Heroica RPG General Discussion

[Palathadric]

I think Endgame just accidentally revealed himself in his own quest. ...That minoid.

[Duvors]

Did Sandy just offer to give away access to the Veteran Classes for free(ish)?

[LordoftheNoobs]

Not exactly, you'd still need to be Level 40 (I assume).

[StickFig]

Rangers are an offensive class (glass cannon).

(Emphasis added.)

Basically, start as a Knight. When you start as a Knight, it's best to pour your Gold into your shield,

I think I may have to pour gold into SP - if not a shield - even as a Ranger... anyone have a worthwhile SP artifact they're willing to part with cheap?

especially since QMs are way more likely to drop high-WP weapons (that often also have some very nice secondary effects) than they are to drop high SP shields (mostly because SP is the bane of QMs in general).

Well, the quest Matthias is in now (my first quest, #90), hasn't dropped any shields but has dropped a nice set of weapons... none of which are ranged.

[Vash the Stampede]

Well, the quest Matthias is in now (my first quest, #90), hasn't dropped any shields but has dropped a nice set of weapons... none of which are ranged.

I had to buy my WP:15 scythe whilst I've seen people get higher drops on their quest and get to spend their gold on something else so it really does depend on the quest your on. In a quest you're not travelling around with vastly higher leveled heroes you will feel much more useful to the party though so don't feel too upset now (Personal experience from Quest 44 to whatever quest I had after that).

Given how quickly Guts has been slaughtering everyone and they're now out of reinforcements, anyone who wants to stay on that side can submit an action and do so. Otherwise, we could use the help and earn ourselves a neutral victory like most of us want

Given how massively buffed up these enemies are and how it wasn't stated that we have to defeat both armies in the same round I think it would probably be safer to keep the sides like this and if necessary have heroes defeat the kingdom army and then the orc one. And news from the sky says we need a bigger tank. If you're done with Hoke we'd like to borrow him. For a while. A looooong while.

[Quarryman]

Actually, this raises an interesting thought. It seems we as a community having never seen each other have made some rather humorous assumptions as to what they imagine us to be outside of the forum. So, I guess the next logical question would be when you think of a member of the forum, particularly the QM's, what do you envision?

In general I just envision the ones I've met in real life, the rest are at best blurry blobs. On that note though, in many cases I find that knowing someone's voice influences how I read their posts.

[Sandy]

Unfortunately I've come up with a fever (during a holiday, of course), so I have no energy to delve into the Grogmas Event tonight.

I still have tomorrow and Monday off from work, so I'll try to get them done once I get my groove back. Apologies for those still anxiously waiting for answers to their letters.

[Flipz]

Unfortunately I've come up with a fever (during a holiday, of course), so I have no energy to delve into the Grogmas Event tonight.

I still have tomorrow and Monday off from work, so I'll try to get them done once I get my groove back. Apologies for those still anxiously waiting for answers to their letters.

Stay in your Bedroll and drink a Remedy, you'll regain your Hit Points, clear your negative status effects, and as an added bonus will restore your expended Ether as well.

[Scubacarrot]

In general I just envision the ones I've met in real life, the rest are at best blurry blobs. On that note though, in many cases I find that knowing someone's voice influences how I read their posts.

Heavily accented poor english. (me) Seems about right.

Edited April 19, 2014 by Scubacarrot

[Zepher]

You don't have to be a both armies on the same round! You just have to make sure that one army doesn't have control of the central tower at the end of the battle (assuming you want a neutral victory).

And if 96 had been on a hiatus, you would know, because we'd be complaining.

[Flipz]

And if 96 had been on a hiatus, you would know, because we'd be complaining.

I figured you all were too busy to complain--that IS why Scuba chose now to host 96, right?

[Pyrovisionary]

I see people entirely as their avatar.

[Capt.JohnPaul]

I actually imagined Kintober as a girl. It was that avatar!

[Kintobor]

I'm not surprised. I always thought Sandy was female when I lurked the forums, until he clarified it. It was partially the name, Murder on the Emerald Express, and the Princess Quest comic he did that made me believe that.

Which one, because I've had a lot of female avatars.

[Pyrovisionary]

I do, of course have the most masculine icon. The weighted companion cube.

[Flipz]

For megablocks' sake, please pay attention. I know it's a big battle and can get confusing, but that was a huge throw of a round.

More in-depth discussion on the topic to come once the trilogy is over, but: this is why I find the level of inactivity I've seen in recent Heroica history unforgiveable. The mindset of pure self-focus it engenders is just as damaging, if not more so, than the actual inactivity.

To be clear, I'm not saying nstickney was being malevolent nor inactive, I'm saying that the level of inactivity we've tolerated in this game has taught him and a lot of other players that not contributing and not playing as a team is OK, when it's really, really not.

Edited April 19, 2014 by Flipz

[CMP]

To be clear, I'm not saying nstickney was being malevolent nor inactive, I'm saying that the level of inactivity we've tolerated in this game has taught him and a lot of other players that not contributing and not playing as a team is OK, when it's really, really not.

So you're taking what was a minor error and turning it into a reflection on Heroica as a whole?

[Scorpiox]

More in-depth discussion on the topic to come once the trilogy is over, but: this is why I find the level of inactivity I've seen in recent Heroica history unforgiveable. The mindset of pure self-focus it engenders is just as damaging, if not more so, than the actual inactivity.

To be clear, I'm not saying nstickney was being malevolent nor inactive, I'm saying that the level of inactivity we've tolerated in this game has taught him and a lot of other players that not contributing and not playing as a team is OK, when it's really, really not.

Or, you know, not everyone is able to dedicate themselves to this game all of the time...

[Flipz]

So you're taking what was a minor error and turning it into a reflection on Heroica as a whole?

Because we've seen the issues consistently across several Quests recently, yes.

[JimBee]

I'm with Flipz on this one. It's not just one simple error on nstickney's part (nor do I blame him, mistakes happen); it's a problem that's become quite apparent recently, especially in the Baltarok trilogy. Plenty of people are inactive or otherwise completely engaged in quests. It's gotten to the point where every single post from a character is "Repeat" or "attack". If you can't dedicate the time or effort beyond that to play this game, then you have no place being on quests.

How a QM chooses to deal with inactivity problems is there business, but I certainly would not allow other PC's actions to be dictated by another PC for an extended period of time. As in, most of the quest where said PC does not participate to an acceptable level.

Hate to be the advocate here, but this game will not work when only half the people playing participate.

[swils]

Or, you know, not everyone is able to dedicate themselves to this game all of the time...

As a member of the "life gets in the way" party (especially as another semester draws to a close), I understand this completely. However, it is considerate to your fellow players to act as Flare did:

OoC: If I don't post can someone please take care of Benji's actions? I'm a quite busy in real life, and from Sunday to Tuesday I will have no internet access whatsoever.

Even consider taking it a step further and saying something along the lines of "I'm busy [ex: only viewing from mobile] and may have missed something, so feel free to change my action as needed." I'm just as guilty of this as anyone else, I've missed actions before and made the wrong action. It's something I've been trying to fix. I don't think anyone should treat this as a job--it's meant to be a fun side-thing. That's why it's "check in once a day" not "once an hour". But please, do try to take those few minutes to make educated contributions.

[JimBee]

As a member of the "life gets in the way" party (especially as another semester draws to a close), I understand this completely. However, it is considerate to your fellow players to act as Flare did:

Even consider taking it a step further and saying something along the lines of "I'm busy [ex: only viewing from mobile] and may have missed something, so feel free to change my action as needed." I'm just as guilty of this as anyone else, I've missed actions before and made the wrong action. It's something I've been trying to fix. I don't think anyone should treat this as a job--it's meant to be a fun side-thing. That's why it's "check in once a day" not "once an hour". But please, do try to take those few minutes to make educated contributions.

Well put.

[Capt.JohnPaul]

I apologize if I seem to be inactive or I put "repeat" all the time, truly, I don't want to come across as lazy, but I am really deciding on strategy. For example, the poison wint take out the orc I just attacked or whatever, so I need to finish him.

I know no one's pointing fingers I just wanted to clarify.

[CMP]

Because we've seen the issues consistently across several Quests recently, yes.

Maybe so, but I don't think that mistake has anything to do with it.

I've noticed it as well. I generally take care to pick the most active heroes I possibly can - it is by far the greatest factor I take into mind when I'm choosing parties for a Quest. There's a point in every Quest, though, it seems really contrived to just drop a hero from the party. I think Zepher might've been onto something as to simply refuse to give experience to inactive heroes.

[Scorpiox]

Even consider taking it a step further and saying something along the lines of "I'm busy [ex: only viewing from mobile] and may have missed something, so feel free to change my action as needed." I'm just as guilty of this as anyone else, I've missed actions before and made the wrong action. It's something I've been trying to fix. I don't think anyone should treat this as a job--it's meant to be a fun side-thing. That's why it's "check in once a day" not "once an hour". But please, do try to take those few minutes to make educated contributions.

That's what we all need in a battle as tight as this one.