hollowcrown

Maybe the mega dungeon will be combat focused and somewhat like IWD?

I died, as a beginning Wizard, to that guy that attacks you in the barracks (or the building beside the barracks?) in Candlekeep. This was on BG:EE (I say that because I'm not sure of all the specific differences) My character missed with his quarterstaff attack about 13 times in a row, and the foe easily dispatched my 4HP in that time. I don't really count that as difficulty, as much as just lameness. I think BG1 was the perfect example of bad difficulty. Everyone had so few health and AD&D 2nd Ed was set up in a way that one hit could instagib a character and lose them forever. There were also no special abilities so it was literally just roll and hope for the best However when you got to BG2 you had more at your disposal so it was generally a lot better. If only BG1 was like that level - still challenging but not entirely down to luck. The systems in KOTOR and DA were also good - low levels were interesting because you had abilities to use if you weren't a spellcaster, and things could be challenging without being unfair and relying on luck. However the mage battles were less indepth. A combination between BG2 for late levels and early levels like DA and KOTOR would be perfect for me.

Probably just Alpha placeholder models.

I'd like to know some of the spells and mechanics but not enough so that people can exploit the game before it's even out. I'd like to have seen some gameplay, and maybe something about the key characters like we knew about Wynn and the King before Dragon Age was out. Maybe a little bit of background lore and a general overview of the land we will be adventuring in. I like a blurb like this as well: Basically some information for those who want to find it.

The Equaliser and Vorpal Sword in BG2 weren't particularly powerful or OP, but because of the arduous exploring and questing and tough battles required to forge them, they seemed like really special weapons and were staples of my party's arsenal.

What about weapons that maybe are powerful and require a quest to forge/search for the components? I like that idea more than ridiculously OP weapons.

Carsomyr would've been way cooler if it was actually craftable.

Are we going to be able to make legendary weapons? Once feature I loved in BG2 was collecting the components and crafting the legendary weapons like the Silver Sword, Crom Faeyer and The Equaliser in BG2. The Equaliser was mad hard to get because you had to do both the Beholder and Mindflayer lairs and the quest started in Irenicus' dungeon back in Chapter 1. It was crazy. What's your opinion on this and would you like to find legendary weapon components and craft them into weapons of great power, perhaps with a story attached on (like the Githyanki hunting you if you had the Vorpal blade).

No resting Characters have to eat, go to the toilet, wash, clean clothes etc. Weapon degradation Permadeath etc. Basically taking hardcore RPG to the max.

I'm really interested and excited in just playing a rich RPG. I'm excited because the story is a complete unknown right now, all the classes sound cool, and I'm looking forward to a game that is visually pleasing but not in the 3D sense we've all been used to, haven't played a good isometic party RPG in way too long.

I'm glad durability has been removed. Unless the game is going to be a survival sort of game, like Fallout or a zombie survival game, it just adds unnessecary busywork that we are better off without in an epic fantasy adventure. Durability is fine (if annoying) as a plot device in BG1 but it is so annoying when your epic sword given by the gods just breaks, ala TES.

I really like the Game of Thrones approach to armour. Everything is somewhat stylised and not super historical, but it all looks good and conveys a fantasy feel. It might not be perfectly historical accurate but it's by far my favourite armour style in a fantasy setting. I tried to attach a bunch of photos but because it's my first post IT WON'T LET ME.