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yes the different servers in this game
all have the same basic mechanics and
gameplay all the same stats are
important for every build and all of the
same build types can generally be found
in most servers
with the exception of the deep sea the
deep sea or abyssal server has by far
the most unorthodox unintuitive and
unforgiving meta in the entire game
sure some other servers may have an
extremely weird day night cycle or
constant damage dealt by the overworld
or a really unbalanced meta where how
good your build is gets defined by how
well it can play around the top build
but nothing comes close to how different
the abyssal server is it's so different
that i actually can't even make a
traditional tier list for it
why
well because nobody knows what the meta
really looks like down there while data
miners have managed to collect a few
twitch clips and screenshots for the
most part the abyss is still a mystery
and this is because it's the only server
in the game that's region locked the
pressure setting on this server is so
high that it will easily one shot any
player trying to get into the abyss
conversely the only way the abyssal
player base can survive there is by
specking into extremely high internal
pressure to counter it but that means if
they try to leave
they explode
although there's not really any way to
make a tier list for the abyss i can
still discuss the strategies that are
popular in the meta and which abilities
give you the best chance of success
you can pretty much just forget that the
stealth stat even exists
there's no reason to waste any points on
camouflage because there's no light down
there this is why every player there is
just pale
aesthetics palette swaps camouflage all
total wastes of evolution points
now when i said there's no light that
isn't entirely true
there's no ambient light but perhaps one
of the most important abilities to learn
how to use is bioluminescence
over ninety percent of the player base
uses this move so mastering it is key to
carving out a niche for yourself
one of the most common mistakes new
players make is assuming that the best
use of bioluminescence is to see
make no mistake trying to use
bioluminescence as a flashlight in order
to spot other players is easily the
worst use of this ability
bioluminescence won't help you find
other players but it will help other
players find you
and so you need to be very careful about
how you use this ability otherwise you
might end up giving your position away
to an enemy player
the best uses for this ability are to
communicate and to bait
communication is pretty self-explanatory
you can use bioluminescence to talk to
other players signaling danger or
finding other players to party up with
but perhaps the more infamous use of
bioluminescence is as bait
both viperfish and anglerfish are both
prime examples of this using their glow
to attract other players looking for a
free win
both are severely lacking in mobility
and rely on their trap in order to get
their targets within the striking range
but make up for it with their
ridiculously high damage bite attack
this can be a double-edged sword though
since if a more powerful player is
nearby you're still giving away your
location a few other niche uses can be
to use light as a distraction almost
like throwing a flashbang or flare
somewhat similar to the octopus's
smokescreen ability the other most
important thing to know about the abyss
meta is how to survive in a server
centered not around plants and
herbivores but around scavengers without
light no loot actually spawns down there
at least not in the form of plants
luckily there's no better area in the
game to be a scavenger because every
elimination from the open ocean server
leaves behind loot that fall to the
abyssal sea floor
when a whale player gets defeated it can
turn the ocean floor into a year-long
party where players that would normally
be enemies come to enjoy the event
together one major player that tends to
show up at these but is rarely seen
anywhere else is the sleeper shark a
build which admittedly i should have
included in my shark video sleeper
sharks have the lowest mobility of any
shark instead having chosen to put their
points into resistances like pressure
resistance acid resistance and
temperature resistance and unlike
certain other extrema files these perks
actually come in handy at the bottom of
the ocean especially near vents and
volcanoes apparently this build has a
great match-up against the colossal
squid but because neither the colossal
squid nor sleeper shark have ever
attended a major tournament most players
myself included have yet to see how on
earth sleeper sharks can win that match
up the last thing i want to highlight is
the unmatched success of the tube worm
it's found a way to tap into an infinite
source of xp by making great use of the
heat resistance perk they've got
completely uncontested control over one
of the game's resources
even sleeper sharks can't handle that
level of heat so these players can
basically just farm as much xp as they
want now if someone were to come up with
a predator build that could resist the
heat of the hydrothermal vent and also
be powerful enough to pierce the armor
of the tube worm
they could potentially get a really high
score very quickly but so far it's never
been done and so for now tube worms
pretty much rule the abyss
now one last thing you might notice is
that none of these belts have any hair
is this because mammals can't really
survive in the abyss maybe but it's also
possible that the abyssal community
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motion for teaching me some new tricks
with after effects that i used in this
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