Lorn

For old geneforge this was the rule: Pentil - If you are an Obeyer, Jaffee can teach you. Pentil East - If you are Awakened, Sorkin can teach you. Kazg - If you are a Taker, Toivo can teach you, or read the book in Toivo's tower. Refugee Caves - Help Masha, or read the book in her chambers Patrolled Dell - The book in the Sholai quarters. Winding Road - Znaf can teach you if you pay. Crossroads - Gavrila can teach you. Research Quarters - A book in the quarters. But I've got two issues: 1) I can't find Sorkin anywhere. Where is he? Spent around 25 minutes in the city. 2) It doesn't seem like you can ask Jaffee to teach you the language as soon as you join the obeyers. Is there any particular trigger to make it happen? 3) By the way, can someone tell me how you're supposed to meet Masha? Because in my last playthrough I've never met her - I take I shouldn't have joined the Takers?

I didn't notice you were the same guy that made the mod. I will explain myself another "issue" If you explore high level places while being low level, you are going to take a lot of time killing (a) high level creature(s); you will get back only a meager part of that time when you face low level creatures if you have an high level (because by being higher level you kill low level creatures faster). Basically, the system clashes with the supposed “freedom” that you should have in rpg. You do not have a pre-determined route to follow, but if you don't follow what's intended by the dev, you are simply a) wasting your time b) going to explore low level places only for a completionist thing, because being higher level you don’t get any xp, only lore related things and you still waste time killing the creatures (well you are indeed faster given that you are higher level). I wonder if someone made a map with step by step on where to go :P

Planning to restart a GF1 playthrough before playing GF2. What's the right order to do all factions?

thanks a lot <3

I know that. And I feel so bad for overlooking it for this reason. :P

Hey, do you still have a copy of the mod? I can't find the file anymore :P

In the kickstarter diaries he wrote that there would be a secret questline - I'm just wondering if it was added. I can't find the diary, though.

was the secret ending hinted in the kickstarter actually added? I remember that I read a diary by Jeff where he wrote that even if the treshold wasn't reached, he would have added it anyway. Please, don't spoil it straight. What I mean is, tell me yes or no, but put the details (if you wish to write them) on a spoiler :P

Also the cheat xp seems to give odd xp number once you are high level, rather than giving you a fixed amount or straight giving a +1 level. Any way to change it ?

thanks. This comment by Jeff made me think that enemies levelled up with you: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1bq30sn/comment/kx17d0y/

Am I wrong, or mobs do level up with you?

I realized that. I'm still left wondering if I should get Geneforge 2 due to the xp system not being tasty.

I can't find Sorkin anywhere. Where is he? Spent around 25 minutes in the city. Beside, for anyone wondering, it doesn't seem like you can ask Jaffee to teach you the language as soon as you join the obeyers.

I don't dislike one system or the other. What I dislike is when you force a lack of progress or advancement on the player. There is another game that does the same and where it gets frequently complained about: Baldur's gate 1. There, you got a level cap: once you reach 161k, no more xp gets gained. If you search on the .net, you will find a lot of people asking to remove the level cap (there is a mod for that, luckily), because it isn't even remotely rewarding to have such a system put on the player. Of course, you will still be strong enough to end the game, but you are basically leaving the player with the idea that spending more time on the game won't reflect appropriately on his own character. And personally, once I reached 161k, I just stopped exploring and finished the main quest.

Got two questions about the Geneforge.