New DLC: Shadow Plague

[DrakeHellsing]

1 minute ago, AlcoholicDinosaw said:

In my defence I did say if following a guide It is a really fun one, plus the new music is nice!

Yeah, just wanted to try it out and see what it was like, still an interesting plague for sure

[CloudsInHead]

Finished and had fun, too. One of my favorite "plagues." Don't need to infect right away.... just use your Vamp to subjugate humanity.

 

Best strat (hybrid from a bunch of guides) for Mega-Brutal (4/5 and 5/5 Biohazards depending on your comfort level):

 

Beginning Genes: (This can be done with ZERO genes unlocked, BTW. You can farm this on Normal with reloading a save game on a win to keep unlocking all the traits)

 

1. Scavenger or Harvester (either one works well, IMO, with Scavenger being slightly more useful for aggressive, triple-speed play

2. Bat Bolt (faster bat flight = get to and from Templar bases quickly)

3. Aquacyte (the only issue would be islands which should be killed/taken over first anyways; could go with aerocyte or teracyte)

4. Extremophile (bonus in all environments, very good)

5. Vampire Specific Genes: Socially Awkward Bat (to kill drones fast and auto-attack/infect a country, Mad Scientist (DNA), or Berserker

 

This can be done without saving to be honest (BUT DO IT ANYWAYS)... All you need to know is:

 

1. Don't lose your vampire

2. If the last Templar base creates a pop-up saying the forces have grown stronger you will be unable to continue and must retry or reload a save.

3. Your vampire is your main source of DNA; evolve Blood Rage to max, Dark Ritual 1/2, and Therianthropy 1/2 to make it a fast, population consuming monster

 

Strategy (top 100/200 scores, first try):

 

1. Start in Greenland (vets know why); evolve your Rage 2 levels (NO LAIRS YET); KILL every last Greenlander (I play on speed 2/3, but pay attention and pause sometimes)

 

2. Once done in Greenland, traverse to Iceland (another pesky cold, island in the North Sea that is notorious for persevering); same strat although the killing will take longer and the Templar forces probably will take notice/begin to set up shop.

 

3. Evolve Blood Rage 3 levels, Dark Ritual 2/2, Therianthropy 2/2; kill Iceland's population then move on to decimate all Templar bases ASAP (before the last one gets too strong). Remember, the remaining bases get stronger the more you destroy (due to them learning how to combat the vampire), so evolve Blood Rage to maximum.

 

4a. Once your Templar bases have been culled (should take some time to travel around, attack the bases, retreat if need be, heal, attack, repeat) it's time to begin the setup. Evolve Lairs; I also evolved the advanced healing in lairs (swimming in DNA) to gain an edge with the last Templar base (you need to be fast, it's a little tricky).

 

4b. (Optional Destruction): This will take longer and maybe give your a lower score, but destroying small countries (especially islands) at this stage is a very safe and sound strategy. Much like Greenland and Iceland, invade the Caribbean, Botswana, Madagascar, New Zealand, Japan and kill the population at will. This is overkill, but it's not a bad idea to remove Botswana (goes down fast), the Carib, and NZ. I also went for Norway/Finland as they are pesky research contributors (but easy to destroy). 

 

5. Place lairs in: Central America/Mexico, Brazil, Central Africa, China/India, Australia (there is a reason for this, think heat, location, population etc.). You should have Travel Speed fully evolved (your Vamp should be almost totally upgraded and you should have 400-600 DNA points by this time, depending on your speed).

 

6. Unleash the Shadow Plague. Evolve all symptoms and visit EVERY lair quickly, infecting as many countries around it as you can. Evolve Drug Resistance/Heat Resistance/Cold Resistance and ALL TRANSMISSION (beginning with Zoonotic shift, Bat 1 and 2, Air/Water ONE ONLY, and all other Transmissions, saving Dog 2 and Wolf 1 and 2 for last).

 

7. Plague should be out of control and infecting at a frightening rate. Use your vampire to eliminate the cure countries (they go down easily) and infect the world. Creating another vampire at this stage is fun, but not necessary. The cure has no way of catching up with the infection if you are destroying the leading researchers. Since you have evolved Shadow Slaves by this point, you will subjugate humanity once Infection is 100% of the globe. Make sure by stage 4b you have a large surplus of DNA; your vampire farms this really fast if you click at the right time. This is a fail-proof 4/5, 5/5 Biohazard run... I hope it helps and I will edit any mistakes or add any additional information if requested.

 

=D

 

Edited April 12, 2017 by The_Apex_Badger

[VoidVictorious]

Is the dlc included with the game? It doesn’t appear to be in stores.

[Vern3r0z]

6 minutes ago, VoidVictorious said:

Is the dlc included with the game? It doesn’t appear to be in stores.

yes

[BadRep24]

10 minutes ago, VoidVictorious said:

Is the dlc included with the game? It doesn’t appear to be in stores.

It's purely free update content. I heard they'll put a new scenario in the future, which it might have its own trophy list.