Gfted1

How do you rest / camp? I tried to RTFM but I cant find it either.

The Expendables 2. Not as good as the first.

Lol, good one Mal.

I have the next four days off work but no solid plans. My neighbor invited us out on his boat and we may roll up to Blarney Island (a bar only accessible by boat) and get our drunk on.

Lol, so that changes? I got a laugh when I was sneaking in the first cave and was disguised as a boulder.

I will play on easy so I get the maximum quantity of camping supplies.

Rofl, I love that gif.

Im a knucklehead. For some reason I was thinking this was a mini-brewery but its basically a desktop kegerator.

Am I misunderstanding or do you have to go to a bar to get them to fill your bags with beer?

Hehe, I didn't quit out of frustration. A hungry wife knows no patience. Im excited to get home today and play some more. I see you made a mage, did you figure out how to learn scrolls?

You do not have the Backer badge either. Have you completed the Pledge Management process?

It seems pretty cool. One of the things you can do is combine spells for additional effects. For example, two of your starting spells are "Oil" and "Flare" (or something like that). So I first cast Oil to slow the enemy and then cast Flare to ignite the Oil, which burns everyone in the Oil radius. Ill post more as I advance.

Turn based? Nah, I don't mind TB. I just wasn't "getting it" in the first battle. It took me a few seconds to realize that each party member can perform multiple actions per turn until they run out of action points. Just n00b error is all. Also, is there any way to memorize the scrolls you find? I only saw; use, drop, destroy.

Dowloaded and started playing last night. Rolled a wizard and took a fighter as my companion. The graphics and vo seem adequate but I only got about 15 minutes in before I had to quit. I find the combat a little confusing.

Agreed. However, I was debating this statement from Karkarov: From what I understand of the mechanics so far, only one class can perform this function, the Fighter. The Barbarian can certainly dish out damage but can he tank?

That's what thought and to me that's an important distinction (also the reason I chose 2 Fighters in the "Whats your party" thread). Any class can "tank" one enemy but to me, that's not a tank. The Barbarian seems like it can do ferocious damage but that's not the class Im going to park in the doorway (bottleneck) because enemies will just stream past and savage my clothies.

Honest question because I cant remember, do Barbarians have an ability to prevent mooks from getting past them? Iirc, Fighters do have that ability.

Their stamina to health ratio combined with Stamina healing = Tanking I understand why you guys are going with, 2x hitpoints = can tank, I simply disagree. Afaik, the Barbarian cannot "hold a line" which to me is a critical function of a tank.

Ah Gfted1, my stalwart companion in the thankless job of raising SJ issues and encouraging debate on said topics, its like I always say " a SJ discussion is not a SJ discussion until you have added your voice of support to mine " But...I added my support to Majek. With you its more pointing and laughing.

Im going with Majek on this one.

I disagree. The tanks in PoE are there to be damage soaks and to occupy people. That's why they have the ability to "lock down" 2-3 mooks. The Barb is simply melee AoE DPS.

DPS does not equal Tanking.

Dang it, now its back up to $24.99. Ill teach myself a lesson and not buy it over 9 bucks.

Wiki says the official premier is scheduled for 7 Oct. Ill forget again by then.

Huh, the pilot episode flew under my radar somehow. Ill have to watch it On Demand when I get home.