SOTW 0.8.9 - First Act Beta preview!

[renke_]

rtfm (or, in this case, rtffaq)

[jack1974]

Yes that's the folder, I guess I could even add a "delete all saves" buttons in the save screen but wouldn't be much useful beside the beta

[renke_]

a few remarks about 0.8.7g:

* character generation hints vs auto assign
The game suggests to learn a healing skill, and auto assign should respect this useful hint :)
I used auto assign for all level-ups (3 for the twins, Vaelis reached 4) and so far my party has no healing abilities (except of Eagle's Grace)

* shop refiller
The level of the generated items is regulated by the last active character. I visited Laroneas and the forge with Vaelis highlighted and got items up to a level of 5 (char-level +1), with Shea actived before visiting Shagala the items were up to 4 (also char-level +1). I expected that level items are based on the party average (in my case 3.3), and not the (mostly random) last chosen character. If one triggers all shop restockings with the wrong (i.e. higher level) char, about half[1] of the items are unusable for the other party members.

[1] probably exaggerated :)

[jack1974]

About 1) yes I knew about it but didn't do it because was lazy I have now managed to do it, took 15 minutes but now seems to work (tested with old saves too, now will pick the healing skill as first)

About 2 the generation is regulated by the main character actually, so not the last active character. I suppose that being always present in the story should be the one with higher level, but just to be sure will use his level -1 so should work. Even the level of the items is randomized though, max +1 of current level. If an item is powerful might be worth buying it and wait level up to use it

[renke_]

About 2 the generation is regulated by the main character actually, so not the last active character.

I tried it again - and it's not caused by the active char but by the shop itself:

Twins both lvl 2, Vaelis lvl 3: General store and forge sell items up to level 4; Healer's shop up to 3. For some reason Shagala upsells only by one level, Laroneas and the smith are stocked with equipment up to 2 levels better than my main char.

[jack1974]

I'll tweak the randomization so that can't be a higher level than current highest party member. After all in later part of the story you don't level up too frequently so makes sense to do this change now.

[renke_]

seems to be the best solution - and now: back to Act 2!

btw, why is the smith unnamed? I like to imagine her as a Maria, though I'm unsure about the looks ;)

[yayswords]

wait wtf where you see a smith

[renke_]

She seem to be very shy, I never saw her. But I visit her shop all the time (and I'm *really* polite - though no one's there I pay all the time) :D

[yayswords]

I'm not sure it's polite to assume she will buy all your crap too, at a price decided by you no less