Okay, I’ll post for camwhores. Also Level 5, so the comparison should be pretty valid.

Offense 4

Defense 3

Ego 100

Sexiness 42

Flirt

* Attack (6 – 10)

* Sexiness -1

* Refresh 1

Post Bra Shot

* Attack (10 – 15)

* Sexiness -2

* Refresh 1

Post Underwear Shot

* Attack (23 – 26)

* Sexiness -4

* Refresh 2

Pump Me Up

* For 3 turns:

o Offense +2

* Ego +(30 – 35)

* Sexiness -4

* Refresh 3

Think

* Ego +(10 – 15)

* Sexiness -2

* Refresh 2

The Troll gets a good boost to defense, but I don’t think his abilities are nearly as good.

I think the emo kid is by far the most powerful after level 5. XSS until you’re about to die, Activate Life after death, pwn 4 or 5 threads with your ultra-high damage from 0 ego, self-mutilate once, re-activate life after death ad infinitum. The only thing you need to worry about is tears, but you’re not taking damage so using eyedrops is no big deal.

By the way, OP, I think you should get the heterozygous (sp?) tiger. It’s the most powerful reasonably priced item for any clbum, by far, and will boost your offense so that after fapping your attacks will do 26-28 damage.

Life after death doesn’t really work like that. If you die with it on you get healed for about 20 but lose the effect, so you’re not invincible for the entire duration.

Emo kid is very powerful though, at near death my depressing poem did about 45 damage at level 5. Now that I have whine about significant other I can easily see myself doing 50+ damage consistently with that attack.

Oh, okay, sorry. My brother had only gotten life after death but hadn’t used it yet.

I don’t think emo kids are significantly more powerful than camwhores, then, since “Pump it Up” is much better healing while being a buff at the same time. Emo kids have two attacks which heal for 20 over 9 turns, while camwhores can heal for 30-35 at a time every three turns while buffing offense. This would appear to make camwhores stronger

BUT

Emo kids have a stronger starting package, so attacks in the same damage range do more for emo kids, and the low ego buffto attacks ends up resulting in much higher damage from attacks.

So, ultimately, I think the two clbumes are relatively balanced, especially compared to the troll. He can’t heal, he has one buff which is almost equivalent to the Camwhore’s buff of Pump it Up, but exchanging the big, juicy +30-35 Ego for a mere one more turn of +3 offense. His attacks are also the weakest in terms of damage, leaving him with no advantages over the other two clbumes except somewhat better equipment.

My conclusion, from playing or in-person seeing people play all three clbumes, is that the Troll ought to be buffed, preferably through adding new attacks, or through a new damage mechanism, i.e. the emo kid’s damage increases at low ego; give the troll something analogous to this, maybe something like a vampiric effect. This makes sense in-character as trolls do get a kick out of wrecking internet forums.

All said, I love this game (except the forum limit, but I understand where you’re coming from on that)! I appreciate your hard work and hope you keep it up.

Richel Decos Posted:

My conclusion, from playing or in-person seeing people play all three clbumes, is that the Troll ought to be buffed, preferably through adding new attacks, or through a new damage mechanism, i.e. the emo kid’s damage increases at low ego; give the troll something analogous to this, maybe something like a vampiric effect. This makes sense in-character as trolls do get a kick out of wrecking internet forums.

Perhaps, similar to how we get more and more cred (and   ) for pwning threads in succession, can trolls get a bonus in damage for every few threads. Say, after 2 threads, +2 (or any other number of choice) damage, 4 threads, +4, and increments every 2 another +2? It would fit with the idea that trolls would be on a roll and hard to beat, but it might overpower them when they’re on a roll.

That or give trolls offense bonuses based on how high their douchebaggery is, percentage-wise. If the douchbag stat is high, offense gets buffed and they do more damage. The trade-off being that most trolls don’t seem to have that high of a douchbaggery stat, meaning that with the losses to it from attacking, they lose the offensive bonus quickly.

I dunno though, I might be too close to the Emo Kid gimmick for the admins to want to use it.

I think the vampire-type mechanic would be the best to add to trolls for a few reasons:

1. Differs substantially from the emo kid mechanic

2. Trolls are the only clbum with no healing

3. Seems to have a good in-character justification

4. Would give trolls a unique playstyle

Vampiric attacks fit really well with trolls since an oft repeated line is “I feed off this ****”

Stats on my level 6 troll as at this level we actually get a fairly decent attack compared to other clbumes:

Offense 7

Defense 8

Luck 3

Frugality 3

Charisma 1

Upkeep 4

Alignment Neutral

Ego 100

Douchebaggery 63

-Annoying Text

* Attack (12 – 15)

* Douchebaggery -2

* Refresh 1

-Ascii Art Attacks

* Attack (7 – 8)

* Douchebaggery -1

* Refresh 1

-Bash Keyboard with Helmet

* Attack (3 – 6)

* Refresh 1

-Drool on Keyboard

* Attack (3 – 6)

* Refresh 1

-Fap

* For 4 turns:

o Offense +3

* Douchebaggery -3

* Refresh 4

-Insult

* Attack (20 – 25)

* Douchebaggery -3

* Refresh 1

-Spoil

* Attack (10 – 12)

* Douchebaggery -1

* Refresh 2

The level 6 troll attack (Insult) was a very good surprise. The past attacks made it pretty difficult to pwn the newer forums (starting with KKK). Can’t wait to see what else is in store.