Talk:Big Charley

Got 2030 xp, had 50 ft from the sundowner and +4xp from the subscriber's jacker, removing those it leaves 2001 XP at level 103.
This thing scales and is quite powerful at my level, had to use tens of super-cute bunnies (40-50) to annihilate his attack power (from 100+ to ~5) and some sleet buckets to have him miss for the first time.
Also, I must have dealt around 2500 damage to kill it. Patojonas 06:14, 2 May 2012 (PDT)

I've got reflexes at 8512, and can't hit him with a ranged weapon of power 720. Ticket punch does approximately 1350 damage, but 3 didn't kill him. He clearly scales remarkably. A challenge--How marvelous! Dogberry--7 May 2012; 2110 PM CDT

Weapon power just controls how much damage you do when you hit, not your chance of hitting. And glad you're enjoying! Cristiona 20:01, 7 May 2012 (PDT)

He is indeed a challenge...until you use kung fu. Currently I take him out with 2 kung fu strikes, 1100+ each. His power seems to have a wide range, I've seen the xp gained range from 1800+ to 2000+ Patojonas 04:23, 8 May 2012 (PDT)

I was killing him with Psi Blast. Also, his method of scaling is not unique. Cristiona

Item drops affect balls o' fire. "You found an item: ball o' fire" Sanjuro 13:59, 8 May 2012 (PDT)

Bwahahaha Cristiona

Whew. It took me roughly 9000 damage to kill him, and I got 8440 XP. (For those of you who are spading the scaling. I'm not bragging. Much. :) It took me like 12 tries...) Dogberry--8 May 2012; 2204 PM CDT

By the way, once I encountered him while wearing the mask of Odysseus and it prevented my initiative loss... either the mask scaling bug is fixed or this is a different scaling mechanic. For some reason Cristiona's remark makes me think about the Mick, the only foe to scale enough to be troublesome. Patojonas 04:38, 9 May 2012 (PDT)

The Mick's scaling is unique. Chuck uses a different one... Cristiona 20:01, 9 May 2012 (PDT)

Chuck?

Diminutive form of Charles, much like Charlie is. Cristiona

By the way, I've been trying to determine time between fights. Today I got 2 fights separated by 45 turns (or 3 hours and 2.5 minutes going by the time displayed). I dunno if sidekick effectiveness affects time between fights (50% from judo kid gloves), but I confirm that the time to the next fight is saved from one day to the next, just like time between subscriber voucher drops are. Patojonas 04:38, 10 May 2012 (PDT)

I can confirm that the counter is constant between days. It's only supposed to reset on retcon. Presumably, it's constant across transmog, too, but I haven't tested (obviously). Also, I believe that the counter is set, regardless of level, but it should be easy enough to test by using the arsonist at level 1. Cristiona 18:22, 10 May 2012 (PDT)