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opaopa13 posted:Just to be absolutely clear, you must level up Max. As you may know, if Max runs out of HP, it's game over. The AI knows this, and will attack Max at every opportunity. When I was a kid, I figured the best way to deal with this was to leave Max at the entrance to every map and never expose him to risk. This works until one of the very last battles in the game, which features flying spellcasters who begin in range of Max's starting position. They will swoop in and nuke him, and there's nothing you can do about it. And since there are no random battles, there's nothing you can do but start the entire game over. Yeah, Max (aka the main character -- you have a chance to name him whatever in the beginning) actually turns into a total badass if you take the time to level him up. When doing so, don't be afraid to use his Egress spell to teleport everyone out of the battle if he's about to die (and can't get away in time, or you're out of healing and he's the last one left, etc). Speaking of Egress, if you don't mind grinding, repeating battles is good way to level up your characters that are lagging behind. Kill every monster in the battle except the last one, then Egress, and repeat. There are some battles where killing a particular monster will end the whole thing, though, so be careful of that. Usually it's a monster unique to the map, and at the very end of the map. Agreed on the Healer info above. Later on in the game your Healers will usually hit for pathetically low damage, so burning up any of their leftover mana on heal spells (which net ~10xp per heal, and you only need 100xp to level) at the end of battles is always a good idea.
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opaopa13 posted:Just to be absolutely clear, you must level up Max. As you may know, if Max runs out of HP, it's game over. The AI knows this, and will attack Max at every opportunity. When I was a kid, I figured the best way to deal with this was to leave Max at the entrance to every map and never expose him to risk. This works until one of the very last battles in the game, which features flying spellcasters who begin in range of Max's starting position. They will swoop in and nuke him, and there's nothing you can do about it. And since there are no random battles, there's nothing you can do but start the entire game over.
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Quibb posted:If you've already beaten the game several times, you may want to try some custom maps, there are plenty of them and they offer more fun scenarios to choke slam Koreans in. I probably should have mentioned that i've never finished it, i get to that stage and then give up because its dull.
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I just got a hankering for some Tactical RPG action and started Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis. It's been forever since i last played it. I'm trying to think of something funny to say about it, but nothing really comes to mind. Anyway, anything I should know about this GBA Tactical RPG?
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Centipeed posted:I added the entirety of your post to the wiki, and put in some of the suggested edits.
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Kid Moe posted:I probably should have mentioned that i've never finished it, i get to that stage and then give up because its dull. I find shotguns are pretty decent at taking out aliens. The shotgun is just plain good in general. The Gauss rifle is also a one hit kill on them.
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Xander77 posted:Seriously though, any chance I could re-submit a cleaned up version for the wiki? As it stands, it both repeats information unnecessarily and is full of typos, which irks me. Email me at anthonyhobday at gmail dot com , with revised text, or I can give you the password and you can edit it directly.
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Centipeed posted:Email me at anthonyhobday at gmail dot com , with revised text, or I can give you the password and you can edit it directly.
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I have a quick question about Fable 2, which I just started playing last night: Is there any reason to hang onto lore/flavor books once I've read them or can I safely sell them? Is there any reason to buy lore/flavor books from the bookshop?
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I've been playing it for a while, but wouldn't mind getting some pointers about UFO: Afterlight. I feel like I'm missing so much (I'm 5 hours into the game and just now realized how to make custom weapons, still don't know how to level up drones (the upgrade screen just says 2[0] for every item despite be having 10 of each chip)).
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Feb 14, 2011 19:54
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What with it being on sale on Steam today, let't try get some Batman: Arkham Asylum hints in here, shall we? (This is in addition to what's on the Wiki already.)
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Centipeed posted:I'm playing through Arkham Asylum for the first time, and I'm a few hours in. Are there any situations where I can get enemies to respawn and farm EXP? I don't really need it, but I'd like to get some more of the upgrades before I move further.
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Centipeed posted:Thanks, I added this to the Wiki. I thought the game was paced really well as far as earning experience for upgrades. By the last quarter of the game you should be nearly 100% upgraded if you've been keeping up with all the Riddler challenges.
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Plus Riddler challenges are really really fun. :3 I hope they come back for Arkham City.
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Anyone have anything to help me out starting for Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators? It's been forever since I've played it and recall the beginning to be particularly brutal. Straight up powergaming advice is fine by me. I like taking a game like this and breaking it over my knee. This is the first game I've been able to muster real interest in while my actual computer's been in a forever limbo of reconstruction.
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Bo-Pepper posted:Anyone have anything to help me out starting for Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators? It's been forever since I've played it and recall the beginning to be particularly brutal. Early on, put all your money into getting the best drone possible. Shields are weak until late in the game, so peleng pirate ships are excellent for having 5 weapon slots at the cost of the shield slot (faeyan ranger ships are also identical to peleng pirate ships if you equip the artifact that ditches the shield for two weapons). Also early in the game, it's highly possible to make more money in jail then you do on the outside; spend every day where the gym is open working out, every day where it's closed at the cafeteria, and every sunday extorting money and you'll easily make 500 cr a week. That strategy makes it extremely appealing and profitable to pirate freighters and then go to jail to reset relations, although eventually inflation will catch up with the money you can make in jail, which never inflates. Adrian Owlsley fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Feb 14, 2011 |
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Police Quest, anybody? Also, does anyone know what the stat symbols are for equipment in Dragon Age? I'm playing it, but don't have a manual. I don't understand what the stats being upped when I change equipment are.
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Capsaicin posted:Police Quest, anybody? You need to become very familiar with the standard operating procedures - things like do a car inspection before getting in the car, call for backup when necessary. It's not just an adventure game, it WILL punish for not following procedures.
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Capsaicin posted:Police Quest, anybody? There is an LP going on right now. Outside of that the manual that comes with the game is pretty much a walk through. You must do everything, absolutely everything, to police code or the game will give you a game over. This means checking your car everytime before you drive or the wheels get holes. This means always storing equipment, changing outfits, and filling out paperwork. Good luck.
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Capsaicin posted:Also, does anyone know what the stat symbols are for equipment in Dragon Age? I'm playing it, but don't have a manual. I don't understand what the stats being upped when I change equipment are. Which stats do you mean exactly? If you mean base character stats: Strength - Increases melee weapon damage, plus chance to hit, and success of intimidate conversation checks. Dexterity - Increases ranged weapon damage, dagger damage, chance to hit and chance to dodge Cunning - Increases armor penetration and success of various rogue skills, and persuasion conversation checks. Willpower - Increases the size of your endurance/mana pool, plus your mental resistance (i.e. Ability to resist mind affecting spells, like paralyze) Magic - Increases the strength of your magic spells Constitution - Increases the size of your HP pool, plus your physical resistance (i.e. Ability to resist being knocked down, etc) There might be a couple of other minor things (like I think Magic might increase how much health you get from heal kits), but that's the basics of it. Also, there are some secondary stats: Armour Rating - Is directly subtracted from any non-magic damage you take (I think). Armour penetration negates armour rating. Attack Rating - Chance to hit with any weapon (except a mage staff, which always hits) Defense Rating - Chance to avoid being hit by a weapon Spellpower - Damage your spells do Gerblyn fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Feb 14, 2011 |
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Capsaicin posted:Also, does anyone know what the stat symbols are for equipment in Dragon Age? I'm playing it, but don't have a manual. I don't understand what the stats being upped when I change equipment are.
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I think he means fatigue, armor, stuff like that. I haven't played since it came out so I can't give a thorough answer but here's what I remember: -Defense affects your chance to avoid being hit. Higher defense is better. -Armor reduces damage taken when hit. I don't know the multipliers but higher is better and remember that piercing weapons (daggers, arrows) are unaffected or barely affected by armor (I forget). -Fatigue is the price you pay for wearing armor (maybe some weapons, too?). Your fatigue stat is a percentage, and any skill you use will drain more stamina/mana. Like, lets say it costs 50 stamina for Alistair to use Shield Pummel. If he's all armored up and has 20% fatigue, then we add 20% of the original stamina price to the total, making it cost 60 stamina instead. Yeah they got it ^^^^ Also I'm pretty sure if you scroll over the stats you're curious about the tool tips in game will explain it as well
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Palleon posted:I've been playing it for a while, but wouldn't mind getting some pointers about UFO: Afterlight. I feel like I'm missing so much (I'm 5 hours into the game and just now realized how to make custom weapons, still don't know how to level up drones (the upgrade screen just says 2[0] for every item despite be having 10 of each chip)). Have you been taking the drones out and getting them XP? They gain levels through XP like the normal guys. Using the drone with the heavy armor body and a single gatling gun is a great way to take out the Grey forces. Bring 6 drones and one meatbody to hang back at the UFO and you'll just completely destroy the grays, even if the drones are fresh. The lasers barely scratch them and the only risk is missiles, but if you go point-blank with the drones (and they easily can), friendly fire will take out other grays. Other things: The basic rifle you research and build early on will serve you well for a while. Lasers are never a bad weapon to have. With later techs they'll be even better and you'll need them to have a good chance of taking out the later Beastman units (You'll know who when you encounter them) Always have someone carrying the warp cannons. They each give you 6 shots and do massive damage to most enemies. They can also destroy most objects on the map, making them great for the 'Destroy Object' missions. Though some missions have more than 12 objects to destroy. Mines are a lot more useful than you might think. Taerkar fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Feb 14, 2011 |
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Taerkar posted:Have you been taking the drones out and getting them XP? They gain levels through XP like the normal guys. One of the drones has 7 confirmed kills and it says he has a bunch of levelups, so I'm not sure what the problem is, unless I'm missing some crucial step.
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Hmm... Are you sure you have the right chips? There's both basic and advanced varieties of the chips and you might have only made the advanced ones? Also, the chips require 2 level-ups, so they can only gain one every other level.
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Keeping the UFO angle: I only heard awesome things about X-Com: ufo defense. I tried playing some kind of remake a year ago, and I didn't understand a thing about it. What's the best way to get into this game? Any pointers on how to start?
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Samopsa posted:Keeping the UFO angle: I only heard awesome things about X-Com: ufo defense. I tried playing some kind of remake a year ago, and I didn't understand a thing about it. What's the best way to get into this game? Any pointers on how to start? Capture UFOs (and the important Elerium that comes with them), build up a decent fighting force, eventually take the fight to them. Keep in mind that the aliens are doing missions and make progress of their own. If you are too passive and don't hinder them it will end up screwing you over in the long run. The thread here in Games should be a good resource, but here are some basic things. -Despite it looking somewhat RPG-y, your guys are utterly expendable. Only after they've survived several missions and ranked up a few times it's worth trying to preserve them. But in the end the success of the mission comes first. -Put your first research into Laser Weapons. Laser Rifles don't consume ammo, are lightweight and pack a decent punch. They will serve as your mainstay weapon for a good part of the game. -Buy a Rocket Tank early on, it'll help out immensly while you don't have proper weapons. -Capturing a landed UFO is better than capturing one that has been shot down. -Avoid doing missions at night, it will put you at a severe disadvantage. If you are worried that a landed UFO might take off before daybreak you can have an interceptor lingering above it so you can shoot it down should it dake off too early. -If you find have money trouble, you can manufacture stuff and sell it with some profit. Laser Rifles are good for this. -The chance of one of your bases being attacked depends on several factors, mostly whether it launches any aircraft and where it is located. A research/manufacture base somewhere in the arctic with no hangars nor radar should be very safe from attack. Perestroika fucked around with this message at 11:02 on Feb 15, 2011 |
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This has probable been covered, but does anyone have any advice for Secret of Evermore? I just got it; so far I'm in the Bugmuck, I'm level 3, and I have no loving clue what alchemy does or even if there's a way to heal without leveling/resting. I figured out that the dog sniffs where there are alchemy ingredients, but that means nothing if I don't know how to alchemize. Also any generaly gameplay tips, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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ape canyon posted:This has probable been covered, but does anyone have any advice for Secret of Evermore? I just got it; so far I'm in the Bugmuck, I'm level 3, and I have no loving clue what alchemy does or even if there's a way to heal without leveling/resting. I figured out that the dog sniffs where there are alchemy ingredients, but that means nothing if I don't know how to alchemize. Also any generaly gameplay tips, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alchemy is pretty much the magic system of the game. If you have the ingredients on you, you can cast the spell. The screen for viewing which elements are needed for each alchemy is in one of the radial menus (the y-menu; press up/down to go between the different cateegories). The icon looks like a flask. You also have to equip an alchemy before you can use it (not sure if this applies to the early-game ones). To equip an alchemy, you need to talk to certain npcs. I think they guy you get Hard Ball from is one of them. It's been a really long time since I last played it, but I'm pretty sure there are some healing items you can use. I don't think you're quite far enough to have encountered the first healing alchemy, though. For general gameplay tips, your alchemy spells level as you use them, so don't be afraid of using your spells on non-boss enemies that are giving you a hard time.
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Samopsa posted:Keeping the UFO angle: I only heard awesome things about X-Com: ufo defense. I tried playing some kind of remake a year ago, and I didn't understand a thing about it. What's the best way to get into this game? Any pointers on how to start? There is a LOT of stuff on the wiki: http://anthonyhobday.com/misc/wsik/index.php/Site/X-ComUFODefense There is even a link at the end of THAT wiki to take you to another wiki with even more stuff.
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Centipeed posted:There is a LOT of stuff on the wiki: Wow, awesome stuff. Totally missed the thread  .Thanks for the link dude! 
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What type of character is the best voice/plot/whatever for Mass Effect 2 (I haven't started it yet.)
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Most are going to say Jennifer Hale, I think it really doesn't make a difference. You'll like whoever you pick. Class doesn't affect the plot at all.
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Lascivious Sloth posted:What type of character is the best voice/plot/whatever for Mass Effect 2 (I haven't started it yet.) There are comparison videos on Youtube showing the difference between female Shepard and male Shepard, and while people say that female Shepard is better, I don't really prefer one over the other. I thought manshep sounded a bit bland at times, but femshep sounds like she's trying too hard to be emotional, as far as I'm concerned.
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I bought Dissidia on a whim today and I don't know a lot about it. Any tips?
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Centipeed posted:There are comparison videos on Youtube showing the difference between female Shepard and male Shepard, and while people say that female Shepard is better, I don't really prefer one over the other. FemShep was by far the best in ME1, but Mark Meer gives a better performance in ME2 than in ME1 so really it's personal preference. Or depends on the romance option you want. Spermando posted:I bought Dissidia on a whim today and I don't know a lot about it. Any tips? Play the Destiny Odyssey (story mode) chapters in the order of their star ranking, not in game order. I.e. you should play Cloud or Cecil's story first because they have one star, while Warrior of Light is the hardest with 5 stars.
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Lascivious Sloth posted:What type of character is the best voice/plot/whatever for Mass Effect 2 (I haven't started it yet.) I am not nearly as angry about this as I used to be, as I have had some very reasonable discussions with people; it seems that if you want to play a renegade, you will be far better off with a female Shepard, as she apparently sounds far more intense. That is not to say that you cannot also like her for paragon, but I have to say the male's voice sounds better to me for the "galactic do-gooder." RagnarokAngel already pointed out that class does not impact the plot at all, but the type of background you select has at least one interesting impact. I never looked up what the other ones do, but the "sole survivor" background has a pretty awesome scene related to it in the game.
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The true answer is be a female because you'll be playing as the only strong female protagonist in an RPG.
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