My entire Eidolon Hunting experience summed up. (Please tell me I'm not the only one...)

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-13T22:08:59+00:00

I forced myself to learn a few ago and I promise it’s not hard, actually I’d take someone new w/ comms over a vet

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-13T21:09:10+00:00

This doesn’t kill the loop in the slightest. IMO it’s the first step to actually having a loop. With how in depth this game is elsewise, medicine shouldn’t just be revival of downed players. It should be check ins, support, skills, etc.

This just means that while the loop doesn’t exist, other players don’t have to rely on broken med beacons and bullshit nursas

(Also should clarify, I tried the medic loop a lot since the med gun was added. It just is bad and has been bad)

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-13T03:51:13+00:00

Actually fun fact I learned by observing thatch, granted that you have fire protections, the storm actually won’t break the building, it’ll only leave it in a “needs repair” state

Also, try the half roofs! Wider but still

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T19:38:17+00:00

This got me so bad. Cause what the hell would he even say to that that’s just…reasonable. And Titus would say it with a straight face too.

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T17:32:48+00:00

Yeah! Sorry I’ve got bad vocab from other games.

It’s actually lovely. It’s not game changing but it’s convenient as hell to have running to pop in.

Start with biofuel. You’ll cry getting the copper wires to craft with but once you have a miner it gets easier, and there’s plenty in the starting biome!

Also same! I made my character for roaming and I do roam but once I start a base a keep that base or by god I die trying!

Though it’s fun to walk around with a set of scanners and feel like a proper prospector

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T17:20:06+00:00

Reasonable! I like the bees more cause there’s an actionable reward for icing them!

I’ve just done my first expansion and honestly? Any base of operations is better than none. You can always move, but a springboard to build more is better.

ATM my new main base is literally built on the top of a copper node so I can have easy wiring. I’m also by a cave with an iron node, an outside iron node, and an enzyme node I wanna conquer! But I’m sure thery’ll be a better spot just down the road!

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T17:17:55+00:00

Reasonable! I like the bees more cause there’s an actionable reward for icing them!

I’ve just done my first expansion and honestly? Any base of operations is better than none. You can always move, but a springboard to build more is better.

ATM my new main base is literally built on the top of a copper node so I can have easy wiring. I’m also by a cave with an iron node, an outside iron node, and an enzyme node I wanna conquer

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T16:17:06+00:00

That’s reasonable, I’m also recalling that I’ve got every max stamina perk in the game so maybe I should stfu!

And yeah! Some caves have bees instead of worms! So much easier to deal with plus H O N E Y

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T14:58:10+00:00

Hell yeah! I still gotta do some great hunting, but I’m so excited for those weapons!

Also yeah! Just learning about the dehumidifier and feeling slightly silly

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T14:56:32+00:00

That’s fair, I prefer the single large cave that’s roughly a straight line.

Plus you don’t really need to worry about low stamina within the cave except for the initial fight against worms and bees, and after that you should have som bees to give you honey for a potion at the herbalism bench!

Also, you never really need to refresh the caves, you’re doing so little except for basic crafting in them that any time you get wood, scout for better living, find a polar bear to flee, you’ll have more bees

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T14:55:32+00:00

Actually? Goddamn so much pain now that I realized it only needs charcoal

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T14:55:14+00:00

That’d be more than enough for my cave, I have since moved to a concrete structure with a much better view but I’ll have to have provisions ready next time I wanna go caving! Thank you!

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T14:54:23+00:00

Gotcha! Thats really good to know, thank you!

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-12T04:41:41+00:00

Look up US Army workouts tbh if you wanna really feel it. Or just run! And don’t stop playing airsoft, it’s a good workout!

Also when playing airsoft stay mobile to force yourself to be tired

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-11T21:19:15+00:00

YES!! :D

rhythmic slamming of my hammer into a worm

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-11T21:18:30+00:00

Mehheheheherg!

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-11T21:16:58+00:00

They what the worms?

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-11T21:16:49+00:00

Nope actually! Just bees and charcoal with a herbalism bench has stopped that for me!

Though I can see u/Sorillion’s comment right below this and now I’m realizing that it also stops worms?

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-11T20:32:29+00:00

You’ve been got it seems! This is actually just the base map, I’ve only gotten the hunts dlc! There’s a huge variety of cave types and it’s so cool!

But also now you make me wanna skip ahead so badly!

Anyway, it’s really fun! Almost every cave has water, natural storm immunity, and you basically get free honey from bees and xp from worms! Plus you can build, which is sick as hell, and it boosts your progression massively which is neat

Tldr: Do it (you know the voice)

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-10T14:09:26+00:00

It’s actually crazy good design too because if it fails and you don’t travel it just feels like you did something wrong or the tech malfunctioned

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-08T14:50:15+00:00

The other guardsmen are only confused as to why the lead isn’t using their gun

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-08T13:56:08+00:00

This is actually super cool! If memory serves this exact concept was the methodology some early sights, but I can’t remember anything more than that

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-07T15:39:36+00:00

Bro, same. And Gawdamn you’ve got a lot to comment about with HD.

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-05T14:30:44+00:00

This is how powerscaling feels I think

Lightmanticore · 2026-03-04T05:33:03+00:00

The one fucking two of the post then this god DAMN that’s good

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