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[DreamThorn]

I'm starting to think "lightweight" might actually be an advantage, rather than disadvantage.  The reason: one beer is a near-instant boost to strength and morale.

I dare you to disagree!

[scrdest]

I'm starting to think "lightweight" might actually be an advantage, rather than disadvantage.  The reason: one beer is a near-instant boost to strength and morale.

I dare you to disagree!

Heavy Eater, similarly - it's only barely a disadvantage unless you're REALLY short on food, and if not, you get a better chance of morale regen since you can eat deliciosity more often.

[DreamThorn]

In conclusion: game balance is hard.

[Majestic7]

Game balance is situational and I don't think the devs should sweat about it too much. Munchkins are going to munch and the rest are going to have fun with style before anything else.

Excellent beginner tips, in my opinion. One note about books - they are great thing to have when you are wounded. Healing takes time, so why not spend it reading books til you are completely healed again? It is a bad idea to go out wounded unless you absolutely have to, so better shack down in your safehouse with some manuals.

[Graknorke]

So does that mean Tawa is your senpai?

[Mephansteras]

Yeah, that's a pretty good list. I disagree with the Robust Genetics thing, though. While that system is a lot of fun to play with, you're rarely get to do anything with it when you're just starting out in the game (you rarely live that long). And the points could be much better spent on stats or a starting profession that'll help you survive and learn the game more.

It's a great trait, but really more of a seasoned player thing in my opinion, and one I rarely take myself unless I'm planning on playing around with mutations with a given character.

[BigD145]

Yeah, that's a pretty good list. I disagree with the Robust Genetics thing, though. While that system is a lot of fun to play with, you're rarely get to do anything with it when you're just starting out in the game (you rarely live that long). And the points could be much better spent on stats or a starting profession that'll help you survive and learn the game more.

It's a great trait, but really more of a seasoned player thing in my opinion, and one I rarely take myself unless I'm planning on playing around with mutations with a given character.

If you turn radiation mutation on then robust genetics is a good thing.

[Tawa]

I've never been one much for mutations, myself. Bionics have always been enough enhancement for me. :v

So does that mean Tawa is your senpai?

To compensate I changed his name to "Kōhai" a few weeks ago. I introduced him to the add-on.

[Orange Wizard]

I think Tawa should be my kohai, actually.

[Micro102]

When is the next version going to come out? I need something to justify me playing this game obsessively for the next month.

[Greiger]

Someone is probably going to pop in and just say to play an experimental.  But I'm curious as well.  The experimental I've been playing seem pretty darn stable to me.  So I'm kinda wondering what is still broken so I can watch out for it in my current game.

[Tawa]

So, just in case any of you aren't entirely adverse to TVTropes, there's an article and accompanying YMMV page on the game there. It's more up-to-date than most of the wiki and contains good information on several aspects of the game for both early- and late- gameplay, although a good portion of it is rather redundant for experienced players.

[freeze]

Yeah, crash bugs are usually found and fixed within hours so experimentals aren't a bad choice. There could be minor UI or feature issues that persist for days or weeks, but minimal crashing. Try downloading the latest build every few days until you find one you're comfortable with.

As far as the next official release I'd estimate it won't be anytime soon, based solely on commits and pulls on the github. Some pretty important functionality was refactored with more on the way, a few new features are in the pipeline, all of which will need to be tested and polished. No clue about big content patches in the works. If there are any they could push a release even further off.

[teoleo]

I can confirm splints work.  I had an NPC buddy stand in spitter acid like a dumbass intelligence impaired person and she had 0 hp with both legs.  Moved at like 1/4th speed.   Made two leg splints and told her to use them and her hp on her legs got better after about 24 hours.

one leg is healing...but only one leg...why?

[i2amroy]

They roll separately, so it's totally possible that they just had one roll pass the RNG check and the other one fail. Give it enough time and the second one should fix itself given enough time, assuming nobody has broken that bit of code recently.