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You guys suck at fighting.

I don't have to use propaganda to smack down feminists. They show themselves to be the evil pieces of crap they are on their own. Unlike them, I believe in TRUE equality - not crapping all over a specific gender.

I'll say this: Stamina curing spells are useless. All it does is hurt your chances to survive. Quite frankly, I'd rather just let the character get knocked down but come back up with lots of health left then heal the stamina damage and they be killed outright. The ratio just seems off to me. Either that should be changed or you should have more health per level than stamina since health is supposed to long term. I'd rather not need to rest every 1 or 2 battles. Also, way too many stamina healing spells/abilities when it's just not needed.

I'll just say this for now - at least it seems stable and playable now. That's progress.

"Those people need to understand that spending X money on a kickstarter campaing does not entitle them to demand anything." O RLY? WRONG. When promised x when you spend your money you better be entitled to it. And,d on't say it was a 'gift' 'cause it was not. Look at the KS page. It says if you sends a certain amount of money you would get certain something back. That's a business transaction like any other. It's NOT a charity. Charities don't offer x and return for money and when they do (charity lotteries or bake sales) they very much have to do what they promised. If not, it's very much fraud. That said, Obsidian isn't committing fraud. They likely will deliver a product. Of course, this is a video game so quality will always be hit or miss. "Second thing.... negative feedback is useless feedback. Example, please understand I am not saying this is you Razsius, "This game needs combat EXP to make combat fun, quest EXP only is crap!" This is very much so what many of the posts I see in this thread boiling down to. This is what happens to those type of comments though, Sawyer looks at them, scratches his chin, then dismisses them out of hand. Why? 1: Where is the explanation? What is it you don't like about objective only EXP? Why doesn't it work for you? 2: Combat Exp makes combat fun??? So you are saying combat isn't fun? Okay well making you do the same combat then just giving you +50 exp at the end does nothing to change the actual content of the combat so that makes no sense. Combat Exp is not the problem, we need to work on encounter design to make combat more fun. 3: Lets assume we go with your idea? How do you suggest we balance it? Obviously objective exp needs to go down but now we have an issue that some people will still stealth some encounters. What do you propose we do to compensate for the exp loss people who are avoiding combat through whatever means face?" Flat out lie. People have givenlegit reasons why they prefer 'combat xp'. Don't make stuff up as it just embarasses you,

"Glad that someone else pointed it out. The people that are so hardcore grindxp, sounds like the people at casinos are forced to go away from the slot machine. They want those bells to go off so bad, they become unable to perceive reality that the machine created for them." Never been to a casino in my life. Also, most of the combat xp crowd don't want gridning xp. You can grind quests as well. In fact, I just did it now just for gigles. Now, youa re froced to take quests your character wouldn't get xp. Afterall, why would a hateful jerk care to help that loser whose animals are being slaughtered for some likely cheap reward? But, in order to level up you have to do it. "And before Helm trolls again, note I never said I was against combat xp, I was against grind xp. I would like tough mobs give xp, but seriously I don't want every single rat, beetle, or bunny to give xp." Whose for that? I'm for getting rewarded for overcoming challenges with my characters' abilities. How the heck is a bunny or a rat (barring big hostile ones) a chalelnge? Now, that spider queen SHOULD be worthy of xp. But, since there is (currently) no quest assocoiated with it you get bumokiss. But, the ogre who is less of a threaty/challenge is worth mondo xp. Because you are told to go deal with him by some lame ass pig farmer. L0LZ LMAO

"I have never supported the idea that men and women should play full contact sport against each other" That's because you are sexist. I am not. I believe in equality and fairness. You do not. You put women up on a pedestal to be protected and babied like little children. I do not. I treat women like the adults they are. You do not.

Yeah, but it's too late for the West to do anything to stop Ukraine from changing. It has changed, and it has changed because of Russia. You cna't undo that without war since this isn't Happy happy Land where negotiations win out.West doesn't care about Ukraine. Period. That's pretend.

They can draw all the lines all they want. He's already decided the fate of Ukraine. Ukraine as it was known just a year no longer exists and nothing the West does or whines about will change it because they're all talk. The West doesn't care about Ukraine. Russia is willinmg to send their soldiers to die in Ukraine. Can the West say the same? No? Then their squawking is meaningless.

Sure. If the women *AND* men were capable of passing the physical/skill requirements. Absolutely. I'm male. I would never be able to physically pass the requirements to play football. But, if a woman was good enough to do so, I'd happily have no problem with it. Why would you if you aren't sexist? I wouldn't expect a 5'0" 125 lb woman to be able to play in the NFL any more than a 5'0" 125lb man would. Duh.

"Incorrect, the definition of a "gamer" refers to any white, male gamer who refuses to accept that the gaming demographic is changing and is very vociferous and obstructive to any perceived changes to how games incorporate the entire fanbase." HAHAHAHA! "End of the day I'm trying to get you guys to understand this is not an attack on white, male gamers." Yes, it is. Don't lie. "You can continue to intentionally misunderstand what people are saying and create a problem where there isn't one. You can vent and lambast every gaming journalist but that won't change the reality of what is going to be considered acceptable going forward around inclusivity in games You can see this change as something positive which doesn't really effect you in any meaningful way. You will still have your entertaining RPG, FPS and you will still have your GTAV type experiences. But as far as the major publishers are concerned there will be an expectation from them that there games represent the fanbase fairly and realistically. Its not complicated or unreasonable" Totally brainwashed garbage. This is why feminists are evil sexist scumbags. "I'll repeat this for the third or fourth time and it will be my last. The word "gamers" in this debate doesn't mean an attack on white, male gamers. Its an attack on white, male gamers that refuse to recognise and accept the necessary change that is coming the gaming industry. I can't be more clear than that" What ignorant spindoctoring. It's not an attack on white males gamers but it's an attack on white male gamers. LMAO "Let me explain, objectification of genders is bad for exactly the reason you mentioned, it diminishes the role and relevance of a particular gender. The gender being objectified, and its normally women, are basically demeaned by being objectified. Its not a realistic portrayal of them. I hear you about the escapism aspect but we can still have escapism and entertainment without objectification of women. Also what people are expecting is not a system that is more favourable to them, but rather a system that isn't offensive to them, Big difference :)" Men are objectivied all the time. As much as women. The difference is nobody whines about so it's not seen as a big deal. Harlequin exists for a reason. Soaps 9which i actually like) exist for a reason. Plenty of males have gotten careers because girls/women find them attractive. Check out Amerikan idol who has plenty of winners who won because they got voted by women/girls objectifying them. *shrug* For a guy who goes on about sexy characters in games you shouldn't be talking about 'objectification' or sexual attraction as a bad thing. 'Cause it isn't.

"But Putin doesn't get to decide the fate of countries." But, he does. And, he has.

That is respect. I believe they are equal. Are you sarcastically claiming women are NOT good enough to compete with men (or vice versa)? Either way, that is sexist. I surely wouldn't want to face either of the Williams sisters in tennis. They'd kick my butt!

Of course, Russia won't use nukes. I mean, that's why the Soviet Union collapsed in the first place. They played chicken with a richer nation and simply couldn't pay to keep it up hence why they lost terrorities like Georgia and Ukraine in the first place. You would they'd learn. But, ego and all that. And, the fact that a sizeable number of Russia supports his 'we must protect Russians in Ukraine' when at the same time he has no problem murdering Russians in Russia. Then again, considering the Russin media is basically gvo't owned it's not surprising. Say one thing about up and down nature of Western media - espicially the US - it's definitely not wholy gov't owned since it often criticizes the govt. You can tell too. Any country that makes their political leaders out to be gods ala Putin makes me suspect.

L0L @ Keyrock. I was gonna reply but too much funny. Tale" All that si completely fair. The greater werewolf should not be a pushover. So what if it regens or is is resistant to many weapons. I mean the game gives multiple clues that the weapons (like the dagger) are going to be useful since by the ship you know it is werewolves/shapechangers youa re fighting. Not to mention the different spells that can be sued to make that battle easy. Haste for you slow for the baddies is just one start. How it over if you elet him respawn even once? beides it's a demon. It should be hard to beat. Adventuring is a dangerous business. Both of these fights are definitely beatable on the first try but certainly not easy if you go in sloppily.

Um.. They';ll take it like that because that's obviously the threat he wanted to make. No other reason to mention that his country has nukes. Then again, it doesn't surprise me, because Putin is a piece of crap who loves to murder Russians so obviously he wouldn't have a problem murdering non Russiens as in his invasion of Ukraine.

"You guys have chased most of the female members away from the forum Malc. So you are right, the chance of us getting a female perspective is unlikely ;)" I like the implied sexism of how you view women to be protected and babied like little children. I treat all posters the same no matter their gender. If they can't handle it not my problem. But, I respect women more than you. They can handle it just like men can.

Nope. He may have not outright stated 'i will use nukes' but he pretty much did everything but that. Do a search.

," but I still say some of the fights are cheap as heck, like the demon fight at the end of ToTSC and the Greater Werewolf fight. I like the idea that fights should be reasonably achievable on the first attempt. It's an immersion/RP perspective, my characters don't have the benefit of learning from reloads, why should I? But they work as trial/error fights and were nonetheless enjoyable." How are either of these cheap? The demon is 100% fair and the only legit criticism of the greater werewolf one is the way transitions work. And, both fights are beatable first time.

Yet DA2 is still better than either Twitcher.

"EDIT: Their games remain super expensive throughout as well, it seems, like Sims 3 and Spore, despite them being several years old. It reeks of greed and hubris." Youa re the one full of greed and hubris. It's like still priced high because they are getting enoughh people to buy those 'several year old' games to keep it that price.

Gamers are people who game. Period. Even if they like games I don't. Even if they have different views than me. Games are gamers. I'm a gamer. You are a gamer. Those who play DA are gamers. Those who play FO:NV are gamers. Those who play TOEE are gamers. Those who play WOW are gamers, Those who play Madden are gamers. Those who play Angry Birds are gamers. People who want to destroy gamers forever are pieces of crap. And, trying to turn the term 'gamer' into an anti female term is plain evil, ignorant, scumbaggy, innsane, delusional, and nazi like behaviour,.

Anyone who wants the death of gamers are evil scumbags. Plain and simple. Also, the idea that games turn people violent or sexist is bullcrap. Violence and sexism existed before gaems and if games were ever done they would still exist. But, hey, feminists are evil scumbags just like the 'old boys clubs' they love to fight. They deserve each other - the pieces of crap they both are.

Neither of the Twitchers had good stories. I mean, seriously, white haired dude goes around slaughtering monsters and banging chicks is not story no matter how HOT the ladies are. Can watch fantasy porn if I wanted that.

"I'm relatively new here, so I don't quite understand your inability to use the quote function. Are you like, a hipster forumite, or do you really not understand how it works?" These are the ONLY " " tools I need. I'm a TRUE grognard when it comes to quoting. None of these new age hipster nonsense.