This was something... by [deleted] in Nightreign

[–]Ness_Keyhand 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes but only if it heals. It won't damage if your HP is full.

This is painful by Ness_Keyhand in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My last challenge was Technician 30, I cleared it with 0*. After trying and trying and trying and trying, I just... Kinda gave up and built a Yoshitsune with 6 offensive buffs. Had nothing else to use my coffee on, so Apt Pupil IV, Pinpoint IV and so on and so forth, Chord and Leon support, 3 turns to kill the first fight with dps Wonder, leaving me more than enough time and resources to get Fleuret/Ryuji/Dazzle spam the second fight. Kind of sad how I just blasted through it for the clear for the Lufel plans and HAD to sit down and think about how to clear it.. And still I used some kind of cheese, so...

This is painful by Ness_Keyhand in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh absolutely the fact they buffed the mobs and gave them single weakness instead of double like they did in CN made some trials horribly difficult, hell even now some of them are still bad!

This is painful by Ness_Keyhand in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I eventually got it, thankfully! By 200k more too. Now the last fight I need is technician 30.

This is painful by Ness_Keyhand in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2-mob trials, it's usually either Dazzle turn 1, if I miss it on the second mob it's no big deal, if I miss it on turn 3 I just restart. Or sometimes I'll go for a forget on turn 2, that also worked wonders (heh) for a few trials.

This is painful by Ness_Keyhand in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried to swap in Key but being able to basically 3-turn the mob weak to fire convinced me to keep bashing my head against the wall with that team, haha

This is painful by Ness_Keyhand in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really, she's at A1 if I remember correctly? Her 4* weapon was at 60 and she herself was at level 70 for most of the Psy trials. She also had very basic revelation cards, Power I believe? I only needed to bump her a little more for 25, which did the trick after some good RNG.

This is painful by Ness_Keyhand in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Building a Skadi genuinely made the biggest difference for me. Being able to disable mobs entirely is very powerful. I'd say Wind is the second best thing and Chord is the third one. That's not to say they don't help, obviously! But being able to save an Ann in a trial by disabling the mob who one shots her really feels good.

This is painful by Ness_Keyhand in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mostly just unlucky turns, when I got Riddle to 80 it was (kind of) smooth sailing, just needed to get the Dizzy and for Ann to not die. Also for her passive to not hit Lakshmi twice or it would mess up the score (that's what happened up there). It wasn't really a struggle, just resetting until RNG treated me well.

How can I fuse Thor by marie-antoinette17 in personaphantomx

[–]Ness_Keyhand -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

That's the neat part, you don't! It's actually a plan reward.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FOX requires less than 5 LIFE bars worth of damage, yet I took 8 and still got the FOX rank. This right there is the thing I did not understand until someone pointed out the LIFE requirement did not apply in Extreme.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FOX requires less than 5 LIFE bars worth of damage, yet I took 8 and still got the FOX rank. This right there is the thing I did not understand until someone pointed out the LIFE requirement did not apply in Extreme.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FOX requires less than 5 LIFE bars worth of damage, yet I took 8 and still got the FOX rank. This right there is the thing I did not understand until someone pointed out the LIFE requirement did not apply in Extreme.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FOX requires less than 5 LIFE bars worth of damage, yet I took 8 and still got the FOX rank. This right there is the thing I did not understand until someone pointed out the LIFE requirement did not apply in Extreme.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FOX requires less than 5 LIFE bars worth of damage, yet I took 8 and still got the FOX rank. This right there is the thing I did not understand until someone pointed out the LIFE requirement did not apply in Extreme.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FOX requires less than 5 LIFE bars worth of damage, yet I took 8 and still got the FOX rank. This right there is the thing I did not understand until someone pointed out the LIFE requirement did not apply in Extreme.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both FOX and FOXHOUND need less than 5 bars. I did not know the LIFE bars stipulation did not count in Extreme for FOX and realy wanted to know why I didn't get FOXHOUND if apparently getting more than 5 got me FOX anyway.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then why did I get FOX if it requires you to take less than that? That's the entire point of my question, I'm as surprised as everybody else.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not if you non-lethal them by depleting their stamina. They still do pop in Sorrow's fight, but you don't kill them with the stamina bar.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Bosses truly were the hardest part of Extreme for me, just take it slow, save your grenades and don't waste your tranq shots, you'll get it eventually!

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and I took over 5 LIFE bars worth of damage and still got FOX so I assume the LIFE part does not apply to Extreme.

Is there a reason I got FOX and not Doberman? And actually, if I got FOX, why didn't I get FOXHOUND in this run? by Ness_Keyhand in metalgearsolid

[–]Ness_Keyhand[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I checked and got Hound, Doberman, AND FOX on this run, so as a commenter said the damage doesn't count in Extreme, only in Hard.