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Mon, 14 January 2013 01:36

Sgt York

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Registered:June 2000
Location: San Antonio TX

I have been visiting ths page for a few days now, but it doesn't seem too active. Am I the only person playing? Actually I'm getting my butt pretty well kicked. I've had to restart twice. I didn't play the original JA1, but have read about it over the years. Thanks to the Night Ops team for bringing this back.

Several years ago I downloaded the official JA1 manual and a bunch of hint/tip/FAQ documents in (gasp !!) "notepad". From what I've read, the new version published here seems to follow pretty well. I've noticed some different mercs, items and weapons, but seemingly for the better. The terrain reminds me of the earliest UB user mods. Much of the early documents spent waaaay too much time convincing newbies to hire the perfect team. Now I have to laugh - only a few from AIM will join up anyway (notably Ivan, Fidel & Ice). Don't bother with fancy selections for your personal merc because combat shuts down at 9 PM, and your only weapons are .38 revolvers, for several days, I think. Ha ha. Go for "ambidexterous" and 95 MRK. My income is still zero as I haven't figured out yet how to hire the tree tappers. Starting over tonight trying to figure that out.

I have 2 comments and 2 questions. (Cmt 1) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put the merc speech into the final release. I've read the JA! dialog is really hilarious. (Cmt 2) The colors on the load/save screen are nice, but the text resolution really needs to be improved. (Q1) Can you explain how the "classic" and "alternate" story lines selectable with a new game differ (beyond the obvious, of course)? (Q2) (hint, hint) How do I solve the poisoned water quest. I've liberated the 2 sectors the early FAQs mention, but health points continue to go down even the next day. I thought the explosive crate might be involved somehow, but the key found in the next sector won't open it and even Fidel won't recognize it as trapped, let alone deal with it. Jack says nothing when "asked". (Have so far avoided using JAPE to "fix" stats.)

Again, thanks NO Team !! A new (to me) game is always welcome.

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