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Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« on: June 04, 2012, 10:12:15 am »
Ok, so, yeah, I just ran into that boss;  first time I've seen it (and boy is it wierd looking), didn't see it even ONCE in my previous world (and I went through like 5 continents).   Went into a desert mission like normal, hit a boss room, and then "What in the hell is THAT thing?!?"

Is there something I did to unlock it?  I didn't see anything like that in the unlock list, though it's possible I missed it....

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Re: Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2012, 10:23:10 am »
I got a Ghostly Heart for every single boss in the Deep, including the Wind shelter Microbosses. What bosses ordinarily seed in the deep?

Come to think of it, I haven't seen a single deep enemy besides miasma bats in a battlefield mission.
I can already tell this is going to be a roller coaster ride of disappointment.

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Re: Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2012, 05:05:54 pm »
I got a Ghostly Heart for every single boss in the Deep, including the Wind shelter Microbosses. What bosses ordinarily seed in the deep?
Can you post your world folder?  I tried reproducing this locally but the first boss I saw in a boss tower in the deep was a dark dragon.

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Re: Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2012, 05:45:04 pm »
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20222953/Anillon.zip

Here's the world. Currently there are no Deep regions available as I'm stuck on the 3rd continent (No lumbermancer=>No Residential Tower=>No Wind Shelter=>No escaaaape) but here it is.

It may just be a coincidence though. I haven't been in that many situations in the Deep that would call for a boss, but all of them have had to default to Ghostly Hearts. I still haven't encountered any of the cool Deep enemies though, like the "Giant ??? Head" or whatever it was renamed. Nor have I encountered a single utahraptor. Lava Flats, at least on continent 2, are all just Firebats and Explosive Espers.
I can already tell this is going to be a roller coaster ride of disappointment.

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Re: Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2012, 07:28:20 pm »
Check out the fifth item here: http://arcengames.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=AVWW_-_Post-Launch_Series_1_Release_Notes#Beta_1.046_Release_Candidate_1

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So, wait, this thing appears when a boss room would otherwise be empty due to seeding..... so, like happens in the caves every now and then?

That's an interesting solution.

Definitely was alot nastier than some of the other bosses.   And enormous.

I kinda like the idea of "rare, special boss" though.

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Re: Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2012, 07:52:11 pm »
Yep, that's what I thought. :)

Coppermantis, we'll check out your world in the morning -- thanks for it!
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Re: Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2012, 01:19:13 pm »
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20222953/Anillon.zip

Here's the world. Currently there are no Deep regions available as I'm stuck on the 3rd continent (No lumbermancer=>No Residential Tower=>No Wind Shelter=>No escaaaape) but here it is.

It may just be a coincidence though. I haven't been in that many situations in the Deep that would call for a boss, but all of them have had to default to Ghostly Hearts. I still haven't encountered any of the cool Deep enemies though, like the "Giant ??? Head" or whatever it was renamed. Nor have I encountered a single utahraptor. Lava Flats, at least on continent 2, are all just Firebats and Explosive Espers.
Loaded it up, made it back to continent 2, spawned a boss tower mission in one of the deep regions, got to the first boss room, found a giant deepwoods gargan.  Roasted it with that rather efficient flamethrower you built ;)

So can't reproduce always-ghostly-hearts.  But it may be due to recent fixes.  Anyway, thanks for the save :)
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Re: Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2012, 05:14:33 pm »
Wierd. Could have just been a coincidential streak. Anyway, thanks for checking it out.
I can already tell this is going to be a roller coaster ride of disappointment.

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Re: Ghostly Heart? ...what?
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2012, 03:56:10 am »
The RNG just hates you.
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