Violet

Typically torment with deliberately ridiculously bad solo builds, and no creations, ever. I don't know why; I'm not even a masochist.

Apparently there are many ways to get Rots, but what is the fastest way to get at least one point in to it? From Strategy Central, it has been listed at:

 

 

Canister - West Passes

 

 

Trainers -

 

 

Haria-Kel - Astoria Faction Only

 

Stormhold - After Alwan's Secret Laboratory Quest

 

Abandoned Farms

 

Gazaki-Uss - Ghaldring Faction Only

 

Zephyr Oasis

 

Dera South Shore

 

 

Thanks in advance.

Nor shall I forget the red carpet.

Indeed. A very specific date, to be precise.

Both work as advertised, but I have just one suggestion:

 

For the signpost reset reputation, it would be much smarter to reset the value to 100 (neutral) instead of 0 (distinctly rebel). That could save a lot of time if you intend to play around with the system.

 

Otherwise, it runs with no problems. Thank you for the quality applications.

04/01.

Make sure you have at least 1 point in Luck for those random drops, which you no doubt know but may have glanced over in your specific playthrough.

Don't you just pay the trainer to train you in QA if you need earlier turns? I don't remember G4 or G5 (I used QA), but I know for sure at least in G1 & G3 that I never raised Dex / QA at all with my singleton Agent, and I always acted first.

I did know that in advance (Shaper rampages just seemed too easy, Dazing everything in sight was simply boring), but I wasn't quite sure of the damage buildup of damage levels for Melee Weapons (1-4?) - otherwise, I think I would be somewhat more successful. I have beaten most of the Geneforge games on Torment in both cookie-cutter and avant-garde builds, and I was simply trying something that I knew would be suicidal and plain stupid.

However, I still am mystified as to how I get stunlocked so easily, 100% of the time.

I was trying an epic laughs damagemonger glass cannon build (nothing of the typical Torment survival stuff - No Endurance, Mental Magic, Creations, Canisters etc.)

That is why I have Strengh, QA & Melee Weapons all around 15, which I wanted to try because I heard one of the prongs of diminishing returns was removed in G5. Sadly, it didn't work so well.

My Stun Resistance is over 50%, but for some reason the permanent stun would always proc even when I made sure only to fight a single turret/glaahk at a single moment. I reloaded endlessly, and I simply can not maintain purity to kill everything while being purist (no creations). And kill everything I definitely need - levels are extremely important.

I just didn't bother with Parry the entire game because of how hard its been nerfed since G2. I'd much rather have Anatomy for some damage, but hey, more skill points into skills that actually do damage.

Winning fights have been mostly geared around getting the QA strike and finger dexterity - that is abusing combat mode to run around corners to casts 5 buffs and 10 heals.

Stats for Reference:

http://i41.tinypic.com/29pdwsz.jpg

^ That is an older saved game with my Infiltrator gear equipped - also without my Thahdskin Tunic, Agent's Shelter, etc.

Granted, I did make a lot of mistakes. I accidentally saved over the points of Mental Magic I bought from a Trainer (which is practically useless for me, considering my Mechanics level and magic near-purity). I haven't saved much because I've only allocated 4 slots to this particular PC. I suppose I'll be more careful next time.

Oddly I recall somehow talking to the priest without touching the pillars in order - perhaps my memory failed me, but it would be nice if someone could confirm that this is possible.

In G3, I played a Singleton Agent that went well beyond 10.

 

I had Battle Magic at around 16-20 (items), and Spellcraft somewhere near that. Daze is so overpowered that I invested a big fat 0 into Endurance, and the only other skills I invested in were Intelligence, Luck, Leadership, and Mechanics.

 

I was rewarded with a 2000 damage threshold on Essence Orbs against a standard group enemies on the 5th Island.

 

This is all on Torment, mind you, and I did complete the whole game with 100% area clearing.

How about on Torment and actually getting 100% Zone clearing?

You, my dear friend, have missed out.

I play a solo Servile without (minimum) magic and no creations, no canisters. However, what can I do to combat perma-stunners? (Submission turrets, Servant Minds, Glaahks). My Daze has a ~10% chance of affecting them (*no* magic, and I'm against using Daze in the first place), and I bring it upon myself to not use crystals nor ranged weaponry. This is Torment, and I get slaughtered in very few turns, as Parry doesn't proc (never put a point into it).

 

Thanks in advance.

Serviles would be an easy choice.

 

I have a Servile with no canisters, minimal magic, no shaping and no ranged weaponry (batons, javs, crystals etc.) on Torment with only a single point invested into Endurance, 2 into Luck, several into Leadership & Mechanics, and all the rest into Strength / Melee weapons.

 

The problems however, are endless. Your damage threshold will be horrible from mid game on. Early game, you'll do obscene damage with 10 Melee Weapons and 10 QA & Frozen Blade. However, the damage scales so poorly with levels that I want to cry (A lone Wingbolt easily has a higher damage threshold than you). Also, playing with such low magic, Daze is useless, and with no Parry and very low HP, crowd control is nigh impossible.

 

However, there is no reason to play a foolish, extremist, powermonger build. Investing heavily into Mental Magic, Endurance and knowing how to abuse combat mode will allow a breeze of a playthrough.

Definitely possible. I have a Servile that uses no canisters, low magic, (War Blessing & Protection + Heal & Essence Enhancement) and no creations, and no ranged weaponry (batons, crystals etc.)

 

This is played on Torment (I don't reduce the difficulty). I've completed about 1/3 of the game, and is into the 30s in level. However, it definitely is getting hard.

Against a purist no creation no magic no canister only melee Servile on Torment, some creations suddenly become dangerous.

Monster drops are rare and unreliable. Killing the serviles in the North corner of Below Nodye Pass however, guarantees a Thahdskin Tunic.7

Glaahks. A single vanilla Glaahk can stunlock a lone Servile with no magic and creations, providing the servile has a damage threshold of under 600.

After a quick search, I was able to find nothing on the topic, so please excuse me if this has been posted before.

 

I can not seem to tab in or out of G5 or Quit the game while Folding @ Home [GPU Client] is running in the background. Starting the game, Alt-Tabbing and Quitting shifts it into a black screen, and my computer freezes, and does not respond in any way (My global hotkeys in Winamp don't work, and my G15's LCD screen stops updating). Tabbing will leave a screen like this for around 2-4 minutes, before clearing up and finishing the tab. When I press Quit, after 2-4 minutes, the black screen with disappear, only to be confronted by the BSOD and will automatically restart a moment later.

 

I've tried running with nothing but startup programs up (practically no apps, just drivers for G5, G15, sound card etc.) but I would meet the same fate. Running in Direct X or Fast Graphics version makes no difference. Running in Windowed Mode, while stops the BSOD and prevents the need for alt tabbing - it doesn't stop the Quit game slowdown, nor do I want to be forced to play the game in Windowed mode and lose the immersiveness of it. I would like to support protein folding while playing what I imagine is a graphically non-intensive game, so thanks in advance.

 

 

Specs -

 

OS - Windows XP x32

 

CPU - Q6600 @ 3.3 Ghz

GPU - Evga GTX 280 @ 703 / 1231

Mem - 2x1 GB OCZ Platnium DDR2-800 (Overclocked a bit, can't remember specs)

HDD - 2x Seagate 11 500 GB [No RAID]

Motherboard - DFI P35 Dark T2RS

 

All overclocks were stress tested to be long-term stable, and are well within proper operating temperature and voltages.

 

 

Game Settings:

 

Resolution - 1680x1050 [Native Resolution is also 1680x1050]

 

All Graphics Settings Max (Draw all, bit depth etc.)

 

 

I'll gladly supply any other information that I can - thanks in advance.