Talisien

Dear Santa, I know I've only been sort of middlin' good this year... Should have called my mom more, taken out the trash more often without making the wife nag... But I haven't done anything really bad, either! And I've had lots of chances to! I could have stolen items or money many times. I could have been mean, spiteful, rude, hypocritical, cynical, snarky, cruel, vicious, perverted, and evil when speaking to those around me, and I didn't. (Well, okay... maybe I should go back and cross a few of those off... That's better!) I could have ignored people in need, or kept my hand in my pocket instead of extending it in friendship, but I didn't. I've also still not committed barratry, incest, arson, murder, tax fraud, or had carnal knowledge of a sheep, to name a few other bad things I avoided doing. See? MANY chances to be bad! And I turned them down! Because... REASONS!!! So, Santa, since I've been at least moderately good this year, I've made just a moderately greedy list of presents I'd like you to bring me. And I don't expect all, or even most of them; I'd be happy with anything you care to bring. This is just some suggestions, just in case you needed any. For my FOney work-in-progress (because you can never have too many FOney's on the server): Brightness Circle Double Saber Glide Divine Heavenly/Mind Holy Ray Limiter/Adept Principal's Gift Parasol Yellow Merge (but any attack Merge would help, really) Resta Merge Revival Garment Shifta Merge V101 V801 For my RAcast (who doesnt need much, at this point, but piles of XP): an Electro Frame with better stats (needs to be near-max) Gratia Striker Plus V502 And maaaaybe (since I don't know if they're considered "event" or not, being essentially joke items...) a Broom and a Lollipop for everyone to share. Because there's always a lot of cleaning to do after Christmaas, and smacking people with an enormous piece of candy is awesome. Love, Talis P.S.: This year, I promise to keep the dogs locked in the garage. I really meant to last year, but got sidetracked with putting away dinner and all... Guess it's a good thing you were under the chandelier (and the chandelier's so sturdy!) I mean, really... who knew a bunch of fat little Welsh Corgi's could jump so high? I've still got that piece of your pants somewhere, btw, if you want it back. Maybe Mrs. Claus can sew it back on for you?

Actually, no. If you go back and re-read, you'll see I was making an open response to the entire thread's suggestions to that point, not your original suggestion alone. IMO, your original idea wasn't bad, and could be pretty good with a little tweaking. (Most of my objections came from the wave of "great but let's get this on it, too!" that followed.) I understand Mechs are supposed to be an 'every class' weapon... But I still feel the top few items of each category of gun should be Ranger-exclusive, and -regardless of its place in the game as a whole- the gun prposed in this thread would be one of the best Mechs in the game. Either that, or go whole-hog the other way, and start making more Swords, Katanas, and Dual Swords that my RAcast can use. Those were just the first two Swords that came to mind while I was writing, lol. I should have clarified I wasn't comparing them directly in a weapon-versus-weapon way, but simply in their exclusivity to a class... Sorry!!

I can understand the desire a lot of people have for their female characters to get a female-specific toy, since the boys got one... But really, looking over what is actually getting people excited in this thread, I'm forced to make my response be as follows: "Wait, what? Can *I* get some of that to smoke? It seems to be pretty good stuff..." Come, folks... I mean, seriously? So far, just going by the suggestions no one has really complained about in this thread, leaves the general concensus that y'all want new mech gun with the following criteria: 1. Female-only 2. A "little" less ATP than Psycho Raven 3. More ATA than Psycho Raven 4. ATA requirements to be 200 or less 5. A "cool" special A gun like this is almost CERTAINLY broken already, before it even gets into play. The only thing you haven't asked for is Charge or unreduced Demon's for the special. Really, just meeting the first criteria on the list and any two of the other four would make a good gun that many players would gladly farm for. Going whole-hog after all of it (especially if it went with OP's proposed stats, nearly doubling the base DB) is just too much. All things in moderation, after all. As for caboose's suggestion of making the ATA requirement so low the weapon is useable by Huney (and maybe others)... I am not TOTALLY against it... Just mostly. Not that I have anything against caboose, Huney's, or HU-classes in any way; it's just that I feel it would be a complete violation of the spirit of the game to make any of the best guns (and this would be one, giving it all 5 criteria)availale to anyone who isn't a RA-class. Guns are the ENTIRE point of playing a RA, and powerful ranged weapon combat should be their niche and theirs alone. I'm not complaining I can't use a Red Sword or DF on my RAcast, HU's shouldn't complain about not getting to use my guns; that's all. That being said... If the requirement was low enough that it could be reached, BUT still high enough you'd need a custom mag to do so, I'd be fine with it. If there's some kind of sacrifice needed to offset the huge advantage you're getting, that's fine. If you need to make a 5/45/150/0 mag (or something else similarly DEX-heavy, that's just the first example that came to mind) in order to use the gun, then I think you can have it. You'd have to think long and hard about whether it was worth 1) raising a new mag for use JUST with one weapon, and 2) the multi-level hunt to get the parts to make the gun in the first place. Or maybe even just a requirement that can be met with 4 Heavenly/Arms... That's still a sacrifice, not being able to use your units. (How good is that gun without a Cent/Battle or V101, anyway? ) And now, after all that, MY suggestion for a gun like this, lol. This Name Still Being Debated Birds Female-Only ATP: 300-350 (Max +20) ATA: +30 ATA Requirement: 215 Special: ? As for the special... Among the base abilities, I would personally like Gush, Geist, or Demon's, as I have Vulcans with them and use them regularly. (And if we could add something from the "unique" abilities some rares have, I'd like the special to be a Hard attack with rifle range.) Berserk and Charge would be extremely OP, elemental and King's are all crap, Arrest and Chaos are better on shots/needles for crowd control... Which doesn't leave much among the basic abilities, and I doubt adding an S-Rank ability or many of the "unique" ones would really be that great on a Mech gun. Mechs don't usually work well with Hell, in my experience. Maybe if it were unreduced? And, for God's sake, PLEASE don't give it Divine Punishment! There's enough guns with that already, lol!

This +1. Event's been on for almost a month now, hasn't it? And stil no tables? Y 4 U BOSS PPLZ R NO MAKZ WIF DA TABLINZ?!?!!11!? Translation: "I say, chaps and chapesses, it would be bloody brilliant if you could see your way clear to share some much-desired information with us lowly types, wot wot?"

I'm a carnivore, and I approve of this message. Seriously, though.... Could one of the dev's copy over the once-per-ten-minute ability from GD? XD

I don't see the Panzer Tail mag anywhere in the combo list... Am I missing it, or is it not available on this server?

GC # 42006221 Slot # 1 (Ryvuen, Yellowboze RAcast) I was building a Mind mag so I could put some serious time into a Force I'm working on. For some reason, it ht a certain point and then glitched. This mag (a purple Sato with Estilla, Pilla, and Twins, if it matters) lost 5 points on DEF and now won't retain any growth after I log out. The stats seem to be stuck at the admittely bizarre point of 0/0/45/128. It doesn't seem to matter if the mag is in the bank or on a character, either; I've tried saving both ways, and it never retains stats after I log out. It's never been in the common bank, AFAIK. This has been going on for about three or four days (since the day in the middle of last week where the login server kept going down), maybe longer- that's when I noticed it, at least. (That server issue is also why I waited so long to post about it- to give those who fix server issues time to be done doing wha they had to do before I threw a fit, lol.) If possible, can someone please fix this? I spent a lot of time building this mag, I'd hate to have to start over from scratch at this point. And I really wanna start doing some serious work on my FO!

I know I've got a couple PB/Creates. I'll have to double-check but I don't think I have any Cure/Paralysis units.

If you spend 300K on your mag, you'll be able to hunt up enough stuff in a hurry that you won't need to worry about healing items.

Fully raised mags generally are moderately expensive. It takes hours and hours to raise them, so most people won't let them go cheap. Why not just take that 300k meseta and use it to feed your mag? You can raise your own; it's not that tough, just time-consuming. Just make sure to get it to evolve to Ila at some point so it can learn the Mylla & Youlla photon blast, and as long as it ends up with stats something close to 5 DEF, 150 POW, 45 DEX, 0 MIND you're all set. If you decide to raise your own, below is a link to a very good feeding guide; the only thing that isn't accurate on it is the tiny table listing the requirements for some of the mag cells (and those really aren't that important anyway). http://www.pso-world.com/sections.php?op=v...&artid=1019

Just curious, mate. Take your time. I appreciate all the time and effort you put into running the server, let alone to put on special events for us.

Umm... When are the special drops for VHard going to be added?

Hehehe, I've been playing pretty consistently since Dreamcast version 1 (bought on pre-order, no less:P) so I've learned a fair few things about the game over the years. Plus I've spent a lot of time reading what Zack has shared on the Schthack forums, and he seems to be one of the most knowledgeable people around when it comes to how the game actually works.

I'm afraid that once I finish the two mags I have deals for already, I won't be taking on any more custom mag projects for a little while. I want to do my share of hunting for the Christmas Event items, too, and making mags cuts in to that a lot. I won't be taking on any new ones until after the holidays. I will, however, be raising some mags at a much slower pace while I hunt. I hope that I will have a couple ready for immediate sale by the time the event is over. I'll look for you when it's done, then.

Faster enemies would be more an increase of difficulty for those who rely on ranged weapons, since the increased speed would mean more instances of manual evasion. (I bet that a Baranz Launcher is almost worthless over there on Schthack right now with how slow the little missiles move, lol. ) When you're swinging a sword the enemies would probably be trying to swing back, so they wouldn't move as much or as far.

Okay then. It's at level 175, and I fully intend to bore myself to tears finishing it off tonight. How much later will you be online? I'm figuring about two to two and a half hours or so to finish it off. @everyone else: Updated the trade list with some new stuff. The section for tech disks has been brought back up, too; it's in a new format that I think will make it easier for people to browse (and incidentally be easier for me to maintain).

For some of them, yes. The 30% bonus that casts and caseals get in Ultimate only applies to ESP-based attacks, so that's Freeze, Confusion, and Paralysis. The bonus doesn't apply to the Instant Kill specials because they are based against EDK.

I was really bored, so I started working on the activation rates for various things. I'm going to keep working on it until the whole list is done- every enemy, every ability that actually has an activation rate you might need to know, with and without a V50x unit. Yeah, kind of ambitious. I definitely have too much free time. It gives me something to do between mag feedings, though, lol. As of right now, I only have the ones I figured out a while ago because I use them the most- the Hell special in Episode 2, with and without the V502. More will come as I have time. I'm only doing the ones for Ultimate difficulty, though, because in the lower difficulties most special abilities will work almost every time they hit due to low enemy resistances. Oh, and if someone is feeling REALLY ambitious, they could translate this into the other languages we have here. That's a little further than I want to take it, since I'd be using Google or something and I know how badly that butchers things. The format is enemy name, followed by the Normal rate/ One Player rate. Keep in mind when looking at these tables that this is only the activation rate; you still have to actually hit with the attack before these numbers come into play. Episode 2 Hell Special: EP2 VR Temple Dimenian: 13%/33% La Dimenian: 13%/33% So Dimenian: 3%/18% Rag Rappy: 43%/43% Love Rappy: 18%/33% Monest: 63%/63% Mothmant: 33%/33% Poison Lily: 16%/16% Nar Lily: 4%/4% Grass Assassin: 25%/34% Hildebear: 14%/14% Hildeblue: 8%/8% Dark Belra: -6%/4% EP2 VR Space Ship Savage Wolf: 43%/43% Barbarous Wolf: 30%/37% Chaos Sorcerer: 0%/0% Delsaber: 33%/33% Gilchic: 13%/33% Dubchic: 28%/48% Dubwhich: 93%/93% Garanz: -6%/14% Hidoom: 18%/18% Migium: 3%/18% Pan Arms: 18%/48% EP2 Central Control Area Del Lily: 8%/8% Epsilon: -6%/-6% Gee: 48%/48% Gi Gue: -12%/-12% Gibbles: -12%/-12% Ill Gill: -12%/-12% Mericarol: -12%/-12% Mericus: -12%/-12% Merikle: -17%/-17% Merillia: 43%/43% Meriltas: 34%/34% Sinow Berill: 13%/33% Sinow Spigell: 3%/23% Zol Gibbon: -2%/-2% Ul Gibbon: 30%/30% EP2 Seabed Delbiter: 1%/-2% Deldepth: 13%/3% Dolmolm: 33%/48% Dolmdarl: 33%/48% Morfos: 34%/16% Recobox: 48%/48% Recon: 18%/18% Sinow Zele: 29%/30% Sinow Zoa: 13%/43% Hell Special + V502: EP2 VR Temple Dimenian: 26%/66% La Dimenian: 26%/66% So Dimenian: 6%/36% Rag Rappy: 86%/86% Love Rappy: 36%/66% Monest: 126%/126% Mothmant: 66%/66% Poison Lily: 32%/32% Nar Lily: 8%/8% Grass Assassin: 50%/68% Hildebear: 28%/28% Hildeblue: 16%/16% Dark Belra: -12%/8% EP2 VR Space Ship Savage Wolf: 86%/86% Barbarous Wolf: 60%/74% Chaos Sorcerer: 0%/0% Delsaber: 66%/66% Gilchic: 26%/66% Dubchic: 56%/96% Dubwhich: 186%/186% Garanz: -12%/28% Hidoom: 36%/36% Migium: 6%/36% Pan Arms: 36%/96% EP2 Central Control Area Del Lily: 16%/16% Epsilon: -12%/-12% Gee: 96%/96% Gi Gue: -24%/-24% Gibbles: -24%/-24% Ill Gill: -24%/-24% Mericarol: -24%/-24% Mericus: -24%/-24% Merikle: -34%/-34% Merillia: 96%/96% Meriltas: 68%/68% Sinow Berill: 26%/66% Sinow Spigell: 6%/46% Zol Gibbon: -4%/-4% Ul Gibbon: 60%/60% EP2 Seabed Delbiter: 2%/-4% Deldepth: 26%/6% Dolmolm: 66%/96% Dolmdarl: 66%/96% Morfos: 68%/32% Recobox: 48%/48% Recon: 36%/36% Sinow Zele: 58%/60% Sinow Zoa: 26%/86% ***EDIT*** Much of the credit for this goes to Zack on the Schthack forums, for having taken the time to patiently explain- using small words and a big stick- exactly how the activation rates are calculated. In fact, he's probably explained it a few dozen times by now, lol. Mad props for your patience, Zack.

I have on in my bank. I will use that one, and you can give me yours when I give you the finished mag.

Well, it's at level 170- 0/0/45/125. Did you want the DEX higher than 45? I can slip a few more levels on that if you'd like. @magd: Were you wanting to make a Tellusis or a Gael Gil with the Kama? If you wanted a Gael Gil, I can speed yours up a bit; I have a D-Photon Core I can use, if you'll give me one in exchange when it's all done. I don't have any Dragon Scales right now, though, so I can't do that for a Tellusis.

Given how many of the trade threads haven't had a new post since the server came back up, you'd think people might take a second to check and see if the owners of these threads have been online anything like recently before spamming offers...

It's fairly close. I've been keeping (or trying to... ) the stats updated at the bottom of my trade list. I haven't updated it yet today, but IIRC it's around level 165. If I can resist the urge to keep hunting for X-Mas toys with Raiko for an hour or two, it should be done later tonight.

Have the quality or rate of drops from things other than bosses been changed? I seem to be having MUCH more luck today... In the first room I entered on VR Temple Alpha, I found Megid 24 and 4 Power Materials from the boxes. Of course, in the next room a sneaky Ob Lily shot me in the butt with Megid Spit and killed me...

Excellent job on the video, mate!

I've got Grants 9, if that will help. If you want it you can have it, no charge; just let me know when you'll be on the game and we'll meet up.