Everything posted by HeedlessHorseman
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The Obsidian Order of Eternity wants YOU! part 6
HeedlessHorseman replied to LadyCrimson's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who had difficulty with it.
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Left Handed Characters
HeedlessHorseman replied to wolverine1's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I agree. Typing in colors is fun. Your color does seem pink-ish to me as well.
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If a Dragon Army arrived..
I would like a baby dragon companion. Aside from that I want big dragons. Dragons that take up a map just for their body.
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Quests with actual moral connotations
HeedlessHorseman replied to Thangorodrim's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)Okay, I like that. I guess I tend to expect tie-breakers to end in everything being rosy. I do like the idea of ostensibly good options. Although I still want choices without any factor that tips the scales in one direction. I don't think the majority of choices should be like this, just some of them should be. I am talking more about a moral quandary than an evidentiary one. The previous Witcher example seems like an evidentiary one. At the moment I cannot think of a good moral quandary, but if I think of one I will post it.
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Quests with actual moral connotations
HeedlessHorseman replied to Thangorodrim's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)That sounds absolutely wonderful to me. Although without the tie-breaker. I agree that moral quandaries are hard to implement. But I think their sparsity is primarily due to only a minority of gamers actually wanting them in their games. I have a tendency to expect something like what you wrote when "ambiguous moral decisions" are advertised in a game. Unfortunately, I am perennially disappointed. I hope that will change with this game.
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Clichés you WANT to see in Project Eternity
HeedlessHorseman replied to SophosTheWise's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I've always been partial to the absent-minded professorish wizard.
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Quests with actual moral connotations
HeedlessHorseman replied to Thangorodrim's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I'm tempted to do that now.
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How not to ruin PE with the Beta?
HeedlessHorseman replied to SophosTheWise's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)If I play the beta, I will play a psychopath with multiple personalities. That way I will not be doing anything I would in the normal game. I will try killing as many people as possible. Basically, I will try doing things that most people would not.
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Quests with actual moral connotations
HeedlessHorseman replied to Thangorodrim's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)So you haven't played A Modest Proposal: The Game?
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Quests with actual moral connotations
HeedlessHorseman replied to Thangorodrim's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I agree. I want more obviously good and evil decisions. Most games tend to give justification to the major evil decisions (if there are any). Or "evil" basically amounts to being a jerk. With the assassin's guild in Oblivion, I felt they tried to make it palatable. It seemed like you were only killing other "bad" guys. However, I also want moral quandaries that the player will struggle with. I have not found any game which had such a decision. Although, I tend to give my characters a code which they live by. That tends to make most decisions easy.
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Volunteer Labor?
HeedlessHorseman replied to PsychoBlonde's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I agree that the game should use unpaid volunteer labor. Unfortunately, many people would decry what I consider to be unpaid volunteer labor as slavery.
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Real Estate Business in Project Eternity
HeedlessHorseman replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)The game needs to have that anyways. They should be joinable companions. Or, possibly, a rival adventuring party.
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Fat acceptance in Project Eternity
HeedlessHorseman replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I should be able to play the super-sexy Baron Harkonnen. Instead of being supported by a device, he should be supported by magic.
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Real Estate Business in Project Eternity
HeedlessHorseman replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)If there is an option to play a real estate tycoon, then there should be the option to have ridiculous hair. I also want the option of summoning (or dressing up as) a monster to scare people out of their property. That way you can buy it cheaply.
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Project Eternity MMO?
HeedlessHorseman replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)If done right, then this could work. It would require the game to be fundamentally different than most other MMOs. The plot would have to be integral to the game, rather than just a reason to kill things. You would not see people doing the exact same quest that you are. The game's plot would come from the interactions of the various players, rather than a script. You wouldn't find a group just to be able to kill big things or get better equipment. Basically, it would be similar to a table-top game, just with many more people. The game would be one large "roleplaying server." It would require a melding of the minds between both the developers and all the people who play the game. I think it is unlikely that such a thing would happen, but if it does, then it could redeem MMORPGs.
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Windows 8 Impressions
That's strange. I haven't had problems doing those two things. Although I have had problems with the computer slowing down while doing other things.
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Left Handed Characters
HeedlessHorseman replied to wolverine1's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I didn't like how they did that either. Being left-handed was iconic for Link. I completely agree with this topic. Left-handed characters need to be in this game. In fact, the social system should be structured around a person's dominant hand. Left-handers should be at the top. Ambidextrous people should be in the middle. And right-handers should be at the bottom. It mirrors real social systems as the majority of people are at the bottom, with a few at the top. (Alternatively, I remember reading that in the past left-handed people were considered satanic. That would be a interesting detail if it was included, especially considering that gods are known to exist.)
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Suggestions: Complex Characters, Villains and Npc's
I am in favor of unapologetically evil antagonists. As well as the obviously crazy ones. I find them much more entertaining than ones with some justification. I am tired of the fallen hero archetype. As well as enemies who escape just as you would kill them. And ones who are constantly just outside of the player's grasp. Finally, I do not want the game structured around the antagonist. I want it structured around the protagonist. Ideally the main antagonist (if there is one) will be determined by the player's actions.
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Fat acceptance in Project Eternity
HeedlessHorseman replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)That needs to be accompanied with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI
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The Obsidian Order of Eternity wants YOU! part 6
HeedlessHorseman replied to LadyCrimson's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)Are they still taking only 5% or did they up it to 10% to "compensate" for Amazon not getting 5% any more? If they still take only 5%, then god dangit if this had happened before Project Eternity, Obsidian would have about 200,000$ more in the budget. I was mistaken. For UK projects (which Sui Genesis counts as even though it is Italian), Kickstarter handles credit cards directly. However, for US projects they still use Amazon Payments. I found the information here.
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Trivial: Can we not have every starting character at age 21?
HeedlessHorseman replied to Hormalakh's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I remember reading something which said the game starts with the main character witnessing something horrific. That could be what spurs the protagonist into adventuring. Before that they could be almost any regular person, like a farmer or a noble.
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Fat acceptance in Project Eternity
HeedlessHorseman replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)We should also try to not make the game ableist. Some of the companions should have disabilities.
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Trivial: Can we not have every starting character at age 21?
HeedlessHorseman replied to Hormalakh's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I like this idea. I enjoy playing characters who are older than 20. Plus we could have fight scenes like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Wv4e_k0nw
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Fat acceptance in Project Eternity
HeedlessHorseman replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)It is perfect that he is also wearing skimpy armor. Fat, romanceable, and in skimpy armor- the Project Eternity forum trifecta.
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Fat acceptance in Project Eternity
HeedlessHorseman replied to mcmanusaur's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I am going to make my Forton a sumo wrestler. That way he will live up to his true potential. Plus combat would be more entertaining to watch. One more thought: if a person is fat enough they can be used as an impromptu boulder for rolling down hills at enemies or as a siege weapon. A really fat fighter could take out most of a group of enemies.