SPOILERS Most Effective Strategies: Against Bosses, With the Forms, and Swimming

[silverflagon]

I grabbed a puffer fish by accident today and had great fun swimming around gathering the foods that were dropping as I swam through the shoals  I have also tried the squid ink and it does kill anything it touches so far, I haven't tried it on a boss yet though  Has anyone else tried it yet?

[Chibi]

I just had a crazy thought: if you made a mod with all the bosses in it and used the squid-trick... It would be

RAD {EDIT} Reduced the size, so that it wouldn't be too much of a copy off of Alec's "RAD"

It would be the ultimate answer to the 'Who would win?" question! 

[Glamador]

I say Nautilus Prime would or Frog Prime would win.

[silverflagon]

I say Nautilus Prime would or Frog Prime would win.

Maybe? But the ink doesn't last very long, unless going back and eating another squid will double it. Does anyone know if eating more of the shooting enemies doubles the length of time you have the shots?

[Xiagan]

I thought so, but if not, it is easy to try, because you can easily count the shots.

[silverflagon]

I must do that next time I play the game, I don't know if I will tonight though?

[Glamador]

Yes eating the same enemy more than once lengthens the number of shots.  Each enemy you eat gives you a set number of shots, I know because I ate about 100 of those jumping guys in Mithala (I didn't know about that feature of beast form at first, I just ate everything in sight) and I had tons of those blue bouncing shots.

[silverflagon]

Yes eating the same enemy more than once lengthens the number of shots.  Each enemy you eat gives you a set number of shots, I know because I ate about 100 of those jumping guys in Mithala (I didn't know about that feature of beast form at first, I just ate everything in sight) and I had tons of those blue bouncing shots.

That's great Glamador because when I open the game to play it later today I am going to eat a dozen of those squids and those spinning starfish and go fight and see how I get on in the gauntlet But I will be prepared if it doesn't work against all those mutated forms

[Xiagan]

Be carreful: Afaik the amount of shots you have from other beings gets resetted if you save and quit the game. I'm quite sure Alec said, that he'll fix this in 1.1, but atm it's very annoying if you collect a huge amount of shots for the next time you play.

[silverflagon]

Be carreful: Afaik the amount of shots you have from other beings gets resetted if you save and quit the game. I'm quite sure Alec said, that he'll fix this in 1.1, but atm it's very annoying if you collect a huge amount of shots for the next time you play.

I'm used to this effect now Xiagan but thanks for the warning I have been stock piling food stuffs ready for this next part so eating squids etc will just be the last part before setting of down there

[Chibi]

I had a similarly annoying experience when I had hunted down all of the life-giving tadpoles in the Kelp Forest, then found that to get to the only save point available, I had to turn into fish form and abandon my friends.    I realized later that I had been using the tadpoles as a crutch way too often: now I am free! wait a sec...                ARRGHH, help! Weak little enemy attacking!

[inkblob]

Be carreful: Afaik the amount of shots you have from other beings gets resetted if you save and quit the game. I'm quite sure Alec said, that he'll fix this in 1.1, but atm it's very annoying if you collect a huge amount of shots for the next time you play.

you are correct sir! I recollect testing that exact issue out, seeing if my frog balls and squid ink were still in stock after a reboot of the game and beasty had a clean slate. that would be a nice fix for sure, if the ammo session was saved across game plays but I've worked around it and basically don't utilize it that much, probably because I never know if I'm full or empty. beast is still my #1 way of getting around and always get health through fishies, just not so much for combat, more like an armored taxi.

[silverflagon]

That is annoying but beast forms shots are not very precise any way so I have never relied on them, but I did like the idea of using that annoying little squids ink against her enemies, BUT WARNING! I have found that it only works against SOME of her enemies....  I just knew that I was onto too much of a good thing lol

[Chibi]

BTW, I just noticed a really funny glitch with the Beast Form. If you hold down the R key (for revolve) and whatever button you use to swim (w or the left mouse button), Naija spins head over heels while staying completely straight: her feet and head move around over an invisible pin in her torso. It's hilarious to watch: I'll try to get a video in an edit of this post ... stay tuned!

[Glamador]

Yea I've done that countless times.  Easy to repeatedly perform but nothing more than a funny visual effect.  I tried to see if there was any benefit and I can't find any.