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Post by dinnerplain on Nov 1, 2023 15:10:39 GMT -5
Pixonic have changed up the extermination mode play to go from killing lots of spiders to doing lots of damage.
What used to be a good way to earn in-game currency has turned into a slug fest.
A game that used to take 3.5 minutes can now run for 10 minutes. 10 minutes of just holding down the fire button to shoot at a big thing on legs that is a damage counter. The only game I started I did "Leave Battle" before 5 minutes. Boring, unchallenging, and not the good return on investment for my time.
Pixonic have finally ruined that good thing.
I mean who is this made for, 5 year olds?
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Nov 1, 2023 19:43:05 GMT -5
I couldn’t agree more. Once I realized that it’s health wasn’t dropping my interest fell to zero.
I like that to achieve Silver level I would need to inflict twice as much damage as I’ve ever done in combat much less go higher.
So the obvious solution is to level stuff up, right?
Ah, now it all becomes clear.
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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Nov 1, 2023 20:41:18 GMT -5
Indra is the key, Lasso ability works over that monster for reals.
But pretty disgusting nerf to the rewards. Booooo, Pix.
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Post by slugpug on Nov 1, 2023 21:08:16 GMT -5
Took me a little over 5 minutes to meet the damage criteria, set my phone down and did something else. Easiest free golden dorito I’ve ever earned.
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Nov 1, 2023 21:15:37 GMT -5
Took me a little over 5 minutes to meet the damage criteria, set my phone down and did something else. Easiest free golden dorito I’ve ever earned. You got that pecking bird that Homer uses to keep pressing "Y" over and over whilst working from home? I guess I could cut off a cats paw or something and place it over the fire button on the iPad. |
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Post by munkeeee on Nov 1, 2023 21:54:37 GMT -5
havent played the extermination thing in weeks. I literally login, check out my hangars, see if there is anything free, play dom, get stomped by meta, maybe play one more match, then put the game down. Then again, I only really play on time drops, mostly.
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Post by 0megaman on Nov 1, 2023 22:56:54 GMT -5
Besides custom matches with my Son, Extermination was the only other thing I screwed around with. This current iteration is so damn boring, and utterly pointless, its simply not worth playing more than once. In fact, probably not worth even playing once.
It is, of course, designed specifically for maxed out Wallet Warriors to make them feel good about themselves, and to justify the enormous wad of $$$ they dropped into the Money-Extraction-System-Software (M.E.S.S.). Sorry, I cant call it a 'game' any more, it simply doesnt possess any such qualities.
The bugs, especially KB mapping issues... Clearly coded by the Clown Show that is Pigsonic development.
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Post by slugpug on Nov 1, 2023 23:34:25 GMT -5
Took me a little over 5 minutes to meet the damage criteria, set my phone down and did something else. Easiest free golden dorito I’ve ever earned. You got that pecking bird that Homer uses to keep pressing "Y" over and over whilst working from home? I guess I could cut off a cats paw or something and place it over the fire button on the iPad. First minute to charge Titan with any random bot. Drop in Luchador with anything really for guns, wait another 3-4 minutes or so until you got the max reward, put phone down, go outside with dog, come back in whenever, collect reward. It wasn’t that hard or time consuming. I’ve certainly encountered worse |
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Post by dinnerplain on Nov 2, 2023 0:29:43 GMT -5
It is, of course, designed specifically for maxed out Wallet Warriors to make them feel good about themselves, and to justify the enormous wad of $$$ they dropped into the Money-Extraction-Software-System (M.E.S.S.). Sorry, I cant call it a 'game' any more, it simply doesnt possess any such qualities.
Bingo. That's exactly the impression I got from it.
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Post by Wolfblood7 on Nov 2, 2023 6:16:28 GMT -5
Yeah I found it boring. What's the point of shooting something you can't kill? COUGH ochokochi COUGH
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Nov 2, 2023 7:44:41 GMT -5
Gave this a go and yes they have really sucked the life out of it so you gotta sit there for the whole 10 minutes.
It's an indirect nerf to the Kestrel and Arma「fake pee place」 drones as you can't stack the bonusses when shooting at one giant calcified turd.
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Post by Taboga73 on Nov 2, 2023 7:56:22 GMT -5
Indra is the key, Lasso ability works over that monster for reals. But pretty disgusting nerf to the rewards. Booooo, Pix. Yep, that was the package to defeat it. Indra with 3 x Onslaught & 1 x Damage controller plus freeze rockets. Worked it over with flaming hot Arachnid Invader with Paralysis drone. Bastion became scared and began teleporting when its health was low. Ended up with 104,397,697 DMG. |
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Post by Jeb on Nov 2, 2023 8:12:33 GMT -5
I betcha anything the Extermination setup changes in the next week or two. For that matter, I think the scenarios changed more often than people think. As I recall, this was supposed to relate to the spooky theme by putting in a monster that couldn't be killed or something like that.
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Post by munkeeee on Nov 2, 2023 8:15:13 GMT -5
Ok, I revise my statement, just because I wanted to see what everyone was talking about.
Verdict- YAWN
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Post by Wolfblood7 on Nov 2, 2023 8:22:43 GMT -5
Yeah, just killed it with the Indra. Really sucks how they've removed all other stages so there's literally no other way for me to get powercells other than £££
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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Nov 2, 2023 14:23:49 GMT -5
Yeah, just killed it with the Indra. Really sucks how they've removed all other stages so there's literally no other way for me to get powercells other than £££ And Doritos, and tasty resources, and a bit of variety… Oh well, at least I appear to be the only one w Indra-knowledge in my LB. Some places it pays to be back in low-spender status. Resources get stupid cheap every couple of weeks and at LBs get reduced competition. I add to my usual statement of: If you spend, spend wisely…and infrequently. |
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Nov 2, 2023 15:51:38 GMT -5
Indra is the key, Lasso ability works over that monster for reals. But pretty disgusting nerf to the rewards. Booooo, Pix. Yep, that was the package to defeat it. Indra with 3 x Onslaught & 1 x Damage controller plus freeze rockets. Worked it over with flaming hot Arachnid Invader with Paralysis drone. Bastion became scared and began teleporting when its health was low. Ended up with 104,397,697 DMG. WTH for real? I was kind of proud I did 30+ mill damage with sonic Luchador and went straight to the top 5 in the current leaderboard challenge with one attempt. The square turd box must be immune to sonics as it was only halfway defeated but others are saying if it bleeds it can be killed. |
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Post by Taboga73 on Nov 2, 2023 15:58:29 GMT -5
Yep, that was the package to defeat it. Indra with 3 x Onslaught & 1 x Damage controller plus freeze rockets. Worked it over with flaming hot Arachnid Invader with Paralysis drone. Bastion became scared and began teleporting when its health was low. Ended up with 104,397,697 DMG. WTH for real? I was kind of proud I did 30+ mill damage with sonic Luchador and went straight to the top 5 in the current leaderboard challenge with one attempt. The square turd box must be immune to sonics as it was only halfway defeated but others are saying if it bleeds it can be killed. I roasted it with my Flaming Invader until the Titan bar was filled and then let loose with the Indra, employed its Lasso ability, and shoved some freeze rockets into its cold, dark heart. The additional annoyance is that it teleports away several times when it has low health.  |
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Post by Wolfblood7 on Nov 2, 2023 16:07:40 GMT -5
I did a teensy bit less damage than you Taboga73 |
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Post by Taboga73 on Nov 2, 2023 16:24:13 GMT -5
I tried scratching the paint with an Ophion and Sonic Rook but no joy. Only produced about 20 mil in DMG on the first attempt.
I did however manage to launch the Bastion across the center area after it became stuck on one of the short uprights. I used the Rook Castling ability and caught the Bastion at the right moment.
On the subsequent attempt, I used the Arachnid Invader with flames and froze it in place via the Paralysis drone. I was pleasantly surprised with how resistant the Invader was to the Basilisk weapon. Did not have to use the healing module and instead used the Paladin MS with Durability Extender.
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Post by AcuityAxiom on Nov 2, 2023 18:53:46 GMT -5
Waited so long for Bastion to make an appearance and they turn him into a bullet sponge that'll only really reward those with the beefiest of hangars.
What a shame.
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Nov 2, 2023 20:22:40 GMT -5
After I did 700k to it and noticed the health not dropping at all I positioned myself behind the curved building and simply killed any little guy who came looking for me. I left the big boy playing by himself.
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Nov 5, 2023 3:10:33 GMT -5
Ahh so I see it's the Indra lasso ability that is somewhat bugged and does the bulk of the damage. I chucked in a level 3 Kraken Indra from the museum, put on some Pantagruel weapons and instantly got up to 100m damage.
It seems to bypass whatever resistance it has or is it that it removes a percentage of the total health of an enemy and being the bastions HP is so high, it suffers massively to the lasso.
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Post by Wolfblood7 on Nov 5, 2023 4:34:07 GMT -5
I don't even care about the upgrade token, if I could I'd trade it for powercells.
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Post by dinnerplain on Nov 11, 2023 7:56:08 GMT -5
And this cycle we're back to the regular PvE.
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Post by shadethefluffmech on Nov 13, 2023 0:22:44 GMT -5
Did nobody realize that was just for a leaderboard?
I nearly pulled 1st in it too
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Nov 13, 2023 2:26:05 GMT -5
Did nobody realize that was just for a leaderboard? I nearly pulled 1st in it too I ended in 2nd place and that bored me to tears killing the bastion about 5 or 6 times. Most in my group didn't even attempt the "challenge". The winner in my group had 50k points which means killing the bastion around 50 tines...... Surely they set up a macro/bot to do it for them. |
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Post by Wolfblood7 on Nov 13, 2023 13:53:09 GMT -5
I purposely took second for the upgrade token. Luckily PCs are back as prizes this time.
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