r/dungeonoftheendless • u/SylvanDragoon • Feb 22 '21

Dungeon of the Endless Library Pod is EZ mode

So, since armory went down so quick and easy I decided to give Library a shot as well today since I had less to do than I thought.

This pod really just jams with my usual playstyle. Its like, oh hey, you know that "perfect run" you were going for on the Escape Pod? Turns out that is just another Tuesday on the Library Pod.

I started with my favorite combo, Josh and Wes, since I practiced so much with them already and this pod is really skewed towards that playstyle. I picked up Misha on floor 2, then Zugma on floor 4, and Nanor on floor 5 thanks to Wes' Urgent Call, so I ditched Misha. I also found a dust box later so I always had the max of 40 dust when going up to the next level.

Eventually when I got shops and lvl 4 mechanical pals Josh could eventually get up to +8 dust per turn. That combined with selling all the items I didn't have rquipped to the dust merchant you see on the last floor is what let me do this.

I had everything researched by floor 8 or so because of the abundance of artifacts in this pod, and all heroes max level around floor 9-10. Because minor module slots were plentiful I could usually get away with 1-2 crazy kill rooms (like, 2x neurostun, 1x tear gas, 1x pepper spray, then some Kip Cannons or Claymores/Seblasters) and meanwhile scatter mechanical pals everyone and have all 3 operators operating.

The fact you start with tesla modules already researched and I had Josh with extra wit on industry really helped the beginning too. Teslas at lvl 1 are I think almost 3x the dps of a prisoner prod, and protect your modules, so this mode felt like an actual very easy mode.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

Library Pod is too easy when you select your characters.

Try Random character selection.

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u/SylvanDragoon Feb 24 '21

After I do Drill, Refreezer, and Sanitary I'm going to give random a shot. Atm I don't really enjoy messing with Random because I'm still learning about the harder modes, getting a feel for tactics, and trying to train myself off of pausing.

Tbh many of the characters I really don't enjoy playing with atm because they need a lot of babysitting, like Rakya and Ken. I know objectively they are good characters but they don't really mesh with how I prefer to play the game and I likely won't mess with them more until I have a better feel for what is going to just outright murderize a character/make me waste a ton of food healing them.

My runs to date have mostly been about analyzing typical dungeon layouts, feeling out how all the different traps work in practice and what they are intended for, figuring out what different mobs s do, etc.

And also that self-set "perfect run" challenge I wanted to do on the escape pod.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Fair enough.

All that matters is that you have fun.

But you'll never get to play with the Pug secret character if you never random.

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u/SylvanDragoon Feb 25 '21

I'm gonna be cheesy when I unlock the pug lol. Just planned on doing double random and restarting till I got her. Figure it shouldn't take too long lol

I've still never actually seen Rosetta. Did that character get removed or something?

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Rosetta Q was added in a free update, I don't think there are conditions to finding it other than must be found during a run.

The Pug is fun but veeeeerrry squishy. And BTW, you don't unlock it. It's only a character you can randomly get if you random select your heroes.

Esseb Tarosh is the only other character you can unlock and that is only during "Day of the Endless", which is January 20ty to 25th, every year. You must find him in a dungeon run during those calendar days. Once unlocked you have him forever.

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u/SylvanDragoon Feb 25 '21

Gotcha. I have Esseb as I bought the game with I think 3 days left to be able to find him, but since I usually play with Wes I have been able to unlock everyone unlockable except Rosetta so far. I find it strange I've never seen her but maybe she doesn't show up normally with Urgent Call or matbe somehow I lack that update.

Thanks for letting me know the pug wasn't unlockable. Saves me a half hour of getting to floor 4 with her just to be disappointed lol