Volourn

No. I hate your stupidity but I don't fear it.

"TV is not the sole measurement for a large marketing campaign." Sole? No. But, it does help. However, PE 9and DOS) were both really hyped as well. Article after article praising them, [pimping them, etc., etc.

I like the term homophobia. Phobia = fear. Someone who hates gays (I don't) likely doesn't 'fear' gays. They hate them. That's wrong but not a phobia. LMAO Then again, I know lots of people who are victims of freedomphobia. Anyways, if I were in that situation, I'd feel shame that i was so drunk I couldn't tell I was having sex with someone who had the same sexual organ as me. That's something I hope I always notice. L0L And, if the person purposefully misled me that person should also be shamed of being a lying deceiteful piece of crap. \I would never kill myself. Then again, I think people who commit suicide are 90% likely to be simply cowards so the person in that limerick who I disapprove most is the coward who killed himself b/c an emo crybaby.

"I didn't even notice there was no XP for killing stuff." You didn't notice that b/c there IS XP for killing stuff. LMAO "So what you're saying is that people aren't skipping combat in Pillars of Eternity." That's because you can't really avoid it. However, you don't get rewarded for it properly. Fight enemies that can kill you - 200xp. Accept a quest and enter room = 1000+ xp. LMAO illogical.

"THIS GAME IS NOT DND!!!" Yet it is a rip off of DnD. "Multiclassing will not work in PoE." YES IT CAN.

Who the heck are you typing liek you actually know me ? LMAO

"Yeah but that's because you lack feelings, Volourn!" TRUE.

". It deserves a better score than FO:NV, Mask of the Betrayer " No. "Does it really matter to your own enjoyment of the game what IGN scored it?" THIS.

Uh.. the incentive fo combat is that most of it is forced on you and you DO get xp for it. Why are you lying? The fact that it is fun or not fun is completely and utterly irrelevant. It's also about risk vs reward. It's dumb not to get xp for killing would be assassins but to get 1000+ xp for just accepting a quest. That's pure idiotic. PERIOD.

"Signed Retail Collector's Edition - $250.00 - Royal Edition" I thoguht this included the hrd copy of the strategy guide but I got mine in the mail and just got the 'collector's book' not the stratgey guide. I noticed on my backer page it says 'collector's book' but I was told that was just a typo. The whole point of $250 was to get the strategy guide. Did I screw up or did Paradox/Obsidian do so? (talking physical copy as computer version nets me everything <>)

They aren't but outside of assassins and the like you still get plenty of xp in most cases. More examples of why the xp system as is is offcenter. There's good there but lots of bad and illogic at times too.

Multi classing would be awesome. All the neat little tricks and character types would be sweet. A chanter monk would be kewl.

Yeah, I get smarter I enter a new place. Or when I say yes to someone when they ask me for help (presumably they ask me for help b/c I already know how to do what they ask me to do). L0L

Uh Triple Crown isn't about simply avoiding combat right? You can still fight. Combat is no more avoidable thjan 999% of RPGs. Nothing wrong with that as I quite enjoy the combat overall... *shrug*

"Signed Retail Collector's Edition - $250.00 - Royal Edition" I thoguht this included the hrd copy of the strategy guide but I got mine in the mail and just got the 'collector's book' not the stratgey guide. I noticed on my backer page it says 'collector's book' but I was told that was just a typo. The whole point of $250 was to get the strategy guide. Did I screw up or did Paradox/Obsidian do so? (talking physical copy as computer version nets me everything <>)

Depends on the beast but 8-12 I think. But, the species is more subtypes since there are usually different versions of them. Of coruse, you technically don't get xp for named npcs/humanoids (not coutning quest xp) so if you are attacked by assassins no xp. NO LOGIC.

But you get 1000+ xp for entering new area. l0l

That's stupid and shows your bias.

But you do get xp for it. Why are you lying?

"Dear Combat-XP crowd, explain please? " You pretty much can't avoid the vast majority of combat. And, as Stun explains above - the only way you really can do so is if you just don't explore which is dumb when you are role-playing adventurers in a combat hevay game. "If you got exp for every kill you could easily be level 12 before act 2." Not if xp rewards were handled better. FFS I got 1200+ xp for accepting a quest and than entering a building before actually doing anything. HAHAHAHA!

"Dragon age II - 82 Dragon age Inquisition - 85" \ Irrelevant. That doesn't prove a game's success or failure. FO:NV was rated just under 85 (costing Obsidian millions LOL) yet it sold more than any BIO, Obsidian, or BIS game ever. LMAO Also, just because YOU personally dislike a game doesn't make it a failure either. I loathe ES series but the series was a success. Plus, those DA2/DA3 scores are largely about backlash to EA/BIO fatigue. \I'd rate DA2 around 82 and DA3 probably 75ish (maybe lower dunno). PE not done with it so won't rate but definitely higher than DA3 and maybe eventually higher than DS2. Doesn't make either of those games a failure though.

"It brings me great pleasure to see Inquisition fail," But, it didn't fail. It sold ****load of copies. It sold more in its first day than PE will likely sell in the next 10 years. L0L p.s. At this moment, I'd say I prefer PE with all its flaws but some people's definition of 'failure' is stupid. And, using metacritc is just the height of pure moronicy.

The expansion is likely coming in two parts if the Feargus interview comes to fruitation. First should be soonmish. The other likely end of year.

"Mowing down dozens of copy&paste cultists and getting nothing out of it but trash loot made me sad. Removing combat XP achieves nothing in this case, you'll still mow them down to the last man in hopes they hide something interesting (they don't)." Not to mention enemies are forced on you. Everywhere you go spams enemies to kill. And, even more if you explore. But, hey, let's give a billion xp for a 2 line dialogue where the character uses no skills and isn't in any danger. L0L

"I would think the failure (sales wise, not content wise for all of them) post-BG probably had a big hand in it." Every game BIO released post BG2 outsold it except for S;RPG (Lol) and JE. NWN was easily their best seller until DA and the ME sequels came along. Why do people make up crap without checking their facts? Oh yeah, the 'feels'. "NWN looked like crap. Crap, I say. It played like crap, too--endless fetch quests. It was a **** game, IMHO, but it was super popular." NWN is the best game ever. PERIOD.