Exanima Arena guide for Newcomers

[@Nightbar0n]

Just bought the game about a week ago after eyeballing it periodically for a year (originally thinking to wait bit more for the full release instead), and in the first couple of days... Every flimsy candle holder holding zombie managed to waste my dude, which always frantically trying (and mostly failed) to hit something with that darn piece of plank.... Gave up on the story mode, Test playing the arena mode and got smacked silly until I figured which weapon I would be more suitable with, managed to reach adept level, then... revisited the dungeon again, and this time... I can bonk through those darn zombies and currently on level 7 dungeon. Yay!

[@Seinb]

Thank you Carl Stirling, very cool!

[@ghosttoast8326]

Great guide and I love how you credit the people's video so easily. I don't like how for example insta accounts will put their own @ first and then credit the author 15 lines below all their sponsored links

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Thanks! I like to think I'm more of a simple drill instructor, whilst the guys I credit are practically the star athletes of this game lol

[@spacetaco048]

ok my problem is the extremely crappy hud that doesn't tell me s***... Like i put a weapon on my character and next thing i know i have nothing when in a fight. This is just one example.

[@dudewithlaptop8663]

I have like 1000 hours in Exanima of the years. Coming back to it stills proves difficult for the movement alone. Usually takes 2 or 3 fights for it to click again after a break.

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Ikr? I genuinely wonder why the devs use tank controls, when You're using a tank. But you can't spin your torso independent of your legs, like a tank turret spinning 360 degrees on a chassis. If it didn't have this control scheme this game would be far more noob friendly

[@JaugerPlays]

Nice video man! I never saw this Arena mode. Might be worth getting now...

[@hummus1973]

A great Exanima guide, good work!

[@likeablekiwi6265]

Skirmish is easy with decent hirelings and the player, just distract at least two enemies and all-out defend then they'll eventually wrap it up for you.

[@carlstirlingschannel]

I just don't trust my hirelings lol, one of em socked me in the head with a polehammer

[@likeablekiwi6265]

​​@@carlstirlingschannelHirelings hit other hirelings too lol, I hit them too so it's only fair.

[@i_love_crpg]

for some strange reason merchant npc have never appearned in the hire lists for me.

[@carlstirlingschannel]

rng do be like that sometimes

[@TheAiket]

Ye, just played around 5 hrs of a new arena game and didn't see any physicians

[@staffofthecrystalserpant7751]

Bro thank you for letting me know I can do adept fights with aspirant gear. Way more fun and way more profitable. It feels like I'm actually making a decent bit of money now. Pretty solid video

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Good luck with the whole thing man!

[@staffofthecrystalserpant7751]

@@carlstirlingschannel you too!!!

[@likeablekiwi6265]

Fights are easy till everyone has the security skill preventing me from stopping their second swing remise making it a matter of luck where the hit lands.

[@konrax_tv]

thank you for the shout out, and excellent video mate will for sure recommend this to others

[@emperorxina2914]

How do i take control of my fighters?I seem to be able to control only the manager.

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Are they hirelings or recruits? If they're hirelings you can't control them.

[@Eralen00]

"hire" and "recruit" are 2 different things. When you "hire" fighters those are AI controlled, they're for when you do matches like skirmish or doubles and they fight alongside you. Recruits are characters you can control

[@emperorxina2914]

Yes,that was it,thank you both.My dumbass didn't catch that distinction being made in the tutorial or tips lol

[@Orvixran7692]

in an event or match that requieres 2-3 figthers, how do i select more than one??? i tried every multi-selection method i know of and it just wont let me, is there a keybind or smth? please help :( great vid btw

[@LifeLess1999]

I have been playing same rank and tier this whole time didn't even realize I could change the tier........ mow

[@Eralen00]

i played this game before the recent set of updates and i was doing quite well ... i had all my fighters at master level, got all the best armor and weapons, and could pretty much win every match. Now the AI difficulty is a lot harder at the higher levels like expert and master, i'm totally getting my ass kicked. I guess the same old tricks don't work anymore

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Yeah, in a way this is why I get 3 hirelings instead of 2. Sometimes fighting gets a bit tedious, and I just want to chill.

[@bobtheboneboy6531]

I will say, Exanima is practice-able but is objectively unfair, it's part of the charm but still, it needs to be said.

[@Mike28625]

I came looking for instructions on how to attain and or apply gear in the arena. I think i purchased items from the shop but i don't know where they went. The management screen won't let me change any gear. What's the deal.

[@LifeLess1999]

we dont have online mode but I wish this had an online betting mode muahhahaha I love watching NPC's smash eachothers heads in. I wish there was more of this game, more in every way. It has perfect bones and needs an epic Arena/King mode. I can see this IP with a separate release focusing purely on arena. If they could figure out the physics and online multiplayer this game would be the only thing I would play. A king a castle a city a tournament with physics based joust I mean cmon man lets go brandon!!!! I'm about to download Unity

[@Bluewave10146]

its abandoned by the Devs game Exanima

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Huh? Are you serious?

[@Bluewave10146]

@@carlstirlingschannel i sorry your time ,,years Exanima updates a slow burner dude. That's why i on mod Hellmode, content is way more fun... its still get weekly updates from the devs though. Which is a lot more than most game devs do :)

[@thestupidthingsivedone4947]

if they are brand new you can just have your manager fight pilgrimage battles til master and keep doing them til you get master gear then get a doctor to heal your character you can do duels etc and your character wont die to most weapons just get 3/4ths injured to just one weapon thats a pain to deal with and its how i play safe as at master i think ive lost 1 character in those battles out of like 300 or so battles so its alot safer than starter things also early on getting pawns will slow your income as if they get injured it can take a couple weeks to recover or loose them outright plus they will loose fights 60 percent of the time meaning about 70 percent of your income that you get just goes into feeding the grinder for basic weapons etc to replace them its better to get pawns when you can afford to have a trainer and good gear otherwise its a waste of time

[@microfister]

thanks for this, it has already helped a lot

[@33r111]

I like your music choice, I loved silvery sea. Oh and good tutorial

[@LifeLess1999]

Lol I have already won a few tournaments and after watching this video I am just learning you can scale down the tier section lulz idk how I missed that

[@grazie-dc6we]

You refunded neoscavenger? That game is unbelievable.

[@carlstirlingschannel]

It's not really because i hated it, it's because it was an investment. I wasn't sure of how entertaining or useful I could be for my viewers if i were to play that game here

[@grazie-dc6we]

@@carlstirlingschannel yeah that's fair!

[@simons1120]

It annoys me that your own recruits can't be used in tournaments. I assembled a really cool squad and leveled them up only to find that I can't access end game content. I can't even hire further fighters because I'm out of space for staff.

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Are they all masters? Sadly for some reason even inept equipment fights need master level recruits/hirelings for it

[@simons1120]

@@carlstirlingschannel Yes, they are! Sorry, I should have been more accurate with my wording. I currently have 3 master rank fighters. I can enter them into the tournament individually. But just like in "Fray" and "Skirmish" you need to run hirelings alongside one player controlled character. Your own recruits cannot be used as Ai fighters. And well... I only have recruits. None of which I would like to sacrifice in order to have hirelings instead. So my issue is that recruits may only be player controlled in tournaments and can't be given into the hands of AI.

[@carlstirlingschannel]

@@simons1120 ah, yeah it would've been better if it could. It's really annoying how RNG hirelings can be in this game

[@simons1120]

@@carlstirlingschannel Like... Who has to go now so I can hire at least one hireling? Goliath? Eric? Ronja? Arthur? Richard? Eugene? Manfred? They all have their unique colour, weapons and style. 🫠

[@carlstirlingschannel]

@@simons1120 Hmmm, get rid of mannfred. Reminds me of the asshole from warhammer fantasy

[@futueplays4051]

how do i equip the items on different characters?

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Did you try clicking the board with the notice on it? the one near the non-hired merchant

[@chadb4838]

Their NEEDS to be a targeting system. I die more to my character spinning around in circles when I swing than anything else

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Yeah... I kinda don't get why the devs just not use screen based walking orientation like in hotline miami. It makes sense for movement to be like this in a tank game, where the turret can rotate 380 degrees. But in a game where you play as a human this just feels rather awkward

[@mywayorthehighway9815]

This is meant to be an arena guide, so when you start explaining basics you lose a view. Begginer guide and arena are two totally differant things.

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Ah yeah, my plan was that i wanted people to go practice their basics through arena after trying out the tutorial.

[@mywayorthehighway9815]

@@carlstirlingschannel I was struggling how to operate the arena mechanics, why I could join some things, I why I could others etc. So when I see arena guide I'm thinking awesome. 4 mins later and we still going over basic controls. Its all good though bro, I was just ratty af last night, dropped you a sub as a sorry.

[@gers.g.5707]

Thanks, was able to get out of the rough patch i was in, thanks a lot!

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Good to know!

[@bleucan2666]

very useful thanks :>

[@MyMattinthehat]

I don't even know how to join the tournament, its like the UI is busted

[@carlstirlingschannel]

Ah, are your recruits and hirelings master ranked? Yeah it's kind of weird that you have to be a master to even join inept tier matches tournaments but that's just how it goes in this game