The West (a western themed browser based RPG)

[BrianD]

I've got some sleeping to do at La Vie Boheme, but then I should be ready to head to El Dolado to start building something. I've got about $417 to contribute to the town treasury. I'm assuming I'll need an invite to be able to start constructing?

Can anyone edit the census website, or should we just post changes in here? I'm up to level 11 and WestStats has my construction LP at 117 with the proper items equipped.

[DeToxRox]

I copped out and made two purchases so I didn't have to do odd jobs to level. So right now I am inching towards our city repairing fences along the way. If I can get that hammer or whatever it is for the Sheriff Quest, then I'll be level 10 and ready to move in.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

then I'll be level 10 and ready to move in.

As far as I know, you don't have to be level 10 to join a town, you just need an invitation. The level 10 requirement is only for founding a town, and it also seems to be a pretty common benchmark for other towns to set as their minimum requirement.

You may have already known that, just thought I'd throw it out there just in case (in case you didn't know it or in case I'm dead wrong & somebody should correct me).

[PackerFanatic]

Should I just be saving my skills/attributes for the time being until I decide on a class needed by the town?

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

As far as I know, you don't have to be level 10 to join a town, you just need an invitation. The level 10 requirement is only for founding a town, and it also seems to be a pretty common benchmark for other towns to set as their minimum requirement.

You may have already known that, just thought I'd throw it out there just in case (in case you didn't know it or in case I'm dead wrong & somebody should correct me).

Ha yeah I knew, I just figured I am close to level 10 as is, so I may as well do it now.

[hawk4669]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

please post your construction labor points total so we can assert where you stand. That is construction*3+repairing+leadership.

FM

Construction*3= 57
Repairing= 6
Leadership= 3

Total= 66

Cheers!

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by BrianD

I've got some sleeping to do at La Vie Boheme, but then I should be ready to head to El Dolado to start building something. I've got about $417 to contribute to the town treasury. I'm assuming I'll need an invite to be able to start constructing?

Can anyone edit the census website, or should we just post changes in here? I'm up to level 11 and WestStats has my construction LP at 117 with the proper items equipped.

I've updated your data in the census. I'll try to find a way to have a comment section so people can post for stuff like that over there and it doesn't get lost in here.

As for your 117 LP, that'd be what West Stats shows straight up, right? If so, you're a worker and your in-game LP will be 5% higher. Please confirm if that was the straight West Stats number...

FM

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by PackerFanatic

Should I just be saving my skills/attributes for the time being until I decide on a class needed by the town?

well, you could, but then you will probably run out of quest to do before very long as you won't be able to do the jobs that are needed for the quests...

FM

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by hawk4669

Construction*3= 57
Repairing= 6
Leadership= 3

Total= 66

Cheers!

66 + 5% = 69 entered in the census. You are a worker, your labor points will show up as 5% higher once you try to work on upgrading a building...

FM

[PackerFanatic]

Alright - then what are the four classes? It sounds like workers are in high demand, but a lot of others are going after them.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

I've updated your data in the census. I'll try to find a way to have a comment section so people can post for stuff like that over there and it doesn't get lost in here.

As for your 117 LP, that'd be what West Stats shows straight up, right? If so, you're a worker and your in-game LP will be 5% higher. Please confirm if that was the straight West Stats number...

FM

After importing my skills and my inventory, the job calculator filtered on best clothing out of my inventory shows 117 LP for construction. I don't *think* that West Stats includes the 5% anywhere.

Construction 0% 0% 0% 0% 117 0 117 38 38 38 2 1

[PackerFanatic]

Found the classes, looking through them now.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by PackerFanatic

Alright - then what are the four classes? It sounds like workers are in high demand, but a lot of others are going after them.

Workers are not in so high demand, we'll need 2, maybe three per town. We're focusing on them because their skills will have an impact on how fast we improve our towns, and also how much it'll cost to improve buildings.

Everybody else can pick what they want, as long as they donate to the towns regularly.

FM

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by BrianD

After importing my skills and my inventory, the job calculator filtered on best clothing out of my inventory shows 117 LP for construction. I don't *think* that West Stats includes the 5% anywhere.

Construction 0% 0% 0% 0% 117 0 117 38 38 38 2 1

nope, it doesn't. I'm a worker in world 7, so I know. I've updated your census number to reflect the bonus. You're at 123 now.

FM

[PackerFanatic]

I think I will choose worker, I think I will like that the most.

[BrianD]

Do I have to get a shopping invite to be able to sell stuff?

Edit: Nevermind, I figured out how to get to town to sell stuff.

[FrogMan]

about workers, I'm thinking that no people with under 120 gross labor points in construction should work on upgrading buildings at the moment. Here's a table I just put together:

gross lp	net lp	building pts	hours for 100	cost
150	135	33.75	2.96	355.6
140	125	31.25	3.20	384.0
130	115	28.75	3.48	417.4
120	105	26.25	3.81	457.1
110	95	23.75	4.21	505.3
100	85	21.25	4.71	564.7
90	75	18.75	5.33	640.0
80	65	16.25	6.15	738.5
70	55	13.75	7.27	872.7
60	45	11.25	8.89	1066.7

Gross labor point is what your labor point total is with construction*3+repairing+leadership

Net lp is gross minus 15, the difficulty to build a level one building

buillding pts is by how many points you might expect to improve a building. Rough estimate has been calculated to be (net lp)/4

hours for 100 would be how many hours you'd need to work to put together a level 1 shop (100 building points)

finally cost is hours times $120.

120 puts it at $100 more per building than what I or chinaski can do. That's not a law, you can do what you want, I'm just showing how much it'd cost to have someone with 60 gross labor points do the building improvements...

FM

[chinaski]

If you have money to donate to the town, send me a request for an invite as well.

-Van Zandt

[chinaski]

Also, just a friendly reminder: If you've been added as a resident to the town, please make your donation to the treasury quickly as possible, that way we can remove you to free up a spot for more invites.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Just headed to La Vie to grab some sleep after working my way across the quadrant as best I could, finally stopping with 3 energy left. Managed to get within striking distance of Level 11 that way although I did nearly lose a limb while tanning deer skin (took a 64 health point hit from my own knife).

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Just headed to La Vie to grab some sleep after working my way across the quadrant as best I could, finally stopping with 3 energy left. Managed to get within striking distance of Level 11 that way although I did nearly lose a limb while tanning deer skin (took a 64 health point hit from my own knife).

ahh, good old times of tanning dear skins. I remember when that was one of my favorite/most rewarding job to do.

FM

[hawk4669]

Oh, and I have a decent amount of cash to donate to a town as well.

Cheers!

[PackerFanatic]

Do you need to work a certain amount of time at a job to gain experience?

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by PackerFanatic

Do you need to work a certain amount of time at a job to gain experience?

you get a little experience for every hour you work on a job, based of the number next to the little star. That return in experience is higher when your net labor points (sum of 5 skills minus difficulty of job) is higher.

FM

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

you get a little experience for every hour you work on a job, based of the number next to the little star. That return in experience is higher when your net labor points (sum of 5 skills minus difficulty of job) is higher.

FM

I believe that's every half hour, right?

[PackerFanatic]

That makes sense...I have been doing the tobacco and shining shoes thing, and I did it for 10 minutes and got nothing, then did one for 30 minutes and got 1, so I clearly just need to do it longer

Thanks guys - learning slowly but surely.

[DeToxRox]

What is the best way to go about getting a donkey?

[hawk4669]

Ugh...I need to be able to pick beans! Gahhhhh!

Ok, venting done.

Cheers!

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

What is the best way to go about getting a donkey?

Treat them nice and bring them flowers to eat.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

What is the best way to go about getting a donkey?

you save your money ($250 of it) and you wait for Troutville to have a general store, which by my calculations should happen tonight.

The donkey is only sold through the general store. It cannot be found when working...

FM

[mrkilla22]

My (mrkilla22) building labor points:

Construction*3= 60
Repairing= 3
Leadership= 4

Total= 67

[chinaski]

The Hotel is complete! Just put in another $200 into the treasury and im now working the next 2 hours on the store.

Leveled up to 11 as well, so im sitting at 155 gross LP.

[chinaski]

We could use a couple hundred more in the treasury, so if you haven't donated to the treasury yet and are online, please send me a telegram in-game (Van Zandt is my name) and i'll send you an invite.

[hawk4669]

Originally Posted by chinaski

We could use a couple hundred more in the treasury, so if you haven't donated to the treasury yet and are online, please send me a telegram in-game (Van Zandt is my name) and i'll send you an invite.

Coming to donate.

Cheers!

[BYU 14]

Starting to pump my AP in dexterity and Trapping as I will be going the Adventurer/Trapper route, seems a good way to make money for the town. Since Shooting also falls under Dex I will put some points in shooting as well, so I can defend myself.

Great Job by Chinaski and FM getting the town up and running so quickly.

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by hawk4669

Coming to donate.

Cheers!

Thanks much Hawk!

Try to do some jobs near the town and then use our hotel to rest up.

Sadly, I cannot send you an invite right at the moment, as I didnt realize I cannot remove a resident until they have been part of the town for X amount of time. The first person to be removed (to make room for donations) will be Neon_Chaos at 12:30 tomorrow. I have no idea what timezone that is or if its AM or PM lol, it doesn't say. Keep an eye out for the invite, will be there soon enough though.

Same to you 3ric.

Thanks!

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

you save your money ($250 of it) and you wait for Troutville to have a general store, which by my calculations should happen tonight.

The donkey is only sold through the general store. It cannot be found when working...

FM

Yeah I thought so but I didn't know how long it'd take and how much it'd cost at our General Store. What's the price for it?

[hawk4669]

Originally Posted by chinaski

Thanks much Hawk!

Try to do some jobs near the town and then use our hotel to rest up.

Sadly, I cannot send you an invite right at the moment, as I didnt realize I cannot remove a resident until they have been part of the town for X amount of time. The first person to be removed (to make room for donations) will be Neon_Chaos at 12:30 tomorrow. I have no idea what timezone that is or if its AM or PM lol, it doesn't say. Keep an eye out for the invite, will be there soon enough though.

Same to you 3ric.

Thanks!

No worries. Happy to be helpin'.

Cheers!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

What's the price for it?

$250 as far as I know (1/4 of list price)

[Ajaxab]

Got Doc Pepper to level 8 this morning and finally made it to the outskirts of El Doblado. I'm currently working on the raven feather quest and wish I had not sold the one I found before.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by chinaski

Thanks much Hawk!

Try to do some jobs near the town and then use our hotel to rest up.

Sadly, I cannot send you an invite right at the moment, as I didnt realize I cannot remove a resident until they have been part of the town for X amount of time. The first person to be removed (to make room for donations) will be Neon_Chaos at 12:30 tomorrow. I have no idea what timezone that is or if its AM or PM lol, it doesn't say. Keep an eye out for the invite, will be there soon enough though.

Same to you 3ric.

Thanks!

then people should leave town on their own. They can still stay in town and sleep and all, only they should leave the their spot open...

FM

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Yeah I thought so but I didn't know how long it'd take and how much it'd cost at our General Store. What's the price for it?

yeah, $250, that's what I meant by save your money ($250 of it)

FM

[FrogMan]

I'll have $270 to donate plus what I'll gain in coal mining in four hours from now. Giving karate class until 8 is why I sent my dude to work for 4 hours...

FM

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

then people should leave town on their own. They can still stay in town and sleep and all, only they should leave the their spot open...

FM

Aaah, excellent.

Neon_Chaos and BYU_14 could you please give up your residency?

Yellow5 could you please make your donation and give up your spot as well.

Thanks all!

[DeToxRox]

So we join, pay our donation, and leave, correct?

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

So we join, pay our donation, and leave, correct?

that should be how it's done. Only two people with reserved spots should be workers/builders. I'll give up my spot once someone is better (or at least getting close) than me at building.

FM

[FrogMan]

also, Jon will need people in El Dolado. Many are showing up at Troutville, but don't forget Jon's town...

FM

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

also, Jon will need people in El Dolado. Many are showing up at Troutville, but don't forget Jon's town...

Not mine, FOFC's

I just figure it'll be more interesting once the initial building rush in completed in Troutville. Remember folks, it'll not only provide a second place to sleep on the other half on the quadrant but also a general store that should have a different selection of goods than the one in Troutville.

[BrianD]

Jon, are you going to be online around 9:30 CST tonight? I'll be arriving at El Dolada around that time with nearly $400 in my pocket. Will that be enough to get a hotel going? If so, I'd request a town invite close to the time I arrive so I can't be dueled.

[Alan T]

I just joined as Alan T and going through the tutorial now. I'll play around with this more when I have time tommorrow though.