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by Jick
Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:10 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Hello World (aka Don't Panic II, Electric Bugaloo)
Replies: 49
Views: 73722

Re: Hello World (aka Don't Panic II, Electric Bugaloo)

This is great news, guys. I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds.
by Jick
Mon May 09, 2011 8:12 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Emperor's New Badge
Replies: 11
Views: 14600

Re: Emperor's New Badge

I don't like using those things. It just doesn't feel as good.
by Jick
Sat May 07, 2011 9:15 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Market Discussion Thread
Replies: 6
Views: 8688

Re: Market Discussion Thread

I'm kinda curious as to why everybody seems to want to sell things for stars instead of Chips. For the last few months, I've been castlefarming and buying stars in the mall, just to try to get some more currency moving around in the economy. Just one dude, though. Based on the Classifieds thread, it...
by Jick
Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:35 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Skill Perm Order
Replies: 17
Views: 18826

Re: Skill Perm Order

I did several Gadget runs in a row, and didn't bother perming First Aid until the last one. It's really useful, but you get it pretty early...
by Jick
Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:20 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: db optimization
Replies: 11
Views: 11186

Re: db optimization

Holy crap.

Do you mind going into some detail about what you did?
by Jick
Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:18 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Basic Retcon advice... Pretty please?
Replies: 20
Views: 19944

Re: Basic Retcon advice... Pretty please?

I was having some trouble with the Mick fight today, and Zillow pointed out how valuable the Medevac chopper's air rescue action is in that fight. Boy, howdy.
by Jick
Fri Oct 15, 2010 4:14 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Basic Retcon advice... Pretty please?
Replies: 20
Views: 19944

Re: Basic Retcon advice... Pretty please?

I have a Recyclonizer.

With Gadgeteers, I haven't had any problem beating The Mick just by spamming regular attacks.

My first run, which was Elementalist, I had to level to 12 to get that level's combat skill to even have a chance...
by Jick
Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:33 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Basic Retcon advice... Pretty please?
Replies: 20
Views: 19944

Basic Retcon advice... Pretty please?

Hey, guys. I'm finding myself with a shoe situated firmly on the other foot of my turned tables, here, and I'm trying to get better retcon speeds without really knowing what I'm doing. I've been spending a lot of time with the wiki, but I'm wondering if there are some basic things I'm neglecting. I'...
by Jick
Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:53 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Poll: what's next for Twilight Heroes? YOU DECIDE
Replies: 36
Views: 33861

Re: Poll: what's next for Twilight Heroes? YOU DECIDE

Ahem.

I'm seriously looking forward to a Mall at this point. Having started doing retcons, I'm really regretting some of the IotMs I didn't buy.

Luckily, I bought extra copies of a lot of early ones, and I'd really like to translate that into some functional gear.
by Jick
Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:43 am
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Class differences
Replies: 46
Views: 21467

I agree that the Nexus War style of advancement (which has found some degree of mainstream exposure in Tabula Rasa) is a little dissatisfying, but it'd be really neat to have some differentiation between members of the same class in TH. Maybe something more along the lines of talent points in WoW --...
by Jick
Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:50 pm
Forum: Testing & Debugging
Topic: Upcoming features and wish list
Replies: 331
Views: 351724

A minor feature request:

Could we maybe have some way of distinguishing between auctions that have actually had bids placed, as opposed to ones where the current high bid is actually the starting bid?


.:Seconded --Neo:.
by Jick
Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:11 pm
Forum: Testing & Debugging
Topic: Minor Bugs
Replies: 226
Views: 135308

The skill page isn't remembering the last skill correctly, it seems. After I rebuff my weapons, the skill dropdown always pops back to the armor buff skill.
by Jick
Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:46 pm
Forum: Testing & Debugging
Topic: Minor interface tweak requests
Replies: 352
Views: 1467604

Is it better then if you have to retype the name of a person if you're casting a couple of buffs on them? I was kind of following KoL's lead in this area, and assumed there was some consensus that remembering the last person was beneficial. I did that partly because you can select (yourself) from t...
by Jick
Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:28 pm
Forum: Testing & Debugging
Topic: Minor Bugs
Replies: 226
Views: 135308

Looks good now. Thanks!
by Jick
Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:30 pm
Forum: Testing & Debugging
Topic: Minor Bugs
Replies: 226
Views: 135308

Since the move to the new servers, none of the popups work for me -- the joke dictionary thing, item descriptions, pretty much everything.

Did you have maybe an absolute path to a javascript include that needs to be changed now, or something?
by Jick
Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:23 pm
Forum: Testing & Debugging
Topic: Minor interface tweak requests
Replies: 352
Views: 1467604

Minor interface tweak requests

I hope it's not presumptuous of me to start this topic, but I came in here expecting to see an appropriate place for it and didn't find one. I'd like to see the section of the fight code where it gives you the yield of Vlad's Decryptonomicon give you a link back to your computer lab. Maybe the words...
by Jick
Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:33 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Chat discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 10172

The way I do it is pretty straightforward. There's a table called "online" with 2 fields -- a playerid and a timestamp. Every script in the game (including the "is there new chat?" script,) when called, checks to see if the player has been marked online recently -- it stores the ...
by Jick
Sun May 13, 2007 12:26 pm
Forum: Gameplay & Discussion
Topic: Creative player ideas for in-game items, zones, etc.
Replies: 1543
Views: 955545

Having played a Gadgeteer for a long time and then reincarnating as a Naturalist, it occurs to me that while Gadgeteers get some measure of customization in their buffs, it seems like any given Naturalist at level X is going to be pretty much exactly the same as any other Naturalist. The ability to ...
by Jick
Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:48 pm
Forum: Off the Wall
Topic: Elendil!
Replies: 27
Views: 16892

I think I'm a bit confused. Is that assuming you've already shouted your battlecry, and the opponent has heard it and is trying to pretend to be on your side? Or steal it? It could be a fun account option, just as flavor, I do agree. Yeah, I was thinking of that in terms of a boss, say, who already...
by Jick
Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:41 am
Forum: Off the Wall
Topic: Elendil!
Replies: 27
Views: 16892

Huh. That seems like a neat idea for a profile option, actually. It could get worked into combat every once in a while.

Your opponent shouts %yourbattlecry% in a high-pitched parody of your voice. "How pathetic."