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"You know, bein' a knight doeshn't mean you c'n hit people.."

"Actually, I believe it's one of the main perks of the job."

"Where else would the holy grail be kept?"

"A cave, perhaps. Or a chapel. Or a tomb. Or, maybe, some kind of old rubbish pile where people toss old carpenters' cups."


"Kyle, the Fisher-King's injury is in a bit more...personal of an area."
Will attempts to determine if the man was telling the truth when he said the grail was not here.

Note to self: Just because you can put parachutes on solid fuel boosters does not mean you should.
Note to self: Just because there weren't heat issues before you removed the parachutes does not mean you will be fine afterwards. Also, put a decoupler between the command pod and the final engine.
Note to self: Why the heck did the command pod detach first? Investigate this matter for the next version.
Note to self: What the heck just happened. Why are the engines not turning on now?
Note to self: Okay, I think I see what happened there. Let's try this again.
Note to self: Okay, second stage still not firing.
Note to self: Alright, this went well, except for the part where we ran out of fuel at 26,000 meters. That actually screwed things up. On the other hand, the new RCS systems in the command pod were a hit with Ground Control, much more than with Bob Kerman. In related news, we need to hire new Ground Control personnel. On the bright side, the RCS system also works in water.
Note to self: There needs to be an Undo option for people who somehow accidentally delete their entire ship. Also, a zoom-out option. Also double-check action stages. Still, this was a pretty darn successful rocket; aside from the angled-ascent stage going a bit long at a slightly steep angle and some problems when I remembered and activated my RCS systems, it went pretty well. However, in the end I merely ascended to a height of slightly over 1,700 kilometers before descending in an orbit so elliptical it crashed into the opposite side of the world. Also, time warp is useful, but it messes with parachutes. RIP, Robert.

Alright, I think I'll take a break.

Hey GWG. Your link doesn't go anywhere so I'm not entirely certain where you're having problems (although I suspect it's this one: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Tutorial:_How_to_Get_into_Orbit).

You would be correct and I would be confused at how I bungled the copy-paste.

If you are going through the tutorial I linked above that means you are in map mode when you get to step six. In map mode you are unable to control the craft until you pop up the navball which is at the bottom in the middle. It does mention that in step 5 of the tutorial, but I'm going to assume that it got missed somehow.

I couldn't get it to change even in non-map-mode.

If that's not the case then it's possible that your ship will turn but it's weight and whatnot make it very slow to turn. I've had ships massive enough to need a good 10-15 seconds of constant key press before they begin turning in any meaningful way. That can be offset by adding some RCS to the ship (as well as RCS fuel) and toggling RCS on wth the R key. I doubt this is the problem if you are using the ship outlined in the tutorial.
Anyway, that's the info I've got for you. If you can give a bit more specifics on where you are running in to trouble that would be helpful.

Alright, I'll try your suggestion when I get a chance (KSP during class is not a good idea) and get back to you on that.

Add more reaction wheels and winglets, and use engines with thrust vectoring.

Two things of note:
1. I'm using the demo. I'm not sure if I have reaction wheels.
2. Last (aka first) time I tried to design a ship, is didn't get very far before it spontaneously flipped around. This kind of thing isn't ideal for improving my confidence in my shipwrightery.

You either can't or shouldn't, depending on how they coded the game.  The problem is that launch rocket is both an ability AND a secondary.  This means that either gaining launch rocket would lose you a pistol, OR that prior to gaining the ability to launch a rocket the heavy would be carrying an empty rocket launcher around.  Or the game just explodes because you gave it a case it doesn't know how to deal with.

That's awfully defeatist.

No, the obvious error is that gunslinger is listed twice.  I edited the second sentence in without thinking about how it read with the first :/

I think there are some other pretty big errors...

No, they don't.  If lightning reflexes were replaced with literally nothing, assaults would still be balanced with supports and heavies (although not snipers, of course).  Hell, an assault Colonel with nothing but Run and Gun, Rapid Fire, and Resilience would still have a place on my team.

They need it a heck of a lot more than classes whose M.O. isn't "Run at the enemies and shoot".

Quote from: HugoLuman on February 13, 2014, 08:56:25 pm

But how are they still a sniper if the optimum build is a close-range pistolier?

They aren't.  Changing the class name is more modding than I'd be capable of.

So...um...dunno what to say about this.

In fact and here's the beauty of it, if you reduce the snipers aim growth you stop getting free 100% hits all the time, making it that you need to either position on high ground to get those tricky shots off, or opt for mobility and getting in closer for an aim bonus from flanking/aiming angles (wich really should be a default setting imo).

Just butting in, but I have never gotten a sniper with a 100% shot. Assaults, sure. Supports, sometimes. Heavies, once in a blue moon. Snipers? Nope.

How about just introducing an accuracy penalty for targets in Squadsight?

Makes sense.

First impressions stay with you, his first impression on me wasn't good. It'll change as we interact but I barely know him. Why would I agree to train little more then a stranger in a magical field so easily abused?

Never disagreed with that.

It was an exaggeration. At a huge level demon would still be all but impossible and god? It'd take hundreds or thousands of summoners working together to get enough mana let alone the tens of thousands to win the fight. The point was anything with a soul can be bound if your strong enough and have enough mana. Considering a level 2 drains half my mana and I have the highest I think how much do you think something demon level let alone god would need? It's theoretically possible but in practice? Not gonna happen.

I'm more referring to being able to bind literally anything.

This is why I need to make a bunch of Faustian contracts. I will be like the dragonborn and trick the demon princes into deals for my soul and then they'll realize I promised it to all of them. That is sure to be fun.

I'm pretty sure the demons have decent book-keeping skills.


By the way...is Kyle actually not getting shot down?

also, chapters? we have chapters now?

Technically, we've always had them. It went from the intro to the first chapter when we drove off the Layar, and it's stayed there ever since, all 40,000 replies.

Arriving near Will, Stella asks
"Who are we fighting Will?" <Do you have access to anything I could use? I have not exactly needed much in the way of equipment up till now>

"At this instant? Nothing. Coming up shortly? Some kind of magic-user."
<I could lend you my bow, but that would leave me with nothing. Maybe ask the knight here?>