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Bleh.. and I've got a craving for blood right now too... what times it usually up?

Ok, I thought i was back.. but while I still appear to be back, none of the servers appear to be up.  So.. where u old GS people hiding these days?

Well, 420 listed me, but i'm checkin in.

Moved to Divine Exaltation clan section.

For those who don't know EST is GMT -5hrs =)

Lilac Soul's Generator

This was linked by 420 above, but I just had to add a bit to it.  I have been playing with this for a few days and I gotta say it's awesome.  The designer of this program put a lot of work in, and the program itself is very simple to use.  The interface just asks you a few questions on what you'd like to do, and the program compiles the code and pastes it to the clipboard for you.

Few things I've used it for so far:

Complex conditional statements (Sucks getting lost in the stream of if.. then's).

Customizing NPC actions/animations (I hate doing this).

Debugging code.


Now it doesn't work strictly as a code debugger.. but if you've got a function that just *isn't* working right, then just create it using this, compare the code and see where you  screwed up.

I'd say for the novice and experienced coder alike this is a very useful tool.

I mean say player A. dislikes player B., for whatever reason.....so player A comes over to a sent and complains that player B. is randoming...we (sents) would have no way of telling if player A. was lying -- and we certainly don't have the time to go questioning every player in the area of the crime.

That's very true.. which is where it lies in the judgement of the sentinel.  Most of the time I'll respond with "Ok, I'll keep an eye on that person," although that's very dependant on the person.  If someone reports a person to me, and the person doing the reporting is someone I trust, and know to be an upstanding member of the community, I'm likely to take thier word on it, but usually won't resort in a stoning immediately.

If, however, I go to speak with the alleged randomer and they start running away.. that's usually an indication of guilt.  That person will be stoned for a few seconds, released, and spoken with.  If after being released they continue to run around instead of listening.. they stay stoned... I really don't like talking to myself.

I, and I believe most other sents as well, have a method for dealing with almost any situation, but this requires that players who are randomed/griefed on by another player make us aware of the situation if we don't notice it.

I look at it this way man.. If you disarm a person enough times, it's going to force them to remake thier character or gear to prevent that.

If you can force another player to make a change in thier character, then not only does that prove that you've come up with a tactic they didn't consider, but you've also taught that person something.

"The best learned lessons are those taught by failure."

I see no problem with disarm at all, I think it's a valuable tool if you can get it to function properly.  I've only successfully disarmed someone twice, and both were pretty noobified.

Belog stealinga  weapon, who cares.. reload the character and it's fixed.  If someone's discipline isn't high enough to withstand a disarm check in the low to mid-70s (average disarm check of a level 40 melee), then they need to be disarmed... Hell a level 20 character should be able to withstand disarm from a level 40 with the rolls work.

If you find an opponent vulnerable to disarm, I say disarm them to your heart's content.

New/unique maybe but do they work in PVP i dout it there is very little if any new builds (pvp ones).

That's my point exactly, the truly unique builds are the ones that when you hear them your first questions is "why the hell would you want that?" You don't *expect* these builds to be decent in PvP.  They do not fit the preconcieved notions for the class.  I've gotten this reactoin many times.. then people see the character in action and it's duplicated.

I am fully confident that any given class combination can be decent in PvP, only exception is some few pure builds.  Hell, I think Taffy even made a viable Harper Scout pvper.

What good are ya at making characters if ya can't do a "pure" leveled character and kick ass?

Because just picking one class and leveling it to 40 takes no skill or imagination, it's the same thing as continuously clicking "recommended."

Yeah, Tom Petty was *very* close to making my list.. but like i said it was gettin waaay too long.  He would've been the next guy on there though =)

Hey, when I've been PvPing for over 2 years now in NwN, I make a build I have *never* seen before, and the next day I see three other people with the same build, do you *really* think that's coincidence?

We all know of standard builds and such that float around, and sometimes there are a few new ideas introduced, but I currently use an archer build I have yet to see anyone else even attempt, because it's not one that really comes to mind when you think of archers.  However it's become very effective.

When using this build I often get asked what classes I have.. usually I don't answer.  If I did I guarantee you I'd see a copy of it show up.. and yes that's stealing someone's build.

There are 11 base classes and 11 prestige classes.  This gives roughly 4862 possible permutations of class combinations.  This does NOT however factor in level combinations OR race, which I consider a part of a unique build (race to a lesser extent).  That calculation was way more complex than I wanted to go through for this post, but trust me, it exponentially increases the number of possible builds.. and the level spread of classes dramatically influences the build as well.

For Example (SoU example):
18 wizard 2 barbarian: Caster build
18 Barbarian 2 Wizard: Melee build

My calculations count both as the same build.. you can see that even based on this, the possible permutations are more likely double what I came up with.

Given the size of the community on Godspire, the regulars in particular, and the number of people that use very similar builds, it is *very* possible to come up with an entirely unique build to our server, not to mention the D&D rules are designed to allow an extreme variety of possible characters to allow each person to develop a character unique to themselves.

In fact Taffy himself told me that my build was "a bold idea."  Which I doubt he would have said had he seen it before.

So don't even give me that "you couldn't possibly have a unique build" crap.  I'm sure somewhere someone else did something similar to the unique builds I've come up with, but they haven't brought them to godspire, and Godspire is what I'm concerned with.

If you're already planning on doin that I'm not gonna touch it.  I wouldn't know where to begin writing a server extension for anything.. not even sure what language it would be written in or how it would interface with the game =)

Really its just a function of my laziness... little work now to avoid a lot later.. if you're already planning on doing the work then my laziness wins out =)

Ok, I've been trying to find the Atomic Chicken server for hours now so I could get a taste of how the other side lives...(see my challenge in 12-20ac forum).

My question is this:  Where is it?  It's the only LucidMagic-member endorsed server I've been made aware of so far, and I can't seem to locate it.  Has it been down all day?

Also, to repeat myself here (this started with a 9ac vs 12-20ac topic):

Give me your server name, restrictions, banned spells, ILR, banned feats etc.. where the server is located, and your character name.  I'm looking to challenge 12-20 acers on thier home turf... with the hope it will entice more to come to Godspire and try out our ruleset as well.

It's just my opinion that if more people took the time to really develop a character under godspire rules,  and get used to the balance, they would begin to enjoy it more than 12-20 ac.  By the same token, I am seeing if the same holds true in reverse.. which is why I'm looking for some good 12-20 ac PvP action.

So give me some info.

Also, if you notice you're oppent can't defend himself against somthing that makes he has no change to win at all. You better don't use it.

I very much agree.  I have characters that can use WoF or balagarn's horn or similar annoying spells.  If a person I am fighting is not able to defend against these spells, then I don't use them.

Now, that doesn't mean I won't use them against someone without remove blindness/spell mantle.  This means that I won't use them if it 100% disables them and makes them unable to respond.  If you, for instance, WoF my strength fighter, you're not gonna hurt him too much.  Sure I'll be a little bit easier to hit, but I'm still going to be pounding on you just as much as I would without it.  An arcane archer who's hitting on every shot isn't too hurt by a balagarn's horn burst every few rounds, because when they *are* standing up, they're doing close to 100 damage a round (at least mine does).

Basically what I'm saying, like Mel said, game balance can only be enforced by scripting and server rules to a point, the rest relys on the consideration we have for our fellow players.

Now on the other side of that, I will *almost* never complain about someone's tactics.  I say if it's in the game, use it against me... but don't complain when I respond in kind.

If I know your character type and refuse to duel you.. well that will rarely if ever happen, but if it does it's only because I know I have little if any defense against you with my current build.  Most of the time I'll still duel you anyway.

The *only* issue related to this I really run into... if you're going to cast WoF on me and then silence yourself... well dont' get all pissy and call *ME* cheap when I turn around and remove blindness instead of letting you pound on me... (ok.. so that only happened once).

PvP in Neverwinter nights is very much Rock/Paper/Scissors... No matter how often you win, there's always a build out there that's gonna beat you.  And it's quite likely someone you've killed will be able to beat them.  Every build has its strengths and weaknesses, and few are universally uber.

Only real thing I can't stand is stealing someone's build.  If you can't use your own mind to come up with something unique on your own, don't pvp.  Sure there are a lot of mroe obvious builds taht are popular, but when you notice someone's kickin ass out there, don't try to rip off what they've come up with.. that's just really lame.