Fledgling Fyora fetchystick Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 So I just completed geneforge 1, and anyone who remembers my previous topic will know that my OCD took over completely and began hoarding my living tools to no end. I ended the game with about 150 living tools sitting in my storage room and I used a total of about 20, and that was mostly after I decided I had too many living tools. Here's the catch: I don't want this crippling addiction of never using living tools to impair me through the rest of the series, but I don't want to use them so liberally that I run out completely and cannot access certain areas. I'm playing geneforge 2 as guardian and 3 as agent. How liberally can I use living tools without fear of running out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I think Geneforge 5 was the only game where I almost ran out of living tools and that was due to opening quest reward doors ahead of time. Geneforge 2 wasn't a problem and I'm still playing Geneforge 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Mosquito---Slayer Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 How liberally can I use living tools without fear of running out? I'd say get a decent boost in mechanics early in the game and then use tools on everything that needs only one of them, use on things that require two only if the reward is good or else wait till you are good enough to open in one, don't use on things requiring 2+, they will almost certainly have some other way to be opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 For G2 and G3, basically, if you pump Mechanics to a decent level (8-10?), use the Mech. boosting items on top of that, and refrain from opening quest reward and / or key-based doors (typically doors requiring massive numbers of tools, say, 6+), then you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 You probably should hoard your tools in G5 if you are playing as the rebels. What with having to Use 12 living tools just to bring down the shapers defences. If you don't have 12 living tools, I would have to say you're screwed. They will completely wipe the floor with you, what with like, each high-damage attack only doing 10-20 damage. Including kill. And an acid enchanted puresteel blade. Even if the other drakons are with you. The Reincarnated Baron von Steuben 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk The Reincarnated Baron von Steuben Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Is it just me or do living tools remind you of duct tape (because it fixes everything)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Upon Mars. Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Which leaves me puzzled what are living tools supposed to do anyway? Why Shapers gave themselves the trouble of making them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Living tools were made to pry into those tiny places where fingers or other appendages can't go or shouldn't go. There is a place in Geneforge 4 where a living tool squawks at being misused by a Shaper. Rivergate Keep when you first meet Shaper Duncan: "When you find this Shaper, he is adjusting a piece of equipment, using a living tool to carefully bend a piece of piping in place. The tentacles of the tool shape the metal, while the creature squeaks in annoyance. The job done, he sets aside the tool (which tries to drag itself away) ..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Mosquito---Slayer Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Which leaves me puzzled what are living tools supposed to do anyway? Why Shapers gave themselves the trouble of making them? They are simply general purpose tools, usable in almost all applications, saves one the trouble of taking a full mundane set of tools with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Shaper Shaper Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I had a bunch of living tools by the end of Geneforge 3 (50?). Then, I met that one horrible, horrible, horrible stupid tiny island and I barely had any living tools left. Then again, it was pretty awesome getting those gloves which gave me a HUGE bonus to my Strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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