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Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#26: Apr 6th 2012 at 5:09:09 PM

I'd increase Intelligence and Wisdom, and throw all my skill points into whatever I think I suck at at the time.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#27: Apr 6th 2012 at 5:13:18 PM

I'm okay with my current Intelligence.

I'd probably increase wisdom and charisma.

And if diligence is a perk or skill or something I'd totally take it.

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
hnd03 Parasol Star Memories from [REDACTED] Since: Jun, 2009
Parasol Star Memories
#28: Apr 6th 2012 at 7:03:09 PM

Memory and Diligence probably.

I am such a lazy sack of shit.

So. Let's all pause for a moment to smell what the Rock was, is, and forever will be... cooking.—Cave Johnson
MCE Since: Jan, 2001
#29: Apr 6th 2012 at 8:25:31 PM

While increasing my cooking skill I'd take food poisoning resistance as a feat/perk, just in case.

Muramasan13 Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Not war
#30: Apr 6th 2012 at 9:33:09 PM

I would actually put some points into Luck.

Words from the wise: do not dump luck.

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Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
#31: Apr 6th 2012 at 9:43:16 PM

[up]I wonder what Luck does? surprised

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Haldo Indecisive pumpkin from Never never land Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
Indecisive pumpkin
#32: Apr 6th 2012 at 10:10:13 PM

I would split my points between Motivation and Charisma.

I don't like being shy and lazy.

edited 6th Apr '12 10:10:44 PM by Haldo

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VolatileChills Venom Awakens from Outer Heaven Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Venom Awakens
#33: Apr 6th 2012 at 10:16:21 PM

[up][up] Luck is what controls the many random events that happen to you.

I actually have it pretty high already, but I also have the anti-luck flaw, so it goes to abysmal when I really need it. :/

I should buy that off.

Standing on the edge of the crater...
Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#36: Apr 7th 2012 at 10:28:37 AM

I could use a boost at the Willpower stat, definitely.

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
Haldo Indecisive pumpkin from Never never land Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
Indecisive pumpkin
#37: Apr 7th 2012 at 11:30:33 AM

In the story I'm working on, magic is really just highly concentrated luck, so if someone geared all their stats towards luck, I wonder if that would give them magical powers?

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ThatOneGuyNamedX Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#38: Apr 7th 2012 at 3:01:33 PM

Now that I think of it, I'd probably buff up on my speech skill. It's pretty high already, but I wanna max out *-*

Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#39: Apr 7th 2012 at 5:58:55 PM

I'd max out a stat/skill that could get me rich. Then I'd boost my motivation stat so I actually care to use the skill. Writing would be the skill, I think. I'm good at it already, but I hate editing my work. tongue If I max out the stat I'd do all my editing in my head before ever writing something, then it'd come out perfect in one go.

ThatOneGuyNamedX Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#40: Apr 7th 2012 at 6:07:14 PM

See, the problem with Real Life is that, while its sandbox nature makes you feel that you can do anything, really, it depends on what kind of character you roll at the start. You can start with nothing and a bunch of Fake Difficulty in the form of diseases, wars, etc., or you can roll a Minmaxedd Game-Breaker millionaire who can do anything everywhere. And it's randomized, so really, it depends mostly on what character you rolled at the start.

That being said, I've heard of players who have started at the lowest and managed to climb to the top of the leaderboards. Though, having a high Luck stat really helps out.

joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#41: Apr 8th 2012 at 7:04:58 AM

Pulchritudetongue

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Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#42: Apr 8th 2012 at 7:21:47 AM

Also, your starter town, and starter server State. Y'know, if you end up in a terrible starter town on one of the Third-World servers you're basically going nowhere.

Haldo Indecisive pumpkin from Never never land Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
Indecisive pumpkin
#43: Apr 8th 2012 at 10:05:22 AM

If you start out with okay-ish stats, maxing out your Motivation and Willpower stats does wonders for your character.

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Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#44: Apr 8th 2012 at 10:07:50 AM

I think that you also need to invest heavily in Compassion and Knowledge too.

Motivation and Willpower alone tend to bring about very unbalanced characters, of the kind that often ends up causing trouble for themselves and for everybody else.

edited 8th Apr '12 10:08:01 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
Haldo Indecisive pumpkin from Never never land Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
Indecisive pumpkin
#45: Apr 8th 2012 at 10:09:00 AM

This is a very good point. That's why I like servers that provide education for free so much.

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ThatOneGuyNamedX Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#46: Apr 8th 2012 at 10:14:57 AM

There's a bonus to your physical traits inherent from starting out in the third world servers, though. I guess they were trying to balance it.

[up][up] Music, Charisma and Luck is a Game-Breaker combination, given the right servers. That is, of course, until you develop dependence to stat-boosting items.

Seriously, they really need to rebalance this whole thing.

Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#47: Apr 8th 2012 at 10:20:23 AM

[up][up] Yeah, these servers are cool.

However, these "free" services are not really as free as they should be — training Knowledge effectively requires expensive-ish items (standard-issue "textbooks", to begin with, but much better quality items are also available) and, most importantly, time and a favorable environment.

[up] I am not convinced. Most players on first-world servers simply do not train physical traits much, as they have little advantage in doing so; but those who do can generally achieve equal or greater results than third-worlders — and of course, proper eating is a must for reaching top physical shape, and it is more widely available in first-world servers.

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
ThatOneGuyNamedX Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#48: Apr 8th 2012 at 10:40:47 AM

The thing is that first world servers are mostly filled with high-level players pushing everyone else down, and the lower classes are most of the time a bunch of griefers trying to get by.

Third world servers are so filled with organized griefers it's impossible to go anywhere without running into one. And the mobs tend to be pretty savage, too.

Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#49: Apr 10th 2012 at 3:50:51 AM

To be honest though, it also depends on the server manager too. The managers of the North America/Canada server is being rather draconian in its server-rule making, as is the EU/United Kingdom server, albeit in a different way to the Canada server.

Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#50: Apr 10th 2012 at 4:02:55 AM

What Real Life needs is a good "Character Stats" screen, with some information about the stats of the player, their scores and their achievements.

Perhaps it would break immersion a little, but still, I think that it would be useful — I like Wide-Open Sandbox games, but it would be nice to have a better understanding of how one's character is faring.

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

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