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Wyndo
90,086
Achievement won on 23 Apr 12TA Score for this game: 2,193
Posted on 23 April 12 at 15:05, Edited on 03 May 12 at 12:32
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This solution has 12 positive votes and 1 negative vote. Please log in to vote. |
Here are some tips for the achievement:
1) Your choice of partners is important. Better opponents will forfeit when your initial roll is a lot better than theirs. Easier opponents seem to stay in the game even if it's clear they're not going to win -- Zindrab in the inn in Chapter 1, for instance. At first, I was trying against a woman just outside the walls, and she'd often forfeit even if my initial roll was 3 of a kind or better, making it pretty much impossible to get the achievement unless you roll 5 of a kind as a complete re-roll on your second attempt. Zindrab stayed in when my first roll was 4 of a kind, letting me complete the set on my second roll and get the achievement. Any of them at the table in the Inn's basement will probably work, but if you're past chapter 1, try with the lowest-ranking dice players in each chapter.
2) I was using the corner-stacking trick when I got the achievement (ex: see the video from the first solution), but I don't know for sure that it helped. The initial placement is random, plus it takes longer to drag them down to the corner, so each attempt is going to take that much longer and they'll probably only stack the way they first entered the board anyway. And even stacking them, one or two will probably fall off the top of the stack when you release (if they're even positioned to stack at all). Although, the initial placement does seem to be less random than just rolling from the middle, so it's possible that stacking them might give you 3 or 4 on the first roll more often than a random roll, making it worth the added time to set it up each time. Your call though.
3) As other have said, you don't need to roll 5 of a kind at once. And even if you do (on your first roll), you don't get the achievement. The "trick" is that you have to win the match with 5 of a kind. The danger in getting 5 of a kind on your first roll is that your opponent is probably going to forfeit, denying you the achievement.
4) Don't mistake the 5 dice for the 6 dice. They're both stars, but one is a traditional pentagram (5 sides) and the other is more like a Star of David (6 sides).
5) If you have no matching dice, you might as well re-roll them all. Otherwise, keep the ones you have the "most" of after your first roll, and select the others (with X) to be re-rolled. If you have two pair, just stick with your favorite pair because it's probably not going to matter.
6) Some have said this is a good way to earn extra money for trying for the achievement, but it's a slow process to keep reloading each time you lose. I'd recommend just getting a fair amount of money to start (a couple hundred, maybe), then always betting/raising the minimum. If you Pass, you automatically lose, so don't do that. Save before starting for the achievement, play until you run out of money, and only reload if you're broke. Once you get the achievement, reload if you have a net loss. |
Fizzmatix
245,318
Achievement won on 09 May 12TA Score for this game: 1,785
Posted on 09 May 12 at 02:04
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This solution has 4 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
I've found that there is no real easy or quick way to do this. You can try all the other methods, but the best way to earn this is just be patient.
You may earn this on your first go, you may earn it on your 400th go. But there are a few things that may make this a little easier. Every time you play, always bet low, this will allow you to play more games and reduce the amount of orens you lose. It doesn't matter how fast, slow, hard or how softly you throw the dice, just make sure they stay on the board.
Once you start playing, always keep the duplicate dice as your core dice. These may be anything, but it seems that three and five appear more often in multiples. This is just an observation, but you may have different luck. Just keep track of the numbers you see most often in multiples of 2 and above.
Now all you have to do is keep rolling until you get a set. Usually if you have a three of the same dice and you try to roll the other two, your opponent may retire. This is common, but just keep playing past it as it depends on their dice.
If at any points you happen to roll a full set of the same dice and this doesn't unlock, there is nothing you can do about it. Just move on and keep trying. This happened to me, but I'm not sure if the game just doesn't register a full set of the same dice in your current turn, or if it's just a little buggy. |
Arcdelad
159,112
Achievement won on 26 May 12TA Score for this game: 2,193
Posted on 27 May 12 at 13:11
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This solution has 4 positive votes and 1 negative vote. Please log in to vote. |
This achievement can be brutal - there are no cheats. The corner stacking thing doesn't work, it'll just waste your time as you have to move those slow moving dice to the corner every time.
The biggest hardship is people resigning when you roll three of a kind. To prevent this, use the guy in Foltest's camp at the VERY BEGINNING OF THE GAME, when Roche is questioning you. Pick the first choice when you recall what happened and find the guy at the table (first left toward's the map marker then first right into the soldier's training area). He won't resign, even if you get four of a kind. Just make sure you save and bet the lowest possible, then re-load if you run out of cash.
This area also means you can skip this one until last, then just restart a new game and go right there within 5 minutes. |
Demon Slayer050
115,336
Achievement won on 01 May 12TA Score for this game: 2,193
Posted on 15 May 12 at 13:20
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This solution has 1 positive vote and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
Don't waist time on this one. I spent hours trying to get this and ended up getting it again later on the quests. Save this for last.
So, if you didn't get it randomly, start a new game or load one of your saves from the prologue. There is one area (right before the part where you shoot the baltista) in the back of the camp to arm wrestle and roll dice. Use this area to get the achievement because THE ROLLER WILL NEVER QUIT. You can roll 4 of a kind and he'll keep going.
Stacking didn't help at all. But it is helpful to use that method when you have 4 of a kind. Line your 1 dice up to match the picture on the side of the dice you are rolling to the side picture of your matched dice, use the edge of screen to do this and lightly drop the dice without rolling it on the side of table. |