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Same buff for everyone? Meh. Did you choose Might 100% of the time?

Well, the good news about the beta is that 1) it starts you off with camping supplies and 2) You're never far away from the village inn. Here was my playstyle for the first wilderness map: 1)Fight an encounter. 2) Rush back to the tavern to rest. 3) go back and fight another encounter 4) Rush back to the inn to rest. and then in that map's dungeon: 1)fight one encounter 2) set camp 3) fight another oncounter 4) set camp If Josh thought he could eliminate or even reduce rest-spamming with his crap design ideas, he was horribly mistaken. I think rested more in this 3-map-beta than I did in 7 chapters of IWD1. Speaking of resting in inn's, what did you think of the buffs they provided you? How long did they last? Were the buffs different for each class?

I think it's more fair to say he was leaning towards kill -xp but had an open mind.. I fear the beta will close his mind wide shut and brace the doors with any furniture he can find. My cross to bear was the "rest spot". I definitely prefer kill XP but Im not married to it unless the alternative sucks. I thought objective XP worked in Shadowrun but it really sounds like a stinker in PoE. You guys are worrying me. I want to love this game but I already see myself walking away from it. Maybe I shouldn't play the Beta.

Shhh. If you say that then they will be "fixing" the game for eternity. I haven't played yet but I plan to install PoE tonight after work (thanks to the generosity of a fellow poster gifting me a key). I am concerned about the things Ive read and seen so far (constant resting, no kill xp is wonky) but Ill give it a fair shake tonight.

Unfortunately, a lot of the mechanics of the IE games have been deemed "degenerative gameplay" and have been removed in favor of the systems you see now.

That's delicious.

Ug, you guys have demotivated me to play the game and I haven't even installed the Beta yet.

Wheres my free gasoline?

Marine boot camp.

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The little red bar on the left was Stamina and the main portrait area was Health, right? I could have sworn I saw something replenish the Health area but I could definitely be wrong.

Maybe it was just how he was playing. It looked like there were a few ways to mitigate Health loss. I know I saw the Paladin use Lay on Hands and the Priest fired off a couple Mass Heals, but I cant remember if the Priest spells restored Stamina or Health.

Obviously. I was more thinking if there are "objectives" that are considered "met" as soon as soon as you accomplish it. I cant imagine every single "objective" will require you to go somewhere else to turn in.

What about a party member that only reached zero Stamina and was knocked out? Do you figure they will still earn XP?

That's hilarious.

Yeah, I don't really care about the protest. I just loves me some weapon technology.

Deployed by drone. That would be AWESOME. Im a little bummed that I didn't think of it. Although, they do have a LRAD Sound Cannon which is pretty badass.

Ill reload a battle if even one party member dies. The reason being is that you don't earn XP if you're face down on the dungeon floor and I want every party member to be at maximum potential. Although now that I think of it, that may not be required in this wonky system. Since I wont be rewarded any XP until I complete some "objective", maybe dead party members will still earn XP because they will be back alive by the time I get rewarded. Hmm...

This situation calls for more pepper spray.

So your entire contribution to the conversation is to say that you wont be contributing to the conversation?

I think its his old job offering him his position back, not new companies.

Its good to be the king.

First Date RPG. I know this will be a huge hit with some of you.

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