LaraExplode Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Aranaz and Vernin always win the merit race because of how NPC works a lot for merits.My character is in Aranaz so it is fine,but is there any advices on winning the merit race on other college like Hedi that barely win any merits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Sadly no except you start to control them. The Merit race we have in year 1 is extrem in favor of the colleges with many members and so Hedi or Avila have next to no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaraExplode Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 What do you mean by control? I thought you can only control yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 There are some ways where you can temporary gain control of other Students, one way is hiden in Calligraphy and the other in one of the 2 forbiden pilars of magic. But my Chars have so fare avoided to even learn this ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89157Z Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Morvidus seems to be a real contender for the victory in my games, too. Not just when I'm with them, either. They sometimes take the lead over Vernin entirely naturally. I've found that no matter how hard the AI tries to keep up, they can't contend with me skipping all my classes to do nothing but compete for a week, hehehe... Another trick is to get an early lead. Colleges that have been left in the dust won't bother competing very much, whereas your own college will try harder when they're trying to preserve a lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 89157Z from my last game I very sure there is curently something broken in skipping classes and your chance to get detention. (Have already reported it per PM to the Legate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89157Z Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 89157Z from my last game I very sure there is curently something broken in skipping classes and your chance to get detention. (Have already reported it per PM to the Legate) Check your concealment and encumbrance ratings. If you're carrying or concealing too many items, I believe your detection chances go up for EVERY kind of misbehavior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 No its that you get away to easy right now if you know how to do it. (Thats why I didn't post more infos in public) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89157Z Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 No its that you get away to easy right now if you know how to do it. (Thats why I didn't post more infos in public) Heh, negative concealment, negative encumbrance, deeply negative chance of detection... My hands covered in rings of concealment and distraction, a wand tuned for quick escapes, a dark cloak... Plans made well in advance and then executed. Mmm. I don't just skip class. I vanish in broad daylight. And while vanished I compete to raise the school's merit. Wat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 oh and don't forget study Glamour right at the Glamour Classroom Professor's Podium when he is teaching and your suposed to be in other classes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquillion Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 I've seen Morvidus do pretty well, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laclongquan Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Frighteningly well. My Morvie maintain an early lead and they took over the job. Pass Midterm and we got merit 14? the thing with Frictive Pheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laclongquan Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 The trick is triple Compete at the first day at school. By and large, that will let your college in the forefront. Maintain a 6 point lead is enough, and only intervene otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89157Z Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 The trick is triple Compete at the first day at school. By and large, that will let your college in the forefront. Maintain a 6 point lead is enough, and only intervene otherwise. While trying to follow this advice, I have noted the following: Every so often, the stars will align, and most of Vernin will Compete on the same day. The effect this has on their Merit can be large enough to not only leap into first, but to seize the next merit prize outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrayDogFreedom Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 it's always morvidus or vernin in my games. my durand or godina colleagues always seem to have as little interest in competing as i do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoshi Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 For my Morvidus I had to compete quite often to maintain the lead in the Merit race, only to have Vernin swoop in with a 20+ points from nowhere and take the prize from me. Perhaps in the future we could inspire our fellow college-mates to get off their lazy butts and earn some merit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCrazyChick Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Compete a TON during the beginning of the game. After that other houses slowly drop out, or your own college picks up the slack. That's really the only way I've discovered to do it, but I've managed to have Hedi win almost every merit prize in most of my Hedi playthroughs, so I think it works pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyrhet Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Since I usually play Durand, I had completely given up on ever getting any of the merit prizes. But this last playthough, completely inexplicably, Durand won like 5 in a row. Good ones too, the ones that increase skill maximums and decrease CoD. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Probably Aveline going crazy and Defaming Morvidus and/or Vernin five times within two weeks. Because she's insane like that, going after random colleges so that Durand can win a few Merit prizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svinik Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 I suspect that Aveline is the student most likely to disappear permanently one dark stormy night after Philippe and Joanna. I don't generally bother with merit - are the prizes really worth the hassle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 If you're in Vernin or Morvidus, where whether you win those prizes is determined basically by a coin toss it's worth going out of your way for them...a little. But if you're in other colleges, especially Hedi? Nope. Not worth the hassle, unless the RNG has a cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramidel Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I try to take the early lead so that the rest of my college is encouraged to strive a bit. Also, during exam months I'm always skipping classes (yeah, so I get a detention or two, skipping exam month classes is worth it), so I often have a bit of free time to work on my college's honor. Finally, later on, through means known to the initiate, I often ensure that my college has at least one individual tirelessly working for the good of everyone. (Even though I'm usually an Avila. "Tyranny Shall Not Prosper," my foot.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazerus Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 A college that takes the early lead (because of you, 99% of the time) is much more likely to maintain it than one that doesn't. Any college's students will strive to stay in first, though maybe not as well as Aranaz, Vernin, or Morvidus. Once your college is in second or below, your fellow students will probably give up unless you get them back to first. It's pretty variable, though - you won't be able to maintain first in a lazy college the whole year, or even reliably at all if you don't get ahead in the first week or two. Merit Prize X for Room of Champions is the only one that really matters, though, so if you can pull ahead at that point in the year you can safely not care otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramidel Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 It's pretty easy to take the top rank if you just...take control. Make your collegemates...obey their Master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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