Everything posted by PK htiw klaw eriF
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Balancing versus realism?
PK htiw klaw eriF replied to eschaton's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)1. When magic comes into play, it is best to throw realism out the window IMO. On PE with soul powers, it is plausible for a fighter to perform superhuman feats(such as cutting a giant in two or taking a fireball to the face without being incinerated) that are on par with what a Mage could do. 2. That is exactly what is going to happen in PE. Different classes are going to have different functions and be better in certain circumstances. You don't need a class to be considerably more powerful to accomplish that.
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Fear of women body in modern videogames
Shouldn't you be waging an Internet Cold War in off-topic Oby?
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NWN2 influences: what to take and what to leave
PK htiw klaw eriF replied to PrimeJunta's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)@Thread Title: IMO OC: Crossroad Keep, an area like Amon's Haven, and a well-developed trial(but if there is a "Trial By Combat" option, let us know beforehand). MotB: Companion Depth, More Exotic Companions, Setting with Exotic Elements, No obvious final foe SoZ: Exploration and Travel System MoW: Nothing If this was done similarly to Kreia, I would not mind a bit.
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The Most Overlooked, and Most Important Elements of an RPG
PK htiw klaw eriF replied to Arsene Lupin's topic in Pillars of Eternity: Stories (Spoiler Warning!)Fixed that for you. On Balance: Pretty much a non-issue for PE. Sawyer is designing the mechanics himself instead of adapting D&D into a RTwP game. From everything I've heard him say about classes, they will all have strengths and weakness, and the choice between a mage and (insert other class) will be a bit more nuanced than "Should I take a dude who hits **** with a sword or someone that can kill waves of foes with a fart?".
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Windows 8.1
The office I work in recently bought several new desktops that came with Windows 8. It hasn't been fun.
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What you did today
You poor stupid bastard. You're ****ed now. I wish. That would be much more pleasant than having to stretch a tense muscle for ten minutes every few hours.
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La neuvième art (comics you've been reading)
I would be bothered, but I really don't like the way Green Lanterns have been handled in The New 52. I do agree that it is lazy writing, but I don't expect much more out of Johns.
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Bold idea: No UI at all
PK htiw klaw eriF replied to Lord_Darkmmon76's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I don't think this is a very good idea. A UI is essential for me to play a Party-based RTwP RPG effectively. I agree. If I can't effectively play a RPG using only the mouse and spacebar, I get a bit frustrated.
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Meanwhile in London: Beheading in broad daylight
How the **** did we go from beheadings to Nazis?
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What you did today
I managed to hurt my back after helping a friend move. I've spent the last 3 hours with a cold pack resting against my back.
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Movies You've Seen Recently
I just hope if they use Nova, they use the real one and not that Loeb ****.* Frankly, I bet that Marvel manages to get out a Nova movie before DC gets out a good Green Lantern. Hell they're using Quicksilver before DC is going to use Flash. *yes I know that character is based off his dead son
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Request for assistance - academic definition
Wals, I honestly have no idea what the **** you are asking about.
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Action/Adventure or RPG? What's the difference?
PK htiw klaw eriF replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I believe that roleplaying is the essential component in a RPG. I don't believe that the inclusion of stats and levels makes a game a RPG. To do this, I believe that the player has to have full control of the PC and know everything the PC knows. As to Choices and Consequence, while the latter is certainly nice, I believe that the former is all that is really needed.
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What you did today
I think it largely depends on what your goal is. I'm currently trying to lose about 20 pounds of winter weight, so my rest day involves light jogging. BTW, I've always preferred dumbbell lunges to barbell lunges. Then again, I typically prefer dumbells to barbells for everything except tricep workouts. YMMV.
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Xbox 720 Reveal
That's so last decade man! Yeah! Today is all about forcing patches so all your save games stop working!! So Awesoem you get to replay the game aghain!!! Oh Gabe, you sexy mountain of man... excsuer me Ill be bakc in five minutes On3 looks like a disaster, nothing learned from Win8, too much focus on peripheral crap. MS aren't Apple or Valve, they can't offer an inferior product and expect it to be lapped up on name/ captive audience alone- even on PC any more, let alone somewhere there's competition. How dare you question Steam! Burn the heretic! Let no dissenting view exist!
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Xbox 720 Reveal
If it does then I may actually buy it....... Or just assemble a PC myself that could out perform it without having to use whatever abomination of an operating system Microsoft decides to go with.
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What's on the idiot box...
I certainly don't. I don't mind the casting, but they damn sure didn't a **** job at character development. I find that to be the only way to watch most episodes of this season. Frankly, it has to be the worst yet. Maybe Doctor Who should feature more women in bikinis, that would be watchable.
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David Attenborough disappointed with and sick of the USA's head in the sand attitude to global warming
But it is part of climate change. Referring to the whole phenomenon as "global warming" is just so some deniers can say "HA, it's cold out side, global warming doesn't exist". Wals, your on the internet. People will be hostile over children's cartoon shows.
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Dragon Age did get at least one thing right though...
PK htiw klaw eriF replied to mickeym's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)Damn Lephys, with all your posts I figured your avatar would have evolved into Sloking by now... I also agree on the random immunity. How the hell does random thug 1154 have an immunity to fire?
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David Attenborough disappointed with and sick of the USA's head in the sand attitude to global warming
I will put this as clearly as I can. 1. Most deniers like to point out that climate change(or evolution) is just a theory and is not proven to be true. 2. I stated something to the effect of "quantum mechanics are just as unproven as climate change", to show that something that is not explicitly proven is commonly accepted as fact, because it has the vast majority of scientific consensus behind it. I'm not claiming that science explicitly proves anything or that quantum mechanics are not true because they have not been proven. Yeah, it isn't like scientists have predicted the polar ice caps melting, thinning of the ozone layer, or increasingly erratic weather patterns. They've obviously been faking it for the past 20 years to force Americans into evil socialist habits like recycling and energy conservation. Maybe if we pretend poverty isn't a problem it will go away too.
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Dragon Age did get at least one thing right though...
PK htiw klaw eriF replied to mickeym's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)Who knows?
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David Attenborough disappointed with and sick of the USA's head in the sand attitude to global warming
Quantum Mechanics. Dude, I was pointing out that it was just as unproven as climate change to make the argument that while climate change is not explicitly proven, it has been functionally proven. I'm not claiming that quantum mechanics aren't valid or anything.
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Dragon Age did get at least one thing right though...
PK htiw klaw eriF replied to mickeym's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I agree, but with BG2, it was practically required that you have a Mage in your party. That is one aspect of the mechanics I absolutely loathed, fortunately PE will avoid that.