So I have three manuals for explosives, but I still can't even make fuel. Good thing I steal more than enough.
Update on Lefty
As you can see, thieves' skills are next in line for upgrading.
sooooo much gold I don't bother selling anything anymore. it's all in a bucket in the warehouse in shrouded hills. the only things I've purchased have been from the fence. The small oiled leather I bought. I think everything else has been stolen.
Wearin' the Jewel of Hebe or Charm of Hebe or whatever it's called. Got nothin' better to wear there, and it's not a magic item so I get the full effect (+2 Be, +1 Cha)!
Currently traveling with Jayna and Sogg (he's a good six levels lower than Lefty and Jayna, though )
I pulled a pile of those crystals out of the BMC mines. Not sure where you'd buy them though.
Mithril you can buy from a dude in the wheel clan mines; one of the vendors will sell it. I think you can also find some somewhere in there, cause I remember holding on to some for a while before concluding I would never use it, then having to go back and buy some for the guy for one of the quests in quintarra.
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In Black Root, there's a merchant on the docks. I think the tech gears symbol hangs outside. Anyway, he has two locked barrels and one of them has a sheet of mithril in it.
As for the kathron crystal you'll run into them now and then in magick chests and the like.
This is ridiculous and infuriating, does anyone know how to fix this: Hitting O opens the options menu which causes my game to crash, I don't know how to change key bindings. if I actually manage to access the menu, the names of the options don't appear. My main problem is the entire game crashing if I happen to hit O instead of I (right next to each other on the keyboard...) Anyone have any ideas?
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Yeah... I'm pretty sure there's no way to change key bindings.
My game crashes a lot. I also occasionally get the BSOD when I exit it, but that might just be my computer being shitty.
Ave: In a very good way, especially real-time mode. It's not as long-range as the looking-glass rifle, but it's got way higher damage and in real-time you just fuck everything up nonstop. I think the faster fire rate helps, too.
Also, you can indeed raise skills above their normal level if you're using something to enhance a stat - I had 18 perception, bumped up to 20 with tech goggles, and was able to get my firearms to the final level even though my base stats were lower.
Based on this thread, I bought the game off eBay for a couple of quid, and set about creating a character who was skilled with swords, but would build into a bit of a gunslinger character. I start out at the crash site, search a few bodies, and go into combat against a wolf, assuming it'd be farely easy.
But no. I get a critical failure on my first turn and my arm falls off.
Based on this thread, I bought the game off eBay for a couple of quid, and set about creating a character who was skilled with swords, but would build into a bit of a gunslinger character. I start out at the crash site, search a few bodies, and go into combat against a wolf, assuming it'd be farely easy.
But no. I get a critical failure on my first turn and my arm falls off.
I'd like to introduce you to my two friends. F7 and F8.
Ave: In a very good way, especially real-time mode. It's not as long-range as the looking-glass rifle, but it's got way higher damage and in real-time you just fuck everything up nonstop. I think the faster fire rate helps, too.
Doesn't it take like 6 bullets a shot, though? I've been using the Fine Revolver in real time, and it burns through ammo way too fast.
Ave: In a very good way, especially real-time mode. It's not as long-range as the looking-glass rifle, but it's got way higher damage and in real-time you just fuck everything up nonstop. I think the faster fire rate helps, too.
Doesn't it take like 6 bullets a shot, though? I've been using the Fine Revolver in real time, and it burns through ammo way too fast.
Hmm, I haven't seen it use up that much ammo. But I'm also so good with guns now that I can headshot most anything.
Yeah but doesn't the Stillwater Giant have like 5 different resolutions?
It's a pretty good one, no matter how you do it though.
The humorous thing is that, if I recall correctly, in one resolution, actually capturing the real one will get you laughed at, and you've got to go find the fake one to actually convince people. Awesome.
I enjoyed the one where you have to go hunt down Terwilliger. Without a strategy guide, that one gets fun.
eariler in the game I grabbed that not in the dudes house and then I dropped it again, so now its gone. Is there any way I can find that dude? I don't remember what the note said
It was just about two weeks ago I gave in to the urge to start playing Arcanum again. I never did finish the game, and I looked at my save file and realized it was just about three years ago that I paused. Searching Google for info on skills brought me to this thread, where a bunch of you also just restarted playing an eight-year-old game at the exact same time. Something in the air, I guess?
P.S. I love molotov cocktails especially when thrown without throwing skill and then the whole room gets blown away. That alone makes this game a 10/10.
P.P.S. Thanks, Scarlet, for the uploads. Never knew about the HQ updates, and the 320kbit music is great. I've always been so in love with this game's music, especially Radcliffe's Commission and the title tracks.
alternatively you could just use console commands to regain the item. check gamefaqs or something for the item codes.
does Arcanum have these? GameFaqs has no list and I even found some random forum where some guys said that no, Arcanum does not have console commands like past Trokia games.
@bucketman: I've seen item code lists, so I assume there's a way to hack. I think I also saw a post about how the latest official patch had removed the ability to cheat. Not sure about that, because I think I also saw something about the unofficial patch enabling cheats once more.
Keep googlin', there might be somethin'. I'm at work or I'd help the cause.
finally got a couple of points in gunsmithy and now i've got me a fine revolver
goes through bullets like crazy, but i've got a few hundred left and i am finally, at level 25, stomping some fucking ass. fuck yes.
Man, wait until you get the Mechanized Gun. Uses 6 bullets at a time, but it blows away anything you point it at.
I just got the Charged Sword schematic, and thought I might as well give it a try. Goddamn, if you get the chance to use this weapon, by all means do so...it does like an additional 1-30 electrical damage on top of the Balanced Sword's damage.
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Update on Lefty
As you can see, thieves' skills are next in line for upgrading.
sooooo much gold I don't bother selling anything anymore. it's all in a bucket in the warehouse in shrouded hills. the only things I've purchased have been from the fence. The small oiled leather I bought. I think everything else has been stolen.
Wearin' the Jewel of Hebe or Charm of Hebe or whatever it's called. Got nothin' better to wear there, and it's not a magic item so I get the full effect (+2 Be, +1 Cha)!
Currently traveling with Jayna and Sogg (he's a good six levels lower than Lefty and Jayna, though
then I may work on explosives. Probably take a point in Herbalism too just so I can make my own healing stuff and eventually ditch Jayna and Virgil.
I guess finding the trainer is the hard part.
i'm a thief so i'm fuckin' rich, so i'm just going to buy a bunch of manuals and save myself some effort
but it seems like i have to put points into gunsmithy and such just to make the components i need for found schematics, anyways
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That's on my to-do list for tomorrow! I literally just trained up
I think electricity might be my next two level points for that very reason!
Mithril you can buy from a dude in the wheel clan mines; one of the vendors will sell it. I think you can also find some somewhere in there, cause I remember holding on to some for a while before concluding I would never use it, then having to go back and buy some for the guy for one of the quests in quintarra.
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
Pluto was a planet and I'll never forget
As for the kathron crystal you'll run into them now and then in magick chests and the like.
In a good way? I'm playing a gunslinger now, but I wasn't sure if the hand cannon was worth building.
Seems like most of the good guns are rifles of some sort.
Ave: In a very good way, especially real-time mode. It's not as long-range as the looking-glass rifle, but it's got way higher damage and in real-time you just fuck everything up nonstop. I think the faster fire rate helps, too.
Also, you can indeed raise skills above their normal level if you're using something to enhance a stat - I had 18 perception, bumped up to 20 with tech goggles, and was able to get my firearms to the final level even though my base stats were lower.
But no. I get a critical failure on my first turn and my arm falls off.
Cool...
Time to party hard
And of course, it wouldn't be a party without an orgy at the end, would it?
I'd like to introduce you to my two friends. F7 and F8.
Doesn't it take like 6 bullets a shot, though? I've been using the Fine Revolver in real time, and it burns through ammo way too fast.
Hmm, I haven't seen it use up that much ammo. But I'm also so good with guns now that I can headshot most anything.
This and the Stillwater Giant quest are two of the best in the game, if you ask me.
It's a pretty good one, no matter how you do it though.
The humorous thing is that, if I recall correctly, in one resolution, actually capturing the real one will get you laughed at, and you've got to go find the fake one to actually convince people. Awesome.
I enjoyed the one where you have to go hunt down Terwilliger. Without a strategy guide, that one gets fun.
It was just about two weeks ago I gave in to the urge to start playing Arcanum again. I never did finish the game, and I looked at my save file and realized it was just about three years ago that I paused. Searching Google for info on skills brought me to this thread, where a bunch of you also just restarted playing an eight-year-old game at the exact same time. Something in the air, I guess?
P.S. I love molotov cocktails especially when thrown without throwing skill and then the whole room gets blown away. That alone makes this game a 10/10.
P.P.S. Thanks, Scarlet, for the uploads. Never knew about the HQ updates, and the 320kbit music is great. I've always been so in love with this game's music, especially Radcliffe's Commission and the title tracks.
does Arcanum have these? GameFaqs has no list and I even found some random forum where some guys said that no, Arcanum does not have console commands like past Trokia games.
goes through bullets like crazy, but i've got a few hundred left and i am finally, at level 25, stomping some fucking ass. fuck yes.
Keep googlin', there might be somethin'. I'm at work or I'd help the cause.
Man, wait until you get the Mechanized Gun. Uses 6 bullets at a time, but it blows away anything you point it at.
I just got the Charged Sword schematic, and thought I might as well give it a try. Goddamn, if you get the chance to use this weapon, by all means do so...it does like an additional 1-30 electrical damage on top of the Balanced Sword's damage.
I bet it could be awesome.
They'd need a better-implemented crafting system, though.
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This would be awful.
Im' not saying it needs to be isometric but.
Dear god please no
Hey!
I like Fallout 3!
Though you are probably right that a first-person Arcanum experience might not be the best idea.
Maybe if somehow, someone did a steamworks and magick version of Mass Effect?
Would that be cool-enough for you?