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Law Bringer
Member # 335
Profile Homepage #25
It's not a question of killing. It's a question of doing it with style.

—Alorael, who found that that impulse served him poorly in G4. It is remarkably possible to end up in an increasingly large brawl with explosive enemies. Sooner or later it becomes time to call it quits.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Loyal Underling
Member # 13
Profile #26
I like to run and hide and take things on one by one. Cowardly? Yes. Smart? Also yes.

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[i]Great Potato[/i]
"Unless by the force of eloquence they mean the force of truth; for if such is their meaning, I admit that I am eloquent." -- Socrates
Posts: 126 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #27
Running and hiding does not sound very shaper-like. Unless you are an agent, you should feel obligated to never show your enemies the slightest sign of weakness or cowardice, no matter how pragmatic it may be.

Then again, this might be the canisters talking.

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You lose.
Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00
Shock Trooper
Member # 7143
Profile #28
Hey, Shapers may be arrogrant, but they are also very cautious.

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"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."
- Cato the Elder (234-149 BC)

"The mind, if it exists, is nothing but an unfortunate after effect of the brain process."
-Kripke

"One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly."
-Friedich Nietzche
Posts: 333 | Registered: Saturday, May 20 2006 07:00
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #29
Delicious Vlish favored backing up and luring your enemies to their destruction. Even with using the Geneforge in GF1 if you let your enemies swarm you, then you can get slaughtered. There is nothing wrong with a tactical retreat.

As Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation quoted that famous human saying, "He who fights and runs away, lives to run away another day."
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Triad Mage
Member # 7
Profile Homepage #30
I'm a servile. Serviles are plenty cowardly.

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"At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander
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You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse!
Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
Law Bringer
Member # 335
Profile Homepage #31
Your chances of being an official shaper in GF4 are small. Your chances of being a plucky sort with a large number of enemies after you is somewhere around 110%.

—Alorael, who thinks the right tone is set by what he thinks will eventually be the demo. Retrograde maneuvers are very important in strategy and in tactics when you've got an empire after you and no caves to hide in with unexpected bug-eyed allies.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Agent
Member # 2759
Profile Homepage #32
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?

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"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
Law Bringer
Member # 335
Profile Homepage #33
Speaking for one section of the game and not the whole, I can say that he has successfully made group tactics pretty much essential.

—Alorael, who did not say group combat was essential. It's almost essential, but it's not. Jeff still believes that those who really want to play a coward with a full pack of living tools and a silver tongue should be able to, and he still believes that it should be really painfully hard. This time, however, you can do it with friends!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
His Mighty Tentacle
Member # 627
Profile #34
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

Delicious Vlish favored backing up and luring your enemies to their destruction. Even with using the Geneforge in GF1 if you let your enemies swarm you, then you can get slaughtered. There is nothing wrong with a tactical retreat.

As Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation quoted that famous human saying, "He who fights and runs away, lives to run away another day."

It has always served me well.

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If I could make just one wish, I would want a tasty vlish.

Geneforge IV. Still no tasty vlish.
Posts: 1104 | Registered: Tuesday, February 12 2002 08:00
Apprentice
Member # 7364
Profile #35
geneforge 1 is the best so far (so much power!!!and you can kill the agents and guardians you get in the end where you read after you use the geneforge)i wonder how gene forge 4 will be

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You have not seen until you have crossed over to the darkness and power.
Posts: 10 | Registered: Tuesday, August 8 2006 07:00
Lifecrafter
Member # 7252
Profile #36
I prefer G2..I like the Barzite ending a lot. Defeating the Shaper Council is quite a feat.

Oh yeah.. I hope in G4 that you can really meet the SC not just in ending but maybe in the midgame or something..

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Oh you're a cute Adze-Haakai you are..
Posts: 732 | Registered: Saturday, June 24 2006 07:00
The Establishment
Member # 6
Profile #37
quote:
Oh yeah.. I hope in G4 that you can really meet the SC not just in ending but maybe in the midgame or something..
I can neither confirm nor deny this. Although I can say it would be quite interesting to meet South Carolina. :P

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Your flower power is no match for my glower power!
Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
Infiltrator
Member # 4826
Profile #38
SC? Oh yes, well, while Sasha Cohen might be an, ah, interesting person to meet, I'm really not too interested in professional ice skaters.

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Bring back TM or [i]DIE.[/i]

To spread the hype, as well as cause your crush's name to appear on the screen, copy this into your signature.
Posts: 458 | Registered: Friday, August 6 2004 07:00
Lifecrafter
Member # 7252
Profile #39
Hahaha..
But really..meeting the Shaper Council midway in the game is quite interesting.

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Oh you're a cute Adze-Haakai you are..
Posts: 732 | Registered: Saturday, June 24 2006 07:00
Shock Trooper
Member # 7143
Profile #40
It'd be interesting to see their reaction when you whip out a canister and chug it right in front of them.

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"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."
- Cato the Elder (234-149 BC)

"The mind, if it exists, is nothing but an unfortunate after effect of the brain process."
-Kripke

"One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly."
-Friedich Nietzche
Posts: 333 | Registered: Saturday, May 20 2006 07:00
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
Profile #41
I'd like to hear the Shaper's Council reaction to the servile in armor with baton and sword that's glowing from too many cannisters. Somehow I don't think stealth will get that past the guards.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Warrior
Member # 5118
Profile #42
Yeah, especially they att you when they see u

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This apple? no. That apple? no. What about that orange? no. "What DO YOU WANT!!!!" 'Wink' "I want the apple you are eating."
Posts: 87 | Registered: Sunday, October 24 2004 07:00

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