[Beta Release Time]

LOL as of this moment, there are 168 users reading this one topic. There seems to be a hint of anticipation in the air.

 

only a hint huh ;p

[Thoughts on Gamescon Stream]

Also, one thing to keep in mind about difficulty is that higher difficulties don't just scale up damage and health on enemies - it changes which enemies spawn. For example, those same fights on a harder difficulty have adra beetles and more patrols. I remember playing on medium difficulty and pulling two groups at once because I wasn't careful with character placement.

 

best decision ever.  i SO hate going from normal to "hard" which tends to be simply enemies do more damage, have more hp and you do less. - this does NOTHING but lengthen a fight.

[Beta Release Time]

do we know if the backer beta will get additional content down the line (eg. line the wasteland 2 beta did?)

[Backer Beta: Coming August 18th]

yea, im delaying my c++/asp.net/autocad courses that are due at the end of the week to get my PoE fix ;p

[Backer Beta: Coming August 18th]

it's officially the 18th...

 

*throws a tantrum*

[Perk questions]

anyone have definite info?

 

does stealth melee takedowns count? do tranq knockdowns countt towards evades?

[Perk questions]

can u evade enemies then go back and kill them ;p

[Perk questions]

was looking at the perk list on the wiki and was kind of confused about whats required or what they meant by some:

 

[q]The Better Part of Valor

 

Not every situation calls for violence. You have evaded 75 enemies.

 

Effect: Increased Duration: Shadow Operative [\q]

 

what is meant by evaded? how does it count someone as being evaded for example.

 

[q]

Seasoned

 

You completed your first operation as a lone agent. You're starting to make a name for yourself.

 

Effect: Endurance +5

[edit] Experienced

 

You completed two successful operations without the backing of the agency. Congratulations are in order.

 

Effect: Endurance +5

[/q]

 

what is meant by lone agent?

[Alpha Protocol vs. Deus Ex]

not a fair comparison imho, no matter how good ap is and its great it cant compare to dx, same with say dragon age and bg2

[What I like \ what I don't like]

i'd like to say that normally i dont mind the minigames and in the beginning its fun, but by the 2nd of your second area (counting saudi arabia) the difficulty well isnt hard its jsut u have like zero time, alarms/ etc u have 20 seconds to connect 12 or so which is annoying as it really comes down to luck when you spot the right choices right away.

[gadget use?]

i haven't got far into my first run but im wondering about the utility of gadgets, other than the use of some grenades and first aid i can't really see a use for gadgers - reason i bring this up is i had originally planned my second playthrough to be a character that focused on gadgets but from what i've seen so far they seem lackluster.

[levels and armor]

thanks for the answer, i figured 20ish

[levels and armor]

was wondering if anyone knows how many levels we et by end game (so i can better approximate how many tr4ees i can max) and secondly how important is the sound dampening stat for armor as i have the basic one which is like 4, but only 1 upgrade slot, and id like to upgrade to more but every armor seems to drop sound dampening 1 or 2.

 

i play stealth (stealth/pistol/martial)