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Talk:The Horde

2008-02-04T20:32:29Z

Xplict: New page: Might someone tag this under History as well. It is a player story but it is a player story that is 99% historical. It is probably the best source of information on the early maps. It is ...

Might someone tag this under History as well. It is a player story but it is a player story that is 99% historical. It is probably the best source of information on the early maps. It is written in story form to make it more amusing. Second chapter could use some revisions/editing. I am ok with someone making some edits as long as the substantive portion is not modified. (can change the words but not the meaning.)

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Talk:Trade

2007-04-24T00:09:02Z

Xplict: /* Templating */

== Templating ==

Should we create templates and categories for market/trader/shop-type pages as well? - [[User:Dashiva|Dashiva]] 21:22, 15 January 2007 (CST)

hm I guess so :) --[[User:Manny|Manny]] 02:36, 16 January 2007 (CST)

I disagree Current world information is probably more useful--[[User:Xplict|Xplict]] 19:09, 23 April 2007 (CDT)

Lore:Battle of Tiergarden

2007-04-23T23:59:08Z

Xplict: /* Notes */

{{Battle|date=July 12th, 2006
|place=[[Tiergarden]]
|result=Jenn-Kellon Victory
|kingdom1=[[HOTS]]
|kingdom2=[[Jenn-Kellon]]
|towns1=[[Syphilis]]
|towns2=[[Tiergarden]] [[Greater Havens]]
|strength1=5 warriors
|strength2=8 warriors [[Town Guard]]s
}}

The stage was set as the sun began to fall the valiant scourge of Syphilis marched northward supported with TDekker. Purging the WL defenses infiltrating deep into WL territory the scourge struck. After quickly disposing of the light guards the Gate was plowed over with tremendous force and the town was quickly pillaged. One Noble member of the Tiergarden quickly gathered the towns valuables not locked in chests and ran to the homestead mine under the protection of its Spirit Avengers. After securing his position he waited patiently for the invasion to subside.

The scourge's persistence however forced them to fight thru 3 respawns of guards before moving to the homestead. Charging thru the homestead gates they became locked in combat with vicious Spirit Avengers. Yet this foe was still no match for the forces that had risen from the BL. The team quickly dispatched the Avengers and moved on Eddy.

Eddy was then relieved by the coalition of WL soldiers. This band supported by Garretwademan and Wintersolstice among others took up a flanking position at the destroyed town of Tiergarden. As the guards respawned the scourge once again moved on Tiergarden. A skirmish erupted to little results for a brief time while the scourge found a strategy to once again quickly dispatch the deed guards.

Rushing into the town the 4 remaining members of the party advanced on the now 7+ strong members of the WL coalition. The scourge slaughtered them however the addition of a few key wounds greatly weakened the scourge. The WL alliance then acted bravely in spawning back on the deed of Teirgarden and attacked again where some of them received their second deaths. Finally they managed to slay the invaders sans one and recaptured the land for which they had just fought.

The one remaining invader Serph then began a long distance chase spanning many kilos. Finally just south of the town of Independent settlers Serph fell as well.

This marks the first major battle of Gold laying the battle lines between good an evil.

==Notes==
Story told by Xplict, taken from forum post [http://wurmonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5411]

It is worth noting that this exerpt was forum propaganda. In actuality BLers had 2 kills for every one WL kill. In the end yes we lost majority of our gear that was due to the major disadvantage of attackers vs defenders. As a defense the Wlers failed. The BLers completely pillaged the town firing random items out of their town catepult. On average most Wlers died 1 to 2 times before they killed majority of the BLers.

This is a good example of why home field advantage is so major.
[[Category:Battles]][[Category:Babel/B]]

2006-08-15T19:10:04Z

Xplict: /* Sub-skills */

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills | Skills]] / '''Fighting'''

== Description ==
Skill used in fighting [[:Category:Beastiary|animals]] and [[Tactics|other players]].

== Sub-skills ==
:* [[Weaponless fighting]] - Fighting without [[:Category:Weapons | weapons]] equiped.
:* [[Aggressive fighting]] - Improves damage dealt to opponent, lowers defense
:* [[Defensive fighting]] - Improves defense, lowers damage dealt to oppenent.
:* [[Normal Fighting]] - Fighting Normally.
:* [[Skills:Taunting|Taunting]] - Attempting to taunt your opponent to attack you instead of your allies.
:* [[Shield-Bashing]] - Knocking over your opponent with your. Higher skill results in longer time opponent is disabled on ground[[:Category:Shields | Shield]]

== Fighting rules/tips ==
:* If you get hit, you can start "hurting". That means you move slower.
:* Armour slows down the wearer. Heavier armor also slows down the attack speed so light armor like leather has a lower attack speed penalty then steel which slows down your attack speed considerably.
:* Bigger numbers matter. Gang up on people.
:* Moving while fighting gives a penalty to the hit odds to moving people, and a big penalty to the parry odds.
:* [[:Category:Tools | Tools]] and wooden items aren't good weapons.
:* [[:Category:Shields| Shields]] have a percentage chance to block any melee attack, based on skill-level and class of shield, up to a maximum of 75%. Large shields have the greatest base percentage while small the lowest however speed penalties are inverse. Small shields have the lowest penalty to weapon speed while large shields have the highest weapon speed penalty and highest chance to block. '''''Shields should be wielded on your arm, not your hand.'''''
:* Use 'Spam Mode' to show missed blows or blows for zero damage.
:* Try not to fight while climbing.
:* Higher levels of strength are a factor in how much damage you can deal out.
:* Primary weapon should be wielded in the right hand, as the left hand attacks and parrys less often.
:* Wielding a shield and weapon on the same arm causes the weapon not to be used.
:* Certain Weapons are two-handed.

== Attacking with Bows ==
:* See [[Archery]]

== Atacking with Catapults/Siege Weapons ==
:* See [[Catapult]]

== Weapons ==
:* [[:Category:Swords | Swords]] deal cutting and stabbing damage. Great parry.
:* [[:Category:Axes | Axes]] deal cutting damage. Does not parry.
:* [[:Category:Mauls | Mauls]] deal bashing damage. 

== Armour Types ==
'''[[:Category:Plate Armour | Plate Armour]] is in general the best armour, followed by [[:Category:Chain Armour | Chain Armour]], then [[:Category:Leather Armour | Leather Armour]].'''

:* Plate Armour protects the user extra good vs cutting, and the equipment itself also gets extra damage from bashing. It wears down the user heavily. 
:* Chain Armour protects the user extra good vs stabbing, and the equipment itself also gets extra damage from stabbing. 
:* Leather Armour protects the user extra good vs bashing, and the equipment itself also gets extra damage from cutting. It wears down the user the least. 

==Other Tips==
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<ins>The following is taken from a forum post by [http://www.wurmonline.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=42 Emerald]:</ins>
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Mind speed is raised the most noticeably by fighting and yo-yo'ing but also in slight amounts by several different skills.

Body control seems to increase better by woodcutting and carpentry than it does by mining and digging... but smithing also increases it fairly well.

Aggressive. Since we can no longer parry (block in-coming hits) with axes it stands to reason that axes should be used while in aggressive mode because in aggressive mode by default you don't defend much at all anyway. Speed is crucial in aggressive mode because if you are moving slower than your opponent and you're not blocking at all... you're going to get hit...It's just a matter of time and speed decreases that matter for you a bit.

Defensive. Swords can parry. Parrying is a defensive action. Mauls are slower than swords and better against armour worn by people most likely to be using axes or swords so their slowness rules them out for defensive use (in my opinion) because those kind of opponents need hit quickly. Maybe a mix is best here, some use a maul and a sword, but remember that speed is almost as important to you when in def mode as it is when in aggressive.

Normal. Salt to taste here depending on your weapon skills, but I would choose normal if working with mauls. It's somewhere between def and aggressive mode so it's not the best for swords or axes but some weapon that will allow for parry and that you can hit hard with would be my bet.

Don't let anyone tell you that one is best or that another is really terrible. Each makes sense with a specific weapon, amour and character traits (body/mind) and each different weapon has different common requirements such as "Do you have a weapon smith or a blacksmith?" (some take shafts which are easier to get at higher ql's for combing than handles are) etc etc. A quick way to make this start to stick in memory is to think: Aggressive = axes, Defensive = swords, Normal = mauls (think through the armour associated with each weapon and make some choices to match them to a style once you've played with it). I'd wait to build normal until both aggressive and def are above 50 and you know how they behave against slow or fast opponents. Then yo-yo like a mad-person. Might not be text-book, but this ain't no text-book.</div>
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[[Category:Skills]][[Category:Babel/F]]

Fighting

2006-08-15T19:02:44Z

Xplict: /* Fighting rules/tips */

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills | Skills]] / '''Fighting'''

== Description ==
Skill used in fighting [[:Category:Beastiary|animals]] and [[Tactics|other players]].

== Sub-skills ==
:* [[Weaponless fighting]] - Fighting without [[:Category:Weapons | weapons]] equiped.
:* [[Aggressive fighting]] - Improves damage dealt to opponent, lowers defense
:* [[Defensive fighting]] - Improves defense, lowers damage dealt to oppenent.
:* [[Normal Fighting]] - Fighting Normally.
:* [[Skills:Taunting|Taunting]] - Attempting to taunt your opponent to attack you instead of your allies.
:* [[Shield-Bashing]] - Knocking over your opponent with your [[:Category:Shields | Shield]]

== Fighting rules/tips ==
:* If you get hit, you can start "hurting". That means you move slower.
:* Armour slows down the wearer. Heavier armor also slows down the attack speed so light armor like leather has a lower attack speed penalty then steel which slows down your attack speed considerably.
:* Bigger numbers matter. Gang up on people.
:* Moving while fighting gives a penalty to the hit odds to moving people, and a big penalty to the parry odds.
:* [[:Category:Tools | Tools]] and wooden items aren't good weapons.
:* [[:Category:Shields| Shields]] have a percentage chance to block any melee attack, based on skill-level and class of shield, up to a maximum of 75%. Large shields have the greatest base percentage while small the lowest however speed penalties are inverse. Small shields have the lowest penalty to weapon speed while large shields have the highest weapon speed penalty and highest chance to block. '''''Shields should be wielded on your arm, not your hand.'''''
:* Use 'Spam Mode' to show missed blows or blows for zero damage.
:* Try not to fight while climbing.
:* Higher levels of strength are a factor in how much damage you can deal out.
:* Primary weapon should be wielded in the right hand, as the left hand attacks and parrys less often.
:* Wielding a shield and weapon on the same arm causes the weapon not to be used.
:* Certain Weapons are two-handed.

== Attacking with Bows ==
:* See [[Archery]]

== Atacking with Catapults/Siege Weapons ==
:* See [[Catapult]]

== Weapons ==
:* [[:Category:Swords | Swords]] deal cutting and stabbing damage. Great parry.
:* [[:Category:Axes | Axes]] deal cutting damage. Does not parry.
:* [[:Category:Mauls | Mauls]] deal bashing damage. 

== Armour Types ==
'''[[:Category:Plate Armour | Plate Armour]] is in general the best armour, followed by [[:Category:Chain Armour | Chain Armour]], then [[:Category:Leather Armour | Leather Armour]].'''

:* Plate Armour protects the user extra good vs cutting, and the equipment itself also gets extra damage from bashing. It wears down the user heavily. 
:* Chain Armour protects the user extra good vs stabbing, and the equipment itself also gets extra damage from stabbing. 
:* Leather Armour protects the user extra good vs bashing, and the equipment itself also gets extra damage from cutting. It wears down the user the least. 

==Other Tips==
{{cleanup}}
Extensive Cleanup/Integration Required!

<ins>The following is taken from a forum post by [http://www.wurmonline.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=42 Emerald]:</ins>
<div>
Mind speed is raised the most noticeably by fighting and yo-yo'ing but also in slight amounts by several different skills.

Body control seems to increase better by woodcutting and carpentry than it does by mining and digging... but smithing also increases it fairly well.

Aggressive. Since we can no longer parry (block in-coming hits) with axes it stands to reason that axes should be used while in aggressive mode because in aggressive mode by default you don't defend much at all anyway. Speed is crucial in aggressive mode because if you are moving slower than your opponent and you're not blocking at all... you're going to get hit...It's just a matter of time and speed decreases that matter for you a bit.

Defensive. Swords can parry. Parrying is a defensive action. Mauls are slower than swords and better against armour worn by people most likely to be using axes or swords so their slowness rules them out for defensive use (in my opinion) because those kind of opponents need hit quickly. Maybe a mix is best here, some use a maul and a sword, but remember that speed is almost as important to you when in def mode as it is when in aggressive.

Normal. Salt to taste here depending on your weapon skills, but I would choose normal if working with mauls. It's somewhere between def and aggressive mode so it's not the best for swords or axes but some weapon that will allow for parry and that you can hit hard with would be my bet.

Don't let anyone tell you that one is best or that another is really terrible. Each makes sense with a specific weapon, amour and character traits (body/mind) and each different weapon has different common requirements such as "Do you have a weapon smith or a blacksmith?" (some take shafts which are easier to get at higher ql's for combing than handles are) etc etc. A quick way to make this start to stick in memory is to think: Aggressive = axes, Defensive = swords, Normal = mauls (think through the armour associated with each weapon and make some choices to match them to a style once you've played with it). I'd wait to build normal until both aggressive and def are above 50 and you know how they behave against slow or fast opponents. Then yo-yo like a mad-person. Might not be text-book, but this ain't no text-book.</div>
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