Please fix this game. The Diebold Hacker Badge is "broken". I won single player hard and didn't get the badge. I refreshed, tried easy thinking it might be a typo and still no badge. Then finally, I did one more time hard - same, no badge. "It's not the game that counts; it's who plays the game."
@Storageheater: Yea, I saw the all time HST after posting my comment... I concur. I too think they hacked - that's plain pathetic. I got all the badges myself right and proper (not to mention I can't hack for hazelnut sake anyway lol :P). And yea, when I finally get that hardest of core badge, I killed every single group of mobs from lvl 1 to 49.
Oh... I assume you are using a ranged weapon for the rogue at the back to perform sneak attack? So the description changes like if you equip mages with melee or ranged weapon? I need to try this out then, thanks. (Then again I have completed the game so... )
Geez, I managed to descend to lvl 51 and I found the exit to lvl 52 - doesn't this game END? I have sort of "completed" the game and I finally can wipe the flash cache (and thus delete this game). But this game doesn't end! You know how uncomfortable the player feels? Pls pls pls make the game end, thanks.
OMG OMG OMG, I finally got the hardest of core badge! =)) It was with the 3 rogues + 1 cleric combo. Load up cleric with mp regen. Spam create opening. Keep quickness high for everyone. Dance. ^^
@O_Oa, I don't understand how you can do sneak attacks with all 4 rogues. From the description, this is a melee attack and since there are only 3 slots in front, your 4th rouge can't sneak to save his pants. :P Or is there a bug somewhere? I am current experimenting with 3 rogues and a cleric.
Extra tip 1: You have decoys, they have decoys too - those small irritating things flying around... I think those are decoys since they don't seem to do much (any) damage. I just ignored them and it is a big help. Extra tip 2: Some ships are more powerful so take them out first. Extra tip 3: Some shoot big bullets - you can take out those so that you won't get the damage but try to quickly clear them to get to the source - the ships themselves. Extra tip 4: Remember to remember both turrets each break. Extra tip 5: Put the dual gun in the top left slot because it is out of range for most enemy ships and thus most safe. Have fun!
Suggestion for those having trouble completing the campaign for the card: Use just ONE dual gun because none of the rest can match its speed. Thereafter when you can afford, you can buy a heath turret. That is ALL. Do NOT buy anything else. The money is "wasted" in this sense but who cares? You don't need it and you just want the card. When you lvl, spend the points you get on increasing firing rate and buff %. That is ALL. I made a mistake the first time by experimenting with most of the turrets - if you just want to explore, that's fine. Otherwise if you just want to get the badge, the above was how I managed it.
Geez, does this game never end? I finished lvl 35 then decide to give up at 36. If this game has infinite number of rounds, it is better to provide it as a zen mode option. Playing this game 10 or 20 rounds is enjoyable enough (at least since this is the first time I am playing) but once it drags on, it d-r-a-g-s. And I am not sure if this is a bug - the higher lvl I got, the easier the game seems to become.
I want to play this game (again) but the replay value is really too low since it is so easy that I just complete it in my mind again (:P).
Can you beef up this cool game even more so that old timers like me can come back and have some fun? Thanks!
@Shadowstallion: Click on map hint and go to all unexplored areas. If the map is all revealed, then you must have found the exit. Stare hard at the black map and try to find the green exit.
PS.: Anyone managed to get damage resist up to 100%? I never seem to go past 50% no matter how high my armor value gets - is this a bug or is this a cap?
This is a conspiracy. I got killed before I got to do anything (alright, I managed to cast thief's luck and that's all)... they just stun-stun-stun-me then wiped me out. Getting stunned is generally rare (and all getting stunned is definitely ultra rare) so I didn't load up on anti-stun gear.
And yes, I do agree with the WAY TOO MUCH equipment part... so much time, patience and effort exhausted.
For those playing for hardcore 50 badge, do you clear every mob on every lvl? I try to just clear the boss and the bigger groupings on each lvl. I reckon that they hold the cream of the equipment and it should be enough for me to win. This will also save time... and lessen the impact of a heavily-invested game going bust when you almost got it.
I still can't get any closer to the lvl 48 I managed earlier (yes I said I would give up but I knew I would eat my words lol :P).
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