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  1. andreisiadi
    What the gosh darn heck ( keeping within forum rules here) would close-ups and zooming hurt? Or a rotating camera? Would that destroy the tactical combat? If so, please explain. nothing at all. the rotating likely won't work with the 2d prerendered backgrounds, but there is nothing wrong with rotating cameras in general. Yes it is. To this day I can't touch NWN2 because of camera controls from hell. So no thanks.
  2. andreisiadi
    Summary for the latest update: - Combat is going the way of the casual. Bad. - It will not be as retarded as DAO. Good. - Sawyer is to blame. Expected. - Tim Cain is doing all he can to keep Sawyer in check. Expected - Tim Cain is going to try and fix this **** in expert mod. Good luck. Fictional quote summary : "Ma' wizzads got noting to do if he ran outta spellzors. Fix pleaze !"
  3. andreisiadi
    That is not the only use or definition of the word maturity. “Maturity is a psychological term used to indicate how a person responds to the circumstances or environment in an appropriate manner. This response is generally learned rather than instinctive, and is not determined by one's age.” Know what you are talking about before posting, thank you. And who decides what is the appropriate manner ? You ? The majority ? Society ? Liberals ? I think I'll decide for myself, thank you.
  4. andreisiadi
    You bring them along to soak up damage Is that what they teach you in WOW school ? Fascinating.
  5. andreisiadi
    Smart AI = good Fighter with taunt/aggro abilities = full retard
  6. andreisiadi
    - no streamlining of any kind - no hand holding - normal mode should not be market speech for easy mode - hardcore mode should not be market speech for "almost normal" mode - anything that Electronic Arts' Bioware did and called it innovation is a DEFINITE NO - anything that Betheseda did and called it innovation is a DEFINITE NO - anything that would make it console-friendly is a DEFINITE NO - anything that would make it casual-friendly is a DEFINITE NO
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    I know that Icewindale is the more combat oriented of the infinity games but I think we should also keep in mind BG2 when it comes to combat encounters. It did a lot of things right. Also from the information we have, this game seems closer to BG2 so that should factor in.
  8. andreisiadi
    We do not have a spellcasting system designed. This is not something we have to "change" because the majority of what we have developed for things as complex as the spellcasting system are ideas. It's three weeks into a fundraising campaign to make this project. I cannot tell you what final form the spellcasting system will take, what elements it absolutely will or won't have. All I can tell you is the sort of goals we have and general ideas of things I'd like to see and avoid. I'm trying to create the feeling of strategic spell selection and tactical spell use in D&D while avoiding the constant rest spamming that was so prevalent in the games I made. There are probably a number of ways to solve this problem. I have some ideas on this, but we haven't settled on them. I want to tell people about general ideas and opinions I have, but I don't think spending a day trying to design the system in the forum is going to produce good results. Got it. Thanks. In this case I'll be eagerly awaiting your future updates. You have to understand Josh, for the last couple of years we've been buried in console-ports RPGs. We've gotten a little twitchy that's all.
  9. andreisiadi
    I have a legitimate question Josh. Now I know I have been rather rude to you in this thread but bare with me. First I apologize. It's great that you actually take the time to have a conversation with us fans. Second - the question : Seeing how this whole cooldown thing has garnered such a strong reaction on all sides, does that mean you guys will have a brainstorming meeting or something to take every angle into consideration ?
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    I've been playing D&D for 25 years. I also hate Vancian magic. I've also been playing D&D for roughly 25 years, and I don't hate Vanican but I've never liked it, and very early on my friends and I in Jr. High devised a spell point system for 2nd ED. So, yeah, you just house rule. You should have gotten a chess-timer and implement cooldowns. It's the best solution you know.
  11. andreisiadi
    This. This explains again what all of us have been shouting. This is why cooldowns is a bad idea. 'Nuff said.
  12. andreisiadi
    25 years but you never played a spellcaster. kind of narrow minded don't you think ? how do you know you hate it if you never tried it. I hear the first time is painful but then it gets better...gotta' pop that cherry eventually.
  13. andreisiadi
    How old are you? Old enough to have been playing D&D for twenty years or so. Which, it turns out, is plenty of time to develop a deep-seated hatred of Vancian magic. Okay. Just curious. In the early 80s I dont recall too many alternatives for PnP fantasy RPGs. So if you hated them then you pretty much hated PnP RPGs. just because he says he's been playing for 20 years don't make it true. people may lie on the internet don't you know.
  14. andreisiadi
    We don't like vancian, we dislike the rest because they're even worse mechanic-wise. The trade-offs are just not worth it.
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    But if everyone else has failed, what are my chances at succeeding. Am I really that good? Do I have an excellent track-record in the field ? Maybe I should come up with something original and avoid this mess in the first place...
  16. andreisiadi
    Because he is warping the very fabric of time and space with each spell. That's why.
  17. andreisiadi
    you could rest in that dungeon after totally clearing a level.
  18. andreisiadi
    How about you get "super easy mode" instead, and the core game caters to us hardcore dudes. I like that option better.
  19. andreisiadi
    It's not isn't it. It never is...
  20. andreisiadi
    Josh was hoping everyone would say "walking back to town is bad" so then he can say "Cooldowns will fix that." I would like to think it's pretty obvious for everybody. edit:typo
  21. andreisiadi
    Challenge and tedium are two different things. Your dead grandmother could walk back to town, rest, and come back... even your pet rock could with minor manipulation. It's JUST tedium. If you play the game right then no tedium. If you play the game badly you get tedium. That's how you're motivated to get good at it. You know...next time bring more arrows. Or we could install an "I win" button so the game is never tedious ever again - just boring.
  22. andreisiadi
    What Josh is proposing is: Let's make the game easier so you don't have to walk back to town and rest whenever you make a bad decision.
  23. andreisiadi
    A smart player would not find himself in that position. Why should we make the game easier so that unskilled players will not find themselves in that position. Meanwhile I have to say thank you for hardcore mode. How about the unskilled players say thank you for the easy mode and I get to play a game that actually punishes you for being bad at it.
  24. andreisiadi
    Because they boasted about making a classic game, a spiritual successor to the infinity games. Now they tell me they have cooldowns that mimic that. That is market speech. Cooldowns is a MMO mechanic no matter how much Sawyer tweaks it. Perhaps he is too stubborn to admit it. There is no bridge between classic games and cooldowns no matter how you spin it and promise me it will be good. It just means every encounter you have all your abilities available to blast away. No resource management, no strategy. And market speech won't change that. So wait, if I let you prepare 5 magic missile spells, and put each one on a half hour in game timer cooldown, and let you prepare 3 wish spells, and put each on a 9 hour ingame cooldown timer, that wouldn't be close enough to vancian? it would actually be more in line with the intentions of vancian magic than any of the old IE games. If anyone at Obsidian states that high level spells will not be available every encounter then you are correct and I am wrong. But for now all I see is them dodging the question. Let them state in an update that cooldowns will be so long that you will not have al spells/abilities available every encounter and all us haters will shut up forever.
  25. andreisiadi
    Because they boasted about making a classic game, a spiritual successor to the infinity games. Now they tell me they have cooldowns that mimic that. That is market speech. Cooldowns is a MMO mechanic no matter how much Sawyer tweaks it. Perhaps he is too stubborn to admit it. There is no bridge between classic games and cooldowns no matter how you spin it and promise me it will be good. It just means every encounter you have all your abilities available to blast away. No resource management, no strategy. And market speech won't change that.
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