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After all that reading - and not fully understanding - I think I'm coming to some conclusions.

I want a very high str character, with str potions and I'm thinking of a certain lizard! He should have the hardcleave.

And for my other front row it's unclear if I should consider the mace of order ...

Oh it's absolutely sensible to have all characters advance in all 4 major skills.

However within each major skill they should NOT be a jack of all trades.

Previously, and I've played on and off for 35 years, I do some basic training on level 1 and then do a few hours in the screamer room and a lot ...

This can be caused by a failed copy protection check although I don't think that's what OP was describing.

Yes, this is new to me after over 35 years.

I've determined that it's best for fighters to select a weapon hidden skill and only use that - which makes sense, it means they will be specialised in that kind of attack.

And for priests I need to decide if shield spells or potions are most important ...

Oof! Well that's a lot of data.

What I tried to do, and failed to do, was see if the damage stat (hardcleave being 70, axe being 49 for example) came into it and I think he mentions it once as weapon_damage and then again as weapon_base_damage and I can see an example using the falchion base damage ...

When I've been looking at actions vs damage vs fatigue I've noticed that there are 3 different damage figures given.

1 - On actions and combos which seems to be the same as 2
2- In actions(damage) on the items page
3 - Under damage on the items page

So 1 and 2 seem to be the same and relate to ...

Thanks for the replies.

This confirms something to me -

If I'm going to train my companions then I need to consider not just which actions raise my level fastest - in order to improve stats and hps and mana etc, but I also need to consider what actions they will eventually be doing because I could ...

I've been reading up on these hidden skils and I want to check my understanding.

If I do something that affects wizard/fire then I go up in both the hidden fire skill but also in basic wizard skill which will gain me levels. Later on when I try to do something like a fireball it will go for half of ...

It seems from this that it can be done, however I'm not sure what I would need to import.

I fancy doing another run and doing it from DM all the way through to CSB with the same characters so it would be nice to have the updated portraits for them.

Is importing original DM characters after a playthrough better than reincarnating the new champions in CSB once everybody is on the same levels etc?

I have it in my head that CSB champions are stronger.

I got confused with the save games, until I realised how it worked. Then i realised they were very clever indeed! You can do all sorts of things with 4 savegames if they are timestamped that way.

I did notice in the version of Conflux I'm using just now, the beta5 of 3.5 that only A shows. Pleased ...

He has said elsewhere that he's going to be changing the way the sewers worked. I do agree about the sewer noise now you mention it... it's particularly loud, the ambient noises are a worthwhile addition but in order to have the volume loud enough to hear vital pressure pad/wall clicks the ambient ...

I get that too, I don't think it means anything for you or I. At a guess it could be because of all the stuff Zyx has going on in the background, but I really don't know. Feel free to pester me if you get stuck with something. :) Edit : But don't let that give you the impression I'm anything special ...

I've put it up for you at http://halk.lyrebird.feralhosting.com/Conflux_3.5_B5.7z

Zyx - I can't think of a reason why you would object to me putting it there, but if you do let me know and I'll remove it ASAP.

The one I've put up is the latest beta, which is Conflux 3.5 beta 5. 3.5 is quite a bit ...

Zyx, I've noticed that the treasure hunting spell is not working again, that's a brand new game using the 3.5 bugfix 5 since it last happened. I had an idea that perhaps the unlocked spell that I'd seen appearing was maybe related, but I've checked the before and after savegame and it's not working ...

Would it help if I had savegames for you Zyx? I have one reasonably shortly before and one right after. I was down in the sewers raising ninja levels.

Okay now this is weird. During my normal playtime, when I was fetching the holy armour from the council level , suddenly I got "SPELL UNLOCKED" effect and message. I didn't pick up any scroll or done nothing significant other than resting... odd.

Indeed. The same thing happened to me too a few ...

Very interesting. Thanks for your kind wishes i should get out tomorrow.

Im pleased to hear fighters get better later in the game. However i have a couple of comments on that. There are some monsters that can only be killed by melee. But the big thing is that as fighters progress they use higher ...

Please excuse the spelling and or grammar on this post. Im drugged up to the eyes in a hospital bed using my smartphone.

As far as balance is concerned i keep finding the game is well balanced, even where i thought it was not. The sewers for example i felt were extremely difficult because odd the ...

I've gone and lifted the latest version

That is why I asked. You should not be using
those 'unreleased' versions. They are DEBUG
versions and are known to be slow. They are
for Zyx in his development effort and provide
additional feedback for scripting errors and such.

If Zyx wants you to have ...

Ah, it'll likely be becasue I've just added Gothmog but I haven't trained him up yet. I'm doing a grand job of wasting your time here. The only thing that remains then is the master thief... if I'm doing that right.

Yes... you're right... How on earth did I get that wrong? I was completely certain about it.

The compass graphics are wrong - at least the way they show up for me. Have another look at where the red arrows are pointing.

http://halk.lyrebird.feralhosting.com/nsew.png

Also, I've just noticed on the temple level when I killed a nest of rusters mixed in with some leprechauns and gigglers ...

11.053, Paul.

Edit : I've gone and lifted the latest version from your site and the result is the same.

Here's the savegames I had kept for Zyx, in case it interests you to take a look at them.

The master thief: he should give you access to an otherwise inaccessible area, and if you find him again, you can recover your goods.


I don't believe it's working as intended.

I have done the following...
Not tried to pick the lock. Killed the thief, he drops a few scrolls, storm ring and ...

I've also noticed that 3) is more than just a graphical effect, there's a flotsam and jetsam effect too - I suspect later in the game we may stumble across a massive pile of litter.

Edit : Problem solved, Very direct spoiler - it was a switch along the wall to the south of where the pits should be ...

There's even more in the new release that I hadn't seen before, I can't tell if it was in the last release or not, so I don't now if you've seen it.

Here's some hopefully very vague cryptic tasters that won't spoil it for you.

1) The merchant has expanded. There's something to make your hands a ...

I wouldn't have liked to have run into it when I was clearing the leeches to get to the level below, that;s for sure.

You wouldn't happen to have any clues on what needs to be done to get the pits open?

Spoiler

The only information I can find is that I need to do it twice.

I wouldn't want to suggest the game is balanced on my experiences. I do have a single character (Zed) too, and the leeches are more difficult than it was with a full party, and indeed I think I got lucky to get down to the mines. I could not say if it's too hard or not though.

The leeches don't ...

Yes, there are. However as I said there's little to no point in attempting to get rid of the disease on that level, as you will immediately be reinfected.

They'll kill you if you're on the borderline of being able to do something or not, if you're relying on melee.

Edit : And if I thought the ...