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| Title | Nuke and Pave |
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| Registered | Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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| Shaping-Improving Vestments in Geneforge Series | |
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Nuke and Pave
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written Saturday, April 8 2006 20:37
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quote:Then why is it that Alwan's "slight of hand" doesn't work whenever you are nearby? :) And how can your fyora who can't carry a single item steal a whole shop full of weapons without the merchant notincing? And why can it do this only when your character isn't around. Some game mechanics quirks can be reasonably explained away. Some are obvious bugs. The one with stealing by creatures falls into second category. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, April 8 2006 19:48
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Watchhill is a pretty tough area for a new player. Later Geneforge games had a more gentle introduction. For a shaper, my favorite strategy is a "deadweight shaper": invest all skill points into intelligence, make as many creatures as you can, and let them do all the work. You shaper doesn't need much Endurance, because he should never get hit. Other than that, the only advice I can give you is to move carefully, engaging 1 enemy at a time and not approaching the spawner until you are ready for it. Also, keep a couple of backup saves, because if you accidentally wake up the spawner when you aren't ready (you'll see notes about spawner actions), you'll have to reload an earlier save. [ Saturday, April 08, 2006 19:50: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, April 7 2006 15:29
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With apologies to Alex for stealing his idea of stick figure cartoons...  Explanation: Russia devalued its currency in late 90s, so the 500 rouble bill Tyranicus posted is worth about 2 cents. [ Friday, April 07, 2006 15:30: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, April 7 2006 11:14
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Corrected version is located in the quote below. (Corrections are marked by italics.) The problems were with grammar rather than spelling. If I've made any mistakes myself, I claim the "not a native speaker" defense. :) quote:EDIT: It's irrelevant how Llama spells his name, because names should always be capitalized, and even if that wasn't the case, first word in a sentence always has to be capitalized. EDIT2: Made my own post more grammatically correct. [ Friday, April 07, 2006 11:22: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, April 7 2006 10:43
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As for the answer to the poll, Geneforge 1 and 2 and Avernum 2 are about equally enjoyable when taken individually, but Avernum is better as a series, because all Avernum games are quite different, while if you've played one Geneforge game, you've played them all. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, April 7 2006 10:35
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Since we are playing the "find the grammatical problems" game, here is the next move. :) quote:FYT: Sorry if I have spelt anything incorrectly, as I'm not a good speller. 1. "Wrong" is an adjective, while "incorrectly" is an adverb. 2. Independent sentences shouldn't be joined together by a comma alone. You also need a preposition. EDIT: My point 2 was wrong. In this case "Sorry if I have spelt anything incorrectly" is a subordinate clause, so that "as" actually introduced a new error. However, it allowed the game to continue, so it's all good. :) [ Friday, April 07, 2006 10:46: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, April 6 2006 19:40
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The problem with genetically modified humans is that some alterations could have negative consequencies that aren't obvious or take many years to be seen. We already have this problem with drugs (Viox scandal is the most recent example) and it would get even worse with genetic modifications whose effects aren't fully understood. What happens if a gene that seems to improve ability to quickly memorize large amount of data also increases risk of Alzeimers? Do you think any company will run a 50-year-long clinical trial to check for any potential problems over subject's lifetime? This reasoning is of course irrelevant in case of incurable deseases like Multiple Sclerocis, where the patient will not even live 50 (or even 20) years unless he gets help now. However, alterations that simply improve memory, strength, reaction time, and so on, shouldn't happen until our understanding of human body is far more complete than it is today. Unfortunately, people will likely jump at these "miracle techniques" long before they are ready. As for genetically modified food, I have no problems with it. PS About the examples mentioned in original post, why would we want to make every man 6 inches taller? If everybody becomes 6 inches taller, it just increases the average and people who were short before will still remain shorter than average. Same thing with increasing strength or endurance. (Daily tasks of anybody who is likely to be able to afford genetic modification don't require much strength or endurance.) -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| I Depend On Them All in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, April 6 2006 19:04
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Somebody (Drakey?) had beaten E3 with a no-magic singleton, so you don't really need all 4 characters. :) As for specifics, when you visit the Anama, you'll see that Jeff intended the game to be winnable with no mages in your party. Removing priests as well would make things harder, but still doable if you rely on a lot of potions and scrolls. Most typical singleton is a fighter/magic user combo. Since I haven't done any of these crazy variants myself, that's about as much detail as I can give you. EDIT: Since most magic effects can be obtained from scrolls and potions and since blessed and hasted warrior is one of the most efficient ways to kill anything, a no-magic party isn't as impossible as it sounds. [ Thursday, April 06, 2006 19:09: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, April 6 2006 14:49
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quote:I am assuming that for this demographic suicide is a lot more likely than an unexpected death and in that case all necessary preparations will have been made already. As for the case of unexpected death, most online "assets" aren't worth worrying about. (Although I was amuzed to find out recently that some people are willing to pay for a low-numbered Spidweb account. :) ) Anybody who has valuable copyrighted materials, or businesses probably has them listed in his will. As for things like e-mail and forum accounts, why worry about them? If I don't want my mom going through my e-mails now, I wouldn't want her to do that after my death either. [ Thursday, April 06, 2006 19:50: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| A Great Series, And . . . in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, April 6 2006 08:14
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quote:If you have any intention of playing A3, stop reading these boards NOW. :) I am quite serious about this, because it's impossible to avoid finding out the main villain of A3/E3 if you read enough threads here. (Including General and BoE subforums.) A4 will completely spoil A3's ending too. Since A3's plot depends so strongly on mystery, the game loses a lot once you know who the bad guy is. This isn't the case with the other two Avernums, because it quickly becomes clear what your goals are and the following games simply assume that you've accomplished your goals. So the main argument against playing them out of order is that Jeff improved the engine with each game, so going back to A1 after A3 might be a bit painful. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 15:39
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If you are trying to get into restricted part of the camp without angering the rebels, the only way to do it is to sneak in. Save often into different save slots and rush from building to building, leaving your pets in an allowed area and making sure the guards don't see you. The guards move along sertain paths, so if they catch you, just reload and wait for them to go by, hiding inside or behind a building. That area took a lot of reloading for me. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 15:01
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If that's the cave I am thinking of, you have to go all the way through from stairs in bottom left of the map to stairs in the top right of the map. After going up those stairs, you'll find yourself in the opposide corner of the top map. The entrance to rebel camp is the north exit of the top map. Or you could avoid worrying about the cave system and just fight your way through the top map if you are strong enough. [ Tuesday, April 04, 2006 15:05: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| leaving items in Geneforge Series | |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 13:04
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I assumed decorative items would be the first to disappear. I can double-check that save game this evening, if I still have it. It might even be that I really had 200 items stored there. (Although I don't think it could be that many.) The main point of my post was to warn that if you aren't careful, items might start disappearning before you realize that you've dropped too many. [ Tuesday, April 04, 2006 13:04: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 12:48
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quote: quote:I doubt this poll was intended to have great scientific value. :) [ Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:50: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 12:43
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quote:What I was suggesting was just for Hunterking to aviod the problem he'd been having with making massive armies materialize out of thin air, rather than an additional thread for everybody. A summary would be good too, but I am sugesting much higher level of detail for him. (Having a public list saying "Hunters have 20 battle mages (Fireball, Haste, etc.) and 1 wizard (Firestorm, Slow Group, etc.)" would be a good protection from him saying "our necromancers just created 500 undead.") -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 08:40
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A warning about the item limit: once you hit it, your items will start disappearing. And I am pretty sure the limit is less than 200. In Gf3, I had a storage yard near Dhonal Keep and once I started making a third pile of items, I noticed that some things I've dropped in the first pile were gone. (By "pile" I mean standing at 1 place and dropping items until there is no more room.) Maybe it was fourth, rather than 3rd pile. However, it was definitely less than 200 items, because I also had large storage piles in several other areas and I doubt I've accumulated that much loot during the course of half a game. [ Tuesday, April 04, 2006 08:43: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 08:25
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Goldenking, it might be helpful for you to make a "character sheet" for your faction and post it here. A "character sheet" in a regular RP is like a combination of inventory screen and stats screen from Avernum games. It describes what your character can do, what items he has, what spells he knows, etc. In this case, the character sheet for your faction would include: how many and what kinds of troops it has, how many mages it has and what spells they can cast, what natural resources it has access to, how large its navy is, if any, etc. This will be the complete list of what you have and, just like in any other game, you will not be able to add anything without a lot of (real life) time. (For example, if you, like Infernal, keep talking about your magical research in every post, after about a month of real life time you'll be able to say that your researchers learned a new spell.) Making a list like this would help a lot in avoiding conflict with other players, because they'll get all objections out of the way before you even begin playing your "reformed" faction. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 07:46
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Let's keep this on page 1 to avoid weekly re-posts of similar questions. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 07:45
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I also voted for A2 on the poll, but would recommend BoE for the volume of quality scenarios. The amount of fun gameplay you'll get from it will be greater than from any other Spidweb game. (BoA doesn't have nearly as many scenarios made.) -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 4 2006 07:41
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quote:If you are seriously interested in geographical distribution, you could have added options "other European countries", "other Asian countries", etc. Although putting France in the same option as outher space is pretty funny. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, April 3 2006 14:01
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quote:A fitting conclusion. The fact that we knew that everybody would die removed most of suspense from final battle, but that was probably unavoidable. Overall, it was a pretty fun, and at times very funny, script. quote:You meant something like this? A dark figure walks through the piles of bodies littering General forum. In his hands is a small potion of what looks like liquid light. Dintiradan: It’s good that I had a clone of myself made before these problems started. And I even have some Balm of Life to get my Legion of Terror started again. A good Evil Overlord always comes back. MUAHAHAHA Seeing the body of Zephyr Tempest, Dintiradan bends down. Dintiradan: A mage... He would probably make a good underling. Let’s see how this works. Dintiradan pours some Balm of Life onto Zephyr Tempest’s well-preserved body and the entire body begins to glow with the same light as the bottle. Soon the body begins to move, opens its eyes and gets up. Zephyr Tempest: What happened? Where is the Ur-Noob? Why is everybody dead? Dintiradan: It doesn’t matter. The main thing is that you are the first member of my new Legion of Terror. Dintiradan2: You mean MY new legion of terror. Dintiradan: Who are you? Another clone? How many more are out there? Dintiradan2: You don’t have to worry about others. I’ve destroyed the cloning machinery and now I just have to get rid of you to remain the only Evil Overlord in the world. Dintiradan2 fires Ultimate Weapon of Doom at Dintiradan, instantly evaporating him. The bottle with Balm of Life falls to the ground and shatters, with its contents disappearing in a flash of light the moment magical container is broken. Zephyr Tempest: Balm of Life! You’ve destroyed it! I will never let your evil take over the world. Zephyr Tempest casts an Ice Bolt, hitting Ultimate Weapon of Doom. Resulting explosion kills both Dintiradan2 and Zephyr Tempest himself. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, April 3 2006 12:02
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quote:In addition to what people said about amount of time spent, there are also basic skills that are required to be good at various kinds of games. Strategy games are essentially optimization problems. You have to allocate limited resources in a way that gets you closest to your goal. So to do well in them you need to develop your logical thinking. In RPGs, there is also some optimization involved, but there is a lot more puzzle-solving. (What creative combination of spells should I use to defeat this group of enemies?) In FPS and other real-time games there might be some optimisation or puzzle-soving, depending on the game, but the main element is how fast your reflexes are. [ Monday, April 03, 2006 12:04: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, April 3 2006 11:44
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Could Dikiyoba's pictures be a [slightly late] April Fools joke? If he/she/it is female, the avoidance of 3rd person pronouns in self-references would make sence. (Similar to Alorael's insistence on not revealing his age several years ago.) Some other things would also fit (for example, link to daily kitten and phrase "tastefully spamming"). I guess it does make sence the more I think about it, so if this isn't a joke, the only question is, why didn't you keep the ambiguity going even longer, to see how long it would take people to catch on? [ Monday, April 03, 2006 11:47: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, April 3 2006 11:26
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What is the weirdest thing you've ever seen? There were these chatlogs on shadowvale.net... What is the weirdest thing you've done? You mean besides posting here? What is the most humiliating thing you have ever done for money? Who needs to do stuff for money when you have a computer with a scanner and a color printer? What is the most humiliating thing you would ever do for money? I am willing to entertain any proposal as long as you deliver it by coming alone to a dark alley with a suitcase full of unmarked 20$ bills. If you could travel back time, what historical event would you like to witness “live” and why? Creation of atomic bomb, so I could steal it. MUAHAHAHAHA If someone made a movie about your life, what would it be called? I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. If you were a meal how would you describe yourself? Cannibalism? :eek: Have you ever gone a whole day without wearing underwear? What's "underwear"? What is the stupidest thing you’ve ever bought? I comprehend which mine recent group of brain implants is functioning not specification according to. If you had to kill a SW member, who would it be and why?You'll find out soon enough MUAHAHAHAHA If you had to pick between TM or Alec, who would you pick? and WHY?(You can't ignore the question, you can't answer neither, and NO it's not for killing) TM. Fried tentacles... mmmmm... Almost as good as Deliscious Vlish. [ Monday, April 03, 2006 11:27: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, March 31 2006 13:41
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Which of these games would still be fun to play today? For example, Master of Orion is still the standard by which space strategy games are measured and Master of Magic is also quite fun. Are there similarly appealing games among old RPGs? -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |