LadyCrimson

Aloth's personal quest + Eder (and maybe Kana/others) is hilarious. Of course, this depends on what type of humor one likes - but I lol'd twice (I reloaded to replay the whole sequence). Also, their "banter." Overall however, as the others have said, it's not really what I'd call a quirky/humorous environment/game. There's dry/sarcastic wit here and there but mostly nothing outlandish.

Yeah, I agree re: a fire/delete button or something. I can understand not wanting to allow people to make 30 chrs. per playthrough to switch in and out all the time or something, but shouldn't have to force/intentionally "kill" them just to be able to free up a creation slot.

The more I see of the series Spartacus, the more it reminds me of Braveheart set in Rome. Kind of. Only with weirder 300 style blood flinging combat camera work. And not as good. Caught up a bit on Showtimes Shameless. I mostly watch it now and then because of William H. Macy. He's so detestable/manipulative in it, and it's awesome.

"These aren't the droid's you're looking for." ...still classic.

There is no "hard" limit but in order to be able to create any new ones once you reach 8, you have to get one perm-dead, either via enemies or attacking them yourself.

Whatever happened to Kaftan anyway? I'm not quite to the point of l33t speak type shorthand yet, but I may get there eventually.

Oh I open all books and click all chat options, I just don't ... read them with super concentration, since I just forget it all after the next combat or two. There was a couple of lore tomes that had stories I liked enough to focus on them enough to remember I liked them, but not enough to quote them or their titles even.

Me too. There's a PoE limerick in there somewhere but I don't have time to write one.

@Woldan - occasionally you remind me of my hubby when he early 20's, always working on/rebuilding car engines. All that little busywork like that, taking things apart/putting them together again. He loved it. I wouldn't see him for days. Today ... yardwork and having more "fun" making silly portraits for PoE than actually playing PoE. I could make an Avengers party next...or maybe CSI. Or Sherlock. Or...hm.

Just showing what silly I'm working on...my Supernatural party. Dean=Fighter, Castiel=Priest, Charlie=Rogue, Sam will be Barbarian ("Moose"). Not sure about the other two. Bobby as the Wizard? Lucifier as another Fighter? Crowley as....? Hmm.... ..PITA getting DVD screencaps that work + fiddling with them a little bit. Maybe I should add hats.

I only skim such dialogues, unless something about it is of big interest to me, like it's a companion I like. For me tho it's more about ... well, it's not actually like reading a book, in games. I read info, then do lots of quests/combats, then some npc starts babbling and making references to stuff that I suppose other npc's have told me of, but that I've already forgotten about.

I tried the 3 in front 3 in back routine, but the collision/chokepoints in many encounters drove me nuts with that one. There was always one that couldn't hit something and would just stutter around. I wanted a circular formation with the mage in the center, but 6 in the party doesn't work out too well for that, plus the formation never really feels like how I envision such should be. In the end I usually stick with the 3 rows of two and just use Stealth so I can get closer and pause to command each to do specific opening salvo things before they notice me. I don't tend to keep super tight formations once comabt actually commences anyway.

Yes, I said I did bounties that were available to me. There were 3 or 4, at least one of which Edit: maybe that's a tiny bit of a sort of spoiler, tag added 2nd Edit: my question was related to idea that people were reaching lvl12 before Act3.

ToI is the die-once mode? If so, I have the feeling that setting wasn't really meant to be done the first time through the game - well, unless you don't mind starting over a lot of course. You could try a not-ToI game on EZ, to blow through and check out fights, then go start a ToI etc. Although I realize that takes the not knowing an encounter beforehand out of the equation, which is more than half the fun. :/ Other than that, building chrs. with high durb. so they can survive more mistakes and disengagements (no min/max squishies) would be the only thing I can think of. Maybe even higher CON tanks, vs. the usual "CON is a dump stat" route.

I know nothing of the math of things, but I reached the start of Act3 at clvl9. This was with a full 6 party, clearing all areas + doing most sidequests (I'm sure I missed a few, and didn't pick up all companions) and the available bounties to that point. What I did not do is much of the Endless Paths. Are people reaching Act3 at clvl 12 with full parties, or just smaller ones? I can see it with smaller parties, definitely, but I can't imagine getting to 12 before then otherwise - is it just because I didn't do Endless Paths yet? Edit: oh...I haven't unlocked every chest in the game. Some, but probably not even close to "most." That could be part of it too I guess.

I'm pretty sure the KS/backer/pre-order bonus things like the pets isn't to be had anymore. Current Royal editions listed on Steam/GoG now just have the digital book/soundtrack etc. No pets. Bonuses/rewards are one time deal thingies.

(both of you) Home telemarketing work? (your wife) Registered to all temp-agencies in the hope that at least occasionally they'll have a couple weeks of some type of menial office work or something available that can help build experience? ...my sympathies. Sounds like a tough situation and metro-Calif. is definitely a difficult place for such. :/

I'm not entirely sure of the sequence of things. Could be you have to get to a certain main-plot progression point before a rest triggers it. eg, near end of Act2 or maybe start of Act3. Maybe?

Woke up to the smell of tomcat urine filling the bedrooms again. Went outside to hose it off etc. Whinged for 5 minutes again about rude/idiot neighbors and their 70 gazillion unspayed/neutered outdoor cats and my thus far largely futile efforts to stop them. Couple hours later: Me: What cha doing? Hubby: Working on my Cat-B-Gone system. Me: What? Hubby: *long explanation re: our house's automatic plant watering system+motion sensors* ...he may never get around to actually making it work, but he's still a lovely man for trying.

I think at this stage I feel it's a game I might/could play once or twice a year over a few years, to try out different parties or just because ... but still not one I can replay lots of times all in a row. Definitely don't care about becoming "expert" at all the minute details of stats/mechanics/builds. Altho in truth I rarely do that anymore anyway. ...finally went back to the Endless Paths. At lvl 9, lvl5-7 was a cakewalk. Wonder how far I'll go before I get stomped again. Dungeon lvl 11 maybe?

Try sleeping a bit more often?

Companions are auto-assigned skills/talents if you get them at higher levels - eg, you don't get to decide/select what they are. I don't know what Kana's stuff may be, but I'd assume there's some level-up option that he'll auto-have at lvl3 that some don't like, so if you get him at lvl2, you can pick differently. It may be one of the more passive talents/skills, not one you command in combat.

Some of that stuff is in the flavor/lore books you pick up here and there as loot, as well as through clicking every dialogue option possible with everyone you can possibly click on. But I'd agree that the game isn't always the clearest about certain naming associations.

I haven't kept track of what he gets when, but is it possible it's because you got him earlyish? I know if you grab him at lvl2 instead of lvl3, he doesn't have ... something ... that he'll have if you first get him at lvl3, since you get to choose what you want when he lvls to 3, instead. It's one reason some like to grab all companions as early as possible, so you can have more control over what they have vs. auto-assigned.

Yeah, just looked it up/tried it and the above is the way it works. I have no need for them myself - I don't mind the mouse clicking method, especially when there are way too many skills/spells per chr. for keys available - but they could be useful here and there.