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| Displayed name | Micawber |
| Member number | 2759 |
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| Postcount | 1104 |
| Homepage | http://www.anthonygoreham.net |
| Registered | Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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| Exile 2 value in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Friday, July 1 2005 05:32
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AFAIK it's legal to sell secondhand computer software, provided you genuinely reassign ownership, i.e. you don't reserve a copy for your own use. -------------------- "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 |
| Geneforge features in Avernum 4 in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 13:47
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Why not just go the whole way and use Penrose tiling? -------------------- "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 |
| Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 13:27
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What's this? No posts since June 16? In TM's absence, the least we could do is keep the monikers thread alive. Sort of like a silent vigil. Without the silence. -------------------- Everything I know about the Avernum Trilogy: [ A1 | A2 | A3 ] Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
| Sapphrie help in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 11:42
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In which game? Exile 1, 2 and 3 all have sapphires. In Exile 1, you can try in Fort Draco, or talk to Dexter in Almaria (say "tools"). Also Spire. In Exile 2, you can buy them near Formello (Vail the Scrivener, just outdoors to the north) or in Egli. In Exile 3, look in Angels Rest. I think (not sure) the wizard in Greendale sells them too. Doubtless there are other places. [ Thursday, July 28, 2005 22:53: 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 |
| Exile 2 value in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 11:23
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quote:Something's value = what people are willing to pay for it. In this case, probably nothing. [ Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:24: 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 |
| Which Game's Spells do you prefer? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 11:19
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It's marginal because the differences between E2 and E3 spells are small. On the whole I preferred the earlier game. The mage version of ravage enemy was vaguely useful. Repel was a useful spell (for ogre mages, and so on) and I missed not having it in my Anama party. But the real clincher for me is, why introduce both falling asleep and paralysis (pretty much the same effect) but not give you a single spell to inflict acid? E3 forfeits points for a lost opportunity. -------------------- "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 |
| Exile 2 value in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 10:45
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The original graphics are already posted on the web, so I don't believe anyone will be willing to pay you for them. See this thread: Previous discussion of E2 original graphics. [ Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:46: 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, June 30 2005 05:10
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He's also known as Marvin the Paranoid Android. Correction: Marvin does in fact describe himself as manically depressed: (HHGTTG, opening of chapter 19) "Are we taking this robot with us?" said Ford, looking with distaste at Marvin... "Oh, the Paranoid Android," [Zaphod] said. "Yeah, we'll take him." "But what are you supposed to do with a manically depressed robot?" "You think you've got problems," said Marvin as if he was addressing a newly occupied coffin, "what are you supposed to do if you are a manically depressed robot?" [ Thursday, June 30, 2005 05:18: Message edited by: Micawber ] -------------------- Everything I know about the Avernum Trilogy: [ A1 | A2 | A3 ] Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
| Worst Spiderweb Game in General | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 04:53
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quote:I'm just being a pedant, but logically those five words do not say quite the same thing as my seventeen. -------------------- Everything I know about the Avernum Trilogy: [ A1 | A2 | A3 ] Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 03:29
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An unfortunate fact about democracy: ignorant people's votes count just the same as well-informed people's votes. -------------------- Everything I know about the Avernum Trilogy: [ A1 | A2 | A3 ] Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 02:45
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Re Homeland, even though Homeland continues to be rated as the worst game on these boards, I observe that my recently acquired Geneforge 3 CD-ROM still includes the Homeland demo. Despite the fact that it is no longer listed on the spidweb order form. Perhaps it should also ship with a health warning... Re Spiderweb originals, from analysing the results of Ash's poll (55 votes to date) I see that the least-liked Spiderweb game and the most-disliked Spiderweb game are not the same thing. Calculating percentages based only on people who have actually tried the game: Least votes for great game 1: Exile 1 (18%) [7 votes] 2: Avernum 1 (28%) 3: Geneforge 2 (37%) Most votes for terrible game 1: Exile 2 (7%) [3 votes] 2: Geneforge 3 (6%) 3: Exile 1 (5%) Note, however, that more people liked these games than disliked them. Also compare the votes for terrible game with the non-spiderweb games: Homeland 71.4%; Galactic Core 42.9%. Spiderweb is miles ahead. The results are slightly different if you group together great+good and terrible+poor: Least votes for great+good 1: Exile 1 (43%) [17 votes] 2: Exile 2 (63%) 3: Exile 3 (65%) Most votes for terrible+poor 1: Exile 1 (20%) [8 votes] 2: Geneforge 2 (17%) 3: Geneforge 1 (13%) So if you take mildly-held views into account then Exile 1 comes out worst. Note however that even so, more than twice as many people liked it as disliked it. That's a pretty good stat for the company's "worst" game. -------------------- Everything I know about the Avernum Trilogy: [ A1 | A2 | A3 ] Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 01:40
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That's funny because I really find it more useful at lower levels - if you forgo bashing weapons and spend a lot of one PC's skill points on archery then they can become quite effective in dealing with goblins, unicorns, roaches etc. In my experience (and I admit yours may be different) the limitations really start with the tougher monsters like giants and golems where your archer loses the advantage of being able to hit from a distance without being hit back. Having said all that, it is of course undoubtedly true that archery is MILES better in Avernum than it is in Exile. -------------------- "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, June 30 2005 01:21
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Maximum archery and dexterity, bless party x2, fury crossbow, gold accuracy ring... Die naga, die! . . . . . . . (slowly) EDIT: I forgot the major advantage of archery in Exile over Avernum: it only counts as 3 APs, not 4, so you can often get twice as many shots. [ Thursday, June 30, 2005 01:23: 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, June 30 2005 01:11
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That moral thing of aswell's sounds a bit like a friend of mine (the one who introduced me to Exile all those years ago - cheers!). She would always carry cursed items to a hostile dungeon before dropping them, so as not to harm the friendly locals. -------------------- "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 |
| mission for kaba - repair generator in Geneforge Series | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 00:59
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OK I guess that must be it. However logically, I would never have gone to speak to Lord Rahul, since my PC is a diehard rebel and would expect to be killed on sight, after all the things I've done. -------------------- "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 |
| Specific, beginner questions. Av 1. in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 00:44
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Re rune reading, A1 can give an exaggerated impression of how much rune readings skill is required. This is because the first couple of map areas contain a few high level spells, which you won't need till much later on in the game. On the other hand, if you're unable to learn light level 3, then you do have a problem! You'll have to pump up your PCs' arcane lore to learn spells (both PCs' rune reading are taken into account). Re the bandit fort, you don't need to unlock the door there is a secret passage (in Avernum, there is nearly always a secret passage). You can enter from the room immediately to the south of the locked room - the secret passage is the second segment of wall counting from the east. -------------------- "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, June 30 2005 00:27
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The question "Avernum or Exile" has only one answer: Get both! Play both! Buy both! This way, you get the best of all worlds. Plus, you can play spot the difference (sometimes the puzzles are the same, sometimes they're different). And as a bonus you'll become so familiar with the geography of Exile/Avernum you'll know it better than your home town... Re archery, admittedly this is pretty useless in E1 and E2, but I found that bolts do a fair amount of damage in E3 - enough to justify the investment in skill points, IMHO. -------------------- "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 |
| mission for kaba - repair generator in Geneforge Series | |
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 11:03
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A servile named Kaba gives you a quest (on behalf of Litalia) to repair the rogue generator on the Isle of Dhonal. Well I fixed it, and the creator thanked me grudgingly, but I can't find Kaba anywhere; I have spoken to Litalia on Gull Island. However, the quest still appears as outstanding on my "current quests" screen. How do I officially complete 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 Tuesday, June 28 2005 10:23
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Don't want: lack of grid system, which leads to blocked routes for no good reason; the combat action point system, what exactly are you supposed to do when your turn comes round, and you only have 1 or 2 APs, it's insulting. Do want: some of the creatures and spells (e.g. steel skin) could be transferred into Avernum. Plus the special effects for essence orbs and aura of flames are cool. Also, it would be interesting to add a personality penalty to your party for learning L3 spells (similar to the effect for canisters in GF). -------------------- "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, June 28 2005 10:06
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Characters called Patsy and Eddy (from the TV series Absolutely Fabulous) appear in Blosk in Avernum 2. In Avernum there's a fort called Saffron (another character from Ab Fab). Edit: Saffron is also a spice of course, so the latter could be a coincidence. But Patsy and Eddy live next door... Edit 2: Just noticed the sage in Blosk in E2 is named Saffron too. So that makes 3 characters in the same town. [ Sunday, August 07, 2005 04:03: 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, May 26 2005 08:44
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Re music: opera is the way to go. Re cussing: I never used to swear when I was at school, because my parents didn't ever swear, nor their friends, so I thought it was not "grown-up" to swear. Then I went to university and - let's face it - students swear a lot, but I thought they were pretty immature too and proper adults wouldn't swear as much. Finally, I now have a job working exclusively in an adult environment - in a professional office in the government sector, not on a building site or anything - and I find everybody swears just as much here as they ever did in school. So it has ceased to bother me now and I've started doing it too. Basically guys, society has moved on. Unless you live in a monastery or convent, I think you're going to find this sort of language is pretty common currency. I'd also like to point out that I've never heard any swear word that I didn't already hear when I was in primary school (i.e. aged under 11). That includes the allegedly sexist c-word. So much for the innocence of kids. -------------------- Everything I know about the Avernum Trilogy: [ A1 | A2 | A3 ] Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 08:10
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quote:There's a stone circle in Western Shadowvale (south of the Faerie Bazaar), at which you have to pray periodically. If I remember correctly (caveat: this is a long time ago) the first time you pray you get a different spell. The second time you turn up you have to fight some sort of monster. The third time you earn the spell doom. -------------------- "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, May 26 2005 07:54
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quote:Actually, English is spoken in Wales. Welsh is taught in the schools and used on the signposts but only a minority of Welsh people (21%) actually speak it. There is a distinction between Gaelic and Welsh; in fact most Welsh speakers cannot understand the Gaelic languages of Scotland and Ireland (again, spoken by a minority). These, and other fascinating facts about Welsh, can be found here: About Welsh -------------------- Everything I know about the Avernum Trilogy: [ A1 | A2 | A3 ] Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 24 2005 09:00
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Even using the number pad, up isn't north. North is 9, East is 3 and so on. This is very confusing, and makes it very difficult to navigate by keyboard while looking at the automap. Back on-topic again, I like BoE better than BoA for all the usual reasons why many people prefer Exile to Avernum (more distinctive graphics, more spells, less easy, etc). [ Saturday, May 28, 2005 05:11: 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 Tuesday, May 17 2005 10:36
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I like this one...  -------------------- Everything I know about the Avernum Trilogy: [ A1 | A2 | A3 ] Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |