Yeah got the Succubus class at D27. As I said usually I get it earlier but I had a bad Growth Factor on purpose to prove it was still possible to complete the Loan Quest.
"looks like you never used your hookers on your combat team"
Only Vikki was on the combat team and then until D10 when I could afford to buy a new slave to take her place. Combat Team had always at least 4 members.
Apart from her yeah my hookers never fought, this insured a constant income wether or not my combat team did well in dungeons.
"Heavy armor costs a *LOT* to BUY, but SELLS for almost NOTHING! :-( "
You know, when you get a heavy armor in loots it's quite a nice bonus, I won't say it sells for nothing.
"higher wits = better healing [W/O STAFF] claim
Maybe that's another recent change???
But this did NOT used to be the case! Used to be, heals only depended upon MATK"
Again, I remind you that I played since the 1rst game and as far as I remember it has always been the case. I had always trained my slaves either in Phy (for melee) or Wits (for mages/healer) because those stats influenced greatly how good they were, it has been verified through many runs I did in the past through many versions . It's not a recent change at all, the fact that "Lesser Heal" heal 120% of MATK is the newer one I'd say since I wasn't aware of that before you mentioned it a few days ago (didn't read the tooltips in a long time).
"Your "combat team" I did notice you don't "mix & match"
Every class was military or could B used in fights"
Yeah I said I specialized my slaves, my combat team is my kill team, my hookers are my income generator. it is necessary because while in theory you can have all the classes, there is a soft cap as leveling get slower and slower so I choose all classes that benefit my combat team first for combat.
Why taking Farmer when I don't farm and it gives only +15HP? I may take it later for the HP but there are other classes I prioritize which gives better stats/perks. Daisy was in dire need of Phy thus the Worker class (+10PHY +5HP)
"What's the *EARLIEST* day you did combat?"
D2 for the wolf threat then D4 for dungeons.
Vikki was a member of the combat team until D10
"more than one thief-----Evasion bonus?"
Evasion and Wits, not taking a hit can be a life saver or reduce needs for healing, so generally on everybody unless I have another class priority.
"BUT EVEN *ONE* "Grave Injury" is more than enough to kill this (CRUCIAL---esp 1st 14 days!) Production!"
Yeah but not in my case, my income is assured thanks to my hookers, no hit in production even if my whole combat team get wiped. It woul be around 2 days of rest before they can go fight again, no big deal most of the time. I can still train them.
" [hence another reason go BACK to 5.3?] "
I won't bother to go back on an older version, it's not really that tough, you have to better prepare your combattants. It also gives variety in combat, I admit it may need some tuning especially on early days (maybe not spawning before D7/D10 or have incompatible traits). Worst case scenario you flee.
Daisy had +20 Wits bonus through Alchemy and Apprentice.
"ASSIGNMENT Quests" ----Case in point, where it's *ESSENTIAL* that quest pay gold.
No it's essential they pay in REP that's all you need for the Loan Quest but again taking an Assignment quest early is not wise at all, you can't afford to send your slaves away, it will hurt your progress a lot in early game.
Sending Daisy away for 3 days? 3 days is all I needed to train her and set her for combat (she began fighting at D2, training not finished) till mid-game (after Loan Quest) while your Daisy after 3 days Assignment is still a newbie incapable of fighting, I hope you trained someone else in this case or it would be a total waste of time.
"ROOMS upgrade: Looks like you did that 2nd Week?"
Began on D7, wasn't able to gather enough resources before, finished on D8.
What did you do w Shrines? You didn't have extra Grain/Veggies, (so no good offering) Ignore?
The stone altar I loot, the metal altar if I had meat I would offer it else most of the time I skip. Later if I have cloth I would offer it to the women looking altar.