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[DriftingSpirit]

Can you please make a gif showing other types of destruction like trees, shacks, and especially rocks?

The boulder slinging from the Corruptor is one I would like.

 

[Davide]

Just got the game but not sure if I should get into playing it before I finish Zelda.

 

[Spacebar]

I'm on a side quest where you investigate the quarry and fight the rock breaker, but the rock breaker wont come out. Is there a way to lure him out to fight or the quest bugged?

 

[PLASTICA-MAN]

The boulder slinging from the Corruptor is one I would like.

Thunderjaw destroys rocks like sand castles. That was the first thing that caught me in the first reveal.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I'm on a side quest where you investigate the quarry and fight the rock breaker, but the rock breaker wont come out. Is there a way to lure him out to fight or the quest bugged?

I think you have to

Spoiler

inspect the rock pile

first.

 

[Ravage_Hydra]

What's everyone's favorite weapon type? The Shadow Hunter Bow is my overall most used and favorite.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Less ropes to take down bigger machines and I think it might have an extra mod slot, but don't quote me on that.

I only used the Shadow Ropecaster, but the description states that the higher rarity version is supposed to be more effective when trying to tie down larger enemies.

The blue version fires medium ropes, the purple fires heavy - you will need those to hold the bigger machines. You can't hold a Stormbird down without the purple version.

Thanks, I'd hoped that was the case but nice to have confirmation. Will grab that next time I play (which won't be for a few days now (On the bright side it'll stop me feeling burned out, which is nice)

i'm about 12 hours in. lvl 17. currently at the "Revenge of the Nora" quest.

the first few hours were fun but kinda not feeling it anymore. gonna stick with it though but maybe try focus on the main story a bit more.

I felt the same way and I've basically decided not to worry about getting every sidequest and errand done. I poured loads of my early skill points into maxing out the forager skill tree as well, to get the Tinker ability (So I could reuse mods) and more importantly the extra resources from corpses to save time later.

I spent a bit of time doing nothing but hunting animals to get my carry capacity for resources and the rest of it upgraded to the max so I don't have to worry too much about inventory management.

It was a bit of a slog but that early grinding has given me the breathing space to go at my own pace without getting pissed off by lack of space in my backpack or not enough crafting materials for the rest of the game.

I think I'm going to spend my next session banging out the hunting grounds and some sidequests, then power through the main questlines so I can enjoy the story without long breaks between main missions.

To be fair about the poster figuring you could swim underwater.

I was like lvl 40 until I realized you could fast travel at any spot. I thought it worked like the Witcher 3 with sign posts so I was running up to campfires before fast traveling lol.

I think you can fast travel in the middle of combat but I haven't tried that yet. Could be a nice option if you bite off more than you can chew.

What's everyone's favorite weapon type? The Shadow Hunter Bow is my overall most used and favorite.

Shadow Tripcaster is awesome. Just put down half a dozen blast wires and whistle away.

Love it for the Stalkers most of all -

Spoiler

Put wires all around one of the Stalker mines, then shoot the mine to set it off. The stalker comes running to investigate and boom!

 

[Aaronology]

What's everyone's favorite weapon type? The Shadow Hunter Bow is my overall most used and favorite.

Ropecaster. The way it interacts with robots is amazing. Their ability to maneuver is directly dependent on how and where you bolt them. I think it's the most interesting gun type in the game.

 

[Trojan]

The Glinthawk is the new Angry Sun. Actually, it's like having three Angry Suns attacking you at once while trying to rob you at the same time.

Sooo frustrating...it's marring what otherwise is a top-to-bottom amazing game.

 

[JJShadow]

After finishing all Cauldrons and Tallnecks I decided to progress a bit in the story and it's getting sooo interesting, just did the

Spoiler

mission where you climb Faro tower

and really love the direction the story is taking. Cannot wait to see how everything plays out

What's everyone's favorite weapon type? The Shadow Hunter Bow is my overall most used and favorite.

I've been mainly keeping the three bows in my wheel and them rotating in the last slot between the shadow tripcaster and the shadow sling based on the enemy I'm fighting. Ropecaster also depending on the situation... So actually every one of them lol It's pretty amazing how every weapon plays in a really exclusive way and yet every one of them is useful in most situations

 

[Aaronology]

The Glinthawk is the new Angry Sun. Actually, it's like having three Angry Suns attacking you at once while trying to rob you at the same time.

Sooo frustrating...it's marring what otherwise is a top-to-bottom amazing game.

The Glint Hawk is this game's Cliff Racer, for sure. The one enemy I hate encountering.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

What's everyone's favorite weapon type? The Shadow Hunter Bow is my overall most used and favorite.

Same, simply because hard point + flame arrows are super strong and my most used in the game.

I've got 2 of them, one with +tear in all 3 and other with +fire in all 3 mod slots.

Low resource cost of hard point and amazing scaling of tear with mods make it the best arrow in the game. 2 hard point arrows deal the same amount of tear that a tearblast arrow does. Add to that the fire rate and accuracy, it makes the sharpshot bow useless.

I really like the ropecaster as well, fun to use and very good against tougher enemies.

Slings, even though they do tons of damage and inflict status effect very fast were my least used simply due to the accuracy, aim speed and resource cost.

Rattler probably the worst weapon, even though it's strong against humans, concentration + headshot worked way better for me.

Trip caster was fun to use early on but I kind of stopped using it and never felt the need for it.

My ideal loadout - Shadow Hunter bow, Lodge War bow, Ropecaster and Shadow Sling (fire or freeze).

 

[SunhiLegend]

@Sunhi how do you get your gifs to look so fucking good man. is that on a ps4 pro?
.

Hi, I'm on a regular PS4, can't afford a pro for now but honestly I'm more than happy with the performance of the OG.

I do colour correct, or mess around with the colour settings on the gifs and half of them I do add a little bit of moton blur in post, but the main thing is getting a good shot. Sometimes it's just by accident as I'm playing with the HUD mostly off and recording at the same time and other times it's doing the same section over and over, the latest gif for instance I spent about an hour redoing the same section to get a couple of good shots which I could then edit together and export as a gif.

 

[Spacebar]

I think you have to

Spoiler

inspect the rock pile

first.

I did that and it came out for a moment. Then I paused to switch my weapons around. I just ended restarting from my save point and that worked.

 

[Muffdraul]

What's everyone's favorite weapon type? The Shadow Hunter Bow is my overall most used and favorite.

Same here. Second half of the game I had it modded with 3 purple Fire+s and used those arrows almost exclusively on that bow. I usually only use physical damage arrows from the Precision bow. (People complaining about Glinthawks-- I assume you're neglecting to hit them with fire arrows.) I got a fair bit of use out of all of the other weapons, but I hardly ever used the Tripcaster. I started a new game last night and am going out of my way to use it more. It's awesome, way more fun and useful than I expected.

 

[Aaronology]

Tear shotgun is something else.

Also this is becoming my new favorite weapon as well.

 

[JJShadow]

The "freeze status + triple precision/hardpoint arrow (+damage mod)" combo is so fucking OP, just wrecked those two corrupted rockbreakers using that strategy lol

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

The Glinthawk is the new Angry Sun. Actually, it's like having three Angry Suns attacking you at once while trying to rob you at the same time.

Sooo frustrating...it's marring what otherwise is a top-to-bottom amazing game.

The Glint Hawk is this game's Cliff Racer, for sure. The one enemy I hate encountering.

Glinthawks are super easy to fight simply because they have very low health.

One shot to the chest with a hardpoint arrow will drop them to the ground. Critical strike, then either ropecaster or fire bomb/arrow and you can finish them off quickly. Pop a resist freeze potion to negate most of their damage.

Hi, I'm on a regular PS4, can't afford a pro for now but honestly I'm more than happy with the performance of the OG.

I do colour correct, or mess around with the colour settings on the gifs and half of them I do add a little bit of moton blur in post, but the main thing is getting a good shot. Sometimes it's just by accident as I'm playing with the HUD mostly off and recording at the same time and other times it's doing the same section over and over, the latest gif for instance I spent about an hour redoing the same section to get a couple of good shots which I could then edit together and export as a gif.

Those gifs are from a regular PS4 capture? Mind blown.

 

[Aaronology]

Like Cliff Racers, Glint Hawks aren't difficult to fight. They're just incredibly annoying.

 

[Twilight Gap]

freeze bomb + hardpoint arrow for life

 

[MaKTaiL]

Glint Hawks are incredibly easy. Fire arrow + Critical Strike + Finish off with R2. Literally 15 seconds.

 

[Szadek]

Killed the first boss.
I still need to get used to all the different tools at my disposal, so ended up dark souling the shit out of him.

 

[zer0blivion]

🎵I'm riding a big robo-ram. His name is Mighty Sparky. He's a good ram.🎵

 

[MaKTaiL]

Killed the first boss.
I still need to get used to all the different tools at my disposal, so ended up dark souling the shit out of him.

Horizon in a nutshell:

 

[Twilight Gap]

holy shit the corrupted stalker zone with no hud is tense. subtle touch but you can hear them "purring" from like 100 feet away.

 

[aristotle]

I did one of the cup quests and got

Spoiler

a tonne of junk

in the purple box... are all the collectable quest the same?

Also, is the

Spoiler

Power Armour

the only collectable item like that in the game aside from

Spoiler

the Lodge weapons

?

Someone answered yes, but the answer is definitely No to the last question.

Spoiler

One of the collectables, I forgot which, gives you a Tear Shotgun once you complete it and turn it in to the respective merchant.

 

[vivekTO]

This reminds me, I never seen anyone posting the Gravity Slam Thing!!

 

[Jawbreaker]

Glint Hawks are incredibly easy. Fire arrow + Critical Strike + Finish off with R2. Literally 15 seconds.

Yep. It only takes one fire arrow to drop them to the ground. As such, I enjoy fighting them.

 

[TsuWave]

gotta say i quite enjoyed

Spoiler

the fight with the behemoth in the sun ring without the focus. great encounter

 

[Fjordson]

The idea with the weapon systems is to keep buying new ones right? Like if I have a green sharpshooter bow, a blue one will be an upgrade? I can't "evolve" a green bow into a blue or purple bow right?

Also, if a collectible simply says "used for selling for metal shards" can I really just sell them?

To be specific (spoiler for collectibles I found in the early Sacred Land)

Spoiler

have some old world collectibles like a coffee mug and some car keys. Can I sell these? It says they're only used for selling for metal shards, but do I wait for a specific vendor or anything? Surprised that they're just vendor trash.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

The idea with the weapon systems is to keep buying new ones right? Like if I have a green sharpshooter bow, a blue one will be an upgrade? I can't "evolve" a green bow into a blue or purple bow right?

Also, if a collectible simply says "used for selling for metal shards" can I really just sell them?

Yes to both.

 

[Ferrio]

The idea with the weapon systems is to keep buying new ones right? Like if I have a green sharpshooter bow, a blue one will be an upgrade? I can't "evolve" a green bow into a blue or purple bow right?

It's probably more advantageous to buy a different type of weapon before buying a straight upgrade. Each type of bow has different attacks, and each bow type has 3(?) strength tiers.

 

[Aaronology]

Glint Hawks are incredibly easy. Fire arrow + Critical Strike + Finish off with R2. Literally 15 seconds.

I should note I play on Very Hard. They don't go down that quick. And encountering a single glint hawk in isolation without any terrestrial robots nearby is pretty rare, to boot.

They're jerks.

 

[Rhaknar]

I didnt play at all today because I slept for 12 hours and now I gotta go to work.

now I feel sad

 

[MaKTaiL]

I should note I play on Very Hard. They don't go down that quick. And encountering a single glint hawk in isolation without any terrestrial robots nearby is pretty rare, to boot.

They're jerks.

I play on Very Hard too. My bow has three fire mods to it. One shot to a Glint Hawk and it drops to the ground. I run up and critically strike it. The hawk now has little health left. I just R2 until it dies. There is a bunch of story and side missions that feature lots of them at the same time and I never had a problem.

 

[Ravage_Hydra]

After finishing all Cauldrons and Tallnecks I decided to progress a bit in the story and it's getting sooo interesting, just did the

Spoiler

mission where you climb Faro tower

and really love the direction the story is taking. Cannot wait to see how everything plays out



I've been mainly keeping the three bows in my wheel and them rotating in the last slot between the shadow tripcaster and the shadow sling based on the enemy I'm fighting. Ropecaster also depending on the situation... So actually every one of them lol It's pretty amazing how every weapon plays in a really exclusive way and yet every one of them is useful in most situations

Same Since i'm a big fan of bows in games i kinda keep my setup Bow bias lol

Shadow Hunter Bow on the Left
Shadow War Bow on the bottom
Shadow Sharpshot bow on the right

And the top for Either the Shadow Tripcaster or the Shadow RopeCaster

 

[Aaronology]

holy shit the corrupted stalker zone with no hud is tense. subtle touch but you can hear them "purring" from like 100 feet away.

Yup! This was my favorite zone to clear. I absolutely love encountering stalkers.

 

[Fjordson]

It's probably more advantageous to buy a different type of weapon before buying a straight upgrade. Each type of bow has different attacks, and each bow type has 3(?) strength tiers.

Thanks. Different attacks as in like different types of elemental damage? And how do I see the strength tiers?

Sorry for the dumb questions lol.

Yes to both.

Thanks.

 

[Wollan]

Thought I was going for Platinum when the trophy

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'All allies joined'

requires more

Spoiler

side-quests completed than expected. I thought I only needed the main side-quests whom are already trophy bound.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I should note I play on Very Hard. They don't go down that quick. And encountering a single glint hawk in isolation without any terrestrial robots nearby is pretty rare, to boot.

They're jerks.

I play on Very Hard too. My bow has three fire mods to it. One shot to a Glint Hawk and it drops to the ground. I run up and critically strike it. The hawk now has little health left. I just R2 until it dies. There is a bunch of story and side missions that feature lots of them at the same time and I never had a problem.

Very hard as well. They drop with one hard point to the weakpoint on their chest, or fire status. Then you can just smash them with the spear or hardpoint arrows.

The only time they get annoying is when you have to fight other dinos alongside; when that happens I use corruption arrows.

Thanks. Different attacks as in like different types of elemental damage? And how do I see the strength tiers?

Sorry for the dumb questions lol.


Thanks.

The shadow/purple versions have 3 types of ammo and 3 mod slots. Blues have 2, greens one. The actual damage and handling numbers are exactly the same from green to purple.

 

[loki 16]

How do I get boar bones? Every time is meat and other stuff.

 

[Muffdraul]

How do I get boar bones? Every time is meat and other stuff.

I don't think there's any trick to it. Just keep killing boars til RNG lands in your favor.

 

[mrklaw]

Same, simply because hard point + flame arrows are super strong and my most used in the game.

I've got 2 of them, one with +tear in all 3 and other with +fire in all 3 mod slots.

Low resource cost of hard point and amazing scaling of tear with mods make it the best arrow in the game. 2 hard point arrows deal the same amount of tear that a tearblast arrow does. Add to that the fire rate and accuracy, it makes the sharpshot bow useless.

I really like the ropecaster as well, fun to use and very good against tougher enemies.

Slings, even though they do tons of damage and inflict status effect very fast were my least used simply due to the accuracy, aim speed and resource cost.

Rattler probably the worst weapon, even though it's strong against humans, concentration + headshot worked way better for me.

Trip caster was fun to use early on but I kind of stopped using it and never felt the need for it.

My ideal loadout - Shadow Hunter bow, Lodge War bow, Ropecaster and Shadow Sling (fire or freeze).

I'm finding the damage done by the hardpoint isn't enough - I need the precision arrow (which is quite expensive in resources). eg I set something on fire or freeze it, and hardpoint just chip away at the health too slowly. I do have all fire mods on my bow make my fire arrows strong.

 

[loki 16]

I don't think there's any trick to it. Just keep killing boars til RNG lands in your favor.

Ok

 

[Tripolygon]

This reminds me, I never seen anyone posting the Gravity Slam Thing!!

Here. I just love the way the trees just drop down on the other one.

 

[Always-honest]

Here

Wow, that is fucking amazing.

 

[Aaronology]

I play on Very Hard too. My bow has three fire mods to it. One shot to a Glint Hawk and it drops to the ground. I run up and critically strike it. The hawk now has little health left. I just R2 until it dies. There is a bunch of story and side missions that feature lots of them at the same time and I never had a problem.

Again, I'm not talking about difficulty. I've also never had a problem with them. We have the same setup. I also rely heavily on modded fire arrows. I just find them extremely annoying. "15 seconds and it's dead!" Ok, but how many single glint hawk encounters are there in the game? And how often are they just by themselves and not attached to other herds ala Watchers?

Cliff Racers are also incredibly easy to kill in Morrowind. But they're aggravatingly designed enemies that harass you from the sky in numbers, thus the comparison.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I'm finding the damage done by the hardpoint isn't enough - I need the precision arrow (which is quite expensive in resources). eg I set something on fire or freeze it, and hardpoint just chip away at the health too slowly. I do have all fire mods on my bow make my fire arrows strong.

Single arrow damage is low, sure. But the rate of fire more than makes up for the damage.

If we're talking dps (damage per second), hard points are the by far the strongest.

You can mod the hunter bow with all 3 +damage mods but I prefer all 3 +tear mods: 1 arrow will rip off the Ravager's cannon, 2 will rip off the Thunderjaw's disc launcher.

Precision arrows are just way too slow to equip and fire, even with 3 +handling mods.

 

[Ferrio]

Thanks. Different attacks as in like different types of elemental damage? And how do I see the strength tiers?

Yes.

Like one bow does fire/regular/hardpoint another does corruption/ice/shock etc.

The tiers are just the colors green->blue->purple

Also if you don't have a ropecaster yet, I suggest picking one up they're one of the more entertaining weapons in the game.

 

[MaKTaiL]

Again, I'm not talking about difficulty. I've also never had a problem with them. We have the same setup. I also rely heavily on modded fire arrows. I just find them extremely annoying. "15 seconds and it's dead!" Ok, but how many single glint hawk encounters are there in the game? And how often are they just by themselves and not attached to other herds ala Watchers?

Cliff Racers are also incredibly easy to kill in Morrowind. But they're aggravatingly designed enemies that harass you from the sky in numbers, thus the comparison.

You were the one the started with the Difficulty to talk. Just saying. But I agree, they can be annoying at first but I've grown used to them now. With Fire Arrows they became quite easy to cheese.