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On Obscenely High Shaping Skill Levels [Spoilers][G5]
Mosquito---Slayer replied to Hawat's topic in Geneforge Series
Getting the max. level for a Gazer doesn't fall in either category. -
On Obscenely High Shaping Skill Levels [Spoilers][G5]
Mosquito---Slayer replied to Hawat's topic in Geneforge Series
Does the stun attack's potency scale up with the level/stats of creation, cos then It might actually be worth it. You do prove that you can cheat. -
I felt about the same way as you, but since I really liked the story and the sub-stories I can't really complain.
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On Obscenely High Shaping Skill Levels [Spoilers][G5]
Mosquito---Slayer replied to Hawat's topic in Geneforge Series
Firstly you don't get the eyebeast until the last area of the game so it's fairly useless. Secondly concentrating only on magic shaping will make the magic resistant foes a real pain, but I still guess it can work, especially with the physical attack of highly leveled up Vlishes , Artillas and wingbolts, but I think it will still be a real pain and not really worth it. -
OK and apologies to anyone who was offended, I realised it was very tasteless some time after posting but couldn't delete it in time. OK, now you are just undermining the advantages of mars and overstating those of asteroids, that doesn't really help in taking the argument forward, I guess I i'll talk to you someday on calref.
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I think MVT is applicable to a function which is differentiable + continuous, if it's a continuous function then Sylae is right in any case, I'm basically saying that it's possible that it might be a step function.
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An Exile/Avernum art project... A little help?
Mosquito---Slayer replied to Necris Omega's topic in General
Considering the time it will take to dry her hair in absence of Hair-dryers and the Sun, you can't really blame her. -
Extrapolation from only two points of data doesn't mean anything. Not valid if you are mining for a short period of time and then coming back, I'm only talking about material gained from one shift. Also not valid for precious metals. Not true, it might actually be more difficult because of unfamiliarity with those conditions and honestly dragging is a big factor only for large distances. True, but again, mars is easier to handle. I'm going to complain to an asteroid, preferably a female one conscious about it's weight , that will teach you to be disrespectful about them.
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An Exile/Avernum art project... A little help?
Mosquito---Slayer replied to Necris Omega's topic in General
Huh, I thought Damascus steel(making) was just a modification/upgrade of wootz steel(making). -
Ha, things found on Mars. That's just guess work, total zero is always a special condition in any situation and can have effects different from all other values, as you said experiments are needed. Well, I totally agree with you on the gravity well department, my whole argument depends on the other factors(time,ease,familiarity) offsetting this disadvantage and the fact that the martian gravity well is still small compared to the earth well which is going to be countered in both cases, the ship being heavier due to mined objects is countered by the loss of weight due to the mining equipment which can be stored/left on the permanent mars station(another thing not possible if you are hopping from asteroid to asteroid.) Indian weddings will get even more ridiculous.
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I will concede that I am not an expert on the matter but still I believe that we are nowhere near predicting that a given asteroid is a lump of platinum or gold, if we are so vague about the larger asteroids then well I don't even want to talk about about the smaller ones. See above. "The minimum g-force required to avoid bone loss is not known—nearly all current experience is with g-forces of 1 g (on the surface of the Earth) or 0 g in orbit. There has been insufficient time spent on the Moon to determine whether lunar gravity is sufficient" Note that this is not an argument against your point, but I'd say it's not useful debating about things we don't even know. There has been enough indication that mars used to have running water at some point in history, I'm not sure about limestone but as you will notice I've included crevices as well as caves as places which are better to live in, mars has lots of volcanoes and lava flow can also lead to such structures. True, but my point is that it's still easier compared to living on an asteroid. OK, I don't understand coding but maybe you could just give me as to what is the summary and conclusion, does it support your view or mine? Maybe there was a little confusion there, I was certainly talking about the first sentence of your post. (Also I'm sorry for not including your name in the quotes, I hope you will pardon me, I'm just feeling rather lazy. ) [edit]
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You did say LEO, your post is a proof, besides I wasn't even talking about small dusty particles. Yes, I meant the economic advantange due to larger distance of the asteroid belt. Compared to a cave which already exists and gravity which again already exists. Very true, but to stay for a large enough period to stockpile you need resources which I mentioned and they are available on mars not on asteroids. The average distance of mars from sun is 1.5 AU. The asteroid belt's is most dense and centred at 2.7 AU. Asteroids that pass close to earth are few and the probability that they have the materials we need is approximately zero. Very true, but the key word here is "can have" it could also be a simple rock which you can get from the playground next to your home and from a distance of at least 2 AU's we have no means of finding out.
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Firstly, the comparison is to be done with Mars not with LEO and certainly not with Saturn's rings(nothing can be cooler than going there apart from maybe eating 10 cakes at a time ) Gas is a good point but in any case the amount for either asteroids or mars is still small compared to what you need to escape earth and the time factor(larger dist. of asteroid belt from earth should negate any economic advantage.) Couple this with the cave/crevice stations(lot safer and less prone to radiation) and the fact that you can get water on mars, additionally martial soil contains sodium, magnesium, potassium apart from being alkaline which means that in the presence of artificial atmosphere over a small area you can grow plants. The reason I'm discussing these factors is that this means you can stay on mars for a far longer time than you can stay an asteroid, thus instead of a lot of small mining trips(over a larger distance) you can make one big mining trip, which should lead to overall savings even in the fuel department. (Besides I don't think you can get anything extra on an asteroid, mars has been bombarded by them for like millions of years,so whatever material you can get on an asteroid you can get on mars as well.)
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I know,my point is that the risk is still not worth it. My apologies. This is equally valid for asteroids.
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Maneuvering a space vehicle through a belt full of huge and little rocks moving at high speed should be risky, while Asteroid belt is sparsely populated it is still a risk worth considering, additionally the asteroid belt is farther away from earth compared to mars which is a factor as well, besides I'm pretty sure mars has caves/crevices which mean a better chance of surviving rather than a total open life on a piece of rock, Asteroids have also been known to colloid with each other/change their orbit due to gravitational effects which mean sure death. Obviously you have never worked on construction/heavy work, when your fellow worker asks for something when you are busy painting/putting bricks on top of each other you don't move over there and hand it to him, you throw it, when you are working on making the second/third tier of buildings, you don't walk up and down the stairs, you just throw these things, again while It's good to get used to working in space, why not just go for something you are already used to.
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Dunno, being used to something is really a pretty important part of it, besides if I put a damn hammer behind me I want it to stay there for when I need it and not fly away. So, if I want to stay near the sea, I should make a home inside it and have fish as my friends and relatives.
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If you are so confused about the party creation, why not try the pre-fabricated default party?, it's not optimum but it's a really good build for lower difficulties.
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I will just sit back in the couch and wait for conspiracy/blah blah theorists to come out. Can't you just see how this is totally an act against god and how it's totally going to destroy the earth and how we need to pray for it not to happen. Also last I heard some Japanese company was already preparing for a space elevator, the date is quite far(2050) but I don't see even NASA doing anything earlier than that, here's the article.
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A6: Formello and points to spend!
Mosquito---Slayer replied to Leaper's topic in Second Avernum Trilogy
Yeah you certainly can get by with pure priests and mage, that's actually what I use personally, also yeah it's probably late right now. -
Enemy hitpoints
Mosquito---Slayer replied to Zorni's topic in Avernum Trilogy (2011-2018 remake versions)
Wow I played through all these games without ever knowing it. -
Another way is to read everything .
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Interested in RPG's , maybe in RP as well but not that much.
