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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4599 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes and 29 seconds ago. |
I was wondering if this corruption had an upper limit on the Strength gains it gives. My dark elven ranger now has a base str of 40 and didn't seem to be getting any further increases. This coincided with my Willpower stat reaching one. But even after I trained that up a few points, I didn't get more Strength. Question: has anybody gotten over 40 Strength through this corruption? Question: I lost 6 dex points (from 32 to 26), was this from the Apish corruption, which I believe? I checked my equipment and other corruptions, and the character page, there doesn't seem to be any other cause. Question: off the original topic, but another cumulative corruption, "Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster" It states that each scar reduces dexterity by 1 point. If you eat Gelee Royale, which removes scars, does that give you back your lost dexterity? Question: what is the upper limit on Dex gains from eating corpses of those death beetles from the temple? Since my willpower is so low already, I'm thinking it's a good time to boost my characters Dex and speed. "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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Soirana Registered user Chaos Freak Last page view: 4149 days, 23 hours, 50 minutes and 6 seconds ago. |
technically there is no upper limit. practically your chances drop quite fast after your stats overhit 38-40 limit. it counts for corruption too. A root is a flower that disdains fame. Kahlil Gibran(1883-1931) |
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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4599 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes and 29 seconds ago. |
Oh yeah, I saw on another thread that it's like 1% chance after the stat reaches 40. Ouch. No point in draining my learning willpower and dex to 1 to try and get over 40 Strength. How about gelee royale and dex loss due to the regeneration corruption? I'm guessing the lost dex doesn't return even if you lose the scars by eating the gelee. "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4239 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes and 15 seconds ago. |
The ape corruption will keep boosting your strength endlessly in my experience. I've never let my Wi get down to 1 though. Still, I've gotten St and To over 50 from that corruption (I always find it increases To too, though that's undocumented). Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4599 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes and 29 seconds ago. |
Darren - Yeah, I noticed that To increase too but figured it was something else, I'd been progressing so fast with that character it was hard to keep up with every little change. I'll have to write about her wild adventures in another thread. I had gotten the +ST +TO a bunch of times, until both were about 40. It had been a long time since my last increase, compared to the frequency of the earlier increases. I figured it had reached it's pinnacle, otherwise I would have kept it until ST and TO were both 99. Also, I didn't want to totally destroy my learning and dex scores (the cumulative -1 dex penalty seems to be another undocumented affect). So BSoCR and bye bye Apish. Interestingly, with only 5 willpower, the ACW still had trouble confusing me. A ring of mental stability cut down on confusion time too. He/She/It almost got me when I was close to the altar... but using first aid skill repeatedly prevented me from moving onto that altar by accident in my confused state. About 6 direct hits of Blessed Arrows of Dragon Slaying and ACW was down for the count. "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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noob Registered user Last page view: 5928 days, 21 hours, 45 minutes and 31 seconds ago. |
Anybody - Are there any further accelerations in background corruption after day 90? |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4068 days, 19 hours, 15 minutes and 25 seconds ago. |
Nope. There was planned to be, but it was probably deemed to severe an effect. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Jhonka Registered user Kickass player Last page view: 5356 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes and 59 seconds ago. |
The apish and healing tissue corruptions are hand down, the worst no-can-live-with corruptions the game has to offer. Get rid of the ASAP!!!! My über ranger was puffed enough to take out both, keriax and ACW, with 2 hits from blessed dragon slaying ammo. Though she was at that point already cleared library, bugwil/caw and maze so acw and keriax are kinda pushovers compared to emperor cow or emperor liches. |
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Soirana Registered user Chaos Freak Last page view: 4149 days, 23 hours, 50 minutes and 6 seconds ago. |
really? appish might te be good and as healing goes... i do believe scars are overvalued. At least if you search for DiG on this forum you'll see mine grey elf merchant didn't suffered a lot from keeping that. A root is a flower that disdains fame. Kahlil Gibran(1883-1931) |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4239 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes and 15 seconds ago. |
Yeah, scars really aren't so bad, and the extra healing can be handy at times. In terms of can't live with I'd only say poison hands (though you can get around it), unholy aura (just hideous) and mana battery (though obviously this has its applications it can be a major nuisance to a character that relies on wands). Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 4897 days, 20 hours, 50 minutes and 11 seconds ago. |
Worst corruption to me by far is the 'Your muscles have stiffened slowing you down (base action cost: 1500 energy points' If you get it on D:50 and have no scrolls, it makes life a lot tougher. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Jhonka Registered user Kickass player Last page view: 5356 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes and 59 seconds ago. |
Yeah absolute nono are muscle, tissue, apish and battery (aura if shops are needed). |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4068 days, 19 hours, 15 minutes and 25 seconds ago. |
Apish and tissue are kind of okay to me, at least as long as my dex is below 27 anyway. I use blessed SoCR to get rid of stiff muscles, battery and poison hands, usually. Or attunement if I absolutely don't want teleportitis, controlled or not. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4599 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes and 29 seconds ago. |
I love unholy aura. Especially if you don't need shopkeepers for selling/buying stuff (or can't afford their things), might as well convert them into experience. Just have to watch out for Cursing/Dooming and alignment change. And randomly scaring monsters off, + the DV bonus, great great great. "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3117 days, 14 hours, 2 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
Apish is great in the early game, before Khelevaster. Unholy Aura is awsome in the late game, after you're done with the casino and the earth temple. Stiff muscles is the only corruption which doesn't have any use. A pessimist sees a dark tunnel. An optimist sees a light at the end of that tunnel. A realist sees a train. And the train driver sees three idiots on the tracks. |
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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4599 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes and 29 seconds ago. |
I hear the ladies like a stiff adventurer... "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |