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EVE Online does GM run events. Number of players becomes an issue in that game, sometimes, too.

I don't think the the mechanic is meant to be difficult to a remotely competent player. Just keep people from resting too often. There are plenty of undead, Telthors, and elementals, plus Okku and Suppression for good players. There's plenty of Telthors, elementals, and humanoids, plus an AoE devour for evil players. Heck, with the AoE devour, you can manage high craving pretty well if you only rest at full spirit energy. Once you get used to the system the only place I could see being hard would be the academy for a good character. And that's only conjecture.

Yes. All that would happen is that she'd send half her army all the way over to attack us, then just as they arrived Zara Yaqob would declare war on her and conquer her undefended territory, thus emerging as a major rival to ourselves. Let's not do that, eh? At which point his main cities would be undefended and we could take them! I see no flaws in my stratagem. Edit: Okay, okay. I doubt anyone will like my idea despite how perfect it is. BUT! I still don't trust Wals not to sell us out to Elizabeth. So, he still needs to prove himself! Perhaps he could try extortion and threats against England. He needn't declare war directly, but he should undermine them in some fashion to our benefit.

With SWG I was able to incite the hatred of player Jedi. I take full credit for it, even if it seems unreasonable and I have no evidence to back up my claim. I'm not sure how I would repeat that performance in a KotOR MMO...

Walsingham, as a sign of loyalty to the Empire, when it comes your turn you must declare war against... Britain.

Apparently HMV.co.uk is having 15% off this wednesday (today) and Thursday with a promo code. Too bad most the crap they sell won't work with the stuff I own.

I really enjoy Uplink. I just haven't made any time for it in a while.

No. You get it from the Shaman of the Ice Troll lodge.

I would have said it was easier if you're evil. You get to devour souls (humanoids) and an AoE devour.

Because saying you dislike aspects of one product = bashing.

I liked the story. Thought the setting was pretty shallow and gameplay was repetitive and shallow, though. You only have three stats, for crying out loud!

It's meant (at least, partially) to be a mechanic to limit resting, as revealed by the countless interviews on the subject. It works wonderfully in this respect. You won't find yourself resting after every encounter.

It's not a confirmation of the MMO. If anything, it's a disconfirmation of the MMO. Bioware's MMO is already in production, while this agreement implies that they're about to start working together on a project.

Kokoro - Yasunori Mitsuda Seriously, when Yasunori Mitsuda teams up with Joanne Hogg (as in Xenogears and Xenosaga: Episode I), it is pure sex for the ears.

And now that I think about it, I could put porn on this thing. Not that I have much use for porn-on-the-go, but just so I can say "hey, I've got porn on this thing."

Red Fraction - MELL

I'm loving my PSP more and more. But, at the same time it's getting more and more expensive. I purchased some $30 earbuds with the only justification for them being so expensive is that they have an in-line remote (pause/play/volume adjustment). A 4 gig Memory Stick Duo cost me $90 (I can find them around $60, so they're not always that expensive). BUT! I now have a very good portable media device. I don't have to deal with crappy formats or DRM with it, either. As well as getting games and demos I can play on my lunch period. TL;DR: I've never owned an iPod or other MP3 player, but I'm using my PSP in that role just fine at work. It's kind of nice. Of course, there's also the downside of not being able to set up playlists. Actually, that's kind of a big downside. I also need to buy a travel case and screen protectors. Things you don't have to worry about with a DS or GBA SP because of the design.

This is pretty much confirmation that Bioware wasn't working on KotOR. Not as an MMO, nor as KotOR III. http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/lucasarts-and...m-up-316698.php Basically, the act of announcing the team up is confirmation that they weren't teamed up already. NOW, they might start working on KotOR III.

MMO has been a magic word since before WoW. Blizzard was practically bandwagon jumping when they did it. But they did reaffirm for some that THAR BE GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS!

I've been meaning to check to see if you can succeed that check. I'll do so now. Edit: It's listed as an automatic failure. You can not succeed. Edit2: You want to know an easy way to kill him? Vampiric Feast

We can't be certain that the spirits are destroyed. Though it seems highly likely that is what Obsidian intended for us to believe. And for that I can credit your position. However, the choices in Mask of the Betrayer with regards to the soul eater mechanic need an understanding of the character's situation in order to appreciate. It is not truly a choice for the character to devour a soul. He has to. The devouring of souls becomes, to him, a highly natural state. The sole exception to this is with, as you can see in reading the description for supress, a remarkable excercise of willpower. It is simple for us, as players, to see it as a choice and devouring the spirit as malicious. But, judging by what is presented in narratives and descriptions as the game, it's not so easy for the character. It's not as easy as choosing between two abilities. He's supposed to devour as an almost natural state. We only ever hear of one other Soul Eater who just lays down and dies. We never hear of one other who suppresses it. And despite how "malicious" the act supposedly is, there is not a single character in the game who condemns the PC for it outside of the few times he expresses it as a concious choice (in dialogues). This all fits in with the description for suppress that seems to regard to act of suppressing as almost supernaturally difficult (and how useless it is for non-Okku companion PCs who have significant craving), despite how easy it is for a player to just press the button. Maybe Obsidian could have presented this more clearly.

The curse is not unnatural. It was created by a former Greater Deity. I would think disruption of natural order to be more chaotic, either way. Suppression, on the other hand is lawful and good because, while it may not seem this way to us as players, it is supposedly a great force of willpower. It's not the choice to suppress that is lawful, but what it inherits from the RP of the act as something that is hard to accomplish and using it represents discipline.

NPC Girlfriend [influence Gain: +6]

My copy of Trials and Tribulations arrived at my house this morning according to the USPS tracker! I'm on the last case of Justice for All, so I should be getting around to playing it soon. Of course, if the 2-5 day estimate from HMV.co.uk is to be believed, then The Witcher should arrive at my house tomorrow or the following day.

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