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| Title | Raven v. Writing Desk |
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| Registered | Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Saturday, September 30 2006 10:49
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What about ADOS's first graphic without the sun and the crown? That would be simpler, very much a logo, and I think it would look good. It might be worth trying it with a few different text colors, too, like a dark blue or black. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 30 2006 09:11
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Google has cached versions of his Cookbook as HTML and .DOC files. They leave out the pictures (were those tables?) though. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 29 2006 19:46
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Well, if any single, double, or infinitely recursive spidweb RPs surface, I call dibs on Arghhhhhhhh. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, September 29 2006 19:43
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Nice work. That is all. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 29 2006 18:06
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Dear god. What an idea. FACTION: Nicothodes TERRITORY: Room 208 in the hotel RESOURCES: Cookies SKILLS: Stabbing, language creation GOALS: Prove that she is not cute ...there are so many bad ideas at SpidWeb, so many, so many, but I think this one qualifies for the top ten list. :P Edit: No, wait, THIS one gets the top ten list. What an idea. FACTION: TM FACTION IN CON RP: Kelandon TERRITORY IN CON RP: Room 302 SKILLS IN CON RP: Classical languages, scripting SKILLS: Insulting, provoking GOALS IN CON RP: Promote the healthy exchange of ideas, meet the ladies GOALS: Embarass Kelandon Gevalt. [ Friday, September 29, 2006 18:12: Message edited by: Slarty ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 29 2006 16:49
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The first version was better, ADOS. The crystal is better off disappearing than being stuffed in between the text and the swords, and the sun looks kinda like an HIV virus, or a shrivelled koosh ball. I like the idea behind TGM's, but not the image itself. Mainly it's the upper left quadrant I have a problem with. There are too many lines in one place, given that you also have fairly small text there; it's sort of disorienting if you look at it in passing. Also, the shifting baseline of "Ermariana" looks weird to me. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 29 2006 15:13
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The other nice thing about the sun/cave pic is that ADOS has been extremely true to Exile colors. The blue-gray of the cave walls, and the green and brown of the surface dirt and grass, really do a good job of conjuring up the feel of E3 and BoE, despite being completely original. That alone sets it above the rest, IMHO. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 29 2006 12:01
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Andraste, your logo is too big by about 30 pixels on either side. It also isn't square. Take a look at Aran's specifications. Dikiyoba: the change in color contrast makes the words unpleasant to read. Otherwise, it looks nice, though it has nothing to do with either Ermariana or wiki encyclopedias. My vote is with ADOS's right now, because the text and the crossed sword/wave blade looks pretty good. I'm picturing it maybe raised a little, with a rising sun below and no crystal or crown. But I'm also too lazy to make my own, so hey. Whatever. Edit: Never mind. It looks like we have a winner! [ Friday, September 29, 2006 13:12: Message edited by: Slarty ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 29 2006 10:04
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I'll second Alec's idea, though I wouldn't be opposed to including a Vahnatai symbol as well. EE starts with the games and there are three major powers in the games, after all. Alorael, I like your design but the magical whatever growing out of the left side hand doesn't work. At all. It looks like a combination comb/lava lamp. What is it supposed to be? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Tuesday, September 26 2006 18:56
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Thuryl is right, and that applies to both theories. Somebody do a nice controlled trial, huh? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 26 2006 04:33
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And EE says: The page isn't redirecting properly Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 26 2006 03:49
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I would be somewhat skeptical that Luck works differently for different kinds of items. It just doesn't fit with the way the engine is put together, with everything possible scripted and as little hardcoding as possible. I would love to see the results of a controlled test such as the following: - Pick a creature with multiple drops (look in the scripts - basic nephils and goblins might qualify) - Kill five of them (exact same creature, no variations whatsoever) 10 times each (the same five of them, save and reload) for three scenarios: All PCs with zero luck, three with zero and one (the killer) with 10, and all PCs with 10 luck. I had no idea that Luck affected drops in Exile. That's interesting, actually, given the randomness of the Exile drops. [ Tuesday, September 26, 2006 03:50: Message edited by: Slarty ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, September 24 2006 19:06
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It's hard to interpret those results since you have mixed in a totally indeterminate number of creatures of various types. Also, a significant number of encounters are activated along your path -- perhaps Luck affects the number of Nephils that appear at some point? It just doesn't sound like a very controlled environment. Anyway, it is a pretty well established fact that Luck *does* affect drop rates. How much is a good question, but if your data shows no change, I question the data's integrity. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Sunday, September 24 2006 18:51
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I'm going to attempt to put together a file on game mechanics and other useful information, which I expect will take a couple weeks at the most for a first draft. Every time I play one of these big RPGs, I make lots of notes, the equivalent of 3/4 of a FAQ minus the walkthrough section, but I never do much to share them. I've decided I really ought to change that. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, September 24 2006 18:49
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There was a KoL convention?!?!?! Wow. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, September 24 2006 08:11
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You mean, besides the profuse number of things that have been there since G1? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, September 24 2006 06:13
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Sigh. How many times must we have this conversation, Tyra? *shakes head sadly* -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Sunday, September 24 2006 06:10
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I'm not sure anyone has tested that. However, since some of luck's effects are only individual, and it's cheap, you may as well spread some around. My guess would be that it's an individual check, but I'm not sure, as in Geneforge series (same engine) increasing PC luck seems to affect creation-kill drops. You could test it yourself. Give one PC maxxed out luck, have the other one kill things, and see how often they drop compared to PCs with no luck at all. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 23 2006 15:41
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Each creature has a list of things it can drop (though many have an empty list or just one item). For each item on the list, there is a default percentage chance the creature will drop that item when it dies. There is a seperate roll made for each item, so one enemy could always (in theory) drop everything. As far as I can tell, luck affects each of these rolls. I haven't tested it, but an increase of 1% per point of luck (possibly with the 10- and 20-caps we know and love) would make sense, given how drastically luck changes the possibility of a drop, and that this effect is more noticeable with drops that rarely happen without luck. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 23 2006 15:38
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I think it's been pretty well established by now that pylons are a neat enemy and a good addition to a game when used sparingly. When they dot the landscape, things get boring and annoying. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 23 2006 15:36
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Huh? Since when were priest spells underpowered? Even if you discount Divine Retribution as being late-game, healing is absurdly cheap in A4, and priests have a variety of useful support spells. The only thing mages really have going for them are Haste, Slow, and Dispel Barrier. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 23 2006 07:02
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In addition to what *i mentioned, Luck affects EVERY roll to-hit or to-dodge by 2% -- melee, missiles and magic alike. I'm not clear if it actually increases your resistances, or just displays that on the status screen. The status screen resistance info is inaccurate anyway (since the resistances are cumulative by multiplication, not addition) and when I tested, I was unable to find any damage taken difference between the same character with 0 and 30 luck. (Maybe that was just armor and not elemental resistances... I did this testing a year ago.) -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, September 22 2006 13:44
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Now this is actually a somewhat interesting survey. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, September 22 2006 07:28
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Parry works at 5% per point against melee and -- is it 2% per point against archery? Shoot, it's been a while. Either 2% or 1% per point. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, September 21 2006 23:37
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The slimes in Exile were better. The different kinds were more easily distinguishable visually, and their abilities tended more towards interesting (various spells, ice fields, HP-based splitting) and less towards annoying (set, high number of splits each with high HP). -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |