Valmy

His keep looks like a Cathedral. Clearly this Thayn has a high opinion of himself. So I guess Thayn is a pretty significant title in this world? Is it kind of like a 'Count' or 'Earl'?

Good. The ability to do <x> always ruins the game.

Steam. Love having all my stuff in one place. Easy to use, easy to get new games, everything stays patched and up to date, plenty of sales to get the games I want for cheap. Marvelous service. If you anarchist revolutionaries want to use something else to advance your agenda of justice, have somebody else make something as good or better and I will consider it. I have a few GoG games but I am not a fan at all. As far as Valve going out of business and Steam going belly up and me losing all my games....already basically happened a few times in my life before with OS changes as the years roll by.

Is that a threat?

Maybe the kid will be late or early. Thus restoring your love for children.

Personally I have to feel pretty before I can get in the mood.

Given this is it possible to have a non-ego stroking companion?

It is supposed to give things a cinematic feel. But that is not a goal of Pillars of Eternity so.....

And all I am asking is that you actually play Pillars of Eternity and see how the NPCs go. Give it a chance. Until we actually have something in that regard I do not understand the whole debate. I mean hundreds and hundreds of pages of posts debating the possibility the game may or may not need romance without actually having anything to talk about is strange to me. Again we do not even know what exactly Obsidian means by 'no romance' until we get our hands on it.

It's "already closed"? That kickstarter was in 2012. You couldn't have gotten in touch with Obsidian and explained the problem sometime in 2012 (or 2013 or 2014) and seen how they could have helped you out or given you some sort of option? Sorry you missed the boat but I think you had plenty of time to get the problem addressed. Anyway I hope somebody can help you out.

Well if PS:T had a non-ghostly romance according to you guys then maybe there will be a romance in Pillars of Eternity yet. Keep hope alive.

I just cannot get over the fact the biggest dungeon is actually under the stronghold. How badass is that? As you clear each level do you annex it to your stronghold and put it to some use? Not sure what use I could put to a 15 level dungeon but maybe I take lots of prisoners.

I just thought that was the Force sending me images or something. Never saw it coming.

Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

Yeah but this is something RPG fans despise. Any time limit of any sort, no matter how reasonable, tends to get them upset. I remember the reaction to the time limits in Daggerfall and Fallout, which are actually the last RPGs I recall playing that had time limits.

Doesn't it cost money to rest at an Inn?

I expect to bring iron spikes, a small hammer, a ten foot pole, and 50' of rope. Oh wait who... Um... Main (Merewen "Merry") Chanter Other Main (Soulless Mercenary Eothric "Rick") Priest Companion Fighter Companion Cipher (or maybe the Druid) Companion Paladin Companion Wizard with caveat I am not in the BB and know very little about each class beyond what any IE vet would assume.

Ah so they kept the supply mechanic? Good, good.

The only thing I could think of is a supplies mechanic (which they intended to try right?) where you have to spend resources to rest, or a time limit of some kind. Both are likely to be unpopular. I just try to go as long as possible without resting since, most of the time in these games, you have the vague feeling you should be hurrying along with rescuing the prisoners from their demonic torturers or whatever.

I think people getting angry is more common than people lighting themselves on fire.

Ok then my party will probably be: Main (Merewen "Merry") Chanter Other Main (Soulless Mercenary Eothric "Rick") Priest Companion Fighter Companion Cipher (or maybe the Druid) Companion Paladin Companion Wizard That should work fine.

The main reason you traditionally wanted a rogue was for scouting and traps/locks. But it looks like a chanter could handle the traps/locks fine and Rogues are more damage dealers now. I guess they are no longer an essential part of a party.

I don't know but you could be pretty diabolically clever in KOTOR 2.

My mercenaries will be loaded with souls! I do wonder if one must have a priest.

Nope, TotalBiscuit is actually a fair reviewer that is older and knows and understands how modern games have gone down the drain in last 10ish years. His Dragon Age Inquisition reviews was less than stellar and he often reviews indie games and less AAA games and bashes mercilessly on all AAA games that are bad (Destiny, Watchdogs) without fear of anyone. He also invested a lot of his own money and time to run his own esports team and help young players from around the world compete in Starcraft 2. Are you suggesting that if somebody does not hate everything released in the past ten years you are unfair or biased in some way?