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Hey, good job TC! Now try it with another ship! I personally found the Engi class A cruiser to be very different but still fun
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joe40001 posted...

I spend like 90% of my energy making sure i can take out those missiles quickly and consistently. The ship can handle everything else. fine

Yep, its why I'm so insistent about using a boarding crew. Missiles go down within 20 seconds for the first two phases, and for the third phase they go down 20 seconds after you can knock out the Super Shield. You don't NEED a boarding crew, but its honestly the most effective way to knock out the Flagship's weapons.
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Two_Dee posted...

well this is the closest im ever getting LOL

That's actually not bad at all considering that's probs the first time you ever saw phases 2 and 3 of the boss fight. If you had a boarding crew and a Defense Mk 1 drone you probably would have won. Overall your build wasn't bad, other than looking like you probably were a little short on scrap to make the final set of upgrades needed to max out shields and engines.

RedWhiteBlue posted...

Two_Dee posted...

Pretty sure I took 0 points of damage through phase 1 and 2, and then phase 3 happens and i get shot with like 12 missles in 1 second and get invaded by like 4 dudes

Oh, forgot to mention, but plasma and cutting weapons are your best friend. Plasma to disable the shield after it's hacked, missile their missiles and lasers, laser cutters to hit 4-5 rooms at once. Really makes mince meat of phase 3 if you can survive the first super weapon.

I think you mean Ion and Beam weapons.

Honestly, if you're buying a bunch of weapons you're doing it wrong. Most of the time you should be given enough weapons from events to make a good build. You *might* need to buy one really good weapon (like Two_Dee's second Burst Laser Mk2 in this build) if it shows up in the shop but otherwise don't try to force a build because you'll be wasting scrap you could better use on Augmentations or ship upgrades. Good augments are WAY more useful than most weapons, especially if you have a good boarding crew
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Mandasnake posted...

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-03/4/17/campaign_images/webdr15/plus-size-model-tess-munster-totally-slays-in-tor-2-26665-1425509904-23_dblbig.jpg

Sorry, I don't have time to post pics of 95% of all women
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I can't post a link to the randomizer site because it might be illegal activities, but here's a gameplay guide if someone needs help getting thru.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xz2QUKfsMnOS-YVneM7DhYQrmq64e9mfPawdJPPErzs/edit

I also HIGHLY RECOMMEND using an item tracker with this. Its easy to lose track of how many chests are in a given location, and missing even one could mean severe blockage. I was completely shut out of Misery Mire and Turtle Rock until I realized I'd missed a chest in a cave and hit had the Ether medallion in it.
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Go_Totodile posted...

Neat idea. Is is possible to beat the game every time?

Yes, the coders did an amazing job of making sure its impossible to get soft locked. The only caveat to that is you may need knowledge of odd game mechanics (like being able to use the Boots to bash into stuff and recoil over gaps) in order to progress. That said, all locations like that are described in detail on some of the resources the game creators have up
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faizan_faizan posted...

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faizan_faizan posted...

Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

$500 and $65,000 are both fucking stupid estimates. There's a reasonable middle ground for fuck sake.

You seriously think it would take more than $500 to build a staircase?

Yes, it in fact would cost more than that in just materials to build a staircase that is both weatherproof and completely safe. It'd probably also cost more than $500 in labor costs since it'd take a team of two workers a couple of days to finish the project start to finish.

GTFO of here with your shit talk. You clearly have no idea what it costs to work construction or what a project like this makes. You're like one of those guys who assumes that fixing a car should be cheap because he can change his own spark plugs.

No one cares about details. The answer to "Can you build a staircase for $500?" is "Yes." Case in point: the article on the first page.

"Can you build a car for $500? Yes, but it's gonna be foot powered and have doughnuts for wheels"

There's a difference between making something functional and just slapping something together and calling it a day. While the staircase he built IS functional, it'll start to rot away in less than a year and will be unsafe in no more than 2 years. Spend $550 every two years or spend $1000 on something that will last decades, I wonder which is better?
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Someone hacked the game so that it will run with all chests and NPC granted items (including rupee rewards from some thieves in caves, etc) are completely randomized. The only guaranteed drop is the basic sword from your Uncle (and even that might be randomized depending on the difficulty selected). Pendant/crystal drops are also randomized, so that the Light World dungeons may drop Crystals and the Pendants may be in the Dark World (which isn't as big a deal as it sounds since the Master Sword pedestal holds a random item as well).

Just finished my first run of the game and other than it taking forever to find the bow I had a good time. Definitely gonna play again, wouldn't mind finding someone to race if they wanted to play too sometime.

Here's the YT vid I watched that turned me on to the game. Ryu is a great guy in general and he does a fair job of explaining what's going on


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Oh, also, you're probably not pausing enough. I pause so much that a friend who was watching me thought this game was turn based xD
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Two_Dee posted...

RIP

had maxed shields, 40% dodge, 8 bars worth of weapons including a halberd beam, and got rekt on the first Flagship fight

im never going to win

First off, 40% dodge is trash. You can get almost that much before you even leave the first sector without even upgrading your ship if you take the time to train your pilot and the guy running your engines.

Second, "eight bars worth of weapons" means nothing if they're not good weapons. Not all weapons are created equal, and Beam weapons are pretty trash in the early part of the flagship fight because you'll struggle to take down their shields enough for it to do damage consistently.

Third, max shields does nothing to stop the Flagship's missile spam. Also, the Flagship is capable of dealing 6 shield damage per volley (3 from its burst laser, 3 from its burst Ion cannon) so even with max shields you'll get chewed up without defense drones, cloaking, or good dodge rate.

Now, some advice.

You should have a crew teleporter ON EVERY RUN, period. Boarding a ship and killing its crew nets much higher rewards than blowing it up. Get some combination of Mantis and Rockmen (whether its two of one type or one of each) and get them some hand to hand experience. If nothing else, having a crew teleporter for the last fight will let you teleport a team into the individual weapons rooms on the Flagship and disable them. That fight is MUCH simpler once you eliminate the missile spam and the beam weapon. That said, running a boarding crew for almost every fight is possible and will net you far better results over the course of a run than blasting everything to scrap. Just be sure to turn OFF auto fire when your crew is on their ship, and to disable their med bay before sending in your kill squad.

You should have a cloaking device ON EVERY RUN, period (unless you're using the AE content). Being able to boost your dodge to 100% when an enemy fires a dangerous missile weapon or a large laser volley is worth EVERY single unit of scrap you invest in it. Not only will cloaking dodge a volley of shots, it will delay the time it takes them to charge their NEXT volley, buying you time to reload/heal your crew/teleport in your kill squad.

You should have a Drone system on *most* runs if you can afford it, and the only drone you want is a Defense Mark 1 drone. Offensive drones can be kinda useful, but you'd be better off just getting better weapons (exception: the drone carrier ships like the Engi A cruiser. Those can stack offensive and beam drones for HILARIOUSLY free wins). Boarding drones can be quite useful in conjunction with a boarding team. Anti personnel drones are a waste. System repair drones are *OK* at best and pointless if you have any Engi crew. The humble Defense Mk1 drone will keep you safe from missiles and that's all you really need. The Defense Mk2 will waste shots blocking lasers your shields could soak up and will sometimes let a missile thru as a result.

Learn what weapons are good and which ones are noob traps. For example, it may not seem like it but the Kestral starts with one of the best weapons in the game. The Burst Laser Mk2 is, simply put, the most efficient weapon in the game. One of my best runs I won with 4 of them, giving me 12 shots per volley, something that NO amount of shields can slow down. Beam weapons generally require experience to use properly. Missiles are mostly trash except for Breach missiles (which are fucking GOD tier). Other good under rated weapons include the Heavy Laser Mk1, the Breach Bomb, the Fire Bomb (used along with a double Rock boarding squad), and the Ion Blast Mk2 (easily my favorite weapon in the game, turn on auto fire and target their weapons system for free wins).
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Aeriis posted...

Leanaunfurled posted...

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DigitalCamera posted...

Who?

One of the handful of real and actually hot CEgals we've ever had.

no, who is her new account. her old one is closed.

Oh, I thought you had forgotten me!

This is my new account.

Gonna need a sign pic to prove it's actually Hermiione. Otherwise B7 impersonation
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Lots of times. I went thru a spell about a month ago where I played it like 80 hours in one week. Only things I still have to do in the game is unlock the damn Crystal Cruiser :/
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faizan_faizan posted...

Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

$500 and $65,000 are both fucking stupid estimates. There's a reasonable middle ground for fuck sake.

You seriously think it would take more than $500 to build a staircase?

Yes, it in fact would cost more than that in just materials to build a staircase that is both weatherproof and completely safe. It'd probably also cost more than $500 in labor costs since it'd take a team of two workers a couple of days to finish the project start to finish.

GTFO of here with your shit talk. You clearly have no idea what it costs to work construction or what a project like this makes. You're like one of those guys who assumes that fixing a car should be cheap because he can change his own spark plugs.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

BilalPowell posted...

Why not just skip the stairs altogether and make a wheelchair ramp? That way everybody wins.

the ramp would be so steep it'd be useless for wheelchairs and could probably be more dangerous than just the mound of dirt because it's easier to slip on it now.

Nah, you could make one. It'd just need to be about triple the length of the stairs to graduate the incline
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ChromaticAngel posted...

fire_bolt posted...

As someone who has done this type of work before:

You forgot the biggest problem.

- Wood directly on dirt = termite AYCE all day every day for free. That staircase is fucked.

Covered that int the "Not treated" part. Properly treated wood can be used directly with dirt, but it's still better if its sunk in concrete.
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RIP in peace, Chester
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As someone who has done this type of work before:

- Supports in the center of the stairs but none at the edges
- Hand rail only on one side
- Wood does not look treated, meaning it is not going to hold up long in weather
- Stair foundation is not sunk into ground properly
- Bottom casting left up post-work

Like, it's nice that he did this but its shoddy work. Realistically, I could build it right for around $1000 and it'd last decades. This is a super simple job that takes about 2 days work plus time for the concrete to dry.
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Yeah, the dev recently raised the price because he thinks Steam is "anti-developer". One of the achievements for the game can only be gotten by donating to the dev's Patreon, which is against Steam's ToS
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/519930/Social_Interaction_Trainer/
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brain_soiled posted...

fire_bolt posted...

other genders

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Oh no, whatever will we do without your much needed input! I guess we'll just have to find a way to go on without you ;__________;
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-Gavirulax- posted...

I'm more attracted to dark hair (short) and dark eyes (middle eastern and Mediterranean looking) guys.

That being said I can appreciate good looking women as well, and have been with a few, but vastly consider guys. (70/79%)

Thank you for the accurate and well explained answer, Gavi.
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Vicious_Dios posted...

I only like chicks.

That doesn't really answer the question, tho. Without knowing your gender, we can't know what this means in regards to the poll and I'm not just gonna assume you're a guy.
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How often do you find yourself attracted to people of your own gender? Feel free to discuss below
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I'd support Sayoria (M), but I don't think you're mature enough for full Admin
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Time to let this die, Neon. Its run its course.
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HogRiderreturns posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

While there hasn't been riots

Funny how that works.

Yeah, its almost like other countries actually convict cops who murder innocent people :thinking:
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Go_Totodile posted...

Piol, Mernardi has you on ignore, hence why he had me make the request for him. He would like to be removed from your tournament.

Can confirm, I PM'd him to double check and he wants out.
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Good job, TC, on maintaining the integrity of the contest. Hopefully it runs smoothly from here. Still gonna die in the second round but at least its interesting now xD
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Get on your main, troll, and then come back here to finish getting destroyed
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I'll make it simpler

Depending on the version of the game, humans tend to have the most versatility. You can customize them to be good at virtually anything, including good at things no other class has the option to be good at.

Elves have very specialized bonuses, typically sword and bow stuff, stealth stuff, and resistance to mind effecting magic.

Half elves usually get a little bit of human versatility, sword OR bow stuff, a little buff to stealth, and a small buff to mind effect resistance.

You pick human if you want to customize your character, you pick elf if you want to be specifically good at their bonuses, you pick half elf if you want customization but also some elf bonuses.

Aside from that, as someone said some people pick their race for role playing story reasons. Not everything is about stats.
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4, so I'll take 6/7/8 pls tyvm
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VOD where?
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Would you mind uploading a VOD for it? I'll be at work til way late but am interested it seeing this
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Looking for a video, but the only lead I have is an EXTEMELY NSFW gif that I can't post for obvious reasons. Not sure what to do from here and could use some advice
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GOATTHlEF posted...

fire_bolt posted...

It's funny, everyone thinks the polls not being IP locked is gonna help the Fam or something. They've got like, what, MAYBE 20 alts between them? Meanwhile, I know of at least one person with more than that who will definitely vote against them every time. Not IP locking the polls doesn't help them, TRUST ME. It'll only bury them even harder.

Twenty? ROD's boasted about having hundreds and hoth has been making alt accounts for a decade. 500 alts is in the realm of possibility here.

Simply put, they're lying. Aside from that, having that many alts wouldn't help. They'd also need to use them from differing IP addresses. While I'm sure they may have access to three or four devices, such as phones or the like, they're utterly unlikely to beat out someone with access to literally hundreds of computers per day ;)
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It's funny, everyone thinks the polls not being IP locked is gonna help the Fam or something. They've got like, what, MAYBE 20 alts between them? Meanwhile, I know of at least one person with more than that who will definitely vote against them every time. Not IP locking the polls doesn't help them, TRUST ME. It'll only bury them even harder.
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Shadowplay posted...

fire_bolt posted...

Shadowplay posted...

Before getting ToS I deeded to Kratos because I thought he was chick. That resulted in a moment like in Family Guy when Quagmire found out he had been deeding to a guy. When I actually played the game, I ended up falling in line with the rest of you and deeding to Sheena's status screen. Also mained Kratos.

Soul Calibur II and anything related to Dead or Alive were also my main sources.

Thought this was a God Of War reference and was EXTREMELY CONFUSED as to how you mistook Kratos for a chick

People with good taste in games always use "Kratos" to refer to Kratos Aurion and not that lame piece of shit character.

Even as a weeb, I don't keep up with Tales series constant stream of generic anime-wannabe characters.
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I'm actually curious about this myself. Other than the few users who wanted out, the topics were on par with Go_Totodile's, even up to StrikeGently having a southcoast level meltdown.

@Error1355, would you care to speak on this? Is there something Pi can do to keep these running, like stopping being an ass and actually removing the people who want out?

Gonna @Alucard188 since he's another nice mod who might reply seriously
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Shadowplay posted...

Before getting ToS I deeded to Kratos because I thought he was chick. That resulted in a moment like in Family Guy when Quagmire found out he had been deeding to a guy. When I actually played the game, I ended up falling in line with the rest of you and deeding to Sheena's status screen. Also mained Kratos.

Soul Calibur II and anything related to Dead or Alive were also my main sources.

Thought this was a God Of War reference and was EXTREMELY CONFUSED as to how you mistook Kratos for a chick
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CrimsonAngeI posted...

TheFuzz3451 posted...

How long until the usual boot lookers show up and make excuses

Better be looking at my boots, they're fabulous.

Under rated post xD
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PiOverlord posted...

Gafemage is getting CHEATED!

No, Fam members are notoriously disliked and will probably lose in the first round every time
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So does Doge auto win since Cate got banned?
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tag
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StrikeGently posted...

fire_bolt posted...

StrikeGently posted...

This is ****ing bull****. I demand to take the place of someone that wants out of the tournament.

Goddamn, kid, lose with some dignity

I was cheated and demand the rematch I was promised, or the spot of someone that wants out! You have the night to think it over, or this tournament will see a heavy presence of me in its topics.

Do you think anyone gives a single shit, kiddo? Stop losing your mind because you lost an internet popularity contest among people who don't even know you
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StrikeGently posted...

This is ****ing bull****. I demand to take the place of someone that wants out of the tournament.

Goddamn, kid, lose with some dignity
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Evidence shows you lost, kid. The sooner you accept it, the sooner you can move on from this L
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Dash_Harber posted...

fire_bolt posted...

Dash_Harber posted...

You are right, but I still think Sephiroth is worse. He's all the bad-guy anime cliches rolled into one.

Seriously though, why did we ever pretend that Final Fantasy had good writing? Can we think of a single character that isn't a tired, worn out cliche?

Vivi

A shy, magic child in training whose character arc revolves around him gaining confidence in his ability? That's pretty common as far as I know.

Except he's not a child, and his character arc is about coming to terms with the inevitability of his kind's short lifespan as created golems rather than anything regarding his power. He's also not in any sort of training. In fact, he was created to be one of the most powerful of his kind and just kinda rolls with it

Have you even played FF 9?
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