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How is that tactical at all? How do "better players" limit health damage? Do casual players stand around in their underwear while "better" players remember to put on their armor? What?

Im in favor of resting, just not having to hump back to some "safe spot" to rest. Thats unfun for the sake of replacing a mechanic that works fine. In prior IE games you could rest (almost) anywhere you wanted.

But party characters dont take damage one at a time. Assuming this plays anything like prior IE games than all party characters will be simultaneously fighting and presumably taking damage. Totally viable except: "Because combat will usually be more dominant than any single other means of conflict resolution..." seems to indicate non-combat resolutions will be occasional, not predominant. I think thats a given by this point but I suppose players could choose that very narrow approach if they like. These exist? Source?

Ah, I see what youre saying and that makes sense. But what do you do when your health is sitting at 1-2 hp? You have no choice other than to trek back to a safe spot.

How can they take more punishment? Stamina and health are tied together in a fixed ratio (4:1) and health only goes down. You can be at full stamina and still die to a returning frost dart.

We can discuss made up "maybe" scenarios if you like but my comments are based on what the lead developer has stated as fact: 1) There is no healing magic. 2) Healing can only be accomplished by resting. 3) There is no resurrection. Its all right there in the OP interview. If resting can be done anywhere at will than Im fine with that.

They haven't said that magic can't heal; only that healing magic will be rare. Except for this?

Sure, but its a case of diminishing returns. With a 4:1 ratio (stamina/health) youre going to quicky reach a point where your party members are limping along with full Stamina but only a few Health points. Meaning the next blow, even at full stamina, will kill you. So what do you do? Park that NPC outside the room so there is no possibility of dying, thus effectively removing them from the game? Let half your party get wiped by the next pack of Xvart's? No, you will have to stop progressing and walk the party back to the "safe spot" to heal up. Oh, and you better not let anyone die or its game over for that NPC what with there also being no way to resurrect. Guess Ill have to see how it plays but on face value it just sounds like a total pita.

Man this sounds terrible. Dying from couple blows when character's health is very low? No, having no way to replenish your health without schlepping back to some defined "rest spot". No magic, no potions, just some annoying mechanic designed to reinvent the wheel and cater to Internet Tough Guys ™. Doesnt it sound weird that magic can do everything but heal? Thats a mechanic being forced.

I dont get it. Its just a cat watching a cursor move. Is there something funny Im missing?

Man this sounds terrible.

Because waiting for a cooldown timer is better than replenishing abilities at will? With a chance of getting kicked in the teeth by randomly spawning enemies? hell yes. also, better pacing. That will still happen when you rest to regain health. Nothing changes except now there will be two mechanics to replace what was formerly done with one.

Because waiting for a cooldown timer is better than replenishing abilities at will?

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IMO, social governments will only work long term in places where the population is very small and the few can be supported by the many. Hell, in the example above, South Africa has about the same amount of people living in poverty as the total population of Denmark. I dont think it could ever work on a macro level.

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Im with you on this one. Recently tried Arcanum for the first time ever, got to the crash site and got one shot by a wolf, never started the game again. That and it looked kinda crap and I cant be bothered with mods.

Im still pissed by the Inquisitor ending. *shakes fist at sky*

What interests me about this project is the eventual tablet version.

Hung Christmas lights on the outside of the house / bushes while the missus set up the tree and put all her tchochke's out. Took yesterday off work but I still have three days to burn between now and the 22nd when we go on holiday break for 11 days.

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I like the concept. Would definately have to be carried over to each class though.

Speaking of traffic fatalities, every day on my way to work I drive under an electronic highway sign that changes from travel times to various exits, to reminders not to text and drive, to a current total of traffic deaths on Illinois roadways. Thats right, we have semi-real time traffic fatality updates. Wtf... Were currently at 853 if anyone was wondering.

Ill probably roll a Cipher. Close enough to a mage to interest me yet (possibly) different enough to inject some new blood into the class. If that class doesnt grab me Ill fall back to my trusty Paladin, so I can use the PE version of the Holy Avenger and smite some evil.