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Elona plus has 3 acts, and a lot of unique power gaming possibilities.

Omake has just the first act, but deeply extends and enhances vanilla power gaming mechanics.

Both are excellent and feel very different. As odd as it sounds I personally think plus feels more like vanilla, but thays just my opinion. There is a discord for both on the elkna wiki.

Quote from: Jopax on December 18, 2021, 12:45:09 am

Also I really really wish they added some QoL automation and filtering features, hunting trough the factory tab to discard what you don't need and find what you want is a chore, and dealing with power stones in the museum even worse, and don't even get me started with some of the lab experiments (fucking coils and having to upgrade each and every single one of them individually).

Jopax gets it.

There is a keybinding that is empty by default to delete things in the factory, powerstones are a chore but if you set up an autoclicker script that lets you place autoclicks it gets a lot easier. Same with the coil experiment, an autoclicker and using the arrow keys makes it much easier.

Era foes initially take /e20 less damage, and have that much extra attack power. Focus on forest easy, use stuns turn off software, and go as slow as possible to get enough kills and hits for research

Looking through his list, most of what he's asking for is already done. Just need to put in a bunch of time googling and using crafttweaker to change recipes added by various mods. Really the only things I've never even seen are infinite inventory space (there's a bunch of mods with nesting backpacks. Pre update iron backpacks was incredible), the armor thing, and the xp thing though I'm fairly sure there are skill systems for minecraft. Still, probably a few weeks worth of effort just going through the data files for all those mods and tweaking them just right.

The final boss is somewhat dependent on what you do during the run. If you rush straight down to it, no deviations from the straight down path, its very weak. The boss to the right is deliberately absurd from what I understand. In terms of final boss health, you need to go well out of your way to max out the bosss health and if you've gone that far out of your way you should have access to the resources to still kill it.

Psychometry is front loading a tinkers chances against long term planning. Theres three data disc suppliers in the early game with a standard start, but those cost significantly for even basic gear. Sure, you can build from disc, dismantle, and go for the reverse engineer, then use the discs as trade goods, but that requires water/trade goods to start with, plus at least a level or two for reverse engineer.

Of course, for a lot of things it doesnt matter TOO much. Being able to build more then one set of Ulnar Stimulators is generally worthless early on, though it does make a decent way to turn bits into water. Being able to learn a nuclear cell could be useful, and it does feel really nice to just be able to fill out your tinker list. And it does make data discs effectively "free", since you can build one and sell it back.  Doors are, basically not an issue for the most part. HOWEVER, there is one fairly major source it opens up, and that's all the stuff on the tables with the Urshibs. That can include hoversleds and nuclear cells pretty easily, among other artifacts, and examining them has risks.

There's a new sort of bombs that are amazing for that. Scarab bombs. Sturdy Fossil plus regular bombs. Makes a long, directional hole 3 tiles wide.

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-shogun-2-giveaway-and-total-war-sale-faq/

Total war: Shogun 2 is free to keep starting monday. PCGamer seems to think its going to be a giveaway on steam, the total war article seems to indicate that you have a chance to download it free to the PC during that week but doesnt specify if is from a service.

Also, Pac Man 2 Championship edition is currently free on steam for the next short bit. Unsure of how long remains in that.