alanschu

Can you make a different weapon out of adamantine?

We will clearly need to settle this in a Trial by Combat. Would you rather go up against my Rogue/Assassin, or my Paladin/Divine Champion?

I don't think it exists in game. Though it really shouldn't be that big of a mystery if someone likes you or not.

The dwarven waraxe is exotic. Seems as though the kukri is merely a martial weapon though.

I was under the impression that it was the presence alone that was required, not the actual skills. The rituals of purification, while granting you additional powers, have affected you in such a way that your presence alone made all the difference. And this wasn't something that I thought of after the game either, but how I thought it was right from the beginning.

Are they exotic weapons? You need 23 to craft adamantine exotic weapons.

A simple -1 doesn't mean that they hate you. If you have 100 influence with someone, and then disagree with you, they'll still idol-worship you. Not true, you influence their opinion of you. It's only them influencing you if you decided to no longer roleplay, but to actively pick options simply because you want person X to like you more. As you accumulate influence, you can use this influence to get them to talk to you about things they might not otherwise have spoken to you about.

That's bullcrap. I'm not sure what "actual real role-playing" has to do with anything. Sometimes circumstances mean that you cannot do everything yourself, no matter what you want to. Ammon Jerro performs the ritual on the final statue of purification, which is a good thing because YOU don't get there in time.

He was the one that performed the ritual on the final statue, not you. And I don't think he will betray you. I never had him in my group, outside of having him chant the true names of the Reavers, so I didn't gain much influence on him. Which would make sense, because his entire life purpose has been to destroy the King of Shadows, I'd be very surprised if, now that you have finally tracked him down, he suddenly decides to turn on you and fight with Garius and the King of Shadows. If he were to betray you, I'd roll my eyes much more at Obsidian than forcing him to be an NPC party member. I think it may have been a bug, but he was the only one that could recite the true names of the reavers as well. I thought it said that the Githerzai Cleric could also do it, but I couldn't get her to use the scroll for some wierd reason.

Well, just quit the game right then and there and go play something else, because it'd be essentially the same as if you had killed Ammon Jerro. I suppose you could have this epic, futile struggle, where eventually the King of Shadows wins because you killed the last piece that was required to kill him, but I'd wager that most people wouldn't be happy with an ending that was that anti-climactic.

That is also true (though the only mail I had ever received to my personal address was a free updated CD). Money does talk, but perhaps the PC gamers themselves are partially to blame why something like DVD media took years to become popular in North America gaming. Though if it was specifically for advertising, wouldn't they be more careful about verifying the information. No problems with a@a.net email addresses, as well as Shelbyville, PA 00000 addresses. I wonder if people in Europe register their software more, or if casual gamers in North America register their software more than other people. Europe adopted DVDs much, much earlier, while casual gamers would be the ones least likely to have a DVD drive. Because to all of us it seemed so "obvious" that DVDs have been common for years, yet we were still getting games on 4, 5, even 6 CDs.

Or you could provide additional votes (on top of what you paid for) for what type of games you'd like to have made. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Seriously, you're like the funniest guy on this board <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Do you think they ask you what types of games you like to play for their own personal amusement?

<nitpick>I wouldn't necessarily say C++ was a language of the 60's</nitpick> "

Spam can be easily fixed with a junk hotmail account however.

Year 2000 or so. It was Ultima 9, so it wasn't that long ago. I was definitely out of high school. Or you could provide additional votes (on top of what you paid for) for what type of games you'd like to have made.

Oh, one more thing, since I realized it later on. Admittedly there's not much tangible incentive to do so, but I did think it was pretty cool that Electronic Arts gave every person that registered Ultima 9 a free remastered CD with all of the patches built right in. Also included was a letter of apology for the state that the original game was sent in. That was pretty neat.

Hahaha. I think we can include Ultima 9 as one of those games that doesn't fit Hurlshot's definition. Everyone had problems with that game Fortunately, if you registered your game, they sent you a remastered CD with all of the patches on it.

Proof please. I had no problems with the death implementation that Bioware implemented in NWN (or KOTOR for that matter). The proof is in the pudding (as you like to say). Here Obsidian goes and makes a game about D&D, and then implements non-D&D style death. Do you think they did this because they thought it'd annoy people, and ultimately piss more people off? When I say the majority of gamers, I refer to the majority that they are targetting with this game. It doesn't take a dunce to realize they probably don't care a lot about what the sports game player feels about player death in RPG games.

It's just an additional way to provide feedback for what you as a gamer want from game companies.

If they felt that the majority of gamers preferred to have actual death and treks to temples to resurrect people, they would have designed the game that way.

The temple of seasons worked fine for me.

I think my quotation may have thrown you off, as I put it in brackets because that wasn't the actual word used, not to bring attention to it or anything.

Well, thanks for the info. I think registering is particularly important, but the initial impression seems to put me in a minority.

What exactly does it mean to "legally [have] the community?"

Well that sucks. I thought the devs were smart and used race specifics on some encounters. Guess it was just a race check when it came to the dialogues. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Having a Druid in the party could make a difference as well. And having just reached Act 2 again, I still have no problems with the murder accusation. The crime was committed on Luskan soil, and there's an extradition treaty between Luskan and Neverwinter (Nasher comments how he regrets the day he ever signed anything with a Luskan seal on it). And not unlike real-life politics, he manipulates the system by allowing you to become a squire to avoid extradition. Then the trial can commence in Neverwinter, where hopefully appropriate justice will be served. And clearly Nasher values Law and Order, because he still reluctantly allows for the Trial by Combat should you prove your innocence.