JayZ's NML strategy compendium

Firekid

I couldn’t see a section explaining luck, how it works and what leader traits it works with? Did I miss it, if not then I think it would be good to add it.

marroba2000

Hi Jayz. How about some tips for Guild Wars?
It’s the “must be” of this season.

JayZ

Thanks for the suggestion @Firekid! I will add that to my eventual trait interactions section

@marroba2000 I have some thoughts from the previous iteration of Guild Wars, but honestly, I think the format will be so different this time around, that I don't want to post that advice and mislead people. I will update my post after a few runs of the Beta.

Krieg

Amazing work @JayZ

Krieg

Hi @JayZ

I have two questions.

1) I get how to change form the 1DR badge crafting cycle to the 6DR cycle. If I want to switch back to 1DR, is the process exactly the same and at the same points? I notice that on the DR6 chart lines lines 17 & 36 are highlighted. Does that mean anything?

2) On the badge placement diagram showing even/odd & East, South East, West (etc.) there are numbers on the badges (36, 49, 43, 44, 41, 59). What do those mean?

Again, a huge thanks! As a direct result of your post I no longer have any toons equiped with one or two star badges

ATLAS-Z

@Krieg you just join the discord server man

All your questions will be answered, along with several wisdoms you didn't know you asked.

At the top corner of the badges section you can locate "pinned posts" and can always ask questions.

https://discord.gg/J2ufZHa

DQRaiders

Any chance you can put together a list of unicorn gear for each class?

Billbam

marroba2000 said:

Hi Jayz. How about some tips for Guild Wars?

It’s the “must be” of this season.

Probably need to actually play it before strategies are developed

ATLAS-Z

Great badging strategies here folks

marroba2000

Spanish version, taken from @magic and translated by me, yesterday, A new column (%/ flat value) was made.

freud73

Hello Jay and thx for all...
Just one question: to switch from the 1st serie to the 2nd one I have to "cook" badge #1 or #20 with the new recipe, OR badge #2 or #21?

marroba2000

> @freud73 said:
> Hello Jay and thx for all...
> Just one question: to switch from the 1st serie to the 2nd one I have to "cook" badge #1 or #20 with the new recipe, OR badge #2 or #21?

1 or 20

freud73

Thank's a lot pal!!

LoneWanderer360

I can definitely confirm the badge cycle is real. Thanks so much to all the people who must have logged every result to build that chart.

JayZ

Thank you to everyone who answered questions and shared comments! It's hard for me to respond to individual messages, so I really appreciate the help from the Community.

This week, I was able to finish my recording of perfect Distance runs. This post now has links to all of my Distance playlists, from very old ones with level 24 survivors to new ones showing perfect runs for each Distance set. For newer players, I would recommend checking out @crambert_nec's instruction videos on his Youtube channel!

imnfiction

Which warrior builds are viable after RSL 40 - balanced or glass cannon?

JayZ

Glass cannon. Give Michonne and Jesus the same traits as Scout Rick.

scooners

Just a quick comment to all that contributed to this "tome" especially @JayZ. I spent about an hour this AM following the badge crafting portion and was able to predict every single badge result!!!!! Very Awesome - thanks much - I'm a better player today because of this.

ninewalkers

Thanks for your tips. I beat the distance this week with my best bruisers and Dwight ( no re-rolls ). I armed him with the festive shotgun. These are level 27 survivors. The bruisers are one and two star...with previous re-rolls along with balanced badging.

AchillesV

Does anyone have a link to a post or update notes where each hero's extra health and damage percentage is presented? Like e.g. Carl and Michonne do some % more damage that is not documented in his description nor traits, and all heroes have some % extra health compared to normal survivors but not equally.

Grady

You mean this one? Hasn't been updated in a long time though. Got it from an old forum post.

AchillesV

That looks promising @Grady do you have the link to that post with explanation of the table? I've tried searching for it.

Burmeliinis

Here is the updated table with all new heroes.

imnfiction

These numbers do not count hero's leader trait, right? I'm a bit confused with how Rufus works.

Burmeliinis

The numbers affect the hero's base health and damage. It has nothing to do with the leader trait. When it comes to Rufus, his negative base health is compensated by his health boost LT.

Novell

Does it means e.g Aaron has +10% damage and +10 health compared to a normal shooter survivor as the same level? Without badges, equipment and other leader traits?

imnfiction

@Burmeliinis thanks! And does the previously posted table mean that after 3 pink stars Rufus loses his negative health multiplier (when compared to 3 pink stars non hero)?

Burmeliinis

Novell said:

Does it means e.g Aaron has +10% damage and +10 health compared to a normal shooter survivor as the same level? Without badges, equipment and other leader traits?

No. The modifier affects only the hero's base damage and health, at the common level. So 10% means about 2 % at total damage.

So Aaron at lvl 27 has 2043 in base damage, so 10% of that is 204. If he is legendary (no pink stars), his damage is increased by 1.4 so 2043 * 1,4 = 2861. Add a winter bow at 4600 in damage and 16% marksman and you end up at 8503 in damage. Of that, 204 was the 10% hero boost, so 204 / 8503 = 2.4%.

imnfiction

@JayZ after the latest update I find Tara much more useful than before. The ability to achieve 3 stars even when beaten to bruised status is very nice. This doesn’t make her top, but I’ve prioritized her rerolls higher than in my previous plans.

Novell

https://forums.nextgames.com/walkingdead/discussion/42432/all-trait-stat-collection-project-complete

tables are great. Maybe you can at them.