@ Absolyst - convert the percentage to a decimal. So Starting is 1.00 or in your case 1.43. Then do the reload rate divided by that. So 3250/1.43 = 2272ms is your reload time. If you had a 100% boost then that would be 3250/2.00 = 1625ms. If you had a 750% boost, that would be 3250/8.50 = 382ms
@ Absolyst --- Are you talking about the weapon mod or the character skill. The weapon mod is very visible in what it does, just compare the reload time with it vs without it. The character skill escalates slower and might be tougher to see - especially at lower levels. When you get to 100% reloading you should notice your character reloads twice as fast or 1/2 the listed speed. At 200% it's three times as fast or 1/3 the listed speed. At 300% it's four times as fast or 1/4 the listed speed. You won't be able to see the difference day-to-day as each level doesn't make that much of a difference, but if you compare a character with 100 reloading to one with zero (same weapon) - you'll see it.
Zzombik - I don't know. I've only tried hardcore about a dozen times, and that was to get the badge. I still have a save for Day 104 Hardcore that was pretty well set-up. I think making it that far would be nearly impossible though. If anyone would care to try, my advise would be to do it with a Rogue & Bowgun, upgraded as often as possible, just like I did in that run-through on Casual Mode.
@ Klinge27 - I've done that several times. In this one of mine I play Day 500 also without Party. However in this one I TAUNTED 5 times and summoned 4 RAGNAROK all at once, & fought using pretty much no help from my 3 allies. Also as a point of interest that guy made poor decisions in his mod choices.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoXloi1630
Boometh - adding multiple mods of the same type is less effective than diversifying so your bowgun would be more powerful if it had 1 damage & 2 Armor (although it would be advisable to give it autofire, Fire Rate, & Damage - you don't need the antiarmor until you get a bowgun with a 4th slot) I've had trouble with wind bows and so don't use them, but if it's working for you then stick with it. The rapid bowgun is ok early on (because a low level bowgun fires slow as dirt) however it is a much weaker gun, and again - autofire, fire rate, damage (or switch damage for leech). What day are you on?
the bucket in 'catch a snail' is all jacked up and would be better if you could use the mouse. Whack a seal moves way too fast, there's no way you can hit 3 at the same time when they disappear that fast, same with target rande. the school gives double-digit multiplication & 6 seconds to do it? Not many people at all can hit a 50-combo on that. Why do you have to claim your interest from the bank? that should be automatic.
I just learned something, not the least bit interesting. I had thought that the game ended on day 1002, because that's as far as it let me go, but it would seem the reason it did that was because one of my allies (level 4,936) ran out of skills to learn. You can go on and on, replacing your allies until your character reaches that ridiculously high level. Ah, useless info.
LordByron & pokeyday -- Bowguns do hit suicide bombers the problem is perspective. You're bows are hitting at a spot that doesn't actually penetrate the bombers path. you can't really see it from the side perspective, but imagine the bows being about 4 feet to the bombers left, but their long torso makes it look like the bombers heads are actually right where the arrows' flying. If the game could be seen from a different angle you'd see what I'm talking about. Try aiming for their legs, you won't get the criticals, but your hit % should go up.
ohs0fast - look at your upkeep cost on the upgrade screen. Notice how Repairmen raise your daily cost 60GP per level, Storage does 40GP, & Sandbags do 40GP, so keep those down early on (NO REPAIRMEN) You better have at least 1 rogue too. Build it's luck, Killer, & Sense abilities right away.
frpenn6 --- It's really not that difficult. It was too long to explain here so I started a forum check it out. http://www.kongregate.com/forums/3-general-gaming/topics/208866-elona-shooter-the-badges
mgraves1983 - what gun? Bowgun with 4+ slots or Gravity Gun Might do the trick. Bowgun would allow alot of mosquitos through, so you'd need HP to cover that, but with your mods set to Autofire, Fire Rate, Leech, Damage, Anti Armor, Fire Rate you should be able to survive on that. With the Gravity Gun option My base set-up for mods is Leech, Damage, Anti Armor, Leech, Damage, Anti Armor. Good Luck, I'm Sure it can be done.
Stuthorr - Ranger's best weapon is the Gravity Gun, which unless you have Reloading LV 200+, Makes him a support character. If you want to give it Autofire, and be that support player, that's up to you - but I wouldn't suggest trying to get too many kills out of him as he doesn't have KILLER, like Militia does, nor LUCK, like Noble does; the two better choices if that's the route you wanted to take. Then again, I haven't touched the Ranger in forever as I also don't see what he brings to the table - so I might be underestimating his usefulness.
If anyone's curious to see once and for all what the strongest weapon is, I just posted a video on youtube. 1 guy attacking 4 back-to-back waves of Ragnarok with 3x Taunt & NO party. Day 250. The other 3 allies were set to 'attack air only.' Any guesses what could do it?
JareX - There is no day 1501. The highest day is 1002, which I've reached (Casual mode). I saw a few days ago, after I had posted that information, that someone else had the top score on hardcore mode as survived 1001 days - but that's obviously a hack.
Apparently the game does have an end - day 1001 is the last day that you can complete and end up back in town. At the end of day 1002 the beige box doesn't pop up and all you see are the fireworks display, and the repeated uneffective attack of whatever enemies were still on screen at the end of the day.
cid911 - Well I didn't survive every day I'll tell you that much. Otherwise it's really only the first 150 or so days that are challenging. The Mobs don't actually seem to get any stronger over time, which is why I don't need Party as much since the Laser Pistol is so tough. With party, I can slice through boss day like a hot knife through butter.
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