[DA 2017] Unofficial Quick-Question thread

[Little Ghost]

A question regarding the combat in this DA: When the time limit mentioned is 20 hours, is that for the entire combat scenario? When does the timer start, from the moment of engagement or after all involved parties have made their set-up posts?

20 hours per post.

When a challenge is force and/or accepted, I will post a post along the lines of:

Fight -- Dante vs Abyss

From the moment I post that post, Dante will have 20 hours to write his first post.  After that, Abyss would have 20 hours to reply.  Then back to Dante.  Then back to Abyss.  After the fourth post, I'll do another update post that reveals the winner and fight aftermath.

Would it be possible to change the order of who goes first if one party is unable to respond within the first 20-hour period due to IRL events? Like in your example, Dante notes that he will not have an opportunity to post in this first 20 hour period and thus asks if Abyss could go first or if it could be delayed?

[Karl Jak]

The person who posts first will be the aggressor -- ie, whoever initially instigated the fight/issued the Challenge, unless both parties let me know ahead of time or right after I post that "hey, Karl, can we swap?"

As mentioned, there won't be any extensions.

[Little Ghost]

The person who posts first will be the aggressor -- ie, whoever initially instigated the fight/issued the Challenge, unless both parties let me know ahead of time or right after I post that "hey, Karl, can we swap?"

As mentioned, there won't be any extensions.

Thank you for the swift response, the answers have satisfied my curiosity.

[Tearen Wover]

Would the bios for the current registered entrants be on the DV yet?

[Karl Jak]

Yes.

[Jak Mar]

Can I use a item from this DA as a move referencing DA 15'?

[Larfleeze]

Hey for the last IC day before the main event (AKA the 13th), will it be okay to have in the posts to have there be a warning that the main event will begin soon?

Yes, of course.

A question regarding the combat in this DA: When the time limit mentioned is 20 hours, is that for the entire combat scenario? When does the timer start, from the moment of engagement or after all involved parties have made their set-up posts?

20 hours per post.

When a challenge is force and/or accepted, I will post a post along the lines of:

Fight -- Dante vs Abyss

From the moment I post that post, Dante will have 20 hours to write his first post.  After that, Abyss would have 20 hours to reply.  Then back to Dante.  Then back to Abyss.  After the fourth post, I'll do another update post that reveals the winner and fight aftermath.

Considering the formation of teams, how would challenges work in the instance of multiple people vs a single person? Or two teams fighting each other? Would it still just be two posts per player, or would the side with less people get a proportionate number of posts to make it even?

[Karl Jak]

If two teams fight, each person still gets two posts each.

In a mismatched fight (1v2, 3v2, etc), each person still gets two posts each.

[Handsome Jack]

If I win, can I make out with Karl?

[Dane Regan]

I thought you'd want to drink him Cell.

Or is that for later?

[Handsome Jack]

Making out is a kind of drinking.

[Tearen Wover]

So Vita Compasses, I need some detail on how they work.

It registers Primes within a certain distance, but is it automatic or do you have to press a button? How does it log people and call them up for tracking? Can I just conjure an image of a Prime I bumped into but didn't get the name of and it'll be like 'yeah I got em.'


???

[Handsome Jack]

I think they settled on 15 minutes in close proximity.

[Omni]

Anyone you've been within a few meters of is registered automatically. It's magic.

[Handsome Jack]

That DOES remind. Does it register people you met BEFORE you purchased it? Pretty sure that was answered before but I forgot.

[Jim Raynor]

Wait you can use Vita Compasses on the island? Seems a bit OP.

[Handsome Jack]

@Jim: Movement is transparent anyway. Everyone already knows OOC where you are. Just gives IC plausibility.

[Tearen Wover]

Even then, everyone's movement is being broadcast and tracked on the Dataverse. With items enabled it really just eliminates the meta-concerns of knowing where we all are, which I think is a good move on Alex's part.

[Omni]

That DOES remind. Does it register people you met BEFORE you purchased it? Pretty sure that was answered before but I forgot.

This is answered on the item description itself: yes.

[Handsome Jack]

I just wanted to ask an easily found question too... Don't be mad, Mommy.