[Not a bug] Training with WarCry gives no exp.
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:58 pm
Is it normal that i don't get a level or something when I use Warcry??? I tried it without a level more than 30 minutes...
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[Not a bug] Training with WarCry gives no exp.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:17 pm
Possibly something to do with a new tweak in RTC, you are probably failing to warcry (no target) and getting no experience
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:40 pm
Half an hour of war-crying thin air? I bet that was exciting. If you can find a monster behind a portcullis you can war cry that, and casting poison bolts on the "wrong" side hoping to miss is a sneaky way of getting wizard levels. I hate training myself but I put a couple of portcullised monsters in to my custom dunge to for the benefit of reincarnees (there is also the obligatory screamer bashing room).
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:32 pm
That room was great!Des wrote:there is also the obligatory screamer bashing room
I actually got in a little over my head and I had to go charging out of there with a few shrilly squeaking screamers on my tail-- I made it through, thankfully enough.
Imagine the ignoble fate of being killed by screamers!
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:55 pm
Well, although I think training is pointless in RTC because training is a lot more boring than reimporting characters into whatever dungeon, warcrying thin air should give at least 1 XP per cry.
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:24 am
It would be funny if you created a Screamer with the Warcry attack. Everytime it uses it it will make itself scared...
*evil grin*
*evil grin*
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:36 am
As has been alluded to above, you'll get more experience from performing actions which lead to a result than those that don't.
So, for example war crying into thin air will only get you 1XP (specifically, it's not zero), whereas doing so and actually scaring a monster away will get you at least 10XP. Net result is that you'll have to do an awful lot of war crying out of battle to gain a level!
BTW - the principle applies to all other attacks too, so a fireball that hits a monster will gain the caster more experience than one that just goes into a random wall etc etc.
BTW II - the attack method does actually have to *do* something to get the additional XP, so just standing the other side of a portcullis to a monster doesn't gain you anything just from your location.
So, for example war crying into thin air will only get you 1XP (specifically, it's not zero), whereas doing so and actually scaring a monster away will get you at least 10XP. Net result is that you'll have to do an awful lot of war crying out of battle to gain a level!
BTW - the principle applies to all other attacks too, so a fireball that hits a monster will gain the caster more experience than one that just goes into a random wall etc etc.
BTW II - the attack method does actually have to *do* something to get the additional XP, so just standing the other side of a portcullis to a monster doesn't gain you anything just from your location.