Author: Ricardo

The Big Push is today's newest mission for Shred The Darkness. Its not certainly hard and there are 3 rounds. You essentially are a team of four preventing enemies from entering a blue box on the ground. The enemies have a new AI system where smaller enemies will immediately run to the blue box unless they are provoked by an attack.

The bigger enemies will more likely try to attack the players themselves, but still can move towards the blue box. There are also switches you can push to temporarily block yourself from the enemies. Ranged attacks work best against this situation.

Def Gauge

On the bottom right corner of your screen will be a Defense Gauge. Anytime an enemy runs into your blue box, you will hear a whistle. If the enemy stays too long inside the box, the defense gauge will turn yellow and begin ticking off one by one.

Block 1

In Block one your team should mostly consist of gunners. Here there will be many ICE enemies so bringing fire elemental weapons is a pretty good plan.

Block 2

Light elemental ranged weapons do very well here. Megid gets thrown alot so be careful with that. The strategy here is, similar to soccer, have one person closer to the blue box and the rest of the team farther away. The Deljeban/Delsaban will initially run straight to the box. So be sure to pay attention to them. The "goalie" could focus on these because your team mates may become distracted by the Dilnazen.

Block 3

Dark elemenetal ranged weapons do well here. Remember to equip Sleep/Resist if you have one. Have your team split up into two, and just be sure to quickly check up on the other side just in case (if your a gunner). You have two sides to defend. The olgohmon will most likely run to the box but they are easy to kill.

On Friday April 24th, 2009. Shred the Darkness will receive a brand new mission added to the list. Neudaiz is in the process of installing a photon generator inside their RELICS site.  This time they want you to defend the generator from the oncoming attack of the SEED. On your mini map. there will be a blue area which you must prevent any creatures from entering.

The Shred the Darkness prologue mission will be updated with new information about this mission.

[via psujp]

The Shred the Darkness event website has been released to the public. Here's some missions you can expect on April 17th 2009 through May 22, 2009. Everyone participating will contribute to a total hit score where we can gain special prizes after the event. This event also brings back the "Hit the Counter" concept.

 

 

Prologue Mission

Counter: Cylez City 5th Floor

Laia Martinez will give you an introduction on the strategy of how we will all combat the SEED.

 

Roar of Flame

Counter: Cylez City 5th Floor

You'll blast through the Denes Relics site as you put an end to the monsters affected by the fire contamination.

 

The Magashi Plan

Counter: Cylez City 5th Floor

Here, you will solo an exclusive Episode 3 side story mission. Be careful! Once you die, your kicked out. This mission does not contribute to Hit the Counter, nor the total creature kills.

What is Hit the Counter?

Hit the Counter is a concept where a team can win a special prize if they passed through a certain score as they play. Essentially everyone participating in the event (excluding The Magashi Plan) will contribute to a total score based on the amount of enemies killed. Hit the Counters are milestones set throughout the event.

For example lets say a milestone is for every 5,000th kill, a team will get a prize. Everyone in the entire game who plays will contribute to that score. However the individual team who's total hits at the time surpasses that milestone will get the prize. When you Hit the counter, your team's face and names will appear on the website.

 

Springtime Cherry Blossoms

From April 17th to May 15th

Spring is here! The Cherry Blossom will be in full bloom on Cylez City and Neudaiz.