hirdsman port

[kLauE]

lol better remove it completly or is it useful in any way now?

[Chakravanti]

fucking useless. now nubs have absolutely no method to trade. Good thinking there guys.

[sabinati]

well i mean it totally blows that they nerfed it but what we were doing was exploiting the system i guess... i dunno maybe they could make it use the agi of the chief instead of the guy he summons, or maybe use more village auth or something? but yeah my hirdsman couldn't log in where he logged out (in the village) and now he is stuck way out at his hearth :/

[Chakravanti]

YES! Make hirdsummon cost authority relative to distance instead of TW. SO what if it's an exploit of poor game mechanics? They need to rebalance game mechanics before nixing the exploit that's used to circumvent the lack of reasonable option first.

Now, keep in mind that this was a quick fix applied to fix an entirely unrelated exploit issue of hirdsummon ignoring combat status. We call them 'evacs' in SB and theres only a select few people who actually argue for this being a viable mechanics there. Guess what!? They all play thief toons!

[sabinati]

hmm didn't know about the combat thing, that's interesting though.

[Chakravanti]

Heh, incidentally that's the cape Del ripped me off for!

[Lothaudus]

YES! Make hirdsummon cost authority relative to distance instead of TW.

This would work. Would be nice to see a confirmation button when you try to summon someone in that case. "This will cost X Authority. Are you sure you wish to summon the hird? Yes / No".

I'd also like to see the game without any magic teleportation at all to be honest. It'd make distance mean something and mean you have to put more thought before you travel off somewhere.

Of course, it would also completely fuck over any and all trade. Obviously one way around that would be some method of transporting large amounts of goods. Like say a barge that can hold a lot of chests or cupboards (maybe crates?) and work as a trading platform. Mind, that would also mean wider and larger rivers. Being able to build canals would also help this, as it would mean players could widen rivers and build their own transportation network.

Crossroads are nice though. Maybe some way of building a string of them so people without a lot of AGI can hop along a trade route? Maybe being able to build a "Trade Hall" or similar building that has a crossroads post out the front by default. People could then build a bunch of them along certain paths through supergrids, exchange signs and connect them together. People then set up barrels of alcohol inside the Trade Hall for weariness replenishment. Being able to take Carts through Crossroads would also be nice.

But yeah, we've been fucked over a bit by the change. We need some way of getting n00bies (that didn't enter a secret) out to the village.

[Caliku]

Wait wait,

when did they remove it?

What the fuck am I supposed to do with all these bulbs now!?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Onionfighter]

Now, keep in mind that this was a quick fix applied to fix an entirely unrelated exploit issue of hirdsummon ignoring combat status.

I would have figured that as a legitimate use. Never tried it, though.

[Caliku]

Now, keep in mind that this was a quick fix applied to fix an entirely unrelated exploit issue of hirdsummon ignoring combat status.

I would have figured that as a legitimate use. Never tried it, though.

I think it should me a legitimate use if they say perhaps......basied the success of the summoning on the Psyche of the sumon(ee)?

Perhaps the person being summoned needs to concentrate on the port. They could be less distracted the higher his/her Psyche is. Dunno, just throwing out ideas.