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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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Regarding first question, yes they remain powerful but you require more arrows for larger enemies and some energy.ies have a lot more parts...Plus taking down those parts doesn't cause explosion meaning you have to still do some damage with other arrows.
About that spoiler, you are way off.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Anyone looking to kill large dinos with ease and not even being detected, I made a video.
This is for the 2 Behemoths north west corner of the map. Strategy works for any spawn with multiple dinos, even Thunderjaws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZMCbCcEbE
This is for the 2 Behemoths north west corner of the map. Strategy works for any spawn with multiple dinos, even Thunderjaws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZMCbCcEbE
You are correct, my thumb thanks you! One other question, how OP is the pre-order gear? I only just replaced the chest piece but it was really only because I chose the Nora Survivor Heavy for resistances. It still seems like such a great piece. Same with the bow.
It's gets a few upgrades in the skill tree.
Wait, I thought tearblast arrows aren't supposed to do damage. How did I just kill a low-level Grazer with one? My Sharpshot Bow does have a damage coil in it, but judging from the menus that just affects precision arrows. Tearblast arrows are still shown as doing 0 damage.
MaKTaiL
Member
Grazers life support come from those cannisters you just removed. Of course they would die.
AyraSutoraifu
Member
Soooo, had my first encounter with a Thunderjaw yesterday.
Yeah, i didn't win but was impressed nonetheless.
Yeah, i didn't win but was impressed nonetheless.
cool.
I was wondering what
corruption arrows
shadow war bow?
Grazers life support come from those cannisters you just removed. Of course they would die.
I see. So is that how it works with all enemies that have canisters? I just tried it with a Strider and shooting the canister off with a tearblast arrow halved its HP. I thought canisters were just weakpoints or for triggering explosions. I didn't realize that's were they store their HP.
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
I hope they fixed the clipping and collision bugs.
Second was it for this: https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/5xpuwx/horizon_zero_dawn_psa_if_you_start_a_new_game/ ?
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
I focused my skill tree on getting Tinker first thing. I just couldn't enjoy the modifications without being able to swap them out.
Also, I really appreciate that over levelling isn't a problem in this game and most progression is determined by gear, which is very carefully gated. As in every open world game I play, I outpaced the recommended level for quests almost immediately, but machines still absolutely destroy me if I'm not careful.
I can't stop thinking about battle strategies when I'm trying to work. It's no Monster Hunter, but the fact it's even comparable with all the other elements they've done so well is remarkable. It's one of the least compromised games I've ever played. Outside of human combat, nothing feels like it's been compromised as a result of the scale.
Also, I really appreciate that over levelling isn't a problem in this game and most progression is determined by gear, which is very carefully gated. As in every open world game I play, I outpaced the recommended level for quests almost immediately, but machines still absolutely destroy me if I'm not careful.
I can't stop thinking about battle strategies when I'm trying to work. It's no Monster Hunter, but the fact it's even comparable with all the other elements they've done so well is remarkable. It's one of the least compromised games I've ever played. Outside of human combat, nothing feels like it's been compromised as a result of the scale.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Yup, fully modded with 3 purple corruption mods.
1 arrow is enough to corrupt most dinos except the 4 biggest ones, who need 2.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Yep. That's was my first oh crap moment. Lol.
PLASTICA-MAN
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I think we shogoun check this too: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=231557500&postcount=19
Excellent. Luckily I have the
triple shot
It's definately one of those "holy shit!" moments in gaming the first time you see a thunderjaw looming over the horizon (
sorry
remove disc launchers and wreck them with their own guns
LastMinuteHero
Member
Dude get that tinker skill asap. Yes there are a lot of shadow weapons
Gradly
Member
I think they are fine, but I like to farm and level up way early before I continue the story quest, and by the time I got hang of the game and understood how things really work I was using the best gear in the game already, which are the shadow weapons. Regarding outfits, its just a preference I didn't like the ones that come with the pre-order and already bought the best one (and pretty) from the available ones.
I know I didn't answer your question lol but its all about stats and mods you can use on gear, just compare them to know which better
Cool thanks. And I am working towards it, didn't realize how valuable a skill it would be.
Gradly
Member
The amount of work and details on the machines is outstanding, I saw 2 behemoths fighting each other and I enjoyed seeing the container attached to their stomach get ripped, just have a look at how the yellow cover reacts to their special attacks yet survived the battle and the container itself can be seen destroyed on the ground the video from 22 to 50 seconds mark here:
https://youtu.be/cpBR-GTkVyg?t=22s
This is the first game I see with parts that are removable like that
With most of the robots, destroying or removing certain parts does damage to the main body. Most of the later robots, though, can't be killed only with this damage - at some point you'll have to do damage to the body directly.
MaKTaiL
Member
Only Grazers rely their HP mostly from the canisters. Other enemies won't die if you remove them, but they will be damaged. Also, it's much more fun to just explode them instead
Big Green Anus
Member
With regards to the corrupter, how do you corrupt more robots other than the watcher and strider? I'm trying to corrupt the sawtooth and gazers, but I said I need to learn more about robots or something.
Also, is the spear the only melee weapon in the game?
Also, is the spear the only melee weapon in the game?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Need some game play assistance guys.
- Are there any more side quests or ways to power up the Spear some more ? I did the one side quest near the start of the game and have done some Cauldrons, but Cauldrons only add override abilities, nothing about powering up the spear.
- Can y'all share some general tips for fighting Thunder Jaws and Behemoth (?) class robots. I killed a Thunder Jaw last night, fight wasn't THAT bad but I feel like there's a better way. I mostly just cheesed it with ropecasters and a lot of dodge rolling and heavy attacks. It doesn't seem to want to stay down for more than a second once it goes down via the ropecaster.
Similarly, the toughest fight I've had is a level 34 (?) corrupted zone which had 2 corrupted Behemoth's and a bunch of smaller one's. I practically cheesed the behemoth's with fire arrows after taking care of the smaller enemies.
- Are there any more side quests or ways to power up the Spear some more ? I did the one side quest near the start of the game and have done some Cauldrons, but Cauldrons only add override abilities, nothing about powering up the spear.
- Can y'all share some general tips for fighting Thunder Jaws and Behemoth (?) class robots. I killed a Thunder Jaw last night, fight wasn't THAT bad but I feel like there's a better way. I mostly just cheesed it with ropecasters and a lot of dodge rolling and heavy attacks. It doesn't seem to want to stay down for more than a second once it goes down via the ropecaster.
Similarly, the toughest fight I've had is a level 34 (?) corrupted zone which had 2 corrupted Behemoth's and a bunch of smaller one's. I practically cheesed the behemoth's with fire arrows after taking care of the smaller enemies.
Completing cauldrons
Thunderjaws are easy if you just
target the 2 disc launchers with tear arrows to remove them. Then just grab the guns when they drop and use them to completely wreck it.
MaKTaiL
Member
First: any damage you do while he is tied down will decrease the time he spends locked up like that, that's why you don't see it lasting long.
Second: Thunderjaws can be easily cheesed by taking out their guns and using it against them. It really wrecks them.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Thanks for the tips guys, their guns sure do a shit ton of damage to Aloy, would be nice to turn the tables.
Big Green Anus
Member
cauldrons? I might be too early in the game to find one
Also, is there a map legend in the game? I climbed up a
tallneck
LifeBrandRobot
Member
That's an awesome idea and you should tweet it at Mathis de Jonge, the game director. He is actually pretty welcoming to suggestions.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Unfortunately there's no map legend, once you get those icons, they stay there. Not a spoiler but you can buy maps later to populate the world map more and all those distracting icons will remain there, there's no way to filter it out unfortunately.
I hope this is patched.
This and the game DESPERATELY needs some kind of storage shed/box for throwing all those extra things away without having to sell them. Another thing I hope they patch in soon.
This world they built, this massive map, they could probably keep the studio afloat for a few years just with DLC. SOmething tells me this game is going to sell at least 8 million.
CitizenCope
Member
Do you guys follow enemy tracks? When I hit R1 it does nothing. It works on quests but I no longer see enemy tracks in my last 15 hours of playing.
texhnolyze
Banned
This. But I guess they're still busy with their party. They've earned it.
LastMinuteHero
Member
Add ability to toggle helmet on/off and ability to do multiple tutorial quests at the same time. At the moment you can only complete ONE tutorial quest at one time
it's only worked for me once or twice. I figured I was doing something wrong, like maybe you need to watch them for a while. Either way I barely do the stealth thing anymore because I'm a murder machine.
HIGH DEF JEFF
Banned
Difficulty Settings.
Looking for a quick clarification. Playing on Hard but sometimes I want to just explorer and was thinking abouy just dropping the difficulty down to easy so i dont have to deal with packs of robots. Then toggle back up to Hard when im done.
Anything negative come from playing on easy? I dont see any trophies tied to it. Also..what does it do? Decrease enemy attack and health?
Looking for a quick clarification. Playing on Hard but sometimes I want to just explorer and was thinking abouy just dropping the difficulty down to easy so i dont have to deal with packs of robots. Then toggle back up to Hard when im done.
Anything negative come from playing on easy? I dont see any trophies tied to it. Also..what does it do? Decrease enemy attack and health?
LastMinuteHero
Member
You have to be in range to see their tracks
Was that the two idiots that wanted two different lenses? Yeah they were pretty funny.
Wished that i didn't hastily turned in the quest though, wanted to see all their dialogue options
Holy shit. I ended last night with 40 hours played. I don't think I've played any game in a while that has made me play so much in such a short amount of time.
Also for those who have 100% the game, how many side quests did it say you have done?
I've done
about to do another.
Also for those who have 100% the game, how many side quests did it say you have done?
I've done
17
Cauldrons are the Horizon version of Tombs in Tomb raider. They're small dungeons with a boss fight at the end. Completing them upgrades the amount of dinos you can override.
The ability to override Phi-tier machines (watchers etc...) doesn't require you to complete any Cauldrons. You simply need to complete the quest
Womb of the Mountain.
After that you'll need to start heading to other Cauldrons. The first of these,
Sigma, is marked on your map after talking to a lady called Dral in Mother's crown, and the quest Cauldron Sigma is also started, too.
There's no legend or ability to disable/enable certain map markers. A bit of an oversight in an open-world game IMO. Hopefully something that'll be rectified via a future patch.
Lol. I'm 30 hours in (level 38) and haven't even made it to Meridian yet. I'm taking my sweet ass time exploring everything so far.
Big Green Anus
Member
There's no storage box? I have alot of resources and don't want to give anything up yet and I assumed there was some form of storage system
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