Re: ETA for SE5?
 

Thought about that. You are probably right about it taking away from the experience, but after spending 15 minutes creating a character, then dieing the first battle. I did that three times trying to figure out the game. Then the next five times I died in the first dungeon, a couple times from starving. Man thats annoying.
I always liked being able to do stuff as slow as I wanted and not being a slave to a timer, but I also don't like to lose something I spent a long time working to build. I realy like the weapon system in the game, and I think I like the magic system, haven't played long enough to see that though. Maybe If I can learn the game a little better I won't need the backups.

Re: ETA for SE5?
 

Well, that's a perfectly good reason to backup.

Spoiler space in case you don't want some tips.











Tips: Bats, rats, wolves, dogs - As long as the're not rabid, eat the carcass. Doesn't matter if your character isn't hungry.

Doors: Leave the locked ones for last. Then, always kick them from a diagonal, if you can. Some traps only hit the square in front of the door. Won't keep you perfectly safe, but it'll help.

Worms: Unless you want to farm some XP and weapon skills, kill them the instant you see them. They replicate.

Alignment: Don't attack non-hostiles; it moves your alignment towards E.

Scrolls of Identify, Potions of Bless: Use the potion on the scroll. Presto, it now identifies everything in your inventory.

And that's all I can think of now.

Re: ETA for SE5?
 

Thanks for the tips. The food issue is hard for me to get used to. The Doors tip is a good one for almost any RPG, at least the ones I've played. Good to know about worms, I'm sure I will farm some from them at some point. I didn't know about the non hostile alignment change, but it makes sense now that you mention it. Is the scroll potion combo a one time use?

Re: ETA for SE5?
 

Yep - Both scrolls and potions are one use each.

Also, carcasses that have an element name by them - Like Fire beetle or fire lizard tend to do stuff like give you the appropriate resistance. Basically, eat (Almost) anything non-sentient. Some things have negative effects; a good indicator is common sense. Oozes, for example. Common sense says don't eat.

Some of the people in the village will give you quests; the village fool has a few usefull things to say - Explore options.

Re: ETA for SE5?
 

Hehehe... that makes twoof us http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif