A High Stakes Game v1.993 **Updated 12-10-2021**
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Eva's initiative in the sex scene is determined in large part by your affection. You may need to burn off some affection to take the lead yourself.
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Erecant - Advanced Vorarephile
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
that clears everything up thanks
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Mppphhh I can't wait for more of this!!
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
If you haven't yet, check out My Discord. A couple of the guys put together a fun extension to Zoey's scene, a good way to get your fix, with additional benefit of prodding me to work on this more.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Erecant wrote:If you haven't yet, check out My Discord. A couple of the guys put together a fun extension to Zoey's scene, a good way to get your fix, with additional benefit of prodding me to work on this more.
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How can we find said Discord?
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
l371c4 wrote:Erecant wrote:If you haven't yet, check out My Discord. A couple of the guys put together a fun extension to Zoey's scene, a good way to get your fix, with additional benefit of prodding me to work on this more.
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How can we find said Discord?
First page has a link to the Discord, the extension link is in the Pinned Messages section of the General board.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Psycho_wolvesbane wrote:l371c4 wrote:Erecant wrote:If you haven't yet, check out My Discord. A couple of the guys put together a fun extension to Zoey's scene, a good way to get your fix, with additional benefit of prodding me to work on this more.
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How can we find said Discord?
First page has a link to the Discord, the extension link is in the Pinned Messages section of the General board.
Ah lol. i don't even read the first page anymore, just click straight to the unread posts. Thanks.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
A word of advice to anyone who is new to Discord, if you are using the Web version you should only use the invite link once and once only as this tends to create cloned users, for your 2nd visit just travel back to the main Discord page and log in as normal and your linked servers, including this one, will be available.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Is there a trick to the practice games at the higher levels? I find the random number god to be quite vicious and spiteful whenever I try to grind EXP. Also, what is the trick behind Zoey's stat grinding. Sometimes she says she can't raise a stat, other times she can. What determines whether or not a stat can be raised?
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
I think with Zoey it doesn't let you upgrade the same stat twice in a row. As for the practice games it all depends on your current VP level as well as that can both detract and help you in the Manuever and Massage bonuses.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
For Zoey, there is a hidden cost to upgrading a stat. It is loosely related to your Zoey affection levels. The basic premise is that you shouldn't be able to upgrade multiple times in a row, unless you've neglected raising that stat through Zoey for a while.
For practice tricks at higher difficulties, I've found that spamming the Concentration game tends to be the most efficient, as the stomach strength doesn't scale with difficulty, just the distraction chance and potency. So you can conceivably do the concentration game pretty regularly at high difficulties, even with middling stats.
By the by, as it's been a long time since I've mentioned anything in thread, been chatting up in Discord . . . Progress has been very good. Motivation has spiked and I am a solid 50%-60% through the next scene. I am unsure as to whether the next release will be with the one scene, or if I'll push through. There are only 2 mainline scenes (counting thew one I am nearing completion on) until the game's main story is complete, plus one side scene that I want to have ready before the game reaches it's finale.
As always, if you want more details, or just want to hear me complain about how badly I've spaghetti coded my game, feel free to join us in the DIscord, information on the OP.
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For practice tricks at higher difficulties, I've found that spamming the Concentration game tends to be the most efficient, as the stomach strength doesn't scale with difficulty, just the distraction chance and potency. So you can conceivably do the concentration game pretty regularly at high difficulties, even with middling stats.
By the by, as it's been a long time since I've mentioned anything in thread, been chatting up in Discord . . . Progress has been very good. Motivation has spiked and I am a solid 50%-60% through the next scene. I am unsure as to whether the next release will be with the one scene, or if I'll push through. There are only 2 mainline scenes (counting thew one I am nearing completion on) until the game's main story is complete, plus one side scene that I want to have ready before the game reaches it's finale.
As always, if you want more details, or just want to hear me complain about how badly I've spaghetti coded my game, feel free to join us in the DIscord, information on the OP.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Yeah, you haven't seen my games. Eva will go 2 hours in a row without letting me regain SP. Also I keep getting the message where I lose SP for screwing up so much.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Depends on which game you're playing, the Concentration game and Gwen visit do have rest sp blockers.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
What is empathy used for game mechanics wise?
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Soroxas77 wrote:What is empathy used for game mechanics wise?
Mechanics wise I don't think it has a purpose yet but it does end up unlocking another practice game with Eva and likely is involved with various endings the game will have at completion of the main story.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Empathy does in fact have an impact on mechanics, however it is slight. When you perform a Maneuver your chance to get a VP related trigger proc is normally a 1 to X chance (I can't recall the max bound value off the top of my head). If your the randomly generated number is less than your VP value, you will get VP dialog, whether that be low scaled penalty, high scaled penalty with choice for voluntary digestion, or forced "voluntary" digestion is then based upon your VP levels.
Empathy serves as a counter to your VP total in the first check. So instead of the check being to your VP, it is a check against your VP minus your Empathy. So if you have Equal Empathy and VP, you will NEVER see the VP related dialogues, while still having all the benefits that VP gives you, primarily a higher Massage Bonus.
If I get around to it, I will probably change the way it works just a little bit, such as having Empathy lower the chances for forced VP digestion. For now that is pretty back burner. I intended for Empathy to have minimal gameplay effect, but to still be a nice little bonus for people that wanted to do the special scene with Gwen.
Also, as UBFanDrake mentioned, Empathy will be directly linked to what endings are available to you. I personally recommend preparing a save with 0 empathy as well as a save with higher empathy before proceeding to the next progress game (which I promise, I am working on).
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Empathy serves as a counter to your VP total in the first check. So instead of the check being to your VP, it is a check against your VP minus your Empathy. So if you have Equal Empathy and VP, you will NEVER see the VP related dialogues, while still having all the benefits that VP gives you, primarily a higher Massage Bonus.
If I get around to it, I will probably change the way it works just a little bit, such as having Empathy lower the chances for forced VP digestion. For now that is pretty back burner. I intended for Empathy to have minimal gameplay effect, but to still be a nice little bonus for people that wanted to do the special scene with Gwen.
Also, as UBFanDrake mentioned, Empathy will be directly linked to what endings are available to you. I personally recommend preparing a save with 0 empathy as well as a save with higher empathy before proceeding to the next progress game (which I promise, I am working on).
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
I wish you had said that prior to me only using one save file.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
If it is any consolation, low empathy will only be needed to find one of the endings, and it will not be the true/best end that you'll miss out on.
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Well, I assume 4 empathy counts as low?
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Re: A High Stakes Game v1.811 **Updated 10-1-17**
Soroxas77 wrote:Well, I assume 4 empathy counts as low?
I think I got 10 and can not make it go any higher than than that... so that is a midway
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