No new attacks for level 7 emo kid, although whine about significant other is now doing 60+ damage when health is low.

UniqueSnowflak47 Posted:

Haha, I love the new attack I just got.

Story spoiler: The reward from the martyrdom mission:
Bad Poetry
Attack 100
Refresh 9

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How’d you get it? Curious Log in to see images!

Also, I see that Life After Death basically works like a Phoenix Down that activates anywhere between 9 turns to heal for 20-some health, right?

Truck Driver Posted:

UniqueSnowflak47 Posted:

Haha, I love the new attack I just got.

Story spoiler: The reward from the martyrdom mission:
Bad Poetry
Attack 100
Refresh 9

Awesome. Log in to see images!

I just got this attack as a level 7 Emo, too. Do the other clbumes get a similar attack from missions?

I’ll be able to fill you in tomorrow (I think)

I started the Ophelia conversation, told her I’d do it, then when presented with the last choice picked “nah, nevermind” to see what she’d say. The mission is still active and I can still go into those forums under an bumumed identity, but I have no skills, not even martyr.

Does martyr only get added if you say yes, and if you say no leave you stranded and skill-less even if you go in under an bumumed name? Is this a bug?

At level 8, Emo kids get a new attack:

I Have Issues

* Attack 40

* (Stronger when Ego is low)

* Tears -8

* Refresh 1

xXDARK_KNIGHTXx Posted:

I’ve completed the martyrdom mission and I didn’t gain the attack other clbumes have. I got 250 flezz though. I’m not sure if this is because I’m a troll or if it’s a bug caused by me originally saying no, as I’ve already had the problem that the alter egos wouldn’t load properly because I selected that option. After wasting 4 forum visits (2 because of the bug, 2 to actually do it) I’m kind of annoyed that I didn’t even get the attack.

Stupid question: did you check your tubmail after you beat it?

Since people are posting stats:

Level 8 Emo Kid, just completed Episode 1 Log in to see images!

Ego 115

Tears 183

Offense 9

Defense 8

Luck 4

Frugality 6

Charisma 3

Upkeep 5

Items:

iPrune (+20 Ego)

bumcrack Piercing (+75 Tears, +2 Offense, +2 Defense)

Gothic Script Tattoo (+50 Tears, +3 Offense)

Even with these stats the last mission wasn’t easy. I burned about 8 of the +100 Ego consumables doing it.

Itemwise I’d like to see better mid-range piercings. Anything that only reduces stats isn’t going to get used. A +100 tears consumable would be nice too.

It looks like trolls are left out to dry judging from these comparisons. They have a lower ego (which makes little sense given how egotistical Trolls are), less useful/powerful attacks, and seem to have the primary benefit of relatively good equipment.

I like the vampiric idea, but it seems like something else would be in order as well. Either beefing up the attacks or making them more durable (that is, making Trolls the effective tank type. High Defense, High Ego, low-mid damage.) That way they’d take out threads with long drawn out spam sessions rather than one-two shot pwns like the other clbumes.

Though I think it mentioned something about more advanced clbumes later? Maybe those make up for the troll sucking. I dunno Log in to see images!

Level 5 Troll

Ego 100

Douchebaggery 63

Secondary

Offense 7

Defense 7

Luck 3

Frugality 3

Charisma 1

Upkeep 3

Alignment Neutral

Fetishes:

Heterozygus Tiger

Douchebaggery +35

Offense + 5

Cost@ current frugal level 295

Will buy next:

Genuine Troll Club

DB+50

Offense+3

Defense+3

Cost now: 640

Handy crap:

Whippets 10

Defense +5

lasts 3 turns

Well, it appears that trolls are the greedy loot hoarding bastards they were always made out to be…

Okay, so I got to play a bit more, and watch my roommate start a cam whore, I’ve noticed a few key differences:

-The lesser cost of the Troll’s skills really add up.

-The Trolls items are generally better and cost less.

-The idea that trolls have less ego came from looking at different builds. It seems that all clbumes have the same ego abilities, and they cost about the same. It’s just some people will buy the ego while others will opt to get other stuff.

The combination creates a precarious sort of balance. Where as a level 4 troll I just blew through the KKK using a bunch of healing items, my roommate’s camwhore had trouble due to needing to replenish both sexiness and HP. Basically, without Pump it Up, a few forums that I blew through due to having higher defense and HP.

The better buyable items REALLY makes more of a difference than it seems at first glance. My troll is at the same level as my friend’s camwhore, but we do roughly equivalent damage, as I hit for ~30 damage with Spoiler when I have my buff up, and I’d be doing more if I’d taken that new ability at level 4 rather than getting some extra HP.

So my thought here is that troll isn’t necessarily quite so under-powered as we thought… just a lot more item reliant. This makes Frugality an important bumet for trolls, so they can get the items they want and need more readily.