Keyrock

My Acolyte of Kelemvor companion got some fancy new garb when hitting max lev:

I've never seen any enchantment or rune above rank 7.

It's funny because a long time ago the big thing was Dragon's Lair, which was essentially a movie with QTEs. Then they made games with actual gameplay. Now it looks like we're back to Dragon's Lair. So I guess "Next Gen" means 1983.

Why even pretend it's a game. Just make a movie that will only play when the controller is in somebody's hand. Then they can sell a peripheral that clamps on the controller to simulate a hand and fool the contorller into thinking that someone is holding the controller.

Taking the game out of gaming.

They're running some events over the next week celebrating the launch with a chance to pick up some unique goodies. Hopefully unique means they actually look different besides having slightly different stats. They're also dropping the prices on mounts & fashion and doing a sale over the next few days. That with the 15% bonus Zen thing they have going on... they're trying to lure me into plopping down some cash for that worg mount, aren't they. Must resist... Must resist... ... Must resist... ... ... Must...

Still hopelessly addicted to Neverwinter. Plus, I sneak in a game of GRID 2 or Grim Dawn here and there.

That's a vivid imagination you got there.

Micromanagement +1

My build is mostly focused on critical and life steal. I've generally gone for more defense than deflection, but I honestly can't say which one I like better.

I got a kick out of capes getting stuck in a diagonally upward position when riding down a slope or stairs on a horse, but it got annoying after a while. Plus, I don't have a cape (I wear regularly) anymore.

Ooh, so the balance update is live? I can't wait to try out my faster cooldowns on my GWF skills. Also, where are your pants? Put on some pants!

Between the lucrative horse trade, the stuff I get from invoking my deity, the daily foundry runs I do every couple of days, minus what I spend on greater scrolls of identification, I should pull in 70k+ a week. And that's before all the Leadership stuff I hope to get to in the near future. Not bad for a single character.

Well, there is The Witcher 2, and the upcoming The Witcher 3, both of which are/will be DRM-free. I guess that's as high profile as it gets for recent DRM-free PC games.

Eventually Kinect will also tuck you in at night and read you a bedtime story, or can it already do that?

LOL Last minute PR decisions or not, Sony came out of E3 smelling like roses, while Microsoft, they came out of it smelling like... something else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjZRAvsZf1g (Y U NO EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEO?)

Yeah, sounds kind of interesting, even if I don't buy for a second that "Harkyn is not your ordinary hero". Let's see: White - check Male - check Secretive history - check I dunno, sounds like about as typical a hero as they get. Anyway, I'm definitely interested to find out more about this game.

63.27602% less invisible walls.

Go for it, I doubt just one player could really flood the market. I'm hoping the June 20th launch brings in new players and creates a horse buying frenzy that further drives up prices.

Microsoft can keep an eye on you (literally) and keep you safe from the boogeyman.

Man, I am loving the horse trade on the AH. I can easily make close to the 5 gold it takes to buy a horse in a day just from my regular play, without any excess grinding. I can then sell said horse in the AH for somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 or 9k AD on average. That's a nice little source of income, I hope it lasts.

That's a really good idea. I can't wait to test it out in TW2 (that will give me an excuse to play through the game for the 6th time), and it makes all the sense in the world to pass that change, if successful, along to the next game, as it's being made with the same engine, well a new iteration of it, but I'm sure it's quite similar.

Pfft, Call of Duty was better before it sold out. I used to follow Project: Eternity, when it was still underground. I play Leisure Suit Larry Box: Office Bust because it's ironic.

I'm likely in the minority, but I actually enjoyed the mini games in TW2. Boxing was fun, but too easy. Dice poker was fun, but random, as expected. Arm wrestling was a blast, and actually somewhat challenging. As mentioned, if you're not down with any of the mini games you can just omit them entirely, you won't really be missing out on much of anything. What I'm most looking forward to with TW3 is their promise to make the combat more responsive. I think their semi-pseudo-quasi-Batman-esque combat system is a good base, it just needs some tweaking. Also, they need to work on balancing their skills and signs so you don't have an "I Win" skill (Quen sign) available. Then there's the promise of making HUGE open world while still keeping a good narrative. That... That's going to be a challenge. I hope they take more cues from Obsidian Entertainment than from Bethesda in that regard.