Volourn

or the fact that out of the 100+ BIo employees the vast majority of them are employees and therefore do as they are told whether they like it or not. Plus, there's the fact, that KOTOR2 (and KOTOR1) are NOT better than DA2. Not even close. The fact that neither of those opverrated games has Varric in it is enoguht o make them loservilles.

"There's many reasons for my concern, but I'll admit that my main motivation is very selfish: the current state of the planet makes me feel guilty for putting offspring on it. Firstly because every life extra is a life this planet cannot support (at least if living by western standards); and secondly because this overpopulation (and its effects on our climate) really is reducing the quality of life. I just don't want my kid to ask me in twenty years from now why I put him on a doomed world if I knew it was doomed." My reasons for niot caring are also selfish. I won't have children so I don't care what happens to the planet or anyone else after I did. Why should I? Several centuries from now 9and maybe sooner heh), nobody will give a crap about my fertizilzer self so why should I gave a crap about those uncaring punks? Turnabout is fair play even after I die. "There's no evidence whatsoever that "Martians" ever existed." I wa sbeing tongue in cheek. of coruse, there is no such thing as martians.

Funny thing is I don'ty usually pick mages as my character. But, I dunno. I want my magic to be magic. I want the fantasy to be fantastical. This idea that magic cna't heal just seems counter productive what magic is supposed to symbolize. If your goal is to limit insta healing - there are ways to do it in logical ways. Don't have unlimited healing potions or two dozen differnt healing spealls, and stuff like. One way to do it is use that necromantic part of healing spells to deal with it. If a caster wants to heal himself he needs to use another living creature to do it. If he wants to heal another creature he needs to usehis own health to fuel it. If you use a mana system make the heal spell relatively costly. if you use a DnD style system make it so you can only memorize a limited number of healing spells. So many ways to creatively do what Obsidian says they want to do without taking magic out of magic. Resting should NEVER be the better way to heal someone when comapring it to magic. Just bogggles the mind.

"Whether it'll be capable of sustaining what we call life (and I don't mean just human life) is another question ...." if the planet is supposed to have life it will create lfie just like all the other creatures - including humans - are created. The planet didn't collapse when dinos went bye bye. It managed to live on without them. It'll move on from us. Let's justa dmit it only selfishness makes us worry about it but there is too much pretnd cocnern for the planet. the planet fine. I'm not worried about how the planet is for humans several centuries from now - I'll be dead and beyond caring.

Nah. The benefits aren't anything special since either way - the game will likely be balanced (or at the elast the goal will be that). Lack of healing doesn't making the 'gameplay' any better. UIn fact, the best games with the best gameplay have healing magic even if said healing sin't technically magical (aka FO). "For one thing, given possible splitt stamina/hp system it's possible resting will always fully restore the former and not the later, and secondly losing hp might, just like in dnd, not really represent physical damage to your body. " Well.. there's gonna be a way to restore health - be it spells, potions, artifacts, healing skill, or resting. No way do they make a game where there is no way to heal yourself. Talk about trying to balance the game. L0L

And, mars still exists even though the Martians don't exist. Don't weep for Planet Earth. She'll be here after everyone posting in this thread is fertilizing her.

Oh, please. not this again. The planet is not being harmed by 'too many humans' or 'too few x aniamls'. The planet will be move on barring some fantasy super weapon or some extraplanar disaster. The arrogance of humans to think we have the powetr to destroy a planet older than all of us combined is poppy****. At worst we'll send ourselves into extinction but the planet will live on.

"I find the idea that healing magic is rare appealing, however you're right, if that results in resting every five steps it would be bad." I could live with healing being 'less common' than say your typical DnD game with its dozens of healing magics but it is silly to claim that being healed while resting makes more sense then healing with magic. Kind of silly taking magic out of magic. "Maybe it can have something to do with souls. Maybe particularly combat-oriented individuals have souls that have developed ways of having bodies recover naturally at an exponentially faster rate than others, but it isn't so much "healing magic" as "recovery", meaning it isn't instantaneous and the individual still needs to rest like any other in order to get better. Mages trying to develop and research restorative magics could be doing so by examining these souls and trying to understand them. That would kind of tie in with the whole "souls are mysterious and not much are known about them" thing, as well as the lacking knowledge and rarity of healing magic. Although it's just speculation" Nah, it's a gamey thing. They don't want healing to be common so they nerf magic. It doesn't make sense that soul magic can do all sorts of stuff but can't heal a broken bone as good as sleeping. There is no logic in that. At all.

"But don't worry guys, global warming is a conspiracy." Yeah, because hurricanes are a new phemnomena. Come on. "Sandy is horrible - I don't mean to diminish the death and loss caused by it in any way." I don't believe you. Youa re just using this to do your usuall nonsensical preaching,

I'm likely to miss quite a few. And, it could change on a random day as well. Hell. 1. General Hospital 2. Buffy/Angel 3. Star Trek: The Next Generation 4. Hercules/Xena 5. Big Brother 6. Family Ties 7. Fringe

The explaination were' supposed to believe is that magic allows you to do all sorts of things from teleporting to creating fire out of thin to controlling another being's mind but healing a boo boo is impossible but if you get a little nighty night you'll be healthy again. Does not compute. I don't get this new age where people want to take the magic of magic.

KOTOR2 was a cash grab. That's why it was just a mere sequel that was merely average just like the oirginal. KOTOR2, no matter what, would never be 'best ever'. That''s a joke and an isnult to Obsidian's tow best games - FO:NV and MOTB.

How cna anyone find Varric 'boring'? He is the ebstd warven NPC ever and is a top 10 character of all time. Period. End of rhine.

Trees are fine and doable but not every game needs them. Let PE do things IE stryle since that is what it is supposed to. We don't need new skool crap lanymore sicne we already have two health bars as party of new skool stuff being thrown in

There's plent of fanservice for everyone. Hardcore mode is a fanservice. Dwarves and elves being end are a fanservice. Soul fueling magic is fanservice. Two 'health abrs' is a fan service'. Multuiple ways to complete quests are a fan service. Everything in the game is fan servuice. Why should romances and relationships be any different. I just want things that fanservice ME (romanceable dwarves and elves completely wiped out). I don't care if you other customers are fanserviced. Justa dmit that that's what these type of arguments come down to - selfish needy arrogant me first attitudes that everyone on both sides share. *shrug* Fun.

"Please realise that a lot of us against romances harken back to the original precursor titles that the developers told us were the inspiration for PE." BG2 and PST both had romances. Or have you forgotten Jaheria, Viconia, FFG, and Annah amongst others? L0L Convenient how memory works. And, anyways, what do you mean by 'originals'? PE is an original IP. there is no 'original'. To me, 'romance' is just another way to add role-playing options that give you C&C. Romances and relationshsips is one of the HUGE ways to add role-playing and C&C. This is undisputable. It's just another way to have PCs invested in NPCs. "If I thought that it would include the type of content you propose (which the originals didn't) I wouldn't have sunk a considerable amount of my money into it." Poor way to look at it since as these threads show that plenty of Obsidian fanboys (and girls) did spend money on this *because* they wants romances. Not me, not a dealbreaker for me but there ya go. Your own words destroying your whole point. You'd have been better off saying you like tunnels and want games 100% focused on tunnel fighting. P.S. A 'dating simulator' isn't needed any more than whatever. It should be part of the game not the main focus which it never has been ever in these RPGs.

NWN OC CH3. Fun underappreciated campaign. I tried playing Darklands. Has a great charascter creation scheme, and I love the dieas behind it as I spent 3 hours reading the mnaual + strategy guide 9for class/ability stuff). Love the aging rules, different way to do magic, and everything else. Sadly, started the game up and had to stop after awhile because the interface is plain crap. Horrible horrible stuff that ruins what looks to be a pretty good game. Probably get back into FO:NV soon.

"I personally always felt that the 'magic' in the Lord of the Rings universe was poorly shaped and left me constantly wondering just what the hell wizards actually did." Uh. They did magic. This is the time where 'it's magic' is actually a suitable reply. :D

"You probably don't want to get into an argument about choices and consequences in Fallout and Alpha Protocol with someone who actually knows how both games react to your decisions, Volourn: it's an argument you'd lose. " I never lose. And, now youa re trying to pretend that AP is better than FO. That makes your opinion - espciially on C&C - null and void. FO is second to none when it comes to C&C. Try again.

"APs choice and consequence was good, and something that should be drawn from for P:E." No. they should draw that friom games like NV, FO, and MOTB. Not the horrible AP which had lacklustre C&C that is overrated big time.

What does BIO have to do with this? It's the Obsidian forums last i checked. Don't blame BIO fanboys for Obsidian fanboys being silly.

This is silly. Why ar epeople voluntering to do something people actually get paid to do? If you want a job at Obsidian make an application or else youa re going to get paid professionals fired. If you can get volunteers to write for fre no need to pay someone like Mr. Sawyer right? Obsidian is a professional company not a charity case. To me, it is insulting to them to think you can do their job for free.

I love ammo management and different types. Just like multiple coins and coin weight. It's more fun, and cooler, and fantatsical. It makes you have to think about your resources uinsetad ofm just go pewpew for giggles - make you think about wasting your good stuff.

Powergaming/balance should not be an issue in a SP game. I also don't believe a rogue should be the 'equal' to a mage. A mage can create stuff ouf of thin air, and a rogue.. steals stuff... Yeah, a know a rogue can do more than that but the point is clear. If someone wants to 'game' the 'system' in a SP game. Let them. Plus, that's what the hardcore options can deal with as well.

Romances should not be in PE unless it is with the dwarf female ranger. She so H0T and dreamy. I wanna marry her, and we don't have many chances for dwarf relationships in rpgs - close was in DA1 and that was wityh two dwarven prositutes.