Profile for Micawber
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| Displayed name | Micawber |
| Member number | 2759 |
| Title | Agent |
| Postcount | 1104 |
| Homepage | http://www.anthonygoreham.net |
| Registered | Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 6 2006 09:13
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Except in A4 they're a useless form of defense, since they have a shorter attack range than the player does. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 6 2006 09:05
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quote:I'm a great fan of Doctor Who, but it's not a grown-up show. BSG is. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 5 2006 14:08
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International research has shown that CSI: Miami is the best TV series in the world. Having said that, BSG is pretty cool as well. I like the way they've taken the best bits of the original series (eg, the backplot, the mormon references) and thrown away the dross (eg, that blasted daggit) and instead used them in an intelligent way. Even though I regret the old Baltar (I like my traditional villains) the new Baltar is more realistic. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 5 2006 14:03
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I agree, the avernum 1-3 monster graphics were a bit of step backwards from the exile ones. Only in Avernum 4 did the monsters start looking a bit more distinctive, with the increased screen resolution. I particularly like the eyebeast graphic, it's one of my favourites from the geneforge series. I have no problem with recycling successful graphics from one series to the next. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Monday, September 4 2006 11:26
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Hmmm, doubling the scenario size. An alternative would be to tightly control the entrance to the part of the outdoors you wish to change. Use a town you must walk through (like Fort Remote or Spire) in order to get from one section to the other. So using Lazarus' notation, my preference would be: b d a c1 | c2 and you have mountains, rivers etc which limit the number of routes a->c and d->c to 2-3 towns, which are set up with appropriate move party outdoors instructions to decide between c1 and c2. [ Monday, September 04, 2006 11:27: Message edited by: Micawber ] -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 1 2006 22:31
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There are also a couple of fights with these guys called the Darkside Loyalists, who seem to be some anti-Avernum splinter faction of the Empire. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 1 2006 13:35
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Dayna is a servile who walks around in the northern half of the map, nearby the pond. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 31 2006 12:31
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My copy has a "history.txt" file in the BoE folder (the date for windows was 2/27/98). Presumably there's an equivalent file in the mac version? -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 13:04
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Fire shaping was already more expensive, even in GF1... Is there some subtle pattern in whether you post as Drakefyre or the Great Potato? If so it's too subtle for me :) -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 12:59
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I have a sentimental attachment to democracy, myself. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 12:49
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Random reply to posts from previous pages... quote:I finally remembered what I originally meant, and it does make sense after all. It relates to doors locked with marginal difficulty. It's all about whether you can unlock the door using lockpicks alone or whether you need to spend spell points to cast unlock. (Actually this may not matter in A4 where spell points are not appreciably scarce. It matters more in Geneforge where essence is more limited.) I am always in a dilemma whether to buy some mechanics - avoid casting unlock spells & maybe escape some fights - or whether just to buy more intelligence giving me more spell casting capacity and hopefully the ability to just walk over everybody. This dilemma is crystallised more when the same character is lockpicker and unlock caster. I like dilemmas. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 12:07
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Now you're being serious, the Geneforge creates a great imbalance in the skills and abilities of the people who use it compared to everyone else. People will always seek to exploit that imbalance to give themselves greater power. Now maybe in the short term this could be the lesser of two evils, but in the long term you've still unleashed a monster, and there will be consequences. Not good ones. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 11:47
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Cowardly picking off enemies one by one from a distance was definitely a good strategy in GF1-3. But I thought from Jeff's earlier comments that he was trying to emphasise more group combat in GF4? -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 11:17
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a genius among us. Way to state the obvious. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 11:13
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I'd like to speak up for battle shaping a little, because of rotghroths, which are lethal. Earlier in the game, plated bugs are also cool (they have 10 APs!). Clearly magic creations are better overall but battle shaping doesn't suck entirely. Fire shaping, now there's a skill I never use (except once for the initial fyora) - and why is it more expensive than the other shaping skills?! -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 11:04
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If you blunder around long enough, you'll find the way through. Just get a pen and paper, and map out the room so you know what happens when you step on each space, you can soon figure out the way through there. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, August 26 2006 23:00
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quote:See this dictionary definition of "tool". Thuryl was being vulgar. As in the insult "you're a bit of a tool"... -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, August 26 2006 06:31
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And the first GCSE exams were set in 1988 :rolleyes: -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, August 26 2006 02:33
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"it's" is short for it is. "its" is a possessive, meaning belonging to "it". -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, August 25 2006 14:05
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quote:Now I'm not entirely sure what I was trying to say there, but clearly what I actually wrote makes no sense at all. Let's just leave it that for some reason, which I can't quite put my finger on but which involves character building, I prefer the mage/lockpicking combination. It's even better in Geneforge with living tools. Edit: fixing the quote [ Friday, August 25, 2006 14:07: Message edited by: Micawber ] -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 24 2006 12:35
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I have some sympathy with most of this, but not all of it. For instance, I think the Geneforge engine and look and feel are here to stay. I am also quite happy for lockpicking to be rolled up with the mage skill - it makes you choose between spell energy and skill points. And I really quite liked the continuous mapping in A4, who cares if Silvar and Fort Avernum are a little bit close together, it just made the world so much more believable. I often used to wish Geneforge was done the same way. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 24 2006 12:20
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I bought my new laptop in March, but I'm still using my old desktop, which is perfectly good for most purposes. The only thing that doesn't run well on it is Avernum 4 (even with the update, moving about is extremely sluggish). The trouble with having 2 computers is I now have to configure everything twice over. I originally thought synchronising the data would be more of a problem but actually that's quite easy, what drives me mad is the multitude of little options and customisations that my control-freakery requires to be set exactly the same on both machines at all times... -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 24 2006 12:13
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I never liked Enterprise much, and I don't think a tv series designed for the purpose of endlessly cross-referencing its 4 predecessors was a good idea in anyway at all. Leave that anorak stuff to the novels/comics. I see that Stargate has now been cancelled too. Ah well. -------------------- Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 24 2006 12:05
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I thought they were basically just pigs. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 22 2006 10:49
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Hooray for Geneforge 4! My silly proposal for the missing sixth class is a character who starts at level 40, but everytime they gain experience they go down a level and they have to use their skill points to reduce their skills. All creations attack the PC on sight so you are forced to reduce levels. The end game would be... interesting (i.e. you are at your weakest fighting the strongest enemies). My serious proposal for GF4 is as follows: whenever you begin casting a spell and then an enemy comes into sight and combat mode starts, at present you forfeit the essence and energy but do not benefit from the spell effect. This strikes me as unfair. Either the spell should be completely aborted (i.e. you keep the essence and energy) or completed (i.e. the spell has effect). I don't like paying for nothing! -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |