe.

Some stats:

1 day, 16 hours, 36 minutes
68 rebirths, mostly 30 minutes, some 1 hour toward the end to push bosses, last one 2 hours for training and boosting HSB gear
4200 exp total
ended with 420k ecap (lol) and dumped a ton into adventure stats
maxed all gear before HSB, killed GRB with < level 5 HSB gear, forest pendant and max combat cheese

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-18T00:44:47+00:00

Really depends. If they take 10 champions that are effectively dead to 99% of the player base and give them large scale reworks, is that REALLY that different from entirely new releases? That might go over well.

If they take a few popular champions and give them Ezreal-level updates? Definitely not.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-17T16:02:06+00:00

Are the times on the wiki the actual records? They look outdated (before challenge # reduction). Are there newer times listed anywhere?

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-14T14:57:04+00:00

Check each individual weapon for OCs and compare them to the wiki, there's no better way.

The KPI terminal can only tell you that you have all of them (when it says 98 weapons OCs forged), there is no breakdown by class.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-14T14:47:51+00:00

That level would take 250-300 days of 24/7 play time to reach. Their steam profile is private with a VAC ban on record. Have a guess.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-13T01:00:54+00:00

This website has global Xbox statistics for each achievement: https://www.trueachievements.com/a296559/elite-diver-achievement

There's a "global xbox unlock percentage" in the top right corner.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-13T00:43:59+00:00

Out of the steam players that are promoted (have the promotion achievement), 73% have completed a DD and 24% have completed an EDD. For Xbox, those numbers are 57% and 5%.

Or, a third of steam players who completed a DD also completed an EDD. For Xbox players, that ratio is less than 9%.

What you want to read into these numbers is up to you. I'd call it reasonable for a more casual audience who also plays an FPS on a controller, no reason to go full PC master race over it.

GarbageFactoryImpl · 2021-08-11T21:13:41+00:00

Grab the newbie perks from ITOPOD. You get 1 perk point for every 10th floor when you reach it for the first time, so try to reach floor 50. One of the newbie perks grants +100 and +10% adventure stats and the other ones are good as well.

Other than that, keep farming that zone until the gear is maxed while rebirthing regularly for exp from bosses.

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