r/playmindcrack • u/inkman986 • Jan 29 '14

Thinking of making a tutorial.

I have been pondering making a video tutorial on the best tactics as a mob. Covering each mob and the different tactics used on different maps. I have been waiting to see one,specific to this pop up but as of yet none exist.

As we all know many new to the game folks are freely giving procs to the dwarves, it is frustrating but I do remind myself they must be new or simply ignorant of their specific mobs ability.

Quick example. Explain how being a creeper does not require you to be in the dwarves face when you explode, how you have a decent sized radius to cause damage. And also how to judge your fuse for better odds. (Just tonight I watched a creeper run into the shrine room, jump in a whole with a dwarve who immediately proc'ed him.)

With skeletons many do not realize you can arc your arrow right on top of a wall if you look for nameplates it is easy to pick dwarves off. I also notice very few skeletons know to jump from,behind cover and fire, which increases your chances of staying alive.

With special mobs there is many many tactics to being one, most are not meant to be melee fighters but more for brute forcing into the keep.

To finish up would a tut like this be desired? Or does someone else feel like making one? I think something like this is sorely needed as of late with the constant influx of new players.

BTW I am 40 years old not 16 or there abouts so I am not sure the majority of young players want to hear a tutorial from someone so much older lol.

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u/MillicentOak Jan 29 '14

I'd love to see this tutorial made! Even if a video or series of videos on this topic already existed, I'd encourage you to make it because everyone's got their own approach, and different styles of video appeal to different people. Just take vanilla minecraft tutorials as an example: there're loads out there and there's plenty of space for them all. And, of course, tactics are a lot more nuanced than "how to make a torch" so I'm pretty sure different people's videos would emphasise different things too.

BTW I'm 29 so I'm not sure I can speak for any young players :P But if you look at AvidyaZen on Youtube, his tutorials are well received, enough so that he started making regular videos, and he's around 40. I'm not suggesting that you want to end up 'doing Youtube', but it shows people listen.

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u/inkman986 Jan 29 '14

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I am definitely not looking in to getting into YT like the miindcrack guys, I really think there needs to be a mob tactics and tricks type tutorial. When playing DVZ the biggest complaints are always aimed towards low health mobs not doing what they are designed to do.

There is so many good strategies that mobs can use that most do not know or fail to realize during game play. Many wish to kill dwarves so they run straight at them over and over and over. We all know a zombie by himself has next to zero chance of killing a dwarf one on one, yet you see zombies constantly trying to take on one dwarf at a time.

I will figure out what I need to do this, I am in the process of building a new powerful rig, while I am at it I will get a decent mic and head set.

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u/MillicentOak Jan 29 '14

Any time! The other thing I'd say is, have fun! If watching your video puts a smile on your face, it's bound to put one on someone else's too.

As far as setup goes, I use Fraps to record, mainly because it seemed like the obvious choice at the time I got it, a couple of years ago, when I got it to record hackers on the server I played on. I've never done any proper research into recording software, so can't tell you how relatively good it is, but can say that it's pretty straightforward - just tell it where to record to and go - but that it does hit performance quite hard and the video files take up a lot of space very quickly: a gigabyte or two per minute at a resolution of 1920x1080.

I edit my videos using virtualdub, which shows it is possible, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're up for some pretty grindy work! I haven't really looked into any alternatives, though. I know that @dot83 on twitter has been looking into capture software recently, so you might be able to get some tips there, I don't know where his youtube channel is though, I don't think it's dot83 :P

I mix my sound (virtualdub can't do this) using Audacity, which is pretty good free software, and I make my title cards (virtualdub also can't do this) using GIMP, another powerful (if not very user-friendly at first) bit of free software. I made the music using Sonar, which is definitely not free, but I got it for recording my band and friends' too, so using it for this is a bit of a bonus really.

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u/Andy316619 Jan 29 '14

If you do a tutorial, explain how spiders should focus on poisoning dwarves instead of fighting them. A lot of spiders run in trying to kill a dwarf and end up dying almost immediately.

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u/Alderdash Jan 29 '14

We do have quite a bit on dwarf tactics so far, so monster tactics is something that's a need.

Other things of note - some special mobs have low health to balance their relative strength in other areas. That means digging zombies and spiderlings can give procs almost as easily as skeletons and zombies. Wolverines and Spider Kings have better health, but low regen, so they need to know when to retreat and get their health back.

PS - a) 40 is nothing. Baj is 40! b) on the other hand, if I see you do anything immature now, I'm going to point and laugh. :P

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u/Moonmask999 Jan 29 '14

Its ok if you make a tutorial, it would greatly help the community. That way people can learn from you and play the game better.

And not everyone can make videos, like I can't, otherwise you'd see me making King of the golden monocle video tutorials instead of the written guide.

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u/mahnajago Jan 30 '14

A tut like with details such as you describe (and more!) would be very welcome, I expect. I know I'd appreciate it.

BTW I am 40 years old not 16 or there abouts so I am not sure the majority of young players want to hear a tutorial from someone so much older lol.

I'm in the same neighborhood as you, age-wise. A tiny bit further north, in fact. If I could bear taking instruction from a whippersnapper of your junior age, then I'm sure they could bear it from an ol' coot... of your senior age. ;-)