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I completed BG2 SoA and my battles with Irenicus were very memorable, the first battle with him at the Tree of Life was very tough and I died at least 5-6 times before I adopted a winning combat strategy that included Spells like Breach and Piece Magic to weaken his magic defenses Spells like Chaotic Commands and Death Ward to protect my party I used summoning spells like Mordenkainen's Sword to distract him I ran away when he used AOE spells like Ice Storm My fighters used potions like Fire Giant strength to enhance their combat effectiveness And then in Hell I initially ran away so I could focus on his summoned monsters and then I changed into the Slayer to kill him, I very seldom use the Slayer and this was only the second time in the whole SoA I used that special ability I am now playing ToB, my favorite RPG of all time, and Im in the Marching Mountains. I had some real issues initially with the first Bhaalspawn battle with Illasera, I was killed at least 5 times. I then reran the Ascension mod and removed all '' make Bhaalspawn fights harder " that include Illasera and Gromnir and the fight became reasonable and fun I think there was a bug with my Ascension mod because the Illasera battle seemed almost impossible?

Thanks, thats a good definition and is similar to mine So which politicians in the US and the EU support Nazi ideology based on our definition. I know some do but I am interested in what politicians you believe support these views? And the reason I ask is because sometimes I think we conflage a certain political view with something more Nazi right-wing when in fact the politician only supports one thing but doesnt support the other Nazi views But you definitely get your real " right wing " politicians like Orban in Hungary, Im not saying he is a Nazi but he definitely has concerning right-wing views

@xzar_monty https://www.benzinga.com/news/22/10/29129597/elon-musk-tells-zelenskyy-i-still-very-much-support-ukraine-but Do you guys know Musk clarified his comments, I read his 4 suggestions which are "The four points included redoing elections of annexed regions under UN supervision, and Crimea’s status as a part of Russia, and assuring water supply to the peninsula. Musk also mentioned that Ukraine remains neutral as one of his points" Personally I take the emotion out of my views on what Musk suggested and ask myself " is it practical and reasonable as a way to end the war ". Obviously the Ukrainians will ultimately decide this but some of what he mentions makes sense around compromise that include Doing proper referendums managed by the UN in Crimea and the eastern regions. Lets see what the people in these regions really want Ukraine agrees not to join NATO but it can join the EU if it meets the criteria Russia needs to Accept the outcomes of the new referendums Acknowledge Ukraine is a sovereign country and it has every right to align with the West Russia agrees to a peace treaty and obviously its army needs to leave Ukraine

I think one of the reasons we disagree on certain topics is we dont have the same definitions of certain words that get used to describe political events and or societal realities And Im talking about simple things that I used to assume we all agreed on like the definition of racism, for example being concerned about illegal immigration doesnt make you racist But going back to your post, whats your definition of being Nazi?

But Elerond what if it sounds sometimes like a duck, doesnt move like a duck and doesnt look like a duck....is it still a duck?

Thanks for clarifying, I have an interest in this particular topic and EU country so I am going to spend some time researching what you have mentioned and I will hopefully get back to you (I say hopefully because sometimes I get distracted ) Yes this is really the point I was making and my concern. This forum is not that bad but what I have noticed the last 5-7 years in many political and ideological debates is that some people on the left\liberals\Democrats have a bad habit of labelling anyone on the right/Conservatives in an extreme and exaggerated way and accusing them of being racist\fascist\Nazi as a way to get people emotional and hopefully politically motivated And its important to note its not everyone and sometimes people are well meaning but they are manipulated into believing something is more real " right-wing " than it really is. For example expecting people to immigrate legally to your country is not right-wing. Its just prudent and it shows you understand the risk of unmanaged immigration and its impact on the limited resources and social conditions in every country And then you have worst possible outcome of this abuse and misuse of words like Neo-Nazi where Putin justified this hyperbole as one of the reasons for the invasion of Ukraine and some people believed it and still do and repeat this. Despite the fact that Zelensky is Jewish and Neo-Nazi dont vote or support Jews and he won the 2019 election by 72%. So its highly unlikely Ukraine would be mostly a Neo-Nazi country yet people, like @ComradeYellow, still believe this and use this to justify the war So unfortunately the Nazi card does get played but sometimes its valid so we must separate the allegations

Its a good suggestion and makes sense, I wonder if it can be realistically implemented in the theater of war?

So in the arena of politics we just call people Nazi even if they dont support Nazi ideology? You would do well working in the Russian communication bureau

It doesnt sound realistic that you would have so many Nazi candidates, do they publicly say they Nazi or is this your definition of them? What evidence is there that they Nazi?

Its always good to see Western allies working together when they face a common enemy like Putins hegemony and militancy Considering the current number of US military bases in Germany I am not sure why it would need to be secretive ?

I watched parts of it that were highlighted on BBC, it was the normal rhetoric, lies and grandstanding that has become normal for Putin and his dysfunctional view of the world

This is really good and interesting news for the Ukrainian war effort, its great they dont need any conscripts at the moment, it tells you something important about the overall success of the Ukrainian military strategy

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-leads-bolsonaro-by-14-points-ahead-brazil-vote-datafolha-poll-2022-09-29/ Lula looks like he is way ahead in the polls, I hope he wins because that will be what the the majority of the Brazilian people want and I think he will do a better job than Bolsonaro especially with all the corruption we seeing in Brazil at the moment I realize there was corruption with Lula when he was president but I have been concerned with the direction that Bolsonaro has been taking Brazil. And then we need to accept the final results of the election either way, lets not see a repeat of what happened in the US with some Trump supporters claiming the election was stolen. The will of the people needs to be respected in all free and fair elections I just hope we dont see the corruption we witnessed under Lula ( the first time around ) and Rousseff which is always the same. Socialists like them claim they " want to end inequality " but they more concerned with enriching themselves and staying in power

I doubt it since the US cant unilaterally invite countries to join NATO Its probably about additional or new military armaments

The US should deploy nukes to the Ukrainians, that should stop Putin using them within Ukraine?

Ah, I hadnt found it yet and I did a quick search now and I see where it is. I avoided that place because when I went there earlier I got annihilated by the elemental lich

Sadly Im reaching the end of my BG2 EE journey, I have just killed the nefarious Bodhi and taken her black heart from her remains. I enjoyed killing her finally ..she deserved to die Highlights of the game so far include (outside of the side quests I mentioned earlier ) The Underdark experience : Great fun, I completed several side quests that included freeing the souls of trapped insane people and rescued the Svirfneblin boy and killing the despicable Illithid Master Brain. I also let Solaufein live which worked out nicely for me when he provided fake Silver Dragon eggs and I betrayed both Matron Mother Ardulace and Phaere and gained some nice XP and items. I also had a great Romance interlude with Phaere After leaving the Underdark I went to settle the score with Firkraag and that was an epic battle which I won on the third attempt I wish they had included more Underdark races and exploration but its a memorable part of the game I am now on my way to Suldanessellar with the lantern, exciting times. I am thinking of completing Watchers Keep in ToB?

What happened is Obama reached out and wanted to normalize relations with Cuba but he didnt ask for concessions around Cuba giving its citizens normal rights like the right to vote for opposition parties in a free and fair way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Cuba But then because nothing changed Trump basically reversed Obama's policies and Biden continued the US isolation and sanctions Obama meant well but his initiatives failed because the Cuban leadership dont want to make any real Democratic changes. So Trump was right to end Obama's policies, you dont reward one party states who repress and control their citizens

Do you support the Cuban government, I am not saying you do. I am just interested?

But Cubas not Communist, its socialist? And why you getting mad about failed ideologies, we know why Communism failed. Its not a Western conspiracy theory, it doesnt work and doesnt end inequality or change the majority of peoples lives for the better. Denying people basic freedoms like the right to vote and not allowing freedom of speech is not a good thing and doesnt create a sustainable society

Yes we all support legal and voluntary immigration but that's not what the immigration crisis is about in most countries like the EU, US or SA People are forced to immigrate due to failed leadership or conflict caused by failure of leadership, people arent choosing to leave for most illegal immigration. So why dont we focus on the reason they leaving which is where regime change comes into this crisis?

Nah, you focusing on Cold War covert operations and regime change which is also what Operation Condor was Its not relevant in the year 2022 and how failed leadership in many cases leads to a myriad of problems and social inequity that include mass immigration which is what I assumed we all want to end because we want people to be happy and live in their own countries? Isnt that you want, you want the majority of citizens to have a future in the country they born in?

"Hey, the North Korean people seems happy and content. Kim says so. They also always smile on photos " Good one Gorthfuscious

Why? I realize regime change is not as easy at it seems because of several reasons that include who gets to decide and can you replace the bad leadership with someone effective who has the best interest of their citizens in mind and believes in the principles of Democracy and human rights? But Im sure we can all agree that brutal dictatorships and failed states caused by individuals\families that have never had a free and fair election in there country are not legitimate. Staying in power because you control the police and military doesnt make you legitimate? You dont need regime change if the citizens are happy and the country is doing well but look at NK, Syria or Venezuela?

Absolutely because the US doesnt do real regime change anymore, not since Iraq Its a pity, we would have much less problems in the world