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Hey OP (BMiBudster), Anonymity on the Internet is largely an illusion, especially when you're not particularly clever about how you maintain that illusion. That's a lot of obviously pirated software. Now, I could be totally wrong in this deduction from a rather shallow search, but if I can determine a relatively logical association between an Internet pseudonym and a real identity in just a few brief moments, imagine what a motivated agency with actual investigative powers, such as Australian law enforcement, could do. How's the weather in Bondi Bay, NSW, Australia? It would be a shame if that career were somehow threatened by you potentially being a (not too bright) criminal. Again, I could be wrong. Then again, I could be right. If I am correct, you may want to think about how you perceive and manage your on-line persona, especially when it comes to admitting to seemingly criminal activity. G'day mate! Cant EDIT: Good grief, don't stalk each other! That's what the devs are for. Just kidding. Don't stalk the devs either.

I have no idea about upgradability through different product tiers through Steam. But, if you looking for a DRM free solution, you're only option is Good Old Games, I believe. You can get Hero, Champion, or Royal editions through GoG. Honestly, the extra content is all additional digital goodies; there is nothing added to the actual game. Unless the digital goodies are important to you, the Hero Edition from GoG should suffice.

I'm not sure what I am going to cook for dinner.

^that

Yuck. That sounds an awful lot like social interaction. How very tiring.

Absolutely zero interest in multiplayer. I would much prefer they spend resources refining and enhancing the single player experience.

A quick Google search indicates that's a real name (commonly associated with that nickname online)....so, yeah: wow. /shrug

I thought stronghold 'turns' are tied to completing quests rather than the actual in-game time. Not sure how that works out in terms of turns per quest though. Does that make sense as a game mechanic? No, not really. But I don't believe what you're describing is a bug. I could be wrong. /shrug Someone wise than me will confirm or deny, I'm sure.

Are we playing the same game? o_O

Untroubled Faith (Paladin talent) negates negative Reputation effects on Faith and Conviction. Pick what appeals to you. Take this talent if you are worried about making reputation choices that may interfere with the bonuses granted by Faith and Conviction. /shrug

There is no spoon?

"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." ~ Kermit the Frog

I thought that was a universal truth for all games. Head gear is always f'ugly.

Ha. Sometimes I go to the nwn2 vault or whatever it is called and just make characters as well...never play them just make them. Same team.

Might this apply for Steam users too? I can't launch the game due to a "corrupt file" after a very troubled download. Steam does it's own auto-patching thing so I highly doubt this applies to your problem.

I believe so yes. Can't say for sure. I figure GoG posted the original 1.03 patch. Obsidian then released their hotfix. GoG did not roll out a separate patch that included hotfix patch; they just updated their 1.03 patch, then rolled out 1.04. So, folks who updated with the initial 1.03 ( without hotfix) needed to repatch 1.03 (with hotfix) before patching to 1.04. Speculation.

Have you been to that map before? Might it be that you just need to go to Black Meadow and exit that map from the south side? /shrug

Try this: (reinstall) the 1.03 patch, then install 1.04. I have a hunch that GoG re-updated the 1.03 patch with the subsequent hotfix. Thus, if you installed GoG's initial 1.03, you may not have the hotfix applied, thus the version check fails. Total speculation, but I had to reinstall 1.03 before I could install 1.04.

Thanks for the vote of confidence! I do play on hard. The first few characters were on normal. That got way too easy really quickly. The next few were on hard, which just gets easier and easier with each new character. I've played most classes into Act 2 content. The curiosity of other builds/possibilities inevitably kicks in and I try something new. It's a thing that happens when I play games. Don't get me wrong. The game is great. I'm really enjoying it. I just have to laugh at myself about how often I get caught up by the possibility of the 'next shiny thing' and abandon one character for another. It's a common theme in how I play games. My post really has nothing to do with volume of text, level of difficulty, or anything else really. Honestly, it speaks to my appreciation of the attempt Obsidian has made at offering their vision of something old/something new. I'm digging it. It's my attention span and ease at which I get distracted by possibilities that is the problem (which isn't actually a 'problem').

My post was just a little self-deprecating poke at myself. You should try it some time. Humility, honest and fearless self-evaluation, and a little humour can go a long way. You should probably give up on trying to shoehorn your hangups and perceptions into other people's thoughts and perceptions. Consider that a little friendly advice, because, like, I care about you as a human being and stuff. (Not really) For a guy who seems really hung up on the amount of reading in PoE, you sure do create a lot of text. In a different post, in which you yet again insisted on spreading your anti-reading crusade, you brought up hyperlinked definitions for words. Try this one. Have a very nice day.

/self-rant My name is (not) Bob and I am a re-roller. The same thing happens over and over again. Get game X (with character creation process). Exhaust all permutations of character creation. Play through opening hours 42 times. Get sick of opening hours. Shelve game. Return to actually play in a year or so. Something might be wrong with me. Games are for playing. Gotta keep telling myself that.

Yeah, okay. That sounds kinda cool. A "device" focused class. Hrm...maybe there is room for a class or two.

Yeah...e.g., give that wizard a focus/bonus (or a unique spell) for a specific damage type at the cost of a couple spells (the trade-off would have to be fairly significant depending on the bonus)... Something like that.

The current selection of classes covers things pretty well. I'll parrot the "specialization" aspect though. It'd be great to have more race/culture/deity/character history-based talents/abilities. Stuff that can be used to really define a very specific (or diverse) sub-set of any given class based on who and what they are would be extremely cool. Wouldn't have to be too involved though, maybe just a couple talents (or even additional attribute boosts?) based on the character creation options. /shrug Something like that maybe. Basically, I'd like to see the current selection given a few more options.

PoE is a wonderful game. However, it may just not be the game you want it to be, which is a drag...but that's happens. God I had such high hopes for Dragon Age 2 (what a massive massive let down)! Anywho. A couple people in this thread have offered some solid advice. Maybe once you get a firmer idea of the mechanics and flow of combat, you'll find better enjoyment. I'd go through what has been suggested. If, after you've got a decent handle on the mechanics and whatnot, you're still not into it, then you're just not into it. That's cool. I don't like soft cheese but other people do.