11-Dec-2012 - Player-Owned Ports

[999134]

The bamboo costs can get quite high too I had one ship need 500 for repairs.

good way to avoid this currently is spending it all.

[Randox]

I am an exceptionally protectionist strategist. When I play Age of Kings, I'll turn what should be a 30-40 minute game into a 4-6 hour campaign, biding my time behind ironclad defenses until I can strike with overwhelming force.

 

I've always been a defensive player, almost debilitatingly so. I'll not stay in my shell and never take a risk with this, but I'll always be willing to take a couple days while I stack the deck the my favor, and I'll certainly not move on when there are still missions I can't even hit 90% in with full pick from my entire roster. That would be foolhardy, and would ultimately slow down my progress.

 

 

At the end of the day, I do get more fun out of taking it slow, with lower risk. I hate to lose units, especially in a game where I have so few of them (I can't just whip up 30 more at the barracks). It works for me.

[Drazhor]

 

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[loreal]

4k or 5k morale mission I assume. In which case your low morale was the cause of the failure.

[bojangles]

Had a scroll mission, took 2 hours and 30 minutes, well the scroll i chose to focus on, i received it. figured i would post this since i havent seen anybody post if they also received the 1 they were after. prolly luck that i got it but figured it was worth mentioning

 

and nice pop guide tip.it

[Everyonedies]

Somewhere back in the these 24 pages someone posted something along the lines of if you fail mission but had like a 80-90% success rate you dont lose crew members if you fail a mission with 95% or higher you still bring back some good just not all? I have failed about 5 or 6 missions so far but have never lost a crew member and only once had a damaged ship. Can anyone confirm that the higher your success should have been the lower the consequence (or penalty) for failure is? My own input about this would be i havn't even tried a mission that wasnt at least 80% except for that mission that ended in the damaged ship that was like 62% mission.

[Robert_R]

Had a scroll mission, took 2 hours and 30 minutes, well the scroll i chose to focus on, i received it. figured i would post this since i havent seen anybody post if they also received the 1 they were after. prolly luck that i got it but figured it was worth mentioning

 

and nice pop guide tip.it

The scroll changes in your voyages menu if you select a different one to focus on while you have the voyage so I assume you always get the one you're focusing on.

[Alg]

Somewhere back in the these 24 pages someone posted something along the lines of if you fail mission but had like a 80-90% success rate you dont lose crew members if you fail a mission with 95% or higher you still bring back some good just not all? I have failed about 5 or 6 missions so far but have never lost a crew member and only once had a damaged ship. Can anyone confirm that the higher your success should have been the lower the consequence (or penalty) for failure is? My own input about this would be i havn't even tried a mission that wasnt at least 80% except for that mission that ended in the damaged ship that was like 62% mission.

It might have more to do with how badly you fail. Like, you'll lose a crew member if you have 60% and roll 100, while you'll just come home empty handed if you have 60% and get 75.

 

Can't really say for sure until people research it.

[strilmus]

i'd say it's based on the rolls, because i lost a crew member earlier in an 80% mission

 

good thing i had spares

 

the chances of screwing up more increase with the risk perhaps

[bojangles]

i could have swore that i read that focusing on a particular scroll just gives you a better chance to receive it.

[Robert_R]

i could have swore that i read that focusing on a particular scroll just gives you a better chance to receive it.

I think it meant a better chance of receiving a voyage for a scroll. Or it's bugged and just lets me change the scroll when I set the focus to a different one.

[Alg]

i could have swore that i read that focusing on a particular scroll just gives you a better chance to receive it.

I think it meant a better chance of receiving a voyage for a scroll. Or it's bugged and just lets me change the scroll when I set the focus to a different one.

I got the impression that it just determined which scroll you got from scroll missions, and if you don't select one to focus on it's chosen at random.

[Robert_R]

i could have swore that i read that focusing on a particular scroll just gives you a better chance to receive it.

I think it meant a better chance of receiving a voyage for a scroll. Or it's bugged and just lets me change the scroll when I set the focus to a different one.

I got the impression that it just determined which scroll you got from scroll missions, and if you don't select one to focus on it's chosen at random.

Me too.

[Ruinous Edge]

I was focused on vampirism, and my first scroll voyage earnt me 1/4 on vampirism, the real test will be if next scroll voyage gives me 2/4 on vampirism I guess

[Robert_R]

=P~

[muggiwhplar]

Joint special mission, occultist and missionary for 700 chimes and 350 gunpowder, 4k morale req.

 

Also got a scroll mission, not sure if the joint mission will remove the scroll mission :\

[Blake]

I got one of those, with the trait that increases combat, so she's like 300cb/350sf :D

[Urza285]

Running a scroll voyage at 74%...

[Flyingjj]

Joint special mission, occultist and missionary for 700 chimes and 350 gunpowder, 4k morale req.

 

Also got a scroll mission, not sure if the joint mission will remove the scroll mission :\

Joint mission will remove scroll mission.

[muggiwhplar]

Did the scroll mission. Joint mission transformed into occultist mission.

[Urza285]

Another one of those days where I get three special voyages, do the scroll voyage and it uses up all three.... sigh.

[Blutters]

Can't do either of the special missions, they req 5k and 6k (scroll) combat I think. Oh well...

I'm a little behind I guess.

 

Anyway, am I right to assume that one could receive all of the scrolls for one of the rewards before being able to get the resources to craft it? Or is it too early to tell? It seems like, with a bit of luck, you could be getting a scroll mission a day or more, possibly.

[Robert_R]

Can't do either of the special missions, they req 5k and 6k (scroll) combat I think. Oh well...

I'm a little behind I guess.

 

Anyway, am I right to assume that one could receive all of the scrolls for one of the rewards before being able to get the resources to craft it? Or is it too early to tell? It seems like, with a bit of luck, you could be getting a scroll mission a day or more, possibly.

I think it's too early to tell because we still don't know which area you can find the resources in or which area you have to unlock just to be able to build the workshop.

[Veiva]

I've updated the player-owned ports configurator once again to support personal bonuses and the solidarity trait. For other traits, simply treat it as a personal bonus until I get around to adding each of the traits. The process can take upwards of 50 seconds of searching for a suitable match if you have all 25 crew and 5 captains. So while the search is taking place, the tab will seem as it's not responding. I'm going to look into using Javascript web workers, but until then, enjoy!

[Tansuo]

Can't do either of the special missions, they req 5k and 6k (scroll) combat I think. Oh well...

I'm a little behind I guess.

 

Anyway, am I right to assume that one could receive all of the scrolls for one of the rewards before being able to get the resources to craft it? Or is it too early to tell? It seems like, with a bit of luck, you could be getting a scroll mission a day or more, possibly.

I think it's too early to tell because we still don't know which area you can find the resources in or which area you have to unlock just to be able to build the workshop.

 

Yeah the workshop construction is key. People on tif already have 2 scrolls, Equenox being an example of this. Heard that completing the story missions for special characters grants resources, but its too early to tell really.