I have no idea what the Massacre is... Anyway, I only used the reflector on Tor. Even then I finished him off with the Veloci-whatever and Devestator. Playing Tennis with the Boss can be frusturating.
edited 19th May '09 5:21:54 PM by Eriksson
The reflector's almost never worth it if you can avoid using it. Yeah, you save ammo, but you greatly increase your risk of being hit. ESPECIALLY if you're fighting a berserker and have to keep straight which attack they're about to use. Or multiple enemies. Ammo's not that scarce. And it takes a while to kill people with it anyways, and if they decide not to use rockets for a while it gets boring.
If you've got one enemy (especially a predictable Tasen Commander), it's probably an ok way to save ammo. Otherwise, it's an easy trap to fall into and not much more.
I know.
I wish I knew that during my first (pacifist) run through Deep Sector. I kept trying to crack those doors within half a second, because those buggers kept shooting at me before I could finish. Almost killed me before I got to the teleporter.
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...I'd like to mention again that kicking Asha 1 is great fun, especially delivering the finishing blow with a kick. Anyways, Asha 1 and normal assasins are only immune to rockets, spread rockets, shocksplinter, splintergun, devastator and possibly plasma cannon (I'm not sure). They're vulnerable to kicks, resonance detonator (I think), both shotguns, machinegun, both pulse weapons, nuke, and presumably both weapon 8s (though I've never tried). Asha 2 is immune to absolutely everything except the shotgun and buster gun. Presumably he teleports out of the building or something whenever he sees you pulling the trigger on a nuke.
Just discovered this game. :) First attempt I was pretty much killing everything, got as far as Sector 6 and could not handle the Assassins. Second attempt I went for a pacifist run trying to get all the ribbons, can't remember whether 7 or 8 was the first one I missed and then I lost the perfect pacifist rating when I failed to save Dan. Decided to switch to "pacifist except for bosses" from there — of course I had not invested any levels in weaponry, so Iosa and Asha were great fun.
Still going to try for perfect pacifist with all ribbons next.
Well, you don't really get any speed ups or stuff, so Asha pretty much stays the same. I killed Asha using the basic shotgun myself, the second time. (I used the basic resonance weapon the first time.)
As for Iosa, you get to use environmental features to your advantage, don't you? And as for the second half of that fight...what happens if you don't have high enough crack? How much crack do you actually need?
edited 26th May '09 7:35:36 AM by GlennMagusHarvey
I'm pretty sure it adjusts itself to whatever crack level you actually have. Which seems kinda backwards to me, because it actually presents you with a system of that level to crack, meaning if you don't put any points in it you have an EASIER time than if you max it... it would've been better if he'd cheated and used a level eight or nine layout regardless of your level, and maybe punished the lower levels with having to solve two or three of them in a row. But hey, this way it's possible to beat her on ulitmortal yet if you get there with ten crack you don't have to sit there and laugh at how wimpy Iosa's security is next to the systems you've been cracking all game.
I think the only times I ever reached her with nonmaxed crack, outside of ultimortal, was through single sector play. Because yeah, while it's not required, so much in this game depends on crack that you'd be a fool not to buy it. Fighters want access to the more powerful half of the game's arsenal and possibly to sabotage nasty foes, and everybody wants to open half the locked doors in the game and get lots of free items. The only stat that's more universally important is health.

Also... what are your thoughts on the reflector? personally, I think it's a great stat saver, especially in higher difficulty levels, where they are reduced. However, still haven't mastered the timing.
edited 19th May '09 5:01:42 PM by Noimporta