[beta]Book of Mages: The Dark Times
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boneblast

3 posts
3 posts
March 14, 2010, 10:44 am
great i was black robe i recruited Iceshade of ice land after that i found him in the bar through the explore and he won the battle in the bar and i killed him so i killed guy i recruited
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 15, 2010, 9:14 pm
As I'm invited for the feedback: -)I played and won the game with all 6 kinds of mages. That's the good news, as this wasn't possible in version 1.
The not so good news is, that for all 6 kinds of mages the same offensive and relatively simple strategy wins (as described recently for chaos mages, works for all the others too, with the slight difference that you probably choose to have a defense when playing those).
But the game is real fun anyways and it takes longer as in v1 to correctly time your actions.
If there will probably be a chapter 3 some day and the increase in complexity stays as from v1 to v2, then i'll problably be too dumb for v3. it'll be worth a trial then.
thanks a lot shuwan for almost 2 very good weeks in your game. hope you'll get that back somehow, good luck!
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 16, 2010, 1:11 pm
Today I found out, what the real max level of a mage in this game is: It is 321 (max level of live and mana is 100).How I found out that? When you reach #1 in ranking by a time, where you can travel to home clan, before the war starts (probably every clan except sea water does the trick?!), the war waits until you have maxed out live and mana in mana cave. after that you travel do sea water and finish the game. :-)
Don't know whether that happens by intention or if it is a bug. Btw.: In the end fight I killed Witchthorn twice, that probably shouldn't happen?!
If you want do have a look at the game, where I did the upper trick, the code is
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Cheers
Michael
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 16, 2010, 1:53 pm
just to make it clear: I do not know, if you have to be #1 to use the upper method (but I hope so, otherwise it's a bug for sure).
shuwan

190 posts
190 posts
March 17, 2010, 7:18 am
hi michI7, thanks for your feedback and a nice walk-through. The game is modified to be easier now, cause the game is complex and some testers kept losing and got frustrated. If I were to make a 3rd version, I'll remember to change the combat to a much easier system!Anyway I fixed the "final battle" bug, now you must travel to Great Sea when the time comes.
mmmaaatttsss: Like valentyne said, some opponent has less power, thus requires less mana.
boneblast: you are black robe mage, you can kill whoever you want to kill!
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 17, 2010, 1:00 pm
Hi Shuwan!As you wanted suggestions: What about difficulty levels?
Eg. easy (like it is now), normal (like it was before) and hard (even less events than on normal, but an additional levelable value EventTrigger. This EventTrigger will only trigger fights, so that you have to balance fight values and EventTrigger-value for getting +2 skill-points as often as possible (instead of +1 in Mana Cave). these fights should be tough, but winable for someone having caught the optimal line).
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 17, 2010, 1:02 pm
Forget EventTrigger only triggering fights, as you have this at arena anyways. EventTrigger triggers more events and some has to find out, how much EventTrigger is still healthy. :-)
shruiken9

2 posts
2 posts
March 17, 2010, 5:57 pm
I was about 2 b great mage and then my guy died for no reason.has this happend b4?
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 17, 2010, 6:16 pm
i played through the "easier" variant with Ice Fire and must say, that i had hoped you had chosen another way to make it easier.Now the some good fights you had are also boring. I wouldn't have changed the ai of the opponents to dumber, but would have raised the number of events, so that someone can get more skill points.
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 18, 2010, 10:49 am
Now tried out neutral (with intention good) as a Dark Wood (actually my favorite clan, cause "increase special - increase special - Silence until death" is quite a weapon (only, if increase special is maxed out of course)).Very funny to play, easy to win and reached a level > 200 (do not always reach that as a white robe).
Ongoing projects: :-)
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chaos desert, neutral, intention bad
poison water, black robe, with the plan to betray them
I'll report then. :-)
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 18, 2010, 5:14 pm
there is still some challenge for me in the game. :-)played poison, black robe, betrayer (means I'm curing myself with the antidote), but could only collect 176 skill points.
that was not enough to beat up #3 (lost twice, once for the ranking and once at great mage election).
i think you can't hinder #3 from hitting you once with mana attack with poison (with dark wood he is always an occasion :-)) and you just can't pile up enough live with only 176 points.
i surely did something wrong, as i played as bad as possible but only reached reputation "demon spawn". Incredibly nice game anyways!
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 18, 2010, 11:34 pm
The story of "chaos, neutral, intention bad" is quickly told. you win easily (198 skillpoints and a real lot of items).i killed everyone, i got a chance to, but still couldn't get below "demon spawn" (satan probably only can be reached, when loyal to black robes, but
then it should be named dummy :-)).
as i think, that you can easily win the betrayer game with chaos and bad intention, i'll give it a new try to become satan and great mage all in one.
i'll report. :-)
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 19, 2010, 2:39 am
I made it with Chaos in the betrayer variant to high mage and satan.I don't want to tell too much, but: really interesting and funny story and you have quite some decisions on your way ... :-)
One more thanks Shuwan!
michl7

35 posts
35 posts
March 19, 2010, 2:41 am
... I of course mean great mage
valentyne

78 posts
78 posts
March 19, 2010, 4:07 am
Excuse me if I am wrong but Michael your code doesn't work for the "upped" mage's history.Besides that,once,a Dark Wood mage attacked me with bloodbath twice in the same turn.I am not sure if this happens much but it did for me. -Valentyne The Great
valentyne

78 posts
78 posts
March 19, 2010, 4:27 am
Oh,and excuse me again.It is possible to defeat Corrupter with DARK WOOD by using a combo of maxed high and low att then a bit of blood bath 15 dam and trade life,your own at 110 and mana at 70 - Valentyne,first to beat Corrupter hehehe
valentyne

78 posts
78 posts
March 19, 2010, 4:33 am
excuse me got confused for a second XD my mana wasn't 70.it was 330.
valentyne

78 posts
78 posts
March 19, 2010, 4:34 am
and yes i said excuse me again.deal with it XD
valentyne

78 posts
78 posts
March 19, 2010, 4:36 am
and yes,once again i post.i also had an extra low attack,but it wasn't COMPLETELY neccasary.you could substitute more bloodbath instead.
valentyne

78 posts
78 posts
March 19, 2010, 7:09 am
Umm,hi,me again.I just finished with the Dark Wood mage that I killed Corruptor with.I won the war as White Mage,then lost to BurningStorm.(or whatever his name is)I got the ending where you are EVIL and rule as the Great Mage,and then are assassinated.This really hurt me,as I wanted to get the best ending possible for a 50-something to 2 win/loss record holder like me.

