I don’t remember the gameplay being so static back before .moar files were added. Was it?

I’m also sure it wasn’t back before community forums were released, while actually playing through the game. I remember having to manipulate consumables and attacks to pwn the final forum of Ep1 and even some of the early ones when I first played through.

Can any other old-timers verify this for me?

Gameplay became repetitive (in the sense of 1-2-1-2) with the introduction of episode 2 imo.

the huge amount of upgrades made it so that high cred characters obliterate everything with ease.

The economy went inflated. flezz amount rocketed, items are worth so much more pointwise, attacks do so much more damage.

too much variables? I like the amount of customization but now I’ve got all the best stuff and tubs is untouchable on all but the top three forums.

My two highest emo attacks both have a refresh rate of 1. Before episode 2, the second highest had a 2 turn refresh.

Nicco Posted:

Basicly with 3k+ Ego you will never need to use consumables on any forum. Before Ep 2 you had Faux, GFoC and Second Wife where you were forced to use consumables otherwise you wouldn’t survive. (You had to use consumables on others forums too like PP, PrayPal and Urbane if you weren’t a Troll/didn’t own a DML.)

Maybe it’s just because the forums are too easy.

On the flipside, I have so much offense and defense I only have like 220 base ego with no equip, 640 after equip. I only need drugs on the lvl 35s and that other one that hits a lot. when you hit for 4500 then 3000 infinitely there’s no challenge.

TUBSWEETIE Posted:

I only need drugs on the lvl 35s and that other one that hits a lot.

I spec to full offense I’m going to pwn any forum level 31 or lower, I spec to about 2k Ego and dump the other upgrade points into offense if I’m going to pwn level 32+ forums.

And yeah, I’ve got way too much offense and defense. Log in to see images!

im too lazy to respec, nicco

plus if i use my full visits and run down the 30/20 level forums on the page i’ll get like 80 billion flezz on rollover so the cost of drugs is negated.

Please don’t turn this thread into another discussion about the CURRENT state of affairs. I want to know what it was like in the past, back when the game was NOT 1-2-1-2

Fortunato Posted:

Making forums unpredictable, however, would make ‘stache streaking much more difficult. I would support more strategy to the combat, however, is there a way to add the strategy without making upper level combat so risky that your char may not survive?

I don’t think it would be a bad thing for there to be a marginal risk of failure. Of course I wouldn’t want to see that implemented making one clbum invulnerable, which has traditionally been what happened with the huge defense boosts that trolls get.

If ET introduced an option to change clbum for BPs, the waves of conversion to troll by anyone who cares about speed running would be epic. I don’t think that is a good thing balance wise.

Relevant old versions of wiki articles:

Camwhore: http://www.forumwarz.com/spoilers/revision/Camwhore/22

Emo Kid: http://www.forumwarz.com/spoilers/revision/Emo_Kid/27

Troll: http://www.forumwarz.com/spoilers/revision/Troll/32

Re-Res have pretty much remained the same.

MC Banhammer Posted:

I don’t remember the gameplay being so static back before .moar files were added. Was it?

I’m also sure it wasn’t back before community forums were released, while actually playing through the game. I remember having to manipulate consumables and attacks to pwn the final forum of Ep1 and even some of the early ones when I first played through.

Can any other old-timers verify this for me?

Yeah, gameplay wasn’t nearly as static before ep.2 was introduced. But then, ep.1 had a level cap of 10 as opposed to 35, consumables that actually healed more damage than the forum could deal (if only slightly – but still enough to make the idea of using consumables something other than entirely pointless/unattractive), and more variable refresh rates for the higher-level abilities (among other things). But then on the upside, I don’t know about anyone else, but it did take me quite a bit of time and effort to get to the point where gameplay became static, compared to what it took to just complete episode 1.