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I see a lot of comments that resting has been trivialized in PoE2, but my understanding is that this was countered by diminishing returns wrt food cost (and maybe something about puking?). How does the Rest system feel when considering the Food system?

I do it every time I log on. As part of my gig I always scroll to the bottom to see if there are any posts from new members in any forums that need approval.

With all my games of the last several years being digital, literally the only thing the CD drive has done on my current rig is upload my music CD's to iTunes. Be gone clutter!

I use Steam, GoG and Origin but most of my games are on Steam. I suppose I gravitate to that platform because...I'm not sure why. I don't have any love/beef with any particular business model but I would really like everything to be in one place, which will never happen. Since Ive switched over to digital Ill never buy physical media of any kind again.

Very cool! Assuming you are playing Human, are the forehead markings some kind of scarification or does it have any meaning?

Government lawyers? Sure. But they get paid too. Afaik, Trump isn't opening his personal wallet to fight government lawsuits so these monies are consumed from the government coffers, which are filled by the taxpayers?

Whew! This place is hopping today with the opening of the PoE2 Beta. 1255 users online as I type this!

Condolences.

From the above linked article:

Um, the costs will be borne by the very taxpayers who bought the parcels (and the rest of us). "We just paid for the land for this other company and now we will bring the "government" to its knees in an expensive lawsuit. F-YEAH!" R00fles! Im more surprised that people can buy land right up to another country border. I figured there was some buffer of space between countries that was owned by the respective governments.

Agreed. Not a single foot of Trumpwall will be built before he's out of office so any publicity is good publicity. It was also brilliant of them to pass the costs on the their customers. A special cherry on top is them thinking "the government" will pay for the lawsuit.

U.S. man with rare disease is first to undergo gene editing in the body.

Cards Against Humanity Buys Border Land Bwahahaha, stupid is as stupid does. It gives me a warm fuzzy when people fall all over themselves to be sassy. BTW, who pays for this expensive lawsuit, the taxpayers? Hmmm...

*CAUTION* Curse words within. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=8-Cjsnq8kVU

Is "tanking" new to PoE2? Iirc, front liners were a revolving door in PoE1, offering no resistance to mooks rushing your back ranks?

I was approaching it from "these toons are above and beyond the normal game toons, and could be earned by performing action A or B". Now I realize they were (mostly?) fully available (for little to no effort?) in SWBF1, so I understand why the shift has upset people. As a stand alone model, I have no problem with extraordinary unlocks being earned via grinding or buying coins.

Sorry to hear about your condition, Gromnir. Hopefully it is temporary?

Oooooh, it plays like Overwatch? Everyone is available all the time, just pick a toon (and their associated powers) and jump into a match. I frequently watch my kid play that...always hoarding coins for new skins. Doesn't change the characters abilities at all, purely cosmetic. But would probably be upset at suddenly having to earn coins just to play the character.

"Its good to be the king." -Mel Brooks

So whats the carrot in a game where everything is unlocked at install? How did one improve themselves in SWBF the first?

Ah so everything was free the first game. That makes a difference when there is a large departure from the previous model. Heh, I had to look pidooma up.

Not all "owners" are equal. Perhaps he was further down the totem pole. Just because you put money into a company doesnt mean you "run" it?

Hmm, that's a tough question to answer because I don't consider it an apples to apples comparison. Mobile gaming doesn't offer anywhere near the same content as PC gaming (PC games are much more expensive to make, so they correspondingly charge more for the product), but even then, every PC game I play requires me to grind to get the best stuff. I only mentioned it to point out that I know what micro transactions mean to a game. I don't use them in mobile gaming either, I just grind. I'm not even sure what's being argued anymore so let me summarize this situation as best as I understand it: 1) Previous SW games unlocked 100% of the gear and characters just for buying the game. 2) Now it does not. 3) Everything can be obtained without spending another nickel, but it costs anywhere from ~5H to ~40H for each upgrade. 4) Because it is now no longer free and instantaneous, some gamers are upset. I can commiserate with this. Is that about the gist of it?

Even Ruby Rhod?

I felt a disturbance in the force...that someone on the internet didn't like The Fifth Element. I WILL CUT YOU.