
hairyscotsman2
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Dnd - Played all versions since 1984, prefer 4th. Munchkin, Eclipse Phase, Settlers of Catan, Blue Moon City, Lords of Waterdeep.
PC gaming. Play Skyrim, prefer party based. IMO best PC RPG's after Baldur's/Planescape is Drakensang/RoT.
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Changes / Feedback for turn-based
hairyscotsman2 replied to GreatInca's topic in Beta Feedback for Turn-Based Mode
It's my understanding that the intention is for these systems to diverge further. TB will require balancing and that will affect build viability between the 2 systems, for stats, items and powers. -
Seen a few posting about Dex in DnD. I've found 13th Age has excellent solutions, where your defenses are tied to the middle of 3 stats (Example: AC modifier is the middle stat of Dex, Con and Wis, so if you had Con 16, Dex 18 and Wis 12, your AC modifier would come from Con), which discourages the min-maxxing of DnD (or rather generally makes min-maxxers better attack builds and spread stats more durable). It also elegantly solves the problem of multi-classing, feats and powers boosting class abilities only apply to their native class, so a fighter/rogue that attacks either does so as a fight
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But fast weapons have significantly lower damage. What benefit? Taking pistols and sabres seems like a no-brainer (but I've not had time to experiment), how's this balancing? I'm sure someone will crunch numbers. Beckoner summons were there and gone, lol. They got one move and one or 2 attacks only. Keeping up the minions would appear to eat up the actions, making beckoner multi less appealing.
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Fassina not respawning
hairyscotsman2 replied to GMV's question in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)
Fassina is gone for me too -
Well off the mark. Hunters could afford arrows but they'd not be able to afford a sword. Swords were about status much more than usefulness. When Henry V succeeded the throne, he immediately began restocking the royal armoury in the Tower of London for a foray into France. He set the fletchers of England to begin making arrows, and we have a record of a contract for 12,000 arrows that cost the Crown £37, 10s, which translates to about $25,000. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1e7xa3/how_expensive_were_arrows_and_how_many_did_your/ So (economy of scale for a big order though
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This is really worrisome. I share your concerns. For some reason, I want a single attribute point to be important. Why place them on a plain linear scale? How about a logarithmic scale or something? Because then you'd need to weight the point buy system. I get the impression they're a little bit more interested in crash bugs than balance just now.
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"No Bad Builds" a failure in practice?
hairyscotsman2 replied to SergioCQH's topic in Backer Beta Discussion
No, I fully understand that. The problem with might is that it's abstract while the other attributes are concrete. The thing is souls aren't abstract in this world, nor are the ways they tie in to your overall physical condition/abilities. Oh, in this world souls have muscles, I guess. And there will be 2 portraits in the game - one for my character, another for my soul? Unless you're a godlike...