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His legendary failure at Gamescon must be immortalized somehow. If not as a pet, anybody still have a gravestone or such that they don't know what to do with? Here Lies Adam, Killed By Beetles. "Adam did not Get Back from the Beetles" "Adam Imagined, Beetles came" There was ease in Adam's manner as he stepped out to travel from this place; There was pride in Adam's bearing and a smile on Adam's face. And when, responding to the crowds come to see him over that last hill crest, he saluted such that no stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Adam at his best. Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The bards are playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy for Adam - mighty beetles had taken him out. (Apologies to Earnest Thayer) xD "Sassy was a woman, fought against some beetles But she knew it wouldn't last. Sassy left her home in Darcozzi, Grand Valia It was over pretty fast. Get back, get back Get back you're gonna get pwned"

His legendary failure at Gamescon must be immortalized somehow. If not as a pet, anybody still have a gravestone or such that they don't know what to do with? Here Lies Adam, Killed By Beetles. "Adam did not Get Back from the Beetles" "Adam Imagined, Beetles came"

This is nothing important really........ But! I always try to rotate and zoom in and out in any chargen~ was kind of sad I couldn't zoom in and out on the Wasteland 2 chargen (where it is a bit more important as you can take your own Custom Portraits by taking a screenshot/photo of your character). It's a tiny bit of feature that's just for flavor really, but if it is too much hassle implementing (and not really needed in Pillars of Eternity unless Obsidian plans on implementing a similar feature like inXile's WL2).

God might exist or He might not exist. I don't believe in religion or any "God". I believe in "energy", because "energy" is truly omnipresent everywhere in any task you do and anything that happens in the world. I believe in a scientific and philosophical explanation of God, I suppose. When humanity didn't know or had the words that we have today, and they tried to explain it with the words they had then~ All I know is that the Earth exists, the Sun exists, we exists, humanity, and many many other things exist on the planet. It just feels as if the world would become a more peaceful and unified place if we all could just agree on what we know physically, scientifically, exists.

It's a metaphorical parallel Volo. It is a simplified comparability by a scale of 1:100'000. The game is 1, Israel Hamas is 100'000, if not more, in comparison. EDIT: Corrected with a strike-through. Hamas is spending all money on war efforts and they have been doing it for a very long time, with the Westerners and the Worlds funding. In the same sense of Kickstarter, is this the investments that Hamas should have spent time and planning on? They have shot rockets intended to kill. If Israel didn't defend itself so well, more death would have been on the Israeli side. The Hamas and the Qassam Brigade will be persecuted for their crimes. So will the Likud and the IDF.

Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea how many hundreds of people I have talked to on both sides? Israelis are very defensive of Israel, and Palestinian are very defensive of Palestine. They care more about fictional borders than the lives of the other. EDIT: But, I think that Israels past grandfathers were and are worse than the present Israel. From my research, Israel left Palestine alone, mostly. Hamas spent 7-8 years on war with Westerns money. The blockade could have been lifted. If Obsidian took all of our money and made a first-person shooter instead of a top-down isometric RPG, people would be angry. Metaphoric paralell. Hamas is counter-productive. And Israels attacks against Gaza are counter-productive. Well... Israels attacks makes us discuss, debate and talk.

Correction: World opinion will always be against Israel as long as Gaza is treated the way it is. And really, the government the world should be putting pressure on is Hamas and leaderships that plan for war for nearly a decade. The world would be putting all pressure on the Hamas had Israel spoken to the world, now the world first put a lot of pressure on the Likud and the IDF, and then later realizing and still waking up to the idea that Hamas and Qassam is doing wrong too.

gromnir, I am not saying that Israel is committing to genocide, I am saying they are taking all the steps towards the definition of it. Just because we have fast internet and microwaves nowdays doesn't make things much different. the human race hasn't changed much during the last thousands of years, ignoring the hard lessons of the past regarding human nature would leave a person ignorant. Believing other people think the same way you do even though you and them share nothing in common wouldn't result in them changing how they think. Welcoming a blood lusting murderer with open arms (see the Swedish case) would result in an easy kill. If your father commits a crime, was it your fault? If you commit a crime, was it your fathers fault? No I don't expect Israelis to flee like cowards. Evacuate is not cowardly if you save lives in doing it. Get the worlds help, because obviously they want a stop to whatever the IDF has been doing. World opinion will ALWAYS be against Israel, because of what is done to Gaza. By the IDF. Gaza was put back several years (let's say, 5-6) because of Israels attacks during THIS conflict (not the conflicts of our grandfathers, but the conflict where you are pushing the button). This will have massive impact on the future in their lives, and 7 years of warmongering by Hamas and focus by Hamas. A total of 12-13 years, gone. Wasted. What the Hamas and other militant violent organizations in Gaza is doing is not okay, and what the Likud is ordering to be done to Gaza, is not okay either. Our people are caught in between between two war-button pushing governments. If a man walks into a bar and starts poking on a man with a solid steel shield, is it okay for the man with the shield to lift his sword and slaughter everyone around him? In the middle ages this would have been a crime and you would have been hunted down. I am not anti-Jew, -Muslim, -Israeli, - Palestinian, -MiddleEastern, -African, -European etc., I am pro-Human.

Or it's the evil AI that humanity will someday create and that will assume time-travel powers after it enslaves humanity to eternally punish those who struggled against it. I saw a documentary (don't remember the name) about this dude doing some sort of random pixel theory thing for some scientific cause in code or something like that. It was fairly small the first time I saw it a long time ago. And now it looks like cells, amoebas, structure, movement and communication. But it is really just random code and it becomes... life-like...? 1. I am not saying that it will happen this day, this moment. We have been waiting for Pillars of Eternity for near 2 years. In a scale, it could be 1:100-1:130. So, in 200-260 years I predict the world will be global. As for food shortage, under regulation, no chance. We have no food shortage, in fact, the world throws away tons of food every year that would feed millions. There are a lot of things that will have to be done, such as plan for transportation, organizating, factory distrubitation, productions. New laws to be set etc. etc. regulations. This is a given. 2. Solar Freakin' Roadways

I mean a milder form. Uhm, like, this thread is a bit of a joke~ I don't mean to worship the Earth, the Sun or any of the other components I put in there I am trying to do more or less an objective analytical paralell, a comparison between spirituality and what could physically represent it. Jesus = Earth (Our Savior) God = Sun (Omnipresence the first line, not the religious stuff that comes afterwards). Light is everywhere. Holy Bible = Internet (Knowledge) Earth is our savior, I mean, if we didn't have Earth, we'd be pretty non-existant right? And the sun? A Scientific Scholarly Philosophical Global Religion,

Stardust bro, the sun is a star. We are stardust, hence, the sun is our omnipresent creator. So the Greek, among others, might simply have given the stars and planets in the skies "names" and worship. I believe that the Ancient Greek were inspired by the Egyptian Gods, and our modern singular "God" was inspired by previous scriptures and religions (i.e Ra = The Sun God and the All-Father) If we look at "religion" across the ages, since the Ancient Greek and before, we can see that "religion" has been very compressed in comparison to the olden days. We only have one God today, for instance, in scripture, where previously there were many more. We see this in Chinese Mythology too. I think philosophers and scholars simply thought to themselves "Wouldn't the world be better if we just had ONE God instead of like, 30 of them?". I view modern religions faith as a simplification of a past Spiritual Truth and Explanation thereof. This is how I view the difference between religion and faith. Religion = Was an attempt at finding some spirituality in our world, nowadays it is a tool to control large populations. Faith = Individual spirituality that the individual controls him/herself. I forgot to add this to the ORIGINAL POST, the most important aspect! The Holy Book of Knowledge, the Bible, of a Global Religion: - The Internet

I had that feeling too babayaga, but then you have to consider how many scholars and philosophers our world had during and shortly after the Ancient Greek and the beginning of Rome and through the entirety of Rome. I believe and have the feeling that there were simply too many gods in Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Scandinavian and other religions, so they sat down and discussed and discussed and wrote and wrote. Perhaps they even found "victims" of their scribes to represent and reflect (Jesus, for instance) and taught Jesus to be the "good guy" and taught him their teachings that they learned. As far as we know, the 3 Wise Men could have been going from house to house looking for a newborn baby. I think the religions Christianity, Judaism and Islam came because people wanted a joint cause, a goal, a purpose and an idea of what humanity was supposed to do here. The three different religions appeared because the Scholars obviously couldn't agree with each other. Just like philosophers to this day agree AND disagree with each other, trying to find new twists. Isn't it known that Jesus studied in India?

I disagree Ezer. You speak how we saved lives in the past by going to war. This isn't the past, this is the present. We make our choices today, YOU are not your grandfather. You KNOW that most lives are saved by NOT going to war. This is a war between the Likud and the Hamas, the Qassam Brigade and the IDF. The people in Palestine are resisting the oppression. What we are seeing a war between two religions, and a people stuck in-between resisting this war. These are the people we are supposed to protect. They are stuck in-between and oppression by both sides. Hamas oppress because they can't let go of their ideology, and the Likud oppress because they can't let go of their ideology. I still stand my point that if the IDF would have asked the world for help, we would have salvaged this situation before it went completely wrong. By shooting back the IDF ONLY caused more PROBLEMS. IF the Likud and the Hamas had focused more on the innocents caught in-between, they would have found other solutions. Solutions that they are capable of carrying out. It is funny how Israel never asked the World for help. Perhaps they saw this as an opportunity to take back the entirety of Gaza in secrecy, and then the World reacted and now Israel is in a bit of a "F**K!" state. Why else wouldn't you ask the world for help? Why else wouldn't Israel tell the world? What is the reason for shutting up about it for 9-10 months, and then go full offensive? Because we know that there are settlers who want to take all of Gazas land and evict those who already live there. Chronology: 1. Militant groups in Gaza attacks Israel. 2. Israel does not respond much for 9-10 months. 3. Teenagers die, Israel goes full offensive and does everything towards genocide. Read the definition of what genocide is, and you'll see that Israel has taken all the steps but one, the finalization of it. 4. It goes viral/global and the World says "ENOUGH!" 5. Israel ceases, Hamas fires = Israel massacres, Hamas fails. 6. COMPLICATION What could have been done: 1. Militant groups in Gaza attacks Israel. 2. Israel evacuates the citizens closest to Gaza (because that would be the safest thing to do for the Israelis) 3. Israel calls for the aid of the world (They don't lose public or global opinion) = They go DEFENSIVE so that the WORLD can go OFFENSIVE, w/ Israel. 4. The World, together with Israel, solves the problem and saves the Gaza citizens and throws out the corrupt leadership in Gaza. 5. SOLUTION This is not a war, it is a bully on one side that is stepping on oppressed ants, trying to get to the Ant Queen. Meanwhile, the Ant Queen herself is stepping on her own ants. The oppressed ants are those that need saving. EDIT: Israel should put band-aid on Gaza, not more salt.

So, I have participated a lot in the events in Gaza (debating, discussing, solution-ing etc.) and I have realized that this is much a religious issue as well as a homicidal issue. Regardless, I had this idea, a new religion. A "Global Religion", that we can globally join together. Feel free to add ideas Thoughts? Ideas?

Wow! 5 more days! :D

Erez: The thing is, Israel is "Project Eternity" Kickstarter, it has much more resources than the tiny Kickstarters that do not get enough funds. IDF/Likud could have looked into other options, without any death or extremely limited death on either side, but they pushed the buttons and chose death. They could have gone full defense, evacuated the people from the immediate danger zone, full turtle and called for the help of the World. But where were they? They didn't ask for the worlds help. It's almost as if they want to wipe Gaza away, but they hesitate still... the idea is still being juggled: "Genocide". Because that's the quick-fix solution, but with most worst consequences. Why? Humans calling themselves "Jews" have monopol on mainstream media. If they had pushed a couple of buttons it would have been worldwide news! Why didn't they ask for help from the world? Militant forces have been shooting rockets from Gaza since late 2013, the Hamas is corrupt, I can understand why IDF/Likud pushed those buttons and chose this solution (They don't even want Palestine there to begin with!). That doesn't make me like the situation any more. The fact remains that the IDF and the Likud has pushed buttons that have caused war crimes. And the Hamas, Qassam Brigade, has also pushed buttons that have caused war crimes. Hamas has commited International Crimes, and Governmental Crimes, against their own people. It is the humans in Gaza that are the victims and innocents, and those are the ones we need protect. At your "PS": Likud has done many great things, I am sure, and the IDF is doing great things in protecting its humans under its wing, but it disregards any other human as a "downgrade". It is arrogant. Many Israelis speak as if they are above other humans, specially those in power in Israel. Imagine if Israel built to protect the worlds humans instead of protecting Israels humans! The same thing goes for Hamas and the Qassam Brigade. They are arrogant, and they speak as if they are above other humans. I know this because I have spoken with an extreme islamist, who told me I was not worth as much as him. The same thing goes for extreme Judaism and extreme Christianity. These humans believe they are worth more than any other human because of their Faith. A solution I have brought to the table time and time again in this conflict: Create an Online Community for Israeli civilians and Palestinian civilians. Break the ice. Build bridges. Let them talk to each other in a form of "Kickstarter Community", with "developers" at the had of it (just like we do it here under the Pillars of Eternity category) and the people underneath it. With Progress Updates ("this is what we have succeeded thus far"), Stretch Goals (not crowdfunding but "stretch" goals as in "this is what we are aiming towards"). Lock this Online Community to Palestinian and Israeli internet protocols and servers. This is a matter that Palestine and Israel needs to work out among themselves and should not be disturbed by the worldwide internet population. An Online Community creates a safe environment for both Palestinian and Israelis, in their own living rooms! State a clear goal, what is it that is being developed, debated, discussed on this Israel-Palestine Development Community? Peace of course. One of the largest problems I see in this conflict is that I only see Israeli and Palestinian Presidents/Powers/Government INDIRECTLY speaking with one another. How humanly mature is that in this conflict/situation? Will that solve anything? No. What we need is the PEOPLE'S VOICE to talk to each other. Not the leaderships. Hamas supporters were at some 15-20% before the conflict began, last number I saw it was at 40%. The IDF and the Likud are the cause to the problem in Gaza, because they think that pouring oil on a fire is a good solution. I have also heard IDF OFFICIALS say "If we don't attack Gaza we will look weak and militant factions will appear all over the world". FALSE. ISIS began their movements AFTER Israel attacked Gaza in their brutal way. In the beginning, there will be wildfire, people on both sides will troll, they will be aggressive and hostile. But when the storm has calmed, there will be light. Harsh words, after all, does not hurt anyone as much as sharp blades. EDIT: The people who vote those to power are not to be accountable. The people in power are those who push buttons, and decide what to do and when to do it, years ahead of time. Planning, energy, time. The people in Israel and in Palestine just want the comfort of LIFE, like any other sane human. The people who are violent and would kill any Jew still exist in Gaza, and the people who are violent and would kill any Palestinian still exist in Israel. So you can't give either side "Freedom of Movement" in either country/land. Even though both Hamas and the Likud were voted to power by the people, it then becomes (indirectly) their fault, chronologically, but it isn't the people who decides which buttons to press. That's the Likud and the Hamas jobs and purpose as a government, to make all the decision for the people. And the way the IDF and the Likud handled this situation was a bad bad move.

Raw Story: Cornel West calls Obama a war criminal for helping ‘facilitate’ Palestinian deaths in Gaza My thoughts in reply to 1:10-1:20:

Finally some calm! I hope the cease-fire talks go well and that we can see an extended and longer cease-fire. I despise death. I am a globalist, we live on one planet, we are one race. It's our brothers and sisters getting killed in Gaza! And there are two powers in the region abusing them! Stahp! I've taken part of lots of discussions, talked to Palestinians, talked to Israelis and been active in debating and researching the matter. Objectively looked at both sides, what is going on "in the now" so to speak. I know Israel left Gaza a long time ago, but the blockade is still up, I know Israel has treated Gaza really bad and punished them and that Israel has been arrogant. This is another equation however, and the one I want to talk about is the conflict at hand, going on right now. Let's not look 60 years into the past. Chronology: In late 2013, rockets started launching from Gaza into Israel. Israel responded once or twice according to the Wikipedia entry "List of rockets fired from Palestine into Israel, 2014". It was not until the teenagers, civilians, were kidnapped and died that Israel began its bombardment, July 7th-8th. This is when global awareness came into the picture, and rightfully condemned Israel for its disproportionate attacks. The fact remains, rockets have been coming from Gaza since late 2013. Hamas only claims responsibility for the attacks after Israel attacks. So we condemn Israel, they are baby killers and monsters. But wait... where did Hamas get rockets from? How long have they been building tunnels? How much time and energy has been spent on war and violence? How long have they planned for this? In 2007 Hamas overthrew Fatah in the Gaza Strip. They replaced all power with their own. So Hamas may have planned these attacks for 7-8 years. They have been a faction with a violent agenda and at the same time there are violent factions, movements, organizations moving about in Gaza as well. Those who want the death of all Israelis. How much has the West and UN given the Hamas government? Did we "crowdfund" them to spend money towards war? Also of note, the leadership in Gaza used to be poor, now they are rich. Israel attacks disproportionately, oppressively, and Hamas and militant factions, ideas, are dangerous individuals. So both sides are fighting a losing battle, a battle of war. Israel is loosing opinion, and Hamas is only killing people. Why? 7-8 years of violent resistance that could have been spent towards peace. Resources (steel & concrete) sent to Gaza for construction, but used primarily to be able to kill Israeli civilians. Israel have been prioritizing defensive protocols and systems. Israel is one the most defensive focused country. They protect their civilians, Palestine's government and administration does not. A few comments on Disqus I have written that also encompass what i say above: An Analysis: Solution/Idea: Online Community between two people. Solution/Idea: Reply to a commentator standing on one side.

Wait, I think there is an explanation/description to all the options you can choose in the chargen, my bad. That pretty much is a "codex".

What about having a UI Button during the Character Creation that has a direct access to a Codex with brief historical, locational, regional entrées/articles etc. etc?

Infravision Idea into Brainstorm, rethorically presented: Infravision could be a "group spell"............ Are there "Group Spells" in Pillars of Eternity? Like, you need 2 characters to perform a "ritual" to cast the spell.... Ritual Spells? Have we discussed this subject... and is it too late if we haven't? Expansion, Mod, or Future? Because something like a group/party-"Utevo Lux" for the entire party could be a great way to handle spells or natural effects like "Infravision". Utevo Lux, is, if I recall correctly a "Light" spell (IIRC: name) MMO called "Tibia" and it gives you a larger radius on your Vision Range. It could also simply be an upgrade to your "Light source" over the course of the game (you see very short in the beginning, and late game you can see far). We discussed "Torches!" a long time ago and I don't quite recall if we got somewhere with that, but the point: Infravision-similar Spell being a High-Level Spell? This would have to make the ENTIRE game much much darker to have any significance. One thing with many many games fail to achieve is an immersive "dark vision". Potentially because of hard work, a lot of triggers to be put in place and code written. Doom 3 somewhat succeeds, in the beginning, but later it becomes a "brighter" experience (in terms of "light" and what you can physically see in front of you). I think this is partially why I personally find Doom 3 less scary later in the game. If it would be pitch black ALL through the game with the flashlight, that'd be tense. In Doom 3 everything becomes pitch-black, as if they simply took a jpeg painted black and set it at a single resolution. The blackness in Doom 3 could have been a single pixel, zoomed in. That's how dark it was. But Doom 3 still managed to creep up my spine and give me them scares thanks to it xD I haven't played Amnesia, but seen a little bit out of it, and whilst I think it has a "dark" experience it is still looks like a "bright" experience in terms of lighting (it could've been darker). What I am trying to say is that many games "fail" to present that human "dark vision" that we get in darker rooms. I feel that many developers don't try to go "all the way", and instead gives the Player more vision at the expense of what could be a great mechanic. EDIT: - Group Spells? (Ritual Spells) 2 or more party members. - Darker Environments and more immersive/realistic "dark vision". Can the undertone of what I call "Gamma" (I am unsure if this is the term I actually mean~) be tied to Fog of War literally in code? Could it be a Difficulty Option? High Gamma = No need for Light Source Mechanics Mid Gamma = Minor convenience with Light Source Mechanics Low Gamma = Need for Light Source Mechanics - Light resources and Light spells start as "Torch" and ends as "High Level Automation"?

Great update! I posted before the update here ("The August Update creeping ever closer - hopes and fears"), pretty much encompasses my current thoughts.

I think health/stamina is fine. Stamina is what you use to take action, health is vitality. In a sense, visually presented, Health "kind of" works like -10, -9, -8.. etc. variables that are used when you are dying in D&D similarity. Health = Mortality Stamina = Stamina/Fatigue Imo. Then I, or other, can do a mod Quest that unlocks imMortality

Well, I tried it a couple of times on "Violent" and that was kind of difficult. On "Calm" it was easy because I don't know exactly what I did and it became "peace". I removed the army almost instantly as Israel and public opinion went down (security~). But I made it kind of peaceful pretty soon and attacks stopped, instead a lot of political issues within the own country started, so I dealt with that as well by talking a lot. I think I kind of did similar things like you Rostere, I slowly opened up worker permits and listened a lot to the Palestinian leaderships concerns. I sent in the military into Gaza again when there was an outbreak of attacks from Hamas militants and then I removed them again. I felt Israel was pretty easy (on Calm difficulty at least). I haven't finished the "puzzle" as Palestine yet, but when I played with them (on Violent) I could manage to get peaceful negotiations with Israel and public opinion in Israel went well. The problem is that the public in Palestine starts to call me a Zionist friend and Hamas kicks me out of office. The Fatah is pretty okay with my way of running Palestine, but the militants mess everything up. Trying to calm down your people when they are attacking Israel and Israel is attacking us in the meantime is not very easy. It feels like in Israel you have more control, politically and militarily, and in Palestine you have less control, militants will do whatever they feel like. As Palestine President I tried to arrest militants, create some security, join with a joint defense force with Israel, talking with both political parties (Hamas impossible to talk to though) but it quickly escalated into the Third Intifada.. and when you talk to the people about peace they are all "We've heard this before! Let's kill some Jews". It is an interesting, philosophical and political, game. I think it gives me two general perspectives of two powers trying to create their own safety and security. I do think there is a lack of options unfortunately. *snark snark* I find it interesting, because it attempts to open eyes of a very real problem on our world. It might not affect you in your "first world", it affects me because I live on the "One World". I believe in the one world order~planetarism~Terranism (except without the religious mumbo-jumbo). An atheistic terranist xD Death and destruction, in the real world, isn't very entertaining. In fact, I've followed the story of the Gaza attacks pretty intimately the past month. I've engaged myself in many discussions and ideas in a progressive and constructive manner, because just hearing about it and or watching it on the television isn't going to help any change whatsoever. If I could, I would be in Gaza and Israel to advocate diplomatically a change. Protesting at location, actively reaching out to both sides. But I can't, and waving a protest flag in Sweden? Yeah, that's not going to do jack **** except gain some 15 minutes of fame before it is forgotten and Israel+Palestine sits and laughs their asses of to pathetic demonstrations in safe & secure Sweden. But engaging directly with both sides through the internet in an attempt to get them to calm down and search for peaceful solutions? That at least has a chance to directly reach the eyes of the powers, or the population on both sides to "wake up". But back to the game, PeaceMaker, isn't exactly a "fun" game. It feels like a well-crafted School Game. Something you get to play in school and study it and then right a historical report and get grades on it. It is an interesting game, and if you like to engage yourself in discussions with other people and the Israel-Palestine conflict is brought up, this game then helps you get a wider and more ambigious perspective.

I believe it is about to believe in and try to think about creating peace. Perhaps even schooling for a mindset for solutions instead of violence. To get involved somehow or at least understand what's going on and have been going on. It's free too Here's a good article about the creation of the game (developers): http://kotaku.com/what-i-learned-turning-the-israel-palestine-conflict-in-1612148555