Rezin

Hey there, I've searched looking for something specific about how to apply patches to the linux client from GOG and all I'm seeing is a 6.4gb tarball, version is currently 1.2.0.3. Is this how the patches are to be applied? It appears this is a complete client re-install. Do I overwrite everything? What happens with my game saves? Thank you

I got PoE in my GOG library now. I guess I'll be able to download it tomarrow then?

Been outta the loop on deployment the last 10 months..this is great news indeed.

Oklahoma City here!

I am currently reading the Malazan series by Steven Erikson and liking it alot. I like the way he has the gods affecting the lives of the mortals in the series. They are vain, vindictive, and at times suseptable to 'death' at the hands of mortals. I guess I don't have a care of a specific god per se but I like the interactions between the god and mortals.

I was in the military living in seattle when I got my first computer. I was only an e4 at the time and convinced my wife that we absolutely had to have it. In 1989 it cost me almost 1000 dollars using my tax refund I didnt realize how close I came to getting divorced over that till years later. An 8088 processor, dont remember how much memory but I do remember it had 2 5 1/4 floppy drives and no harddrive. I also had the good fortune to be friends with a guy whos dad ran a computer store near magnolia hill in seattle, I got to learn quite alot about computers from him hanging out in his store. Hell even his phone number was pretty nerdy, 206-???-8088. Hah, math co-processor, I thought I was **** hot with that upgrade.

Following the thread about is "4 million going to be enough" there was a crowd sourced project by another company that was fully funded and they were making short video updates on things happening during development. I assume there are going to be developer descriptions of things happening with screen shots, brainstorming sessions, and such. Maybe people sitting at their workstations with a microwave burrito and stack of empty redbull cans. The obsidian folks have been great about these kind of updates during the fund raising process but are these kind of updates going to be a regular thing or is it going to taper off you think?

http://www.develop-o...-as-high-as-28m This article is tagged as a 'study'. As it is only a hand full of paragraphs I would be interrested to see more information on an actual break down on the costs that drive development so high. This article is a couple years old as well. I think the 4 million will be plenty to get the game out as Oblivion envisions it. They have committed to not fully voice acting the game, assuming there will be no MW3 style media blitz with Jonah hill lobbing grenades at n00bs, and they are not having to build an engine from scratch. From what I understand it's the publishing company that is responsible for marketing the game anyhow. I expect that they are not going to have to completely create all the art from scratch as well considering all of the other games they have produced in the past. Regardless, kickstarter is just that, a kickstart. It got the project started.

ok now, After several days playing BG2 and getting very familiar with the cRPG game I am pretty hooked. I can't say I am going to abandon everquest as I've been playing it since the second expansion came out, I will definitely be taking a break from it for a while. I have been gaming with most of the people in my guild since '99. Yes. the lore is pretty lame and it's a time sink but the community is still pretty nice. I also have an attension deficit problem that I have accepted and learned to live with. I doubt I will play through BG2 anytime soon but I will finish it. Got until 2014 right? A 100 dollar tier donation to an awesome game developer that will support my operating system out of the box is a well spent. Thank you. jd

@leo thanks for the explanation above about what cool downs mean in regards to crpgs I went ahead and bought bg2 from gog. Now.. I just have to finish my shift at work..c'mon midnight.

Dragon Age: Origins uses cooldowns and is an enjoyable CRPG despite some flaws. @Rezin: I recommend that you try Dragon Age: Origins (DA:O) if you haven't. It features a hybrid of MMORPG and classic party-based CRPG mechanics and concepts. I have some gripes with the game, but it's fun and overall worth playing. However, Dragon Age 2 (DA2) is awful. I'm going to check that out, it's on steam for 19 dollars. Thanks Um, if you're curious what Project Eternity is about, DO NOT play Dragon Age. You should play Baldur's Gate (and Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment) from GOG.com. Cool, those are cheaper anyhow. I'll check out one of them then. Having read all of them Drizzt books it'll probably be baldurs gate or Icewind. THanks

Dragon Age: Origins uses cooldowns and is an enjoyable CRPG despite some flaws. @Rezin: I recommend that you try Dragon Age: Origins (DA:O) if you haven't. It features a hybrid of MMORPG and classic party-based CRPG mechanics and concepts. I have some gripes with the game, but it's fun and overall worth playing. However, Dragon Age 2 (DA2) is awful. I'm going to check that out, it's on steam for 19 dollars. Thanks

I simply asked a question about why people are getting heated about cool-downs. I donated to be part of something different, get to play a style of game I haven't played before, and they've offered linux support. I guess I'm glad I won't come across you in-game.

Relativity new to cRPGs. I've played plenty of mmorpgs and understand what is meant in that arena. I guess my question should be why do some folks get so heated about the lack of a cool down period or the use of a cool down period? Is the implementation in a cRPG different than in an MMO? Thanks Rez

Has there been any word on what the predicted system requirements for the game will be?