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jon joe posted:How do we determine a weapon's statistics for the purpose of this tournament? Where are these values located in a way that is readable to us? Go to your Dwarf Fortress folder, and you'll find the files in the raw subfolder. Use the Arena mod if you want the arena stats specifically. jon joe posted:edit: also, is weapon size effected by the carrier's size? Nope.
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It's literally explained right there in the file.  Scroll up and check the battle axe description.Material size is irrelevant to the Arena, (it's about the amount of resources needed to produce the weapon) so I didn't bother explaining it.
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jon joe posted:edit: One final question I suppose, what determines which attack is used out of the option available? Is it random? Based on situation? Skill? Situation and skill? On the same weapon, the edged one a vast majority of the time, not counting opportunity strikes. When wielding multiple weapons? A combination of weapon skill, a degree of edged weapon priority, a touch of voodoo magic, but most of all, Armok's ever burning desire to make your fighter do the opposite of what you wanted them to do.
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Moving and walking are separate parallel actions, so she wouldn't need to actually stop. Whether she charges in or stays back to shoot is up to the quirks of the AI. e: Dual wielding can work. 3 members of the Slade Gauntlets used it, and so did several other good fighters in the tournaments. The mistake I often see people make is that they rush the second (third, fourth) weapon too soon, while it still costs as much as several levels of weapon skill. my dad fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Nov 2, 2015 |
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Nov 2, 2015 03:35
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ZeeToo posted:but it does play into a side project I might be working on. What might that be? For the recording, I'm thinking about whether it's worth it to spend time figuring out how creature raws work so that I could come up with a custom creature designer. 
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Nov 2, 2015 03:57
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It's not modding DF that's the problem. That's the easy part, actually. The hard part is that Jazz has to be able to implement any change in a way that can be interacted with on his website, so stuff has to be done in such a way that he's not overwhelmed.
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Nov 2, 2015 05:24
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Added Space posted:If a fighter is incapacitated, attacks on him will preferentially target the head. If you have a strong helm, even if you go down you'll still tank abuse and potentially tie up an attacker so a teammate can rescue you. There's the opportunity cost to consider, though. Points can be spent instead on making sure your fighter doesn't go down in the first place.
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Nov 3, 2015 02:25
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I get the impression that "An arm for an arm" is a trade Braun is uniquely well made to take.
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Nov 4, 2015 18:36
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I did not expect this result, nor did I expect it to be such a one-sided battle.
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Nov 6, 2015 19:10
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People tend to forget that copper is heavy enough to be good blunt weapon material, and bad enough at protecting you that it's only better than leather at blocking some sharp copper weapons. And it costs twice as much as leather. Pretty much the only copper armor I'd ever buy is a copper cap to give at least basic head protection, and maaaaaybe a copper mail shirt on a minotaur+ sized creature, but not really. If you buy full body copper armor, you'll need a lot of armor skill to make up for it, and at that point you might as well buy iron instead.
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Nov 6, 2015 19:26
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You're trying to trigger me, aren't you?
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Nov 8, 2015 23:38
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Ramc posted:At the end you can see what kinds of weapons are best for racking up kills. I'd assume slashing. Well, the primary factor is being skilled enough to be the one doing the killing, but in general, probably the stuff that's capable of inflicting powerful blows. So picks, bigass swords, stuff like that. Heavy warhammers once people start having enough skill to use them right. Possibly spears, too, but that one depends on a bajillion factors.
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Nov 10, 2015 18:41
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dasmause posted:Looking at my fighter's performance so far, apparently not having a weapon has a negative impact on ability to kill Not Panty Thief, that's for sure. 
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Nov 13, 2015 16:49
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Yeah, A Tarantino Film at least has a passable counter of some sort to all of our fighters. They're just not very likely to use it well.
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Nov 14, 2015 00:57
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I'm only betting on this one because I always bet on my own team. Make of it what you will.
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Nov 18, 2015 22:26
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Sun Tzulander, holy poo poo. 
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Nov 19, 2015 16:34
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Oh well. Win some, lose some.
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Nov 19, 2015 17:13
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Frozen_flame posted:Time for the secret plan. Platinum Helms! Also steroids Well, the first half of your plan is confirmed to be working.
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Nov 20, 2015 17:34
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Bad Munki posted:Even with damaged eyes, a useless hand, and bleeding out from missing a leg, Jimbo kills one guy and largely disable another. I like Jimbo, he's a good dwarf. Jimbo is legitimately not a bad fighter at all. Just... You know... Not in a particularly good team to show that off. My main complaint is that you bought him a helm instead of a cap and a pair of gauntlets.
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Nov 20, 2015 20:22
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Ah, but a team in the preliminaries needs only be better than average to survive into the next round. It's the next round where being the best team starts to matter, and some builds are more future-proof than others.
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Nov 20, 2015 21:49
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Frozen_flame posted:Braun's face oh my god I agree. 
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Nov 23, 2015 12:29
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Did you try copper?
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Nov 26, 2015 21:16
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It's OK, I expect we'll lose a couple of matches, including this one. I'm pretty sure we can beat most of the other teams, though.
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Nov 27, 2015 01:57
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Yeah, archers require a team that can live long enough for them to fire off shots, and is capable of exploiting on damage inflicted. There's also the factor of how much dodging skill the enemy team has. I'm probably not spoiling much when I say that I didn't put a lot of points into dodging on my head-to-toe armored minotaur that ended up taking 2 bolts to the gut.
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Nov 28, 2015 21:55
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By the way, a completely new version of Dwarf Fortress is out. It includes music. And beatboxing. And writing. And taverns. And malleable ethics. And science. And non-dwarf tourists who may potentially apply for citizenship if they like your fortress well enough. And objects made from more than one material.
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SynthOrange posted:
The fun part is, your character can now change the ethical systems of entire civilizations by rocking out just that hard. Ever wanted peaceful goblins or particularly warmongering elves? Now's your chance to do it. e: Oh my God my dad fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Dec 2, 2015 |
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Dec 2, 2015 01:17
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Spermy Smurf posted:What happened with that screenshot my dad? I have no idea. I'm waiting for the first couple of bugfixes before I dare start playing it, and I guess I'll find out then.
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Dec 2, 2015 03:53
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I thought you were joking, but,quote:It is a gelding strike! it finally happened in the arena...
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Dec 3, 2015 15:36
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GreyPowerVan posted:Why did I get lashing and blocking skill? I wonder if whips have an innately lower parry chance... They have a special tag that makes them bad at being wielded alongside something else, and it's quite possible that this includes being wielded alongside a shield.
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Dec 3, 2015 15:46
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Ramc posted:Hey now, there is one more Gemclod vs Syrupleaf fight this round! Sadly, it's one which I expect us to lose.
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Dec 8, 2015 23:33
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Er... I thought martial trance was supposed to be removed? Oh well, c'est la vie.
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Dec 9, 2015 06:03
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They are, because whips and scourges are really, really bad in this version, especially when you take their price and slow speed into account.
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Dec 19, 2015 11:13
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From what I've seen and heard so far, sadly, no.
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Dec 19, 2015 12:26
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ZeeToo posted:No, I'm really with Jazzimus here. Lightly Whipped have a lot of issues as a team, but "selecting the wrong weapon type" probably isn't in the top 3. Well, you can see their skill loadouts. I can't.
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Dec 19, 2015 14:44
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Tiler Kiwi posted:dwarf fortress doesn't model shock you nerds Nonsense, I'm sure the fighters are quite shocked once they see their limbs flying off in an arc for the first time. By the fourth time this happens, not so much.
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Dec 21, 2015 19:19
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Endorph posted:mongo has been consistently useless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRma7PDW10
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Dec 23, 2015 17:19
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ZeeToo posted:but I just ran The Plump Helmets vs The Petting Zoo and holy poo poo, this is going to be a treat. Goddamn, we lost, didn't we?
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Dec 23, 2015 18:43
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New pro strat: Take a nap while your enemies exhaust themselves failing to hurt you, then wake up and
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Dec 23, 2015 21:30
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ZeeToo posted:
I'm pretty sure that's a glancing blow that ended up brushing the fur.
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Dec 24, 2015 19:26
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I didn't even notice that.
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I'm yet to regret being in the same team as you, Ramc.
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