What feature that the Avernum series lacked would you most like to see in BoA?
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, April 22 2003 01:53
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In the Avernum series you can store your characters in certain major locations, and pick them up again later. 4 PC's is a nice number to play anyway - I found Exile's 6 a bit too many. I like playing singletons as well though :) -------------------- Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally." - Soviet infantry manual, 1930's Posts: 267 | Registered: Wednesday, November 27 2002 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, April 22 2003 03:45
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no contest about the new features NEW SPELLS NEW SPELLS NEW SPELLS! :P -------------------- My website is www.geocities.com/jkingrowe Posts: 10 | Registered: Monday, April 21 2003 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, April 23 2003 16:23
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Items... literally several million items. A game like this could do it so simply... a run-script to make items, mix-matching attributes and creating all types of crap. Something similar to Diablo2 where random items drop with random attributes. Random prefixes, random suffixes. Limitless (almost) possiblities. Note for Jeff: Not too late perhaps, even? :cool: -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, April 23 2003 17:50
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quote:I liked the 6 person parties, they allow me to have more melee fighters, which I use a lot of. The 4 person parties limit my flexibility because two people pretty much have to be mage/priests, which leaves only two others. (Yay, finally I'm not an Apprentice anymore! :cool: ) [ Wednesday, April 23, 2003 17:51: Message edited by: Melaw the Mage ] Posts: 127 | Registered: Wednesday, February 20 2002 08:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Wednesday, April 23 2003 19:20
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That's no problem with me - in Blades of Exile, my entire party started out as mage/priests and ended up as fighter/mage/priests. I'm not sure whether BoA will reward specialization or "multiclassing" more. I'll have to play around with it. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, April 25 2003 02:38
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Does anyone know if Martial Arts is actually being developed for BoA? -------------------- Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally." - Soviet infantry manual, 1930's Posts: 267 | Registered: Wednesday, November 27 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, April 25 2003 05:32
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I strongly strongly doubt it. -------------------- Riot Shields Voodoo Economics It's just business Cattle prods And the IMF I trust I can rely on your vote Posts: 530 | Registered: Sunday, September 1 2002 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, April 27 2003 09:05
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I would like to see the scry monster spell back aswell, but I think that will never happen :( -------------------- …../|,-‘`¯¯`\(o)_\,----,,,_……… …( `\(o),,_/` ¯ : o : :: o`-, … I'm under your bed. Posts: 118 | Registered: Wednesday, April 2 2003 08:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Sunday, April 27 2003 13:50
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I never used Scry Monster. Doesn't it just give you the stats for the monster you cast it on? -------------------- http://members.aol.com/risberg/blades/ Eternity approaches. Posts: 56 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, April 27 2003 14:23
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All it does is shows you the stats of the monster and records it in the Monster Library. I find it's a waste of SP because instead of seeing how many HP a monster has you could be decreasing that number. Besides, why would someone need to record the stats of a monster you fought? By the time you looked at the entry the monster would be dead. [ Sunday, April 27, 2003 14:24: Message edited by: Melaw the Mage ] Posts: 127 | Registered: Wednesday, February 20 2002 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Monday, April 28 2003 01:26
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Scry monster was more useful in BoE because it gave you an idea about the powers of a boss and monsters in an unfamiliar scenario. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Monday, April 28 2003 12:01
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Indeed. And that is information which can help you plan. Or save you from a severe whooping, if the monster pulls out something like Paralysis Ray on you. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, April 28 2003 23:18
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The nice thing about 6 character parties is you can carry more stuff. I also kind of miss the scry monster spell, but it would probably be better if you can find out a monster's stats and resistances by looking at it rather than having to cast a spell on it. Posts: 141 | Registered: Saturday, April 20 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, April 29 2003 03:37
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And I'd go in the opposite direction and say that having monsters with unknown stats increases the challenge. At the very least the designer should be able to choose which information to show and which not to. —Alorael, who would rather learn by being mangled than learn because of a spell that says everything about a monster. At least abilities should be hidden! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Tuesday, April 29 2003 10:45
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Scry Monster saves you a reload after you die to that ability you didn't know the boss had. :P [ Tuesday, April 29, 2003 14:48: Message edited by: Imban ] Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, April 30 2003 10:41
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A status I would want to see to be set on certain monsters is "Creature flys". I always thought it was weird fighting with bats who were blocked by tables and book shelves and chasms and such. The ability "Creature Flys" could be used so that nothing short of a wall/barrier could block them. Same would go for some of the undead apparitions and such. Ofcourse, maybe I'm just being picky. [ Wednesday, April 30, 2003 10:42: Message edited by: Daravon ] -------------------- -Daravon Posts: 104 | Registered: Friday, March 8 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, May 1 2003 18:00
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The scry monster spell was a usefull tool for scenario desingers. It helps a lot when you try to create your monsters and want to have an idea of how powerfull/weak you wanted the monsters to be. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Thursday, May 1 2003 18:42
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What I want in BoA is more items and more item graphics. Many of the weapons in the Avernum series looked exactly the same, as did the armour. Artifacts looked exactly the same as the cheap versions of the item! -------------------- http://members.aol.com/risberg/blades/ Eternity approaches. Posts: 56 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Thursday, May 1 2003 18:42
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I want the fire barrier, force barrier, and quickfire spells. Then woe to the towns(which I could do with those spells). Posts: 1918 | Registered: Sunday, October 13 2002 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Friday, May 2 2003 01:17
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quote:You can have custom item graphics in BoA. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, May 2 2003 20:29
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speaking of graphics, what ever happned to the frickin halberd graphic??? WHy isn't there a halberd graphic!!?? GRAHH!! I'm done. Promis. :rolleyes: -------------------- -Daravon Posts: 104 | Registered: Friday, March 8 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, May 3 2003 02:04
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For my personal idea for BoA, I'd like to see a script that is able to increase my AP, though not through the use of items. Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, May 3 2003 02:47
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quote:Don't worry about that. I made one for BoA. It's in the Louvre. It's not great, but it's not bad either. It's an edit. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Saturday, May 3 2003 10:01
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quote:Yeah, I know. I will if I ever make a scenario. I'll use different graphics for different item qualities. I hope other poeple will too, because it looks better that way :) . [ Saturday, May 03, 2003 14:48: Message edited by: xxo ] -------------------- http://members.aol.com/risberg/blades/ Eternity approaches. Posts: 56 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, May 3 2003 12:31
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If BoA works the way BoE did, items with custom graphics will be impossible to take from one scenario to another. —Alorael, who also thinks that showing item quality with graphics would make identification less useful. Still, having all different kinds of swords look the same is a bit odd. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |