March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

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It's March! You've got questions? I will eventually have answers!

March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

Kinak 01 May 2014 15:11

It's that time again! Time for another podcast question thread.

If you have questions, leave them in this thread. If you have answers to questions, leave them out, that's my job :)

As always, the finished podcast will go up on metroplexitygames.com

Cheers!
Kinak

Re: March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

Magnifico 01 May 2014 23:42

I'm excited and impressed about all the progress towards full Novos implementation. Yay Novos!

One of the few oldos-only things that I can think of that's still unconverted is the Lotus Map skill. Will you be making that Novos-compatible before the full Novos rollout, or will it go in with the Novos Net?

How far out is the full Novos rollout? Will oldos programs stop working then, or will they persist for a while yet?

Is there currently a way not to find the deeper Novos syntax baffling?

Any particular reason for all the weapon updates? I figure the axe thing was to set up the Stainless Skulls axe. (Thanks for the berserkergang, btw!) Anything special coming up with spears and/or rifles, or were you just working through suggestions from past podcasts — in-game metal, etc.?

Are there any major mushroom-related discoveries waiting to be made?

We know of a bunch of skills that seem to stand alone, not part of a mutually exclusive skill group.^* Is this appearance deceptive? Are any of these skills mutually exclusive with other skills we have yet to discover?

^* For reference, the skills I'm thinking of are: Chess, Drone Anatomy, Experienced Observer, Experimental Chemistry, Expert Salvager, Fishing, Lotus Map, On The Prowl, Programmed Terror, Quantum Mechanics, Sushi Chef, and Trauma Tech. Simple Coding seems to be a prerequisite for Efficient Hacking and Handscripting, but these skills aren't mutually exclusive.

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Re: March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

GoldS 02 May 2014 00:37

Did you enter a time loop? It's May, sir.

For the something we're missing in the fiery lakes of the Charnel House, can we get it in both the opened and reopened versions?

Is it possible to upgrade the advanced Midgard Player seeds through Novos-formatted sites?

The "Returning Dorm" text has been around for a while. Is that part of a content update you haven't been able to push yet?

Will the buried lab notebook have any potential use in the future?

Have all of the cyberware items been found?

Re: March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

Erenoth 02 May 2014 02:14

Does the ancient underwater city in lake metroplex actually disappear when you kill the ocean king? it stops appearing as an encounter.

What do you think about the ever increasing availability of stackable buffs to power and such? On a related note, once oldtown comes out can we expect equipment with bonuses larger then 10? Or would you prefer they simply grant better combined bonuses and effects?

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Re: March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

xKiv 02 May 2014 10:43

May we know the fate of subversion in novos?

May the fork be with you.
…
May we have some forks? We have knives, but no forks or spoons. Or sporks.

Re: March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

bigalphillips 02 May 2014 12:31

Unexpected Grab is "more effective against humans and others you know the weaknesses of". I have yet to find any "others" though - is there some way to learn the weaknesses of weird etheric creatures?

Are there more spear/rifle/scope/garotte/axe techniques or interactions to be found?

Will we ever get to meet Roy?

Can we convince Andrea (or some other grad student) to write a thesis on the relationship between etheric phenomena and video recordings? There are some oddities there that *I* want to investigate at least…

All of the types of music except for the "misc" category seem to have a special result with the Stainless skulls helmet (giving an item or effect). Is there something special to be gained there?

Now that we've found the alternate black tablet shard forms, is there more to the Shard Of Language skill?

Is there a "protects eyes" flag on some headgear or is that a function of other bonuses on it? (It looked like at first any headgear with negative perception protects you from the disco ball but there seem to be some exceptions.)

Thanks!

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Re: March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

Cryptodynamic 03 May 2014 05:48

Would you ever consider a mushroom alternative to coin fishing for the sewers? Perhaps flipping a coin disturbs some bats that later draw your attention to some mushrooms.

Why is Matsuo so awesome?

Are we missing anything particularly neat related to Channeling Matsuo?

Was there some particular inspiration behind Idol Metal?

Should we expect to find ourselves cursing at Zaibatsu's Justice as Novos continues to roll out?

Re: March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

Arkaim 04 May 2014 19:31

• How come the Floating Masks never show up when I have the Vigilante's mask equipped? Are they afraid… of JUSTICE?!?!?!

• With Al's discovery of the yellowed lace garrotte, my hopes and dreams lay dead and buried. Do you have any last words you'd like to say for them?

• Is there some sort of earthly unknown skill by character could learn now if he knew what to do?

• Before you said there wasn't anything special left to find in the mutant cell culture. Since then I have found another result in it where you can control it with your mind. The oils at least. Is there anything important left to find with the sewer mutants in general?

• I have recently tried infecting the ghoul king with writhing flesh because I noticed in PvP if you eat someone with writhing flesh you get it too. This failed. What also failed was binding the ghoul king with binding words and quite a few other things besides. How super creative is this Easter Egg skill solution that I just can't think of it?

• The latest find from the scuffed mining helmet is from Vholes Piper with the new technique Pale Summons. Are there more techniques to be found? Is item #1711 related to the scuffed mining helmet content?

• I like the holosight rifle so I need to ask. Is there an avatar related to this weapon? Is it as tricky to find as the [[wolf skin belt]]] avatar?

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Re: March of the Podcasts - Question Thread

Kinak 05 May 2014 18:32

/em flips the "ON AIR" light.

Cheers!
Kinak