Profile for Student of Trinity
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| Displayed name | Student of Trinity |
| Member number | 3431 |
| Title | Electric Sheep One |
| Postcount | 3335 |
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| Registered | Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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| Dryss in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, May 9 2005 06:39
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Yeah, he just 'escapes the castle'. I didn't find him much help: he couldn't find Rahul to attack even though I was fighting Rahul right around the corner from Dryss. Plus by the time I found Rahul I had already cleared out most of the guards. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Most "Powerful" Class? in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Sunday, May 8 2005 04:40
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Having missile options is great, but there is still something wrong if I can do more damage with a javelin than with a Guardian's Claymore. The ideal would be for hand-to-hand to do more damage, but not so much more that it wasn't often worth standing back and thinning out the enemy from range before closing. Could any betatesters maybe enlighten us about the thinking that went on over this issue? -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Most "Powerful" Class? in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Saturday, May 7 2005 18:34
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In the early game missile weapons, especially the crystals, seem an amazing deal: good fast ranged damage cheap. Just one or two points in Ranged Weapons and you seem to be a decent archer (er, crystaler?) for a long time. But you do have to keep building up your Missile Weapons, or you find them really petering out in the later stages of the game, as their damage plateaus and they start missing more and more often. It's good to hear that missile weapons become worthwhile for the Guardian, since that doubles the Guardian tactical options. But it's disappointing to hear that melee is really poor now, because I think you deserve some premium in return for taking the risk of getting in close, and expending the AP needed to do so. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Most "Powerful" Class? in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Saturday, May 7 2005 08:14
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Actually I think that it is harder in the end-game for Shapers, because they have to use an army of creatures. That means that it's really hard to do the shoot-and-duck manoeuvre with all of them -- there aren't that many handy corners at every fight. And it's also really hard to get all their dexterities high enough to do the infinite-AP trick, or get their energies high enough to exploit it. In the later stages of the game there are lots of fast enemies that you can just mow whittle down with a fast Agent or Guardian, but which always get their licks in at your creatures. Ah, but having said that, what am I saying? The Drakons do keep blasting on my Gazers, in a way my Agent never let them, but my Gazers laugh at the Drakons' piddling damage, and cut them down with their counterstrikes. After a bunch of fights my Gazers run out of energy, but so did my Agent; the trip back to the essence pool is just a bit more tedious with a squad than with a singleton. I guess all I'm saying is that it seemed harder, because the enemies sort of looked like they were actually fighting back. In reality, they didn't stand a chance; even when the Alpha Creator had six deadly monsters stacked up against me at a time and my Gazers were running low on juice, the fact was that the Gazers were so darn tough, they could just suck up the damage for a few rounds, using their melee attacks, until they powered up enough to finish the fight with ranged blasts. Plus my pair of experienced and Essence-Armored Ur-Glaahks were good at picking up the slack while the Gazers wheezed. It was an exciting battle with the Shaper, and I did lose Greta; but in retrospect I don't think it was nearly as close as it seemed. With the Agent it was sort of tense but monotonous: ducking and blasting, again and again and again, with the only suspense lying in whether my energy would last. Once it became clear that it would, the thrill pretty much faded. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Icy End is angry now in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Saturday, May 7 2005 07:56
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It is only killing the brood that upsets them, I believe; Khossos didn't seem to be a problem. I undid the brood-killing by saveloading, then went in and out of Icy End many times before they suddenly went ballistic. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Icy End is angry now in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Saturday, May 7 2005 05:09
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I did kill him, but Icy End was still cool with me after that. Killing his vat-brood riled them, so I went back to a save before that. But killing Khossos himself seemed to be karmically neutral. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Ocean Bound in Richard White Games | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 20:26
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My denigration of fun was no rebuke! It just seemed to be the only remark I had left once I had painted myself into the corner of praising Ocean Bound. I give up and admit: it's a negative pressure game. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Icy End is angry now in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 20:15
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That's the guy. I guess I should have stepped to him; sounds like a nice dialog. I still don't know just how I put my foot in my mouth for Icy End. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Icy End is angry now in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 18:37
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Sheesh, what else did I do? I opened up the Benerii-Eo south gate; but the guards nearby didn't mind. I walked through that snippy Drakon's little canister lab to get there, but he didn't mind, even when I ate his canisters (well, I did that behind his back). (When I first met him before that he gave me a dialog in which the only response I got, in my canister-mad state, was a challenge, but I just clicked out of it and he ignored me thereafter.) At the moment I'm taking a breather before delivering a package to Lord Rahul, in this charming little resort behind the Monastery of Tears. The shopping is great but the service sets a new low. (And I have to say I'm finding it quite a bit tougher with my Shaper, with Greta, two Ur-Glaahk meat-shields and three Gazers, than I found it with my singleton Agent last game; on the other hand, last game I left it for last, so I was higher level.) -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Easter Eggs in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 18:19
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[SPOILER] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / It's outside the mansion. Look around Khor's Deep. [ Friday, May 06, 2005 18:26: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Icy End is angry now in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 13:31
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Ah, I told the Servant Mind in the Mushroom Cave to unlock the doors to the Vat Core for me. That's silly if that is what did it. Forgiveme etc. don't work, so I must have done something really bad. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Icy End is angry now in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 12:20
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I seem to have angered Icy End (as a rebel), and they won't forgive me. The only bad thing I did was clear out the Vat Core. Okay, I guess killing all their golems was bad. Akhari Blaze and Litalia don't mind, though, so why is Icy End so upset? It's a bit annoying, because I really wanted to get that piece of cake, and now I'll never find out what it would have done. Is there any way I could have gotten the Left Access Bracelet without angering Icy End? -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| From AOL News in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 10:49
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They try to collect a LOT of information about sperm and egg donors, so that clients can choose what sort of genes they may be getting. I'm sure a donor could conceal homosexuality if they really tried to, but it would require a substantial effort. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Fixed 'kill Orois Blaze' bug in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 09:40
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After you kill Orois Blaze, Vrabel doesn't acknowledge that you have fulfilled his quest. Hit shift-D, then type 'sdf 81 1 1'. Now he'll praise your valor and give you the next quest, which is to kill some dead meat. [ Friday, May 06, 2005 20:17: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| What do YOU want to see in G4? in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 06:28
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I'd like to see Khyryk get his rear in gear, and revive the Awakened middle-of-the-road viewpoint. He seems like the kind of guy who might just pull it off: sane, self-disciplined enough to avoid canisters, averse to cruelty to serviles, also averse to mass terrorism, and evidently a brilliantly accomplished Shaper. You also get to know quite a bit about him in G3, so he's a living character. His obvious major weakness seems likely to be a reluctance to act aggressively when necessary; but this means that the PC is just what he needs. I could see the post-G3 plotline assumed by G4 as having Khyryk take over Gull Island and sit there quietly for a few years, then land on Terrestia with a force and a plan. In fact, having the PC play a critical role in linking him up with some remnant of the Awakened would be a cool plot item. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 06:11
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Sigh. But actually farmers don't get burned much, because they're out all day in the sun from early spring on, and they just build up a deep tan as it gets hotter. It's people who suddenly decide in midsummer to take their office-pale bodies onto the blazing beach that get burned. [ Friday, May 06, 2005 06:15: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 05:42
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You mean, 'necks of color'. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Most "Powerful" Class? in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 05:21
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I didn't waste points in Endurance with my Agent, but I put a few into Strength, because I hated being encumbered all the time, and a lot into Quick Action (got it up to 15 I think) in order to get the drop on the Golem Monstrosity in the Darkstone Core. Couldn't think of any other way to nail that thing; on Torment, I don't think I could have stunned it enough to survive even if I had put all those points into Battle Magic instead. I had high enough Battle Magic and Spellcraft that I had no complaints about my damage, but I'm pretty sure I never got Firebolt up to 400. And there are quite a few highly resistant creatures in G3 that take shockingly little damage from spells that wipe out most other things. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Ocean Bound in Richard White Games | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 05:12
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There is more to life than fun. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| RWG needs more spam. in Richard White Games | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 05:11
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Remind me what level 7 is like, and I might remember something about how to beat it. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| RWG in Richard White Games | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 6 2005 05:09
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Maybe not a cardinal. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 5 2005 15:37
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Whatever else may be true, Agents are definitely not weak in any of these games. Just don't try to make them something they're not, by investing anything in shaping skills. Pump it all into magic, and you're golden. Stay on speed, and keep a high Quick Action, and any doorway or corner makes you completely invincible. My rebel Shaper has reached the Isle of Spears and finally made a pair of Gazers. I cleared the Monastery of Tears on Torment with two Drayks, two Ur-Glaahks, and Greta; it wasn't a pushover, but it didn't take any second attempts. I'm sure I'm nothing special in tactics; my point is that Shapers are fine in G3. I am also just starting with a Guardian, the maximal loyalist. (Since my rebel Shaper was Marius, this is Sulla.) He started with 10 Parry, but so far it only sometimes kicks in - definitely much less effective than in G2. His melee damage is fine in the very early game -- one hit one kill, as with starting Guardians in previous games. I'd forgotten how much fun Guardians were in the beginning game, after playing the other two classes: for a change, attacking things just works. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Greta's upgrade from Khyryk (solved?) in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 5 2005 10:37
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Yeah, now it worked for me too, and Greta has a nifty multi-strike blue attack. What I seem to have done differently this time was (a) use the sdf in Khyryk's Tower (actually I used my modified script that took my 3000 too), instead of somewhere else, and (b) then leave the zone before trying Greta's attack. The last time I had Greta attack Khyryk right away, and a plain old Searer came out. This time I took a little jaunt back and forth to Stonespire, and when we came back she had blue rays. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 5 2005 04:32
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It's not so much that you can retire after 20 years in the military, as that they throw you out after 20 years. On military pay and pension, most people are far from able to retire at age 40. So most ex-military people then have to find a second career for twenty years or so. Some do so more easily than others. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| New look? in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, May 4 2005 12:08
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Yes. The 'Shaper code' you keep hearing about is fundamentally a dress code. Everything else -- essence, creations, brutal retaliation -- was added later to complement the look. [ Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:10: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |