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The Outsider

Posted on May 24 2013, 02:37 AM

Oh hey, you're back.

Nezumi

Posted on May 24 2013, 01:46 AM

Would it be possible to compose music, then have sonic weapon modifications or monsters with natural sonic capabilities play it to kill and destroy things? (I admit I'm influenced by Noise Marines here, but it seems like a very Mortasheen approach to art to make it for the specific purpose of making things explode.)

ThatOnePerson

Posted on May 23 2013, 09:27 PM

First, Could we possibly get a quick rundown of all the holders?
the college they represent, monster preferences, personality, fun facts, stuff like that.

second, will there be some sort of mechanic for "engine of destruction" monsters? things like harlequeen and esophagullet, who are both described as needing to be restrained when not actively fighting.

third, how does base defense work while you're away? do your monsters you have on standby there just autopilot-murder everything that steps on your lawn? or can you command them remotely while you're gone?

fourth, how painful is reviving yourself, from an amount of time and resources eaten up standpoint?

fifth, will the small chunk of unknowns described as radioactive have an effect on gameplay? like, will getting too close to one of them have some sort of negative effect?

lastly, it has been mentioned one can make your base move around "with some expense" exactly how much expense? like, would it be an endgame-exclusive thing or could you and all your friends be moving around in crazy spider-walker houses for the majority of your campaigns?

Orima-Kazooie

Posted on May 23 2013, 08:48 PM

...so you kinda basically gave up on the whens and whys and are just going for a quantity that's got a nice balanced group of em, huh?

Mr. Cales

Posted on May 23 2013, 02:29 AM

Scythe controls the rate of monster production. We are trying to stat a certain number, including both old and new monsters, without regard for what Mr. Wocjik is doing. It's his project, he gets to make the pretties.

Orima-Kazooie

Posted on May 21 2013, 01:43 PM

SO you normally say that only the monsters created before the game was announced will be statted, but those last few were made like a week ago (I have no sense of time); did you guys just like fall prey to the temptation to do some of your new favorites?

Mr. Cales

Posted on May 21 2013, 03:32 AM

Bigger creatures are more powerful, but smaller ones are a lot less expensive both to make and maintain.

The "knockoff" versions of the Destroyers are still the best monsters in the game for pure combat. Seriously, even a weaker version of a godlike being is still pretty damn godlike.

I love the holders and will take all holder questions forever. Even the ones you don't want answered.

Players can kill the holders but replacing them would have to be the goal of an entire game, if for no other reason than that building up support for such an act would be very hard. Holders have their position by their power and the respect they command- it could be done but would be very hard. Still, it would make for an awesome game.

I'm not sure if any of the current Holders have been bribed, but some of the past ones might have been, you'd have to ask Scythe.

You may face the Holders alone or with your party, but if you fight them with your party they get some other advantages (their arenas are custom-built for this purpose). Fighting them one on one is hard but they will refrain from using their arena's tools out of respect for anyone that ballsy.

Viviphages, if you could get one, would be made out of another Vampire that you would help achieve that stage of life. It would help you out of a sense of duty owed to such an ally...

Oovule is a badass. That's all I'll say (it has my favorite ability).

Astarath has mindfuck powers. Sometimes they hit its owner. C'est la vie.

Not sure about Abnortis.

scythemantis

Posted on May 20 2013, 08:42 PM

I'll answer the ones I know, Cales would know the others!

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Do the holders have grudges against each other corresponding to the different schools' rivalries, or are they just a bunch of chill old madmen/women/unidentifiable organisms?

The latter. The different disciplines might all think they're cooler than the rest, but they still know they need one another.

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can any garbage become any garbage beast?
For example, if I wanted a crocoboil, could I just get any old garbage, or would I need to specifically procure a sloboil?

Canonically, they evolve from the appropriate larvae, but I think in the game it was easier to just say any garbage monster can become any beast, or that you just have a small chance of getting a beast instead of a standard garbage monster. I'm not sure if that's changed or not over the course of development.

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could one mess with just the size of their monsters? what effect would this have, if any?

It wouldn't be mad science if you couldn't make giant or tiny versions of virtually anything. Size adjustments come with the trade-offs in strength and agility that you would expect. A big monster is destructive, but also a big target.

ThatOnePerson

Posted on May 20 2013, 05:28 PM

I'm somewhat curious as to how certain monsters would function combatively. Specifically, Abnortis Oovule, and Astarath.

How would one work with a viviphage? it seems more like a blood-devouring force of nature than anything.

how worth it is it to get one of the lesser, trainable versions of the Destructors?

can any garbage become any garbage beast?
For example, if I wanted a crocoboil, could I just get any old garbage, or would I need to specifically procure a sloboil?

could one mess with just the size of their monsters? what effect would this have, if any?
I ask this because I'd like to know how possible a giant, acid-spitting afterspawn would be.
perhaps with a small house on top of its head.

lastly, I'd just like to say that thrash polka sounds like a wonderful genre of music.

Dr.Starky

Posted on May 14 2013, 04:05 PM

Do I have to face the holders alone or can I bring my party with me?

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