LadyCrimson

Blood and Glory the Civil War (H2 series). The narrator is terrible and there's nothing in it I don't know already but it's definitely interesting to see all those photos I'm so familiar with, in faded-photo color form. I've seen some of them in web articles, but in a way more intriguing on the big TV, the way they often start with the blk/wte then fade-in to the new colorized version. Still doesn't look very natural to me (colorizing) but a lot better than the old days. In the end however I think I still prefer them in black and white, whether portraits, shots of armies by cannons, or the battle aftermath shots. There's a starkness that the obvious colorizing effect destroys. Just me tho.

Durance may like his staff, but it's not glued to his fingers. If you have no need/want for more melee, give him a pistol or bow or a wand, whatever you wish. Some of his spells means he'll get up closer occasionally to cast, but at least he won't be distracted via trying to get close enough to whack things when he's done casting.

^ For some that might still feel too long at times. ...I usually window the game briefly because I want to check on the forums and know I'm going back to the game in a few The long reload time after quitting makes me want to leave it running.

I'm not sure you can. I've seen no option for it to not lose "focus". (edit: course sometimes I miss things, or maybe there's a way via editing a file, but dunno) What I do is lower the resolution/put it in a window to access desktop, then raise it/unwindow it again, vs. alt-tab type minimizing.

You make sure you're in "online" mode and most likely the game will start downloading automatically if there's anything new to download. If it's the first time you're installing the game, it just automatically downloads/installs whatever the latest version is (1.03something).

I believe the wurm was for $50+ tier backers, just as information.

Technically speaking, I'd consider all bugs as technical support issues, since something isn't working as (likely) intended, even if it's not about the game causing sparks to fly out of the computer. And the Backer Beta forums have been archived (read-only).

Sleep...definitely didn't get get enough last night. Too late to bed, too early to rise (the wake up syndrome). Now I can't stop yawning. But if I go back to sleep now, I won't wake up until evening, then I'll stay up too late, and ... I don't know if not enough sleep is harmful to the heart in the long run but I do know intense struggling to stay awake can feel mighty exhausting physically in the short term - fighting a tide as it were. But the two things aren't always mutually tied together. Sometimes you can get little sleep and it's not much of a struggle to just stay awake, other times the lead weights never come off.

Thread pruned a bit. Let's try to keep it friendly and on point.

If he actually finishes all the books before passing, I might try reading them again (I read the 1st when it very first came out in paperback, and own the 2nd and 3rd but haven't read them, since I'd have to read the 1st all over again by now). But at this point I'm not going to try until I know there's actually an ending.

TOOOOO CUUUUTTTE

Aye, wasn't trying to imply you were. I'm always very slow the 1st time through any game. Whatever the "average" time is said to be to complete a game, inside my head I double or triple it, because I know that's how I am. Not sure exactly why. I'm not trying to go super slow. Just a combo of all things I mentioned above. I guess I just spend a ton of time in menus/inventory and sort of just "messing around" than actually playing in terms of progressing, if that makes sense. On repeated playthrus, if I do any, it's always much much faster of course.

I'd imagine people who stealthed everywhere and weren't using double-speed take a bit longer. At least, my time has sped up a lot when I started double-speeding it constantly. At any rate...some people (me) can take a long time making choices in convos, too. I sometimes sit and stare at the options for a long time, spacing out or just wondering which one I want to go with.

I don't know how the save files calculate "time" (eg, does it count when it's paused) but one thing I do know ... I spend an awful lot of time looking at/fiddling with my inventory, in shop windows, staring at the level-up windows trying to decide what darn thingie to choose, and of course the ever popular "walk away from the computer for semi-long periods while leaving the game loaded and still running with chrs. crouched in a corner somewhere."

^ I know! Uma Thurman. Reminds me of her. Also...I luvs ya Eder, and you're all right, Luke, but seriously. Mr Wood Beetle got the kill? Rly? No, no, I understand your beards were on fire and how distracting that can be but ... what? I should have bought you that magic gear back in Twin Elms or even Defiance Bay? Ok that's a point but you know how much that Kana eats, all that singing he does seems to make him hungry 24/7 and it's expensive keeping him fed and ... fine, fine, we'll go shopping then. But no more excuses then, you hear?

Mine aren't.

More of those guys need to be shirtless. Or wearing actual shorts instead of those boring half-pants. Just saying. Also..the woman's face reminds me slightly of someone. Probably an actress. Can't think of it offhand and it's going to drive me crazy until I go to bed...

While it doesn't bother me much, I don't really understand why the hired Inn-companions are 1 lvl behind. A balancing thing? I've had a hired Fighter since clvl 4 (so he was 3) and now I'm lvl 10 and he STILL hasn't "caught up." But he does fine even so, thus even if it's a tad annoying it's not that big a deal.

I feel much the same. The only time I've used choke points is when I told my team to "go over there" and they move to one side of the front two then jittering in place, making me realize I was in a collision choke point (despite it looking plenty wide enough for three to march through), which would make me rage a little because I'm not a very ranged-attack focused party and my Monk is useless with a bow. ...that said, if trying it solo or with just two or something, I could see it becoming much more important. But since the game was more designed around party play, I don't think it's something that needs to be changed just to accommodate people who like the challenge of solo. <---edit: did I say something made no sense? I think I need sleep.

Considering a lot of the "better" items worth buying in the stores (imo) cost 5000-10000 apiece, I don't mind at all. If you don't buy from stores much, the cash you end up with may feel excessive, but some might like to buy lots of stuff, if only to just check it out. And even then I'd find it doubtful you could buy "everything" from every single store, so... ...if you don't like it, don't pick it up.

Where's the "I haven't finished the game yet" option? ...I think my last save, on the chr. that's farthest along, said something like 51 hours. They're in early Act3 currently working on the Paths and a certain big sidequest. Haven't actually played in a couple days tho (keep intending to, then not). Based on what I've read, I'd guess if I can motivate to finish, maybe 70-80 hours.

Sure they can. You just leave the rest crouching in some dark corner, select only the Rogue and move him around by himself.

I loved TotSC ... or more specifically, I loved Durlag's Tower. Size isn't everything. ...that said, if they don't improve combat, even a Durlag's Tower might disappoint me a little, since it was the trap-filled, crazy combat that made that so fun back then, to me (a non min-max player).

^ Oh stuff like that can definitely be a chuckle. I just find it wrong to design like that. Reminds me of some RTS games where the enemy AI basically can spawn new units forever endlessly even with no resources left.

Apparently in PoE, enemies get unlimited spellcasting. Which is not noticeable when you have a full party and are using them to pick your teeth with, but go solo and you may run into amusing situations of being Halted forever. Funny, sure, but yet so wrong. Totally agree.