Resident Evil: Discussion Thread [Concluded]

[Seon]

There may be zombie fish which will um.... eat you.

Like piranhas, except they are undead and super, super strong and extra bloodthirsty.

STAY OUT OF THE WATER!!!

Weren't there like zombie bio-weapon frog with claws long enough to decapitate you play around near water? (Hunters! Arrrttgh).

And zombie sharks. Zombie sharks are evil, which reminds me, is there zombie rabbits in this game as NPCs? :p

Loving the map so far.

[Death is yonder]

I would like to start a nice round of applause for Crazed Rabbit.

The map looks great, and I want to thank him for providing us with such a great place to slaughter meet each other! :D

[Askthepizzaguy]

Weren't there like zombie bio-weapon frog with claws long enough to decapitate you play around near water? (Hunters! Arrrttgh).

And zombie sharks. Zombie sharks are evil, which reminds me, is there zombie rabbits in this game as NPCs? :p

Loving the map so far.

I would have sharks, but this particular mountain river doesn't have any.

[ULC]

I would like to start a nice round of applause for Crazed Rabbit.

The map looks great, and I want to thank him for providing us with such a great place to slaughter meat each other! :D

Fixed and bolded

[Sigurd]

Alright...
I have just made a print out the map in A3 format and sent in my allocatable points to ATPG. I am as ready as one can expect.

[Renata]

Will send in my stats tomorrow if that's OK. Happy Thanksgiving!

[Askthepizzaguy]

Alright...
I have just made a print out the map in A3 format and sent in my allocatable points to ATPG. I am as ready as one can expect.

Happy 5,000 posts.


I just want to say this to all my lovely enthusiastic players:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

GAH!!!!

I have about 17 private messages sitting in my inbox, many of them asking the exact same question or making the exact same error. As per usual, this is my fault for not making things clear.

1. You must have a minimum of 1 in each category

2. You can only have a maximum of 10 in each category

3. When you got your role and I said you had 4, or 5, or whatever in each category... you don't have an additional 28 or 35 points. You can move the points around.... if you don't they will stay where they are.

Sorry, boneheaded of me to give you a visual of something that you'll need to delete in order to give yourself the stats you want. That's what's confusing you. Poor White_Eyes had to send in his stats like 4 or 5 times because he kept misunderstanding my confusing instructions.

4. Double check post 142 of this thread when doing your attribute points, it should answer 99% of your questions.

I knew this was going to be a challenge.

Also, an announcement: Today is Thanksgiving, and we have guests over. I have been informed by Diana that I am not to get on this computer. So unfortunately I can't answer all your questions or be online that long, many many apologies. Standard response to all your private messages:

You'll have to redo your stats if you gave yourself Zero in any category.

How can I counter snipers?


Stealth will obviously help. Only real use for it I came up with for a high combat / high awareness build I'm currently considering.

Combat and/or luck for dodging bullets?

And awareness to find them? Does that give an avoidance bonus? As you know where to cover, when you know where they are?

And other questions...

Combat, then Luck, then Vitality. Awareness will help you locate a sniper if indeed they are within your awareness range and they fail your awareness check. No extra bonus for defense there I'm afraid.

If you become a zombie, all your attribute points default to the zombie standard attribute setup. So you can't keep your stats post-death. One extra reason to stay alive.

And no, you won't need strength to get to the Omega, you non-townies.

When it comes to looting.

Is 4 awareness with 7 luck much worse than 7 awareness with 4 luck? I get the other perks of those stats just fine, but here we have a bit of overlap.

Luck tends to get you rarer items when you find them, or it helps you find items when you aren't even looking for them. But awareness is what will tend to find you items when you're searching for them. (items/weapons etc)

At least I think that's how I set it up.

1a) as a Botanist, does it mean that i have a 50% chance of finding herbs (during search mode) regardless of awareness? or does it mean x1.5 chance to whatever awareness stat (if not, look below at Q 1b)?

50% during search mode regardless.

1b) If i increase awareness, would this chance increase with it?

Nope, just your chance of finding OTHER items and weapons.

2) the combined herbs that give +1 or +2 vitality; that essentially means getting more stats points right?

All of your stats can increase depending on which herbs you find. Some herbs heal you. The really good herbs are rare.

3) is there a limit to the number of items we can carry?

Nope

4) combat is good for guns but not so for melee yes?

Combat is important in all forms of... combat. Strength and Speed just enhance you damage and number of attacks you do in melee. But think of combat as your TO-HIT-YOUR-OPPONENT percentage no matter what.

What's the difference between strength and combat?

Combat is your To-hit-your-opponent percentage.

Strength, as it pertains to combat, relates only to melee, and it increases the damage of your physical attack weapon, not your guns, if any.

Probability of snipers? Is their detection roll down to weapon alone, awareness alone or both combined? Strength, 1 point = what exactly (ie the scale)? Same with speed, 1 point = how far movement wise exactly, how many extra attacks (ie the scale)?

If you're asking probability of snipers hitting you, it relates to their combat rating versus yours. So someone who already doesn't do well in combat would make a poor sniper. However, sniper rifles often lower their opponent's luck, which means that any damage you take will probably not get deflected.

Speed, how far you move is in post 142 of this thread,

Strength increases the amount of damage in melee combat based on a strength-minimum system. You must have x amount of strength to add 1 vitality point worth of damage in combat, and x amount of strength to add 2.





Please continue asking me questions, that's no problem. I'll gather up all the questions so far and add them to a FAQ post and then link it to the first post of the game thread. uh, at some point.

Tootles! I gotta run folks!!!

[Sigurd]

Happy 5,000 posts.

Didn't notice.. but thanks

You'll have to redo your stats if you gave yourself Zero in any category.

That was me folks...
Ok, I admit I am new to this type of games.

*re-sending points*

There, that should do it.

[Jolt]

Nothing to see here citizen. Move along.

[Stildawn]

Im gonna at least wait to see what starting items I have before i confirm my stat points... I suggest all you do the same lol.

[taka]

but you can't change your stats after you get your character cards...

[White_eyes:D]

He will be stuck with default stats then...

[Stildawn]

He will be stuck with default stats then...

He has told me that we can change even after round one? But after that its locked in... Also that we get our character cards before the game begins... So yeah wanna see what I get before I chose my stats.

ATPG lol please correct me I misunderstood what you told me haha.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Im gonna at least wait to see what starting items I have before i confirm my stat points... I suggest all you do the same lol.

GAHHHHHHHHHHH


Host rant:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I knew something would make life 1,000 times more difficult.

Ok..... MASS MESSAGING all 61 players what they start with (part of their character card information) so they can tell me what stats they have (the rest of their character card information) so then I can send 61 people their character cards!



Your character cards have little images which display how far you can see and move... I can't send them out without your stats.

This is my fault, but I gotta tell you, I'm about to pull out my hair. I should have just sent your starting weapons, if you even have any, with your role PM.

[/End host rant.]

Ok I am cool now.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Boom, message sent to all players.

Some of you will be going "Huh? Already did my stats" in which case the message doesn't apply to you.

If you have a weapon, it's indicated which type in the generic sense. If you don't, it says it clearly.

Now, I'd like everyone's stats please.

And no one starts with an item unless it's indicated in your role PM, which for most people, that's a No.



EDIT: ANNOUNCEMENT- I will get to work opening the game thread when I wake up. I'll also be back to answer more of your questions then.

[FactionHeir]

I'd recommend a separate player information thread with all relevant info inside rather than referring to post XYZ. Lots easier me thinks.

[Askthepizzaguy]

FAQ:

Can people inside a group have different commands? For example, one guy is in search mode, while the other is guarding in Vigilante mode and the third is in Cooperation mode?

Can players give other players gifts or exchange equipment?

People inside a group can have different commands, absolutely!

Yes, players can gift or exchange equipment. Both parties inform the host of their intent, and they must be in the same square or adjacent squares.

[Wishazu]

so are we still on course for starting today ATPG?

[Askthepizzaguy]

I will be opening the game thread today, yes.

I am guessing that a third of you I am still missing stat point information for; but 2/3 of you have been very prompt with that info. I'll send out a batch of character cards as soon as I can after the main thread is up.

Once the game thread is up, and you have your character card, you will have a few days to get settled and figure out what your first orders are. If you're not sure what to do, fire me a PM and I'll go over your options with you.

I honestly don't mind all these questions, I applaud the enthusiasm and I want you to have fun and do well, and having the right info can help with that.







Since I already have this thread open I'll ask a mod to re-assign the title of the thread to Resident Evil discussion thread. Sign ups are closed.

[Thermal]

I will be opening the game thread today, yes.

I am guessing that a third of you I am still missing stat point information for; but 2/3 of you have been very prompt with that info. I'll send out a batch of character cards as soon as I can after the main thread is up.

Once the game thread is up, and you have your character card, you will have a few days to get settled and figure out what your first orders are. If you're not sure what to do, fire me a PM and I'll go over your options with you.

I honestly don't mind all these questions, I applaud the enthusiasm and I want you to have fun and do well, and having the right info can help with that.







Since I already have this thread open I'll ask a mod to re-assign the title of the thread to off-topic discussion thread. Sign ups are closed.

To save filling your pm box I'll ask here, did you get my New stats? (the 2nd batch because I realized my first decision was awful)

[Askthepizzaguy]

To save filling your pm box I'll ask here, did you get my New stats? (the 2nd batch because I realized my first decision was awful)

Yep; I have read all PMs by now.

To all-

If I don't reply to your PM, it is either to save me time or because I have forgotten. However I believe I answered everyone's individual questions that I got via PM in this thread, because I try to do it right away before I forget. If I have not, please send me a reminder.

[Stildawn]

Sorry to be a pain again lol... Just looked at the game thread.... Any chance of a legend for the map? lol

[Beskar]

Patience is a virtue.

[taka]

i'm stuck as to whether to go to bed or wait for the character cards and the game to start

[Wishazu]

i'm stuck as to whether to go to bed or wait for the character cards and the game to start

same, lol.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Sorry to be a pain again lol... Just looked at the game thread.... Any chance of a legend for the map? lol

Oh absolutely. I will get to that ASAP.

Patience is a virtue.

Indeed! Man oh man kicking the game off is very tough stuff.

i'm stuck as to whether to go to bed or wait for the character cards and the game to start

Go ahead and go to bed. Game won't be starting just yet, I still have a lot to do. Apology for the delay.

Thanks for my character card mate, my only question is - Is ammo limitless?

You use up all the ammo in the chamber of the weapon you have, and then you automatically get more... but it just takes a certain amount of phases to reload it.

What this means is... 15 minutes is a phase. So if you run out of ammo, you can't use that gun for 1 phase. Fortunately you'll be finding more and better weapons, so this handicap is overcome easily. This simulates the scarcity of ammunition without me having to actually force you search for ammo.

[Askthepizzaguy]

UPDATE:

25 Character cards have been sent out. I still have many more to do, but that's progress. I may have to do the other half tomorrow.

[scottishranger]

Demands mine to be sent out

[Thermal]

Demands mine to be sent out

I'd like to see how you cope writing 120 character cards out, after probably writing the equivalent of 1000 essays just days beforehand, patience is a virtue as Beskar said.

[Splitpersonality]

Don't wait up for the character cards, they'll get to you when they get to you. This game is an amazingly complex thing and I for one am just happy to be able to play it.

Plus the character card is not much new, if you know all the other parts you can figure most things out easy enough.


I really wish my printer worked, I'd print out the map, bring it to kinkos and have them blow it up. I need to start planning