KOTOR2: February 8th

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In article <cu2krb$s9p$1@joe.rice.edu>, Rick Russell <rickr@is.rice.edu> wrote:
>
>As a veteran of Infocom's _Deadline_, I liked it.

And then there was Infocom's _Witness_. When I played it, it went like
this (from memory, so I may be blurring some bits):

- See someone get shot.
- Look in the cabinet behind the victim and find a small gun.
- Leave the room and show the gun to the first person I see.
- The person I show the gun to confesses to the crime and the game ends.

Total playing time: 3 minutes.

I've always kind of wondered if I was missing something there.

--
Kyle Haight

 

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"Gnu_Raiz" <Gnu_Raiz@uptime.notlost.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:18:13 -0500, MCheu wrote:

> Thats why one of the first things you do is get the two handed ability,
> and that of dueling so you can use two swords, or two lightsabers, without
> being penalized. then you sell everything you have, and get the special
> stones to set in your lightsabers, so each one does like 40+ damages.

If you're going 2-handed, then dueling is a waste as you don't get the
bonuses.
>
> I still have not found out the best combination of which stones to use for
> the most damage. I played around with it for a few hours one day, and
> tried to find a faq but each one I tried did not show the best
> combination, per class of jedi. So I ended up doing one stone at a time,
> and by the time I got to three stones I had high 40+ damages in both
> hands, but I know some combinations could probably do more damage.

Solari, Upari and Krayt Dragon Pearl are the best crystals. I normally play
with those.

 

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On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:56:11 +0800, "Andrew Chew"
<andrew@nospam.alumni.nus.edu.sg> wrote:

>
>"Gnu_Raiz" <Gnu_Raiz@uptime.notlost.net> wrote in message
>news:1107648514.8263856695f4b40d69f88c7284fa96c5@teranews...
>> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:18:13 -0500, MCheu wrote:
>
>> Thats why one of the first things you do is get the two handed ability,
>> and that of dueling so you can use two swords, or two lightsabers, without
>> being penalized. then you sell everything you have, and get the special
>> stones to set in your lightsabers, so each one does like 40+ damages.
>
>If you're going 2-handed, then dueling is a waste as you don't get the
>bonuses.
>>
>> I still have not found out the best combination of which stones to use for
>> the most damage. I played around with it for a few hours one day, and
>> tried to find a faq but each one I tried did not show the best
>> combination, per class of jedi. So I ended up doing one stone at a time,
>> and by the time I got to three stones I had high 40+ damages in both
>> hands, but I know some combinations could probably do more damage.
>
>Solari, Upari and Krayt Dragon Pearl are the best crystals. I normally play
>with those.
>

And, since we're talking about the PC version of the game, there's two
more crystals at Yavin station to be had. I think you have to break
the bank in Pazaak to have them offered, and they're expensive, but
there's two crystals there that amp up the effects of whatever
accessory crystals you put in. You put one of these in your colour
crystal slot, by the way -- took me a short while to figure that out.
---------------------------------------------

MCheu

 

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"Ian Galbraith" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 12:43:42 -0600, Gnu_Raiz
> <Gnu_Raiz@uptime.notlost.net> wrote:

> Apart from the bugs in the xbox version the biggest problem I see is
> that they've nerfed the Guardian class somewhat.

Not surprising. Guardian class was overpowered in KotOR, with Sentinel being
the worst IMO due to useless skills.

 

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On 4 Feb 2005 13:56:35 -0800, wolfing1@yahoo.com wrote:

>
>shadows wrote:
>> On 2005-02-04, freshie <freshie@newsguy.NOSPAM.com> wrote:
>>
>> > When does Elder Scrolls IV come out again?
>>
>> Why so you can install a mod for a +5 sword and a jesters hat
>> while you walk over to one of the NPCs, click on them, hear a
>> repeated wav file saying "hello there" and read a 300 line
>> cardboard pop up?
>>
>> Yeah that's great.
>
>I also don't know what's the big deal about Morrowind.

Simply because there isn't another single game out there that is
designed for PC, and a non-MMO or action RPG out there.

Sure Morrowind had it's faults. Repetive dialog and easy exploits. It
was an original game that aimed high, and for the most part,
accomplished it's goals. And I had a lot of fun playing it.

 

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"MCheu" <mpcheu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:56:11 +0800, "Andrew Chew"
> <andrew@nospam.alumni.nus.edu.sg> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Gnu_Raiz" <Gnu_Raiz@uptime.notlost.net> wrote in message
>>news:1107648514.8263856695f4b40d69f88c7284fa96c5@teranews...
>>> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:18:13 -0500, MCheu wrote:
>>
>>> Thats why one of the first things you do is get the two handed ability,
>>> and that of dueling so you can use two swords, or two lightsabers,
>>> without
>>> being penalized. then you sell everything you have, and get the special
>>> stones to set in your lightsabers, so each one does like 40+ damages.
>>
>>If you're going 2-handed, then dueling is a waste as you don't get the
>>bonuses.
>>>
>>> I still have not found out the best combination of which stones to use
>>> for
>>> the most damage. I played around with it for a few hours one day, and
>>> tried to find a faq but each one I tried did not show the best
>>> combination, per class of jedi. So I ended up doing one stone at a time,
>>> and by the time I got to three stones I had high 40+ damages in both
>>> hands, but I know some combinations could probably do more damage.
>>
>>Solari, Upari and Krayt Dragon Pearl are the best crystals. I normally
>>play
>>with those.
>>
>
> And, since we're talking about the PC version of the game, there's two
> more crystals at Yavin station to be had. I think you have to break
> the bank in Pazaak to have them offered, and they're expensive, but
> there's two crystals there that amp up the effects of whatever
> accessory crystals you put in. You put one of these in your colour
> crystal slot, by the way -- took me a short while to figure that out.
> ---------------------------------------------
>
Yeah, I think it's implied from his post he knew about the Yavin crystals,
which he calls "special stones".

 

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In article <88pd0118287bf0jokfcaasetfhnipf00sh@4ax.com
>, freshie <freshie@newsguy.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>Sure Morrowind had it's faults. Repetive dialog and easy exploits. It
>was an original game that aimed high, and for the most part,
>accomplished it's goals. And I had a lot of fun playing it.


I was one of those people who couldn't wait for Morrowind. I played
Daggerfall on and off, and really anticipated it's upgraded sequel. Then
the day came, and I went huh ? I couldn't see any Daggerfall in Morrowind.
It might as well have been Ultima 9 or M&M 8 for all I could tell.

I tried to get into it, and I don't know what turned me off, but I just couldn't.
Perhaps a few more years down the road I'll load it up and be able to play it. <g>

Jim

 

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Andrew Chew wrote:

> Yeah, I think it's implied from his post he knew about the Yavin crystals,
> which he calls "special stones".

I always assumed he was talking about HIS special stones ;-)

 

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On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:35:21 +0800, Andrew Chew wrote:

>
> "MCheu" <mpcheu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:a07c01h5cannah68m28c7ho601vkkq0c2a@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:56:11 +0800, "Andrew Chew"
>> <andrew@nospam.alumni.nus.edu.sg> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Gnu_Raiz" <Gnu_Raiz@uptime.notlost.net> wrote in message
>>>news:1107648514.8263856695f4b40d69f88c7284fa96c5@teranews...
>>>> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:18:13 -0500, MCheu wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thats why one of the first things you do is get the two handed ability,
>>>> and that of dueling so you can use two swords, or two lightsabers,
>>>> without
>>>> being penalized. then you sell everything you have, and get the special
>>>> stones to set in your lightsabers, so each one does like 40+ damages.
>>>
>>>If you're going 2-handed, then dueling is a waste as you don't get the
>>>bonuses.
>>>>
>>>> I still have not found out the best combination of which stones to use
>>>> for
>>>> the most damage. I played around with it for a few hours one day, and
>>>> tried to find a faq but each one I tried did not show the best
>>>> combination, per class of jedi. So I ended up doing one stone at a time,
>>>> and by the time I got to three stones I had high 40+ damages in both
>>>> hands, but I know some combinations could probably do more damage.
>>>
>>>Solari, Upari and Krayt Dragon Pearl are the best crystals. I normally
>>>play
>>>with those.
>>>
>>
>> And, since we're talking about the PC version of the game, there's two
>> more crystals at Yavin station to be had. I think you have to break
>> the bank in Pazaak to have them offered, and they're expensive, but
>> there's two crystals there that amp up the effects of whatever
>> accessory crystals you put in. You put one of these in your colour
>> crystal slot, by the way -- took me a short while to figure that out.
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
> Yeah, I think it's implied from his post he knew about the Yavin crystals,
> which he calls "special stones".

I did have the Yavin crystals, and the other stones, try to find the best
combination to use. I know that the Krayt stone was not one of them. If I
went by the +3 or +4's it turned out that some +2 combinations added more
to the stones then other +3's. If I remember correctly it ended up being
something like the Solari, Kunar, some other less acting stone that worked
best for me. Still lots of fun when you can kill foes with one strike, or
critical.

Gnu_Raiz

 

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bombelly@wahs.ac (foamy) writes:

> I was one of those people who couldn't wait for Morrowind. I played
> Daggerfall on and off, and really anticipated it's upgraded sequel. Then
> the day came, and I went huh ? I couldn't see any Daggerfall in Morrowind.
> It might as well have been Ultima 9 or M&M 8 for all I could tell.

When I got Morrowind, I kept dreading that it would be like
Daggerfall. I was happy to find out my fears were unfounded.

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