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Joneleth

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WTF is up with this games and feet.
« on: March 14, 2013, 09:08:40 am »

Hi, I played fortress mode for some time and I wanted to try adventurer mode, but either this game is bugged or it is really intent on stopping me early. Let me give you a small review of my tries.

1: I spawn in the wilderness, I run around a bit and reach a river. I run along side the river until suddenly a alligator jumps out of the river and rips off my foot in first round. I then try to stand only to be charged into the river where I drown (and presumably the alligator eats me).

2: I spawn in a small village, so far so good. I ask around and everyone wants me to kill the local vampire, excellent. Not only do I find a mercenary crossbow man, the vampire is also near 3 villagers, so I initiate battle with her and pull back. The 3 villagers and my mercenary do a fine job of battling her and such as shes about to die I charge in so I can claim I helped. I reach her the very last round she is alive which she uses to stab me in the foot with her carving knife, severing my nerves leaving me permanently crippled. Game over.

3: I spawn in a large town, excellent. I run around a bit and find a market, seems theres some stray dogs around. Well... Stray dogs, who cares about them? I need fighting practise and these will do just fine. Well seems stray dogs is like stray cats in ancient Egypt. Everyone goes fucking bananashit that I attacked a stray dog and the entire town is quite literally chasing me through the streets. I managed to slip out of town alive and without a stretch, only a single farmer is chasing me with his carving knife. So I turn around to kill him. He dies in 3 rounds, in last round he stabs me in the foot with his carving knife. Severing my nerves leaving me permanently crippled. Game over.

4: I spawn in a castle town, and this time I'm bit weary of melee so I buff up my archery skills. I run around town finding out theres a monster in the sewers, so far so good. I find an entrance down the sewers and meet a goblin with a spear. I laugh at him as I pepper him with arrows, he reaches me the last round he is alive and stabs me in the foot.
Severing my nerves leaving me permanently crippled. Game over.

5: I spawn in the wilderness, this time im really fucking tired of this, so I spend all my points in armor and dodging. I run around a bit and run into 3 wolves. I laugh at them trying futile to attack me while I slay 2 of them, then the last wolf being badly wounded rips of my foot.

WTF is up with this game and its fucking foot fetish?
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Kon

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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2013, 09:19:56 am »

Seems you keep getting defeeted.
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2013, 09:53:21 am »

How many points you put in dodging and what are your attributes? Also, change your charge defense preference to dodging and not dependent on opponents (hit shift C to do this.)
Edit: I mean... something something feet.
« Last Edit: March 14, 2013, 09:57:22 am by crazyjake56 »
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2013, 09:56:17 am »

What, you don't like this feeture?
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2013, 11:05:30 am »

Sorry to hear that you're not having fun in Adventure Mode, mate. Clearly your experience with this game...
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Got off on the wrong foot.
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2013, 12:11:46 pm »

Tip: After starting, find your nearest fortress(es) and loot some armor and try to find a crutch somewhere in there too.

Then they'll pay for all this foot munching by biting your shiny metal ass boots.
And if the tragedy happens, then at least you can still go inside the fortress room and grind up crutchwalking if you're that bored.
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2013, 03:21:11 pm »

Sounds like you need boots...  armor prevents a lot of those nerve-severing injuries-go to the nearest town-sneak into a tomb or castle and loot some sweet armor.  You might also want to pick up a shield while you are at it.

Through stay away from crocs-they are the leading cause of limb-loss in dwarf-fortress, even with armor.
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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2013, 05:12:09 pm »

You've got to think of DF and it's combat as being exceptionally realistic (mostly). Any new Adventurer, even Demigods, are little more than mooks with some terrible equipment. Your basically a peasant who knows how to draw and wield your chosen weapon without stabbing him/herself. http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Adventure_mode_quick_start I suggest building a Character based off of those settings. I also found a Pikeman to be my best Adventurer so far.

Gather all the Soldiers in Your starting village, accept a quest, head to the nearest Human/Your Dwarf Fortress and get some armour, go and do said quest, return, ???, profit.
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2013, 07:14:50 pm »

Wow, five in a row. That's quite the feet. I don't think your game is bugged, but have you tried to reBoot?
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2013, 11:30:42 pm »

It's basically trying to imitate reality.

What's a good way to make sure that someone gets dead? Cripple their movement. If someone can barely walk, then even if YOU are dead, the next person is a thousand times more likely to put them down.
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2013, 12:36:08 am »

Holy crap, Joneleth! You must be Achilles!
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2013, 05:56:18 am »

The problem is that individuals attracted to adventuring are naturally footloose.
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2013, 06:07:51 am »

Wow, this is quite a feet indeed.
Keep it going and record any contuinually abuse of feet, maybe we can set a record or something here!
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2013, 06:27:31 am »

Well, this will remain a problem as long as we lack the ability to heel our wounds.
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Re: WTF is up with this games and feet.
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2013, 07:47:54 am »

Just because you are crippled does not mean its a game over hell when I am forced to use crutches my character seems to become stronger then ever! but I know how you feel only way to protect your feet is any type of metal boots really then alis cannot bit them off most of the time
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