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Node posted:I was thinking of making a chain coif, because the only plate helm that looks good, and isn't a backer reward, is the bucket helm. But you can't masterwork bucket helms, which is bullshit. Meteoric chain armor, yeah. Bronze is also quite good, providing a third the resistance of meteoric in addition to +% weapon damage. White iron provides avoid on stuff in your hands so white iron weapon/shield might be the way to go if you want defense, not sure of relative value. As previously mentioned, don't use white iron on armor. Masterworking avoidance onto the gear is also the way to go if you can swing it, not resist.
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I decided to buy an Artisan's Tool of Plenty from the public vendor in Owl's Head because I only see them going up in price as time goes on. I used the two I got for backing the game on smelting tongs and a smithing hammer. What should I pick? Refining or production make the most sense to me because those burn through durability. Gathering tools last a lot longer, plus you can engrave them to make them better, somehow. So should I do a refining or production tool (probably carpentry,) or complete the set of metalworking with a pickaxe?
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Sep 7, 2016 04:05
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Don't the artisan tools come with a ton of engravings?
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30.5 Days posted:Don't the artisan tools come with a ton of engravings? Mild versions of them, not like the 30% harvest speed increase of the gold engraving I just put on my regular pickaxe.
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Sep 7, 2016 04:44
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I spent cash money on the prosperity harvesting tools way back and was always glad I had unbreakable tools. Never cared what if any other bonuses they had, just that I never had to carry spare pickaxes or whatever. No regrets! Crafting tools? I have 4 prosperity ones, a mix of reward and others I purchased off player vendors. Hard to say what's best - that really depends on what you like making lots of. For me the tailoring scissors and smithing hammer get the most use by far.
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Sep 7, 2016 08:10
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DancingShade posted:I spent cash money on the prosperity harvesting tools way back and was always glad I had unbreakable tools. Never cared what if any other bonuses they had, just that I never had to carry spare pickaxes or whatever. I think my main issue is deciding if I should use the reward to get a gathering tool, or a refining or production tool. I'm thinking I shouldn't use it on a gathering tool since their durability wears away slowly, plus they can get seriously beefed up with tool engravings. Speaking of the engravings, can they be used on production or refining tools as well as gathering?
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Sep 7, 2016 08:18
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Node posted:I think my main issue is deciding if I should use the reward to get a gathering tool, or a refining or production tool. I'm thinking I shouldn't use it on a gathering tool since their durability wears away slowly, plus they can get seriously beefed up with tool engravings. Gathering is the best convenience thing if you're going to spend a couple hours adventuring and don't want to worry about ducking back to town. Then again if it's just the one item get a smithing hammer. Everyone smiths eventually. I think so? I've never engraved anything because I already have all those shiny indestructibles and any other bonuses aren't important to me at the moment. I just got a copper crown of the obsidians from a 4 skull bandit! 
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Sep 7, 2016 08:31
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Can you make exceptional parts of armor (straps, sheets, etc)? And if so, does it affect the outcome of the final product?
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Sep 7, 2016 13:24
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Unctuous Cretin posted:Can you make exceptional parts of armor (straps, sheets, etc)? And if so, does it affect the outcome of the final product? No difference whatsoever. Only an exceptional [final product] gets that +1 bonus of 50 extra durability.
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Sep 7, 2016 14:24
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Is there a penalty for stealing stuff from NPC houses/shops?
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Sep 7, 2016 21:42
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30.5 Days posted:It used to have good stuff I believe but then they wiped it because people were speed-running for cash. Haven't been able to find the recipes in or out of game for the epic chain set, only the standard or augmented sets. Anyone got a link to them? Usual sites of sotacraft and the wiki have no reference to them that I can find.
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PMB posted:Haven't been able to find the recipes in or out of game for the epic chain set, only the standard or augmented sets. Anyone got a link to them? Usual sites of sotacraft and the wiki have no reference to them that I can find. I apologize, there is no epic chain, there's only regular & aug. Word on the street is that to maximize mats you want boots and gloves, regular everything else btw.
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Sep 7, 2016 22:01
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Akion posted:Is there a penalty for stealing stuff from NPC houses/shops? Don't think so yet. Though NPCs do acknowledge it with "HEY THAT'S MINE!".
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Sep 7, 2016 22:28
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Alexander DeLarge posted:Don't think so yet. Though NPCs do acknowledge it with "HEY THAT'S MINE!". I wonder how they will handle it. I'm sure it will affect your standing with the oracle. Personally, I hope a guard teleports to your location and instagibs you, and puts the item back. This way, if you want to steal something, you need to either be a thief and sneak + steal, or wait until the NPC has left the room. It's kind of fun right now to look for items to decorate your house with, sort of like a scavenger hunt. And of course you can rob blacksmiths and reduce their inventory to scrap right in front of them.
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Sep 8, 2016 00:49
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Node posted:It's kind of fun right now to look for items to decorate your house with, sort of like a scavenger hunt. Or stealing bread from the baker, vegetables from the grocer, and fish from fishmonger to take them back to your house and find they've tripled in size in your pack!
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It already does impact your truth virtue score, mine's in the shitter. There's a weird HUD program on the sota forums that will parse combat logs & if you /stats it'll also parse that out into the program. One of the values is your truth virtue.
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Sep 8, 2016 01:32
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Node posted:It's kind of fun right now to look for items to decorate your house with, sort of like a scavenger hunt. And of course you can rob blacksmiths and reduce their inventory to scrap right in front of them. This is what I've been doing. 30.5 Days posted:It already does impact your truth virtue score, mine's in the shitter. There's a weird HUD program on the sota forums that will parse combat logs & if you /stats it'll also parse that out into the program. One of the values is your truth virtue. Oh well. gently caress that weird robotic bitch and her virtues, then.
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30.5 Days posted:It already does impact your truth virtue score, mine's in the shitter. There's a weird HUD program on the sota forums that will parse combat logs & if you /stats it'll also parse that out into the program. One of the values is your truth virtue. Holy poo poo mine is going to be so goddamn low. In my quest for house design, I've become a liar and a delinquent.
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Sep 8, 2016 02:50
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Next thing you know, you're going to lower your Love statistic every time you bump into someone and they complain.
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The Oracle is just a front for the Guardian.  Bear witness to this shameless attempt to get tax free deeds available for gold in game by giving them a negligible and easily worked around pvp related "penalty". https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/announcing-pvp-lots-outlaw-lots.61828/ I called them on it and they simply decided to deny I was talking about them.  (the easy workaround is putting a tall fence on the lot and locking the gate, bam nobody can attack you) DancingShade fucked around with this message at 08:49 on Sep 8, 2016 |
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Sep 8, 2016 08:46
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Now if we get giant talking godlike snakes, that's the kind of advice I can trust.
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I've literally never stepped inside a POT and I don't think I am missing out on anything. I'm guessing they are completely empty scenes save for one or two buildings that some neckbeard spent hundreds of dollars on, thinking his town is special and will be the main hub of the game. Do I have it right?
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Node posted:I've literally never stepped inside a POT and I don't think I am missing out on anything. I'm guessing they are completely empty scenes save for one or two buildings that some neckbeard spent hundreds of dollars on, thinking his town is special and will be the main hub of the game. Do I have it right? Some of them are genuine communities of like minded people who play together and have a great time. Some are hubs of drama. Some are barren wastelands. Not keeping a close eye on the POT subforum of late I do know that all the custom static ones (non dynamic POTs) are literally made to order but the fulfillment list for Portalarium is pretty long by this point because they sold a lot more than expected. Any locked POT submission form with a custom static build will basically be completely wiped when built by the designer, so I imagine any POT owner getting one of those (majority? I don't know) isn't even using them at this time. We're not talking "just move the trees and rocks around", this sort of thing would be "I want this different map template orientated this specific way to the compass, this manner of fixed lot distribution, these vague features, etc."
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I've been trying to use the game forums more often, since so much of the wiki and various other sites is obsolete, but it's hard to read.
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That "give me a free tax free deed for nothing" thread dressed up as a PVP thread is devolving nicely.
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Node posted:I wonder how they will handle it. I'm sure it will affect your standing with the oracle. Personally, I hope a guard teleports to your location and instagibs you, and puts the item back. This way, if you want to steal something, you need to either be a thief and sneak + steal, or wait until the NPC has left the room. Eventually the plan is for guards to whack you if you get warned enough. There will be plenty of warning but I'm sure players will complain about no longer being able to steal everything nailed down. 30.5 Days posted:There's a weird HUD program on the sota forums that will parse combat logs & if you /stats it'll also parse that out into the program. One of the values is your truth virtue. whoops
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Node posted:Next thing you know, you're going to lower your Love statistic every time you bump into someone and they complain. I actually have many open bugs about things like this, including to lower your Truth stat whenever you lie about your name to an NPC. Lord British is serious about your virtues, yo.
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Hopefully everyone will get a clean slate on the virtue scale when all that gets thrown in. Are tool repair kits craftable or only purchased from NPCs currently?
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Lum_ posted:I actually have many open bugs about things like this, including to lower your Truth stat whenever you lie about your name to an NPC. Haha, that's great. Did you have a typo in your name? gently caress you! Sit five minutes in the corner!
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Lot of NPC's are already calling me "name" because I don't read what they first write as I'm typing name, job and help.
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When I first started playing I had lovely conversations with every NPC. Now it's a rapid-fire "What is your name? My name is Ailde. What is your job? How can I help?" followed by scrolling up and keyword hunting. I might as well bind it to a result recdu vendor buy macro.
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Unctuous Cretin posted:When I first started playing I had lovely conversations with every NPC. Now it's a rapid-fire "What is your name? My name is Ailde. What is your job? How can I help?" followed by scrolling up and keyword hunting. I might as well bind it to a result recdu vendor buy macro. Vendor Buy the Bank some Guards so I Will Take Thee to Recdu! EDIT: It would be cool to get the "I will take thee" quests back. With the whole moral dilemma of "Do I murder them for their money or actually escort them there?" Akion fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Sep 8, 2016 |
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DancingShade posted:That "give me a free tax free deed for nothing" thread dressed up as a PVP thread is devolving nicely. My favorite thread to hang out in is one of the three R33 Feedback "watching netflix while doing crafting combines in town should be a valid and lucrative playstyle" threads.
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in other, unrelated news, devs have realized that death decay was broken in r33. Good news for me since I respecced to polearm two weeks ago and there were some bad times. If that was with decay broken I imagine that things could have been a whole lot worse. By the way, the experience of respeccing in this game is pretty trash. I unlearned bow/light armor/air magic down to the floor including using my obsidian book on draw strength. The amount of XP I got was pretty respectable, but running around with level 10 skills and an adventurer level of 30 or so because of the XP floor is a deeply lovely experience until you push through into the deep 40s. Cons are still utterly worthless because I have a few dozen adventurer levels I'm not using but I at least have a mental map of what I can fight now.
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Lum_ posted:I actually have many open bugs about things like this, including to lower your Truth stat whenever you lie about your name to an NPC. I've actually been going out of my way to say to various NPCs "my name is Dancing Shade" specifically because I didn't want to torpedo my Truth stat. Also they call you by name once you introduce yourself, so there's that.
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I don't know what it looks like yet but I want one of those haunted houses that are in the works.
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Are these emerald ash and hemlock borers worth hanging onto? The sotawiki says they aren't used in game yet but I don't know if that is up to date.
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Node posted:Are these emerald ash and hemlock borers worth hanging onto? The sotawiki says they aren't used in game yet but I don't know if that is up to date. Unknown. They have no purpose in game at the moment aside from selling to a NPC but a number of crafting systems are still being worked on. I say just bank them or toss them into a chest for now. One day they might be pretty useful.
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30.5 Days posted:The vendor for a lot, that might be their purpose. I know, its tempting. I have over 100 and I could get 18k easy. You just don't want to get into the situation where they become five times as valuable to players when a patch hits that gives them a use.
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