Rotghroth Rhapsody Uberdhizon Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Is this possible? I propose a contest to find out who can beat Geneforge 5 in the least amount of in-game time (the number of days in the travel map). On my previous file I got to the final battle with about 385 days, pretty pitiful. I'm going again to see how fast I can do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I cheat by using rechargeme and healmenow whenever I'm at the edge of a zone that gives me access to towns. It turns out I save both loading time and in-game days. —Alorael, who has also saved disk space by having his hard disk die, taking his saved games with it. He'll estimate that he was sometime around day 100 when he won, and probably around 110-120 when he finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Drayk Armitage Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 This reminds me of Drakey and his repeatedly finishing Exile 3 in less than a week. Pffft. An interesting challenge though. I wonder what the absolute lowest elapsed time you could possibly achieve would be? On casual I have to imagine it is very doable. It's probably even doable on torment, but that would be a secondary challenge. Onan the Barbarian's Quickie Challenge? And what would be the fastest faction? Astoria's the fastest to start but she's a bit out of the way from the action. Given that all factions visit mostly the same places, and Gazaki-Uss is one of them, I wonder if Ghaldring wouldn't be the fastest. No -- that Four Shapers quest (or whatever it's called) would slow that down quite a bit. Maybe Alwan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan jlsgaladriel Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Um, uber? Maybe you might want to explore the game fully first, and beat it, before you back yourself into another under-levelled-at-the-endgame corner? Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Days seem to reflect time of travel between zones, so having to repeatedly cross from north to south slows things down. Of course you can cheat a bit and do some quests before they are quested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: Slarty This reminds me of Drakey and his repeatedly finishing Exile 3 in less than a week. Pffft. Now that is a feat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Milla Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Originally Posted By: Excalibur Originally Posted By: Slarty This reminds me of Drakey and his repeatedly finishing Exile 3 in less than a week. Pffft. Now that is a feat! Agreed . Is there anywhere when can see proof an explanation on how he achieved this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Drayk Armitage Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I think it involved completing the absolute minimum set of quests necessary and making good use of teleportation and horses. The horses are very important as they reduce travel time drastically in E3. If you knew where to look, it was possible to get some pretty strong equipment and consumable items without doing much fighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 For the challenge... would it be allowed for me to script/cheat endlessly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Drayk Armitage Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Um, no. Then there would be no challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 What about Rawal? Even though he isn't listed as a faction leader, he still leads you to an ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 So does making everyone hate you. —Alorael, who supposes it would be most fair to agree on which endings count beforehand. The five factions seem the most likely to balance. Someone coudl even work out which faction requires the least travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Thats why I suggested Rawal, you start his quests early, and there is no last battle so you don't have to spend a lot of time training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Blurb Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 DW, joining Rawal IS an ending. I think you've hit on a shortcut. You should have kept mum on the subject, though, so you could win the contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I wouldn't have won anyways... I tried creating a PC to go for Rawal and not cheating, but the ultimate strength looming on the horizon became to much for me to resist, and even though I haven't cheated nearly as much as the prievious games, I have still cheated. I'm out of it, for I'm sure that I won't be able to resist long enough to complete the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan jlsgaladriel Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Surrendering to the bandits near Crenshaw is an ending, too! I bet that's pretty fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Not as fast as accidentaly attaking Mekken in the beggining, but Rawal is a leader (even if he is bad at it) and you do quests for him, and then he asks you to join him, and then you get an ending (even if it's not very good.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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