Dressing For Success

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Description

Category	KOL Deity	Villa	Hardcore	Normal	Slacker
Custom Equipment	Yes	No	No	No	No
Ultra Rares	Yes	No	No	No	No
Mafia Prizes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Maximum Equipment Value	n/a	10,000,000	1,000,000	100,000	10,000
Plexiglass Equipment	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Non Buff Skills	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Clan Buffs	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Class Equipment	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Zodiac Sign Bonus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Moon Bonus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Hopped Up on Goofballs	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Limit on Mind-Control Device Equipment	n/a	n/a	1	0	0
Stainless Steel Equipment	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Maximum Item Buff Value	n/a	n/a	n/a	10,000	1,000
Skill Buffs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
! Potions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Player Explanations

• KOL Deity

This player has the absolute best possible equipment and advantages. This represents the theoretical maximum.

• Villa

This player has worked steadfastly to obtain the best possible gear, excepting only gear priced in the low bugmeat range and higher. This player has ascended a number of times, probably including a hardcore and a hardcore oxy. This player has also made the choice to do such things as picking the appropriate class and zodiac sign, getting Hopped Up on Goofballs and getting their clan to shell out out for buffs. It can be a tough task, but any player in the game can do it, given enough diligence and perseverance.

• Hardcore

This player has worked very hard and has probably gone through several ascensions, but has not gone to quite the extremes that a Villa player has.

• Normal

This player probably hasn't ascended yet, but has made a decent effort.

• Slacker

This player, clearly, just goes with whatever can be picked up with minimal effort.

Category Explanations

• Custom Equipment

Custom Equipment is only available to KOL Deity type players.

• Ultra Rares

Ultra Rares are only available to KOL Deity type players.

• Mafia Prizes

Mafia Raffle Prizes are only available to KOL Deity type players.

• Maximum Equipment Value

The maximum value of a single piece of equipment. Villa type players receive a relatively generous allowance of 10,000,000 meat, with the allowance for eash subsequent player type being reduced by a factor of 10. This means, for example, that Villa players may equip three Mr. Accessorys while Slackers may not equip any of the Jewelrymaking accessories as they are currently too expensive.

• Plexiglass Equipment

Plexiglass Equipment is only available to Villa types and above because the only way to obtain it is to complete a very difficult Hardcore Oxygenarian ascension.

• Non Buff Skills

These are self-only skills. As it will typically take a number of ascensions to accumulate these, this category is only available to Villa types and above.

• Clan Buffs

It's a rare player who can get clan buffs on command. Consequently, this category is only available to Villa types and above.

• Class Equipment

Class-Specific Equipment will benefit you only if you have selected a particular class to play. Consequently, this category is only available to Villa types and above.

• Zodiac Sign Bonus

Zodiac sign bonuses (like Packrat) will benefit you only if you have selected a particular Zodiac sign to play. Consequently, this category is only available to Villa types and above.

• Moon Bonus

For our purposes, the moons influence is fairly limited in scope, governing only Temporary Lycanthropy (and the Talisman of Baio) and even then is maximally beneficial for only a few days. This category is only available to Villa types and above.

• Hopped Up on Goofballs

You have to be pretty crazy to get Hopped Up on Goofballs. This category is only available to Villa types and above.

• Limit on Mind-Control Device Equipment

Additional copies of The Super-Secret Canadian Mind-Control Device special drops can only be obtained by ascending multiple times, and even so, you must have the right zodiac sign and device setting. Accordingly, multiple Mind-Control special accessories are limited as follows: No limit for Villa types and above, and a limit of 1 for Hardcore types. No Mind-Control special drops of any kind are available to Normal & Slacker types.

• Stainless Steel Equipment

Stainless Steel Equipment is only available to Hardcore types and above because the only way to obtain it is to complete a fairly difficult Hardcore ascension.

• Maximum Item Buff Value

The maximum value of an item that gives the desired buff. Hardcore type players and above have no limit. Normal type players have a 10,000 meat limit, which allows them most of the item buffs, including all the nice buffs from reagent potions. Slackers get a limit of 1,000 meat.

• Skill Buffs

Most everyone can either able to self-buff or are able to purchase skill buffs from other players. The only exception are the Slackers, who are too lazy to bother.

• ! Potions

Most everyone can use the Dungeons of Doom potions to obtain a desired result. The only exception are the Slackers, who haven't gotten around to figuring out which potions do what.

Maximizing Your ...

Here are the links to the gear/buff combinations that will maximize a particular stat/game mechanic:

Character Base Stats

• Muscle
• Mysticality
• Moxie
• HP
• MP

Combat Abilities

• Bonus Melee Damage
• Bonus Spell Damage
• Combat Initiative
• Damage Absorption

Monster Drops

• Item Drops
• Meat Drops