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Discussion in 'Choose Your Own Adventure Land' started by treave, Aug 29, 2013.

  1. Baltika9 Arcane

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    :lol:
    That won't work out with the time limit. If someone likes a set, they vote for it. If not, they make their own. The masterlist just tries to put all those different combinations in one place so we don't hop all over the thread looking for it.
     
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  2. Absinthe Prophet

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    What butthurt? I was pushing for 6-12 (compromised into 12-18) and fully expecting 18-24 to win from the voting patterns and later compromises. If I were in treave's shoes, I'd've made the same call.
     
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  3. Esquilax Arcane

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    You're going to get 7 pages of DISCUSS!!! regardless. However, what we might be able to do is see which ones are the most popular, then lock them in. Once we lock in the main choices, we can take it from there. For example, neigong training or Reikan is probably going to be a lock, so we can stipulate that a 24 month plan is going to include it after a day or so of hashing it out, then narrow our focus from there once we've nailed down which choices the community likes the best. That could work.

    As for me, I'm going with Banana's Unarmed Mastery > Anabanana's Kenjutsu and Qi-Leeching Package > Esquilaxian Qi-Leeching

    3. Intensive basic saber training. (Saber +4, 1 month)
    8. ‘Practice’ sleight-of-hand with Qilin... (Sleight-of-Hand +1, 1 month)
    13. Intensive sword training with Zhang Jue (Sword +1, 2 months)
    15. Learn the rare Minamoto-style Kenjutsu focusing on quick draws and flowing attacks from Yorimitsu. (+1 Sword, 3 months)
    22. Further improve your mastery of Reikan by training with Yoriwaka. (+1 Reikan PER, 1 month)
    24. Further improve your handling of Ruanhong Zhusuo, the spider silk threads. (2 months)
    25. Undergo strenuous neigong training to unlock your potential (Neigong +2, 6 months, Yuanshi Hundun now gives +2 to STR, AGI and END)
    26. Learn how to absorb qi from other people at a faster rate by ‘practicing’ with Qilin and Cao’er. (3 months)
    30. Intensive endurance training. (+1 END, 5 months)

    And, without a doubt, the most important choice - that should probably be counted separately - below:

    34. Pray to the gods for better luck. (???)
     
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  4. Jester Arbiter

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    Flop to 36-42 and we will have even more evident bell curve and its unforgivable that there is no ideal symmetry, or mby its just me.
     
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  5. kazgar Arcane

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    You could get everyone to vote for top 6 techniques (ranked) and add them together to make a big list, and then just go through the list until 24 months is hit.

    Or even unranked, pick 24 months of stuff, and let the number of votes rise to the top.
     
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  6. Kipeci Magister

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    Provided that all votes are in the time limit, I don't see why not. You can do a weighted average that takes account of time... or not. My mind may still be a bit fried from that exam, sorry.

    You know that this is just going to get Jing to be a ghost in BJ's head instead of doing anything to help, right?

    ...

    I think I'll need to edit something, hold up.
     
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  7. RealDDc Learned

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    No idea what the current state of this thread is, but for some reason I am almost glad that I've skipped the past 30 pages.

    Keep it going! :salute: I'll be back for the next update.
     
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  8. Esquilax Arcane

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    Inside Bai's head, aware of every crevice of her body, filling her with all sorts of filthy thoughts... gosh, that sounds terrible! We should never do such a thing. Now is the time for a cleaner, more gentlemanly Man Tiger Pig who doesn't dabble in such debauchery!

    Or you know, something horrible happens to us. Fuck it, YOLOTIGERs gonna YOLOTIGER.
     
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  9. Smashing Axe Arcane Patron

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    To be clear, I am voting for the longest possible period. So 27+, but I flop to the next highest band if that fails.

    Baltika9
     
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  10. Jester Arbiter

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    Emmmm not being able to touch her and if she manage to get guy being forced to witness her whole relationship.
     
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  11. Kipeci Magister

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    It was decided by treave that the 18-24 month band won. Deficient, I know, but at least the madmen who wanted to ditch in less than a year didn't win out.
     
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  12. Baltika9 Arcane

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    Okay, here's my proposal: we vote on the packages and separately on #34: divine aid and hawt naga sex with our mother Goddess Nuwa.

    Master Module List:

    The Original Esquilaxian Package
    5- +4 thrown weapons.
    13- +1 Swords with Lord Zhang.
    20- Yuchang tech: +1 Swords, +Self-Taught style.
    22- Reikan: +1 PER.
    25- Neiggong: +1 STR, +1 AGI, +1 END
    30- +1 END.
    Total: 18 months, +4 thrown weapons, +2 Swords, +Self-taught style, +1 PER for Reikan, +1 STR +1 AGI +1 END for Yuanshi Hundun, +1 END permanent.
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    The Original Anabanana Kenjutsu Package
    3- +4 Sabers.
    13- +1 Swords.
    15- +1 Swords, +Rare Minamoto Kenjutsu.
    22- Reikan: +1 PER.
    25- Neiggong: +1 STR, +1 AGI, +1 END.
    30- +1 END.
    Total: 18 months, +4 sabers, +2 Swords, + Rare Minamoto Kenjutsu, +1 PER for Reikan, +1 STR +1 AGI +1 END for Yuanshi Hundun, +1 END permanent.
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    Kipeci's Special:
    13: +1 Swords.
    14: +1 Unarmed.
    23: Wudu Fushun.
    25: Yuanshi Hundun: +2 STR, +2 AGI, +2 END.
    26: Qi Leeching.
    28: +1 STR.
    Total: 24 months, +1 Swords, +1 Unarmed, + Wudu Fushun, +Yuanshi Hundun, + Qi Leeching, + 1 STR.
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    Raw Unarmed Mastery
    13: +1 Unarmed.
    Total: 6 months.
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    Unarmed Technique Mastery
    18: Chuzan Fist.
    19: Shouwang Claws.
    21: Dong from eyecocket/Lord Zhang's MYSTARY Surprise.
    Total: 6 months.
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    Supplementary Skills
    6: Practice art with Lord Zhang. +2 AS/2 months.
    9: Stealth training with Yorikawa. +2 Sneak/3 months.
    12: Educate ourselves on Scholarly Knowledge with Lord Zhang's library. +1 SK/1 month
    OR
    8: Practice Sleight of Hand with Qilin. +1 SoH/1 month.
    Total: 6 months, +2 Artistic Skills, +2 Sneak, +1 Scholarly Knowledge OR +1 Sleight of Hand.
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    Qi Leeching Package
    8: +1 Sleight of Hand.
    24: Spider Silk Technique.
    26: Qi leeching.
    Total: 6 months, +1 Sleight of Hand,+Spider Silk, +Qi leeching.
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    Absinthian Qi Manipulation Package
    26: Qi Leeching
    35: Yuhe Finger
    Total: 6 months, +Qi Leeching, +Yuhe Finger.
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    I'm voting for Anabanana's Kenjutsu Package+Qi Leech Package.
    No gods.


    Fuck me, doing this shit on the phone sucks ass.
     
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  13. treave Arcane Patron

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    You guys do know that advancing your spider silk technique doesn't do anything at all to help you learn how to absorb qi via objects, right?
     
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  14. Tribute Arbiter

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    I'm alright with praying, but I'm not interested in less extreme luck. Luck 1 is one of the best things about Jing.
     
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  15. Baltika9 Arcane

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    Yes, but it helps tie our targets down so suckin' is easier.
     
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  16. Kipeci Magister

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    Does it really? The upgrade's a little vague on that.
     
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  17. Fangshi Arcane

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    Alright then, my vote is the same as it was ten pages ago:

    Original Esquilaxian Package > Original Anabanana Kenjutsu package

    plus the Qi Leeching package.

    Also no praying to the Gods, we have never needed them before to get the job done and we don't need them now.

    And given their sense of humour they will turn Jing into a woman and permanently disable his hyper weapon.

    [​IMG]
     
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  18. Tribute Arbiter

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    (I am extra alright with praying if it results in hora hora)
     
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  19. Baltika9 Arcane

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    Dude, increasing our skill with silk and SoH obvipusly makes it easier to bind our targets and generally make our manipulation of them better. Which means we can tie them down and go to town with whatever we choose, unarmed, swords or our neiggong.
     
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  20. Random Word Arbiter Patron

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    MCA Project: Eternity
    Kenjutsu + Qi Manipulation
    EDIT: Flopped to LWC1996 Package
    It isn't perfect, but it isn't bad. Personally I wanted Neiggong and Quiggong plus Qi Leeching and maybe Yuhe Finger so we could launch lightning fast strikes at the enemy from all directions, drawing out their Qi to heat the air and form a tornado which would hurl them into the air where we could use the Wuying Leipo Kick.

    Everyone else has a proper secret ultimate technique. We never get to say, "Maybe it is time to use... that technique."
     
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  21. treave Arcane Patron

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    [​IMG]
     
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  22. Esquilax Arcane

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    I like this build and I know that ScubaV was also keen on STR rather than END for a boost. However, if I might make a suggestion, not that many people are that keen on the animal upgrade, but given how you've organized this, perhaps you can replace the Wudu Funshun for a Shouwang Claws upgrade. It would certainly fit this build like a glove and it would improve one of our best techniques further.

    As good as it is, I just don't think I can compromise on the END boost on this one. Sorry. Everything else looks perfect to me though.
     
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  23. treave Arcane Patron

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    It's a bit harder to do that now that people know you use it. :lol:

    Still a very useful multi-purpose tool, but not exactly a game-breaker.
     
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  24. Kashmir Slippers Augur

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    For package: Anabanana Kenjutsu > Original Esquilaxian

    Packages: Qi Liching > Qi Manipulating
     
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  25. Absinthe Prophet

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    Esquilaxian Package > Anabanana Kenjutsu and Qi Manipulation > Qi Leeching for me.

    It's the +4 throwing that makes me prefer Esquilaxian. Saber skills when we have sword skills is almost redundant, but throwing skills when we have zero ranged skills is pretty damn important.

    I still believe we should really get the Yuhe Finger technique.
     
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