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It says "Based on that quote from Feargus it's probably safe to say there will be no focus on romance." Wait. Ehehe. You actually think you have the ability to "manipulate" or even sway the developers' intentions?

As if they'd make an official statement. They're likely to continue deflecting it using carefully chosen statements of moderate disregard until suddenly you're holding a non-companion-romanceable game in your hands.

Except that Feargus and the team are politely dismissing it as a time and money sink. EDIT: Goddammit, ninja'd.

Tolerant of at best.

How exactly are you confusing "rejoicing" with "whining"? If somebody were to ask me who sounds "whiny" right about now...

By what statement, Malc? It's obvious he's basically (carefully) saying "*IF* we did romances we'd have to do it right, which would take sufficient time and money, so I wouldn't hold your breath."

You're not wearing the glasses, are you?

Yes. Whenever videogames attempt serious contemporary issues it usually comes across as transparent. I think a sprinkling here and there of social, economic, racial, etc issues is a great thing for an RPG but I'd rather they reflect the world of the game I'm playing, not my own. Let the developers show some creativity not just reactivity. I seriously do not want an "Earth 2012" cRPG.

I personally prefer ALL items to be more on the rare side. I absolutely loved MCA's approach to Dead Money for exactly this reason.

Tim has always been focused on the importance of multiple paths being open for multiple and specific character builds. What exactly is surprising about this update? In fact, the second I saw him on board I got excited for this very reason and expected nothing less.

Ruh-roh! Well there you have it, folks. /enddiscussion

Would you say I'm the best of the worst or the worst of the worst?

Well, outside this official forum we're probably the biggest Obsidian fanboys&girls collected in one spot so yeah...there's going to be members here. And since most of us hate what next-gen games have done to the legacy of classic cRPGs you can take a wild guess what sort of things we might end up posting for or against. That said, we ain't all the same. Beyond our love for MCA and hatred for most modern gaming there's not a whole lot we tend to agree on...about anything. Oh for petes sake. I use it all the time for anything which fits the description. Like your analysis of its use for instance.

Oh, ok. Yeah, that would explain it alright. Did you get my gift? You should put them on.

Oh yeah, that Red Lucy romance, wow. What depth and feeling! RL: Fetch! PC: Ok. RL: Fetch! PC: Ok. RL: Fetch! PC: Ok. RL: Fetch! PC: Ok. RL: Fetch! PC: Ok. RL: Fetch! PC: Ok. RL: Fetch! PC: Ok. RL: Ok, I sleep with you now.

What would that have to do with anything?

Gee...what tipped you off? Here, to show you I'm not such a bad guy (and certainly not an ableist) let me give you a gift and make amends: Forum Glasses of Seeing +1 Perception

After a battle... PC: Hey bro, nice one! What spell was that? NPC: Unity. PC: Hell yeah. *brofist*

I'm not calling you anything, mind you, but getting called *ahem* what you got called after not seeing through some pretty obvious troll-bait? Hmm. EDIT: sorry, back on track.

Hey pal, YOU included yourself in the group I mentioned, not me.

If you are a fervent fan and supporter of next-gen games I'd call you a next-gen'er. Calm down, bro. Looks like you never did cheer up. Why so serious?

I know Cain was very vehement with his vision for Fallout that there are different paths for solving quests, including sneaky ones, so I'm not too worried about paths per se (though ideas like you mentioned are very important to think about). I just want to see more attention paid to these sorts of things: * poisons (vials, capsules, pills, etc) which, when tainting food or drink, act as lethal weapons * stealthy placement of poisons (like reverse pickpocketing or the super stimpack exploit) * non-alerted npcs that are nowhere near the incident * disguises coupled with stealth/sneak checks which enhance assassin abilities

Again, I know nothing about coding or the complexity of game-making (other than I know it is complex). I was just hoping to see some creative solutions and/or brainstorming in here.

Yo Backseat Moderator, I’m really happy for you. Imma Let you finish, but Obsidian's moderators are the best Obsidian moderators of all time. OF ALL TIME! Something which is unarguably true? Correct. Seems we've got a contingent of next-gen'ers here who really do believe this. Hehe. Well, much as I laughed at this and mostly agree...I guarantee you I'd not continue drinking that beer while the game (including useless, embarrassing romantic nonsense) would, at worst, make me groan, roll my eyes or laugh derisively. Still, that IS about the equivalent analogy regarding taste.

So maybe a death in an actual settlement like a town house has attached to it a counter wherein suspicion arises after a few days even if you've successfully rolled getting in and out of the house and you're tracked down. This is where skills like speech, bluff, charisma, etc might come into play? I dunno. Just shootin' off the hip.