Hoard your Ylandium Crystals

[Aethelis 38]

hey.

i asked this elsewhere, but couldnt find it anymore.

i found some nice resources today and unlocked new gear. i thought that i should post this here:

do not break the crystals for dust, you might need a lot of them for a nice set of armor (at least by the looks of it) later. 

[bigblockhead 17]

Hoard all the things- you can also make some sweet weapon and lighting

 

[Aleš Ulm 1725]

Yes, you guys might want to hold on to your Ylandium because there will be a lot of machinery/items that require it in the game eventually

[Gracekain 86]

17 hours ago, Aleš Ulm said:

Yes, you guys might want to hold on to your Ylandium because there will be a lot of machinery/items that require it in the game eventually

lol, hint hint!

[wilcojohn 2]

I have found one piece of ylandium in a cave, how often will you find it?

[Miguel Preguisa 443]

Not sure but I have fully explored four ylands and not a single one.  

[A3_Melle 150]

I had some luck.... found 2 pieces just a few hundred meters in a cave, went further down and ran in to a pack of mutated panthers (killed 10 already and more keep coming) and to busy fighting them off, i love the katana sword (did a new explorer mission to get some animal activities, and kinda regret that now  ).

[wilcojohn 2]

What is a tactic for trying to melee   mutated cats

[Sprout 38]

I tend to use some style of spear or lance, and lighter armor, and do something that is kind of a cross between "Oberyn Martell aka Red Viper,  vs The Mountain", and an old 1990s Final Fantasy Dragoon with JUMP special attack (Kain).

Pretty much I constantly bounce around in a circle so that it has a harder time trying to target me, while i poke with my spear as often as I can. Bounce-Bounce-Poke-Bounce-Bounce-Poke.. I try to jump the opposite way it spun last (clockwise v counter). I don;t actually know for a fact whether spears/lances even have longer melee range/reach, or whether lighter armor makes one more agile/nimble at evasion, but in my mind it always seems like a decent strategy.   

 

Probably 20% of the time i die anyway cuz i am really not all that good at it  but i will take 80% wins. 

 

(Well, you did ask for A tactic and not necessarily the best tactic...) 

 

Edited May 24, 2017 by Sprout

[Miguel Preguisa 443]

You don't have to melee them. Use gun or (my favorite) bow. You are pretty much safe when killing them from a far.

[Aethelis 38]

atm, my weapon of choice is the x-crossbow, two bolts for most predators, including alpha mutants.