Valsuelm

Pretty much just allude to anything even remotely to do with trans-anything in any manner other than saying it's awesome/good/fine, and some folks will go out their way to be insulted and accuse others of 'transphobia'. The really bad thing is that we've reached a point in our society where such asinine things are not only given an ear, but rule the day.

You're far too sensitive. There is no 'transphobia' in this thread, nor was there before, nor is there any in the limerick.

That's an interesting business model for a grocery store. The one's I'm familiar with mostly have a more traditional buy from producer or supplier and mark things up to cover expenses and profit. Which brings up the point that there are often many potential ways one can go about running a business. Not all businesses within any given industry have the same business model. Insofar as Obsidian making nothing but profit. That's doubtful. They may have a larger share of the revenue than they would if they were financed through more traditional means, but they still have operating expenses, as well as their own monetary investment to recoup.

Very well said.

If Obsidian actually changed it, I'd lose pretty much all respect for them, as I would for any company that caters to insane twitter freakazoids that go out of their way to get offended.

We did not declare war, no. We have however been bombing and blowing people and stuff up in Yemen for many years now, mostly via drones.

They didn't call it strength for a reason That has nothing to do with what I said. While we're at it though, having physical strength and spiritual strength tied to the same stat is also retarded.

Decades of D&D would like a word with you - So would about a truckload of RPGs. Hell even Neverwinter Nights had a solid crafting system (so did NWN2) and it is by no means "modern" NWN2 is a modern era RPG (NWN early modern), and has many things I'd say are wrong with it, one of which is it's crafting system. AD&D had a very limited 'crafting system'. Of course one's DM could tweak it to increase it's prevalence if they liked, but in general, characters were not crafting things on any kind of remotely regular basis. In fact, D&D, as well as Palladium, made a point that player characters generally shouldn't be able to craft all that much themselves. Obviously, again, DM discretion. The era of the MMO is what ushered in crafting in RPGs. Was there some crafting in computer games before? A little here and there, but not much. Nowadays it's a standard 'feature' to have a 'robust' crafting system, and game design wise I think it generally sucks. Adding little to nothing positive to the actual gameplay in a single player RPG. In an MMO there's better arguments for it given a player economy, however most MMOs have turned their crafting into little more than time sinks these days. Either way, it's really just a whole bunch of unfun.

Crafting in PoE is one of the modern RPG tropes they put in that was better left out (like pretty much all the other modern RPG tropes they put in). You are definitely not alone. I think I'd actually prefer romances to any crafting beyond what BG1&2 had, and I'm anything but a fan of RPG 'romances'.

I somehow missed that ad before (I'm generally not one to watch them so it's not surprising). That's probably the best Presidential election ad I've ever seen.

Might increasing magic damage is retarded.

The default should be walking, with a run toggle. Not the other way around.

I really hope Obsidian had something in their contract with Paradox that cuts the $$$ Paradox is making off of PoE if they didn't deliver the quality expected, or in the timely manner promised.

Ron Paul is the only candidate on the national scene in my lifetime that actually deserved my vote. Unfortunately I think he misread the last election. He should have run as an independent after losing the primary. Unlike previous elections, the landscape was ripe for him. Would he have won? Unlikely I think, but possibly. He certainly would have made a larger positive impact on the nation if he had, and even better exposed the fraud and corruption of the Presidential election process and most of the media that covers it. Sadly, I think he bowed out as to help his son's chances in the future. Problem is, Rand is not his dad in many ways, and just about all of them are for the worse. Alas. I do not foresee another candidate that deserves my vote any time soon. There certainly isn't one currently on the national scene that's looking like they may run for President. The current field is all bad to demonically heinous. You are right in that a major problem is that too many people in our nation are happy to suck on the government teet. Most Americans are socialists at this point, and don't even realize it. It certainly helps when the school system we have by and large trains them to be by selling things like the New Deal, Great Society, World War 2, and so on, like they are and were all actually good things. Cracking that ingrained 'education' is a challenge. But that's just part of the situation. Also, the way the system works now is that even if you oppose it on fundamental grounds it's very hard to not have to engage in some of that socialism (downright illegal now given the 'Obamacare' ruling, and of course there's been the IRS situation for a long time now). Insofar as voting. As I stated previously in another thread, voting for 'the lesser of two evils' is worse than not voting. Far worse. It's one of the major things that's perpetuating the evil insanity that's sucking the U.S. into hell. Solution? Well... that's complex. Part of the problem is that most people don't have the attention span to deal with or think complex. Trained with sound bits, short news blurbs, etc they have been, and this is getting worse all the time now with the twitter/facebook/text messaging generation. In short though: Do one's best to wake people up. As you stated, most people are completely unaware of what the government is doing to them. Even of the people who half or more pay attention a majority of them are naive of the history, why, and how we got where we are. Without that knowledge fixing it just about impossible without some kind of miracle, the kind of which there is none in all of recorded history, so I certainly wouldn't count on it. One thing that would go a long way to fixing the voting situation is a 'none of the above' on all ballots. That way those of us who are engaged in the political process as well as pay attention, can send a message. That's a message that the current powers that be do not want to be heard though. They need to keep that illusion of choice and that 'democracy' is working going. The evidence is overwhelming that it doesn't work (the system was hijacked long ago, and most don't realize it.), and that whole voting for the lesser of two evils is a huge reason why. Bah.. .I could go on and on about this. Oh.. and as for the Green Party. I like Nadar as a person and for his consumer advocacy. As a Presidential candidate? No. Hell no. He's basically a commie, and the Green Party's platform is largely naive of international affairs (as well as Marxist in many ways). He'd never have gotten my vote for President. Nor would any of it's other candidates. Might I vote for them for a local or non-executive national office? Possibly. In my state the Green Party hasn't even fielded a candidate worth more than rat manure though.

You must have some inside information if you're positive that FO4 will be announced at the next E3. If you know that for certain, you should know the answer to your other questions. For me, I think Obsidian would be unwise to ever work with Bethesda again, but if they do, they should negotiate a much better deal for themselves than they did last time.

To those who answered my question earlier: Thank you!

I think you are doing something wrong dude. My rogue, playing on hard: Alright, so.... having not played the game yet, how does one increase their attributes beyond what they initially are (I note you have 23 points spent on Attributes, more than is possible on character generation)? Items? Do you get to increase attributes on level up? (there's surprisingly little info on what exactly happens when one levels up) Something else? (if it's story related please no spoilers other than simply saying 'story related') I ask as it'll influence my character creation.

Which makes it marginally less safe than caffeine. Still perfectly safe to consume the amounts that people were exposed to on a regular basis. Not really. Just because something doesn't kill you right away doesn't mean it's perfectly safe. Also, consuming caffeine is generally a voluntary thing, being exposed to Glyphosate and DDT is generally not.

In time I imagine there will be a mod to get rid of the offending tombstones, as well as the poorly named backer NPCs. That time can't come soon enough.

My thoughts are that anyone who ever calls any art style 'dated' in any context is a moron.

This is how most people vote. This is major reason why we have the **** we currently have. Continuously voting for the 'lesser of two evils' continuously gets you evil. Voting in that manner puts your rubber stamp of approval on the process and for whatever candidate you vote for. You contribute to perpetuating the evil. As messed up as the U.S. system currently is, I'll take it any day over any of the Parliamentary systems most of the other 'democracies' out there have. 'Democracy' in the modern world is for the most part a bad joke. The illusion of choice is what the situation is almost everywhere. And that said, as a whole nations get the leaders they deserve. 'If voting changed anything they'd make it illegal' sadly applies in most nations these days at the national level, including my own.

He's a self hating Muslim for sure.

It is definitely not safe to be imbibing quarts of Glyphosate, and it's definitely unwise to take to munching on DDT. If you really think it's just a taste issue, then just toss some MSG in the mix and drink/gobble up.

Is it just me or are quotations broken on this forum? If it's not just me, is there an eta on getting this fixed?