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sfwarlock
Aug 11, 2007

Patware posted:

Has anyone gotten any of the equipment items out of the Conspiracy Island jungle yet? I just shot a Venus Mantrap with Ball Lightning for the pair of plants and that poo poo sure didn't drop from a yellow ray.

I've gotten a couple Sasq Watches to drop. Haven't even looked for any others.

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Patware
Jan 3, 2005

sfwarlock posted:

I've gotten a couple Sasq Watches to drop. Haven't even looked for any others.

Are you doing anything at all interesting or does it look like the condition is just 'really rare gently caress off yellow rays'

bigmcgaffney
Apr 19, 2009
The grill is pretty great guys, it's probably the best stat familiar and is real cute. Def top tier, it's my most used familiar on like every speed run.

sfwarlock
Aug 11, 2007

Patware posted:

Are you doing anything at all interesting or does it look like the condition is just 'really rare gently caress off yellow rays'

Just pumping +item and automating advs with mafia, not wearing anything unusual. (H gear, navel ring, jujumask.) I may sniff the merc from now on - that shirt looks sweet.

(I also have a pair of plants and the drill.)

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Patware posted:

Are you doing anything at all interesting or does it look like the condition is just 'really rare gently caress off yellow rays'

It's got a sub 1% drop rate, which is conditional

Toshimo
Aug 23, 2012

He's outta line...

But he's right!
Ok, so I tried TT for the first time last night and it feels like hardmode compared to the other classes I've done (SR, DB, AT). I have to eat a lot more hits since it's harder out-moxie everything, I don't have any built-in healing, and the biggest problem by far is that I'm completely MP starved at all times and can't keep up buffs. How do muscle classes generally handle this sort of thing, because it feels like I'm missing something critical (like when I didn't know Steal Accordion was an actual ability until my 3rd AT run).

Additionally, what's a decent weapon I can pick up for TT because I don't see anything that super catches my eye? I'm almost tempted to pick up the MP regen whip.

Choronzons son
Mar 1, 2011

Toshimo posted:

Ok, so I tried TT for the first time last night and it feels like hardmode compared to the other classes I've done (SR, DB, AT). I have to eat a lot more hits since it's harder out-moxie everything, I don't have any built-in healing, and the biggest problem by far is that I'm completely MP starved at all times and can't keep up buffs. How do muscle classes generally handle this sort of thing, because it feels like I'm missing something critical (like when I didn't know Steal Accordion was an actual ability until my 3rd AT run).

Additionally, what's a decent weapon I can pick up for TT because I don't see anything that super catches my eye? I'm almost tempted to pick up the MP regen whip.

I'm doing a SCHR TT run right now. I have the pliers as a weapon though and a Vibrato sphere in my Buddy Bjorn for MP regeneration.

I guess the Work is a Four Letter Sword (classless Smith weapon) might be your best choice? Not sure.
The idea of TTs is to be a tank and just soak damage but really unless you have some skills and the MP regen to heal up after every fight (Canneloni Cocoon!) it doesn't work that well.

(And yeah, I should have picked up that grill... I'm thinking about just selling my rainbows; the skill is kinda nice but I won't collect more than 7 or 8 and I think I can get more bang for the buck than that.)

Geocities Homepage King
Nov 26, 2007

I have good news, and I have bad news.
Which do you want to hear first...?

Choronzons son posted:

I'm doing a SCHR TT run right now. I have the pliers as a weapon though and a Vibrato sphere in my Buddy Bjorn for MP regeneration.

I guess the Work is a Four Letter Sword (classless Smith weapon) might be your best choice? Not sure.
The idea of TTs is to be a tank and just soak damage but really unless you have some skills and the MP regen to heal up after every fight (Canneloni Cocoon!) it doesn't work that well.

(And yeah, I should have picked up that grill... I'm thinking about just selling my rainbows; the skill is kinda nice but I won't collect more than 7 or 8 and I think I can get more bang for the buck than that.)

Once you have Hero of the Half-Shell, the level 14 TT skill, you become a much better tank. The skill makes your damage reduction take muscle into account instead of moxie whenever you have a shield equipped(assuming your muscle is higher). It reduces the damage you take as a muscle class by A LOT.

Choronzons son
Mar 1, 2011
Yeah, but who carries a shield nowadays?

Toshimo
Aug 23, 2012

He's outta line...

But he's right!
I guess my next run will be SR. Inner Sauce deliver me from mana drought. Amen.

Choronzons son
Mar 1, 2011
Maybe a warbear warscarf is the answer to your MP regen problem.
It will cost you about 400k meat though.
You'll need 9 warbear accoutrements chunks (google "whositbot" on how to obtain them).

Toshimo
Aug 23, 2012

He's outta line...

But he's right!

Choronzons son posted:

Maybe a warbear warscarf is the answer to your MP regen problem.
It will cost you about 400k meat though.
You'll need 9 warbear accoutrements chunks (google "whositbot" on how to obtain them).

Might be worth it. That solves a lot of Resist stuff too.

Choronzons son
Mar 1, 2011
Wait! Didn't know the chunks were tradeable. Just buy those, it's a whole lot cheaper than buying enough whosits!
And while you're at it, some of the tradeable warbear items you'll find in the mall may be useful to you, I totally forgot about those.

Toshimo
Aug 23, 2012

He's outta line...

But he's right!

Choronzons son posted:

Wait! Didn't know the chunks were tradeable. Just buy those, it's a whole lot cheaper than buying enough whosits!
And while you're at it, some of the tradeable warbear items you'll find in the mall may be useful to you, I totally forgot about those.

I was in the middle of typing up a post about that. It seems like it should be more like 40k, which hardly breaks the bank.

m2pt5
May 18, 2005

THAT GOD DAMN MOSQUITO JUST KEEPS COMING BACK

Choronzons son posted:

Yeah, but who carries a shield nowadays?

Turtle Tamers.

Seriously, thanks to DFSS I only ever use a shield as a Turtle Tamer because of the bonuses they get, and Shieldbutt. (I was kind of annoyed when butts got nerfed though. Butt combos were the poo poo.)

Choronzons son
Mar 1, 2011
Yeah, sorry about that. Some of the other warbear items you can assemble with the chunks are nice too. You can also get some helmets and trousers. The "higher tiers" of those items aren't really useful anymore, but the first three items of each (accessories/helmets/trousers) are rather nice, especially for elemental resistances.

Synx
Nov 6, 2005

Dentistry? I can't even believe that's something that's real.
Hello! Can anyone re-add me to the clan? Edit: nevermind I am a idiot.

Synx fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Oct 19, 2014

Robot Porn
Feb 23, 2007
bored at work...
Apologies in advance for what could be seen as spammy bullshit. It's not my contest; I just want to increase participation.

There's a PVP contest going on once the new PVP season starts on November 1. The contest lasts only two weeks, so it ends before the new challenge path. It's hardcore only, but you can do Heavy Rains ascensions for the contest if you're still getting rainbows or bonus karma. The prizes are all pretty good and it rewards more than just 1st place hill, so with a bit of effort you could probably grab one of the side prizes, assuming you don't want to try for 1st place hill (which is a soul crushing endeavor). The contestant pool is pretty low at the moment.

You guys have been doing PVP for the untradable skill or just to sell hairshirts, right?

Contest thread

Geocities Homepage King
Nov 26, 2007

I have good news, and I have bad news.
Which do you want to hear first...?
Apparently there is something special going on for Halloween today. Does anyone know what it is? I am halfway through a HC Hard Rain run and want to know if it is worth dropping to participate.

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Seravadon posted:

Apparently there is something special going on for Halloween today. Does anyone know what it is? I am halfway through a HC Hard Rain run and want to know if it is worth dropping to participate.

The mimes are dressing up in costumes and you get a special item if you have a silent knife equipped.

You know the mimes from the world event 2 years ago?

Geocities Homepage King
Nov 26, 2007

I have good news, and I have bad news.
Which do you want to hear first...?

ayn rand hand job posted:

The mimes are dressing up in costumes and you get a special item if you have a silent knife equipped.

You know the mimes from the world event 2 years ago?

I know OF them. I wasn't playing two years ago though. That was during my long period of inactivity.

I suppose I should probably drop my HC and get a silent knife if this is going to be related to a world event. Are they wandering monsters or only out during Trick or Treating?

SnotGrumble
Jun 4, 2003

All men live in fear of him and his Moxie.
Wandering monsters. The item they drop if you kill them with the soul knife doesn't do anything yet, but it is going for a lot in the mall.

SnotGrumble fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Oct 31, 2014

Imasalmon
Mar 19, 2003

Meet me in the Hall of Fame
Silent knife or soul knife?

A HUNGRY MOUTH
Nov 3, 2006

date of birth: 02/05/88
manufacturer: mazda
model/year: 2008 mazda6
sexuality: straight, bi-curious
peircings: pusspuss



Nap Ghost
Soul knife.

SnotGrumble
Jun 4, 2003

All men live in fear of him and his Moxie.
Sorry about the mistype there. At any rate, I got a bunch of mimeplasm now. I'm not really hard up for meat so I'll hang on to them and see what they do. They are probably like the soul fragments and we'll be able to multi-use them or something when they get around to implementing them.

IMJack
Apr 16, 2003

Royalty is a continuous ripping and tearing motion.


Fun Shoe
I haven't played my turns yet today. Can you see the mime monsters while trick-or-treating or just while adventuring normally?

I wonder if this is four-shadowing for Crimbo.

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

IMJack posted:

I haven't played my turns yet today. Can you see the mime monsters while trick-or-treating or just while adventuring normally?

I wonder if this is four-shadowing for Crimbo.

If they're wandering monsters, they should be appearing on an adventure.php hit, and Halloween no longer uses that. You could probably hit up a zone every 7 or so Halloween block switches to fight one.

I think it was in the 30-40 range between appearances.

A HUNGRY MOUTH
Nov 3, 2006

date of birth: 02/05/88
manufacturer: mazda
model/year: 2008 mazda6
sexuality: straight, bi-curious
peircings: pusspuss



Nap Ghost

IMJack posted:

I haven't played my turns yet today. Can you see the mime monsters while trick-or-treating or just while adventuring normally?

I wonder if this is four-shadowing for Crimbo.

Adventuring normally; they show up every 25-35 adventures, so I did 5 blocks of trick-or-treating in between appearances and didn't miss a one.

axolotl farmer
May 17, 2007

Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

Warning: do NOT go trick-or-treating in the cold comforts outfit.

The special reward gives you nothing but 1 drunkenness.

I tried a bunch of old outfits, got pushed into falling down drunk, and now I'm missing out on the mime items :doh:

azsedcf
Jul 21, 2006

...a place of unlimited darkness.
"Where are the doors?" they asked nerviously.
Even my bellowing laughter couldn't fill this space.

axolotl farmer posted:

Warning: do NOT go trick-or-treating in the cold comforts outfit.

The special reward gives you nothing but 1 drunkenness.

I tried a bunch of old outfits, got pushed into falling down drunk, and now I'm missing out on the mime items :doh:

You need Russian Ice in your inventory to prevent that. If you have it you get Double-ice gum.

axolotl farmer
May 17, 2007

Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

Yeah, I forgot about the Russian Ice thing.

Turns out you still get the mime fights in Drunken stupor, so all is good.

Toshimo
Aug 23, 2012

He's outta line...

But he's right!
DISREGARD

m2pt5
May 18, 2005

THAT GOD DAMN MOSQUITO JUST KEEPS COMING BACK
Is there a public/clan smithing bot that has super-advanced meatsmithing and/or armorcraftiness? The player named 'smithbot' says he does it manually in his profile.

As for the why, I'm doing a level 30 Jarlsberg run (in softcore), and I realized I don't have a staph of homophones, but I can't make one myself.

Not_Log
Mar 24, 2004

Dear Aunt, lets set so double the killer delete select all.

There's no bot since super-advanced requires adventures and it would suck to send an item to a bot and get it back immediately because it's out of adventures.

Imasalmon
Mar 19, 2003

Meet me in the Hall of Fame

m2pt5 posted:

Is there a public/clan smithing bot that has super-advanced meatsmithing and/or armorcraftiness? The player named 'smithbot' says he does it manually in his profile.

As for the why, I'm doing a level 30 Jarlsberg run (in softcore), and I realized I don't have a staph of homophones, but I can't make one myself.

What's your kol name?

gushing
Jan 15, 2013
Does anyone know whether there is a trophy associated with heavy rains? Maybe for getting every rain/thunder/lightning skill in-run?

distactedOne
Oct 29, 2012
Nothing for the skills. A number of other things were tested and produced no trophy, though I don't see anything about reaching level 30 so that could maybe be one? I wouldn't bet on that, though.

m2pt5
May 18, 2005

THAT GOD DAMN MOSQUITO JUST KEEPS COMING BACK

Imasalmon posted:

What's your kol name?

Emtu (#1020411).

If you're going to send me one, or offer to craft it for me, thanks, I appreciate it. Either way I think I can throw you a facsimile dictionary to cover for it, I'm pretty sure I still have a few on hand.

Imasalmon
Mar 19, 2003

Meet me in the Hall of Fame

m2pt5 posted:

Emtu (#1020411).

If you're going to send me one, or offer to craft it for me, thanks, I appreciate it. Either way I think I can throw you a facsimile dictionary to cover for it, I'm pretty sure I still have a few on hand.

No worries. I'm in aftercore, have the materials, and have thor's pliers.

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OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost
The new IOTM is a Fist Turkey.

For those who never got the Hand Turkey some 10 years ago.

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