The 'I didn't know that' thread

[GT3000]

I learned Raider's dont't have any sort of "help you kill the Arkfall" system,

But that's wrong, Tim.

Raiders drop single-use rocket launchers (kill the blasters) that deal massive damage to the crystal.

[Deviliusrift]

Infector weapons eats through arkfall crystals.. just spam them on their weakspot to fill up 3 infector gauge (on your crosshair) then you can continue to spam it even if its not a weakspot... will do 130+ damage a tick (like 5 times a second) melts them away!

[JMadFour]

EGO Upgrades need to be Unlocked with EGO Points. But they have to be EQUIPPED before they have any effect.

you don't automatically get the benefit of the Upgrade when you unlock it.

[Corun]

basically what others have said.

there is an arkfall event where the objective is to destory the crystal. you do this by shooting it.

However the crystal has very very very strong armour, so takes a very long time. Unless weak spots are created. these dramatically increase the amount of damage it takes, they can only be created by lesser mobs, IE the skitterlings (the tiny hellbugs that die very easily)

where as it is easy to kill them in the crossfire, and if they are comming at you, rather then the crystal. otherwise leave them be and shoot the bigger nastys, like the archers or warriors

This is something apparently a lot of players still don't know/understand is that the Arkfalls are not in fact crystals or meteors. They are debris from spaceship wreckage in orbit around Earth and what you are looting for 'payday' is alien technology.

Watch the 14 minute TV spot and they show what Arkfalls are supposed to be. Trion got it wrong and there are threads on the feedback forums asking to get the Arkfalls retextured correctly since the game and the TV series are supposed to be one and the same.

[Dead_Phoenix]

This is something apparently a lot of players still don't know/understand is that the Arkfalls are not in fact crystals or meteors. They are debris from spaceship wreckage in orbit around Earth and what you are looting for 'payday' is alien technology.

Watch the 14 minute TV spot and they show what Arkfalls are supposed to be. Trion got it wrong and there are threads on the feedback forums asking to get the Arkfalls retextured correctly since the game and the TV series are supposed to be one and the same.

for the record i am fully aware of what they are. i am using the games terminology (correct or not) so players can relate easyier

[Nortfor]

Noticed on the last beta (the only one I've played) that the weapon people are using isn't displayed correctly, everybody is wielding a shotgun..

This is probably going to get fixed I suppose..?

[Amnesia]

At EGO level 250 you open up Contracts, a reputation tab in your menu, and get reputation drops from mobs.

I hit EGO 250, but I couldn't figure out how to get/turn in contracts...

[Corbec]

This is something apparently a lot of players still don't know/understand is that the Arkfalls are not in fact crystals or meteors. They are debris from spaceship wreckage in orbit around Earth and what you are looting for 'payday' is alien technology.

Watch the 14 minute TV spot and they show what Arkfalls are supposed to be. Trion got it wrong and there are threads on the feedback forums asking to get the Arkfalls retextured correctly since the game and the TV series are supposed to be one and the same.

But who says that the crystals are not part of the debris that floats around in orbit? Maybe it's some kind of material the arks were crafted from or part of their former cargo? Maybe the arkfall in the series is a special one and therefore a whole ship? Lorewise we don't know that much.

[DFawkes]

Watch the 14 minute TV spot and they show what Arkfalls are supposed to be. Trion got it wrong and there are threads on the feedback forums asking to get the Arkfalls retextured correctly since the game and the TV series are supposed to be one and the same.

I was always under the impression that it was always supposed to be both. For example, bits of terraforming technology could've infected rock in the Arkbelt, which makes them become heavier in Gulanite before they crash to Earth. Indeed, there are lots of explanations for why there could be more than one type of Arkfall There could've been ships simply carrying ore.

Once you've completed the tutorial you end up in the starting area, if you turn right and run up the hill there's a vehicle, 3 enemies, and your first data recorder just inside the collapsed tunnel.

Now this I definitely missed. Nice catch!

[error]

Some 10 basic things to know from my experience

1.) If you want to add mod slots to a single weapon you most unequipped it then wait ten minutes, then re-equip it.
2.) Be optimistic about buying purple weapons (some have the same stats as green or white and blue) purple is over 5,000 bits and a simple white can be 1,000 bits
3.) Don't mod a powerful weapon with a single MOD 1 mod(s), trust me you will regret this because you cant take the mod back just wait until later in the game to mod a weapon.
4.) Avoid the explosives from enemies by jumping up away most likely you wont be harmed.
5.) Always hide behind buildings or objects if your shields are down the enimies will sometimes run away.
6.) Always look for weak spots ( they usually spark or there a different color, or common sense as to what it would be)
7.) Always have a BMG as a secondary for fast health gain when no one else can heal you.
8.) Don't always zoom in and aim around targets, hip firing is just as good and you move faster; just slightly less accuracy.
9.) Elemental weapons usually have they same melee affect as the power of the element it is.
10.) Don't waste ammo, run everything that moves over lol