Shroud question

[Zarrurer]

is this just a defense boosting module?
cause from the trailer they had it showed someone shooting the gun, then when the gun was shot again with the shroud activated it did decreased damage.
it literally says nothing about what it does. all it says is: “upon activation, corrodes itself and parts attached to its power nodes by 55% for 6 seconds.”
does this mean it just lets damage pass through it or something?
not a complaint im just really confused as to how this thing works. does anyone have any information on it? maybe i mustve missed something in a previous dev blog?

[Kohtupora2]

Basically adds damage pass through to parts it affects (corrodes)

So if you use it to turn your own guns green, and someone shoots at the guns, they take lass damage as some of it is passed onto parts the guns are attached to.

Or then the guns outright take no damage and instead the parts the guns are attached to take the damage instead, honestly they really suck at explaining how it works and I have no idea yet if either of those is accurate

[Zarrurer]

hmm kind of makes sense but that begs the question of how the drone for the cabin works. does it add passthrough abilities to the parts of the enemy it hits?
this whole ability is a bit confusing to me. i mean… it wouldve just been better off as a poison / toxic kind of build or part. corroding your parts to add passthrough damage seems… idk kind of weird.

[Kohtupora2]

Basically the Drone tries to target the enemy cabin (like all drones) giving it pass-through so you can shoot parts behind the cabin basically. Or whatever parts are in front of the cabin as the drone tries to shoot at the cabin (avalanche for example) so you shoot damage past the avalanche and damage the cabin instead of the avalanche

Or so I think. Yeah it’s as convoluted and unnecessarily confusing as most current day crossout perks and part mechanics.

[Zarrurer]

well the cabin has never been able to be shot through so im curious as to how the ability would even work on the cabin weather by the drone hitting it or with the ability of the… shroud. forgot the name of the stupid thing lol.
the ability of that though seems… lackluster at best.
honestly i think they wouldve been better off making a toxic faction or an acid based faction with weapons that deal acid like damage or something.
a faction based off corroding your parts just to add pass through to them seems… so pointless.

[Kohtupora2]

@Zarrurer

a faction based off corroding your parts just to add pass through to them seems… so pointless.

There’s so much of this kind of pointless stuff in this game they keep making/adding I am pretty much convinced it’s just to fill a quota of content/changes made just to appease stock holders. It’s either that or the people in charge of this game have such an extreme unmedicated case of ADHD I am confused how they can even function as human beings in the first place. That or they are just doing hard drugs all the time and in another galaxy at all times, barely coherent

[Aphaz_Wolfen]

@Kohtupora2

There’s so much of this kind of pointless stuff in this game they keep making/adding I am pretty much convinced it’s just to fill a quota of content/changes made just to appease stock holders.

agreed…not to “toot my own horn”, but they could have done this…

@Aphaz_Wolfen

part 3 - FACTIONS REWORK/REBALANCE & “The NEW KIDS in the Wastes”

• Factions get ReCategorised as follows:
• WASTELAND Factions - These are the “original factions”, with some additions and changes (most notably in the ENGINEER faction). The following Factions are considered WASTELANDERS: ENGINEERS (+“Attachments”…FOUNDERS; M.E.R.C.s; RIGGERs); The RAVENS (HELI Faction); LUNATICS; FIRESTARTERS; NOMADS; DAWNCHILDREN; SCAVENGERS; and STEPPENWOLVES.
• ANTAGONIST Factions - These factions seek to Control/Rule/Destroy the Wasteland Factions for their own benefit, and as such are in direct confrontation with “The Waste Landers”, as they call them. The following Factions are considered ANTAGONISTS: The SYNDICATE; The KHAGANATE (The RAVENS’ evil brother(s)); and HYPERBOREA
• NEUTRAL Factions - These factions are called NEUTRAL Factions, not because of them actualy being neutral, but because their “Behaviour/Agenda” is fundamentaly incompatible with the other two factions (reasons are…). The following Factions are considered NEUTRAL: RAVAGERS; MONSTERS’ BALL, and The KNIGHTHOOD of STEEL (reworked Brootherhood)

WASTELAND Factions Rework(s)
The most notable change(s), aside from the introduction of a “Heli Faction”, is how 4 different factions have merged into a “semi-governing body” after all that had/has recently happend in the wastes.

• The RANGERS (wanted to call them “A-Team”, but… ): they are basically The ENGINEERS, and The FOUNDERS, plus two factions that serve as Support Factions for “The Wastelanders”.
  From Level 15 on, every level with ENGINEERS, the Player Automaticaly gets 1 level up with The FOUNDERS. At level 30 with ENGINEERS, the Player has reached level 15 with FOUNDERS
  EVERY EVEN LEVEL (2,4,6…etc.) with ENGINEERS, the Player Automaticaly get 1 level up with both M.E.R.C.s and RIGGERs. At level 30 with ENGINEERS, the Player has reached level 15 with both M.E.R.C.s and RIGGERs.

M.E.R.C. - As explained in a previous post, they are a Faction led by The RAT QUEEN that rents CoDrivers for INTELLIGENCE.

RIGGER - Led by The RAT KING, it is a Faction that rents Mechanics for INTELLIGENCE. A Mechanic is, in essence, the same thing as a CoDriver, only it works “For the Garage”. Meaning that it applies (all) Modifiers (even the “bad ones”) to “all vehicles” (levi included).

The RAVENS - …the heli faction of “the good guyz”…

-addenum- Food for Thought - Since only ENGI and LUNATICs have FRAMES (Heavy > ENGI ; Light > LUNATIC), it kind of leaves one with little choice about which Faction to start with. So in an effort to ballance that out why not create:

• MEDIUM FRAMES - Durability and Weight are between Heavy, and Light Frames. …available from Nomads
• SUPER HEAVY FRAMES - Durability and Weight are 50% Higher than Heavy Frames. …available from Scavengers

ANTAGONIST Factions Rework(s)
The most notable difference is the redefinition of what ANTAGONIST Factions essentialy are. Antagonist factions seek to, in essence, Rule the Wasteland (either by destroying the wastelanders, or by subjugating them (Hyperborea)). Experience for Leveling These Factions is Obtained in:
RAIDS against these factions, or SPECIAL MODES such as in ADVENTURE MODE

• The SYNDICATE > …not much to say, as all is known… Though they could be Added to ADVENTURE Mode as EXTRA FOES…just saying
• The KHAGANATE > …not much to say atm…treat as “Ravens’ Evil Twin or something”… Though they could be Added to ADVENTURE Mode as EXTRA FOES…just saying
• HYPERBOREA > …the Mentor’s repeated attempts to control the Wastes left a Deep Rift between Hyperborea and the Wastelanders that has turned into open war among them…Though they could be Added to ADVENTURE Mode as EXTRA FOES…just saying

NEUTRAL Factions Rework(s)
These Factions represent factions that, against all arguments, and for various reasons, can not be grouped with either Wastelanders or Antagonists

• MONSTERS’ BALL > A new Faction that creeped out of “The DARKLANDS”, a stretch of land mostly covered in thick clouds that give the land a look of being “perpetually gloomy and wrapped in twilight”. They have been observed Actively Fighting Anyone, including occasionaly, among themselves. So far All Encounters have ended in Conflict, so a “Shoot on Sight” Rule has been enacted among All Wastelanders. Among Observed Weapons the following 3 have caused enough damage to earn “Nicknames”:
  BANSHEE → a type of Sonic Flamer. it does Physical Damage in a Flamer-like pattern. (perk could include something like: “Every Part Affected by The Banshee recieves a cumulative 1 Damage for Every 2 Seconds of Sustained Damage fron The Banshee”)
  SWAMP THING → a type of Plant Incinerator. it Hurls Plant Mass in an arc, like The Incinerator does, but instead of a flaming puddle, The Swamp Thing lobs a Solid Projectile that damages a vehicle if it hits. Depending on wether it hits a vehicle, or just terrain, the weapon’s mechanics act differently. If Terrain is hit, then it acts as a puddle (dealing physical damage, and slowing Any vehicle passing through). If Any Player/Vehicle is hit, then after dealing damage, the projectile becomes a literal “Ball of Tentacles made of Plants” that “travel with the affected player and damage Every Vehicle in a Ball shaped Radius”
  VAMPYRE → a type of Cabin, that has a kind of Draining Skinner weapon mounted on it. It acts in all ways as a Skinner, but if it hits a Cab (any cab, even friendly ones!) it deals damage to it and at the same time, heals itself (meaning the cabin itself).
• The RAVAGERS > …not much to say, as all is known… Though they could be Added to ADVENTURE Mode as EXTRA FOES…just saying
• KNIGHTHOOD of STEEL > …a monthy python version of “the brootherhood” (“…after having seen the destruction wrought by ARES and…martin & co. went mad, and…etc.”). Obsessed with Knights/Knighthood, they became an unpredictable and chaotic buch, so everyone “just steers clear of them these days…” . Following are a few items for “the knights”:
  WARHORSE → …mech leg. after traveling a set distance, the leg(s) build a charge (that is, the spring-loading mechanism is properly wound up… ). use to perform a short range forward jump. Only forward jumps are available.
  PUNCH LANCE → …Lance-a-lot with a twist. Instead of the explosion damaging the enemy, a spring loaded giant fist shoots out after collision (it’s still a lance-a-lot ), creating extreme impulse…like some crossbows.
  REAPER BALISTA → …looks like WH dark elves Reaper Bolt Thrower. fires bolts in rapid succession, two by two, not all at once. could have a perk that lets you fire all bolts when charging the shot, or something…

…That All XO Folks…