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    Season Two: What I'm doing right nowStarted by:CavemanJoe, Nov/14/08 12:27 AM
    Thread to be updated in real-time,
    largely for procrastination-related
    purposes. All of these updates apply to
    the test server, which is closed to the
    public for now. Right now I'm going
    through the old modules and taking out
    the ones that led to imbal    		 Page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Jul/02/09 04:45 PM
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    A quick shout out.Started by:crashtestpilot, Nov/04/08 01:59 AM
    Hey. A number of you have contacted me
    in-game, posted here on this forum, and
    emailed me directly about how much you
    like what I've been posting in recent
    weeks. So, first, thanks a great deal.
    I'm humbled by the feedback, it
    encourages me (perhaps NOT s    		  
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    By: crashtestpilot
    Nov/04/08 01:01 PM
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    A very fine distinction about Donator Po....Started by:Hermein, Jun/11/09 01:50 PM
    For a very long time we've known that DP
    will move over from S1 to S2. Now with
    the launch just a few weeks away it
    finally occurs to me to ask a question
    about it ;) Will the DP in the new
    account be the total that one has in
    one's account as of the S    		  
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    By: Icklem
    Jun/13/09 04:57 PM
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    Also in Season TwoStarted by:CavemanJoe, Jun/04/09 12:35 AM
    IE the "Things I Forgot in the
    Announcement" thread. Making this a
    forum post 'cause there's likely more
    things I forgot to mention. Shorter
    game days We'll be moving to twice as
    many game days per real day. The number
    of things you'll be able to do     		 
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    By: Giuseppe Lorenzo
    Jun/29/09 05:46 AM
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    An evil thought....Started by:Tor NaGoth, Nov/18/08 07:44 AM
    Hey Joe, how hard would it be to add a
    random chance of waking up as a
    different race? (Maybe one that
    increases slightly with each Drive Kill)    		  
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    By: Bernard
    Nov/22/08 09:35 AM
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    Aquatic MonstersStarted by:Fodder Kid, Nov/13/08 04:09 PM
    CMJ, Are the water points on the map
    non-monster places? Cause I would like
    to see improbable fish, crustations,
    jellies, coral, animated ship-wrecks,
    attack me when I go through the blue
    spaces too. Is this
    possible? Fodder Kid (who has a few
    fis    		  
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    By: Fodder Kid
    Nov/13/08 04:09 PM
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    Are we going to have some more skills?Started by:Bodoni, Jun/25/09 01:39 AM
    I really enjoy cleaning and cooking my
    kills, and it keeps me pretty well-fed.
    Possibly we could Scavenge items off
    kills? We could have a choice of
    whether to try to clean the kill or
    scavenge stuff off of it. For instance,
    the Watcherbot or Grimbot mi    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Jun/28/09 05:11 PM
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    Are you still looking for ideas?Started by:Hairy Mary, May/28/09 01:51 PM
    Hello there folks. CMJ; are you still
    looking for ideas? I've had a few in my
    less rational moments. Is too much req
    still a problem? If so, then may I
    recomend stopping the bank giving
    interest? There's no particular need for
    it that I can see, we use th    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Bernard
    Jun/15/09 05:30 PM
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    Blazingnoob's FeedbackStarted by:Icterid, Nov/11/08 04:03 AM
    I noticed this feedback posted as a
    comment to the "Welcome to the Enquirer
    post" at the bottom of the Home page. I
    figured I would post it here so that
    more people would get to read it. Looks
    like the request for feedback worked,
    CMJ! :D Maybe you could    		  
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    By: Cath
    Nov/11/08 01:59 PM
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    CachesStarted by:Hermein, Nov/21/08 08:37 PM
    I'm one of those folks who scavenges all
    the time but only goes to the workshop
    when I've just killed the drive, so that
    I can use the reqs as a jump-start for
    the next run. I'm hoping that the
    Scavenging system changes enough in
    Season Two to make that in    		  
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    By: Bernard
    Dec/28/08 08:18 PM
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    Character deleted for season 2?Started by:Icklem, Jun/03/09 01:55 PM
    As I read through the list of new ideas,
    I thought there were some really great
    ones - [u]until I got to the section
    where it said that all characters were
    to be replaced[/u], and the only thing
    carried over would be donator points....
    unless I've got this    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Jun/13/09 06:30 PM
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    Ciggie BankStarted by:Rina, Nov/08/08 04:36 AM
    Could we perhaps have a bank for our
    ciggies? I know they're not lost when we
    die, but they can be lost during when
    playing Pinata or in the Abandoned
    Factory.    		  
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    By: Daychilde
    Nov/10/08 01:55 AM
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    Clan buffsStarted by:Hairy Mary, Nov/08/08 02:26 AM
    I'm in the CIA, on full clan buffs. This
    includes more than one healing buff, and
    now I find that I only ever visit the
    hospital after using the travel agent,
    and I still start fights with full HP
    more often than not. I think in the new
    season that it migh    		  
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    By: GlyphGryph
    Nov/09/08 09:30 AM
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    Clan ContestsStarted by:Icterid, Nov/09/08 01:30 AM
    I've posted this in two places now (in
    varying degrees of thoroughness) but I
    wanted to give it its own thread because
    I'd really like to see this
    implemented. Before SWEET maxed out
    its clan buffs, we had clan contests
    every now and then to enco    		  
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    By: Icterid
    Nov/09/08 01:30 AM
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    Clan LeadershipStarted by:Count of S-G, Nov/08/08 02:35 AM
    I'd like to see more clan positions. I
    know that at least in Sweet, clan
    officers actually have jobs, and
    leadership has a structure as
    well. I'd like to see the ability to
    let the clan leaders give custom names
    to a couple of positions in the clan, so
    		  
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    By: Bernard
    Jul/09/09 07:27 PM
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    Clans and politicsStarted by:crashtestpilot, Nov/07/08 02:04 PM
    A few things clans could use: a) A
    screen to show which members are
    donating ciggies, how many, with a
    time/date stamp. b) A screen for city
    takeovers that show who is donating req
    on behalf of the clan, for which
    cit(ies), and when. As the politics     		 
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    By: Icterid
    Nov/07/08 07:14 PM
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    Clans and What you want from themStarted by:GlyphGryph, Oct/31/08 01:00 PM
    Clans need a lot of work. They need to
    be more interesting. They need to be
    less potentially broken, making the game
    sort of easy. So this is the thread
    where you say what You want from
    clans. This is what I want from
    clans: The ability to make a     		 
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    By: K.K. Victoria
    Dec/17/08 10:27 PM
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    Commentary / Talkline iconsStarted by:CavemanJoe, Dec/05/08 04:34 PM
    Split from the "What I'm doing right
    now" thread. This is basically an
    extension to the commentary system that
    shows certain information and icons
    about the players in a chat area.     		Page:  1 2 3 4 
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    By: Count Sessine
    Jan/25/09 05:09 PM
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    Constructing a dwelling on the S2 test s....Started by:Hermein, Jun/18/09 05:16 PM
    . . . doesn't seem to work. You can
    start the process, buy materials, etc.
    but the server won't let you work on the
    house. This has been the case ever since
    the launch of the test server's new
    Stamina system, so I suspect a missing
    hook. I'm only bringing     		 
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    By: Hermein
    Jun/19/09 01:07 PM
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    Donations.Started by:Nadyanilo, Jun/26/09 05:47 AM
    A thought came to mind as I was about to
    send a bit more of my money your
    way. do we get to keep our points and
    changes made at the Hunters Lodge when
    Season Two begins? Or would it be best
    to wait to donate till after it starts?    		  
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    By: Nadyanilo
    Jun/26/09 11:04 PM
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    DwellingsStarted by:Hairy Mary, May/30/09 03:32 PM
    OK then. This is one little set of ideas
    that I've had. First of all a
    disclaimer, I know little about S2, and
    even less about programing, so these
    will quite probably fall under the
    category of irrelevant to S2 or
    impossible to write. I throw out ideas
    wi    		  
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    By: Hairy Mary
    Jun/01/09 10:37 AM
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    Eliminating Turns and Travel pointsStarted by:CavemanJoe, Nov/07/08 06:52 PM
    I've spoken before about replacing Turns
    and Travel points and other action
    points (such as Scavenging turns) with
    an expansion of the Stamina system.
    Here's how I think it might
    work: Let's say for the sake of
    example that every player gets 1,000,000
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    By: Bodoni
    Jun/25/09 01:28 AM
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    Free box, regiftingStarted by:crashtestpilot, Nov/12/08 04:32 PM
    Once upon a time, when I was living in
    Telluride, I noticed this box in the
    middle of town, where folks dropped off
    crap they couldn't use. It was called
    the Free Box, and locals would drop off
    old clothes, toys, snow gear etc. Like
    the Salvation Army, or     		 
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    By: Icterid
    Nov/12/08 05:47 PM
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    HousingStarted by:crashtestpilot, Nov/12/08 04:25 PM
    This is probably old news to some, but I
    only recently learned that there is a
    dwelling limitation -- apparently it's
    three. What I was trying to do was
    build dwellings in each outpost, in an
    effort to ensure that each outpost has
    an open home -- or in th    		  
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    By: Cath
    Nov/13/08 05:22 PM
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    Hunter's LodgeStarted by:Count of S-G, Nov/08/08 12:29 AM
    Things I'd like to see in the Hunter's
    Lodge: 1 or more donation mounts. An
    example would be the SpiderKittyBike -
    600cc - (priced at 500dp -
    1000dp) Exact same as the KittyBike,
    plus a buff for say 50 turns that would
    be a minion attack for a decent     		 
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    By: Count of S-G
    Nov/14/08 09:00 PM
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    Hunter's lodge- custom weapon/armour nam....Started by:Rosin, Feb/21/09 03:43 AM
    I seem to recall a thread about this,
    but I can't exactly find it. In Season
    Two, I motion for reinstating the old
    ways of naming weapons and armour,
    having it replace your current
    weapon/armour until the end of that
    Drive Kill or purchase of a new weapon/    		  
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    By: Bernard
    Feb/21/09 08:04 AM
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    IItems and weight limitsStarted by:CavemanJoe, Jun/03/09 08:15 PM
    Hey, all. Remember how in Resident
    Evil you couldn't carry more than a
    certain amount of stuff, which meant
    that you had to go back and forth
    between storage boxes, which
    artificially extended the length of the
    game and proved to be interesting and
    real    		  
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    By: Fergus
    Jun/04/09 02:35 AM
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    Improbability contaminationStarted by:Rosin, Nov/17/08 11:50 PM
    So far, the only thing I've seen from
    contamination of improbability is the
    ability to choose more races. Now,
    that's not exactly a bad thing, but
    maybe there would be some sort of buff
    or ability that comes from being
    hyper-contaminated? It could acti    		  
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    By: Rosin
    Nov/21/08 11:11 PM
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    Increased results for Improbable EventsStarted by:Icterid, Nov/22/08 12:41 AM
    I think it would be neat to have a much
    larger selection of what you can get
    from the various Improbable Events and
    Places in the towns and common ground
    (Piniata, the Lucky Dip...). Maybe
    different items like the Calle shell,
    which each do something di    		  
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    By: Icterid
    Nov/22/08 12:41 AM
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    Infamous Pain In The Arse Text ParserStarted by:Aeridus, Feb/10/09 12:12 AM
    I recently found out from CMJ about the
    parser, after wondering why "Haha" gets
    converted to "That's funny ". I do think
    that it's probably a good idea for stuff
    like lol and rotfl to be converted to be
    more "in-game", though. Any thoughts on
    what conversi    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Symar
    May/04/09 11:31 AM
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    Location Descriptions...Started by:Theo1, Mar/02/09 12:33 PM
    What if... and stick with me on this
    one.in season two... Locations... were
    described by players. I.E. Cities and
    the Raven Inn, and the PSK and...
    especially the Commons, things like
    that. maybe not so much smaller places
    like paprika's ofice... but     		 
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    By: Theo1
    Mar/04/09 09:04 AM
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    Mail OverhaulStarted by:GlyphGryph, Nov/08/08 05:48 AM
    Let me purchase more space in my mailbox
    for donator points, let me have a
    seperate folder for clain mail type
    stuff, let me purchase/have access to a
    folder where I can permenantly store
    distractions, or all
    three. Preferably at least two. I
    tend to    		  
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    By: GlyphGryph
    Nov/08/08 05:48 AM
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    MarriageStarted by:Rosin, May/09/09 06:09 AM
    A few random thoughts on the marriage
    system in game. Just my random thoughts,
    remember, only take them seriously if
    you have anything to add. Thought the
    First, When getting a divorce, there
    should be an extra confirmation screen,
    just so people don't    		 Page:  1 2 
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    By: Gorbert
    May/12/09 04:21 AM
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    More Random Large MonstersStarted by:Fodder Kid, Nov/07/08 02:50 PM
    I for one would like to see more big
    cool monsters, such as the Magpie,
    Doppleganer, Giant Tattoo Mutant out
    there. Would it be easy to make some
    of them town specific? Like
    Pleasantville has a Kraken cause it's
    close to the sea? Also I think that
    th    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Nov/09/08 11:48 PM
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    Multiple Items at onceStarted by:Calib, Oct/04/10 06:35 AM
    I looked around a bit and, unless I
    missed it, didn't see this idea: It
    would be great to be able to do item
    actions multiple times at once. For
    example, you
    could.... Buy Sell Use Discard add/remove
    to bandoleer .... multiple items at
    once by ty    		  
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    By: Calib
    Oct/05/10 08:16 AM
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    Multiple Monster EncountersStarted by:Count of S-G, Nov/24/08 02:17 AM
    So as everyone with more then 10 drive
    kills knows, you can fight multiple
    monsters. I was thinking that although
    boss monsters would be a interesting
    idea, I'd like to see the multiple
    monsters idea expanded upon. I
    envision that it could work like thi    		  
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    By: Mister Rik
    Nov/24/08 04:42 AM
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    Moved: My to-do listStarted by:CavemanJoe, Oct/27/08 02:04 AM
    Been a while since I did an update on
    this, so: SEASON 1 ENHANCEMENTS,
    BUGFIXES AND BALANCING Replacement
    module for Dan's Potions, which will
    cause extra hitpoints to become
    exponentially more expensive, while
    starting out cheaper. OR Repl    		  
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    By: oninoshiko
    Nov/10/08 03:00 AM
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    New StatStarted by:Fodder Kid, Nov/07/08 03:35 PM
    First and foremost, feel free to delete
    this post if it is something that would
    require a shitload of crazy coding to do
    so. 8O I've been kicking this idea
    around since I was first logged
    in. Currently we have Attack,
    Defense, Charm, Vitality, Stamin    		  
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    By: Count Sessine
    Nov/07/08 06:47 PM
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    On Event-based LocationsStarted by:crashtestpilot, Nov/06/08 04:34 PM
    Dear Islanders, Let's summarize what
    we're talking about here, so we have a
    jump-off point for more exciting Season
    2 brainstorming and speculation, shall
    we? Okay, I'll start. At this time,
    we have several (what I'm calling)
    event-based locations in    		  
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    By: Count Sessine
    Nov/08/08 06:23 AM
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    Moved: Please don't reward altruism.Started by:Hairy Mary, Nov/01/08 07:01 AM
    There's been several comments in several
    posts in threads all over the place
    talking about rewarding altruism with
    niceness points for a high score table
    or somesuch. Please don't for several
    reasons. I) Altruism comes in many
    forms. Not just gifting (a    		  
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    By: CavemanJoe
    Nov/02/08 03:21 AM
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