Ithkul

[Alexfrog]

Becasue Rantz decided he wanted to keep them secret as a way to increase hype....

It doesnt just effect the storyline, but also the gameplay for a player who plays as Ithkul....they play a bit differently than other races.

They are trying to make the storyline be an important aspect of the game, not irrelevant like it is in most strat games.

[RolandtheMad]

There was a debate about the background story once. I`m sure it isn`t the case but I hope the story doesn`t interfer with the game.. those things get kind of old on game #100.

[Alexfrog]

No it just adds flavor

[kalbear]

Alexfrog, I've seen nothing on Poly that bans the harvester speculation/spoiler info. I've posted several bits of info from the guide, for instance, and they were spoilery but otherwise allowed.

Rantz/Chantz don't have admin privileges here, and MarkG/DanQ haven't made any official announcements in a while.

[Alexfrog]

well ok then....

but since Rantz would probably ban me on IGMOO as revenge if I did reveal everything here, its effectively still forbidden, at least to anyone who cares about sites other than apolyton....

[kalbear]

Well, I doubt it - Rantz didn't ban Poly when they posted things like 'pic of Ithkul in strat guide' in their news articles. The only nod to the Ithkul secrecy was them not repeating what info was in the IGN preview, and they even state that a person can reconstruct the details if they wanted to.

It's up to you, AF. Since we can't get any real details and we don't know how up-to-date the strat guide is, it's all speculation based on some ideas here and there that have surfaced.

The strat guide only listed the one 'special' bit of info regarding them - that they consume pop points to get bioharvesting when they exist with other race populations. And that's about it. Most everything else is just spec or is based on what they've already told us.

[Alexfrog]

Well, part of that might be that there ISNT an Ithkul pic in the strat guide...

I'm not posting because what I would post would certainly get me banned....its not just speculation

[viciouscycle]

Truly this is just my own personal speculation. I have not read the strat guide, I am not a BT, nor am I in any way affiliated with any game company or forum operators. I have read a few things on the IGMOO forum (now that you don't have to be registered to view posts again) relating to Harvesters that have been censored. I think that Apolyton is beyond the bounds of QS/IG enforcement of secrecy. And since I have no ties to the game as I stated at the start of this post, there is nothing QS/IG could threaten me with to shut me up.

And besides, it's just idle speculation... I was just getting geared up for the release and a couple of ideas clicked in my head so I just thought I'd share them. I have no intention of spoiling anything, especially since I could be completely wrong. I figure that anyone who wants to remain totally in the dark regarding the Ithkul will simply avoid this thread.

One thing I forgot about in the original post was that I suspect the Ithkul will have the "Antaren Background" as a trait. I'm not sure what other races would have this... that might be another good topic for speculation. Psilons? According to the story, they allowed themselves to be modified by the Antarens.

[RolandtheMad]

I don`t know what races start out with Antarian background but I know that all races may be customized to have it except humans.

[Alexfrog]

I dont believe that any others have the trait standard, but most can customize to have it. (Humans cant, possibly Evon....) Probably only humans cant have it.

[ravagon]

Speculation about a particular aspect is, of course, entirely open unless the devs put in a request to the admins here to quash it. Which may or may not be acted upon.
Insiders revealing information governed by NDA's or somesuch though is a wholly different matter.

[Alexfrog]

And outsiders who happened to learn insider info?

[kalbear]

The Antaran Background spec ability is one of the two the Ithkul get. The other is Tolerant (-50% pollution effect). It's not a particularly exciting pick most of the time, and I suspect most Harvester players will remove it and get the points back as soon as they can. Unless they get it for 'free'.

Humans can't get 'antaran background' as a pick. I believe as well that no one else is limited.

Outsiders who happened to have learned it are either still speculating or are fine. It's up to the person(s) who told you what the info is to enforce the NDA; once that info is out there, it's out there.

It might screw those people that told you, however.

One way or another, I'd like to say this, Alexfrog - piss or get off the pot. You telling everyone that you know without sharing that information is simply rude. Either share what you know or shut up, please. Teasing anyone with the information is less than useless - it's actively mean.

Right now, it is totally your choice whether you share the information.

[Harry Seldon]

I could have sworn I've seen threads labeled Harvester Spoiler or some such that were gone after three posts and a screen refresh. Maybe I'm just going crazy...

[Alexfrog]

Originally posted by kalbear
One way or another, I'd like to say this, Alexfrog - piss or get off the pot. You telling everyone that you know without sharing that information is simply rude. Either share what you know or shut up, please. Teasing anyone with the information is less than useless - it's actively mean.

mwahaha

sorry. I'll just stop posting on this thread.