I hate the tinder drill!

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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby dageir » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:18 pm

I would buy that shirt. Seriously.
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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby Dallane » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:19 pm

i'd only buy it if the animation for using it was on it
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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby TotalyMoo » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:56 pm

I was thinking more like the text repeating over and over again, like a chat-log going down and fading out.

The tinder drill broke.
The tinder drill broke.
etc etc.

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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby chanpod » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:37 pm

Umm, I don't know if this was a giant coincidence but I do believe your phlegm % has something to do with it. 90% + phlegm = almost 100% success. >50% = high failure rate.

Just something i noticed
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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby MagicManICT » Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:13 pm

Nobody has really done any !!SCIENCE!! on this to figure out the mechanics. (Yes, I expect lab dwarves to be set on fire.) Phlegm levels might have something to do with it. It could be something has changed, too.
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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby chanpod » Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:36 pm

I'm almost positive it does (unless the last patch or so changed it) It seems to be based on % phlegm and not flat numbers. Which makes it harder for lowbies to use them (as the % drops quicker) but easy for higher phlegm players as 2.5/3 phlegm will not really drop them more than a few % so their success will be more consistent (IF they aren't low on phlegm). So, even if you have 80 phlegm, sitting at 30 phlegm will make you likely to fail anyways since your below 50%.

I did not do "Scientific" studies on this but I did get annoyed one day b/c I was suddenly failing over and over. I noticed my phlegm was low, so I filled it up (just so I didn't pass out) and then was successful. At first I thought it was a coincidence but then it happened a day later (low phlegm, I failed a lot). So I tested it, set out 3 little fires to light. Did the first two with maxed phlegm. 100% success rate. Dropped my phlegm to about 20%. Failed like 4 times in a row. Could technically be coincidence still...but that's too many "coincidences" in a row.
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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby dageir » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:31 pm

Ok. So I come back to give this game a new chance.
What is one of the first big obstacles?
Yes, the tinder drill!!!

Not only do I have to forage for crap to make the drill, (Which is easy enough, but boring.)
but I also have to forage for food to be able to have enough bile to make it.

I think the drill broke this game.
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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby reeper_aut » Tue May 06, 2014 2:44 am

ähm, any of you wondered what torches are for?
have one in your hand and lit when you logout and you won't need any tinder drill any more!
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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby bashnagdul » Tue May 06, 2014 7:41 am

just cut down a tree, harvest logs, split them, get branches and make a chest of em...
its not like trees are a scarce resource....

especially not when you start planting em...
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Re: I hate the tinder drill!

Postby Mereni » Tue May 06, 2014 7:43 am

It's worth it to invest in some flint and steel right away when you can smelt. It's not like we need tons of iron for braziers anymore.
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