CORRUPTED MASTER CONTROLLER

Behavior

At first he floats in the middle, doing nothing but hurling weak insults towards the survivors. The same insults are effectively intertwined with in-game story. In the last phase, the Master Controller becomes more aggressive, firing lasers everywhere with his eyes that dismount the player on contact. His insults are more heated and frequent, but HLN-A quips back at him harder with a thermometer on her screen.

General

The Corrupted Master Controller is not to be underestimated. Like many bosses, only certain creatures can be transported to the System Root, the Genesis Simulation's Boss Arena and the domain of the Corrupted Master Controller. Also like most bosses, the Corrupted Master Controller summons minions to defend himself, but unlike other bosses, there is no limit to the number of minions allowed in the System Root at any one time, which allows minions to spawn endlessly and potentially overwhelm survivors. Finally, there is a 15 minute time limit for each of the four phases of the boss fight. As the phases become progressively more difficult as the fight progresses, by the final phase, Survivors will often find themselves struggling to finish off the boss before the timer hits 0.

A boss fight might not be made particularly difficult by any one of these restrictions, but all of them together, combined with the overall difficulty of the boss fight itself, makes the Corrupted Master Controller a very difficult boss to defeat even on Gamma difficulty, with the higher difficulties posing a challenge that rivals or even arguably surpasses that of Extinction's King Titan.

Master Controller is not a boss like any of the current bosses. Unlike the other bosses, he stands invulnerable to any form of attack, until reaching the final phase of the boss fight. There is a restriction of 10 survivors and 20 tamed creatures allowed into the System Root, which is typical of guardian boss fights on all other maps, excluding Extinction. Creatures cannot be released from Cryopods within the System Root, but creatures can be captured. Additionally, the bodies of any Survivors present in the System Root will be transported back to the area where The Arrival Protocol was initiated upon defeat, inventories intact. Therefore, if the fight begins to seem unwinnable, it is a viable strategy to attempt to capture as many creatures as possible in Cryopods before your defeat, allowing you to preserve them to fight another day.

If you defeat him the surviving tames will be teleported from where you teleported to the arena, and all items in your inventory will be lost. to prevent this put all of your items in a surviving tame's inventory and they will not be lost. This will only happen if you have a dupe in cloud. Normally this should not happen anymore.

Weaponry

Offensively you would be advised to bring powerful quality fabricated weapons such as the Pump-Action Shotgun, Assault Rifle, and Fabricated Sniper Rifle. If you are able to wield it, bringing a quality Tek Rifle is also advised since the corrupted attack drones drop element to refuel your element supply. Having a close range weapon such as a high-quality Pike or Sword can help in a pinch if you boost your melee damage. A Tek Rifle is great at killing the Corrupted Dinotars during the final phase.

Defensively, bring a few sets of quality flak armor, even for Gamma. Players must be on foot to collect the Code Keys so they are susceptible to damage. Medical Brews and soups such as Lazarus Chowder and Enduro Stew can help out with stamina and health regen. A Riot Shield on the last phase is recommended to help reduce the damage of the hard-hitting Corrupted Dinotars that spawn in this phase.

Throughout the fight, it is helpful for one tribe mate on foot to have a Tek Grenade Launcher with Tek Gravity Grenade and normal Tek Grenades to get rid of the dinotars. The gravity grenades pulls everyone nearby, compressing all the Corrupted Avatars and Dinotars into a single spot, making it easier for the Tek Grenades to kill droves of them at once, giving time to collect the numerous keys on the floor. Be sure to fire the Tek Gravity Grenade from a distance or else you will get sucked in and instantly die from the numerous Corrupted Avatars and Dinotars.

If a party has a member that has a high melee stat, assign them to only deal damage to the boss as a grappling hook and a sword or tek sword can allow them to safely damage the boss.

Dangers

Master Controller himself is not much of a danger, even in his last phase, but his lasers can hinder even the toughest survivor and tamed dinos due to its stun and dismount effect. The bigger issues are the Corrupted that spawn endlessly around the arena, constantly overwhelming survivors without a single break. Moreover, as the Code Keys are only gatherable on foot, this makes gathering more risky. On top of that, only a limited number of keys can be on the floor at once, draining time away if a majority of the keys are on the other side of the arena.

Even though the Corrupted Dinotar Attack Drones aren't much of a threat, considered a nuisance on the arena and swarms of them can be taken out with a single shotgun blast, their constant ranged energy attacks can keep player's health from regenerating.

To mitigate the laser stunning, it is recommended to take cover among the shelter as the laser can't hit anything under it.

There is a glitch where the Master Controller has a specific area when his shields are down. Some of these areas include his forehead, armor, face, or even the back of his head. When a player shoots at the wrong area, no damage is being done. Make sure to bring a pistol to test out where the damage will be done. The Corrupted Master Controller can soon glitch out of the center and begin to float way above. In some instances, the Corrupted Master Controller can glitch outside the arena's barrier, making him invulnerable for the entire 15 minutes. Make sure to inform your server admin to use the command destroywilddinos to clear the map and arena, as multiple Corrupted Master Controllers can be present in the arena, and it can strangely be mate boosted by other Corrupted Master Controllers.

At Phase 3 of the battle onwards, Giganotosaurus will periodically spawn, with even greater chance in the final phase, and as it can inflict the Gnashed effect, it can easily end up killing the dino if not dealt with.

Weaknesses

Despite the arena's danger, Master Controller can only attack with his lasers and is unable to move anywhere. This makes him a huge bullseye mark for killing when his shields are down. He also does not have too much health when vulnerable. His laser attacks have a limit such as his eye laser stunning whatever is in his eyesight, and the floor lasers that can be avoided if players use a grappling hook

Despite having a seemingly endless amount of hostiles spawning, there seems to be a limit on how many Corrupted Avatars can spawn, particularly in the final phase. This is an advantage by making it a priority to kill the Corrupted Dinotars first until all that is left are the avatars, giving a small gap of rest for your tames to mop up all of the Corrupted Avatars and gather a huge amount of code keys.