kiyo
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Post by kiyo on Sept 27, 2009 1:17:51 GMT -5
why not bring back the Dim Mak scroll but for a lower price? 10000 sound way to out of bounds, mabye not for level 100 up but if it were lowered to say 500, and considering it's for 1 kill, it sound reasonable.
a good idea might be a new event npc, and if it works well, make it a full time npc
and i find it odd to have only scrolls as items, maybe adding a healing time or 2 in would be of help
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Post by Tchalvak on Sept 27, 2009 19:52:25 GMT -5
Hey, uh, edit your original post instead of replying to yourself, it's less spammy. Anyway...
Dim Maks are still in play in multiple ways, just not buyable via the shop.
NPCs, when they come in, are, you know, permanent or permanently random or permanently triggerable fixtures, we're not at the point where we could or would want to code npcs simply for a limited time event, which I believe is what you mean. Still, you should be happy about that because I don't intend to necessarily create new pcs in quite the same way that the current "always there, always available" npcs are coded, so there'll be more surprising npc encounters.
Scrolls vs. Items: There will be no more "scrolls" because as you've suggested and I've come to decide, scrolls were an uninspired type of name for items to begin with (wouldn't a "smoke bomb" have been much cooler name than our present "stealth scroll"?). Eventually, there will be more items, we need more different stuff to fix NW as a whole to make it more interesting, and NPCs, Quests, Map/Building/Locations, and Clans are what I'm looking at to do that. Once the game has more varied other content, more items will be easier to add with an actual useful purpose. *shrugs*
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Post by kiyo on Sept 28, 2009 6:10:45 GMT -5
yes, the items are in need of a good name change, need any help renaming them?
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Post by Tchalvak on Sept 28, 2009 12:38:55 GMT -5
Sure, I wouldn't mind suggestions, though it might be a while before I decide to deal with the renaming issue, the whole inventory system could probably just use an overhaul, and maybe it would happen then. My personal preference is to change stealth scroll to smoke bomb, and to end up with objects that really existed, like smoke bombs, caltrops, stuff off of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja#Weaponry , something real that represents what the item does pretty well, but other than the smoke bomb one I don't have any ideas especially at the moment.
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Post by kiyo on Sept 28, 2009 15:58:45 GMT -5
well.... it can be poison touch = poison needles speed scroll = ninja tabi fire scroll = tiger claws ice scroll = caltrops
also, a cure for poison would go nicely i think
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Post by 13 on Sept 28, 2009 16:12:21 GMT -5
ice scrolls seem to be up-ing the targets turns...
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kiyo
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Post by kiyo on Sept 28, 2009 19:12:18 GMT -5
new question!
why is it you can trade 40 memories of kills for an insta kill scroll(just found dim mak scrool)
also, how do you change your profile on the nw site?
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Post by Tchalvak on Sept 29, 2009 10:17:21 GMT -5
Re: Ice scrolls: Thanks, ice scrolls should be fixed now.
Re: Dim Mak scroll: Dim mak existed since the days of yore. For those times when you want a (costly) instakill capability, that's the way to go. *shrugs*
Re: Profile: change your profile from the stats page (and change your avatar by creating an account for your email at gravatar.com).
Re: Item names: So far, what I like is: Stealth Scroll: Smoke Bomb Ice Scroll: Caltrops. Poison Touch: Poison Needles (even though this is a skill, and I'm not too worried about the names for those yet, this is cool enough to make me want change the name soon).
I find less interesting: Speed Scrolls equaling ninja tabi, and Fire Scrolls equaling tiger claws, mainly because both are more in the realms of armor-type items, things that you would wear and which wouldn't especially be used up in a single use, as speed scrolls & fire scrolls are. Eventually, there will be armor and the like... ...but for now I'd prefer renames that still imply temporary use. I think that Fire scrolls could equal a gunpowder grenade of some kind or an "acid dart" or something, and Speed Scrolls could be some kind of powdered drug, potentially, though I haven't looked up more fun specific names for 'em.
As far as skills, I'd be happy to consider better name alternatives for skills at the same time, 'cause I certainly think some of those names are relatively unfun and could use an overhaul. These are the skills that I think could potentially use some renaming. 'cold steal' => "??blinding strike??, 'ice bolt' => ?, 'deflect' ??maybe??, 'chi'??maybe ki since that's the more japanese version??, 'blaze', 'fire bolt', 'poison touch' => "poison needles",
Needs more thought/planning, obviously.
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kiyo
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Post by kiyo on Sept 29, 2009 17:01:04 GMT -5
well, i think the names i can find are
Shuko Climbing Claws can be for speed mabye? they're used for climbing trees, that's close right? giant kunai can be fire scroll?
i think cold steal can stay the same ice bolt maybe can be frozen arrow? what's deflect and ki? fire bolt, flaming arrow? and blaze,tiger claws?
what's the fast killer?
as for poison cures?
other then that, i can't see anything at the moment that need changing or renaming
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