Underrail: The Incline Awakens

[lukaszek]

Nothing on the wiki, but my guess is lighter metal boots.

its there now
https://www.stygiansoftware.com/wiki/index.php?title=Blueprint:_Greaves
https://www.stygiansoftware.com/wiki/index.php?title=Greaves

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Tank builds are now even tankier.

 

[ciox]

Nothing on the wiki, but my guess is lighter metal boots.

its there now
https://www.stygiansoftware.com/wiki/index.php?title=Blueprint:_Greaves
https://www.stygiansoftware.com/wiki/index.php?title=Greaves

I guessed right and they look badass.

Maybe he'll do something for metal helmets and metal gloves next. First one is only used in some 95% armor penalty builds, second is never used.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Even in the former it's not great unless you need some extra elemental resistances.
It's fairly easy to reach the 95% mech DR cap with just torso and boots.
Metal helmets do give you flash bang immunity which is very useful early on, but mid to late game flash bang enemies aren't that common and you should have enough DR to just survive for a turn unless there's a psyker or bow fucker.

Anyway, it seems greaves provide less protection than boots (which is pretty weird) but the trade off is that you can't get knee capped and have a chance to just ignore immobilization. Which is still pretty useful.

 

[lukaszek]

i still find it weird to introduce yet another armored boots option. Giving us full cloth armors crafting with no penalty would be more interesting

 

[Baron Dupek]

is this real?

 

[kangaxx]

Someone above mentioned the endgame is a drag, and I do agree. I can't remember the last time I played an RPG that had a good endgame... maybe ever.

Edit: is it worth slogging through, or is this best remembered for the fun I've had up to now?

 

[The people of Duckburg]

Someone above mentioned the endgame is a drag, and I do agree. I can't remember the last time I played an RPG that had a good endgame... maybe ever.

Edit: is it worth slogging through, or is this best remembered for the fun I've had up to now?

I'd say it's worth going through, since you get some proper answers at the end. Even if it's fair from all of them, of course. Where in the endgame are you?

 

[kangaxx]

Someone above mentioned the endgame is a drag, and I do agree. I can't remember the last time I played an RPG that had a good endgame... maybe ever.

Edit: is it worth slogging through, or is this best remembered for the fun I've had up to now?

I'd say it's worth going through, since you get some proper answers at the end. Even if it's fair from all of them, of course. Where in the endgame are you?

In the middle (I hope) of the Tchortch Institute missions and I have a huge stack of consumables, ammo, battles are all super easy etc. I was thinking of doing the Expedition and calling it, but maybe I should persist then.

 

[Litmanen]

Someone above mentioned the endgame is a drag, and I do agree. I can't remember the last time I played an RPG that had a good endgame... maybe ever.

Edit: is it worth slogging through, or is this best remembered for the fun I've had up to now?

The ending is just a psycopath's amusement for other psychopaths. The difficulty spike there is simply made for people without a life who know every single aspect of ruleset and gameplay to enjoy this part without listing all the saints on the calendar thousands of times.

The only reason to bring it on is for the lore about Faceless and all the rest of things related to lore you can discover down there.

Is it worth? I don't know

For lore reasons? Yes, but you don't need to arrive until the end for that.
For completitionist reasons? yes, obviously.
To have some more fun? I would say absolutely no. If you aren't a build autistic, this will be a real pain in the ass for several reason. And the final boss is not that incredibile fight (I mean, is crazy difficult if you aren't a build autistic - and I'm not - but it isn't fun or in any way memorable).

Edit: I thought you were already in the DC.

Addendum post edit: even if I have hated the psycopath ending, I still believe this is one of the most amazing game in the last two decades.

 

[jackofshadows]

In the middle (I hope) of the Tchortch Institute missions and I have a huge stack of consumables, ammo, battles are all super easy etc. I was thinking of doing the Expedition and calling it, but maybe I should persist then.

You're kind of late for Expedition (you're 20+ lvl right?) so just go for the real endgame, you're very close. You have to see it at least somewhat more. To form an opinion. Expedition in itself is also worth checking for sure, too.

 

[kangaxx]

Yeah level 23 or 4 I think. So just load up on meds and ammo and trigger the main quest then?

 

[sebas]

The ending is just a psycopath's amusement for other psychopaths.

This was the case before the world map update. Nowadays Deep Caverns is nowhere near as oppressive.

 

[kangaxx]

The debuff that spawns tons of enemies is still very irritating.

 

[Spark Mandriller]

DC got way better since the labyrinth became optional. Labyrinth sucks.

 

[Litmanen]

The ending is just a psycopath's amusement for other psychopaths.

This was the case before the world map update. Nowadays Deep Caverns is nowhere near as oppressive.

I played it 1 year ago. I don't think DC have gone through any reshaping since then. Maybe I'm wrong

 

[kangaxx]

Just finished it after all these years. Ending is pretty underwhelming but not really an issue... the combat, exploration and interesting setting are top tier. Definitely a fun game and hopefully the sequel can recapture the magic.

So I know... is there any replayability in making 'different choices' in this game? I get the feeling that the replay value is in trying different combat styles, and that the choices you make are either borderline mandatory (don't piss off the Faceless) or irrelevant (which oligarch, Protectorate v Drones, sinking cash into decorating a doll house in Core City?!).

I'd quite like to try a psy build on a much harder setting at some point. AR was great but a bit one dimensional in terms of tactics.

 

[Jermu]

expedition has a choice between 2 factions
then those that u listed but testing different builds and playstyles is the main thing for replaying value

 

[Litmanen]

Just finished it after all these years. Ending is pretty underwhelming but not really an issue... the combat, exploration and interesting setting are top tier. Definitely a fun game and hopefully the sequel can recapture the magic.

So I know... is there any replayability in making 'different choices' in this game? I get the feeling that the replay value is in trying different combat styles, and that the choices you make are either borderline mandatory (don't piss off the Faceless) or irrelevant (which oligarch, Protectorate v Drones, sinking cash into decorating a doll house in Core City?!).

I'd quite like to try a psy build on a much harder setting at some point. AR was great but a bit one dimensional in terms of tactics.

There is also Phreak's faction if you don't want to be with any of the Corporations and the "mutant's way".

 

[None]

I get the feeling that the replay value is in trying different combat styles

You're correct. Although your character build can often feed into the choices you make, as they provide different rewards and merchants. A tin can build is going to want to side with the Protectorate, while a knife hobo will want to ally themselves with the Free Drones. Same goes for Core City's and Junkyard's factions.

From a story and lore perspective, the most interesting choice you can make is playing a psy build, as it lets you reveal some of the more esoteric and secretive ingame knowledge. It's the difference between descending into hell to kill the big bad boss, and finding out what the hell the game was actually about.

 

[Denim Destroyer]

Somehow at level 11, oddity, I managed to overcome the game's economy. I had been taking my time exploring the world but was so overburdened with things to sell that I traveled to Core City after putting it off for awhile. I cannot think of the last time in a RPG that looking to sell things was the reason why I decided to advance the main quest.

 

[kangaxx]

You've probably got enough sellable loot to last 4 or 5 inventory refreshes worth of coin. They're very honest... just leave a huge pile of valuable loot in front of each trader so you don't have to lug it around, and they never think to steal it.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Yeah you can just drop loot anywhere. This isn't Bethesa Fallout where your stuff just suddenly disappears after a while.

 

[Fenix]

I'd quite like to try a psy build on a much harder setting at some point. AR was great but a bit one dimensional in terms of tactics.

Yeah, psy it iteresting, but from conventional weapon try out crossbow, maybe chem pistols.

 

[Fenix]

OK, bought Heavy Duty