The Outer Worlds (Obsidian)
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OrangeRKN
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Jenuall
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Got back to this after a few days break since last week, mainly dealing with stuff on Byzantium where I must say I am hugely enjoying taking a non-lethal stealth based approach to everything. Snooping around the labs where the Board is trying to perfect the freezing and reviving process as part of their "shutter the colony" in the face of the food crisis has been great, even if some of the design elements of the stealth approach could be much more refined.
Genuinely felt sad when I stole all of the chemicals and the people in the tanks violently convulsed before going silent, poor bastards. Figured that the Board had no clue what they were doing, which seemed fair enough given all of the reports around the lab, and those guys were going to die either way - felt like it was more valuable to get the chemicals to Phineas who actually stands a chance of knowing what to do with them
Also I spared Chartrand and told her to try and team up with Phineas. The food crisis is real and she seemed genuine about trying to develop a solution. I'd rather back her than the board in terms of finding a real solution, particularly after the "early retirement" revelations
Genuinely felt sad when I stole all of the chemicals and the people in the tanks violently convulsed before going silent, poor bastards. Figured that the Board had no clue what they were doing, which seemed fair enough given all of the reports around the lab, and those guys were going to die either way - felt like it was more valuable to get the chemicals to Phineas who actually stands a chance of knowing what to do with them
Also I spared Chartrand and told her to try and team up with Phineas. The food crisis is real and she seemed genuine about trying to develop a solution. I'd rather back her than the board in terms of finding a real solution, particularly after the "early retirement" revelations
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KomandaHeck
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OrangeRKN
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Interesting choices - I only took the maximum chemicals I could without killing anyone, and while I spared Chartrand I didn't tell her to work with Phineas, I just let her continue on as she was. I thought it better not to risk Phineas and having multiple separate teams working on things sounded sensible.
You weren't convinced it was an alien invasion then?
The main problem with stealth using an ID cartridge is that you don't have time to explore. On my murder-everyone play through I found several terminal logs to read that I didn't first time round.
You weren't convinced it was an alien invasion then?
The main problem with stealth using an ID cartridge is that you don't have time to explore. On my murder-everyone play through I found several terminal logs to read that I didn't first time round.
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BID0
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How do the ID cartridges work by the way? I think I've picked up one or two now after the game mentioned about the device. Haven't had time to play this game any more after the first few days 
Is it an item in my inventory I use from there? Or can it only be activated in certain areas/story etc?
Is it an item in my inventory I use from there? Or can it only be activated in certain areas/story etc?
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OrangeRKN
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BID0 wrote:How do the ID cartridges work by the way? I think I've picked up one or two now after the game mentioned about the device. Haven't had time to play this game any more after the first few days
Is it an item in my inventory I use from there? Or can it only be activated in certain areas/story etc?
Provided you picked up the holographic device (it'll be sitting on the table in your room on the ship if not), when you enter a restricted area it will automatically activate if you have a relevant ID cartridge. Restricted areas are usually bordered with a holographic projection saying "RESTRICTED" so they are hard to miss.
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BID0
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OrangeRKN wrote:BID0 wrote:How do the ID cartridges work by the way? I think I've picked up one or two now after the game mentioned about the device. Haven't had time to play this game any more after the first few days
Is it an item in my inventory I use from there? Or can it only be activated in certain areas/story etc?
Provided you picked up the holographic device (it'll be sitting on the table in your room on the ship if not), when you enter a restricted area it will automatically activate if you have a relevant ID cartridge. Restricted areas are usually bordered with a holographic projection saying "RESTRICTED" so they are hard to miss.
Oh okay that explains it. I picked that up off my desk before landing at the first space port and saw the restricted wall area but I couldn't figure out how to activate the disguise... I should have just walked through
is there any visible way to tell if you have the ID cartridge for that area? I think I saw the list of ID cartridges in my inventory somewhere but I wondered if the restricted wall sign would change if you had the right one on your person?
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OrangeRKN
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Jenuall
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If you have the ID cartridge for an area the warning won't be displayed at the bottom of the screen and I believe the floating "RESTRICTED ACCESS" signs that sit on the boundary to the area will be faded as well?
Yeah I like the ID system but it does limit exploration within an area, it would have been nice if it was user activated so that I could try sneaking through somewhere and only start the ID countdown at a time of my choosing rather than as soon as I entered. It's also quite spammable in that you can just walk out and back in to a restricted area to reset the timer with no consequence.
I was initially going to only take the minimal chemicals but all the reports I read in the lab and overhearing the conversations by the scientists it was clear that the people the board had frozen were basically guaranteed to die on revival anyway so it didn't feel like the wrong thing to do.
With Chartrand I was very conflicted, I was initially pretty set on killing her for the stupidity of experimenting on her colleagues but actually talking to her revealed her to be pretty genuine about her desires to help people - even if her methods were both extreme and scientifically flawed. That's why I figured sending her to Phineas might be a good idea - they may still fail or make some dodgy decisions on the way but at the same time might actually be able to achieve some success!
OrangeRKN wrote:Interesting choices - I only took the maximum chemicals I could without killing anyone, and while I spared Chartrand I didn't tell her to work with Phineas, I just let her continue on as she was. I thought it better not to risk Phineas and having multiple separate teams working on things sounded sensible.
You weren't convinced it was an alien invasion then?
The main problem with stealth using an ID cartridge is that you don't have time to explore. On my murder-everyone play through I found several terminal logs to read that I didn't first time round.
Yeah I like the ID system but it does limit exploration within an area, it would have been nice if it was user activated so that I could try sneaking through somewhere and only start the ID countdown at a time of my choosing rather than as soon as I entered. It's also quite spammable in that you can just walk out and back in to a restricted area to reset the timer with no consequence.
I was initially going to only take the minimal chemicals but all the reports I read in the lab and overhearing the conversations by the scientists it was clear that the people the board had frozen were basically guaranteed to die on revival anyway so it didn't feel like the wrong thing to do.
With Chartrand I was very conflicted, I was initially pretty set on killing her for the stupidity of experimenting on her colleagues but actually talking to her revealed her to be pretty genuine about her desires to help people - even if her methods were both extreme and scientifically flawed. That's why I figured sending her to Phineas might be a good idea - they may still fail or make some dodgy decisions on the way but at the same time might actually be able to achieve some success!
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Monkey Man
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