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[capn233]

I have some alternate names for this challenge now, but whatever.

I did the insanity one.  Drone Escort, Targets, Drone.


I did not fire the Shuriken once.

No pull build, Warp IV, Adrenaline III, Targeting VI III, Grenade Cap V

Managed to die twice, one was blowing myself up after Cluster knocked a Possessed Abomination back at me.  I'll compress it when I go to bed and set it to upload tomorrow morning so everyone can see a slow game.

I also did it in less than 5 minutes, but I don't have a video or screen of that. *wink wink*

Modifié par capn233, 26 juin 2013 - 01:22 .

[Ziegrif]

I'm fast getting material for another fail montage.
And when I mean fast I mean I want to destroy my keyboard.

[Prestacious]

 @ Capn: Nice Job! Man, I just spent the last four hours renaming it too. Finally got it done though as well I'll update the HoF right now. I think I'll give the Hardcore one a try in a few days to improve my time (maybe) but I've run very low on consumables. (I'll take your word for it and upload the 5 min one )

@Ziegrif: I know you love these challenges as much as I do  Looking forward to a new montage!

Here's my Insanity completion. I went no pull, and put a lot of emphasis on the Viper actually. I used Sniper Amp V, SR III, cyclonic IV and Warp IV. I actually started to like getting headshots with it. It's nothing crazy fast but I'm glad I got it done. Definitely a stressful solo haha. I'll upload the vid.

Modifié par Prestacious, 26 juin 2013 - 02:22 .

[ASmoothCriminalx]

My improved time for the Justicar Solo (26:30)

[Prestacious]

ASmoothCriminalx wrote...

My improved time for the Justicar Solo (26:30)

Morning HoF update! Vid for the second quickest overall and quickest console time for For Thessia!

[Prestacious]

Spinotech wrote...

 I probably would have made it in my first attempt, but a wave 6 hack (the one in the Reactor) depleted all of my ops and thermal clip packs and missiles.  I limped on to wave 9 with my medi-gel before getting taken down mid-wave. All subsequent attempts have been a fiasco.  My drell has bad karma.

That center hack. I had it on one of my runs too.. wave 6. was still almost full stocked for equipment. It completely wiped me out.. Missiles, ammo, shields everything. I almost felt like going out, turning on the reactor and walking back in for Thane's grand final goodbye. 

[capn233]

Here is the video.

Tactic was to run around stupidly and not die.  That was the extent of my strategy.

[Prestacious]

capn233 wrote...

Here is the video.

Tactic was to run around stupidly and not die.  That was the extent of my strategy.

HoF updated  I'll check it out when I have a sec!

[Ziegrif]

I keep running into more and more problems and I'm starting to see how badly designed the Collectors are. Yeah they do their job valiantly they kill the player that they certainly do but they also do not obey the rules of the game.

- Cover soft and otherwise is useless.
- Praetorians can shoot through solid walls.
- Abomination spawn rules are completely ****** as they always no matter what spawn right behind you.
- Powers are weak as Praetorians have the bubble and everything has Barriers before you can use pull. Grenades work that's true at least.

Bad design is when you establish rules for your game and then proceed to break the ever living crap outta em.

It's a tad frustrating that I can't basicly do anything I'm good with. I can shoot that's about it but the Viper does exactly squat to hold a position and as I only have a Valiant 7 which is basicly the same dmg as a Viper and Cylonics do exactly squat for a drell I'm kinda out of options here. Keep getting killed in wave 1.

/Rant.

I guess this is my limit.
Oh well.
I think I'll just go play something else.
Maybe burn another respec card and try to just shoot them.

Modifié par Ziegrif, 26 juin 2013 - 08:00 .

[MaxShine]

Ziegrif wrote...

I keep running into more and more problems and I'm starting to see how badly designed the Collectors are. Yeah they do their job valiantly they kill the player that they certainly do but they also do not obey the rules of the game.

- Cover soft and otherwise is useless.
- Praetorians can shoot through solid walls.
- Abomination spawn rules are completely ****** as they always no matter what spawn right behind you.
- Powers are weak as Praetorians have the bubble and everything has Barriers before you can use pull. Grenades work that's true at least.

Bad design is when you establish rules for your game and then proceed to break the ever living crap outta em.

It's a tad frustrating that I can't basicly do anything I'm good with. I can shoot that's about it but the Viper does exactly squat to hold a position and as I only have a Valiant 7 which is basicly the same dmg as a Viper and Cylonics do exactly squat for a drell I'm kinda out of options here. Keep getting killed in wave 1.

/Rant.

I guess this is my limit.
Oh well.
I think I'll just go play something else.
Maybe burn another respec card and try to just shoot them.

I only did one attempt (died on Wave 11) so far and I won't be able to do another one until friday, but you are right it is kinda annoying... But anyways with Abominations as soon as you kill them expect the troll respawn even directly behind you is possible. When you kill one of these guys be prepared for the worst possible respawn.

Praetorian bubble is a bit stupid, but he can only do it while he is flying when he lands you should be able to always hit him with powers.

For me the worst enemies are the Collector troopers and the captains somehow they are as fast as a Dragoon, quite difficult to spot on Reactor and do as much damage with their CAR as a Marauder with his reaper phaeston. In my next try I will just grenade spam these guys... As soon as they have some line of sight on this map they shoot through the tiniest in cover with unreal accuracy.

[Ziegrif]

MaxShine wrote...
For me the worst enemies are the Collector troopers and the captains somehow they are as fast as a Dragoon, quite difficult to spot on Reactor and do as much damage with their CAR as a Marauder with his reaper phaeston. In my next try I will just grenade spam these guys... As soon as they have some line of sight on this map they shoot through the tiniest in cover with unreal accuracy.

That's not the worst part.
If you rely too much on power dmg of any kind you'll get swarmered and can I just vent a bit about swarmers?

I've been thinking why sniping is so damn easy in this game and it's kinda obvious. Big slow targets. Everything is.
EXCEPT SWARMERS. Goddamn zig zagging bastards taking my shields...

But yeah I've been demoralized for today. Will prolly try again sometime. But right now the bull**** just keeps piling up and it's most evident with a power based low shields low gun dmg kit against collectors. They seem to be designed to combat just this set up specifically.

This is prolly the first challenge I did not find fun just annoying.

[JewelsWinnfield]

Ziegrif wrote...

Keep getting killed in wave 1.

Don't worry about that, the first few Waves are probably the hardest in terms of surviving. The later Waves are much easier since there are fewer Captains/Troopers with their ridiculous accuracy. In my solo I've died two times in the first two waves too.

The other units however are relatively harmless (unless they shoot through walls). It's true that Abominations often spawn very close to you, but that's not really a bad thing since they are your primary targets.

[Prestacious]

Ziegrif wrote...

MaxShine wrote...
For me the worst enemies are the Collector troopers and the captains somehow they are as fast as a Dragoon, quite difficult to spot on Reactor and do as much damage with their CAR as a Marauder with his reaper phaeston. In my next try I will just grenade spam these guys... As soon as they have some line of sight on this map they shoot through the tiniest in cover with unreal accuracy.

That's not the worst part.
If you rely too much on power dmg of any kind you'll get swarmered and can I just vent a bit about swarmers?

I've been thinking why sniping is so damn easy in this game and it's kinda obvious. Big slow targets. Everything is.
EXCEPT SWARMERS. Goddamn zig zagging bastards taking my shields...

But yeah I've been demoralized for today. Will prolly try again sometime. But right now the bull**** just keeps piling up and it's most evident with a power based low shields low gun dmg kit against collectors. They seem to be designed to combat just this set up specifically.

This is prolly the first challenge I did not find fun just annoying.

Don't despair! Maybe I make insane challenges a little too insane.

I'm pretty sure damage for valiant VII is still higher that viper x. I didn't find much use for pull, personally. I stacked reave for praetorians and cluster grenades everywhere else. combined with my viper focused on headshots and passives towards my sniper damage.

Edit: Viper X does 365 damage while the Valiant I does 396 and Valiant X does 515. (Thanks to Cyonan's stats). So you're still better off with the valiant in terms of DPS

It is a really tough challenge though, that's for sure. Probably the hardest I'll make. I think next week, everyone deserves one that's a little easier <3

@Hendrix: That video is absolutely ridiculous, makes no sense lol. I had a completely wasted run yesterday when my third target was glitched and wouldn't die. I ended up launching two missiles at it and using two medigels trying to kill it. It died on its own as I walked away. Goodtimes.

Modifié par Prestacious, 26 juin 2013 - 09:12 .

[CoffeeHolic93]

I gave the solo a half-hearted attempt.

On the plus side, reave -> cluster is still amazing.

The downside is the shuriken and the viper.

The lack of caffeine and a moderate amount of sleep deprivation that resulted in a less than steller performance and a spectacular failure.

Will try again later.

Edit: derp 

Modifié par Mi-Chan, 26 juin 2013 - 09:48 .

[Spinotech]

I just did the Insanity challenge with a horrible time, but I did it.  75:40 with 226135 points.  I received the following medals: 50 biotic kills, 75 kills, 10 headshots, and 25 sniper rifle kills.  I almost got 5 waves survived.  I'll post the screenshot at some point today.

Wave 3: Pizza
Wave 6: Devices
Wave 10: Hack

Modifié par Spinotech, 26 juin 2013 - 09:49 .

[Prestacious]

Spinotech wrote...

I just did the Insanity challenge with a horrible time, but I did it.  75:40 with 226135 points.  I received the following medals: 50 biotic kills, 75 kills, 10 headshots, and 25 sniper rifle kills.  I almost got 5 waves survived.  I'll post the screenshot at some point today.

Wave 3: Pizza
Wave 6: Devices
Wave 10: Hack

Congrats! It's a tough challenge, time is just one aspect. Just getting the completion is no easy task! I'm sure devices on wave 6 was just a piece of cake too . I'll update the HoF right now,

@Mi-Chan: Yup the weapons truly make it an insanity challenge. Good luck!

[Spinotech]

Prestacious wrote...

Spinotech wrote...

I just did the Insanity challenge with a horrible time, but I did it.  75:40 with 226135 points.  I received the following medals: 50 biotic kills, 75 kills, 10 headshots, and 25 sniper rifle kills.  I almost got 5 waves survived.  I'll post the screenshot at some point today.

Wave 3: Pizza
Wave 6: Devices
Wave 10: Hack

Congrats! It's a tough challenge, time is just one aspect. Just getting the completion is no easy task! I'm sure devices on wave 6 was just a piece of cake too . I'll update the HoF right now,

@Mi-Chan: Yup the weapons truly make it an insanity challenge. Good luck!

I was terrified when devices popped up.  There were several close calls and I used three missiles on that wave.

Modifié par Spinotech, 26 juin 2013 - 10:25 .

[HeroicMass]

had one attempt today. Made it to wave 9 and wasted two medi-gels on back to back collector captain BS.

I am taking the approach of super insanity challenge for this one and not using my viper. We shall see how it turns out. Initial run shows the shuriken still sucks.

[Kocka007]

Just recently found this thread through Smooth and Heroic and want to take part. I am a very slow solo player but this one is especially bad:
Insanity Level: time was 58:26 I think



Got Hack(backside)>Hack (Reactor)>Hack(backside) 3 HACKS!! what a troll

Incidentally this was my second attempt- got 3 hacks first time too!! 6 and 10 were in the reactor! Failed during the hack. I want to apologize to Manbear, Victoria and Silentstep who had to hear me rage through 6 straight hacks (3 in the reactor)!!

Modifié par Kocka007, 26 juin 2013 - 10:40 .

[Kocka007]

heroicmass wrote...

had one attempt today. Made it to wave 9 and wasted two medi-gels on back to back collector captain BS.

I am taking the approach of super insanity challenge for this one and not using my viper. We shall see how it turns out. Initial run shows the shuriken still sucks.

Yeah i started a game with 3 other people using that setup to test it out, and hated it.  Put ULM on it during my solo for an extra 15% recharge speed-lol.

[Prestacious]

Kocka007 wrote...

Just recently found this thread through Smooth and Heroic and want to take part. I am a very slow solo player but this one is especially bad:
Insanity Level: time was 58:26 I think

Got Hack(backside)>Hack (Reactor)>Hack(backside) 3 HACKS!! what a troll

Incidentally this was my second attempt- got 3 hacks first time too!! 6 and 10 were in the reactor! Failed during the hack. I want to apologize to Manbear, Victoria and Silentstep who had to hear me rage through 6 straight hacks (3 in the reactor)!!

Welcome and congrats! It's definitely an acomplishment just to complete these. That's the spirit I was going for with the thread, with some friendly competition amongst the quickest soloers of course Don't worry about the time, this was a very tough challenge and people are still cursing me over it I'm sure! But when I say Insanity, I mean it! haha

HoF updated! 

@Heroic: Some of the quickest times so far have actually been with just the shuriken and power amps, spamming reave and cluster grenades. There are def a few approaches to this. Good luck!

Modifié par Prestacious, 26 juin 2013 - 11:24 .

[Kocka007]

I can still complete old challenges too, correct? Had the Human Soldier to Wave 9 and got gooshed.

[Prestacious]

Kocka007 wrote...

I can still complete old challenges too, correct? Had the Human Soldier to Wave 9 and got gooshed.

Yup, they're still open for anyone just joining. That one is a tough one too.

[kouzrah]

My entry for the hardcore challenge.

Hack, escort, devices.
No pull build, reave specced for protection.
It took me 4 attempts to realize that I couldn't do it with only 5 in fitness and adren mode xD
It's really a fun challenge ! I loved to alternate between sniping and casting. Now onto the insanity one !

Modifié par kouzrah, 27 juin 2013 - 02:53 .

[Zjarcal]

Hendrix137 wrote...

Ziegrif wrote...

Keep getting killed in wave 1.

Don't worry about that, the first few Waves are probably the hardest in terms of surviving. The later Waves are much easier since there are fewer Captains/Troopers with their ridiculous accuracy. In my solo I've died two times in the first two waves too.

The other units however are relatively harmless (unless they shoot through walls). It's true that Abominations often spawn very close to you, but that's not really a bad thing since they are your primary targets.

Totally agreed.

Waves 1-3 are by far the worst ones. On my run where as I noted, I almost got 10 waves survived if not for dying right at the end of wave 10, I actualy was down to two ops packs at the end of wave 3, but still managed with only those 2 ops packs for the following 7 waves. Collector infantry is simply DEADLY for squishy characters (and even non squishy tbh).

And yes, as retarded as the Abomination spawns are, they are your best friend for depleting the budget. Of course, this is coming from someone who wasn't attempting to snipe them.  

Also, imo cyclonic is a total waste on a drell. I used a power amplifier for my run, but adrenaline is more useful than a cyclonic. Dodge that fire instead of soaking it, because even with a cyclonic you won't be able to withstand it.

I'm going to try to improve my time, but I'm also tempted to upload the 35 minute run, just to show you can survive even with just a power amp, while still getting a semi-respectable time.

I also wanna get Sirian to do the Insanity challenge is less than 25 minutes. 

Modifié par Zjarcal, 27 juin 2013 - 03:15 .