Volourn
Members- 
                
Posts
16354 - 
                
Joined
 - 
                
Last visited
 - 
                
Days Won
2 
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Blogs
Everything posted by Volourn
- 
	I think having one nation run by women would be nice. And, they needed by as 'man hating' s your typical amazons are picture in fantasy either though that could how the nation was first formed. And, there could be various factions in a power struggle to keep it the same, make things equal, or basically to enslave men completely and the player could work for one of the groups dependent on gender too.
 - 
	Romances are good as they can add to a game's depth and give actual choices with actual consequences. And, since they don't usually evolve around combat it gives another non combat activity for the player to take part in. Like any aspect of games, the quality is based on the work done by the devs not the whole concept of 'romance'.
 - 
	
Judge Hades Character
Volourn replied to Hurlshort's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
"Blade of Honour item set." I'd expect a % of the profits. - 
	They should make the game they ultimately want but listening to what fans want isn't a bad thing. Obviously, in the end, they need to filter the good ideas from the bad based on their perception not yours or mine. If someone posts an idea that Obsidian likes that you don't tough luck for you. If you post an idea that Obsidian dislikes tough luck for you. Suck it up, and don't whine about it.
 - 
	
Magic System
Volourn replied to oldmanpaco's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
"Do away with mana, instead introduce cooldowns. The bigger the spell, the longer the cooldown." Nah. All that does is that you spam your best spell at start of each battle and either win right away or you need to wait tilt hey combat. Hurts tatics. 'Vatican' magic is the best magic system found to date. It makes you think before spamming spells unlike the punkish mana system. "Regardless of the system, a magic user should always be able to use magic. They should never have to resort to crossbows or darts or anything like that. " Nah. Magic should have the ability to drain a spellcaster or be limited in how often one can use it between rests because you are using energy to create something out of nothing (mystical energy) so shouldn't be as easy to use/master/spam like common equipment or real world based skills. Espicially in a game like PE where magic is powered by one's soul. - 
	"i feel thats to difficult with a 4 man party..." How 'bout a 0 man party when you play with 4-6 females?
 - 
	
Pls, don't stop pledging!
Volourn replied to guiskj's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
I will only pledge if I find out dwarves are in the game. My plan is to pledge in the $140 category but dwarves must be in or no dice. I'm 100% serious about his too as shown in my dwarves thread. Outside of the DA series, there's been a real lack of good and fun games with playable dwarves in them. - 
	Why not simply have a mixed of both 'sexy' and 'unsexy' armour based on the race, culture, and technical ability of the being crafting/wearing said armour and clothes. Realisticly, just like in real life, people are varied and their tastes are varied so some women (and men) like to dress as sexy as possible no matter the situation, others are prudes no matter what, and other are in the middle and dress to suit the situation and their needs.
- 310 replies
 - 
	
- 1
 - 
					
						
					
							
					
						
					
				 
 
 - 
	4-6 is the ultimate number. Any less and it's barely a party, and any more is just plain ridiculous and more likely the characters likely get shallow and more like the combat gets stupid.
 - 
	"1 million dollars and the recognition that Neverwinter Nights sucks is the secret God tier of Kickstarter pledges: design your own character race. " If I had the money, I'd just like about the NWN thing. Heh. DWARVES MUST BE IN. I need to know so i can pledge! DWARVES MUST BE IN!
 - 
	
What mold should be broken?
Volourn replied to fan's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
"What is a hit point, anyway? What does it mean to lose a hit point? Does that mean that you have been hit? Or are hit points some vague combination of your character's natural strength, their focus, their luck, armour, and agility? Of course if all those things are unified, you can't have separate block and dodge and damage reduction via armour and all that nice stuff because they're already covered as hit points. And that's what I prefer, but it's not something you really see. Like, ever. Instead, hit points represent some noexistent "vitality" thing that lets one character survive one axe to the face and another survive ten axes to the face because HIT POINTS RARGH." That's not how DnD hp work. How it works is clearly explained in the various PHBs down the years. Anyways, on topic: Yeah, resting should be limited to only be allowed 1 8ish hour shift per day, and if you rest in widlerness/hostile places, there should be a high risk of being disrupted which not only makes you udnerattack, it also hurts your chance to 'memorize' spells/regain magic points, and receieve minuses for being too tired. There should be a mix of 'traditional' races like dwarves 9THERE HAS TO BE DWARVES!), and unncommonr ace. Obsidian should also try to throw in at least 1 or two of their own created races. Magic needs to be used for than just combat. If classes are being used, they should at least have limited access to other classes skills at 'increased cost' ie a warrior may dabble in a handful of rogue abltiies or become expert at pickpocketing but it should come at the price of not being able to 'max' out warrior abilities. Obvious I expect the traditional spells to exist but there should be some surprising uses for magic too. Variied equipment like weapons and armour are a must. Time sensitive quests should exist when needed but not too overdone. Traditional monsters are cool but surprise us with some too. Also, multiple starting points based on race/class/background would be awesome.- 131 replies
 - 
	
		
- innovation
 - gameplay
 - (and 6 more)
 
 
 - 
	Fantasy game,. huh? If dwarves are in in this, I pledge to pledge money to your kickstarter.
 - 
	"The greed on both sides is nauseating. " The players are not the greedy ones. The sport has been as successfula s its ever been but the owners are demanding huge pay cuts for the players, and less control by players for their own career. They are also the ones threatening a lockout. No player has ever talked about a strike. This is 100% the owners' fault. "to make them (both players and owners) understand WHO they are playing for. " They are playing for themselves. they owe 'fans'/customers nothing. The arrogance, selfishness, evilness, scumbuggery of customers is hilarious. It's just as bad as the owners. I will ALWAYS side with the awesomely entertaining players who work their buttz off, risk their physical health, are basically hjighly paid controlled modern day servants/slaves than billioanire greedy lack of self control owners, and piece of crap fans who think players should bow down and kiss their stinky royal feet.
 - 
	
Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Editions Announced
Volourn replied to Lorfean's topic in Computer and Console
"Rolemaster is a system where you can pick the rules that suit you the best, depending on your taste." So... it works like DnD and any other pnp system taht ever existed? okay then. More seriously, I've played RM. It's fun, and it works like any other. Good stuff bad stuff, it's all cool. - 
	
Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Editions Announced
Volourn replied to Lorfean's topic in Computer and Console
I ahve never played a game that didn't have rules. I have one simple rule. If something has no rules it's not a game. Period. - 
	
Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Editions Announced
Volourn replied to Lorfean's topic in Computer and Console
Without rules it's not a game. - 
	"Why not DA2? ...And are they planning to expand the DA franchise or is it dead" DA3 has all but been officially announced. "or is EA going to disolve Bio or what? " Only an idiot would actually believe such stupidity. But, yeah, EA has gone around making dozens of BIO x divisions but will randomly close down a studio whose games sell 2-3mil+. L0LZ Internet spammers = ALWAYS WORTHY OF LAUGHING AT
 - 
	DA2 is just as good as DA1. Anyone who thinks there is a significant difference in quality between the two is fooling themselves.
 
