Am I Taking Crazy Pills? (LMDF)
I've been playing a lot of Leon Must Die Forever for the past two days.
While I was initially off put by the high health of the enemies and the inability to properly make a build, this mode has really hooked me after sinking some time into it.
Some things I'm learned:
Route planning is important. You are guaranteed some items like weapon chests along certain paths which is not something you'll be able to do until playing several times through.
Build craft is on fly and should be changed mid-route. The way you can compensate for the randomization of weapons is by re-speccing your modifiers into what you have. You do this initially at the beginning of a run, but should oftentimes start rejiggering your configuration by the halfway point. Sometimes you can hold out for the right weapon if you have a valuable collection of modifiers, but this is risky.
Reroll and level up modifiers - given the amount of blood you will earn on a particular run you should be rerolling or leveling up your modifiers to get a more favorable pull in the favor of the build you either have at the beginning or decide on at the midway points.
The extra ranks loadouts and unlocks provide significant improvements for a run's gameplay variety and also reaching a higher dps skill ceiling in order to overcome the increasing challenge. This was not apparent to me initially.
From learning more after playing for 4-5 hours I've found the mode much more manageable and enjoyable to burst through.
I'd say my biggest issue is a common one- the lack of new maps/enemies.
I was hoping to provide some tips for those who are struggling and perhaps vent my confusion at the significant amount of complaining about this free mode. This personal disconnect probably also rhymes with my enjoyment of the Leon sections in the story being opposite from many who found them to be significantly weaker than Grace's.
I found this especially bizarre considering that Mercanaries and Raid are better, they are also largely fighting the same enemies in the same spaces.
Are you enjoying LMDF? Do you wish it was just Mercenaries?