As soon as I began walking, I imdiately noticed the difference in my movent speed that ca with the nearly 2x increase in my agility.
It would be wise to adjust to my new speed before I go looking for another fight. No need to place myself in a disadvantageous situation if I can avoid it.
Acknowledging that my new speed would beco a hindrance for because I wasn't used to the performance upgrade, I took several minutes to practice an assortnt of movents intent on getting used to my faster movent speed. As I was progressing through the various movents, I picked up on another change, a minor improvent in my reaction speed.
Hmm, that's interesting, agility improves both my movent speed and reaction speed from the looks of things… Since it boosts that too I wonder if I pour enough points into it, would I be able to perform sothing on the level of bullet ti or anything else comparable to it? Badass rank never had a real limit, other than its 32-bit ga limit (2,147,483,647), so I don't see why I wouldn't be able to if I work on raising it.
That said, I have no intention of just increasing it alone because being a glass cannon in a world with no New-U Stations sounds beyond stupid for obvious reasons. Not to ntion being all on my own in this new land with no one else to rely upon... At least at this current ti.
Therefore, it would make the most sense to be as capable of an individual as I can be in as many fields as possible. Pursuing that sort of build in combination with monstrous individual combat power should give the ability to handle the nurous difficulties I'll no doubt face in the pursuit of my monuntal goals… I got a ton of work ahead of if I want to make that sort of build work, in fact, many tis what would be required for others.
Deciding to pursue a path that combined a jack of all trades with strong individual combat abilities, I remained in a brainstorming state for a while longer, thinking about the many things I would need to invest in and learn about, in the not so distant future. I then ca out of it, refocused my efforts on what I needed to do now, in the present, and continued adjusting to my newfound speed and reaction ti. The second, I believed I had a decent grasp of my improved abilities; I strode forward with the sa caution I had prior to my minor power up, prepared to take on my next battle.
The minutes ticked on by as I walked further and further into the mine and after venturing even deeper; I ca upon a bunch of offshoots that lead off to god knows where. Giving them a good look, I found that so of them appeared to have been mined out by human ans. As for the others, they were obviously the handiwork of the creatures of Pandora, if the many claw marks and acid pitting were anything to go by.
Alright, now that I found several branches, what do I want to do... Well, if I continue down the main mine tunnel like I've been doing up to this point, I'll more than likely end up at so sort of hub or staging area and maybe discover an escape route for myself if shit above ground goes south. I don't know if I'll find anything like that for sure since I'm only just guessing, but that doesn't sound all that bad.
However, if I decide to do that and don't clear out the side paths and have to beat a hasty retreat for so reason or another, I could end up getting cut off by whatever hostiles may or may not be lurking within those offshoots. That could very easily result in eting my maker, especially if I'm unlucky... Yeah, I can 100% see shit hitting the fan, so I'm probably best off clearing out the sides before I continue pushing deeper into the depths of the mine.
The only issue with doing so is it'll certainly extend my stay here in this shithole, which I'm not all that thrilled about. That aside, I'm sure it'll be well worth the effort since I would be gaining rewards in the way of exp, badass tokens, and possibly even so loot from whatever I exterminate. All of which would benefit and empower to so extent, so it's not like it wouldn't be worth the trouble.
...
I spent a brief few monts giving my next action so more thought and eventually ca to what I believed was the right decision.
After thinking it over, I know it's not worth the risk of leaving myself open to even more enemies from these offshoots. Hence, I'm going to have to clear them out one by one before venturing further into the main tunnel.
With my decision made, I slowly scanned the area one last ti and as I was about to start wandering off into one of the branches, the beams my two flashlights were emitting hit sothing reflective a slight bit further in the darkness of the main tunnel. Curious as to what it was, I moved in the direction of the reflective object and found another electrical room. Having already learned my lesson the first ti, I positioned my weapon and opened the door swiftly and lit the space within up with my two light sources ready to lay out any larva crab worms that attempted to ambush .
Upon opening the door, I was t with no armored alien lobsters flying at , so not finding any imdiate threats, I examined the space and when I was absolutely sure the space was clear; I stepped in and began looking around closely. Seconds into my inspection, my eyes landed on an item that I pretty much wrote off on finding.
"Would you look at what we got here!" I thought aloud excitedly as I stared at the missing piece of my heavy mining suit.
Letting my high fire rate incendiary Atlas machine co to rest against my abdominal region, I picked up the dust covered helt and brushed the poor thing off revealing its orange iridescent visor. Clearing off the rest of the accumulated dirt and gri revealed two built-in flashlights, one on either side of the iron black helt.
This helt and armor set is giving off so serious Red Faction EDF vibes.
Pumped to test this new piece of kit out, I ssed around with it until I figured out how to activate the built-in lights. And once I found the activator on the side of the heavy helm, I put my head in it and fitted it into place. The second I did, a chanical chanism in the suit activated and locked the helt to the suit. Initially thinking that sound was kinda cool, I played around with my new head protection and got used to the slightly reduced field of view along with the inbuilt hearing protection headset.
The field of view trade off is not that bad of a deal, considering the amount of protection this heavy helt provides. That alone would make it worth it in my eyes, let alone the other benefits it provides, like the inbuilt lighting, communication, and hearing protection.
Overall, very happy with my completed set of armor, I attempted to remove the helt.
"Uh-oh."
Unwilling to give up on removing it just yet, I tried and tried and tried again, but no matter how much force I put into it, the armored helt refused to relinquish its grip.
If I can't get this helt off, how the fuck am I going to eat and drink… And go to the bathroom?
Instantly fearing the worst, I started sweating bullets at the possibility of being trapped in the suit with no way of removing it, even with my body's incredible strength. I panicked for a brief few monts, however; I didn't remain in that state for long and quickly got ahold of myself and went to the good ole ECHOnet for help. And not long after I began searching, I found the info I was seeking.
Phew "I thought I may have screwed myself there." I vocalized my relief after removing the helt.
With the ECHOnet coming in clutch yet again, I re-equipped the armored helt, turned the lights on and looted the rest of the maintenance space before exiting it and returning to the section of the main tunnel with the several branching paths. The mont I arrived, I thought about which of the offshoots I wanted to explore. It took a bit of thinking but I eventually settled on giving the creature made tunnels the priority for the simple reason that I believed I would encounter more hostiles who would inevitably empower further once they were slaughtered.
Now that that's decided, what should I do to prevent myself from getting lost in these networks of tunnels... Hmm, I've been removing and tossing aside belts of ammunition as it's generated by my hoarder class mod, so I could lay the rounds out in the direction of the way out. I'm pretty limited in terms of options, therefore that'll have to do in combination with marking the tunnel walls with my lee weapons.
Having co up with a quick and dirty solution, I started my trek into the first creature made branch with my gun ready to lay into any poor fella that enters my crosshair. I traveled for a couple of minutes down this tunnel and paid especially close attention to the walls of the tunnel since they possessed many larva crab worm sized holes. My journey continued on like this for a handful more seconds when I suddenly spotted a larva crab worm staring down and beginning to position itself so it could attempt to launch from its hidey-hole.
Not so fast, big guy.
Already prepared and constantly on the lookout for any incoming surprises, I locked onto the large alien purple lobster looking creature and pulled the trigger, sending forth a stream of incendiary rounds. The burst of bullets flew out the end of my weapon's barrel at over 1,000 rounds per minute and struck the bugger's sole critical area, killing the not so small creature on the spot.
As my first victim's body went limp halfway out of its ho, I started to turn to the opposite side of the tunnel to check it out. However, before I could, a stream of purple-colored acid attacks landed on and started eating away at my shields.
It's going to take a lot more than that to break through my shields.
Confident in my shield's durability, it held up strong against the corrosive damage and although I wasn't in too much danger just yet, I quickly transitioned in my attacker's direction and took aim. The instant I lined up my scope's reticle on the armored creature's singular purple eye, I laid into it and effortlessly dispatched that larva crab worm as well.
All the ruckus I was making stirred up the location's residents and before I knew it, I was taking down one creature after the next as they ca pouring out of the various sized holes in the tunnel's walls. Keeping my wits about , I tried to pay attention to everything going around , to the best of my abilities.
It's a damn good thing I did because I heard movent coming from behind not all that long later. So with imdiate threats approaching from my six, I hastily spun around and held the trigger down whilst sweeping my machine gun from right to left. Luckily for , my rapid fire sweep nailed all three of the fuckers moving in on my rear in their vitals, pretty much saving from eting my end.
I need to put so distance between and these oversized bugs before I get overrun.
Knowing that I could easily get surrounded and overwheld where I stood, I whipped my weapon back in the previous direction and held down the trigger, laying down a wall of suppressive fire while I began back pedalling to the main tunnel. The wall of fire I laid out kept the beasts at bay and snuffed out a good number of them. So, seeing my chance, I turned round and hauled ass for the main tunnel, not looking back even a single ti.
Once I made it back to the main tunnel, I unloaded my Atlas machine gun's spent magazine and loaded a fresh fully loaded one into it. Letting the bolt slam forward, I drew my Vladof machine gun that I had slung on my back and wielded the two of them together. Dual wielding both machine guns at the sa ti, I waited in anticipation for the swarm of larva crab worms I encountered on the branching pathway to catch up. And not long after I took position, multiple larva crab worms crawled out from the darkness simultaneously.
This is where the real fun begins.
I thought lastly before bracing both of my machine guns as hard as I could and pressing their triggers.
[ Status Changes ]
Level: 1 → 3
Experience Points: 390
Total Experience Points Earned: 240 → 630
Health: 1,872 → 2,080
Health Regeneration: 3.672 HP/s → 4.08 HP/s
Stamina: 1,800 → 2,000
Stamina Regeneration: 5.2 SP/s → 5.4 SP/s
Skill Points: 0 → 2
Machine Gun Proficiency: lvl 1 | Reload Speed 6% - Stability 6% |
Badass Tokens: 1 → 40
[ Loot Acquired ]
Guns: | Uncommon || Dahl | RD Surplus Raptor Pistol - | Common || Generic | Basic Pistol (1)
Armor: | Uncommon || Dahl | Heavy D.E.D. Mining Suit Helt
ds: Minor Healing Kits (3) - Minor Insta-Health Vials (6)
Ammunition: 959
Grenades: 5
Dollars: 551
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