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>Give advice on CYOAs
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Remember: There's tons of them
Last thread >>26057795
>>26067147
Impressive
>>26067147
People bullied too hard.
>>26067175
ikr? we killed a thread in under 400 posts.
This is the end. Oie tried to warn us but no, we wouldn't listen. WE WOULDN'T LISTEN
Seriously guys, I know you get excited about your memes, but maybe reign it in a little?
>>26067203
>>26066913
treads version when
I just wonder if mods found out on their own or if some little fag got butthurt and reported all the funposting. Let's point fingers, while keeping up the quality of posts!
>>26067147
Right, CYOA question now.
What's one quest you really love, but has almost never been talked/memed/mentioned in thread?
>>26067251
This Fucker
>>26067251
Super, though it's gotten more talk in recent weeks.
Yeeeah baby, work that grill.
>>26067251
Chances are if someone really loved it it would have been talked about.
I do like the Space quests though. They're easy reads.
Coltshan started another quest
>>26067251
Trottingham.
Active threads:
Coltshan: >>26062358
Threshold: >>26040196
Dirty Work: >>26029016
Shooting Stars: >>26031398
Alchemy: >>26029095
SIM: >>26039125
Galloping Steel: >>26041486
Urban Survival: >>26041573
Necroquest: >>25996685
Vampony: >>26001676
Trottingham: >>26043559
11-54: >>26054890
Across the Ocean: >>25975103
Space: >>26031454
YRWYS: >>26042861
Long Name: >>25901652
Archipelago: >>25979911
>>26067294
we know
>>26067251
DFU hasn't been talked about in a long time.
>>26067251Colorblind
>>26067319
>only coltshan is right.
>>26067251
I know Anonpone is dead, but even when it was still active no one really talked about it, which was always weird to me. It was one of, if not, the most played/popular CYOA we had.
>last thread
>>26067319
>No new posts
Ok, so how about this? Whatever thread the quests here are linked to, the QM has to take over for
>>26067402
>airship waifu
>>26067319
I think you might have fucked up.
>>26067402
>tiny airship
>>26067189
I think that was our only thread that died before bump limit
>>26067402
>tiny airship waifu
>>26067402
>>26067428
>>26067458
>tiny airship waifu
Are airship ponies the ancestors of plane pones? I am confused.
Hey everyone! Coltshan's about to write lewd!
>>26067528
>take robot pone
>attach airship parts
>airship pone
>>26067251
Aura/Sam Quest.
>>26067808Forget that. My 4chanx decided to hide everything from the last post.Fuck I'm an idiot.
>>26067147
Does anyone think Fruit Flank is capable of raping another pony?
>>26068091
No.There's nothing he can rape them with :^)
>>26068091
He's too nice.
Space will be back up tomorrow morning. It's hard to believe the quest is already a year old. I'm aiming to get Space finished sometime this year, I reckon I can get things done in a few months or so if I don't be a lazy cunt.
>>26068091
Nah.
>>26068161
Okay fampai
>>26068091
Knowing nips it's only a matter of time
>>26068400
Back up for the evening. Started a bit late tonight cuz my family and I were watching Maze Runner.
>>26068111
I think that's exactly the issue lord of trips. He is too nice all of the time. I worry that it's only a matter of time before he snaps and just takes all of his pent up aggression on some poor unsuspecting Mares's ass or pussy. Holding her down by biting the nape of her neck as he fills her with load after load of his half changling hate paste; until she's little more than a mewling, orgasming mess on the floor. Not enough of her faculties left to even realize she's knocked up.
We need to be careful and make sure this doesn't happen.
>>26068467
Nah.
>>26068467
dude wat
>>26068467
>hate paste
That's a new one.
>>26068467
> Fruity hate paste
>>26067147
First there was the misspelled /cyoa/ thread name, and now the uncapitalized one. Why are you determined to avoid my filters that bump you to the top?
>>26069103
Your filter should be case insensitive and 'cyoa disc' anyway.
>>26069168
I thought it was case insensitive, but no luck. I changed it to "CYOA Disc" after the misspelled thread, but it still missed this one. I had to add a second one that wasn't capitalized, and a third in case they ever do cyoa in lower case.
>>26069201
>Next thread is Cyoa
>>26069201
You've had a hard time anon. Take it easy. Put your feet up.
>>26067785
I wanted to include a robo-pone in airship cyoa...but now I wonder if I should even try. There's no way I can top QT-factor of that magnitude.
>>26069236
>>26069244
I wish the filters could handle regular expressions. It would make my life easier.
>>26069273
Use 4chanx or appchan x.
>>26069265
Can with your personal artfag you got.
>>26069273
Filters do handle regular expressions ye fuck. This is with only '/cyoa/i'
>>26069357
Actually no need. It turns out it understands some regex just fine. I got what I needed with
/cyoa disc/i
>>26069372
I didn't know that until a minute ago.
Is there any Quest ideas that you have, but don't have time to do?
>>26067147
Reminder about your moth pony character's horse cock
>>26069404
All of them.
>>26069415
Is this the new fucking hot wings/fetus-still-in-womb?
>>26069253
More batfaggotry awaits.
>>26069450
No, just a simple reminder
>>26069404
An idea I had is that a mare gets kidnapped by changelings and taken to their hive to become a broodmare. She soon gets impregnated with eggs and she struggles to fight off the growing changeling influence on her mind and body while trying find a way to escape from the hive.
Perhaps it would have freewill and health stats.
Content wise it could have stuff involving mind control/brainwashing, mental struggle and anguish, ovipositor sex, escape attempts and pregnancy.
Anyway I don't have any time for this, but would be cool for someone to do.
>>26069478
No
>>26069518
blub blub... *ker-splash!*
>>26069415
I want lewd of this.
>Mare starts going down on him to get him erect
>Notices his large sheath
>Suddenly two long, prehensile organs explode out from his sheath
>>26069547
And pierce through her skull
>>26069478
>broodmare
I like where his is going
>eggs
Good so far
>struggling to fight off influence, opivisor sex
We have reached critical mass
>>26069565
Glad you like it. I can't run it though. Someone else will have to take the idea and run it.
>>26069450
I never got the whole hotwings meme, where did it come from? All I ever saw of it was a few posts over a couple weeks and then it disappeared
>>26069593
Someone tried to force it. It didn't work.
>>26067781Not too shabby.
>>26069711
Was this faggot belittled or accepted in the stream?
This determines weather or not the stream itself is good or bad. A good stream chat would tear this fudge packer a new butthole. His presents alone says nothing though.
>>26070213
Accepted/ignored.
>>26070213
It was a Nips tumblr-fest. What do you think?
>>26070213
It was a nips stream. Guess.
There's a reason the cyoa guys all gather in a seperate chatroom and use that one when nips is streaming.
So, Threshold is ending tomorrow.
What do we think of that?
>>26069583
>>26070585
>tomorrow
>imfuckingplying
>>26070585
>So, Threshold is ending two months from now
FTFY
>someone requests Fruitflank incest porn in nips sekrit club.
>People say no.
>>26070700
Sure is degeneracy in here.
>>26070700
Tumblr has no taste. Who knew?
>>26070903
Everyone?
>>26070700
What faggots
>its a nips stream
>hijackies in it
>>26071314
sshhhhhh...it'll be okay anon.
>>26071314
It's too late.
Just a friendly reminder the good prompts are the most important thing for writing an engaging quest.
Just a friendly reminder the good characters are the most important thing for writing an engaging quest.
Just a friendly reminder the good shitposts are the most important thing for writing an engaging quest.
>>20108307
Reminder that Fruit Flank's mom is Chrysalis.
>>26071623
>[Citation needed]
Just a friendly reminder the bats are the best characters in a cyoa
>>26071628
>The post linked to the beginning of the quest back in 2014.
>>26071636
That doesn't say that. You'll need one that actually does say that.
>>26071642
>Now, for all intents and purposes, your father had rather "exotic" tastes. You are half CHANGELING, half EARTH pony. You can still alter your appearance, but you aren't under Chrysalis' control. Lucky you!
>Implying the risk of being under her control if his mom was another random changling.
>>26071652
dude what kind of reach is that
>>26071652
Your last quote doesn't make any sense. You might want to try using actual sentences instead.
Now, what the post says is that he's half changeling and he's not under Chrysalis', who is a hive queen in Equestria, control. That doesn't imply anything about who his mother is or is not.
>>26071667
A reach people have been making and getting refuted on since SS started. It still manages to come up because people can't seem to read what the post actually says.
>>26071604
Well, no fucking shit. You might as well say that a writting an engaging quest is the most important thing for writting an engaging quest.
Just a friendly reminder that writing an engaging quest is the most important thing for writing an engaging quest.
>>26071700
It may seem obvious to you, but a lot of people don't understand or appreciate the importance of a good prompt.
I've been exploring tgchan, and for many of their quests the prompts are nonexistent. Everything is so slow and meandering that it's painful to read — I can't even imagine how boring and frustrating it must be as a player. Many of the few quests that do have acceptable pacing are railroaded with thinly veiled non-choices.
I think we need to praise and criticize our QM's prompts more often here in /cyoag/, because they really are more important than interesting characters or witty dialog or skilled art.
>>26071723
Just a friendly reminder that "Just a friendly reminder that writing an engaging quest is the most important thing for writing an engaging quest." Is thee most important thing for writing an engaging quest
>>26071737
I don't know. I like the long and literature-like prompts and I do not find them boring.
>>26071753
And what he described were non-prompts and weak prompts. You're not disagreeing.
>>26071753
There's nothing wrong with long prompts, or prompts that are hidden within the body text of an update.
The problem is when the prompts are shallow and unsubstantial.
>>26071753
Prompts are not updates. You can have beautifully written posts with weak prompts and mediocre posts with strong prompts.
a 'prompt' is just a catch all term for the information that is conveyed to the player in a post that helps structure the players decisions.
a weak prompt would be like asking what 1+1 is, because there's just one painfully obvious answer. There's no room for choice there and the 'prompt' is basically just a break between updates. See older NE threads for an example of this. Nips went pretty hard in writing long and detailed dialogue trees but some of his prompts essentially amounted to 'Wait for thing to happen'
>>26071875
>a 'prompt' is just a catch all term for the information that is conveyed to the player in a post that helps structure the players decisions.
Good definition senpai.
You could also say that a prompt is the NEW information that is given to a players after each update, with the intention of pressuring the players into making a decisions.
>>26071623
>>26071636
>>26071642
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>>26071667
>>26071668
>>26071673
>>26071700
>>26071737
>>26071875
>>26071938
>>26071946
Out of the global autism scale of this board, and even this thread, this is actually way bellow mid-tier autism
>>26071946
Why do you think that discussing prompts is autism?
>Coltshan has been running for 16 hours straight
>>26072064
You really do have to admire his commitment.
Has his quests improved at all? I gave up reading them a month ago.
>>26072075
Everything still feels a little hollow and there's bit of uncalled game tropes here and there, but it stopped being a blatant rip-off from and already existing game
>>26072064
>Coltshan cucks will continue to believe he will come back after this session, or the 2nd one
>>26072114
There's already more posts in his quest than in the last GC quest
That's actually a terifying thought... both ways
>>26072144
No, coltshan will abandon it like every oher cyoa, i give him 2 threads, tops
>>26072153
I bet you're too shy to actually JUST and that you say that because Cltshan did what you couldn't
>>26072208
No one's done what Coltshan has. A dozen dead quests. It's not something anyone should aim for.
>>26072227
>Quest he does are utter shit
>People tell him
>He humbly accepts the criticism and decide to try something new
It's actually the quickest way to git gud, you know?
Even if he still has a long, long, LONG way to go
>>26072239
You missed an action.
>He then proceeds to make the same mistakes again as if he never heard them.
It's actually the best way to never improve.
Also, claiming he does anything 'new' is a stretch. It's all the same concept approached from different ways as if how he approaches is is what's wrong.
>>26072254
>>26072086
If you read neither this thread, nor what Coltshan does, why are you even so dead on trying to prove he won't get better?
>>26072268
I'm not. I said
>No one's done what Coltshan has. A dozen dead quests. It's not something anyone should aim for.
What Coltshan has done in the past is not something any prospective QM should aim for. Going in blind without understanding the basics of your players, showing that you're actively unable to parse genuinely given advice, repeatedly starting and abandoning quests instead of trying to improve the problems that have been described to you. You should, in fact, aspire to be the opposite of what he's shown in every way but the tenacity.
He might improve or have improved. It doesn't change my position or my statement.
>>26072290
Altight, I think it ok to bail out when nobody follows what you do anymore to try a new fresh start, but that's only an opinion
Furthermore, I don't feel like he'd have been quicker to pick up things by lurking, considering hiw he's done so far.
Sure that ended up producing some quite spectacular train wrecks
But it's not like we run short of shitty threads around here, and while I'm all for quality content, his repeated failures don't disturb the grand cosmic order of horfuckery in the end
>>26072312
He can train wreck all he likes, what he does with his free time is up to him.
>>26072319
...?
>>26072319
Dude...
don't fuck quest when?
What is it that makes the telling of a story entertaining?
Urban Survival and Unique for example are both entertaining stories to read, even when you're going through the backlog. Res in particular seems like the kind of guy that'd keep a table at a bar entertained with some dumb story the normie fuck.
JAD and M&M's backlogs on the other hand have been described as slogs to get through. Which tells me that the telling of the them is less entertaining than the playing of the them for some reason.
Each of these quests are popular in their own right, so what is the difference of application that makes two of them a more entertaining telling?
>>26072439
But who is trying not to get fucked?
>>26072628
Tara
>>26072654
But she would lose immediately.
>>26071960
Who's in the bowl?
>>26072771
Sejor Rafai trapped inside a pony body.
>>26072452
Urban weaves in a bunch of stupid little jokes and references and shit plus just goes so over the top over the smallest things. Shoot a pony to death? No biggie. Shade ate your mango? End of the world
>>26072832
So... does this count as a small stallion or mare?
>>26072832
How did he get so smol?
>>26072884
Well we put Sejor inside the stitched together remains of what is at least three mares. So it's a dude in a mare's body, and he isn't happy about it.Obviously Sejor doesn't browse mlp
>>26072884
He wasn't a male before and now he has female non-dangly bits, so he's a mare.
>>26072885
Because Hijacker likes making small mares smaller. Especially when they are the vessels of a mad god.
>>26072893
>He wasn't a male
>He
>wasn't a male
hmm
>>26072908
We must her by the scruff of the neck.
>>26072912
She was a he because he is the default when referring to things. Nips already stated that she had no gender previously.
>>26072919
Deepest lore.
>>26072934
Trying cannibalism is also deepest lroe
>>26072940
appul pls
>>26072940
O N C E
N
C
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>>26071960
>>26072832
>>26072892
>>26072908
So basically she's now waifuable.
Got it.
>>26072940T R Y I T
>>26072919
truly tumblr
How exactly does one plow Easy's fire crotch without serious burns?
>>26072980
Coltshan on a roll.
>>26072988
Her hair fire doesn't really burn anyone
>>26072952
I don't think we want to stick our dick in something that is not only crazy, but also is 200% for genocide of all living things. The only reason Sejor was even stuck in the body is to get them out of the crystal we need. People are already talking about killing her as soon as she's in the body to save trouble.
>>26072995
Which is retarded since it'd just release the spirit to get caught in another crystal. Just like what caused this problem in the first place.
>>26073004
I didn't say they were being smart anon. Part of the issue is that Sejor rustled alot of jimmies in amount of time he was around. Including permanently murdering another god for doing little more than helping our party with day to day adventuring.
Logic and edge don't play nice together.
>>26073004
That's I want to find a way that would permanently get rid of him.
>>26071604
Should work on it.
>>26069478
That kind of shit ruined a CYOA before.
>>26073055
>implying it wasn't shit from the start
>>26073068
It was, but it somehow managed to ruin a CYOA that was already shit even further.
>>26073055
Randomly inserting fetishes into an existing CYOA can hurt it. Basing a CYOA on that fetish isn't inherently more harmful than any other random CYOA concept.
>>26073129
That's true, but as long as there is no option to lock all the players inside that thread, throw away the key and slowly fill the thread with bad-tempered fire ants who were forced to listen to Attack! Attack! for 6 hours before, I don't like the idea of something like that floating around here. Yes, I am that autistic.
So apparently because I'm a glutton for making more work for myself than I initially set out to do, I've spent most of the night devising an upgrade system for the forthcoming airship cyoa. This is work in progress, but you can get the general idea of what's to be expected.
Oy, this'll take me all week to finish...
>>26073186
I misread that as "frog shot"
>>26073206
Yes, sometimes the crew will get confused and load frogs into the cannons.
>>26073186
That upgrade tree looks way more complicated than necessary.
>>26073186
Why are different kinds of shot counted as upgrades? Shouldn't they just be different kinds of munitions that could be bought and loaded into the cannons?
>>26073235
>>26073255
Aren't you supposed to adapt the cannons to use certain kinds of ammo?
Airship guy, explain.
>>26073186
>this upgrades tree
>effectiveness up upgrades still in the list
You might want to hit up hijijijiji for some pointers
>>26073255
That's what I was thinking. Except for the beam canons and harpoon that is.
>>26073186
>improved bum
yes, please
>>26072995
Sounds like she just needs some Fruity loving tbqh fampai.
>>26067147
Daily reminder that there are too many CYOA's running at the current time.
>>26073282
Which ones should be canceled?
>>26073255
The airships don't run off your typical 'powder and ball' methods.
Instead the cannons are loaded with a magic-infused crystal, wherein the firing mechanism unleashes the magic housed within. So the cannons need to fitted with the proper runes to complete the spell trigger.
In addition, the ship has charging stations that can be used to replenish the magic in spent casing (drawing power from the ship's magic-crystal core). The upgrades allow you load crystals with the appropriate magic.
Your cannons literally shoot magic.
>>26073235
It probably is. I'm still looking to streamline things.
>>26073267
As I said, WIP, so it still has a lot of placeholder names.
>>26073298
>In addition, the ship has charging stations
What charges the charging stations?
Also holy shit, all that elaborate autism. But if you're the QM, that's a good thing. Having an autistic QM can be good at times.
>>26073282
CURRENT YEAR
>>26073313
A bit of autism, a bit of just hand-waving to cover up my arbitrary game-mechanic decisions.
Plus it's good to establish what the power levels are. I didn't want just vanilla cannonballs.
Also, the charging stations run off the ship's main power core, which doubles as the main engine.
>>26073398
And if the main core will fail or whatever, what then?
>>26073186
I can't help but believe that your CYOA will utterly crash and burn.
Really, you're putting WAY too much thought and ideas into it. There seems to be so much one needs to think of right now that only the most hardcore CYOAfags will partake in that quest, while others will hate it because it's so complicated.
>>26073398
>Also, the charging stations run off the ship's main power core, which doubles as the main engine.
Okay, and what is the main power core? Big ass crystal?
>>26073405
>crash and burn
>blitz.jpg
>all this talk about how innkeeps system is complex
is anyone but a scant few people actually reading the tree?
like ACTUALLY looking at it?
This shit
is all
LINEAR
calm your shit
>>26073418
Hey, Hijacker's fighting system is too complex for people to handle. Basic combo systems are over most of our players heads.
>>26073298
It seems overly bloated. I mean too many decisions isn't a good thing. I'd rather not argue about whether each and every cannon should be glue or lighting shot or whatever.
I think the issue is you're scaling it down too much. Forget about small stuff, just have the players decide what the cannons should upgrade (damage, range, penetration etc) And then have them decide what they sacrifice to get it.
So for example if they wanted to go all range then they could upgrade to long cannons, which are +range, +accuracy, -damage (because they take longer to load), and then buy penetration rounds, which are +range, +penetration, -damage (because they leave smaller holes).
>>26073405
What's there to think of? "Do you want to be a pirate or military? Look, you can get these cool upgrades!"
>>26073418
Hijack please. CYOAs are stories before they're systems.
>>26073430
Space is back up.
>>26073186
The problem you're seeing here isn't overcomplexity or bloat. It's that you're laying out a system for us to look at and /mlp/ is scared of systems. Much like dice rolling you'll have better success if you don't show the system and just bring it up in the story.
>>26073453
>airship system critical to airship story
>shapes how players approach problems
>"Nah, let's just ignore it"
I get CYOA is for pone and not game, but come on
>>26073403
Well depends on your airship. If you're a zeppelin then you just sorta float there until you deploy sails or fix the engines.
If you're ship uses special engines to provide propulsion and lift...then you retain all the flight properties of a fully-stocked vending machine.
>>26073405
Honestly, it's far less complicated than it looks. I'll probably trim a bunch of redundant things now that I think about it.
>>26073407
Pretty much. Crystals and the trade thereof will be a predominant theme in the setting.
>>26073428
The shot upgrades apply to all cannons. Again, it is probably more than I need so there will be trimming and revising. And while the idea of long cannons and penetration rounds were tempting, it feels incredibly mundane.
>>26073461
Every line there is incorrect.
>>26073418
but anon
players are retards
>>26073469
So CYOA isn't for pone?:^)
>>26073475
nope
>>26073467
The problem is that your system just has players choose one thing and that's it. You get range, and fuck you if you want anything else, you'll have to change it, and pay for it, at the next opportunity.
You have a lot of options yet it feels very limiting.
>>26073298
When the fuck is this all set?
>>26073492
>You get range, and fuck you if you want anything else
I don't think you're reading the chart right.
>>26073492
weakness breeds ingenuity
no one wants to play a cyoa where we just braodside literally everyone becasue we have an array of fuck cannons and a dragon plated ship
itd be cute for one engagement, but then it would just get tiresome
>>26073506
>dragon plated
Sounds like a ramming speed kind of ship to me.
>>26073504
I clearly am, considering he explained that cannons can use only one type of shot, and he's not interested in upgrading the actual cannons because that's 'mundane'.
>>26073506
You misunderstand. As soon as we pick something on this chart, unless we're willing to pay to go back in a different direction and waste our investment, most of this chart will just disappear.
>>26073506
Hrm...you may have a point there. Perhaps in my mission to allow for things to stay changing and interesting, I have inadvertently done the opposite.
It'll give me something to think about.
>>26073506
>>26073533
>implying limiting the ship is any better
>implying people won't do the same thing every time because it works
Have you not played Hijack?
>>26073530
Wait so it's not "get improved accuracy, which unlocks improved range etc."
>>26073533
Just have a limit on how many you can do before the canons start getting unstable.
>>26073547
Hijack is literally the same situation every fight. I'd assume Innkeeper can vary the situations more since he's bound to go descriptive making it hard to do the same thing every time.
>>26073530
Your cannon can be modified to fire more than one type shot. I never said that cannons were limited to one type and one type alone.
If your cannons are upgrade to accept, say, lightning and fire shots. Then when the time comes to attack, you can choose which shells to load and fire. Hell, you'll be able to mix and match if you're so inclined. Or at least that's the plan.
>>26073558
Not really. If our ship can only do one thing then we'll only do one thing. We're never going to board anyone if we're not spec'd for it.
>>26073577
Which has little to do with what I said. If you have different situations, you won't be able to just do the same thing over and over unless he allows it. Descriptive combat allows every situation to be vastly different.
>>26073438
This this this this this.
This is all of my objections to what is currently going on in the airship CYOA design.
>>26073601
Same thing worded differently is the same thing.
If our ship is good for ONE THING then that is what we will do.
>>26073601
The situations are different, but the options to approach them would be the same, that's the point. You can be as good as you want to write flavor, but it doesn't take away the fact that players don't have more options in the grand total.
>>26073616
>>26073617
I'm glad there isn't possibly just one thing a ship can do. Nor will that 'one thing' always be an available option.
>>26073630
You need to estimate the choosing capabilities of the players, and in my experience, if the main feature of a ship is "this", then the players will always go for "this" first and foremost, which in turn makes it harder for the QM to integrate his vision into it.
There is an easy solution to the problem of limited options: don't upgrade all the cannons the same way. We could have one of each kind of cannon on each side of the ship, and thus keep our options open.
The deeper issue at hand is that more work is being spent on designing systems then on character or plot. This worries me immensely.
>>26073630
Cause a QM would never put the players into a situation where their greatest strength is severely mitigated.
>>26073630
>there isn't possibly just one thing a ship can do.
>>26073558
>Hijack is literally the same situation every fight
you'll be happy to know I'm working on an overhaul to make Hijack's combat narrative for the next time it runs
>>26073647
Or maybe I just haven't told you what I've been doing for character and plot yet.
>>26073668
I was referring to us, not you. The fact that the potential player base is only talking about the system bothers me.
>>26073643
Probably. But that doesn't mean it's the only option, the best option, or an available option. Take Unique for example. Players heavily relied on the barrier spear but it wasn't used all the time. In one instance they dropped a catwalk on an enemy. When it was used it wasn't just dropped as a move, how it was used changed with the situation.
Doing the same thing every time is only an option if the QM allows it.
>>26073673
Well I haven't revealed much about either of those so it'd probably be hard for them to talk about it.
The general consensus I got from previous discussion is that people prefer the privateer route. So you will definitely be a privateer in command of your own ship. The setting will most likely be a slight AU of the canon setting so you'll have your familiar settings and people, though probably a bit of change-up in the geo-political landscape so that's reason for conflict.
>>26073690
Good to know.
Could you please tell us if the ship will be able to be good at more than one thing so the current argument ends?
>>26073702
Don't tell them.
I want to see them flounder some more.
>>26073661
I'd like to point out that I like Nip's latest combat event which used a bit of a mix. It was descriptive, but the players mixed descriptive actions with the old moves. The movesets/abilities existing predefined like that gives a nice overview of what each character can do, which then can be applied descriptively. Nina can do this, this, and this, and anything that logically follows from those predefined moves.
It was a very nice foundation for the fight.
![freestyle_ponies_by_bamboodog-d48kzza[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/R1HTuUZ.jpg "freestyle_ponies_by_bamboodog-d48kzza[1].jpg")
I'm saying sorry to those people who were wondering about the Maneami Quest. I'll run it as soon as I'll possibly can. Just an update of sorts.
>>26073702
Yes, your ship can be fitted to do more than one thing. All I've shown is a glimpse at the potential firepower upgrades - I haven't even gotten into defensive or propulsion modifications. And by the way, there won't be numbers attached to these things - the mechanics will stay under the hood to the best of my abilities.
And it would certainly be in your best interest to keep your ship versatile, cause otherwise you'll be up shit-creek when you run into a challenge that'll eat your 'one thing' for breakfast.
I mean, sure you could get through a number of challenges just focusing on pure brute force. But no amount of brute force is going to help if you run into, say, a floating fortress that happens to be housing the glazed macguffin.
Anyways, its really late and I'm tired so I'm going to sleep. Feel free to keep floundering but don't expect answers from me.
>>26073770
Honestly, I would ditch upgrade trees entirely and just give the players a list.
What do you want to upgrade?
- Attack (costs x bits)
- Defense (costs x bits)
- Speed (costs x bits)
- Accuracy (costs x bits)
- Paint Job (costs x bits)
>>26073777
>not wanting to shoot lightning at people
>not wanting to hit and run with fog shots
>>26073710
This. In combat you need to know everything the characters you can control can do, else you won't be able to make informed decisions.
>>26073783
Those could be options too. I just meant lay everything put on the table from the get-go without the unnecessary and exclusionary tree format.
>>26073770
As long as versatility is an option then it's okay. I don't expect a ship that's good at anything, I just want one that can be good enough to do whatever the situation calls for, even if it's not the best at it.
>>26073777
Some playersHijackdon't like linear upgrade paths.
>>26073800
Jack of all trades
Master of none
>>26073800
Ech, fair enough, I guess. I suppose it is besides the point anyway, since I have already decided that I'm not going to be playing this one. All this talk of upgrade trees and systems has made it feel like air-JAD to me, so I'm out.
I wish you all the best with your airship CYOA, anons. Have fun, and let me know how it goes.
>>26073855
nigga nobody cares
>>26073867
I was already aware of that. I decided to say it anyway.
Again, good luck with the airship CYOA.
>>26073867
systems a shit
I want to choose my own adventure not wait for hours until the boring and repetitive part is over
>>26074019
ur a shit
On a scale of 1-5, what degree of stat-basedness do you like in CYOAs?
The explanations are just examples, nothing iron-clad. Think of them as flavor text
>1 - Completely narrative-driven
Pretty much the only thing that matters is the plan the players came up with and the way the QM thinks would make for an interesting fight. There are no stats
>2 - Mostly narrative-driven
Still no real stats, but the MC may be for example "strong", so he would find it easier to accomplish strength-based actions - still no real stats, but the QM will base the outcome on whether or not the players have come up with a plan that matches the MC's build
>3 - Balanced
There are basic stats, but they're (mostly) hidden. More of an orientation for the QM, so if he thinks that a certain outcome will be better - narrative-wise - he may or may not decide to alter the outcome accordingly
>4 - Mostly stat-based
The MC has a variety of stats that can be increased/leveled up. Players can see all the explicit stats of the MC and maybe the enemy, so they will plan their actions according to the stats, but not every interaction has to be stat-based (like for example talking to an NPC and trying to convince him of something - the players would still have to come up with a plan)
>5 - Exclusively stat-based
A lot of stat for all relevant aspects. HP, Stamina, Strength, Magic, MP etc. etc.
Trying to convince an NPC of something? Well, what's your charisma and intelligence level? What level is his willpower? Roll [2d20+8], has to be higher than the enemy's [1d20+5].
Fights will be less of a narrative and more of a series of posts choosing attacks and rolling.
> http://strawpoll.me/6511420
>>26074280
>the MC may be for example "strong", so he would find it easier to accomplish strength-based actions
Why would that not be in 1?
>>26074292
You can accentuate the fact that a character is "strong" or "dexterous" on purpose to make an underhanded notion to an stat system being there. It's a small distinction, but I agree with it not being completely narrative-driven. That would be when you simply don't have a stat system at all.
>>26074280
I'm torn between 2 and 3.
>>26074292
Well it was an example. "MC is an Earth Pony and therefore he's strong" would be more a case for 1, but "MC is a Pegasus and in addition to his natural agility, players made decisions - either during character creation or during the quest - that increased his strength. For example they decided to hit the gym frequently" would be more of a 2. Sure, both are in between, but as I said, the explanations are more of a flavor text, I couldn't think of great examples for all of it.
>>26074280
3 and up is fine.
>>26074280
2 3 4 depending on the qm's abilities and the type of quest
http://pastebin.com/8ncR0e0v
I dont even care that this is gonna get scrapped
this was really fun to make
>>26074508
You know, usually memes are an exaggeration.
Not this one though.
>>26074508
>hidden storage uses fucking flatspace
Dude
>>26074508
This is next level.
>>26073851
"though oftentimes better than master of one"
