My favourate trees
Richard J Goodyear
one with a sturdier looking trunk, this is my favourate of all.
Oaks are ok, although one of the oak-types is a bit weedy looking,
the other is better if a little small. I dont like willow trees
much, often miss with my axe, funny that. Cedars are worse though,
hardly ever seem to have wood available on them. Two types I know
only as 'tree' and 'a tree', I guess my schooling as a child was
not up to scratch, anyone know what these are, silver birch perhaps?
Yew trees are very grand, but I often get stuck in 'em.
I keep clear of those strange jungley trees, too many snakes around
for my liking.
Yes, walnut it is.
Darren McDonald
explain.
The two oaks you see are live oak (the large one) and pin oak. These are
only two of the variety of oak trees.
The white ones are probably ash or birch, like you said. I cannot understand
why OSI just labeled them 'tree.'
You know that tall bush, the O'hii is a tree? You can chop it, too, but if
you have trouble with willow, you'll definitely have trouble with it.
Willow is my favorite for the exact reason you said you dislike it. I go
wandering in the woods and almost every oak, walnut, cedar or 'a tree' I hit
has no wood. There stands the lonely willow. They almost always have wood
because most people don't bother with them. Same with the O'hii.
I'm under a verbal contract to provide 5000 logs for a player. I'm looking
for all the wood I can find. Can you belive I chopped 400 logs in about an
hour and didn't gain a point of strength? My skill improved about 2 points,
but no strength.
"I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. I work all night and I sleep all day. I cut
down trees, I eat my lunch, I like to press wildflowers. I put on women's
clothing and hang around in bars." :-)
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Richard J Goodyear wrote in message
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with the variety of trees. But, when I went to Yew I just stood there
staring. Those Yew trees are most impressive. I just wish they might yield
more wood or perhaps a special variety of logs. Then I could sell my bows as
"special bows made from the wood of the great Yew trees."
The Master
> I agree. I like walnut, too. However, my favorite is the willow. I'll
> explain.
>
> The two oaks you see are live oak (the large one) and pin oak. These are
> only two of the variety of oak trees.
> The white ones are probably ash or birch, like you said. I cannot understand
> why OSI just labeled them 'tree.'
OS does not have the resident knowledge base required to do what they are trying
to do (and they seem to believe that they do have it). Take their names for
shields, for instance. What they call a kite shield is indeed traditionally
called a kite, or norman kite, because it was used by normans. What they call a
metal kite is a heater, because it is shaped like a "heater" (flatiron, for
ironing clothes). What they call a heater is a scutum, used by roman
legionaries.
They seem to have decided that quoting parts of D&D is the equivalent of an
education, and so we end up with a type of armor called "platemail." They have
decided that a specialized two-hand personal seige weapon, the fork, is in fact
a one-hand personal combat weapon that deserves to be classed with quick weapons
as a fencing device, and the animations for all fencing weapons is identical to
that for swords (swinging, not thrusting). They call halberds (note the
spelling, people), bardiches, and axes, "Swords."
Etc., etc., etc.
Yes, I sent a long list of suggested corrections. No, I have not had any
response or seen any attempt to improve things.
Richard J Goodyear
: only two of the variety of oak trees.
Aha, a true tree expert.
: You know that tall bush, the O'hii is a tree? You can chop it, too, but if
: you have trouble with willow, you'll definitely have trouble with it.
When I first become a lumberjack, many months (years?) ago, I also liked
these strange little bush trees, probably for the same reason you like
them and the willows. Now I have found some regions of forest that are
unspoilt and their importance to me seems to have dwindled, alas.
: for all the wood I can find. Can you belive I chopped 400 logs in about an
: hour and didn't gain a point of strength? My skill improved about 2 points,
: but no strength.
Tis a pity. Still the two points of skill will be helpful.
: "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. I work all night and I sleep all day. I cut
: down trees, I eat my lunch, I like to press wildflowers. I put on women's
: clothing and hang around in bars." :-)
aha, you too eh?
Richard.
Richard J Goodyear
: staring. Those Yew trees are most impressive. I just wish they might yield
: more wood or perhaps a special variety of logs. Then I could sell my bows as
: "special bows made from the wood of the great Yew trees."
yep, this is *exactly* what I hope they do in the promised skill
revision. Both lumberjacking and bowmaking could be vastly improved.
Yew tree wood may become very precious.
Richard.
Driakos.
Darren McDonald wrote in message
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>I agree. I like walnut, too. However, my favorite is the willow. I'll
>explain.
Pine trees, the little christmas trees are my favorite. They are the one
that give me 30 logs somtimes, I keep choppin, and choppin, and choppin....
Cant figure out how to hack at the willows, Or the O'Hii. How do you?
Driakos. Atlantic.
Darren McDonald
lumberjack.
Aim for the middle trunk of the 'W'. Same with the O'hii; aim for the trunks
right in the middle.
Those 'Christmas trees' are cedar, and yes, I've also gotten 30 logs out of
them at times.
I hope they fix the Yew trees. A tree that large should yield a few more
than 10 logs at a time.
Remember the good ole days when you could stand on one screen of trees and
hit everyone one without moving, and if your skill was good enough you could
get 30 logs from one tree with one whack? Ah, memories.
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Driakos. wrote in message ...
Richard Cortese
>
> Michael Cecil wrote in message
> >Just target one of the willow's trunks like usual. For the O'Hii, I
> >just target the whole wad of trunk/stems at the base where they're
> >bunched up.
> >
> >Don't you wish that harvested trees were apparent like shorn sheep?
>
> Thanks for the answers. And yes. Or maybe you could single left click and
> hold on the trees, on your screen, and a wood-o-meter could pop up. Kinda
> like a tree life bar. So the lumberjack could know how much wood could be
> chopped, or not to even bother walking over to that particular scrawny,
> vandilized tree. But as it stands, its not really that bad anyways.
>
> Driakos. Atlantic.
Or, add it to tracking skill, "A willow tree with 10 logs is to the
South West" or maybe even to NPCs when you give them bread, "You did not
hear this from me, but rumor mongers are saying there is a pine tree
with 20 logs a long journey to the East" or ALLNAMES & trees with logs
show up with red names or move the cursor over a tree in attack mode &
it highlights grey if you are able to attack it with an axe or, ah the
heck with it.
Richard J Goodyear
: Don't you wish that harvested trees were apparent like shorn sheep?
Constantly.
So cedars can be harvested for 30 wood sometimes? Never knew that,
like I said, I hardly ever get any from them. Perhaps these two
facts are linked...
Richard.
Driakos.
Michael Cecil wrote in message
>Just target one of the willow's trunks like usual. For the O'Hii, I
>just target the whole wad of trunk/stems at the base where they're
>bunched up.
>
Driakos.
Darren McDonald wrote in message
>than 10 logs at a time.
>
>Remember the good ole days when you could stand on one screen of trees and
>hit everyone one without moving, and if your skill was good enough you
could
>get 30 logs from one tree with one whack? Ah, memories.
No I dont remember... Started playing in February. Great more good stuff I
missed out on... 30 logs in one hit? What does being a GM lumberjack
give you now? Besides 50 wasted skill points.... Thanks for the tree
chopping info. Too bad they don't have red plaid shirts in this game.
Driakos. Atlantic.
Dundee
<pete_...@email.msn.com> wrote:
>missed out on... 30 logs in one hit? What does being a GM lumberjack
>give you now? Besides 50 wasted skill points....
50 wasted skill points is pretty much it.
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The Master
> >missed out on... 30 logs in one hit? What does being a GM lumberjack
> >give you now? Besides 50 wasted skill points....
>
> 50 wasted skill points is pretty much it.
I thought a GM lumberjack could speak with trees. "Tree give logs." "Yes o
great one."