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DiD Round VI
Topic Started: Mar 4 2017, 08:41 PM (904 Views)
Areial
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I wasn't looking for that one inparticular. .. but one of the Easter egg hunt ones.. but that one will do wish it was PS4 also, but...beggers and horses.

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Yep. All too true!
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Kane
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I'm getting genuinely excited about a treasure hunt round. Seems like the perfect style for a Redguard adventurer!
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Areial
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So now...we need to start chattering about time... as in When.. and how long. Along with the specific rules...

I think the best way to do it so that we don't get all confuzzled as to who is using a Mod'd game and who isn't is to have it listed as "team's".

Team "Gold":
-Mod's

Team "Blue"
- Vanilla

"Gold" for the Egg Hunt mod.."Blue"...can be changed ...lol.. it's just my favorite color and well ..had to pick one for example if nothing else.

Of course anyone can go "vanilla"... just no mod's ...except graphic and Body mods.. No difficulty or advantage mods.

Scoring... umm all item's "pointed" the same.. either team... or egg's say 100 point's, unique's 200?

Difficulty? all on the same or choose your own? with or without a multiplier?

Personally I'd rather see us all on the same difficulty or choose your own, but no multiplier.. You want to make a "fun" game harder... your choice. And this IS supposed to be for fun.. yes, she or he who collect's the most wins... but FUN..

JMO
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Kane
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I like the idea of no multiplier, too. Perfect game for me is Adept, especially if we have gear restrictions and random skills.
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Areial
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hmm if we do the Nekkid Nord.. in true Nekkid Nord style.. Which is No armor rating and Iron ( or found) weapon's only.. and it look's like that's the way the vote is going.

That is going to be very challenging.. IF we do it as in the past, which is pick your own difficulty.. those on higher lvl's are going to have one heck of a bad time.

The Dungeon Race.. that so far IS random picked skills, random dungeons and Scaled difficulty. It's going to be extremely hard..

What I am saying is, I think this should be a Fun and easy round.. we've had a couple of hard ones.. and some strife... So I think this would be a great.. let's have fun and some laugh's round..

I know some people just have to run for it and "win" or they aren't happy... so if restriction's are a must.. say..

* Adept or Expert
* 8 skills or crafts total ( your choice.. pick wisely) No freebies.. cause 8 skills give's enough room for most play styles on adept or Expert.

That IS my opinion.. ( not a "set in stone thing")

And here's another.. if someone doesn't like what is being proposed.. voice your opinion NOW while we are talking about it.. cause once the "fine tuning" part is going on is to late to change major rules.

Seem's to me that so far Kane and I are the only one's ( participants ) chatting about this round.. though I know people had to vote... so could we please voice our opinions now.. even if it's a... "Sounds perfect..I love it!"
Edited by Areial, Mar 9 2017, 01:22 PM.
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Kane
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:glare: <----------- Kane looking at those not giving input.
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glargg
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:joe:

Not sure if I'll enter the next one. I have two very compelling character-story things going right now (one of which is likely to be story-posted as soon as the words come together), so I really don't relish interrupting myself.

But I'm watching with interest what you're planning, and who knows... :)
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Rick
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I might go on x360
If I disable Adellas mods....they might not work properly again with the modded save at the end of the comp when reactivated.

Although....actually......cos of my self flagillation/punishment set up.....most of the mods we use do not aid us at all even now.
The "BiG helmet less perks" is a small bonus...that can be switched off.
Cloudless map too...though its the crap vanilla map anyways.
Cheat Room is really "make game harder room" for us (zero skills)...unless you count Adella being sexily 3 inches taller than a vanilla Nord ;)
Oh....I was surprised to find her earrings are enchantable.....but we don't do that sort of thing in her Destinies run through...like left hand rings...which we have deactivated for the day its all been done and we can do what we like :)

So er I guess I don't have many mod advantages to switch off!
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Areial
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Cool beans... umm technically all you have to have is the "disadvantage" mod's out-numbering or equaling the "advantage" mods.. then add a Unique treasures mod and The Golden Egg Hunt .... those are either or both optional, but will add to the fun.

Which of course would both be extreme advantage mods, as the items sell for quite a lot.. but the idea is that you have to have them to count.. and selling them will be against the rules.. ( I did mention that at one time )
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Treasure hunt sounds like a good idea, but "Nekkid Nord", playing with no armor also sounds good. I would like to know more about the Nekkid Nord concept.
A robe wearing mage can be considered "Nekkid Nord". Are the flesh spells and wards prohibited? Also what about The Lord Stone?
Obviously, Smithing is kinda useless for such a character, but what about Enchanting and Alchemy? You can create quite a powerful mage with Enchanting and Alchemy and he won't need armor at all.
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The Nekkid Nord is usually limited to no more than what you brought out of Helgen. It's usually a kind of speed run obstacle course or scavenger thing. Not really about fighting.
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After Dark... as Glargg said we usually play as only items found in Helgen... zero armor... we do each round slightly different... but so far the voting looks like a true Nekkid Nord, no armor, found items only...

Treasure Hunter is going to end up 1st, the the following round Nekkid Nord. .. when we get closer we will fine tune the rules...
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After Dark....further to glargg.

Nekkid (synonymous with 'naked') Nord is intended to mean you have nothing to fall back on except your wits.

In practice most races have some advantageous resistances which may save your neck....Breton 25% magic resist...Nord 50% cold resist etc.

However, during our cross country runs.....you could not spare the time to "skill up" a mage char since the entire run is only about two hours and shaving off valuable seconds is the name of the game.......oh and sprinting is not allowed. Being done straight out of Helgen...you are also level 1.

A simple iron weapon and maybe a basic longbow are all you are permitted to pick up for self defence (no shields usually) .....but honestly you can't afford the time loss to get involved in fighting anything....you have to basically outrun you foes or use the terrain to your advantage.

Its quite a challenge when you stumble across a bear or ice wolf.....Dead is Dead of course, so any encounter is a butt clencher.

Especially on......Legendary
(Couldn't resist ;) )
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Areial
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True that Rick.... because this one isn't a "race" , so much as a "dungeons cleared"... it looks like we've voted in "found weapons and armor"... which would include spells.... so breton would have the familiar spell, not just flames and healing.

Truthfully, armor's not going to be the biggest help in the world on the higher difficulties, not when you can't temper or enchant them ... though if you FIND enchanted armor, you can wear it.

This will be a vanilla round... that was voted in.
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Soooo.....if a robe wearer knows where to get their mits on say strong flesh spell books (Shroudhearth !) and maybe illusion or even offensive spells.....they can get kitted out with good mage gear?

We know where to find the Bound Bow book (Amol !) At low level that's a weapon of mass destruction!

We could also let dear Anska fight everything to death in Highgate for us...then be bestowed with her flaming familiar spell !

That's just three that come to a non-mages mind ! I am sure those gifted with familiarity of the genre would know of many more arcane finds!

Hmmm...by 'found' gear....one presumes that to also mean found on the corpse of ones defeated foes? Spoils ! And what about 'Standing Stones' can they be used? And....Enchanted Staves?

Well now.....Conversely....I can't think of any powerful weapons or effective armour that's available to be found at low levels....its all levelled gear ! I don't think a Ranger build will be viable for this round, its one for the mages....at least to be done with any effectiveness.

My guess is it best suits a sneaking novice battlemage for damage delt vs damage sponged. Not much else would either live long enough or be deadly enough.....I watch with interest.
Edited by Rick, Mar 11 2017, 06:18 AM.
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I misunderstood what the Nekkid Nord round is. I was thinking about the usual 40 hours, set objectives, but with 0 AR round.
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Well this is a bit different from our usual Nekkid Nord run....as explained prior.

Its still gonna be very little armour and not very good weapons....but not pure Nekkid Nord which is as you say AR 0. However, as I pointed out, proponents of the arcane can find books with effective armour and magical weapons.
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After Dark.. generally that is the way it's done... as Rick said... for our Nekkid Nord Races its 0 armor, weapon's found in Helgen only.

As stands the Nekkid Nord round will be played this way:

****1) "vanilla" No difficulty or advantage mods ....vote....3

***2) found Items only ( weapons and armor) ...vote....4

3) allow Tempering ( smithing ) Filling ( Enchanting) and Using ( Alchemy...bought & found) ....vote...2

4) True Nekkid Nord..NO armor rating, Iron weapons only!....vote....2

****5) most dungeons cleared or ....vote....3

6) Specific questline ( please state which ones) ........1

Now by the time we run the Treasure Hunter Round... and everyone think's about it, mind's may change.


Rick... an Ebony Bow and Sword, easy to be had at lower lvl's... Not as easy to get, but still doable ( a follower is almost a must) Bonemold armor... The dead guard at the house on Solstiem.. yeah you have to run that far, but it CAN be done.

Of course on Legendary, it's much much harder... but just by playing on Legendary, your setting yourself up for a "harder" game. I think it's one round where I am going to suggest "Not below Adept"...cause at adept the game is "balanced" as to enemies and what one can and can't do without crafting...
Edited by Areial, Mar 11 2017, 10:00 PM.
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OK so.. as it's already the weekend, not like we can start the competition yesterday!

So here is what I'm thinking.. as we are all pretty "burned out" we could always start either March 31st or the 24th.. this give's us all a bit of time...and puts the end of the competition around Easter...OR just wait and have it during "spring break"... so that we might get more players...

Also.. just a thought, to keep in line with the Easter... Egg Hunt part of the round.. how about adding in vanilla only Collecting egg's.. the game has a piss-pot full of them and the point's don't have to be really great for them.. as you can walk down the road in the Rift and Reach and game ton's of them. Make the point's lower, but still something that will add up IF someone want's to go for it... say something like 10 points each ( must be in possession at end of the round) so 100 egg's is 1000 points..

Adding that in with the Unique's just mean's that their is something else to rack in points.. and heck one could collect basket's and decorate with them ... lol

Just a thought.
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