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Bear in mind... advice such as this may not hold true for the final game. I would say that if you're playing the current beta build, definitely don't go with class X for reason Y. But, avoiding a class at the game's release wouldn't be very prudent, since the class could very well be "fixed" at that point in time. Enitrely disagree. Best way to operate is based on available evidence, and not fantastical hope that an entire class was rebuilt in crunch time. (especially after lasting this long). That's why I plan on playing a paladin from four months ago!

Druids are still really, really good right now! It's just one particular class feature of their is bad. And that's a shame, 'cause I'd ****ing love to play a spiritshift-focused druid who ****s dudes up with his antlers a bunch. But since the version of the game that everyone is using for reference isn't the final version of the game, it's awkward to base decisions on the present strength of things. I recommend you hold your decisions until we can see the classes in their final form (or at least until the next BB update, which will hopefully give druids and rangers another pass).

Obsidian hates wild animals confirmed. EDIT: As depressing as "spiritshifts are bad, animal companions are bad" is, remember that this is all as of... when was the last BB build released? Like, a month ago? And the game is another month out, so there's time for balancing and revision yet. I wouldn't hold out a ton of hope for spiritshift (druid shapeshifting is infamously finnicky in any game that features it, as was pointed out in that thread) but I still have hope for the ranger.

Paladins also have their orders. Don't know how often it comes up in conversation - I hope there's at least some "**** you, I'm a Bleak Walker" - but we do know that how you roleplay them will affect them in combat. That is, if your Goldpact Knight is living up the ideals of her order, her abilities will be stronger, if your Bleak Walker is going around being charitable and merciful, his class features will be weaker, etc. I think they've said that they haven't put in huge amounts of class-specific interactions, but you have to remember that you also choose specific cultures and backgrounds at character creation. So whereas BG2 would have, say, a distinct set of content for clerics specifically, Pillars will have a small set of stuff for clerics, and maybe an extra little bit for you because you're a cleric from Old Vailia, and an extra little bit because your cleric from Old Vailia has the Dissident background. Now, who much will that impact a playthrough? Dunno. I'd be shocked if it actually gave you class/background/culture-specific quests, but I'd be equally shocked if they didn't give you unique ways to get through a number of quests, at the very least.

All D&D is bad.

Though druids are presently very strong, Spiritshift is quite underwhelming at the moment. Really hope it sees some love in the next patch. (Stag is the coolest, though.)

I.... What?

Okay.

Depends on your definition of battlemage, really, as that varies from game to game. If you're talking "mage who also fights with conventional weapons", you probably want a cipher. They build up focus using weapon attacks which they can then use for their powers. Very squishy, though.

There's dozens of Chris Avellone quotes there. And not a single one of them mentions an Annah Romance, a Fall-From-Grace Romance, or a "love triangle with the Nameless One." Good Job! Ctrl+f "romantic triangle", guy. Now, I know, I know. The rebuttal here is, "No, he was talking about the romantic triangle of Betty and Veronica! He only said that he based the characters on famous examples of romantic triangles, not that that was the case with Annah and Grace themselves." And... well, hey, if that's the line you want to pursue, more power to you. I don't have a particular dog in this fight, I just thought this exchange everyone here is having was weird enough I might as well throw that in. The only thing that I can really take from this bizarre conversation is that some folks must have no idea when someone's interested in them.

Geeze, that wasn't even the link I was gonna give.

... Chris Avellone specifically referred to Annah and Grace as being part of a romantic triangle with the main character.

Mechanics.

Really big swimming pool.

Did you know that Alpha Protocol objectively deserves a 9/10? "Between missions, the player can answer emails, purchase weapons, and grow a beard."

Look at all of you complaining about Thone of Bhaal and not even bringing up the dumbest part of it.

... Now what in the hell are you even talking about there?

I haven't played Isolation yet but the criticisms I have read about is that you spend too much time sneaking around and avoiding Aliens than you do killing them, is this is valid ? It, uh... it was a stealth survival horror game. I don't know how "too much sneaking, not enough killing" is even a conceivable problem for such a game.

It shouldn't be that surprising. Good reviews and press equals more purchases from people who Aren't Us equals more funding for the expansion/sequel. Natural for fans to pay attention to these sorts of things. Or if you're more cynical, good reviews and press equals more purchases from people who Aren't Us equals a split fanbase and the watering down of the gahaha okay I can't keep that up.

They are both big Youtube people, yeah, though I don't know enough to compare the audiences between the two. Joe is mostly known for reviews, and I wanna say Total "144 IQ" Biscuit started off with... World of Warcraft stuff? I think? before branching out. The video the OP linked has 100,000 views, which is a significant enough number.

Nah man, gotta be a gatekeeper for all those fake gamers out there trying to take our... Hm. ****, get back to me on this one.

Please port the Final Fantasy 7 RTS defence minigame over with zero changes.

How many pennies has Adam Brennecke surrendered to Josh over the course of this project? How many other forms of Godlike are there? We've seen the avian Pallegina already, so there's doubtless more, right? Will any of them show up in the game as NPCs? What is Tim Cain's best recipe?

4e was in licensing hell, so it never got any proper games. Just a free-to-play MMO that used some of its names but not its mechanics.