The First Ever Mighty HDC Survival Crysis

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Use your staff to beat it back, while you try and get back into the opening from where you fell?

Or use your Special Ability - Fatal - to create it's worst fear? Remember, this will take away 2 Sanity Points permanently. Choose.

Hmm...Well...I'm not sure that hitting the spider would do much good, can I turn the staff and STAB the spider with it?...If so, I would stab the spider in its brain or its soft underbelly (depending on which part I can get to the fastest), until it was dead, then I would drag its carcass over to the hole and climb its carapace to get out.

If I find that I can't stab it...I guess I would just have to try to bludgeon it...As a gnome, I live underground, so I should be able to find some way out of a hole.

BTW, as a gnome with a staff, shouldn't I be able to control spiders and other lower life-forms that live underground?

This has left me wondering if this staff can perform any spells, besides Fatal...Staffs generally don't make very good bludgeons...I feel that I should reserve my special attack for a boss or multiple enemies, instead of using it when we're just getting started.

*Still dying for a blade*


On a side note...I think we could turn Chrono into a hardcore gamer...She's beginning to feel it...:D

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

Brilliant game now it's in it's full swing V, I used to do this kind of thing with my friends when I was younger.

I agree!...I'm already loving this...It is truly awesome, and extremely creative :)

Unfortunately for me, In games of 'luck', I don't last very long :p

[Doc Faustus]

Originally Posted by Rayne

Hmm...Well...I'm not sure that hitting the spider would do much good, can I turn the staff and STAB the spider with it?...If so, I would stab the spider in its brain or its soft underbelly (depending on which part I can get to the fastest), until it was dead, then I would drag its carcass over to the hole and climb its carapace to get out.

If I find that I can't stab it...I guess I would just have to try to bludgeon it...As a gnome, I live underground, so I should be able to find some way out of a hole.

BTW, as a gnome with a staff, shouldn't I be able to control spiders and other lower life-forms that live underground?

This has left me wondering if this staff can perform any spells, besides Fatal...Staffs generally don't make very good bludgeons...I feel that I should reserve my special attack for a boss or multiple enemies, instead of using it when we're just getting started.

*Still dying for a blade*

Don't overthink. Logic and game mechanics are often strange bedfellows. Staves are made of wood and they are hard. Therefore, they are suitable bludgeons, better than say, a pillow or some cheese.

[Dude Guadalupe]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

A huge zombie-dog snarls back at him menacingly and advances forward. Dude grips his Mace tightly and backs slowly, looking around for cover or a way to escape.[/i]

Take on the dog and try to smash its brains in before it chews your neck out? Or find a means of escape and try to elude the savage creature?
Choose.

I'm gonna have to smash its brains in.

[Straker]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

It's a huge zombie warrior! It walks towards the place where the hole in the ceiling opens, and lifts its sword! Straker looks at it and gulps, and looks back at his staff.

Jump through the hole and take on the undead warrior? Or stay on the roof and look for another entry inside? Or ditch the whole idea and jump back down the casks and run?
Choose.

Think I'll stay on the roof and look for another entry inside... not prepared to run away just yet, but I don't fancy tackling a zombie warrior head on either if I can find a way round it.:eek:

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by Rayne

On a side note...I think we could turn Chrono into a hardcore gamer...She's beginning to feel it...:D

Oh, absolutely. I'm actually a wannabe-gamer. Always WANTED to play D&D, but didn't know anyone else who did and wasn't sure how to get started... Want to play WOW, but can't afford the price of the software and monthly fee right now (plus I don't have a good enough computer to run it on). Looking into some LARPing around the area, though (NERO is one I'm looking at especially, after watching Monster Camp).

What MMORPG's do you and Dustin do? I believe there's a free one that Posher told me about once?

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by Doc Faustus

Don't overthink. Logic and game mechanics are often strange bedfellows. Staves are made of wood and they are hard. Therefore, they are suitable bludgeons, better than say, a pillow or some cheese.

That is very true, and I think it's because I'm so bad at 'chance' that I try to avoid it, by...overthinking, trying to predetermine every outcome...I'm also very uncomfortable with the staff, I've never used one so I'm just trying to get a feel for it, see what it can do, I know I'll eventually get used to it...I've always played very physical characters, and even my Segnale, who is supposed to be a healer with curse abilities (a whip, no staff), I statted her for a DD build(DD='damage dealer', for anyone who may not be familiar) ...I really appreciate the tips in this unfamiliar territory.

This is my lvl 102 Segnale (I love her) :


This is her whip:


I hate screen shots, I can never catch them at the perfect moment, and also it's not as cool when nothing's moving...Wish I could show you guys video...When she lays down a curse field, she jumps up into the air, spins, and then lets it go:


Her cursefield turns the ground black/purple (and green when I add poison to it), and everything inside the black/purple circle dies (lower level monsters just explode) :D


Those guys in the back that are still alive, were outside of the circle.

It just started raining ingame...I love the rain...I'm gonna play for a little while.

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Oh, absolutely. I'm actually a wannabe-gamer. Always WANTED to play D&D, but didn't know anyone else who did and wasn't sure how to get started... Want to play WOW, but can't afford the price of the software and monthly fee right now (plus I don't have a good enough computer to run it on). Looking into some LARPing around the area, though (NERO is one I'm looking at especially, after watching Monster Camp).

What MMORPG's do you and Dustin do? I believe there's a free one that Posher told me about once?

We've played 2moons for 3 years, that's where my Segnale is at...You would LOVE it, but they just put in new patches to add a character (Aloken) and now the game requires a Pentium 4, equivalent or higher...I'm using a Pentium 3 (which was always good enough BEFORE...GRRR) so I'm getting pretty bad lag (MS at 1500! insane)...I'll have to install the game in one of these newer computers, which sucks because I'm used to mine...Anyway...We have played probably around 50 MMORPGs in the last 3 years, but quit most within a few days to a month...All were f2p (free to play)...We're cheapskates.

2moons will always be our favorite...I've still got Jade Dynasty loaded in my computer, as well as Requiem Bloodymare (they recently changed the name to Requiem Momento Mori), and Runes Of Magic...Usually I end up quitting a game because of issues with controls (I can't WASD :o)...Rohan's map system sucked, Magicworld's graphics were crap (so was weapon enhancement), but it was a decent game until lvl 60 or so...I guess Jade Dynasty would be the best after 2Moons, but there's a pretty large gap between them...Jade Dynasty's crafting requirements, and non-existant weapon and armor drops (because of the crafting requirements) are totally sucky, other than that, good game...Shaiya is okay, but I got bored after level 40 (which is strange, because I was entering a new map), the monsters were all just too similar, that's all I can think of for the lack of interest.

There are SO many to try...Some are good, some are bad, it really depends on personal preferences.

Google 'Free MMORPG'...Check out each one to see what the game is like before you invest too much time and effort into installing it...See what Characters, Classes and Abilities are offered, and check out the combat control and general movement configurations...We got Brad hooked on 2Moons, but I don't think his system at his house can handle it now...If you wanna check out a free MMORPG, let me know what you're thinking about trying, and I'll give you all the info I can about it...If it's not too bad, I most likely already have a character and can meet you there ;)

Dustin and I are still searching for an MMORPG that's at least AS good as 2Moons...No luck yet, so we don't play very much anymore (at my level, there isn't much left for me to do at 2Moons...I played the higher maps on an accelerated server, so I was pretty much done at 2Moons about a year ago)...Our friends at 2Moons have invited us to many other MMORPGs, which is how we ended up at Jade Dynasty, but we just didn't stick around...Our gamer friends are also on the lookout for a better game.

OH...And for the record...WOW sucks...You aren't missing a thing...I hated the controls AND the crafting...The people who like WOW, absolutely love it, but if you play 2Moons first, WOW just isn't all that great...I think the WOW players just haven't really played much else...OH, we hated Everquest also, and I have friends that are hooked on that game like CRACK...They never played 2Moons either ;)

I'll make you a deal...If you manage to find a GOOD MMORPG, Dustin and I will get new headsets (the baby lost/destroyed both of ours), you get a headset, too, and we'll hook you up with Ventrillo...Then we'll all play...You'll be a true gamer geek :D

Just wanted to add...Shane, Seri and their friends are also LARPers :D...They tried to get Alex to join, but he's just not into it, and if you're going to do it right, you REALLY gotta be 'into it'.

[neverending]

Nerds. :rolleyes:

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by neverending

Nerds. :rolleyes:

*giggle*

There's nothing better than a guy and a girl sitting at opposite ends of the room with headsets on, and the guy says "HEY, it's raining body parts on me over here" and the girl says "Oops, sorry about that...You might wanna scoot over just a bit"...Makes a girl happy :D

And...Dustin got me a GeForce graphics card for my birthday one year...WOOT!...That's true love right there...Although, it looks like I may need a bigger card, now...*Nudges Dustin*

OH, it's also good for family bonding...This was from one of our favorite moments:

Playing Left 4 Dead -which I quit after a month, I'm just not into FPSs (first person shooters)...But, I LOVED the zombies!...Which was why I played in the first place:


Dustin: "Alex, If you don't stop standing in front of me, I'm not gonna stop shooting you in the head."

Alex: *oblivious*..."OOOO, I just found Molatov Coctails!"

3 seconds later:

Me: "Why are we all on fire?"

Alex laughs.


And Alex glitched me through the floor of an elevator by throwing multiple bombs at me, so I was at the bottom of the elevator shaft while they were 2 floors above me.

Ahh...Fun times :)