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Post by Morask on Sept 21, 2006 14:57:43 GMT
as a new basher.. i know there are kills out there that go ape if you use specials on them, such as green dragon, jarl etc.. anyone care to share others they know? and any alias that are helpful to tanks?
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Post by The Abyss on Sept 21, 2006 18:23:51 GMT
huge dragon in Fubs dont like em either. same goes for stuff in Drakhiya
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Post by Gromlakh on Sept 21, 2006 18:53:48 GMT
I'm a pissy tank, so what the hell, I'll throw out a few tips here:
1. If you use "dotimes 100 assist tank", don't be surprised to learn that I have quick aliases for "stoplead basherwank1" and "dismiss basherwank1." If you're lagging like mad, I might make an exception. No promises.
2. Helpful aliases:
"kill <race>". Make tons of them and figure out how to type them fast. E.g. "alias ke kill elf; alias kdw kill dwarf; alias kdr kill dragon; alias km kill human", etc.
Area helpers: I'll not post any directly (too much questy stuff), but make aliases to quickly go through areas. For example, if you know that there's an area where you have to grab a bowl, piss in it, drink the piss, and then worship Lunger to summon the almighty demon lord TehLung, make a series of aliases for each command so that you can type them quickly. You'll need lots of those.
Corpse looting: Take all from corpse. Der.
Others: selling, emptying packs/sacks/other containers, filling said containers, dropping/picking up food, passing boomers/barbed darts/bolas back to the tank/other bashers, etc.
3. For the love of Theryn, figure out the damn areas. Learn where you are at all times so that you know which enemies to kill, how close the shops are, whether or not there are any annoying tasks that you could be doing to save your tank from having to type them out, etc. I'm a much happier tank when I see TehMachine/Calvin/etc. leave an easy kill just before it's dead and do some menial task for me.
4. If you're a fighter, attack the second set of guards at Orc Mountain before your tank does, then outflank the second guard. Don't whine about having to drop a couple hps for the team, and don't wait for me to ask you to do it.
5. Learn whether or not your tank wants to fight Gilbert and Zarkan together or separately, and if it's separately, don't do anything stupid to Zarkan.
6. Don't be like Expresso and throw weapons at a certain questy enemy in Burnham Castle, then run down so that he can turn on another basher and kill him in two rounds.
7. If you do something stupid and get Jalen to cast bugs on you or your wolf, I will not rescue either of you. I will, however, laugh heartily at you and loot your corpse.
8. If you're tagging, I cannot see your hps with paware. Use your rescue alias, because if you don't you might die. I have lost two taggers this way, and I don't feel sorry for either of them.
9. It's okay for you to rescue your tank from time to time if you know his/her hps are low and they don't have food/drink/pots.
10. If you see Albeleo on running around with a Lich of Jush, no you cannot bash. Don't bother asking, the answer is no. If you see Albeleo with one or more bashers and wonder why, it's because I make exceptions for certain people. If you wonder whether or not you are one of them, it's likely you're not.
12. If you're bashing for a rogue, bring your own light source. Otherwise, your tank cannot backstab in dark rooms.
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Post by killcrazy on Sept 21, 2006 20:10:21 GMT
* Have an alias for assist too, if you don't have an alias for killing the particular race and you're not a fast typer I'd sooner have a basher just hit their assist alias then try to type in the name.
* Use your dotimes for things like 'get all from corpse'.
* 'bind wounds of tank' is a good one if tanks want binding. You'll get a lot of appreciation for just one command every minute or so.
* If you're using a container, you can carry more loot, which means your party can kill more without going to the shop to sell as much. If you're using 2 containers, that's even more loot you're carrying. However, I am god awful with containers so I can't give you aliases.
* some non-quest kills to 'assist' on: Zubin Zarkan Arehtama/Annac Orc mountain door guards Mount kresh priest/priestess Nepeth guards unless you want to be blocked from entry also Wyrdwoman
* Some non-quest Kills that'll turn if any silly stuff happens in addition to those Huge dragon Glumsakh Glock Gnoll temple high priest Massive stone giant? Proud knight Drakhiya has a three strike system, do silly stuff 3 times and it'll be the worse for you.
* An alias to get and rewield your weapon if it gets knocked out your hands is useful. Also helpful are aliases to throw a boomerang.
* If you see Smithers on running around with 2 forged scorpions, yes you can bash or tag. If you see Albeleo with one or more bashers and wonder why, poke him in the ribs for not helping newbies.
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Post by Gromlakh on Sept 21, 2006 20:58:09 GMT
If you see Albeleo with one or more bashers and wonder why, poke him in the ribs for not helping newbies. Teh almighty Dread Lord Albeleo does not help teh newbies. Grommy teh Shit Disturber & Thordain teh 0mg r0xXx3r Cleric have been known to do so, from time to time.
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Post by Gromlakh on Sept 21, 2006 22:56:53 GMT
* If you're using a container, you can carry more loot, which means your party can kill more without going to the shop to sell as much. If you're using 2 containers, that's even more loot you're carrying. However, I am god awful with containers so I can't give you aliases. My like totally epic alias/nick system for containers: alias nhc = nick heals_cont $@ alias npc = nick prim_cont $@ Smokes/meds/food/pots go in heals_cont (naturally), loot goes in prim_cont. From there... alias tap = take all from prim_cont alias tas = take all from heals_cont alias pp = put all in prim_cont alias ps = put all in heals_cont Etc. Add in aliases for taking out pots, your preferred food, etc. I set up my smoke/meds aliases so that I can keep them in heals_cont and only take them out when I need to. Saves weight. Using this system, I can pick up any two containers on AA and be ready to go. If I grab a Charky pack and a soft sack, then "nhc soft sack" and "npc silk pack". Two knapsacks? "nhc knapsack 2" and "npc knapsack". If I pick up BoG at some point, some quick typing and I'm ready to use it.
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Post by tehlung on Sept 21, 2006 22:58:24 GMT
10. If you see Albeleo on running around with a Lich of Jush, no you cannot bash. Don't bother asking, the answer is no. If you see Albeleo with one or more bashers and wonder why, it's because I make exceptions for certain people. If you wonder whether or not you are one of them, it's likely you're not. i am one.
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Post by Gromlakh on Sept 21, 2006 22:59:50 GMT
10. If you see Albeleo on running around with a Lich of Jush, no you cannot bash. Don't bother asking, the answer is no. If you see Albeleo with one or more bashers and wonder why, it's because I make exceptions for certain people. If you wonder whether or not you are one of them, it's likely you're not. i am one. Always room for coonasses in need.
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Post by Morask on Sept 22, 2006 1:02:00 GMT
thanks for the replys...very helpful...now just a matter of putting it all into practice..
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Post by CalviN on Sept 22, 2006 2:45:33 GMT
Edit for Killcrazy's list... "* Use your dotimes for things like 'get all from corpse'." DO NOT use your dotimes for things like 'get all from corpse'. Ever. This was a very useful alias, that performs a very useful function, that can very much get your ass bountied, by players that are very much assholes. Twice, personal experience has taught me, that there are jerks out there on AA, that will bounty your ass, no matter what you do, if you loot their corpse on accident. Even if you drop the eq/coins the next round, even if you pay them instantly, appologize until your fingers hurt, etc etc etc. The flawed bullshit excuse for pathetic laws regarding theft do not take any of the aforementioned actions into account. It's basically up to you and law to talk the person that was looted into not pressing the bounty. Assholeplayer1 (let's call him "Dickhead" for short) is killing a NPC. Your tank walks into the room with Dickhead and NPC. NPC dies to dickhead. Your nifty dotimes 100 get all from corpse alias goes off, and instaloots the corpse. You, being the badass quick basher from hell, instantly hit your nifty "drop all" alias, say sorry, and pass Dickhead 5000 coins, all in the same round, cuz you're quick like that. Tank appologizes profusely for bringing your godlike bashing skills into the room, allowing you to loot Dickhead's NPC. Dickhead calls you "Fuckwers", rambles something about you never learning, spouts off about powerplaying asshats wrongfully and intentionally ruining his entire life, while intensely typoing like an epeletic monkey on acid.... then runs straight to Dibbs without passing go or collecting 200 dollars. And....... because the law's written the way it is, you're now bountied for some lame amount like 1000 coins. So no...... don't use dotimes 100 get all from corpse. EDIT: By the way... if anyone wants the logs of the two perviously mentioned events... I believe they're in the archives for the adventurer's and/or suggestions board.... or, ya can just email me for a copy.
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Post by Gromlakh on Sept 22, 2006 2:58:53 GMT
*twiddle*
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Post by tehlung on Sept 22, 2006 5:13:29 GMT
with a name like ancient anguish, one might wonder why aa attracts so many emo shitheads with incredible mental and social deficiencies.
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Post by musashi on Sept 24, 2006 17:14:37 GMT
*claps his hairy hands and grins insanely & mutters something like 'i realy lov those kinda ppl'*
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Post by Pillar on Sept 27, 2006 18:42:30 GMT
because we're all shitheads with incredible mental and social deficiencies? (-minus the emo part, which only applies to calvin)
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Post by tuga on Sept 29, 2006 12:56:14 GMT
aha after that incident i remember being a rogue and stealing many a jarl's scalps when stake ran with his tail between his fairy ass to heal up and them nice giants were at an ambush away from meeting their maker many krakys too :,)
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