Merit Badges

2010-11-01T14:48:57Z

NardoLoopa:

All merit badges are gained by satisfying some requirement, and then visiting the [[Training Room|Heroes' Guild]].

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" align="center" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF"
! '''Badge''' !! '''Image''' !! '''Image name''' !! '''Requirement'''
|-
| [[Heroic Recycler]] || [[Image:Reduce-and-reuse-first.jpg]] || reduce-and-reuse-first || [[Talismans (hideout)|Transmogrifying]] 20 times
|-
| [[From Dusk 'Til Dawn]] || [[Image:sun-go-up-sun-go-down.jpg]] || sun-go-up-sun-go-down || Patrol until 6:30 AM
|-
| [[Crystal Collector]] || [[Image:Mmm-thats-good-cosmic-karma.jpg]] || mmm-thats-good-cosmic-karma || Collect 333 [[cosmic crystals]]
|-
| [[Coffee Snob]] || [[Image:Nothing-but-kopi-luwak.jpg]] || nothing-but-kopi-luwak || Drink 72 [[fancy latte]]s
|-
| [[Joltin' Joe Sombrero]] || [[Image:left-and-gone-away.jpg]] || left-and-gone-away.jpg || Use 56 [[baseball bat]]s
|-
| [[Pinball Wizard]] || [[Image:getafirstlife-dot-com.jpg]] || getafirstlife-dot-com || Level each game in the [[Virtual Reality Gaming Center]] to bracket 10
|-
| [[Delayed Gratification]] || [[Image:twice-as-nice.jpg]] || twice-as-nice || Level up twice in a row without leaving the [[Training Room|Heroes' Guild]]
|-
| || || || "Impossible" Badge
|-
| [[Talk About an Old Timer]] || [[Image:You-alpha-believe-it.jpg]] || you-alpha-believe-it || Be an alpha tester (no longer obtainable)
|-
| [[Really Out to Sea]] || [[Image:Think-im-a-banana-tree.gif]] || think-im-a-banana-tree || Have exactly 51 [[playing card]]s in your inventory
|-
| [[Tremors Are My Friend]] || [[Image:Seismic-raspberry.jpg]] || seismic-raspberry || Collect 500 [[T.a.I.L.o.R.|S.U.I.T. points]]
|-
| [[Two Bits Times Two]] || [[Image:golden-oldie.jpg]] || golden-oldie || Reach level 50
|-
| [[Lazy Boy and the Recliner]] || [[Image:i-am-sofa-king.jpg]] || i-am-sofa-king || [[Rest for a turn|Rest]] more than 210 minutes in one day
|-
| [[I Have a Bridge to Sell You]] || [[Image:Think-this-badge-is-about-you.gif]] || think-this-badge-is-about-you || Donate for 11 straight days to the [[Starboard Port|Snowflake Leader Board]]
|-
| [[Brontosaurus Bully‎]] || [[Image:Dinosaur-in-a-haystack.jpg]] || dinosaur-in-a-haystack || Collect 200 [[red claw]]s and 200 [[red tooth|red teeth]]
|-
| [[Where's the party?]] || [[Image:what-no-cake.gif]] || what-no-cake || Currently Unknown
|-
| || [[Image:weeeeh-weeeeh-weeeeh.gif]] || wheeeh-weeeeh-weeeeh| || Wear Droog costume with Moped
|-
| [[National Lampoons]] || [[Image:Some-town-in-maryland.gif]] || some-town-in-maryland || Choose "Exit stage center" in the non-combat [[Intermission]] a total of 20 times
|-
| [[Quite the Bulldozer]] || [[Image:Six-half-tons-and-what-do-you-get.gif]] || six-half-tons-and-what-do-you-get || Remove 6000 pounds of rock from the [[Clean Up the Rubble Field|rubble field]] (no longer obtainable)
|-
| || || || Currently Unknown
|-
| [[Month of Mayhem]] || [[Image:Thirty-days-hath-september.gif]] || thirty-days-hath-september || Play at least 29 days (4w 1d) of in-game time
|-
| [[Skin of the Teeth]] || [[Image:those-are-razor-thin-margins.gif]] || those-are-razor-thin-margins || Win five fights with 1 HP left at the end
|-
| [[More than One Way to Hunt a Bounty]] || [[Image:quicker-picker-upper.gif]] || quicker-picker-upper || Have 50 or more [[damage absorption]]
|-
| [[Rogue Ranch Repeated Redux]] || [[Image:once-twice-four-times-a-hero.gif]] || once-twice-four-times-a-hero || create a [[Quizzically Quivering Quadraphonic Quad-Quadrant]]
|-
| [[This Lousy Badge]] || [[Image:you-omicron-believe-it.gif]] || you-omicron-believe-it || Be a beta tester (no longer obtainable)
|-
| [[Mettle Gear Solid]] || [[Image:I-always-died-on-the-first-screen.gif]] || i-always-die-on-the-first-screen || Have a [[Supersolid mettle medal]] equipped
|}
[[Category:Merit Badges|*]]

Talk:The Mick

2010-10-21T13:07:56Z

NardoLoopa:

== Elemental choice ==

I'm going to start adding my experience with elements until the pattern emerges:

{| border=1
! Equal resistances !! choice
|-
| yellow pink blue red gray green || green pink gray
|-
| blue red gray green || blue
|-
| red green gray pink || pink
|-
| green yellow gray blue || green yellow gray
|-
| no resistances || green pink grey
|} --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 04:19, 28 September 2010 (PDT)

==Blue Chip and other drops==
Myself level 30 with 407 HP, Mick gave 829 XP and had 651 HP (434 TNT hit). I got blue chip and candy. --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 04:46, 28 September 2010 (PDT)

Fought him with 4 characters:
level 70 Naturalist, won the first time, got the gorilla vest and thunderbolt(and chip - it's guaranteed, apparently). 
level 50 elementalist, lost many times, got only the chip. 
level 50 gadgeteer, lost once, got chip and thunderbolt. 
level 50 psion, lost once, got chip and thunderbolt. 
[[User:Edivad|Edivad]] 04:58, 28 September 2010 (PDT)
:Hey guys, just though I'd add my experience... I was a level 25 Elementalist, lost to him several times, got only the chip. --[[User:Prestige|Prestige]] 07:16, 29 September 2010 (PDT)
:So far I beat him on my three chars on different lvls, got only chip always. It seems that elemental is hardest, the only class I can't beat him with. I tried pumping spell dmg, other time going with max resistances, now I pile up absorbation gear, maybe this will work --[[User:Shikao|Shikao]] 07:54, 29 September 2010 (PDT)
: I'm thinking the drops might be related to the amount of adjusting he does. fought him when he only adjusted defense and got NOTHING. not even a blue chip. --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 07:16, 1 October 2010 (PDT)
:: Hmm, now I wish I had copied down the messages when I fought him as a level 11 nat. I know I got only one "Not liking what he senses..." message, but I don't remember what stat it referred to. I also got only a blue chip in that run. --[[User:Prestige|Prestige]] 07:28, 1 October 2010 (PDT)

Got in on all 4 chars on first runs and so far 1 in 3 second runs. Also noticed that last time I got chip was after seeing "Apparently feeling cocky, the Mick picks up a coin from his desk, flips it once, and drops it into a pocket."--[[User:Shikao|Shikao]] 09:44, 6 October 2010 (PDT)
: I think those messages are the hints. If people can be specific as to what message they got and what dropped it would be great. So far I can say what I got:
:* No message: no drops
:* he Mick takes a moment to clear a couple of things: coin + 2 other drops.
: I can also say I got those messages after excessively buffing myself, and getting at least two adjustments.
: --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 14:34, 6 October 2010 (PDT)
::I wonder what the "coin flipping" message means. In my last run, I lost to him several times, but at the beginning of combat, I sometimes got the coin message and sometimes didn't, even though my buffs and equipment were (as far as I can recall) the same during multiple attempts. --[[User:Prestige|Prestige]] 15:58, 6 October 2010 (PDT)
:: I had only one adjustment when I got coin and all possible Naturalist buffs at that moment + yellow pill. I lost the first time and on second attempt, adjustemnts were exactly the same. --[[User:Shikao|Shikao]] 22:06, 6 October 2010 (PDT)
: I just the "flip a coin message" which only got me the blue chip. Anecdotal, but so far it works. "flip a coin" = blue chip. "clear a couple of things" = 3 items. --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 02:06, 7 October 2010 (PDT)

Fought him again, got the 'shield', 'evasive subroutine activated' and 'coin' special messages at the start. He only dropped a blue chip.
add-on: level 11 gadgeteer, had LOTS of buffs on(no item restrictions run), and had a significant amount of +dodge from equip.
[[User:Edivad|Edivad]] 04:31, 7 October 2010 (PDT)

Only got the "attach a suitable shield to his exosuit" message, no drop. Level 11 gadgeteer, no +to-hit or +to-dodge, a bit of +ranged damage, and 10 DA. --[[User:TeKRunneR|TeKRunneR]] 04:43, 7 October 2010 (PDT)

Lvl 11 Elemental 225 Defense(natural -- no buffs) 114 HP 50% acid 5% fire, ice, electrical and he buffed aura and defense plus used pink, grey, and yellow buttons -- no drops jpsteel 8 Oct 2010

::: I just managed to get the vest, and indeed with the vest message. My method was to randomly buff myself with over 40 buffs. I don't think I had more than two adjustments. The Mick had 1200 HP compared to my 130 and he hit me for 128 on the first turn, so it was a close call. TNT ftw. --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 11:42, 10 October 2010 (PDT)

I'm pretty sure the Mick scales with + toughness -- I got the coin message with no buffs and +13 toughness. Also, I noticed he hits harder when you add + toughness -- jpsteel 15 Oct 2010

Ryme confirmed in chat earlier that + toughness is indeed one of the ways (not the only) to get the blue chip to drop -- jpsteel 16 Oct 2010

+1 FT from the silver necklace wasn't enough to trigger the coin. +13 from the Coon's cap was enough. Also, +7 from the coil was enough. --[[User:NardoLoopa|NardoLoopa]] 05:54, 21 October 2010 (PDT)

==Strategies & Combat Mechanics==
My hypothesis is that if you fought The Mick the day before (and didn't beat him) then when you fight him the next day you'll have an absurdly good chance at beating him. Case in point: I lost to him yesterday. Today I went into combat with only my starting Slingshot (Gadgetteer). He owned me without any armor doing more than maxhp on the first hit. However, with some shoddy gear (105 total power, no other effects), I was able to last 6 rounds (he mostly did 12+12 dam). In that time my Slingshot did 85damage for a single hit, and 140damage for a double hit. --[[User:NardoLoopa|NardoLoopa]] 06:07, 21 October 2010 (PDT)

2010-10-03T04:22:31Z

NardoLoopa: added reticulated hoses item

{{combatencounter
|indef=a
|pronoun=It
|name=fusion octotron
|image=fusion-octotron.gif
|desc=You've seen some big robots in your day. You've seen some nasty things. But this, this, has got to be the worst yet. It's a titanic black dome with dozens of spinning blades and positively bristling with humming energy weapons. It's like its creator couldn't quite decide what he wanted his robotic minion to have, so he gave it everything he could possibly imagine. And then added several copies of each. And then enlisted the help of a blue ribbon panel to come up with even ''more'' stuff.
|hit1=It blasts you with one of its many energy weapons. Sadly for you, it has good aim.{{hitnote|{{element|fire|}}}}
|hit2=Lightning arcs out from a pair of tesla coils mounted on the back. It grounds out. Through you. {{hitnote|{{element|electric|}}}}
|hit3=It must think your on fire because it blasts you with a fire extinguisher. Man... this thing has everything! {{hitnote|{{element|ice|}}}}
|miss2=Lightning arcs out from a pair of tesla coils mounted on the back. Those should have been mounted somewhere else. They just ground to the floor.
|miss3=It must think your on fire because it blasts you with a fire extinguisher. Sadly, it forgot to pull the pin, so nothing happens.
|miss1=It blasts you with one of its many energy weapons. Luckily for you, it was aiming just over your shoulder.
|xp=200
|chips=0
|res={{res|electric|50}}
|postfight=You strike a dramatic pose as the fusion octotron finally explodes, sending sparks flying and making the lights flicker. You really wish you had a camera, because it's one of those things that you'll always remember. The remaining bits of the fusion octotron also explode, creating more cool lights and sparks, and sending more debris falling around you. One of the air conditioning vents malfunctions and kicks into high gear, providing a really neat wind effect.

It doesn't get much more awesome than this.

Oh, hey, it looks like one of the fusion components didn't completely explode. You pocket the stray item.

{{obtain|fusion plasma coupler|fusion-item.gif}}

''or''

{{obtain|fusion ROM boards|fusion-item.gif}}

''or''
{{obtain|fusion reticulated hoses|fusion-item.gif}}

Wandering, dazed, towards the wreckage is General Malaise. It seems he never even considered that someone might be able to destroy his grand project, and it looks like he doesn't quite know how to handle it. Since he's just standing there, poking at the ruined robot with his boot. He picks up a piece of wire and twists it round again and again, as if he's trying to fix it. You step up behind him and put some cuffs on him, so you can take him back to Rand. He's in no condition to put up much of a fight.
|loc1=inner sanctum of the Unborn Base}}
{{robot|electronic}}