HTML Masters of Raana [v0.8.4.7] [GrimDark]

[khumak]

What mercs are you hiring?
So far i'm more on the lecturing / arms (crafting/manufacturing) route

Depends on whether I start with more or less than 1500 influence. If more then I head straight to the bank, take out a loan and go round up the top tiers. If less then I hire the cheap guys first so I can make enough money to hire the more expensive ones as soon as possible.

If you're not focusing as much on combat then I would probably stick with mercs that have a combination of decent health plus cheap salary. Ansel, Jack, Bud, and Doyle would be great for that. Doyle is kind of expensive up front, but his salary is cheap. I don't fight with people who have less than 100 health past day 1, which excludes most of the low salary mercs.

If you're playing one of the latest versions there are a couple of unique male slaves you can capture that are absolute melee monsters but they don't go down easy. Once you get them though you have combat monsters on par with the top tiers with no salary.

 

[khumak]

You don't abandon the boys in the 'hood where I come from. Yes Bud is an obnoxious twit most of the time, but he's our twit. We have to take care of him or no one will.

He makes me laugh sometimes, mostly at him and not with him I must admit.

Bud is less annoying than he used to be now that pool parties are a thing. Plus he got buffed at some point so his starting ranged skill isn't so terrible (he starts at 60 now, used to be 50). He's actually one of the best day 1 mercs now IMO when you take into account his decent health, reasonable ranged skill, ammo pack, and low salary. The only other low salary mercs with the same or better health than Bud are Jack, and Doyle and neither of them has an ammo pack.

 

[Fauno36]

Bud is less annoying than he used to be now that pool parties are a thing. Plus he got buffed at some point so his starting ranged skill isn't so terrible (he starts at 60 now, used to be 50). He's actually one of the best day 1 mercs now IMO when you take into account his decent health, reasonable ranged skill, ammo pack, and low salary. The only other low salary mercs with the same or better health than Bud are Jack, and Doyle and neither of them has an ammo pack.

My problem with Bud is that he is constantly losing happiness and affection, I tried everything and he tired me out!

 

[khumak]

My problem with Bud is that he is constantly losing happiness and affection, I tried everything and he tired me out!

Pool parties count as "spending time" with him for the attention whore perk so build a gazebo with a pool and throw some parties. They make everyone in your house happy, including Bud.

 

[Clemency]

I apply a Neuraclean to Bud almost every time when I can buy it. He losses every trait except Ammo Pack and Scavenger, the two traits I need. If he ever spawns with Workaholic, I have no choice but to spare him. It fits timing-wise too since when I can access the Palace and afford to easily spend on Neuraclean also happens to be the time I use him less and ergo pay less attention to his happiness.

 

[khumak]

I apply a Neuraclean to Bud almost every time when I can buy it. He losses every trait except Ammo Pack and Scavenger, the two traits I need. If he ever spawns with Workaholic, I have no choice but to spare him. It fits timing-wise too since when I can access the Palace and afford to easily spend on Neuraclean also happens to be the time I use him less and ergo pay less attention to his happiness.

I keep forgetting that drug exists. Have to admit getting rid of attention whore entirely would be a good use of it. Shame to see Bud lose Nympho and Perverted though. Poor guy just needs to get a clue and seek attention from some of the actual whores living in the house...

I actually used to save scum perverted on Rifle Savant just because I found it amusing to have someone who was both Pure and Perverted at the same time. I think Grim fixed that though.

 

[DrLizardman]

It used to be if your NPCs went down, they were Dead, dead. Recently in the Alphas Grimdark reintroduced it through Iron Man mode where if they hit -15 hp they'd be gone.

As for restarting, I may hold the record. Often I'll just play the first few days or maybe a month just for the fun of seeing if I can get off to a better start.

I've never lost a game-ending battle, he didn't introduce that until I knew enough not to walk into a fight without superior firepower or the best vibro-blades in Ikaanos.

Yeah if the next update has alot of stuff worth restarting for I may do it and do an ironman run. but until then no way lol. I have almost every named character this run so I feel I am closing in on being "done" anyway.

 

[DrLizardman]

You can only process in North Redhaven, Crystal Heights (when you can access it), Watery Eyes, and Preacher's Hall.
In this last location NEVER sell slaves, only process. The preacher pays very badly.

any reason to ever help preacher? I just dislike him bc of the michelle quest lol

 

[Darkace]

does anyone know what grim is working atm? hope its animations for sex scene's around the house.

 

[senj1114]

Is there way to raise corruption of Ikaanos?

 

[DrLizardman]

Is there way to raise corruption of Ikaanos?

Does that do anything? I was unaware that any of the stats other than wealth mattered. as for raising it I think the news office can?

 

[kurum007]

Is there way to raise corruption of Ikaanos?

Does that do anything? I was unaware that any of the stats other than wealth mattered. as for raising it I think the news office can?

Yes, see

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Depends on whether I start with more or less than 1500 influence. If more then I head straight to the bank, take out a loan and go round up the top tiers. If less then I hire the cheap guys first so I can make enough money to hire the more expensive ones as soon as possible.

If you're not focusing as much on combat then I would probably stick with mercs that have a combination of decent health plus cheap salary. Ansel, Jack, Bud, and Doyle would be great for that. Doyle is kind of expensive up front, but his salary is cheap. I don't fight with people who have less than 100 health past day 1, which excludes most of the low salary mercs.

If you're playing one of the latest versions there are a couple of unique male slaves you can capture that are absolute melee monsters but they don't go down easy. Once you get them though you have combat monsters on par with the top tiers with no salary.

Seems like i have some "acquiring to do"
(the non merc beasts are mentioned in the post below)

https://f95zone.to/threads/masters-of-raana-v0-8-3-1-grimdark.100207/post-13585351

 

[HammieSammie]

A dying world make the bandits seem like a cockroach infestation.

 

[Virgin Girl]

Can i play the game on joiplay?

 

[Porrvald]

does anyone know what grim is working atm? hope its animations for sex scene's around the house.

From Discord yesterday:
After 0832 goes public, 25% of my time will be devoted to preparing 0.8.4; Stacey McClung, the brother's quest and our much anticipated Threesome engine.

I guess he will still spend 75% time on other stuff, which I don't know anything about.

 

[Lurker452]

From Discord yesterday:
After 0832 goes public, 25% of my time will be devoted to preparing 0.8.4; Stacey McClung, the brother's quest and our much anticipated Threesome engine.

I guess he will still spend 75% time on other stuff, which I don't know anything about.

Maybe Juno's quest? That seems to have been pending for a long time.

 

[ordos]

My problem with Bud is that he is constantly losing happiness and affection, I tried everything and he tired me out!

Mindmancer is the key... joking )
Eventually I used neuraclean on Bud and he became a nice fight partner with useful ammo perk.

 

[Clemency]

Has anyone ever killed either of these two in the first turn? About the only thing I have managed to consistently achieve with these level of bounty fight is not have my MC die. Maybe I should switch Connor for Corso. I have not hired Corso though so his stats are "untrained".

 

[khumak]

Has anyone ever killed either of these two in the first turn? About the only thing I have managed to consistently achieve with these level of bounty fight is not have my MC die. Maybe I should switch Connor for Corso. I have not hired Corso though so his stats are "untrained".

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There's no way to take all of those guys out in 1 round. Not even remotely possible. I haven't gotten that far in the current version, but in previous versions how well the tier 7 bounties go depends on how feasible it is to manipulate the enemy's target during advanced tactics fights. It used to be possible to manage aggression by switching weapons on MC and your mercs and by training your mercs up to identical combat stats. Last version I tried that didn't work though.

If I can manipulate the enemy's target that way (and everyone but Ayden has Hulk armor) I can consistently beat those without ever losing anyone. If not then I will usually lose 2 or 3 people. If nobody has Hulk armor then you could be looking at a fully party wipe, although the latest version does have 2 master traits for combat. So if you prioritize getting those up and running before you hit the tier 7 bounties you're probably good. Will definitely be testing that theory this game, especially since I'm playing Ironman.

The new version has higher health caps on top of health implants being available to followers now (+ a 3rd health implant in the mastersphere as well). So survive ability should be better than it used to be. Managing aggression might not be as important as it used to be.

I make it a point to get MC and the rest of my A team trained up to 150 melee and at least 100 strength before I start seeing the tier 7 bounties as well to make sure they're doing maximum damage with those greatswords. Plasma is not good enough.

(Edit: Now that I look again I think you meant just the 2 cyber cannon guys. You can take one of those guys out in 1 round with crits but I'm not sure you can guarantee a kill without crits unless maybe you have both of the master traits. I haven't used the cyber cannon myself so maybe with that. Ammo could be an issue for that though since from what I hear the ammo pack does not work for those).

 

[Clemency]

(Edit: Now that I look again I think you meant just the 2 cyber cannon guys. You can take one of those guys out in 1 round with crits but I'm not sure you can guarantee a kill without crits unless maybe you have both of the master traits. I haven't used the cyber cannon myself so maybe with that. Ammo could be an issue for that though since from what I hear the ammo pack does not work for those).

Yeah. I am looking to take out just one of the two cybercannon users to relieve the pressure on Ayden. I only have one hulc armor (for the MC) since A Dying World turbo-charges their price. And yeah, I saw the changelogs. I am very excited for the health changes.