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Chapter 6 – Shu Invasion
Surprise battle was manageable (Zhang Liao with Terror is very powerful).
Nanman have low INT but their high AGI makes things VERY interesting.
Fushui – Thank God for the new equipment. Having a 140AP for the party might be a tad powerful at this point, but it doesn’t break the game. Our old acquaintance in the castle is a great addition (a Diao Chan on Huo Hu Powder). His text when he joins is perhaps a little clunky however.
“If I go with you, perhaps I can end the pain of the people that you cause.”
It might be a little clearer if it was something like, “If I go with you, perhaps I can end the pain that you cause the people.”
I like what you did with Ma Chao (The Huang Zhong Effect). He’s great for the rest of the chapter. I dumped Meng Huo.
After Mian Zhu I was able to pick up my 2nd steed. Cheng Du was INSANE!!!! The head strategist murdered me with Barrage… After a few tries (and many… many powerpills) I squeaked out a victory. I recruited Shamoke in random encounter. His high troop count was tempting but I quickly switched him out with the new guys in Jing Zhou.
I did encounter 1 glitch. I wound up after buying/selling equipment (In Cheng Du) with 400ish/800ish TP. I loaded a savestate and this did not reoccur.
Quote:Well, I could just plug my own, Rise of Ieyasu or Flames of Wu. Granted, there are some other good ones out there like the Yuan Shao's Revenge or I'd almost go to say the Yuan Shu mod but I feel that it needs a lot of "cleaning up" in a number of ways, but it's still alright.I'll test out whichever one would help the most at the moment. I might cry if you make me do Nagashino though, but Katsuyori was always such a tool.
Chapter 5 – Jing Zhou
First thing I noticed is that regular soldiers pack a punch (a good thing I think). Our conqueror of worlds was defeated with Terror (or rather his poor innocent pet LOL).
Chang Sha – Elite Bowmen in this chapter can be BRUTAL. Terror and Blast are made for them (I was actually happy to see Han Xuan take up one of their slots). I was worried about Huang Zhong being overpowered, but great job fixing his troops (made him good for the rest of the chapter but little else. I think it helps the game to be switching generals in and out throughout). Wei Yan was sent back due to low INT (He played a factor later though).
Gui Yang – Our old friend’s crossbow attack… very brutal. Had a party wiped, but had my revenge when Zhang Liao (This guy is an all-star and stayed with me throughout the WHOLE game) set off terror.
The rest of Jing Zhou was pretty easy…. Then the Pang Tong replacement… WOW!!! Cool surprise. I figured I’d deal with him… later…
The Ma brothers are cool, but I wish they had more troops so they would be usable in the Shu campaign (I was level 29 and had a bunch more troops). I Went with Lu Bu, Wei Yan, Zhang Liao, Ji Ling and Yang Hu (Huang Zhong served his purpose). I did not encounter any new bugs in this section.
Awesome work! I finished the game, and will keep pimping out my notes of the playthrough.
I'm almost done with Wu! I'll probably wrap up the game soon, so I'll give a final summary! Whose mod should I go after next? Wahahahahahaha!
Quote:I actually remember doing a playthrough of the original DOAE going All-Out against every bossThat happened to me too… Especially after the introduction of swords and a couple of tanks in Jing Zhou. Ce Mian and Bei Ji (with Power Pills) later on just made the game a sleep walk.
Chapter 4
Terror was useful for your ambush.
Went to the cave and was pleased to find an upgrade for Chen Gong. Normally I would have taken out Diao Chan, but she had quite had double his troops and serves a support role. Party consists of Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Diao Chan and Hua Xin (Level 23 at this point. I gathered money for the new goodies available in the weapon shop).
Bohai – Zhao Yun is a BEAST and he should be. His high agility was extremely difficult to deal with. My first encounter involved him going first with a Musou and he one hit killed Diao Chan and Hua Xin. Party was wiped out by the 2nd turn. Challenging fight, but he is a Tiger.
I loved Bo Hai! I was not expecting the new strategist Good thing he talked to us before Cao Cao (Good for him and us). And…. POWERPILLS!!! Wahahahahahaha! Game over man!
Nice cave! Wasn’t expecting that and made me keep pushing forward rather than just running back to the nearest town (To heal and/or dump a chud) Ji Ling has a strange taste in women. After some thinking new party was Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Ji Ling, Diao Chan, Mi Heng (I saw Ji Ling as a superior replacement to Gao Shun. Shun did serve me well though.)
Nice surprise after the Yuan Brothers fight! I had to teach my daughter a lesson for dating Zhang Fei. I saw that you fixed that bug! Zhang Fei required tactics due to his high AC (a cool curveball).
Possible Bug – It was at this point that I noticed that Lu Bu had 2 less AC then everybody else despite being equipped with the same stuff as everyone else.
On the way to finish off the Yuan family I visited the cave. Most of the weapons were outdated (Spears and such that were found in the cave’s normal location in Yuan Shu’s territory).
Possible Bug – On the way out I was warped to Yuan Shu’s territory (where the cave was originally at).
Boss fight was pretty tough with tactics such as shock from Yuan Shao, Zhen Ji, and Tian Feng. Died a couple times, but again it’s a big fight. Power Pills are my friend.
Awesome Mod! I have just started Chapter 5, so I’ll take notes on that one and a few others and update with a summary later!
Chapter 3
Revenge battle was pretty sweet. Jia Xu was my first target to limit his damage and as a result Guo Si and Li Jue killed a couple people with well-timed crits.
The castle battles for the rest of the chapter were comparatively much easier (especially compared to Xia Pi and somewhat to Chang’An). I’m sure this is your intention as Yuan Shu was all talk. The random encounters with Liu Ye were challenging (Terror and Shock) but with your TP regeneration in battle were manageable. Wound up recruiting him to get him out of my life. ALMOST replaced Diao Chan with him.
Gate Battle before castle battle was pretty easy (none of the antagonists had any good tactics). Castle battle consisted of Lu Bu dueling Ji Ling, Haste and some Blazing.
Possible Bug – Yuan Shu mentions Zhang Fei.
Possible Bug – Encountered and recruited Liu Ye again while looking for generals in the region after the Yuan Shu battle. So… 2 Liu Ye’s I have.
Lu Fan was tempting, but I kept Diao Chan.
Overall this is a short concise chapter. We need these once in a while.
Quote:Liu Chan? and you cut out Huo Hu!? You better not mention that around here as Huo Hu is considered a god around lys forumsLOL! That's what I get for being too vague. I was linking Emperor Xian – Liu Chan.
And yeah… Huo Hu was cut. I get my powder from Wei Yan LOL!
Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and Dong Zhuo were locks. So… It was Huo Hu or Diao Chan. I did prefer Huo Hu's stats (OK Strength and good Int) and he had more troops at the time. However, Diao Chan had both Protect and Haste (Huo Hu did not). If I used Hu I'd have had Liao acting as my support character :(
Quote:Actually there is a bug that was found by a member @ the-scholars and it was done found by billeting Ding Yuan which technically shouldn't be possible as he is flagged as non-billetableWow! I assumed he was the Liu Bei replacement and never tried sending him down. I never… would have… sent Ding Yuan… down… ummmmmm… yeah… hehe…
Quote:reminiscent of Destiny of an Emperor Cao Cao Edition which was so impossible that there was no gameplaying but just cheat code/save state loading trainingI remember that one… Fun mod, but I started cheating like mad around the Yuan Shao area (I'd get killed during the random encounters let alone the castle battles).
Some of your battles are extremely challenging, but make sense in the context of the story (Zhang Jue, and Xia Pi should be tough).
Another bug I caught was facing my daughter in the Zhang Fei battle in Shao's chapter. I imagine it's suppossed to be Liu Bei (which would make the battle tougher…). I'll get to work on my in depth chapter 3 experience in a bit! Wahahahahaha!
Chapter 2
This chapter had an awesome feel to it! Nothing beats the old march to the capital (unless of course you are Yoshimoto)! Initial party setting out was Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and Guan Hai (who is surprisingly strong, but he was pretty tough before getting cut down by Guan Yu in the book).
Initial battles weren’t too tough. Took one look at Cao Xing’s stats and sent his ass to billeting (But hey… If you shoot someone in the eye with the end result being your death by said person… you deserve those stats lol!). Now.. Diao Chan… She is awesome! Great way to introduce her, and she played a role of a white mage (good old FF) in my party for several chapters! This finally freed up Zhang Liao to open up his can of whoop ass (up until this point he was primarily a support character casting Protect/Haste/Heal etc.) When encountered, I Sent down the traitorous Hou Cheng.
Your quasi-boss battle was fun. You set up Yuan Shu’s personality perfectly. I enjoyed seeing some familiar faces from the book that are not usually given any love. The Liu Chan clone was great! Zang Ba was shipped out right away (He was more effective for Cao Cao anyway). Huo Hu almost made the cut but Chan won out.
Repelled coalition with Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Diao Chan, Gao Shun (level 13). Thank GOD I saved those power pills! That plus Haste saved me from your surprise.
I think I did encounter a glitch in the cave. Xun Yu and Zhong Yao (along with a couple Rebels) appeared as random encounters 4 times in a row! I kept running since those two together can be BRUTAL! The 4th time I stood and fought them and encounters became random again. Chen Gong is a Godsend (I wish he gained troops, but I can’t complain. Fight fire with fire wahahahaha!).
Loved the Gemsword replacement. Gave me 3 beefcakes with punch (Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and ummmmmm… Dong Zhuo LOL!). Great surprise forcing Gao Shun back into the 3 beefcakes. The ambush totally wrecked me and punished me for using a lean and mean 5 man party.
Xia Pi… Holy Cow… I understand why you did this… This is his end… but WOW! The no namers in this region are brutal and the castle battle wiped me out. I grinded to level 15 (when I received Recover) and tried again. After a few more attempts I greased out and won. Musou, Blaze… Shudder… Chen Gui did not make the cut.
Possible bug…Zhang Fei was mentioned during the Inn scene. LOL! Lu Bu in chains? I’d like to see them try Wahahahahaha!
Again, amazing mod! Beating Xia Pi was exrtremely tough, but of all the battles this makes sense. Ended Chapter two with a Party of Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Chen Gong, and Diao Chan. I imagine you put the fixed troop limit on Chen Gong to prevent shenanigans later (probably too early to have wicked tacticians blazing their way to victory in the next chapter.)
You have done an amazing job with this mod! The script is well written, the pacing is good, and most importantly It feels like a Lu Bu game with all the stabbing betrayals. I took notes looking out for bugs and detailing my thoughts as I progressed.
Chapter 1 – Yellow Turbans
The surprise before the cave was not expected but was beatable. Lu Bu (and Zhang Liao) was an all star for this and for the remainder of the battles in Chapter 1. Zhang Yang and Li Su were virtually useless without weapons, but proved adequate in soaking up damage. Your 2nd surprise was BRUTAL! Party wipe in the first turn. After the debacle, I walked around in circles till I learned heal. After focusing to max TP tried battle again and hammered out a victory.
Xuzhou – I ditched Zhang Yang in favor of the slim and trim new friend. Found myself at level 7 at this point. Picked up a couple clubs (they seem powerful at this stage of the game). I like how Bu and Liao have superior weapons at this point (who needs team work when you're LU BU WAHAHA!)
Tore through the first Yellow Turban/Scarves battles. Then I met blaze at Tiemen pass…. Yikes! 1st time Jue went first and party wiped me. This battle was all about luck. If Jue goes first before I have a chance to get protect… over. After the battle Gao Shun was a great addition (As I continued playing he was my steady eddy for three chapters). The final battle in the chapter was similar. I hate to admit, but I loved the forced party change at the end of the chapter 3:)
I did not discover any new bugs.
It would be nice to have access to weapons (like a Jian or two) for Li Su and Zhang Yang before the beatdown outside the cave LOL! The access to clubs (the painful ones, not the fun ones…) in Xuzhou also made the section seem too easy from that point on (cept when Pyroman decided to kirk out)
Great Job, and a very unique experience for DOAE! I'll post my further experiences if it will help.
