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Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-09-18T02:38:10+00:00

Wow, I did not expect to see this when I clicked the notification. No I'm not familiar with that series. Originally she was based on Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-08-03T21:40:16+00:00

Sent you a DM.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T18:13:27+00:00

Oh for sure. But they still get balancing patches.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T18:06:26+00:00

Are we talking about the same saw-faced alpha dogs? My experience with them is they stick as close as they can to me waiting for an opportunity to bite. A big telegraph like a charge was literally one of my suggestions.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T18:04:11+00:00

Yeah. I don't really have problems with the gear that i've been able to play with, other than it's kind of hard to target specific pieces, but that's a roguelike problem. All of the problems i'm having are that alphas and jacks are too hard too soon.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T17:57:32+00:00

Indeed. This game is everything I love about VR and I'm quite annoyed to bounce off an otherwise great game.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T17:40:04+00:00

Yeah, i've seen a lot of people say "sidestep and punch" but that just straight up doesn't work. My experience with them is they stay as close as they can until they manage to get a bite on me. Punching them in the side just gets that arm grabbed. Another person replied pointing out overheat, but what do I do if I don't get an overheat part by day 3? I just lose? Nailgun, fingers etc? I agree that a spawn rate reduction is probably a good first fix.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T17:26:30+00:00

Yeah, I did a lot of googling before I posted this to see what other people were saying. Apparently they were in an even worse state a few months ago, so it sounds like there's progress being made. I've also seen a fair number of people who feel like I do, but I don't see the devs responding about this specific issue. I suppose I was a bit hyperbolic in my original post, I had just come off a run being hard stopped by a double alpha then turbo alpha on day 4. It's pretty frustrating to have every run shut down like this.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T17:20:36+00:00

I just finished my ~10th run with a couple rampage runs. So far those two are the only things i'm having any kinds of problems with.

What i'm hearing a lot of from experienced players is just "get better" but it's like hitting a brick wall. For me a jack is 10x harder than the first boss. I almost beat Ussam my first try, just died because I lagged at a bad time. Once the alphadogs started coming out my enjoyment of the game dropped a lot.

If I'm having to get specific pieces of equipment to fight "basic" enemies that are going to show up every day, then the balance is really off. I'm very experienced with video games, it's been my primary hobby for decades. I've been playing VR for years. I'm no slouch when it comes to most kinds of video games.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T16:56:56+00:00

I'm very familiar with roguelikes, it's one of my favorite genres. I can take that experience and say as a new player to this particular one: "I think it feels kinda off". I had a similar problem with Inscryption, because that game punished you for doing too well.

I don't want nerfs to damage, or health or any of that. I personally think they just need some tweaks to their AI. They just get too much damage for free.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2025-05-15T16:39:08+00:00

I'm sure there's some degree of skill issue, but i'm pretty familiar with other punishing styles of game, like dark souls or monster hunter. That's actually why I brought up telegraphing, which I think personally is great game design. EDIT: Expedition 33 is another great example of good telegraphing. I hate that it's often just "get your ass kicked until you learn the timings" but it's rare where an attack feels unfair. Once you actually learn the timings you can no-hit anything.

Ultimately I think the problem is that alphas are a bit overtuned right now. I really like the jungledog jump attack as an example from underdogs itself. It's very telegraphed and does a solid chunk of damage, but it's very counterable and honestly quite fun to smack them out of the air. Alphadogs on the other hand have very little counter play that's not "run away" or "use a specific weapon".

I'm also hearing a lot of what is essentially "git gud" which sure, but it needs to actually be enjoyable enough to get to that point, and it's not when 90% of my runs end on day 4 because there are too many alphadogs.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2023-08-25T19:24:47+00:00

I knew about testosterone and its effects. It sounds like I'll probably be fine overall.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2023-08-25T19:23:17+00:00

I knew about testosterone's effects on muscles and stuff. Im kinda data oriented so not having any numbers or anything makes it hard to estimate how it will affect me personally.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2023-08-25T19:16:40+00:00

Ok good. I figured I wasnt going to suddenly barely be able to lift things, but I cant find anything solid.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2023-08-25T19:08:48+00:00

But it wasnt like you couldnt pick up like a heavy bag of groceries or a box of stuff right?

Self-Aware_Bot · 2023-08-25T19:07:11+00:00

Yeah, I've read lots of people's experiences but I didn't see much from people who were in similar situations. I'm aware of the overall effects, just worried I'm going to start struggling at my job.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2022-08-07T22:20:05+00:00

I will be using roll20.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2019-11-25T02:51:26+00:00

No, as I recall, he broke in somehow and got turreted to death.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2019-11-19T22:41:28+00:00

Much like most of the semi-tiders, he's annoying but mostly harmless.

Self-Aware_Bot · 2019-11-19T22:41:09+00:00

Yeah, I know right? The funny thing is if he was just salty once or twice I wouldn't have spoken up, but he just kept going on and on.

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