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Green for being polite ? Pink for being **** and yellow for "I don't care" ? ike in Dragon Age 2 ? I hawe only one answer for this .. that is adorable. Can you explain why you don't think this is a good idea?

So what will satisfy you ? leaving it blank, or answering vague questions about it throughout play. Look, it's not something I care an immense deal about. if most people enjoy a pre-fab backstory, I can live with that. But I prefer not.

like how the first quest of Icewind Dale was literally a goblin genocide? yeah, I'm with you on that.

I'm fine with you wanting to role-play evil. But I don't believe in absolute morality like that, and I think it makes for weak characterisation. So yes, I hope there are options to behave as a sociopath, perhaps even a whole path to follow. But, and this is important. I wouldn't ever tag any choice as good or evil. I'll leave that up to the player.

There's no way a pre-made backstory is going to satisfy my auteur insert desires.

not sure how it relates to the article, but I like the idea of praying to a god for some break, and then having to do a task for that god as part of the bargain. and you might feel it cost you more than it delivered.

which is why NO alignments is the way to go. Btw, I'm not sure if powergaming should be rewarded, because it's pretty much always meta-game thinking that causes players to powergame. I think eliminating those options forces people into a role-playing mindset, exactly because they CAN'T do everything they want to.

But could it be colour coded rather than tagged? Red for a lie, normal for truth?

can you see it rather than "You must gather your party before venturing forth" the most hated sentence in RPG gaming will become "You cannot use this weapon in confined spaces". Not that it will bother my main character, My love for Kali will ensure she uses daggers and batons, and a last resort pistol.

Ballroom or Latin or both? I did some dancing during my teenage years, and I loved it. Today I went to the gym. I hadn't gone for a year, what with me thinking I'd be moving I'd cancelled my subscription. I had forgotten how good it feels to work up a good sweat.

Nice pictures Op I agree with the above post but you should be able to defeat them. Whats the point if you can't beat them? well, near unbeatable. I heard in Skyrim you had dragons and they weren't even the fiercest beasts you could beat, they died quite quickly after a while. That's not what I think of when I think of dragons, when I think of dragons I think of (near) unbeatable doom machines you better not cross. With a mind like a cat. (similar to how Robin Hobb describes dragons)

Yes to dragons, yes to diversity between dragons, not many, and those you find should be unbeatable

that's an interesting point, should the game /allow for/reward player behaviour which is not calculated for. In some cases yes, outsmarting the game should be rewarded (without using meta-game thinking) But not rewarding psychotically killing several guardsmen in the middle of a city, I think, would be equal to teaching the player some sense: no good will come of it.

There will be an adventure hall where you can create your own party members, but that might mean missing out on some content that comes with the party members which will join your party much the same way as in Baldurs Gate.

I loved Athkatla, and nothing much beyond. I did like the vast amount of quests, I didn't like having them all stacked up and active at the same time with hardly any log-management. I disagree with Sawyer on various things, but I don't think he's unqualified for his job, which is what I believe you are saying Helm. (correct me if I'm wrong) I'm sorry for you if you can't get past that.

Different people focus on different things. If Sawyer is all about the mechanics, I expect combat in PE will be much better than it was in the IE games.

"Miss classic cRPGs like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment? So do we!" Josh Sawyer does not miss Baldur's Gate, he hates it. I guess they should change it to avoid all of the confusion. Then nobody here will expect an IE style game anymore. You keep hammering on about that. He didn't like it (as much as other games) that's not the same as hate. Secondly, So what, he's not the only one working on this game. BG2's combat DID leave a lot to be desired, imo. Josh Sawyer doesn't do the writing, that's Chris Avellone's job, so you needn't worry. Besides, that was posted in 2006. Everyone has come a long way in the last few years, learned a lot, gained some wisdom and strengths. Project Eternity wants to bring back the old magic, but that doesn't mean it will be completely the same. And I think that's a good thing. Because as much as I enjoyed Baldurs Gate II, it was a flawed game. All of them were flawed games. Why not take the best of all of them, and update the parts which were sub-par? I think as a design philosophy that will bring us something even better.

yes. I don't want to be the one who is always convinced, or learning wisdom. My Character has enough wisdom that I can at least attempt to make others see things (more) my way.

If it's added, which I hope it is, Someone knocked unconscious should remain unconscious, not get up after 5 rounds. it should not be something that only a few encounters allow either. If it's a part of the game it should be just as systemic in it's use as most other abilities.

I want my reputation not to be based on any kind of moralist system, but rather how it affects those who would know. Faction reputation seems a fine way to do that. And I want to have plenty of actions possible that don't factor into your reputation at all.

I cannot even begin to explain how much I disagree with this.

I hadn't read that either. I loved the high quest density of Baldurs Gate 2 in Athkatla, I did not, however like that they were all dumped on me at the same time with a journal that made it problematic to keep track of them. Other than that, I can see Sawyer's points. (it is too long ago for me to remember the specific dialogue, but I don't remember disliking it)

Watched Beasts of the Southern Wild. Good movie.

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