Marceror

I periodically throw mice and keyboards through my window, for reasons even I don't really understand. Since I'm on the second floor this usually results in me losing them/them breaking. I have not yet lost 4 mice and 7 keyboards while playing PoE, but I still have a good portion of Act III and all of Act IV to get through, so I believe that is an achievable milestone. I accept your 4m/7k challenge. I'll let you know the final tally. I'm pretty competitive, so be ready to make an opinion change!

In seriousness, if there were party AI, I'm pretty sure I'd have it turned off 90% of the time anyways. Just like I did in IE. So what was the point? Was there supposed to be a point? My apologies, I was not aware of that fact. I will try to keep it in mind during future posts.

In seriousness, if there were party AI, I'm pretty sure I'd have it turned off 90% of the time anyways. Just like I did in IE.

You shut your mouth, this is a JOKE THREAD! A JOKE THREAD, YOU HEAR ME? I think he knows this better than anyone. That's why he had to put his mark here. This thread is right up his alley.

Seriously, my fingers hurt! Is there a way to play PoE without all the clicking? Click the mouse. Click the keyboard keys. Then back to the mouse or both together! It never ends!! My poor fingers. I don't play games like this because I want to do exercise. I played an awesome game last Sunday in HBO at 6pm eastern called the Throne Game or something. It was fully voiced acted. Fully visualized. And except for a couple of clicks to get it started, it was click free! I could use my hands to eat snacks and admire this dragon queen chick! PoE should be more like the Throne Game!

In reality, you could probably just skip most of the dialogue and primarily just rely on your journal to tell you what to do. You'd miss a lot of story elements but you could hackn'slash your way through the game.

I didn't get very far with it either. I played a little bit into the first city, decided I wasn't very happy with the builds I had chosen, but never mustered the will to restart. I also thought talking sea shells was a little hokey. I will hopefully go back to it at some point. It does seem like it has a lot of promise.

God, I like to read, but I'm wondering how I can realistically do this too. It sounds great. Given my job, though, not likely to happen until I retire.

Fixed. Don't hate me!

Groovy! Thanks.

One of the things that bothers me about the voice acting is I lose the descriptive text and is often included, and which is usually more evocative than the audio itself. I actually often go back and read the voice acted lines just so I don't miss those additional descriptions. One's imagination while reading can be so much more immersive than hearing voice actors read a script.

Sorry to hear that Kanisatha. I can only encourage you to push through the learning curve as the payoff is well worth it. Mouse and keyboard are pretty much part of my DNA at this point, so I can only imagine your frustration. As has been pointed out, pause is your friend. Just hit the big convenient space bar to pause/unpause.

/sigh So now it's not just that you don't like reading, but you can't understand the words? Obvious troll is obvious. *shakes head* I guess sometimes being brutally honest catches people off guard. When I used to stream on twitch, I'd always open up the dictionary and look up the meaning of words I didn't know. Based on your logic, if someone looks up a word in a dictionary, that's trolling? LOL wtf. You seem to be intelligent enough that you actually understand English reasonably well. So let's just say that I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that you wouldn't need a dictionary to understand the game. If you both dislike reading and don't understand the words, than yeah, definitely picking a different game sound like your best bet.

/sigh So now it's not just that you don't like reading, but you can't understand the words? Obvious troll is obvious.

I agree that this may not be the right game for the OP. It seems like this is at least the 4th or 5th time I've seen posts from him struggling with having to read in PoE. If it's causing that much aggravation, maybe the best thing is to simply move onto a game that is fully voice acted. Dragon Age Inquisition might just fit the bill.

Are you just trolling us OP? Come on, I get that you're probably young and used to full VO, but reading can't really be this hard for you, can it? Ever heard of a book? It's sort of like PoE is 40% that.

Time to resurface this post. Hey there Obsidian, any response on this yet?

This is somewhat another issue, though related. It would indeed be nice if there was a grace period of a few minutes (5 or 10 would suffice) before that edit timestamp kicked in. Most of the time I edit it's within the first few minutes of posting and it's done to correct some grammar, I would wager this when and why most edits are ever done by most people. Not a biggie, but a quality of life / forum cleanliness thing. I guess I read the OP according to my own proclivities. That said, oh my god, that guy edited his post 30 seconds after submitting. He must have changed or corrected a word or a letter. Our forum must document this momentous occasion for all time, is just a little too rigid for my taste. I asked Obsidian to change this a year or two ago, but they ignored my post. Anyhow, back to the topic at hand I suppose.

One observation is that you could really use another tank. There is a pretty good Paladin companion you can meet in Defiance Bay. I would probably drop Kana for her, since you are already a chanter. Your chanter can either switch to long ranged weapons, or start battle with those, and then maybe switch to melee weapons and run into the fight after the tanks have established themselves there. Remember to pause a lot so you can assess what's going on and make changes. Move your wizard into good positions to get his spells off. Spells like fireball you just need to avoid your own guys, but otherwise don't need to worry about positioning your wizard anywhere special. And remember that the yellow border around those spells won't injure your allies.

Strange you feel NWN2 was "awesome", but couldn't bring yourself to get through a 10 - 15 minute battle in order to complete the rest of the game. Did you find it too difficult to beat? And as has previously been pointed out, it was really just another battle that happened to occur in waves. I would think even someone who didn't enjoy that battle could persist through it for a few minutes in order to get to the next part of the game. But I guess we've got all types on this crazy spinning ball we call Earth. And of course, if that's how you feel, that's how you feel.

I think there are enough classes now. I'd like to see that time and energy put towards other things. Other than that, I like the rest of your ideas a lot. I especially like your stronghold ideas. The new class idea was low priority, and the more I think about it the more I would advise against it. Let's get the existing classes fully fleshed out first, with their higher level abilities worked out. A later game can consider adding a new class or two and/or prestige classes/kits.

Darn, and here I was hoping to offer the Obsidian team (un)sound tax advice.

I time limit is okay. But just make it at least a minute, rather than immediately tracking changes. One of my pet peeves with this forum, actually.

You thought this game took place on Earth? Hmm.

You might want to set your aim a bit lower their friend. It sounds like you're destined for disappointment with big dreams like this!