SurvivalSherpa

SurvivalSherpa

SurvivalSherpa is an avid gamer spending most of his time at the nexus of the survival, crafting, building, and role playing genres on any platform, especially to test indie titles in EA. AFK, life is about work and education in STEM fields, reading fantasy, and sipping great coffee in the Pacific Northwest.
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ICARUS Review — Mission-Driven Sandbox Survival

ICARUS, an ambitious new survival sandbox title from RocketWerkz and its game-runner Dean Hall (of DayZ fame) was released last December after 2 years of development and a marathon of 8 Beta Testing weekends, spread over 4 months. After that…

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ICARUS Hunter Build

Nothing is more important to a hunter than the element of surprise. On Icarus, situational awareness is a prized commodity. Hunters are masters of their surroundings and use the natural resources in a biome to ward off the dangers of…

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ICARUS Solo Build

Surviving alone, with no backup and nothing but an envirosuit to start with, was a calamitous experience for many prospectors during the Beta Era of missions to the surface of Icarus. As a result, the powers in control of the…

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ICARUS Ranged Combat Archer Build

One solid piece of survival advice shared among Icarus prospectors is to address problems before they overwhelm you. Sometimes the problem is an Arctic glacier packed tight with carnivores, or a bear camping a cave entrance rich with ore. If…

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ICARUS Close Combat Build

When it comes to encounters with predators, we really only have the following options to settle them: Avoid the conflict entirely, take the predator down from afar, sneak in, or taunt it for a close confrontation. Are you an in-your-face…

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ICARUS Talent System Guide

Hey Prospectors! Are you’re getting ready to drop down on your first mission? Maybe you are thinking about creating a new character that complements your others? Choosing the right talents can shave hours off your mission and keep you alive…