Competition 64

[buzzkill]

Ninjas get low-fail detect *everything* early! Costs a few HP, but whatever. The Wargs are the first thing I do everytime, since they give bagsful of XP.

Please explain.... well, never mind. It seems that there's enough that I don't know that I'm going to have to break down and read the help files, they are in English, aren't they?

[Narvius]

Ninjas get low-fail detect *everything* early! Costs a few HP, but whatever. The Wargs are the first thing I do everytime, since they give bagsful of XP.

[Daniel Fishman]

The submitted savefile had already taken the Wolves quest, which is why you have the quest without having taking it yourself.

[buzzkill]

The wargs you've been finding are a quest. Kill some more.

I've cleared the whole level, but those Wargs are so fast, and I'm so stealthy, It's possible I missed a couple of them.

Nick, thanks for taking the time to check the ladder, I applicate it.

The other thing is that the only quest I signed up for is Old Man Willow. I guess this is one of those 'princess-type' quests (I think I read that somewhere).

OK. ctrl-q to view quests. It would be nice if there was an in game message.

[Nick]

I've descended to level 5 of the Yeek Cave and can't find any more down staircases or Baldor. What am I doing wrong?

The wargs you've been finding are a quest. Kill some more.

[buzzkill]

OK. Finally started this comp. Not only my first crack at Entro but also my first variant without graphics. Surely one of these anonymous letters will kill me but right now I have a different problem. I've descended to level 5 of the Yeek Cave and can't find any more down staircases or Baldor. What am I doing wrong?

[Nick]

OK, end date is now the 1st of March. Anyone unhappy with that, let me know.

[chem]

Considering the extraordinarily high learning curve of Entro - even by *banding standards - and the sheer enormity of the game world, I think we may want to consider extending the deadline of comp 64. Especially given the fact that for half of its run-life it's been tucked behind comp 63.

yeah, it does have a bit of a learning curve. I would be happy to see the comp extended, but I'm biased!

I have given it two tries myself, and not got past the yeeks. one was a silly death (seeing how fast I could go), the other was to some dark elf mage that was ood and me being out of practice. try #3 coming soon

[Donald Jonker]

Darn it, I didn't realize this comp. had such a short run time. I may not get to take a (serious) shot at it.

Considering the extraordinarily high learning curve of Entro - even by *banding standards - and the sheer enormity of the game world, I think we may want to consider extending the deadline of comp 64. Especially given the fact that for half of its run-life it's been tucked behind comp 63.

[buzzkill]

Darn it, I didn't realize this comp. had such a short run time. I may not get to take a (serious) shot at it.

[Zikke]

For skilling dual wield, you need to hit a monster that has a certain level while wielding two weapons.. It was like level (skill - 1000) / 200 or something. That means you need at least level 15 monsters in the beginning, and level 35+ monsters are the only way to max the skill.

Then I'm probably just going to stay 1-handed until higher levels and then train it retroactively.

[Narvius]

For skilling dual wield, you need to hit a monster that has a certain level while wielding two weapons.. It was like level (skill - 1000) / 200 or something. That means you need at least level 15 monsters in the beginning, and level 35+ monsters are the only way to max the skill.

[chem]

So these weapon skills I have, can I raise any of them by using the weapon for a while even if I'm "unskilled" and miss all the time? Or do my proficiencies auto change as I level (or never change)?

Yes, you can raise skills, but most weapons the max skill will be 4000, which is not that great compared to weapons a ninja favors. Rapiers -- yeah, useful to max those even though you can't cap them at 8000, there are some good artifact ones. Claymores? Forget about it.

Skills like dual wield are also easier to increase if you're a higher level. But you need to use the skill to raise it.

I'd have to check the source, but IIRC, your weapon skills and dual wield skill are reflected in your chardump's to-hit.

[Zikke]

So these weapon skills I have, can I raise any of them by using the weapon for a while even if I'm "unskilled" and miss all the time? Or do my proficiencies auto change as I level (or never change)?

[Narvius]

If you're bored, calculate it using the spoilers ^.^