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  1. Sarex
    Try and get the guy who did Bastion. That would be so awesome.
  2. Sarex
    It's more like this, "The game should have one magical item and your PC should stick with it". So it's not even 5, according to him 1 is the magic number.
  3. Sarex
    You've concluded that on your own did you. XD
  4. Sarex
    Whaaa... ...aaat?!? Well that sure as **** is how he described it. You either have 2 or 3 magic items or it's just too much to be "magical"...
  5. Sarex
    You have no idea how hard I am laughing right now. This coming from you is rich.
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    He is intentionally being vague. In his first post he tells us how he doesn't like when every item has magic properties in a game and pretty much describes BG2 among other games, in a later post he says how BG1 did it right and ToB did it horribly, as quoted above (so in fact he was the first one to reference the BG series (and like usuall Lephys, you should read the whole thread)). So when I asked him to confirm what he was saying, he comes up with this "That just means I like BG1 more in respect of quantity, usability and atmosphere". Also where did I reject any other argument? edit: I don't know how I could misunderstand what he said in the quote, you can either have a system where you have only a few magical items a la BG1 or you can have a **** ton of magical items like you have in BG2. He expressed his preference for the former and dislike for the latter in his posts, or did I misunderstand that?
  7. Sarex
    So you do like how BG2 handled loot? Don't **** foot around it and answer straight up.
  8. Sarex
    Hi neighbor. Could be, or at least they like obsidian more.
  9. Sarex
    Cough...Tolkien...Cough... Serbia btw.
  10. Sarex
    HERESY!!!
  11. Sarex
    Easy way to sort this problem, ask TrashMan. As for Diablo, Borderlands, and World of Warcraft, why are you even mentioning them? How are they connected to this argument, are they CRPGs? Now that is a strawman argument. Also to illustrate my point because you obviously need pictures, here you go: BG1: http://mikesrpgcenter.com/bgate/melee.html http://mikesrpgcenter.com/bgate/armor.html http://mikesrpgcenter.com/bgate/ranged.html http://mikesrpgcenter.com/bgate/wands.html vs BG2: http://mikesrpgcenter.com/bgate2/armor http://mikesrpgcenter.com/bgate2/weapons.html http://mikesrpgcenter.com/bgate2/wands.html
  12. Sarex
    I am trying very hard to stay polite, because I am positive that you can't be that limited of understanding. TrashMan said and I quote "I found BG1 to be almost right.". Now we know that BG1 and BG2 are polar opposite on the loot scale. If you need proof for this I have links with pictures and everything. So that means, and pay careful attention here because this is the important part, that he thinks that BG1 handled the loot a lot better. Also I only replied to other peoples strawmans, so I really don't see any attempts on my part.
  13. Sarex
    My top 10 based on their list is: 1)Icewind Dale 2 2)Baldur's Gate 2 3)K.O.T.O.R. 2 4)K.O.T.O.R. 5)Dragon Age 6)Baldur's Gate 7)Mass Effect 8)Deus Ex: Human Revolution 9)Neverwinter Nights 2 10)Planscape: Torment
  14. Sarex
    So does that mean that we should model the magic system around LoTR too. That means almost no wizards, and magic being used rarely, ie. no fireballs and flashy stuff. In LoTR magic is used rarely because every time you use it there are consequences to it, while in PoE magic is flung around constantly. For every world there is a chosen setting, so I don't really see a problem in there being lots of magical items in PoE.
  15. Sarex
    Yeah he has a point, but I think that is more on a long term scale, I was addressing the resent influx of RPGs.
  16. Sarex
    It's mostly because of the kickstarter.
  17. Sarex
    That is exactly how it was in BG2, so I don't see what the big deal is.
  18. Sarex
    Dude, you are intentionally being obtuse. Fine, let's do it like this. TrashMan did you like how loot was handled in BG2? Ok, so it was bad design, going overboard, whatever you want to call it, PoE is going to be a low level game so it isn't going to be a problem. So you missed the point of the discussion, like many other things. Majority of the people who played the BG series at least imported from BG2>ToB. But ok you have proven me wrong, they didn't all start at a very very high level, some started at a very high level. Doesn't change the fact that you still need high level gear on your enemies. But again this is besides the point, PoE is going to be a low level game. Good thing this is a "spiritual successor" of the IE games, and the enemies aren't going to scale. So I will say it again, TrashMan was talking about not wanting the end game loot being magical, not just the quantity of the loot, I responded that it would be a bad idea. BG2 hit the sweet spot with the loot, what it failed at was that so much of the end game loot were swords, IWD2 did this much better.
  19. Sarex
    Let me help you with that. If he likes BG1 loot variety, then he dislikes BG2 loot variety. Do you understand now? Throne of Bhaal is a high level expansion, no one went in to it below lvl 20. That is a problem you run in to when your enemies and you are that high of a level. They need weapons that can harm you and that means they need to be magical(or + weapons). I don't think that any of the IE games were ever in danger of being on a Diablo level loot wise, simply because there weren't any item sets and there wasn't any need to hunt down the items to complete said set. I agree I also didn't sell those items, or any of the items I forged, but that doesn't stop PoE from having loot variety.
  20. Sarex
    I think it is you who is obsessed. One of the great things about BG2 is that it had great variety in loot and you are the first person I heard complain about it, in fact what people complained about was the lack of good non-sword weapons, so in fact people want more variety. As for there being plenty of games that have limited loot, well those aren't IE games and they aren't what people singed up for. So why can't it have lots of loot and give you interesting stuff to do, and you can pick up a regular sword through out the whole game. I think you are in a minority here as far as loot goes.
  21. Sarex
    His point was that he wants less magical items, my point was that it is a bad idea. Quantity is neither here or there. There was some cool stuff that you could only buy from merchants, but that is beside the point that he and I where talking about.
  22. Sarex
    I disagree on this, very much so. It would make for a really boring game. Variety is good thing, as can be seen from BG2 which is the more popular game.
  23. Sarex
    No one said we won't like it, but it isn't what was "promised".
  24. Sarex
    She loses a big chunk of her charisma if she puts it on.
  25. Sarex
    It must be, because they said so and we all know that no one lies on the internet.
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