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quote:Author's Note: quote:Service Record: Captain Alaric d'al Sancroix KCSJ For a more detailed look at Alaric's career, see here. quote:
ACHIEVEMENT: A Hero's Ascent: You've imported a hero of Blogia. quote:A few minutes later, you find yourself hidden in the underbrush of southern Antar's primordial forest, peering into your spyglass, the two hundred men of Sixth Squadron, Royal Dragoons waiting crouched behind you. quote:Over the next few minutes, you watch the approaching mass until you can pick out the shapes of men and horses. This is a free action, and I'll be taking those whenever possible. quote:You turn to Lanzerel. "Staff-sergeant, your thoughts?" Welcome to Guns of Infinity, one of Choice of Games' newest offerings, and the sequel to the much lauded Sabres of Infinity, which I recently finished lp'ing here.. We are going to be continuing with the officer the last thread voted into existence, the very, uh, spirited Captain Sir Alaric Sancroix of His Majesty's Royal Dragoons! But let's set the ground rules and provide some information first: Wow, this has a lot of backstory and a whole other thread of baggage. Is it safe for me to jump in here? You can, the summary above is probably good enough to get you started and enjoying this game, but I would recommend at least reading the updates from the old thread for a more full experience here. It's not too much work. This game also includes some supplementary backstory, which I recommend if you're interested and will be including in this LP, but is entirely optional. And anyone is interested in more backstory and information, I have been in contact with the author, who has agreed to answer any questions that come up in this thread. Just post them! Spoilers: This game just came out, and there will be spoilers as we go through it. Still I'd like people in the thread to avoid or tag them until they're revealed in updates or we get Alaric to the end. Reader participation? I expect and encourage it! Just bold your favorite option at the end of each update, and the one with the most votes wins. Simple enough. And before you start voting, please check Alaric's stat page: quote:
If you participated in the last thread, you may notice a few differences. For one, our final Reputation has been halved (give or take). This is to show that we are now a senior officer now, and playing with the big fish. What cut it when we were commanding just a few men won't now that we're a squadron commander. Speaking of the squadron, its Strength is a new attribute. Lose too many men, and our unit will lose effectiveness. Our unit information also shows that our Morale, Loyalty and Strength have gone down, as our old unit is just influencing our new squadron. The rest should look familiar. Alright, that should be everything! How are we going to handle those Antari bastards?
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 19:25 |
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 10:08 |
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Cunning was our high stat, seems the least worst option.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 19:33 |
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Agreed. Use our Brains and strike from ambush.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 19:48 |
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We've made a name for ourselves by repeatedly outwitting the opponent (and burning and massacring unarmed people, but hey, who's counting? ), I see no reason to stop doing that now. Ambush.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 19:59 |
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Ambush Let's hopefully start this out on a high note.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 20:01 |
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Ambush hopefully that will get us the opportunity to commit some war crimes!
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 20:16 |
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An ambush nearly cost us Blogia. We shall return the favor.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 21:06 |
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Lets start the game off on the right foot with a Cunning ambush.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 21:07 |
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Leif. posted:An ambush nearly cost us Blogia. We shall return the favor.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 21:10 |
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Ambush seems to be the best option here.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 21:10 |
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Ambush. Although dammit, I'm annoyed we didn't pick up the super-weapon on this character.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 21:11 |
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Made my first playthrough through guns. Shame it is already over. Was probably well to honorable to participate in some of the unusual things. Will try as a merciless competent bastard next.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 22:23 |
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Cunning brutality (ambush)
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 22:28 |
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I recommend double checking if your reputation is being carried over. Mine degraded to 35% from 60+ or so, this was steam to steam.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 22:43 |
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Mightypeon posted:I recommend double checking if your reputation is being carried over. That's intentional. Basically, now that you're effectively a senior officer, the old ceiling of your rep as a cornet/lieutenant has been raised. You're playing with the real brass now, so your old small-scale heroics don't matter quite as much.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 23:01 |
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Anybody else unable to play this? I've tried to start it 3 times and its crashed steam everytime. Have to do a full reboot to get steam to stop thinking its running, and nothing I've tried has made it playable. edit: and now it works just fine, loving magic boxes I swear. ShootaBoy fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Mar 29, 2016 |
# ? Mar 29, 2016 23:07 |
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Ambush. Sancroix wouldn't do it any other way. Hopefully we'll roll them up as prisoners and get to commit war crimes right out of the gate!
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 00:00 |
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I just got that as well, after I did a max rep run my new reputation was 45% or so.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 00:15 |
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Xander77 posted:You mean the head-on massive army battle followed by a charge against a defended castle? That was quite the ambush, yeah. I mean the "Church Hussars hidden in the grass where we obviously expected the ambush yet failed to do anything about it". So yeah, it actually was quite the ambush.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 00:28 |
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Now that I've played through a few times I can safely follow along. An ambush is probably Al's best bet here.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 05:57 |
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quote:You quickly cook up a plan to lure the Antari into an ambush and begin putting it into action. quote:The Antari horsemen are at full charge now, leaving their supporting infantry far behind. They are still a hundred metres away from you when you hear Lanzerel give the order to fire.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 12:36 |
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Clever thinking got me into trouble, Quick thinking will get me out.
Ikasuhito fucked around with this message at 12:44 on Mar 30, 2016 |
# ? Mar 30, 2016 12:41 |
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Mind bullets!
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 12:47 |
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Time for cryptic smilie spoilers that tell basically nothing! There may be , and in this game.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 12:54 |
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Time to think fast Al.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 16:45 |
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We're charismatic, too, right? RALLY THE MEN!
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 17:33 |
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Only our quick wits can save us!
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 18:06 |
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Think fast, Alaric!
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 20:08 |
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Rally, being the coward this early is begging for catastrophe.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 02:22 |
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Just got and did a runthrough of Guns. It's complicated. And there are some Very Tricky Bits.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 03:47 |
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quote:Once again, your knowledge of the Antari language comes in handy. You taunt the oncoming riders as they bear down upon you. You shout horrible, disgusting things about their mothers, their sisters, and their goats. quote:On the long ride back south to the safety of the main army's camp in Noringia, your Staff-sergeant rides up to your position at the front of the column, his mood no doubt as foul as his expression.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 11:48 |
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Clearly, we are going to need some Changes if we want to start seeing some results.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 12:23 |
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is it too early to start yet? We should punish some fools. We gotta spread the war-crimes to our own side, too.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 14:24 |
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What would the thin white Duke do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 14:38 |
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The best war crimes always start with phrases like: Changes must be made.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 14:40 |
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As much as I want to right off the bat, these guys are green conscripts and we'll almost definitely get fragged. Makes some changes to toughen them up. And next time put deserters up against the wall.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 14:49 |
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I think a few changes are in order.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 17:22 |
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Basically, whatever Lanzerell does will never be the worst solution, and thats not going to change
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 18:21 |
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quote:Your Staff-sergeant smiles and nods. Lanzerel tosses a concerned look back at the men behind you.
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 19:42 |
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See that it's done, Sergeant
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