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I think people are blowing things out of proportion. And important thing to realize with these comments is that you don't know what question was asked. For all we know the Vancouver reporter asked "You were brought in to play a more offensive role. Care to comment?" "If it's going to be in the role....etc etc" I think he's always been close to his extended family, and it's been quite a change for him to move out West. All I know, is that the game immediately following those statements was probably his best game as an Oiler. He was just giving himself some self-therapy.

Well, they are equipping it the instant before the combat starts

Heh, you are certainly progressing quite a bit faster than I am. I'm no where near 100 in Strength. I think I just hit 55.

Awww...poor troll. Always sad when something takes its own life.

ERrr, isn't it just that the guards aren't wearing their armor before you start fighting? I mean, if you unequip the armor you are wearing, you look naked too.

I swallowed my pride and downed the difficulty level a little bit. The Mithril Armor though, is easily the best light armor I have found in the game so far. I have not found any orcish armor. It's looking like I should probably spend more time using my bow from what I can tell, rather than my sword. I figured I'd need a better shield, though I didn't really have a hard time in one on one fights where I can use my shield, but rather the fact that the NPCs died in nanoseconds and it was suddenly 5 on 1.

Edmonton holds on to win with one of the best defensive displays I have ever seen in the third period. Vancouver could hardly clear their zone.

My armor and weapons are all above 90. Using Mithril pretty much everywhere, and a Dwarven Long Sword. My shield still kind of sucks though, I believe it's just a leather shield (or something...looks like wood to me). I think my sneak attacks may have been compromised by being low on fatigue. Still having a bitch of a time. I get the impression that I can't really leave and go do other stuff until I'm finished. Is that the case, or is there some sort of magical "Timestop for the PC" land in effect here?

This makes sense. I was very surprised that their own employees wouldn't get a copy of the game

I am a melee fighter, with the only spells being the two I was given at the beginning of the game. I spam Cure a lot though, and I think I am actually an apprentice of Restoration now from that spell alone. So maybe I should invest in some new spells. Though I typically don't like playing spell casting characters. I'm surprised how ineffective the sneak attack seems to be. While fighting in Kvatch, I was able to put myself behind one of the Daedric creatures, and I was able to hit it about 4 times with x6 damage (I'm assuming they were, as it kept spamming it on the top of the screen), while the guards were attacking it in the front, and it was still alive. Once the guards are gone though, I'm screwed.

Yeesh, maybe I've waited too long or something, but I'm totally getting my ass handed to me when trying to save Kvatch. The guards that I'm with last nano-seconds, and I'm left trying to kill 4 or 5 guys by myself, and use cheap exploitative tactics like kill a guy, run away back to a bed, rest for an hour, and continue. I have to let Slavin keep going unconscious and coming back to have any hope. So far, have not really given much thought to the scaling, but I'm having a real bitch of a time in Kvatch. . I had no idea I'd suck so bad at this game I had no problem killing Vampires and whatnot a little earlier though :\

And the fact that Bioware came to my University recruiting interns to work on the project. http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/iip/Jobs06/BioWare.html The fellow I spoke with was Kevin Barrett. If it wasn't for the fact that an excellent opportunity came for me in late December to start working in January, I was going to apply for this position. If you'd like, you could try emailing either the Director of the IIP program (Dr. Ryan Hayward) or the coordinator (Britta Nielsen) and ask them if Bioware mentioned recruiting for Dragon Age, though the meet and greet was about 4 months ago, so they may not remember. http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/iip/ In case people are curious if I actually do attend the University, here's my name on the Dean's List: http://www.science.ualberta.ca/nav03.cfm?n...8&nav01=10548#s Allan James Schumacher is me On a side note, stop being a hypocrite. You were livid when you found out that horses were gone in NWN2. Anything that Bioware shows for Dragon Age now, is going to be assumed by people like you to be in the game. A total damned if they do, damned if they don't scenario. You complain when developers show stuff that eventually gets cut, but then complain because developers are hesitant to show stuff. Dragon Age IS still a long ways away, so don't get too excited. Don't forget that it's basically coming with TWO games in one. The idea is for the multiplayer adventure that ships with the game to be completely different and unique from the single player adventure.

Just started a Ninja like character in Morrowind.

Dragon Age is not vapourware.

I was hoping for a "nooo" too.

No no, I think it will be huge. Big steps for everyone all around, no small steps here. Looking for small steps? Move along move along, nothing to see here...just big, gigantic, gargantuan steps.

Probably something crazy like their future.

Unlikely.

It's dead. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guarantee that that isn't the case either.

As it turns out, my parents got me it for my birthday and I just got it now. Have to give it a whirl.

I think you underestimate how big of a step it is for spore

Another alt?

Thanks for the belated birthday. I did see Peca's goal. Beauty in the top corner.

Sellouts? I wouldn't bet on it.