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Eld

Sena said:

Nellaundra said:

how do i beat dragon

[spoiler]You can use teleport scrolls and seeds (using two teleport scrolls is faster than a teleport scroll and a seed, but teleport scrolls are more expensive than seeds) to stay safely away from the dragon while waiting for potion cooldowns (specifically invulnerability). This strategy is useful in a lot of places.[/spoiler]

Also, I think the Sword of Life is terrible.

Which sword do you prefer? Life seems to have worked out better for me than flame overall, and I'm not impressed with summoning so far.

Tesha

...there are different types of swords?

Nellaundra

Tesha said:

...there are different types of swords?

^this

I just saw that I could

[spoiler]
forge my sword with a potion of healing
[/spoiler]
and did it

Eld

My one problem with this game is consistently being burned by my habitual refreshing of pages (combined with my horrific lassitude about saving things).

Sena

Tesha said:

...there are different types of swords?

Once you buy the best sword available in the shop, you can upgrade it 3 times, and then go to the forge (once you've found the map) to have it enchanted into one of three choices (each requiring a different potion/scroll). You won't see all the options at the forge if you don't have the item for each sword.

There are also two special swords after you beat the game.

Eld said:

Which sword do you prefer? Life seems to have worked out better for me than flame overall, and I'm not impressed with summoning so far.

For hard mode, I went with the sword of flames. Life would have made almost no difference, and the sword being capped at level 5 limits the strength of the summons too much. For normal mode, either flame or summoning is fine. Summoning is far more useful in some situations, flame is useful everywhere.

Life heals an insignificant amount of health (1 point per level), and only after you kill an enemy, so it's useless in trying to survive a strong enemy. It was most useful for farming easier quests with less delay (because you end at a higher health), but even then it's only a slight difference, and there wasn't much need to do that anyways. Then once I found the unicorn horn, I'd rarely even notice any healing from the sword.

Flame is always useful, giving higher damage and a chance of an extra strong hit. It will usually save you more health (by killing enemies faster) than the sword of life heals, and it actually helps against single enemies.

Summoning is pointless at low levels since it's not much better than an imp, but at higher levels it's great in several quests (especially Hell). It can be better than a clone, and without the really long potion cooldown. It can be unreliable though, and useless in several places.

Eld

Sena said:

Tesha said:

...there are different types of swords?

Once you buy the best sword available in the shop, you can upgrade it 3 times, and then go to the forge (once you've found the map) to have it enchanted into one of three choices (each requiring a different potion/scroll). You won't see all the options at the forge if you don't have the item for each sword.

There are also two special swords after you beat the game.

Eld said:

Which sword do you prefer? Life seems to have worked out better for me than flame overall, and I'm not impressed with summoning so far.

For hard mode, I went with the sword of flames. Life would have made almost no difference, and the sword being capped at level 5 limits the strength of the summons too much. For normal mode, either flame or summoning is fine. Summoning is far more useful in some situations, flame is useful everywhere.

Life heals an insignificant amount of health (1 point per level), and only after you kill an enemy, so it's useless in trying to survive a strong enemy. It was most useful for farming easier quests with less delay (because you end at a higher health), but even then it's only a slight difference, and there wasn't much need to do that anyways. Then once I found the unicorn horn, I'd rarely even notice any healing from the sword.

Flame is always useful, giving higher damage and a chance of an extra strong hit. It will usually save you more health (by killing enemies faster) than the sword of life heals, and it actually helps against single enemies.

Summoning is pointless at low levels since it's not much better than an imp, but at higher levels it's great in several quests (especially Hell). It can be better than a clone, and without the really long potion cooldown. It can be unreliable though, and useless in several places.

Ah, I think I just mixed up the life sword's effect with the unicorn horn, since that's the only one I've gotten that far with. I didn't realise the life bonus was just when you killed something; I was thinking it was whenever you did damage (evidenced by the fact that I could hammer on a tree and gain health). Obviously, I have not been paying enough attention.

Chryenth

Now I think I know how people feel when I try and describe Achaea to them.

Hopelessly, hopelessly lost and yet somehow mildly interested.

Nellaundra

I made it to hell.  And.

Shibumi

The candy game is unbelievable. A friend of mine finished FTL at normal level...I am working like a dog in RL, while my friend manages to beat the game over and over during alleged lunch breaks. This is not fair! I need to make an alt for my RL, especially one who eats for me and with transcended scripting abilities. At this juncture, I might hook my friend to the candy game. It sounds like a good punishment.

Mishgul

hell requires a bit of luck. Sword of summoning is awesome for hell i tell thee.

Tania

The new Tomb Raider's quick time events are going to give me a heart attack.

And you should all make a new thread specifically about your weird candy game, because I am so lost.

Sherazad

Bioshock Infinite so pretty. But it makes me dizzy and sick. :<

Skye

Sena said:

There are also two special swords after you beat the game.

There are?

Synbios

Sherazad said:

Bioshock Infinite so pretty. But it makes me dizzy and sick. :<

Elizabeth is very pretty.

Sena

Skye said:

Sena said:

There are also two special swords after you beat the game.

There are?

You'll need a lot of lollipops to find them.

Santar

With a maxed out sword of flame you can actually DPS out the developer without having to press any keys.

Nellaundra

I accidentally closed it out last night without saving.  I lost so many eaten candies.


oh god my sword is back to level 5 when it was level 9, i've lost 900 health roughly, and I was so close to beating hell and aldskhgalhgdag

Nellaundra

okay I have a level 8 sword again and a bit more than a thousand health.  will leave it running through the night and eat all the candies after i wake up.

Layna

Bought GW2 - got bored.

Decided to go back to an old game I loved, so I started playing Diablo 2 again. Got bored.

Saw Neverwinter was out, downloaded it - got bored playing alone.

Looked at WoW, thought 'God no.'

Re-downloaded Everquest 2 and now I'm hanging out with my Mum. At least I'm not alone anymore!

Tirac

Does anyone play Planetside?

Wilhelmina

Tried LoL & Dota 2. Neither were very fun. I do like that Dota 2 is integrated with the Steam Workshop, though.

Erasariel

Haha, did you jump into the PvP queues on your first games and get shouted on and toxified upon by toxic players?

Yep, welcome to the first levels of League of Legends (and Dota 2). If you wanna give it another try with friendlier people, give me a call and I'll hook you up with some of us (and we're friendly enough, I guess. :P)

Wilhelmina

No, I read up enough on both games to know that would be foolish. I played a few bot-only games, a couple Co-OP vs Bot games, and only one actual PvP match on each. It's a genre I would like to enjoy, but I just don't. They aren't fun for me.

Shibumi

On a different note, it might be interest of @Cobra and others, how my friend is performing in FTL, just in case anybody needs any help with that game. My friend finshed the game many times, at easy and normal diffuculty, and unlocked all the ships!
How can I post pictures on the forum, please?

Adet

Shibumi said:

On a different note, it might be interest of @Cobra and others, how my friend is performing in FTL, just in case anybody needs any help with that game. My friend finshed the game many times, at easy and normal diffuculty, and unlocked all the ships!
How can I post pictures on the forum, please?

Go to imgur.com, click on "Computer" on the right hand side (underneath "upload image"), then upload your image.  You'll get a list of links - copy and paste the "Direct Link" one into the pop-up box that you see on this forum when you click the small image (Tooltip: "Insert Image") in the row of formatting tools above the composing box.

Shibumi

Thank you very much @Adet but why in hell I am not getting the list of links nor "Direct Link"? At this juncture,  either I am doing something wrong, or I guess that the world will stand even without such pictures.

Shibumi

Nellaundra

I have been playing the shit out of Terraria lately.  It's a blast and I forgot -why- I kinda just trailed off.

Shibumi

You bet...my friend fixed it, and says hi to everyone. Goodnight!

Aepas

I don't know if anyone played the Metro games, but the more adventurous should check it out. I normally hate FPS games, COD and Battlefield, they all seem the exact same that are generally created to let the user win. Most of the games are designed to just be played forward and they all seem repetitive with no advances to an engine or AI. So, that's how I feel about FPS in general.

I played through Metro Last Light though and will say that I am quite suprised. The atmosphere is great, and it's generally a scary game about survival. Having to maintain a gas mask on the surface adds a lot of tension, and I recall several times where I died from having my gas mask get too damaged on the surface. Ammo is decently scarce and the stealth elements are good, heck, almost everything about the game impressed me.
Course it's not without it's downfalls. Dialogue is shoddy as most FPS are, control is constantly taken away from you by having to endure cut scenes, and certain ones you can't even skip.

So, if you're on the fence about getting the game, it's been officially approved by Aepas.