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Land of Devastation Grind Guide Pt 2
Adam Park 1:134/302
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Welcome to our continuing series examaning the epic door game from the
90s, Land of Devastation. Check out previous issues of Fidonews for
parts you may have missed!
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Coming/published sections:
1) About
*Check last week's issue*
2) General Gameplay Guidelines
*We are HERE*
3) Shopping Recommendations
4) Stat Points
4a) Overview of Sources of Stat Points
4b) How to Distribute Stat Points for this Build
5) Combat Strategy
6) Tables
6a) Leveling Order
6b) Key Purchase Order
7) Grind Guide
7a) Zone 1
7b) Zone 2
7c) Drugs: Everything in Moderation
7d) Zone 3
7e) Zone 4
7f) Zone 5
7g) Shrine of Hercules
7h) Zone 6
7i) Endgame content
8) Supplemental Information
2) General Gameplay Guidelines
- Make sure you always have rations, medkits, and the necessary ammo
for your weapons. Keep an eye on armor durability as well. Double-
check and have extras when possible.
- Always sell items to the SSSS rather than regular stores because you
get more. (65% of base value).
- Always deposit leftover money at the end of the day into the game
account. The game part of it doesn't work (must have been a future
feature) so you just get better daily interest. When you've saved up
for a major item purchase and are nearing the end of your playing day,
consider delaying the purchase so that you can put the money in your
account overnight and gain a nice bit of interest toward the next
major purchase.
- Don't carry (in your inventory, equipped is ok) items you are not ok
losing, as some monsters will do so randomly and are too strong to
fight when you first enter their zone. The safest place for items you
don't want to lose ~while you're playing~ is on the ground in Sacre
base, or later, in your fortress.
- ALWAYS immediately equip items upon purchase. You don't want to run
into a fight thinking you're stronger than you are, or, worse yet, get
your newly purchased item stolen. (Not that that's happened to me, of
course).
- Once you start cloning yourself, remember that it's like a save
point for your character, so you need to re-clone after you level,
drink from a stat fountain, etc. (Note: If you drink from a stat
fountain, die, and resurrect from a clone made before you drank from
the stat fountain, you still won't be able to get stat fountain bonus
again!! Definitely learned this the hard way).
- There are several SSSS centres on the map and they have rotating
daily item specials, always a good idea to check the ones you can
safely get to every day.
- IF YOU DIE in the early game before you can afford/should bother to
clone, DO NOT RESURRECT, you will PERMANENTLY LOSE STATS, even if you
clone in the future. Just make a new character and go pick up your
stuff. Money/equipment matters way more than experience in the early
levels, and cloning yourself (the safety against losing stats) costs
quite a bit of money and would need to be frequently updated in the
early levels. I put it off until about level 6.
- MAKE SURE to keep enough money in a bank account to re-clone
yourself immediately when you resurrect if you've died. It also
doesn't hurt to keep some bare minimum armor/shield laying on the
ground at the exit of the base in case you need to run back to your
corpse somewhere further away. (The same applies for having a backup
raft as well). There's nothing worse than having an updated clone, resurrecting, trying to run to your corpse, and then dying again and
not having a clone anymore. Don't learn the hard way.
- IMPORTANT NOTE ON STAT FOUNTAINS: There are three fountains that
give you stats in the game, if you drink from one, die, then resurrect
from a clone not only will the clone not have your stat bonuses, they
will no longer be able to get them from the fountain, ever! You
absolutely must clone immediately after drinking from a stat fountain,
do not put it off until you level, just in case, even if you have
EMWarp. (Mistakes happen...statues knock laptops out of your
inventory...not that this ever happened to me).
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Stay tuned next week for shopping guidelines!
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