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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 27, 2018, 11:33:25 am »

I also don't recall researching the trophies, and I did get the mutie alliance.

Anyways, is there a limit on the vault space provided by slaves?
And do slaves, workers etc. need living space?
Why are courtesans in prison?

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 22, 2018, 08:04:01 pm »

How do you even do shakeups, and what are they good for?

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 20, 2018, 06:56:04 pm »

People generally seem to go into extreme opinions pretty readily. Maybe that's a symptom of having so many games to choose from that you can consider every little detail a deal-breaker and still end up with enough other games to try.

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 18, 2018, 08:00:03 pm »

How the hell do you deal with Strix zombieladies?

Gas masks?

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 18, 2018, 04:02:31 pm »

Alright, that explains the building troubles.

Also, second Mansion. Academy this time. I went in with my top reaction/firing gals, have them magnums, eagles and snubbies, and filled them to their frilly skirts with explosives.

This time, that mansion didn't stand a chance.

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 18, 2018, 12:28:59 pm »

I'm having trouble scrapping buildings.

1) Burrows. I expanded my living space, prisons and vaults, but still I can't scrap those burrows.
2) Hangar. I shipped away the craft that was housed therein, but now I can't destroy it.

What's up here? Are bases not meant to be remodeled?

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 16, 2018, 05:31:57 pm »

'twas a church mansion. Managed to make do by ditching the self-charging pocket lasers (but keeping the full-size lasguns) in favour of whatever guns the enemies dropped. And piping a few in the head.

Ultimately the winning strategy was sticking to the ground floor and camping the intersections. I spent my initial 10 turns tactically oeprating into all the larger rooms on all the floors with two 4-gal-teams, just shooting everything that moved. Then I spent 20 turns in increasing distress as the last few enemies refused to reveal themselves. Eventually I was just running around randomly, my gals slowly going insane, ignoring reaction fire and just hoping to draw out the last hostiles.

Ultimately they showed up on intersections on the main floor. Shoulda just stayed there. The last ones were mostly matrons and priests, too - I honestly got pretty lucky when they all missed their shots. 6 enemies surrendered in the end.

0/10, would not do again for all the enriched weapons-grade fissibles in the world. Mansions of Madness. What insanity. Who thought of these horrors? I'll never complain about wide-open coverless areas during the daytime again. Better to get shot to crap on turn one than to clear house for 30+ turns and only avoiding an out-of-time mission fail and squad wipe by a few turns on pure luck.

Shame on whoever invented mansions. My poor nerves.

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 16, 2018, 03:15:03 pm »

Can they surrender before the "cavalry" appears?

Also, any tips on actually finding people in that huge place? Can't fine-tooth-comb it with only 8 gals, parrots are no good in those tight passages and I can hardly bring animals when my troop capacity is already so low. I'd say blow out all the walls, but I don't see any way for 8 gals to carry the wrecking equipment.

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 16, 2018, 10:48:37 am »

Are you doing Mansion Invasion with 8 gals and self charging laser pistols? Very brave. This mission can turn into hell at any given moment, as many missions when your gals are outnumbered and essentialy naked. And killing everybody is not a point of this mission, I guess.

I was told killing everyone wasn't hard. I begin to suspect that there was some unspoken caveat of "as long as you bring forty gals".

I've been moving my 8 around in teams of 2, and they're starting to get worn down - should've gone with teams of four, but then I couldn't possibly cover as much ground, and it'll all take forever...I think mansion missions aren't for me. Way too much suspense for my poor old heart.

Can someone explain what the "armor" value in the ANAL screen means, when viewing weapons?

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 15, 2018, 12:45:54 am »

Yeah, that's what I've been doing. I plan on killing everyone and so far I got lucky and nobody's shots managed to pierce my aprons.

I brought a high-strength squad of 8 (my biggest ship only holds eight  ), but given how much shooting I do and how rarely I run out to hit people with pipes (unless they're right outside a door), I'm thinking a high-accuracy squad would've served me better.

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 14, 2018, 11:46:10 pm »

I brought a bunch of self-charging laser weapons.

I sure wish they were tiny revolvers - damn those self-chargers and their tickling damage.

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 14, 2018, 11:17:24 pm »

I just noticed there's a huge pile of stuff in the mansion - my stuff from the dropship. I thought the gals only bring what's in their inventories? Will this stuff be lost if I evacuate?

Also, what's the practical purpose of the Wench outfit?

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 14, 2018, 06:04:21 pm »

Just got my first mansion mission, dressed up in Wench and Maid gear, went in and...realized I had no fucking idea what I was doing.

You're supposed to GTFO within 30-something turns? But my gals have hardly any carrying capacity for loot!

And "the cavalry" will arrive later on? Is that instant loss? I read that you can beat them, but how feasible is that?

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 14, 2018, 10:40:01 am »

As for Piratez, well, Lobster might be a wake-up call that regular firearms don't cut it in general.

I am shocked and appalled and this is an outrage. Why have all these beautiful toys if we aren't meant to use them?

That said, this might explain why my gals are increasingly running around with nothing but Anchors and Assault Cannons.

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XPiratez / Re: Newbe questions

« on: September 13, 2018, 06:53:59 pm »

Eh...probably takes longer. I only tested it after the invasion, when time was no longer an issue. My bad.