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[MrWiggles]

So Whales has released Cataclysm 2.

[Aseaheru]

I thought that was a prank...

[n9103]

Yea, released a game, but put nothing about it on his own site. Sure.
Nice lack of linkage as well.

[bertix]

Your googlefu is weak n9103

https://github.com/Whales/Cataclysm2

[Iceblaster]

Infinitely better?

If it wasn't the original dev... I think, I'd say it might just be a troll, however I don't have the time to look on depth.

[MrWiggles]

It struck me as rude to give a link to Cata2.

[Robsoie]

This announcement surprised me , as i thought Whales had abandonned the Cataclysm development because he wasn't interested anymore.
Good to know the man that invented Cataclysm with his brillant concept and idea has revived his interest.

Tough i would have wished he would have joined the cdda devs instead of restarting from scratch.

[Gentlefish]

Maybe it's taking place later in the story??

[bertix]

This announcement surprised me , as i thought Whales had abandonned the Cataclysm development because he wasn't interested anymore.
Good to know the man that invented Cataclysm with his brillant concept and idea has revived his interest.

Tough i would have wished he would have joined the cdda devs instead of restarting from scratch.

Whales does actually state that he is starting over because the engine is not satisfactory, he is creating a new one with working Z levels and possibly dynamic lighting.

[BigD145]

He always said that he'd come back to it eventually.

[n9103]

Still throwing a flag on the play. Posting the code to github isn't a release.

[Grendus]

Seems odd to me, especially given that DDA has been fairly successful with the kickstarter. I mean, there's nothing wrong with building a new engine for the game, just seems weird to rebuild the entire game when DDA is still alive, kicking, and developing at an impressive rate.

[Elephant Parade]

I think he wants to work on the game again, which he can. Cataclysm 2 and C:DDA will probably end up with significantly different feature-sets.

[Tiruin]

It's pretty disappointing when you get into a new game, are really enthused, and find out it's not been finished and is unlikely to ever be finished. Basically, I don't want my heart broken again (I'm looking at you, IVAN and Caves of Qud).

* Tiruin stares at Incursion RL.

Yeah..

Anyway, I still wonder why in the world Whales didn't bother to mention it..at all. Given how he's been on Bay12 before.. and that he's seemingly now back in the Cataclysm line.

..Following Covenant's opinion--sticking to DDA due to the motivated Developers.

[Blaze]

Huh, is wb3 new? Shields implemented? Are they a clothing article?

WBlock_3 has been there for quite some time, but no item actually uses it.

Shield effect has been there, WB3 is used for mainly martial arts, I think particularly when you use a limb to deflect a blow.  Actually holding a wooden shield in front of you, is not in-game at this point.  It'd be easy enough to make a wielded item that has a high blocking rate... but you couldn't wield a weapon with it, so it'd be like you were two-handing your shield.  There's not yet support for dual-wielding that shields would demand.

Martial Arts has a separate block mechanic now.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Basic unarmed blocks reduce bashing damage by 50% which is then further reduced if you have arm/leg armor.

When blocking, you'll always choose the arm/leg with the most HP. If you can block with arms or legs, it'll randomly choose.

Some martial arts have bonuses to block reduction. Tai Chi multiplies your perception by 0.8 and then reduces the damage, this is a flat reduction.

So if you have Tai Chi, 10 Perception, and block an attack that deals 20 damage. It'll deal 2 damage, and that's without factoring armor.

Note that unarmed blocking does nothing against cutting or stabbing attacks. However, you can block with anything as long as you're wielding it. A weapon block with an item that doesn't have WBlock flags is as good as an unarmed block but doesn't redirect the remaining damage.

I'm pretty sure if you add a shield item and give it WBlock_3 it'll work just fine. Your offense may suffer though.