Quick Questions

Holstein

I was wondering how the “official” rp behind serpents go. When you take the class are you supposed to actually become a serpent? I.e. the whole growing venom sacs and fangs when you take the class. Also, does scales make them grow on the outside of raja fur?

Torinn

I pretend I don't have fangs, that my character is just practiced in the more sneaky arts.  Torinn is a man who is a priest by occupation, everything else is additional or supplemental training.  No matter what class he is mechanically, he is a priest.  You can play your character however you want though.

Taryius

The official lore behind the serpent class is pretty much that the first few generations of humans after the rape of Maya still had plenty of chaos in their blood so the offspring tended to have mutations. Two children, Loki and Ekanel, were born with slightly serpentine mutations and eventually ate their siblings before going forward and having many offspring that would culminate in the serpent class you see today.

I guess the ideal idea is that every serpent is a descendant of the original two, in some way. So yes, you would have fangs and venom glands to pump venom through those fangs. I suppose fang size could vary between easily hidden and very distinguishable. As for the scales, I think there is more interpretation there. Personally, I imagine it just turning your skin kinda scaly, not as distinct as a Xorans scales but something you could feel with a touch, and that most of the protection comes from the magic weaved in. So I guess it would be underneath the fur of a rajamala.

Caelan

Taryius said:

... I suppose fang size could vary between easily hidden and very distinguishable...

DIBS on 'coin-sized fangs'

Jiraishin

Holstein said:

I was wondering how the “official” rp behind serpents go. When you take the class are you supposed to actually become a serpent? I.e. the whole growing venom sacs and fangs when you take the class. Also, does scales make them grow on the outside of raja fur?

Most people RP small and/or retractable fangs, some people have over-developed ones. Generally people, myself included, just pretend the scales aren't there or are nigh-invisible. I really have no idea how they'd interact with raja fur.

Asani

Did we ever get word on if pocketbelts could be nondecayed or not?

Riell

Is a bard’s jab speed affected by weaponry?

[Deleted User]

Riell said:

Is a bard’s jab speed affected by weaponry?

Pretty sure they're the same as knight, wherein they get a very minor boost in speed from transing both. Used to be full benefit from the trans'd one, and 10% benefit from the non-trans'd one (10% lesson wise, not a 10% reduction in speed).

Antonius

No. It's all covered in HELP WEAPONRY, but here are the relevant parts:

The results you get with weapons are strongly influenced by:

(1) training, which gives you greater "weapons effectiveness," *

(*) In the case of certain class skills (Weaponmastery, Pranks, and Skirmishing), training also increases effectiveness. To be specific, your "weapons effectiveness" is the higher of your previously listed class skill or Weaponry skill level, plus 10% of the lower.

What is affected by your weapon's effectiveness?

- the chance that any weapon's attack (swing/jab/whatever) is 'a hit.'

- the chance that your 'hit' is not avoided by your target.

- the damage done.

Sobriquet

As a + 99 lvl 2h Runie, with lvl 3 Crit Pendant and lvl 3 Sword, which of these would be a better option for hunting?

  - an auspicious icosagon paragon    1000 credits

    Imagined by Antonius.

    This paragon has a 20% chance to increase your critical hits (lower than

    World Shattering) by one level.

  - a crucious paragon                1000 credits

    Imagined by Grandue.

    On a per-crit basis this paragon will either boost your crit multiplier or

    will cause a critical failure and deal no damage.

I'm assuming, with no Maya Figurine, and the fact my WSC one-shots pretty much everything that the first one would be better? Also, are they actually worth the 1000cr?

Minifie

Sobriquet said:

As a + 99 lvl 2h Runie, with lvl 3 Crit Pendant and lvl 3 Sword, which of these would be a better option for hunting?

  - an auspicious icosagon paragon    1000 credits

    Imagined by Antonius.

    This paragon has a 20% chance to increase your critical hits (lower than

    World Shattering) by one level.

  - a crucious paragon                1000 credits

    Imagined by Grandue.

    On a per-crit basis this paragon will either boost your crit multiplier or

    will cause a critical failure and deal no damage.

I'm assuming, with no Maya Figurine, and the fact my WSC one-shots pretty much everything that the first one would be better? Also, are they actually worth the 1000cr?

If you only buy one, the Auspicious is better as a single paragon, the Crucious works well combined with the Auspicious, plus getting a PRC is kinda pointless as 2h runie minus some extreme types of mobs. 

If you are only buying one, it isn't worth 1k, they are really good as a combo. Do you have absorption paragon yet? If not, that's definitely the best grab, if so, I'd make sure you have full level 3s of defensive stuff first. Those 2 are really "the final tier" of bashing, since all they do is speed you up at the top end.

Sobriquet

Thanks @Minifie

I've resisted the SOA-type Paragon for the moment and all my defensive curing arties are level 2's. I feel pretty strong defensively anyway so was just thinking of ways to speed up the kills

Minifie

Sobriquet said:

Thanks @Minifie

I've resisted the SOA-type Paragon for the moment and all my defensive curing arties are level 2's. I feel pretty strong defensively anyway so was just thinking of ways to speed up the kills

If you are after pure speed in areas you can easily tank right now, then yeah, the Auspicious would be the go-to. I don't know your hunting areas,  but runie is already healthily tanky so you don't need to go full max defensive arties unless you are . trying to tank the biggest stuff in the game. I don't have my spreadsheets anymore, but from memory these paragons don't speed anything up until after level 3 pendant/weapon and at least a healthy amount of main stat (+1 or 2 gauntlets) for cost vs effects. 

Keorin

A question for everyone more experienced with the talisman system then I:

When the recent rarity changes went in, did it account at all for existing pieces out there? Or are sets that had several "common" pieces and one "rare" piece now permanently locked to that rarity, with it now being guaranteed that there will never be enough of the rare piece to complete all sets?

Utianima

Keorin said:

A question for everyone more experienced with the talisman system then I:

When the recent rarity changes went in, did it account at all for existing pieces out there? Or are sets that had several "common" pieces and one "rare" piece now permanently locked to that rarity, with it now being guaranteed that there will never be enough of the rare piece to complete all sets?

I am pretty sure that change had no retroactive effect. But they did recently introduce TALISMAN REFINE, which helps.

From HELP TALISMANS:

Talisman Refining

-----------------

This command allows you to refine 3 or more PROMOTIONAL SOURCED talisman pieces

and receive one back based on their total rarity. A few caveats you should be

aware of:

   - You can only do this once per 24 hours.

   - Refined component pieces have a capped worth.

     This means you'll not want to refine your super rare pieces: past a

     certain point they won't be worth more. This mechanic is intended as a

     way to get rid of your common duplicates with a chance at a better piece.

   - The piece you receive from refining is of a new source type:

     REFINE source.

     This source CAN NOT be traded in.

   - Only level 1 talisman pieces can be used in refining.

We recommend not refining pieces that have significant value (less than 150

credits worth per piece is good margin) as refining is not a guarantee that

you will get back a piece that is rarer than what you refined, just that you

will get a rare piece.

Dochitha

Keorin said:

A question for everyone more experienced with the talisman system then I:

When the recent rarity changes went in, did it account at all for existing pieces out there? Or are sets that had several "common" pieces and one "rare" piece now permanently locked to that rarity, with it now being guaranteed that there will never be enough of the rare piece to complete all sets?

I believe your assumption is correct. Don't think it is replenishing the previous rares .Also, they have always denied certain piece is rare. 

Keorin

Dochitha said:

I believe your assumption is correct. Don't think it is replenishing the previous rares .Also, they have always denied certain piece is rare. 

Well, that's my point. Before, "rarity" was a product of chance. Now, we may have certain sets like the deathcape where it's fixed so that there's always gunna be x number of incomplete sets out there, since there can never be enough of the last piece to finish all of them, short of a lot of refining luck.

Torben

does anyone know if it's possible to have servant reactions apply to specific individuals. For example Torben walks into the room, and the servant says Hello Boss. But anyone else walking in he does nothing. I see there's a REACTION <mob> <id> TRIGGER <trigger> [<parameters>], but just can't get it to work.

Shirszae

From a quick glance at the scroll, the only way such would be possible would be indirectly, by owning or having a personal clan in which you share rank with no one else and pointing at that as the trigger for the reaction.

Torben

Thanks. That's unfortunate there's nothing direct to that

Jiraishin

If you add artefact powers to a piece of crafted jewellery, is there a way to have the jewellery retain its old mark or at least not have my mark on it? The normal retainmark  customisation option seems only to be usable -before- the item is made non-decay, but adding artefact powers makes the jewellery piece non decay and resetting on the spot, and changes the crafter's mark when it does so.

Klendathu

Jiraishin said:

If you add artefact powers to a piece of crafted jewellery, is there a way to have the jewellery retain its old mark or at least not have my mark on it? The normal retainmark  customisation option seems only to be usable -before- the item is made non-decay, but adding artefact powers makes the jewellery piece non decay and resetting on the spot, and changes the crafter's mark when it does so.

Not possible. I tried to get the robes of the magi power transferred to my non-decay Ashura robes, but retain the makers mark, but it couldn't happen. Either no power, or it has to have your mark, not the original.

Taryius

Jiraishin said:

If you add artefact powers to a piece of crafted jewellery, is there a way to have the jewellery retain its old mark or at least not have my mark on it? The normal retainmark  customisation option seems only to be usable -before- the item is made non-decay, but adding artefact powers makes the jewellery piece non decay and resetting on the spot, and changes the crafter's mark when it does so.

I don't think there is, because you are converting it to an 'artefact' when you move a power over, which has to bear your mark. 

Caetano

Jiraishin said:

If you add artefact powers to a piece of crafted jewellery, is there a way to have the jewellery retain its old mark or at least not have my mark on it? The normal retainmark  customisation option seems only to be usable -before- the item is made non-decay, but adding artefact powers makes the jewellery piece non decay and resetting on the spot, and changes the crafter's mark when it does so.

I believe you can, IF you spend the credits or figurines to make it non-decay FIRST. Then retainmark and add powers to it.

Nicola

Jiraishin said:

If you add artefact powers to a piece of crafted jewellery, is there a way to have the jewellery retain its old mark or at least not have my mark on it? The normal retainmark  customisation option seems only to be usable -before- the item is made non-decay, but adding artefact powers makes the jewellery piece non decay and resetting on the spot, and changes the crafter's mark when it does so.

This isn't possible, many artefacts look to the item's loyalty for functionality. This loyalty is the "maker's mark".

[Deleted User]

When I logged last night...

All of your artefacts give you the ability to have 6320 credits in escrow.

...

You pay 350 and upgrade the reserves artefact power on a pair of Mayan Bracelets to level 2.

All of your artefacts give you the ability to have 5620 credits in escrow.

Uhh... I feel like this is bugged. My retire value also decreased by like 400 or so.

Lenn

Previously, only the owner of a house could dismantle furniture in it. You needed the skill but not any lessons, and if you had a platinum prybar, you would benefit from it.

Am I correct in understanding that now you need to be transcendent to dismantle and to benefit from having a platinum prybar? And house owners still are the only ones who can dismantle furniture?

Skye

Thanks for the furniture overhaul! Some of these new blueprints look like they could come with innate interactions, just like the swing (previously, and i assume currently) offers the option to SWING on it.

Given the cost and the labour involved on both ends, if there are any interactions, is there any chance you could provide a very basic showroom to let would-be furnishers try them out before designing?

Camroth

Are there public rooms with stables? Stables like the housing upgrade. I just got a memento hornet, I really don't know why I would assume it was collared in hindsight but it's gonna starve 100%.

Kyrra

Camroth said:

Are there public rooms with stables? Stables like the housing upgrade. I just got a memento hornet, I really don't know why I would assume it was collared in hindsight but it's gonna starve 100%.

All cities should have stables.