Let's Sperg Darkest Dungeon Let's Sperg: Part 3 - You Maniacs! You got Bloodborne in my Darkest Dungeon!

[Burned Man]

A large disfigured guy living on borrowed time that hits things really hard with a sword? Sounds right up my alley alright.

 

[lolwut]

Groovy.

 

[AnOminous]

This just seems to fit in this thread.

 

[Jaimas]

It's been a banner week in the Kiwi Ranch.

We had @Shuu Iwamine lead an expedition with @lolwut, @Cynical, and @Ol' Slag into the Cove, where the group rampaged through killing basically everything.

While farting around, I learned an interesting quirk about Lolwut's combat style. Every single attack he does bolsters the damage of his gigantic fuck-off laser of doom (tm) - it has no upward limit of how long you bolster it, so if you're willing to say, store up a few dozen rounds of shotgun blasts and organic chainsawing, you can then fire off a ridiculously powerful beam that will basically one shot most rabble.

This was only with a modest charge so there's some potential here.

Also interesting is that aside from generic barks, Lolwut never speaks. Every bark he has is "...."

He works really well with characters that tend to shuffle, like Jaimas, Slag, and @Computery Guy.

Elsewhere, @Sable, @Ruin, @Bones, and @Jaimas go after the transpig menace in the Warrens. This is the first time I've taken them on with a party that lacks damage debuffing or mark clearance, but our team didn't get this far not risking it all for stupid shit. But something happens this time....

.....With @CrunkLord420's quest done, those fucking snakes are now regular enemies. God damn it.

Greta and Phil are as obnoxious as ever, but this time we use a slightly different tactic: Having Sable blind the fucker with Whirlwind Chakram and make him essentially unable to hit us. The gambit works, though we wind up taking huge damage due to Bones counter-punching Phil and triggering Obliterate Masses.

The team pushes forward, and after judicious use of Ruin's Petrifying Gaze, Pig Sisterwood is burning and Phil bounces and squeaks no more.

We're gradually pushing outward - there's just so much goddamned resource collection to do.

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

I've always hated that giant hog motherfucker and his little sidekick. Though slapping him with Weakening Curse, much like the Prophet, makes him a lot easier to manage.

 

[Bob's Fries]

Add me in, Coach. The bench is too warm.

 

[AnOminous]

Add me in, Coach. The bench is too warm.

You should be a Jester and dole out 283 Crits on bosses.

.....With @CrunkLord420's quest done, those fucking snakes are now regular enemies. God damn it.

no step on snek

 

[Jaimas]

Add me in, Coach. The bench is too warm.

We've got a maxed roster. You'll be added eventually, promise, it's just gonna be a bit while we work towards being able to do the final batteries of quests.

Elsewhere, @Ruin, @Sable, @AnOminous, and @Bones were wandering about, and this fucking thing shows up:

This thing is awful. While by no means is it anywhere near as dangerous as the Shambler or the Fanatic, it's up there and it's kind of an even bigger dick. An utterly otherworldly creature, a twisted and chaotic amalgamation of flesh, bone and crystal, this beast is so hideous and malformed that it has no place in this world. Formed from hideously mutated flesh and crystal, with multiple limbs and disgusting appendages, this hulking abominable mutant is able to cross the barrier separating the Farmstead from the rest of the Estate and wreak havoc wherever it wanders. Its gpal is to murder the servants of the Old Gods and the New God - beneficial to us - but its reasons are far from benevolent. As you can see, it's already killed, consumed, and assimilated many unfortunates that crossed its path.

The beast hits hard, and has an amazing crit rate. Thankfully the Kiwis are not to be thwarted and continue to hit this beast with everything they have. The general strategy behind this asshole is pretty straightforward - debuff his ass and wear him down - but with two actions a turn (and one auto-action), this guy proves quite rough.

He has a bevy of attacks, too, including a stab with an insane critical rate, several stun moves, and a really obnoxious stress-causing attack.

In addition to constantly smashing us and stabbing us with all manner of horrifying things, it also does this obnoxious thing where it summons an Aberration at the end of the turn - a minor enemy that heals you if you kill it, and explodes and harms your party if you don't.

Thankfully we brought Bones along. Even with his shit accuracy he really can't miss these assholes.

When you weaken him enough, he pulls out another obnoxious trick: He gets a permanent 80% PROT Buff. This means even Bones and AnOminous will have trouble smashing through his defenses for more than chip damage. At this point my best bet was to have AnOminous change back, Ruin turn into her true form, and the group spamming blight and bleed.

While the rest of the team succumbed to afflictions, Sable wasn't having any of that shit and she kept the party's shit together through the battle, helping to chip away at the boss' crystalline hide.

Finally, the boss was dead, and we collected our reward. The mission was completed soonafter.

And the beast was still out there.

Waiting.

Elsewhere, @lolwut was unavailable due to spending time in the brothel.

 

[lolwut]

Elsewhere, @lolwut was unavailable due to spending time in the brothel.

 

[Bob's Fries]

We've got a maxed roster. You'll be added eventually, promise, it's just gonna be a bit while we work towards being able to do the final batteries of quests.

Elsewhere, @Ruin, @Sable, @AnOminous, and @Bones were wandering about, and this fucking thing shows up:

This thing is awful. While by no means is it anywhere near as dangerous as the Shambler or the Fanatic, it's up there and it's kind of an even bigger dick. An utterly otherworldly creature, a twisted and chaotic amalgamation of flesh, bone and crystal, this beast is so hideous and malformed that it has no place in this world. Formed from hideously mutated flesh and crystal, with multiple limbs and disgusting appendages, this hulking abominable mutant is able to cross the barrier separating the Farmstead from the rest of the Estate and wreak havoc wherever it wanders. Its gpal is to murder the servants of the Old Gods and the New God - beneficial to us - but its reasons are far from benevolent. As you can see, it's already killed, consumed, and assimilated many unfortunates that crossed its path.

The beast hits hard, and has an amazing crit rate. Thankfully the Kiwis are not to be thwarted and continue to hit this beast with everything they have. The general strategy behind this asshole is pretty straightforward - debuff his ass and wear him down - but with two actions a turn (and one auto-action), this guy proves quite rough.

He has a bevy of attacks, too, including a stab with an insane critical rate, several stun moves, and a really obnoxious stress-causing attack.

In addition to constantly smashing us and stabbing us with all manner of horrifying things, it also does this obnoxious thing where it summons an Aberration at the end of the turn - a minor enemy that heals you if you kill it, and explodes and harms your party if you don't.

Thankfully we brought Bones along. Even with his shit accuracy he really can't miss these assholes.

When you weaken him enough, he pulls out another obnoxious trick: He gets a permanent 80% PROT Buff. This means even Bones and AnOminous will have trouble smashing through his defenses for more than chip damage. At this point my best bet was to have AnOminous change back, Ruin turn into her true form, and the group spamming blight and bleed.

While the rest of the team succumbed to afflictions, Sable wasn't having any of that shit and she kept the party's shit together through the battle, helping to chip away at the boss' crystalline hide.

Finally, the boss was dead, and we collected our reward. The mission was completed soonafter.

And the beast was still out there.

Waiting.

Elsewhere, @lolwut was unavailable due to spending time in the brothel.

Roger, Boss. I'll just be here keeping the bench cozy for the rest of y'all. Aside from that, what do you use to take screenshots for your playthrough? There were times when I couldn't catch some of them during the action animations in my own play through.

 

[Jaimas]

Roger, Boss. I'll just be here keeping the bench cozy for the rest of y'all. Aside from that, what do you use to take screenshots for your playthrough? There were times when I couldn't catch some of them during the action animations in my own play through.

I just use steam itself to snag the snapshots.

 

[Jaimas]

Shit, it's been a bit. Before you start throwing things, however, I want to explain why.

I don't know what exactly happened, but one of the (comparatively recent) Dankmeme Dungeon patches broke absolutely everything for a bit. While the game crashing every now and then isn't unheard of (I average about 1 crash every other day or so on a good day; Dankest Dungeon's rendering style loves to cause driver conflicts with AMD cards), I couldn't even get the fucking thing to start.

And then, this morning, I fired the thing up after the recent patch and everything works fine. You know, I remember reading somewhere that one of the ideas for learning AI is to create self-aware computer systems. I have enough problems with AMD and Intel's dick-measuring contests and driver conflicts after cleaning the registry up with how some programs like to run. I wouldn't want to deal with my comp telling me to go fuck itself and that Hitler did nothing wrong.

So I load up and I didn't even fucking remember where I was.

Apparently in the depths with @Gentleburd, @Existential Crisis, @Rumpled Foreskin, and @Bob's Axe. I immediately notice a massive supply shortage and I begin wondering: "Wait, why did I stick around this joint as opposed to bugging out? I clearly fucked up somew--

....Oh.

So I know this asshole was brought up earlier but god damn I hate this optional miniboss. He hits like a fucking truck, constantly purges his own status effects, causes ridiculously huge blight and stress bursts, gets multiple actions a round, and gets tougher and tougher to hurt the more his HP wanes. Fortunately he's really vulnerable to bleed.

He crits approximately all the fucking time though, and sweet fucking christ this guy hits hard.

The fact that this crystalline cocksucker keeps spamming his attacks eventually manages to afflict half the squad, but the same tactic as last time still works, and it isn't long at all before our team kicks him in the Jimmy.

More shards, a mask I'm going to sell because @Burned Man doesn't need it, and some gold. At least this trip wasn't a complete loss.

Elsewhere, the team of @Wallace, @Randall Fragg, @Shuu Iwamine, and @vertexwindi get together and come upon something unusual.

Do you see it? It's in the back.

The infestation is now at the point where other areas are getting Throbbing Cocoons. Unlike the ones at the Courtyard, these ones are fireproof and they solely exist to ensure you can pop 'em for another encounter and ergo another chance to get more invitations. With the other changes making the enemies more aggressive, the Kiwis have a tougher fight than ever before, but mere vermin and Autism won't keep our warriors at bay.

Shuu is now at the point where she can one-shot these assholes given a lucky hit. With some upgrades she's going to be quite formidable.

While the enemies keep crit-ing Wallace and eventually cause him to afflict, even triggering one of the worst possible Afflictions in Masochistic, Wallace gives zero fucks and winds up completing the mission without refusing healing once or taking his own actions. He does mark himself once but aside from that and being a surly prick he does just fine.

Fragg meanwhile keeps the team moving and focused. These encounters have shown that he desperately needs Morale Boost to help restore stress to teammates. The buff that his defense ability got though now lets him recharge 30 or more Torch in one go. Holy shit!

The Kiwis do manage to complete the mission, though, and manage to finance several of our team spending the weekend at the fucking Sanitarium. Collecting negative quirks is getting to be a pain in the ass.

Finally, @Andrejborg, @Optimus Prime, and @BillionBisonBucks join forces with a local Vestal for fun and profit.

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

Thank god for my masochistic behavior

 

[Wallace]

That's me, a surly prick who gives zero fucks.

 

[Solzhenitsyn]

I totally forgot about this thread! I'm guessing my doggoman has been gifted an honourable retirement?

 

[Jaimas]

I totally forgot about this thread! I'm guessing my doggoman has been gifted an honourable retirement?

Yes and no. Still around, different class.

 

[RJ MacReady]

I totally forgot about this thread! I'm guessing my doggoman has been gifted an honourable retirement?

Yes and no. Still around, different class.

We'll zap to the extreme in your stead.

 

[AnOminous]

Yes and no. Still around, different class.

You should bring in the Warrior of Sunlight. That's kind of fun. I also don't know if you've brought in the Sisters, another really neat Marvin Seo class.

 

[Jaimas]

You should bring in the Warrior of Sunlight. That's kind of fun. I also don't know if you've brought in the Sisters, another really neat Marvin Seo class.

It'll need to wait until the roster expands.

 

[Existential Crisis]

I missed this thread a lot.
Also my stress looks pretty accurate to my name.