Posted: 3/25/2007 7:29 AM
Post subject: Ultima 6 is begging for it...
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Dwedit
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Ultima 6 - The False Prophet is really begging for a TAS. This is one of the few huge, epic RPGs where 95% of all the content is skippable. spoilers? So far, my understanding of the game is that you have the following goals: * Learn Unlock Magic, and Dispel Field * Get balloon plans from sutek's castle * Make balloon * Get amulet of submission * Fix gargish lens * Get britanian lens * Get vortex cube * Get runes * Get moonstones * Clear shrines of diligence, control, passion. * Beat game I'm not sure yet how tool assistance would be much faster than playing manually, since there is a slow walking speed. Perhaps enemies can be manipulated to never appear? Otherwise you'd need invisibility effects.
Posted: 3/25/2007 8:14 AM
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Dwedit
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Now some possible ideas for planning out a route: Stealing should be OK since there will be very little of it Possible to use luck manipulation to get rid of enemies? That would kick ass. Should party be killed off? That's kinda slow to do. But then you can just invisible the avatar to avoid all fights. * Win initial battle * learn how to use moon orb spells: * get spell book (take it or buy one) * learn unlock magic from horance * learn dispel field from xiao rune of valor/invisiblity ring: * get cheese * get Sherry * warp to valor town * let sherry into mousehole * get rune, possibly get invisiblity ring if it's necessary sutek's castle: * Need unlock and dispel field * Hydra on right side * follow dungeon to right side * get balloon plans * there's also a backdoor enterance exclusive to the SNES Version, but it's probably slower. build balloon: * big basket from basket-maker in Minoc * buy spider silk (cheapest from horance) * spin silk in paws * charlotte in New Maginca weaves it * someone in paws makes it into a bag * Cauldron? Buy it or steal it? (where?) * assemble baloon * fastest way to travel after using red gates? rune of compassion: * at certain time of day, Ariana and Mother are in bar together, easy to get rune then runes of justice, honor, spirituality: * just take it rune of honesty: * in the dungeon * dungeon has two enterances, can enter either from tavern or Xiao's room * if xiao's room faster, do this while getting dispel field * Need unlock magic, or powder keg, I forget rune of humility: * wild goose chase, talk to people in sequence rune of sacrifice: * get log, probably while getting rune of justice * cut log * have julia make panpipes * learn 'stones' from gwenno * get rune moonstones: * probably get beh lem first * use runes at each shrine to get the moonstone * Faster travel from shrine to some destinations? vortex cube: * Just get it, balloon helps * Use powder keg, skip that fish for key crap lenses: * get broken lens from hall of knowledge * fix lens at gargish repair guy * make concave lens 3 dunegons: * Each ends with demon battle, hopefully that can be skipped