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How many times you typically play a TDM fan mission?  

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  1. 1. How many times you typically play a TDM fan mission?

    • I play all missions only ONCE. And once only.
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    • Average missions only once, Very good missions deserve another go.
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    • 3-4 times
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    • I replay all kinds of missions every now and then.
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    • I replay missions a lot: they get better and better upon each completion.
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Shadowhide

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I played all fm's once except Tears Of Saint Lucia (that still my favourite mission since second TDM demo ) ,NHAT mission 2 (because I wanted to complete all optional objectives ) and RttC (it give me feeling that I died in Thief 1 and wake up in Thief 1 on new newer engine ) .

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Melan

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I tend to replay shorter FMs more often - must have played Special Delivery and Thieves at least a dozen times. But large ones also come up every now and then, to try new things and different approaches, or just marvel at previously undiscovered detail.

Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and did the dead rest unquiet 'gainst us. Our bands of iron and hammers of stone prevailed not, and some did doubt the Builder's plan. But the seals held strong, and the few did triumph, and the doubters were lain into the foundations of the new sanctum. -- Collected letters of the Smith-in-Exile, Civitas Approved

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Sotha

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Oh, I forgot to mention my own disposition.

 

All my TDM time goes into mapping or other things like wiki article writing. Thus far I've played each mission only once with some exceptions. Small missions like trapped!, thieves and too late I've played several times. They are good for nice instant sneaking dose.. bigger missions require much more time which is quite seldom luxury.

 

I never ever play my own missions, I know them too well for them to be fun or challenging. Plus I've beta played them ad nauseaum.

 

But once I've got my current mapping work out, I'm gonna sit back and recycle most of the released missions. I'm especially interested in iron man gameplay without saving and with the need of dealing failed sneaking, a delightful challenge.

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I don't play much... Once I get going I'm usually so inspired that I have to launch DR and start something myself. Most ideas are never finished, though.

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nbohr1more

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I've got to stop being so old-school and start using saves more often. I replay and replay all the time.

 

That's probably why my FM backlog is so big too.

 

The mission that I really really needed saves for was Stumpy's "Illusionist's Tower"... which sadly I deleted the saves because I wanted to upgrade to v1.03...

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demagogue

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With T2 FMs I have a few favorites that I replay over and over.

 

I imagine it will be like that for TDM as more FMs come out.

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Springheel

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Thus far I've played each mission only once with some exceptions. Small missions like trapped!, thieves and too late I've played several times. They are good for nice instant sneaking dose.. bigger missions require much more time which is quite seldom luxury.

 

Same here. Though I started replaying Knighton's again, and found new spots I hadn't gone before. :)

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STiFU

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Yeah, I like to replay my favorite missions, but also the others when it's necessary (playtesting). But every time I play, I put new restrains on myself. First playthrough is really basic. I save frequently, because I don't know yet how the AI will react to a bust. (Maybe they get stuck in all sorts of funky places) But then I try iron man, ghosting or disabled lightgem et cetera. I never played "kill everyone" or "blackjack everyone". That could be a scope for future playthroughs, albeit not as challenging.

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Melan

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Oh, yeah, I forgot: I tend to replay missions with a lot of rooftops (or general climbing) a lot. Like, a whole lot. So please build more of them. :blush:

Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and did the dead rest unquiet 'gainst us. Our bands of iron and hammers of stone prevailed not, and some did doubt the Builder's plan. But the seals held strong, and the few did triumph, and the doubters were lain into the foundations of the new sanctum. -- Collected letters of the Smith-in-Exile, Civitas Approved

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I've got a backlog of at least 10 missions I haven't played yet. :laugh: I think the most recent one I played through (on expert) was the NHAT campaign. I haven't replayed any of those I played, except Thief's Den, Saintlucia and my own during testing.

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I don't think I have played more than 5 missions - all my time goes into coding, wiki, or the forums. :mellow:

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Professor Paul1290

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I replay missions quite often.

 

Sometimes I like to try to refine the way I play to be as stealthy and efficient as possible.

 

Other times I just like to try things out differently or just making up silly extra tasks for myself. For example, "all KO'd guards must be shoved under tables" or "eat all food available and stuff the leftovers in this desk/chest/lockbox".

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