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Sten most definitely should not be using Threaten or Taunt haha. And Volourn you're right, but I still never put points into constitution. If I did it was the odd point here or there. I controlled mobs with mage CC, and taunt did a pretty good job. I also set up my tank's tactics to always attack whomever my rogue was attacking, so that the damage he did would maintain aggro (especially since threaten was on) and prevent my target from attacking me.

Unless you're attempting to tank with your 2H Warrior, why are you giving him constitution? He shouldn't be attacked any more than mages or rogues.

Now its my turn to say 'very enlightening' comment. So since floodgate screwed bioware over in the SoU expansion pack its ok for bioware to screw someone over too with that logic? Or even more basic anology if I jump off a bridge you going to follow too because I did? Bottom line I don't think finger pointing with 'well they do it too!' is a very legit excuse which is in essence your retort. How is BioWare screwing anyone over if they don't confirm a yes or no on an expansion pack at this moment?

The lack of speed vs damage with 2H when you do hit ratio vs duel weilding hit dex is a no brainer. DW with dex 28+ and duel weild abilities will out do a strong 2H any day of the week. In the same time period (say 20 sec) I have no doubt leh does vastly more damage total and hits more then stan. Unless your 2H has high str, con AND dex they are not practicle nor very robust. Again stan falls down more then he is up. Of course your bioware folk pretty much put the nail in his coffin to begin with considering his starting stats. Poor con/HP, poor dex and 2H skills. So not only is he the slowest to strike but he also misses alot AND can't take much damage. Basically out of the box, per se, stan is useless in combat as-is. Whoever designed him stat wise did not take the game mechanics into account, and if they did they did not have a grasp of them. Why are you putting Con in any non-tank character? I put 0 con into my rogue, and 0 con into any mage that isn't a blood mage. If your archer is doing more damage than your 2-handed warrior, you're probably not doing something right. I haven't played with a 2-handed warrior aside from on the console, and they were effective there. I don't know if there are PC differences.

How is the StuH 42 against Rangers? Had some fun with one in a skirmish.

I SEE WUT U DID THAR!

Frankly, that doesn't surprise me. You don't seem to have any idea what anybody is saying. His just as capable typing hands already stated that I interpreted it correctly, while you did not.

It's the "EA PR department" as much as it is the "BioWare employees that are now working for EA because EA bought BioWare." A lack of transparency among software developers is hardly isolated to Electronic Arts however. You have a good reason to be displeased about a lack of confirmation for or against an expansion pack? I'm confused now. Would you be happier if BioWare came out and said "Yes" or "No" to questions of an expansion pack?

Hurlshot did no such thing. The Holocaust is the big focus of the war crimes, and the reason why we had Nuremburg trials at all. People looked at what was happening and went "ZOMFG I can't believe what's going on there." By being the primary perpetrators of the Holocaust, they become pretty key players in the war crimes focus. When people start thinking of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime, they look at what happened in the death camps, and to a slightly lesser extent the Soviet Union. Yes the Wehrmacht committed war crimes, and some of them were even along the lines of the war crimes of the region. Not surprising given the widespread indoctrination and propaganda spewed forth by the NSDAP, but if I was going to be as academically dishonest as you're being right now, I'd conclude that you feel that every single German soldier in World War 2 was a slightly lesser version of an SS, hell bent on murdering innocent civilians, particularly if they were Jewish. Which, quite frankly, isn't true. If you'd prefer, perhaps you'd rather he had said the German Heer? The fact that they committed war crimes isn't surprising. But no one is denying that, and you're the only person here that seems to think someone is. Near as I can tell, you're the only person making this implication.

Ah yes you're right! I was confusing it with the 4th level Ranger ability.

I know some people around here have had really good success with two-handed weapon builds.

The quote I posted from your links specifically supports Hurlshot, specifically with reference to the SS being the "principal perpetrators" (Wiki's words) of the war crimes. Given you decision to go contrary to Hurlshot's statement, through deductive reasoning your links do NOT support your view. Unfortunately, as Hurlshot already demonstrated, your accusations of me not understanding his post are as off the wall as the majority of nonsense you post. I find THIS request laughable. His point was clear as day. It's not my problem you failed to understand it. Read his post, it's not like he's been nefariously sneaky or anything. Given Walsingham's post about how he'd think that a German soldier could still be a hero, Hurlshot points out that people make a distinction between the Wehrmacht and the SS when they look back on them (to which you disagreed), only to follow it up by stating that the majority of soldiers in the Wehrmacht were simply soldiers fighting for their country, with a comment that historians tend to consider the SS to be the primary perpetrators of the war crimes (which your source agreed with).

For some strange reason watching this helped me pick up some the neat subtleties of this classical piece. Enjoy!

I think somehow something can cause it to bork without clicking on it. I have had it happen about 3 or so times. Perhaps a keyboard shortcut or something. Though currently it seems the board is struggling with remembering which posts I have or have not viewed. Clicking on "First unread post" often takes me to posts I have already seen! :'(

Glad you enjoyed it

I think it gives extra skills and makes your other shapeshift forms more powerful.

Well, I'll give him at least some credit for not finding sources that go contrary to the point he was trying to make.

What would be an example of an unbiased news source?

Shapeshifter isn't too bad if you use it when Morrigan's mana is spent. Having said that, I think there are better ways to build a mage.

This is irrelevant of the EA PR department. Frankly the EA influence is overstated. There are some restrictions due to the fact that we're a part of a publicly traded company now, and all the rules and protocol that goes along with that, but even if BioWare was independent they'd still exercise prudence when it comes to discussing the possibility of future projects.

I can agree with the other posters to an extent. Kotor 3 dude went on a tirade about how he hates all WW2 German soldiers because of bad things they did to his family, and then said he justifies his opinion because he is a Jew. Stating that he was a Jew simply serves as a justification, but doesn't actually add to his initial assertions (that he feels German WW2 soldiers are incapable of being heroes because they killed Jews).

No he's not. He's saying that historians target the SS as the main perpetrators of the war crimes. Which is true. This is mostly because people, including historians, don't immediately think of things like unrestricted submarine warfare as examples of war crimes. If you think that the Wehrmacht is targeted as much as the SS for the contributions to Germany's WW2 atrocities, you're obviously not reading the very links you provide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht (one of the "specific links" you told us to follow)

I have to think you don't know much about WW2 history. Yes, you must be right. Other than the degree in history and the few classes on World War 2 I took in college, I have little knowledge on the subject. Please enlighten us all on your vast knowledge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_war_crimes Notice the references to Wehrmacht, or follow specific links. Wonderful. And here is a link to the Allied war crimes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_war_cr...ng_World_War_II I'm really not getting your point here. My point is that your attempt to absolve Wehrmacht from responsibilty for war crimes is invalid. I'll keep this giant quote tags alive, since it contains Hurlshot's original post. At no point does he absolve the Wehrmacht from responsibility of war crimes. The links you posted do not refute Hurlshot's post that the vast majority of the Wehrmacht's soldiers were fighting for their country. Did some of them commit war crimes? Sure, just like the American's committed war crimes. Given that your statement was confrontational ("I have to think you don't know much about WW2 history."), and as it seems motivated by a complete misunderstanding of what Hurlshot was actually saying, it seems as though you don't know much about World War 2 history. That is, unless you aren't trying to equate the Wehrmacht's contributions to war crimes to be similar to those perpetrated by the SS. Particularly in enforcing Hitler's Final Solution.

The only reason why the bulk of the Wermacht is seen as villains is a combination of ignorance and the fact that they lost the war. We could link Soviet War crimes too while we're at it. Not only that, but looking at Nuremburg, the Allies started to have a field day. One of the charges against Admiral Doenitz was that he employed unrestricted submarine warfare. Fortunately he was able to point out that Admiral Nimitz, did the same thing. Here's a fun quote of Doenitz's: "One of the

Have you installed the Toolset at all and messed around with it? Using debug scripts to warp you around is a fantastic way to break the various flags in the game too.