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Re: Sleek's Super "Did you know?" Helpful Game Tips!
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Hlaoroo
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Well, AIM boosts your chance of the NEXT attack hitting.  If you look at the to hit bonus (THe +/- number to the left of the target's HAM bars, you will see it bump up quite a bit after the AIM crosshair occurs over your head.  Then once that shot goes off it goes back to normal.  This is for the next attack after the AIM whether it be regular or special shot.

Not sure on Cover, but whoever answers it I have a question for: Is there a good list anywhere of the different special attacks on HOW MUCH BONUS they actually give?  I would like some way of knowing wether a POINT BLANK shot is better than a BODY shot for what coniditons better than the little blurb they get when you "describe" them.

-Jim

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07-07-2003 10:39 AM  

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When it is night, you can hit ctrl+L to create a light source that emits from your character.  No other player or character can see this.

Jase Darkmist (Gorath)

Xiro Nightshade (Eclipse)

07-07-2003 01:56 PM  

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TheDarkDrummer wrote:
Is there any way to get to the Character/Galaxy select screen without quitting the whole game and then starting it back up?




Not yet. Devs are working on it, though.
07-07-2003 02:23 PM  

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I don't know how i missed this for 2 weeks, but if you are trying to heal battle fatigue you can listen to a musician AND watch a dancer at the same time to speed up the process! Don't forget to tip 'em though, they can get ornery!

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07-07-2003 02:37 PM  

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Simple but useful macros for anyone that can use a stimpack:

Create a macro, /healdamage <YourName>, and put it on your hotkey.  This way when you're in battle, you can quickly give yourself a quick boost before your stats go to low.  You could also create another macro & corresponding hotkey for /tenddamage <YourName> in case you ran out of stimpacks.

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07-07-2003 04:32 PM  

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Every good strip miner knows that paying maintenance on personal harvesters is generally wasteful.  They last several days without any maintenance at all, and will mine several thousand resources in that time.  Since they only cost 250 resources to build, there is a considerble net gain in resources just letting them die. 

Factories, now, are a different story.  NEVER let a factory go unmaintained.

07-07-2003 09:18 PM  

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SqueakGarraputo
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Awesome thread. I've got some dope notes now to use in the game... especially the macros!

One thing I've found, dunno if it's all that great but I've found it: as opposed to using your name when you want to heal yourself (Generally /healdamage <Yourname>, one can use /healdamage self , which does the same thing. I have macroed /healdamage self to SHIFT+F1, which has become incredibly helpful during combat.

Also, if you're in the heat of a battle, and want to heal someone in your group, and you type in or press the appropriate command to /healdamage <Player>, yet you get the message "Cannot find valid medicine," yet, you have 100 stimpacks lined up in inventory, you're probably too far away from the player, and just need to move in a little closer and try again. This just gets aggravating if you don't realize it.

Also, I've noticed, dunno if this is game FACT, or just something that needs to be fixed, if you're in a cave (e.g. - Cave on Naboo With 50 million Narglatches), you can't use traps. They simply don't work, and deteriorate in their entirety from your battle queueueueue (don't know how to spell either =).

A couple little things I've noticed. Once again, this is a DOPE thread. Everyone keep adding to it. Even if your tip seems trivial, someone might not know it.

And, maybe there's a way to organize this thread? Messageboard controllers, dunno if this is possible, maybe even make it its own section. That'd be dope. Anywho, thanks again.

_Squeak

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07-07-2003 11:33 PM  

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Ok,

Ive read a fair few hints on finding a group/friend by them sending you the waypoint in an e-mail. Far to much work to be done as there is a simpler way.

Ask a group member there waypoint, and when they reply -1234 3456 simply type

/waypoint -1234 3456 and the waypoint will be created in you datapad and be displayed instantly.


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07-08-2003 03:17 AM  

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Kazzam, thats brillant!

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07-08-2003 03:25 AM  

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Bumpage because it should be stickied.
07-08-2003 06:38 AM  

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TreborIrtad
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I have a question about equipping armor.  Is their a way to make a macro that will equip/unequip my armor?  Rather then pull up my inventory and double click 7 things I would rather just click a macro assigned to a F-Key.  I couldn't figure out an equip command though.  Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

 

Also all the flourishes are premade macros on the control-a screen (I must of typed flourish a billion times before I realized this)

Irtad
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07-08-2003 09:08 AM  

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When doing a destroy mission, hit the main target once or twice, then select /peace and wait. This brings the mobs out in ones and twos, and because their spawn is delayed by a few seconds, they won't immediately be aggro. This allows you to take out the beasties one by one at your leisure, without a crowd beating you as you attack. Once they're dead, hit the main target once more and repeat. 

This method is a lot less stressful, and crucial when dealing with anything above an "even match" con. It often also means more mobs will spawn in total, giving you more exp for less work.

Secondly, if you're doing a faction quest with those vicious red mobs you couldn't possibly kill on your own, try taking a mission very close to town. When the mob attacks you, run for the city. You'll almost certainly run accross other players who'll help you out, and you should have fired enough over-the-shoulder shots that you'll get exp once they kill it Then head back to the target and shoot in peace.

Thirdly, when you're taking delivery missions, call up your world map and hold the cursor over other cities to get their relative distance from you. This lets you pick two missions going to the same city, netting you more bang for your travel ticket buck. Also, missions to the same location will pay about the same; after a while, you should be able to tell where a delivery is going just by the price.

Finally, if you're a marksman, the best thing you can do for yourself is get the best possible weapon you can find. Spare no expense. Direct trades with crafters are almost always better than the bazaar. Look for low speed, low HAM costs for special attacks, and high damage min/max. This seems really obvious, but it makes *such* a difference, and I know I didn't appreciate just how much until recently.

 

07-08-2003 09:54 AM  

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In response to Treborlrtad's question:
There is a way to assign armor, weapons, crafting tools, etc (Almost any inventory item) to an F-Key.  Just click and drag the item from your inventory up to your toolbar, and it'll make a shortcut.

Tip for Armor:

 When using armor, you should ALWAYS unequip it when you are trying to get healed - armor slows down regeneration rates by about 50%, depending on the quality.  Also - when using armor, you take MORE damage from hits, unless the armor has protection, in which case you take a very, VERY worthwhile amount less - For example, I normally take 50 health damage from Creature X in melee.  I equip my armor, which reduces my Strength by 200.  Now I'll take 60 health damage per hit from Creature X in melee.  However, my armor gives me 50% total Melee (Not sure the exact name of melee resistance) resistance.  Now I take 30 damage.  So make sure you equip appropriate armor for the appropriate situation (Bone Armor is good versus blasters, but it hurts you against melee, for example).  Good luck to all of you with this - I suggest putting Armor onto F-Keys so you can change it quickly!

 

-Meiok Spuuktorqu on Gorath

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07-08-2003 11:38 AM  

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Sorry for not saying this on my previous post, but here goes:

When I said my Strength is reduced by 200, adding 10 health damage per hit to me, that is assuming that you have 1000 Strength (20% reduction to Strength adds 20% to damage)

 

-Meiok on Gorath

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07-08-2003 11:40 AM  

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TreborIrtad
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Meiok thanks for the response on my armor question.  That is exactly why I wanted to make a hot key to take it on and off.  Bone armor for example is wondeful versus blasters but not so good hand to hand.  What I was hoping was to make a macro that would put all of my armor on at once rather then have to use up and click 7 F-Keys.  The macro would go something like:  [equip command] helmet; [equip command] boots; etc etc and I would only have to use 1 F-key slot.  Then a second macro would reverse the process and take it all off.  Anyone have anything that does this or will I have to use all those F-key slots (which works just fine!)

 

Trebor

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07-08-2003 11:51 AM  

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