Transcendence Experience Test

[erik dela cruz]

Sorry but I itch to refresh my post in this thread. Here goes!

1. Have you made it to Heretic?
D. Loads of times

2. How do you set up your ship?
D. I have a carefully planned ship layout.

3. How many times have you beaten Transcendence?
B. 1-2 times

4. When you see a Phobos coming, you:
D. Have a good enough ship you can just kill it.

5. How many times do you tend to die on a game?
C. 100-399


BONUS QUESTION
Have you ever beaten the game with Permadeath?
A. No


At last I got 17/25!!!!

[erik dela cruz]

Update as per V101 game:

1. Have you made it to Heretic?
D. Loads of times

2. How do you set up your ship?
D. I have a carefully planned ship layout.

3. How many times have you beaten Transcendence?
B. 1-2 times

4. When you see a Phobos coming, you:
D. Have a good enough ship you can just kill it.

5. How many times do you tend to die on a game?
D. less than 99


BONUS QUESTION
Have you ever beaten the game with Permadeath?
A. No

Better huh?

[onyhow]

1) C: Twice...the first time was when Heretic was still empty system only with ICS with old model...then again, I reached there by running like hell from everything...
2) B: While I know what did what, most of the time I load what I've found...only late game when I use fab it's different...
3) B: Once...
4) B: I've only met active Phobos once (probably a few more times, can't remember), and with underequipped ship I lured it to CSC Terra...Phobos got blown up, but resulted in 99% damage to CSC Terra...
5) D: Although I've only cleard one game, and other games I've only play half-heartedly or trying to obey permadeath and abandonned soon after death, the game I've actually cleared only resulted in 3 deaths, 2 covered via insurance, although the game registered 2 resurrections probably because I've force quit once...funny, that game was supposed to be a "Screw permadeath, I want to win even if I die a thousand times!" and have less than 5 deaths total...
Bonus) A

So, that's 13/20...Not quite good...

Update: Won a permadeath game...
1) D: 3 should count...
2) C: After St. Kat I did this...
3) B
4) B: Damn...
5) D
Bonus) B

So, that's 25/20! Woot!

[Val]

1 C
2 usually D, but borders on B depending on loot and available money. For weapons it's C.
3 B
4 D, except when the circumstances forces me to do C
5 D, including some suicides to test something, and revert.
Bonus: No, but working on it. (am a few systems after St.Katherine with an omni TEV9, so I'm hopeful of success)

total: 16.5/25

Ideas for further question, and my answers to them:
6. Have you traded on the black market?
A. No, how should I do it?
B. Yes, after reading the forums/wiki
C. Yes, stumbled upon it by myself.
D. Yes, and even done missions for them, without reading spoilers!
my answer: C.

7. What did you do with the Huari?
A. What? Aren't the Huari an enemy? I kill or avoid them.
B. I managed to do some missions for them.
C. I visited their homeworld.
D. I saved their homeworld.
my ansver: D

[durbanator]

MY First Post
heres my almost done vanilla permadeath run.. in 1.07
i've done one other permadeath but that was on 1.01 i think, so no stat records unfortunately
1) D loads of times, without mods occasionally
2) C starts off with a omni turbolaser+ upgrades
3) C 3-4 times.. took me ages with a im90 and strengthen on the old ics, then i found the lamplighter
4) D i eats phobi like a wolfy
5) D usually give up if i die more than 5 times and start over after a few weeks when im bored
Bonus Question
Yeah, almost done a permadeath run the second time.. and still havent used up my first insurance package from clavius

so that puts my score at.. 28?

[durbanator]

just finished a vanilla permadeath

DURBANATOR

Adventure Transcendence Part I: The Stars of the Pilgrim
Black Market rank Sindikat lieutenant
Commonwealth Fleet rank Fleet captain
Commonwealth militia rank Colonel
Domina relationship Patriarch
Fate Left Human Space on a journey to the Galactic Core
Genome Human male
Korolov rank Legend
Money (credits) 3,200,688
Money (rin) 246,427
Score 1,972,400
Ship class Wolfen-class gunship
Time played 15 hours and 26 minutes
Version 1.07a

ACHIEVEMENTS & REGRETS

Acquired Lamplighter archcannon
Became Defender of the Huari
Became Legendary Hero of the Arena
Cleared the Charon system for Korolov Shipping
Defended Point Juno
Destroyed the CSC Antarctica
Joined by Rama
Joined by Volkov
Liberated Raisu station
Rescued Mr. Katami from the Black Market
Rescued Project Lamplighter scientists

COMBAT

Enemy ships destroyed 2974
Enemy stations destroyed 179
Friendly ships destroyed 46
Friendly stations destroyed 3

COMMERCE

Profit on arms 4,935,085
Profit on goods and materials 318,792
Profit on illegal items 124,657
Profit on luxury goods 7,939
Profit on medical supplies 64,346

CONDUCTS

Honored permadeath

ENEMY SHIPS DESTROYED

Iocrym command ship 1
Xenophobe ark 1
Phobos-class dreadnought 9
Iocrym sentinel 55
Commonwealth Star Carrier 1
Gaian processor 11
Ferian warrior 9
Deimos-class destroyer 45
Dragon Slaver 1
Chasm-class heavy gunship 95
Cometfall-class missileship 6
Ventari destroyer 9
Polar II-class freighter 5
The Slicer 1
Tundra-class heavy gunship 104
Ranx dreadnought 4
Centurion/X-class heavy gunship 7
Tripoli-class destroyer 8
Polar-class freighter 19
Kobol gunship 4
Luminous drone 127
Xenophobe defender 8
Earth Slaver 6
Zoanthrope behemoth 2
Wolfen-class gunship 1
Sandstorm-class gunship 671
Ares sentry 121
Dwarg master 23
Huygens Explorer 1
Centurion-class heavy gunship 28
pirate ship Kronosaurus 1
Manticore-class heavy gunship 2
Atonement-class heavy gunship 6
Charon frigate 6
Steel slaver 10
Ranx gunship 68
Barbary-class gunship 37
Sung transport 5
Xenophobe fighter 156
Drake-class missileship 8
Repentant-class gunship 21
T55-class armed transport 1
Ferian miner 122
Meth enforcer 38
Marauder raid platform 8
200A defender auton 1
Viking II-class gunship 129
Zoanthrope raider 278
Sapphire-class yacht 3
Wind slaver 159
Revelations-class missileship 8
heavy IAV 3
Plague-class gunship 12
Sotho-class gunship 4
EI500-class freighter 5
Hammerhead II-class gunship 20
Arco Vaughn 1
Urak sentinel 31
T31-class armed transport 8
Corsair II-class gunship 61
Oromo-class gunship 10
EI100-class freighter 7
Viking-class gunship 57
Centauri heavy raider 3
Borer II-class gunship 26
Ronin/A-class gunship 7
Earthzone-class armed shuttle 13
Zulu II-class gunship 19
Himal interceptor 5
medium IAV 1
Zulu-class gunship 31
Hornet-class battlepod 22
Hammerhead-class gunship 24
light IAV 4
Borer-class gunship 20
Corsair-class gunship 74
Tenhove-class sentinel 8
Centauri raider 48

ENEMY STATIONS DESTROYED

Ares commune 13
Ares shipyard 9
Kobol Warlords camp 2
Ranx fortress 3
Rogue Fleet settlement 3
Ares outpost 7
Penitent sanctum 2
Ranx outpost 2
Rogue Fleet cache 3
Ventari colony 3
Dwarg fortress 4
outlaw pteracnium mine 4
Sung citadel 1
Sung fortress 6
Marauder stronghold 5
outlaw duranium mine 7
Penitent shrine 8
Death Drug Cartel outpost 4
Marauder compound 1
Marauder outpost 5
Sapiens compound 3
Sung slave camp 5
Anarchist settlement 1
Charon Pirates stronghold 7
Fortress of the Charon Pirates 1
outlaw haven 4
outlaw palladium mine 1
Sapiens camp 3
Urak mine 3
Abbasid outpost 2
Himal refuge 2
outlaw base 1
outlaw camp 3
outlaw titanium mine 6
Urak outpost 3
Anarchist camp 4
Centauri Warlords camp 5
Charon Pirates cache 5
Anarchist gathering 7
Arco Vaughn's container habitat 1
Dwarg colony 20

EXPLORATION

Systems visited 26
Never reached the Galactic Core

FINAL EQUIPMENT

Ares plasma archcannon
enhanced IM90 multitarget blaster [+150%]
enhanced Iocrym veil [+100%]
4 enhanced segments of heavy ithalium armor [+50%]
enhanced Hyperion reactor [+Enhanced]
transpace jumpdrive
patch spider
cargo hold expansion

FINAL ITEMS

segment of heavy Iocrym armor
6 chests of jasmine pearl tea
6 Iocrym sentinel viruses
9 hadron-vacuum fuel cells
heavy armor repair kit
gem of contrition
4 gems of despair
46 pteracnium fuel rods
Ares Campaign Ribbon
decayed etherium field crystal
2 green etherium field crystals
Commonwealth Medal of Honor
Commonwealth Medal of Distinction
vial of thioseptal
Commonwealth military identification chip
black market identification chip
data ROM

FRIENDLY SHIPS DESTROYED

Molotok bounty hunter 1
Centurion-class heavy gunship 3
Ferian miner 8
Ronin/C-class gunship 1
Salvager Nomad 2
Zoanthrope raider 24
T31-class armed transport 3
Ronin/A-class gunship 1
Zulu-class gunship 3

FRIENDLY STATIONS DESTROYED

Ferian colony 3

ITEMS INSTALLED

light Iocrym armor
Ares plasma archcannon
dendrolic alien device
heavy ithalium armor
IM90 multitarget blaster
Iocrym Fracture cannon
Iocrym repeller
Lamplighter archcannon
Ares positron cannon
heavy orthosteel armor
heavy Tharsis plate
hexacarbide armor
Hyperion reactor
Iocrym veil
Nephren X1 shield generator
Dvalin Ion9 cannon
Fusionfire howitzer
Koshiba-500 reactor
light ithalium armor
orthosteel armor
Tharsis plate
advanced ceralloy armor
Hanzo blaster
heavy blast plate
mark V howitzer
omnidirectional TeV 9 blaster
P150 Hexphase armor
SN2500 reactor
transpace jumpdrive
Yoroi MX shield generator
150NX reactor
blast plate
device labeled "Rental Unit"
device labeled "V2"
Dragonfly missile system
heavy ceralloy armor
patch spider
plasma torch
Yoroi S500 shield generator
ceralloy armor
heavy meteorsteel
Luminous armature
MRAD experiment
Nova-100 reactor
Yoroi S100 shield generator
advanced reactive armor
MAG launcher
Nova-50 reactor
omnidirectional turbolaser cannon
particle accelerator
polyceramic armor
smuggler's cargo hold
light plasteel armor
NAMI missile launcher
Nova-25 reactor
cannon accelerator
cargo hold expansion
dual laser cannon
hull plate ionizer
laser collimator
recoilless cannon

MISSIONS & ACTIVITIES

Commonwealth habitat missions 1
Commonwealth militia missions 5
CSC missions 15
Korolov escort missions 8
Mining colony missions 5
Money earned on missions 7,000
Psionics offered to Domina 61
Slaves freed 2
Slaves offered to Domina 21

WEAPONS FIRED

Ares plasma archcannon 415
IM90 multitarget blaster 12,566
Iocrym Fracture cannon 459
Iocrym repeller 9
Lamplighter archcannon 643
Ares positron cannon 36
Dvalin Ion9 cannon 155
Fusionfire howitzer 1,018
Hanzo blaster 56
mark V howitzer 1,065
omnidirectional TeV 9 blaster 12,736
Dragonfly missile system 2
plasma torch 380
omnidirectional turbolaser cannon 7,100
dual laser cannon 3,806
recoilless cannon 4

[RPC]

Congrats durbanator!
Now what's next is another permadeath challenge (preferably my impossible one >.> )
or you can start making awesome mods!
Not everybody can make it to the end without dying, and congratulations that you made it!

[durbanator]

im not much of a modding fellow.. barely know more than standard java.. i think i can pick up this xml bits and it seems simple enough to start.. i once did make a corporate based playership with a 4X omni lamplighter cannon and something when i was bored to death in south africa.. i guess i just wanted to make something that i could obliterate everything else with. worked pretty fine i think that was in 1.04
thats when i became aware of how awesome transcendence really was.. with all this great modding possibilities, it amazes me
i came across wolfy's wyvera mod and i feel inspired to try making a similar mod with a living ship based on the leviathan that was in the 99 tv show farscape( which imo is the best tv show )
i'll probably have to scrutinize wolfy's wyvera code with a megamagnifying glass to get an idea of where to start.. and also since the leviathan gives birth to a leviathan-peacekeeper hybrid gunship i'll need some sort of code for making one ship ai..
sounds like something really big.. but then again im almost totally free for the next 2 weeks..
to mod or not to mod that is the current question..
can you suggest some tools that'd be useful? notepad isnt so friendly :/

[alterecco]

There are some hints here: http://www.neurohack.com/transcendence/ ... f=8&t=2109 and in general in the Modding Reference thread.

Also: To mod or not to mod? Definitely mod!

[Krull]

1. Have you made it to Heretic?
Many times,yes.

2. How do you set up your ship?
I have an idea what things do,still a lot to try but I do have some favorites I keep using.

3. How many times have you beaten Transcendence?
Never (yet)

4. When you see a Phobos coming, you:
Have a good enough ship you can just kill it.

5. How many times do you tend to die on a game?
400+


BONUS QUESTION
Have you ever beaten the game with Permadeath?
No

[Autohummer]

1. Have you made it to Heretic?
D. Loads of times

2. How do you set up your ship?
B. I know what some items do, but I really just wing it.

3. How many times have you beaten Transcendence?
D 5+ times

4. When you see a Phobos coming, you:
D. Have a good enough ship you can just kill it.

5. How many times do you tend to die on a game?
D. less than 99

BONUS QUESTION
Have you ever beaten the game with Permadeath?
A. No

I have 18/25.

[Xanthe V]

ARGH. Every offering of mine just leaves me in Novice rank. Darn. I just wanna get my rank to higher lvls... XD

Have I beaten the game?
A= Yes, but.... I CHEATED!!

How many times did I tend to die in the game?
A- 460+

Have I reached the Herectic system?
A= Yes. When I battled the Iocrym faction there, I was totally having super-tough times. AGH!

Have I seen an outlaw Mikeno-class destroyer?
A= No. But I wanna.

How do you wanna build your ship?
A= Well refined rapid-fire weapons that are good enough for stripping off the enemy's armor in seconds.

See a Phobos-class dreadnought and...
A= Destroy it using hi-tek weapons. OR: with Britianna wingmen.

Finished a game w/ PermaDeath?!?!
A= NEVER.

[Xanthe V]

B.T.W. (By the way)

My favorite wingmen are:
-Centurion-class gunship(x6)
-Britianna-class gunship(x6)
-Volkov
-Jenna
-Rama

Why?:
-Rama:
The Milita counterpart of the Rogues' Centurion/X. I shall call fights between Rama and Centurion/X gunships, Fighting Starcannons with Starcannons.

-Jenna:
She has my most favorite level 5 weapon: the dual particle beam weapon. It works best against almost all Marauders plus Urak warlords.

-Volkov:
His X-ray laser cannons just do the job. I'd say, his proficiency with lasers are just AWESOME.

-Britianna-class gunships(x6):
These ships just have enough firepower to handle an Ares outpost on their own without me.

-Centurion-class gunships(x6):
Their weapons seem to work like a particle Flenser weapon, which seems just fair enough to take down a single Polar-class freighter.

[Xanthe V]

My most hated factions=
-Charon Pirates
-Sung Slavers
-Ranx Warlords (obviously)
-Huari Empire (if hostile)
-Iocrym Faction

-Charon Pirates:
The reason is:
*their Frigates. AGH! Look at them Charon Frigates! I think if you're really just starting your Korolov business, you might just see one pop out of nowhere!

-Sung Slavers:
I just hate their Sung Fortress. Why?:
The Sung Defense TOWERS. Obviously because they block their friggin' main station PLUS: my favorite weapons aren't so effective. (NOTE: My favorite weapons are Dual weapons)

-Ranx Warlords:
I just HATE them!! Why?:
It's simple. Their technique is just to bring "BLAST AND THERMONUCLEAR HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" everywhere!

-Huari Empire:
It's just too boring when I fight them. Why?
All they use are blast weapons (which are slam cannons and mark III howitzers).
All you need to do is just apply some blast plate on your ship...

-Iocrym Faction:
I hate them so much!! Why?!:
Because of their overpowerd Iocrym Sentinels and Iocrym Command Ships.
Their command ships have a FRIGGIN Quantumsphere Disintegrator and it's totally not fair!! It can insta-kill! Y'know?

[FourFire]

I thought that it might be fun to create a test to gauge how experienced everyone was. Then post your scores here!
There are 5 questions here:

1. Have you made it to Heretic?
A. What's Heretic?
B. I've heard of it, but no.
C. Once or twice
D. Loads of times

2. How do you set up your ship?
A. I just install things as I find them
B. I know what some items do, but I really just wing it.
C. I search out my favorite weapon/shield/armor and ignore the other items.
D. I have a carefully planned ship layout.

3. How many times have you beaten Transcendence?
A. Never
B. 1-2 times
C. 3-4 times
D 5+ times

4. When you see a Phobos coming, you:
A. Don't know what a Phobos is
B. Try to lead it to a friendly station
C. Hide amongst the planets and kill it through strategy
D. Have a good enough ship you can just kill it.

5. How many times do you tend to die on a game?
A. Never finished, so I don't know how many I'll have
B. 400+
C. 100-399
D. less than 99

BONUS QUESTION
Have you ever beaten the game with Permadeath?
A. No
B. Yes


Scoring: A=1 point
B=2 points
C=3 points
D=4 points

Bonus question: A=0 points
B=10 points

Add up your score and post it below. I got 17/25.