I like the idea of a lich yes, but I was kind of hoping the transformation of human would go another route, given that it's a steampunk technology that the humans use, and they can integrate the technology into their own forms, I was hoping more for a Clockwork Borg style creature for human transformation.
@kralith said in Your Computer Specs:
@Greenfire you are confirmed a girl!
yes I am! I even wear pink!
@Agracore you have a very nice view. I love forests!
@benseine said in Alpha 1 Testing Town A:
Applying for town planner
Applying to run for govenor in elections and try to kick you out of your own townSuggesting the town's name should be Testopolis
We can definitely rig an election to have you beat me, or vice versa, then kick out of town. I am using the town planner role as an incentive for one of my friends to bump their pledge, so we'll see, but I imagine that's something more than one person can work on too.
I wonder if a new Governor can change the town name? If so, I'll name it Town A, you can rename it, otherwise Testopolis is good.
@nightcoder said in Alpha 1 Testing Town A:
@benseine I don't think he'd mind seeing that it'll probably take a couple of weeks before the phase ends and everything's wiped anyway.
Exactly why I'd make the town, so yes. (by the way, not a he 
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I have google survey, and in the last 3 days, I've had so many surveys sent to me I have more than 15$ in google play money to spend. (was at 4$ for the last month!)
Anyone have any suggestions on really cool paid games or apps to check out?
No cereal, just milk! Only food from the animal kingdom!
Bacon on the side.
why not quit blocking them, and report them and let them be banned, never needing to go into your block list in the first place?
Look beyond the gear.
I'm glad fame was brought up, I know it was specifically talked about by the devs, as one of the reasons why people will go out into the world and explore, pvp and do things, as there will be a pretty decent reward system for players surrounding fame here, and yes, loads of people pvp for fame. Or do anything really, leaderboards are always a good metric to put into a game.
But with regards to the gear specifically, players aren't going to be running around in this one looking for better gear. They may want better kills stats for their prestige, but they aren't going to be trying to kill someone for better gear. First, it doesn't exist, and second, it's a skill based game, so potentially a newbie could pk a veteran player if said newbie had a better skill tree and was better with their mouse and keyboard.
I don't care how big your gun is, if you can't hit the target type of thing.
But look beyond the gear. Progression in the game, is going to rely in part upon having a bigger and better base of operations too, so just because it's super easy to go out and get a weapon to go start killing things with, doesn't mean it's going to be easy to get a lot of stuff really fast. And I imagine that creating a metropolis will be an important thing to get going on really quickly so you're going to likely need a lot of stuff to do that, a lot of things can't be made without high end cities and buildings, so if you want to succeed, you're going to have to hit people for things other than their gear.
Cause you want to get that metropolis rolling before they do, right? You have to keep them from getting whatever they've collected home, and hey, why not take it home yourself in the meantime, save you the trouble of collecting it. Or hey, why not team up with some like minded individuals and go lay siege to a town.
Yeah, so those one on one fights for whoever has the bigger brighter weapon? Look past those, still plenty of reason to risk, still plenty of reason to fight.
@therippyone The devs have discussed respec on borked builds specifically, not sure if they intend to have a respec available per character, or what but it has been talked about as something they're looking at adding. I'm hoping they have a number of respecs in the alphas, or wipe often so that we can test different builds to make certain there is balance and they work as intended.
It's still plenty early, no reason not to still have some early bird specials on the website. No need to kick people in the teeth who couldn't pledge on the kickstarter, when those pledges didn't sell out on it. Had they sold out then yeah, there shouldn't be more made, but certainly to continue some of them here, even a more limited number or even just until they announce alpha start date, or till they run pre alpha, I want as many people as possible to be able to take advantage of some of the pledges that didn't sell out yet.
I mean, they had every intention of selling those limited packages, right? So consider that they still exist, and are still going to be valuable for getting the game made in a more timely manner. I know a lot of people who didn't want to pledge on kickstarter, who want to wait till closer to alpha, or even once it's announced, if the early bird packages stick around a little while longer, some of those people might change their mind and pledge now instead of waiting.
I have a custom laptop build
i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060, 16GB DDR4, with a logitech G303 mouse, steelseries mousepad and a skelter gaming board it's a pretty nice setup for a laptop.
I did have a really nice desktop build, but another gamer in the house took it over, the laptop is every bit as good as the desktop was, so not looking to replace it for the foreseeable future.
@nightcoder yep, I imagine there are several areas of the forum that are hidden and yet to be revealed.
@bigmclargehuge I imagine there will be a whole new section to the forum to discuss Alpha 1 stuff once it's time. I know they won't let anyone talk about pre-alpha once it starts, everyone will need to sign a non disclosure agreement, but they've said they'll allow players to stream video in alpha 1, and discuss it, so there is likely to be a whole new set of forum threads/sections open up. I can see the need for a bug report section at the very least if they don't separate a section for player discussion too.
There is supposed to be a developers forum open up to those who qualified for it on the kickstarter, the devs have said they want to give access to the people who purchased access soon, but are rightly taking a little time off right now, so I don't expect to see it too soon. If you were granted access on your kickstarter pledge, I'm sure that section will open to you the same time it'll open to me.
Nice everyone, I keep updating the main post with everyone!
Yes Die Hard is a Christmas movie! So is Gremlins, and so is Lethal Weapon.
They've answered about gender locking before, the answer is no gender locking.
by @Wombat
Any gamer worth their salt who is part of a bigger community will drop everything, rush home, login online and play their current game from dusk til dawn. No matter what game you play if it has a game chat then it has its resident trolls. These toxic players will spam, cry, try and even sext you, or just be a complete pain in the backside for any gamer or alliance or any gaming community. However, these individuals that pick away at any small piece of information to use against you for their advantage or even just to get a reaction can also have their uses .
They can turn the tide from you having a mediocre middle of the range alliance to actually making your alliance a force to be reckoned with.
These guys are the idiots of the trolling word. No amount of interaction with these twats Can ever be useful. You're better off boiling your scrotum and eating it
This unsavoury individual will come online in a game and ask if there are any women on. As a guy, that woman they are requesting.... is me. I have no qualms receiving pm's detailing what they want to do to me as anything I receive like that is shared on discord while they are still in game and the justice is severe and swift. To carry the conversation further, a few mmmmm and oh wows makes these perverts flustered. You find that the content of their pm's are weak so the only women they have seen naked...... who am I trying to kid. They haven't seen a woman naked.
The best way to feed these is to have an amazing conversation of one word answers. This will end with them asking for your number/discord/kik/line/smoke signal. who cares. Always remember kids play these games too.
No matter your stance in the game, if you are one of the following type of troll, put it to one side and always make sure that the community's safety is taken care of. Best to destroy these first two trolls quickly.
This guy takes the game too serious. If you don't talk about the game he gets pissy. Normally catagorised with the drunken fucktard or the guy that has had 2 beers can't hold his liquor and wants to fight the world (2 Can Van Damme). These guys bitemore, the more you interact with them, making less and less sense as the night carries on. These idiots are easier deflected to other targets like number 2 above.
These fuckers spend shit loads of money in game. They tend to be the 2nd in command but never actually given any real responsibility. Its a waste of time messaging these fuckers if you get hit as they send stupid messages that make no sense, i.e [Welcome to hollywood baby 
]. On discord they tend to post pictures online that state that they own a pool (but really it's their neighbour's), drive a red porsche (but really its a white Ford Taurus). Conversing with these guys is pointless as they have the IQ of pickled cabbage.
(Note from Greenfire -any resemblance to @HW purely not coincidental)
Be very careful how you approach these trolls as sometimes they are or appear intelligent. They have a belief that their self worth is higher than what it should be, normally requesting positions of trust and then screwing you over by disbanding clans or kicking good members “just for the lolz”. These guys can be a successful troll, but only sometimes. They always show delusions of grandeur even though their life is trash. The best way to deal with these is to watch them as they attach themselves to queen bees (see previous news post) as they become self destructive around better trolls.
These cry babies are easily upset. They are genuinely upset by a few words and tend to explode without warning. These guys are cannon fodder for all trolls. They sit in their university dorm or mom's basement and have little interaction in real life. This is where the better trolls come into play and can be useful. These guys draw out the more aggressive trolls and shout about loyalty, respect or any other stupid thing they can think of. They also like to brag the fact they spent £20,000 in the game like they should be on the board of directors. These pricks tend to come from the southern states of the US.
These tend to be of flat earther mentality, sitting at home eating cereal from a box, not having washed for the past 3 weeks, picking belly button fluff while just wearing their pee stained tighty whities. These are the idiotic trolls of the internet and will argue about anything. No matter what facts you throw at them. These assholes are what the ignore button was invented for.
Self explanatory these trolls always put focus on themselves, like my dog died today, or I was forced to play Shhhhhh last night. Normally female and considered fair prey to the sex pest.
(note from Greenfire - don't ask Wombat about Shhhhhh)
Will try and destroy any alliance for their own benefit. These guys will come in demanding a position of authority as they quickly level. Telling people how to deal with lower level gamers, normally demanding them to be removed from any alliance. These pricks really are the scum of the internet. They will try and downbeat anybody that questions them. Apparently according to these guys 99% of the internet have slept with my mom. (The jokes on you guys. Its only 85%, check your facts next time.)
This guy is a wordsmith. He will play any situation to his advantage, often manipulating conversations to set people up for a huge wallop. Pffft who am I trying to kid all Internet trolls are complete dicks. They should be put in a bag like puppies and thrown from the nearest bridge.
(pic of @Wombat added purely for illustration - Greenfire)
Or as I call them the D pic poster. Nothing worse than waking up from a good nights sleep, opening your discord/kik/line and being stared at by something that resembles a very short Billy Zane being strangled by a turtle neck sweater.
(Note from Greenfire - I'd insert a pic of Alpha in here but I deleted my Line app
No detail needed on these. They should all be lined up and covered in lye then hosed down. (Not advocating any form of violence by the way, but it's okay to punch a Nazi.)
The most borring troll of all. They don't got nothing better to do than correct peoples grammer and spelinng. Nobody cares.
(note from Greenfire - can we punch these Nazis too?)
These trolls like to stir up shit about other people, misinterpret what others say and try and disrupt NAP's or alliances because they don't have a full understanding of what's going on. These tend to be loose cannons as any ally but never really an enemy.
My personal favourite. The amount of times people have asked for an address. These people just rage about anything and everything. Ultimately resorting to threats of violence and other forms of abuse.
Now all of the above are easily resolved with the following message.
They have also confirmed mechanical mounts, in the survival and travel Q&A. Didn't exactly say yes to a mechanical spider mount, but I'm hoping, and I gather these mounts are human only mounts, as only humans can use human technology, which I imagine a mechanical mount would be!
What race specific technologies exist housing/town wise that may impact the choice of race a player takes? Will beastman houses decay slower when made of natural materials for example? Will humans be able to integrate technology into their homes and towns, such as build robots to protect them, rather than rely only on npcs? Will demons be able to use demon magic to make their homes and towns less detectable?
