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With a bit of theorycraft it is not so easy to choose: Let's assume we go 18 Might with the Orlan build 1 and 21 Might with the Aumaua build2. The +9% (3 Might difference) of build2 add a raw +7.2% on all damage (graze, hit and crit) compared to build1 without taking the Orlan trait into account. The +10% hit in crit conversion only applies on hits. Most of the time, the chance to perform a hit will be 50% (it can be lower if the accuracy is lower than the defense stat or at least 50 higher) and a crit adds 50% damage to your attack compared to a hit. Let's assume we have accuracy=defense, so we have the standard 15, 50 and 100 thresholds for miss, graze, hit and crit. The basic average damage formula (without the might bonus and other modifiers) for build2 would be 0.35*0.5+0.5*(1+x*0.5) with x being the current hit to crit rate. For build2, this would be 0.35*0.5+0.5*(1+(0.1+x)*0.5) In the proposed talent choice, x=0.2 most of the time. We then have: build1 average damage factor per attack: 0.75 build2 average damage factor per attack: 0.725 With the added talent from the Orlan, build1 do on average 3.4% more damage than build2 if not taking might into account. But this is the best case scenario. The following conditions lower this bonus: -no companion is attacking your target -accuracy<def: hits become more rare -accuracy>def: the added critical chance lower the overall weight of hits in the average damage calculation -higher x (coming from talent or buff) -lower crit damage bonus (firearms) It is safe to say than the Aumaua "max might" build does more damage and with a higher consistency. On top of that, you get the racial ability and the "brute" look of Aumaua fits a 3 INT build The disavantage is the loss of 3 points in RES and PER compared to the Orlan build (17/16 PER and 16/17 RES look still ok for dialog checks). Having more crit is also a bonus to interrupt. Please correct me if something is missing or wrong in my calculation. You should have compared a 18 might Orlan to a 20 might Aumaua, or a 19 might Orlan to a 21 might Aumaua, as the Aumaua get +2 to might. Also, for accuracy>deflection to lower the chance of hit the difference needs to be at least 51, and I don't think that a talent/ability granting higher hit to crit chance will override Minor Threat.

Every time I see some news about Star Citizen, the thought of the ****storm that could be caused by its possible failure crosses my mind.

ManifestedISO your progress updates really complete the insanity of this thread.

Don't where are you coming from, but you get access to 6th level spells on level 11.

What is a "mature ruleset"?

It's also possible that the manual is out of date. Those look to me exactly how they were in one of the previous backer betas.

1. Release the game earlier to backers 2. The game is up on torrents before release .... 3.Profit Just a possibility.

A little spoiler about Kana Rua, thought all of it was already revealed before.

Well, that explains the hat.

They are your bros and are quite helpful in getting discounts from barmaids at the inn.

Here is the recording of the interview. http://www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron/b/638981725

Why use armour on a character that almost never gets attacked, if there is some drawback for using it?

That is true, but currently all the places that use EST are using EDT.

? More like 01:00. I forgot to brain. 02:00 CET. 01:00 UTC. Actually Infinitron is correct, the start time is 01:00 CET/UTC +1.

I did some calculations and guestimation(this I did a lot ; to manny unknowns, paradox cut, extra obsidian money) and ended with a figure of slightly less than 400k full price sales needed, for obsidian to be able to fund a similarly sized game after PoE post lunch support and expansion.

The past 15 years have been hard on Imoen. Great work on the Edwin portrait though.

Your spider sense is really strong.

Have you considered adding NPCs and creatures a small shadow even at night time?

How does area looting prevent any of that? Edit: I had the tread open for some time before posting.

Starting a new game with a new character is strange and weird?

Age of Wonders 3: Eternal Lords coming out on the 14th of April.

I'm not in the beta so I don't know for certain, but I noticed this in the last stream.

Those letters contain diacritics, ligature is combining two letters into one glyph.

Why is him being rogue more fitting and interesting?

It is nice to see Hiravias' previous life's love of landscapes and starry nights fulfilled again by him becoming a druid, but it seems some other nastier habits are hard to give up.