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I think somebody said that difficulty sliders only affected skill checks and not the actual difficulty of combat?

Uh... when a thread is dead you don't delete it, you know. You leave it there so people can read it at a later time...

You deleted the last one just to start over?

It's not the smartest thing to do to attack somebody else's spelling unless your own is flawless. And even so...

The level cap is set at 50.

It *poof!* vanished. Some dumbass was posting spoilers like there was no tomorrow.

That is a lie, plain and simple. If you can't afford to pay you won't even get them to fix you a broken arm. Health care in the US is perhaps of an excellent quality, but only for those who can pay for it. Medical attention should never be a means to earn money, period. False. If there is an abundance of workers in your field, you get fired. However, workers are not a commodity you can dispose of like spoiled fruit. False, again. Why do you make things up? This proves you wrong.

That's an oxymoron.

This has been admitted by the devs themselves, albeit not explicitly: That's what happens when the devs act against their better judgement.

Well, that sums it up. Their aim was to kill the whole point of playing. It seems there is no difference between watching somebody beat the game and beat it yourself. Sad, this.

Heh, the latter actually. I love the concept of cinematic game storytelling That clears it up. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. I like interactive movies from time to time, too. But what I don't like is to be sold one, while being told it actually requires some effort on my part. Well, that's what games are all about. Think about it. Each time you play poker, or chess or whatever game you like with new people, you don't really know who's going to win. That's the whole point of playing. I don't know about you, but once I begin to own my friends at a certain game, it loses its appeal, fast. That's true. But CRPGs and PnP RPGs can't really have the same pacing. In the PnP, depending on the size of a battle, it can last from a few minutes to... real long. In CRPGs, the largest, hardest battles seldom last more than ten minutes. I don't want to have exactly the same pacing as in the PnP. However, having balanced rules and an actually competent AI which reacts just as any GM controlled NPC would, can make wonders about making the game both challenging and fun.

I would. No. In the PnP you just die and start over if you feel like it. Unless you play with wimpy GMs which would never, god forbid, kill you. This has been discussed before. What do you want, a video game or a freaking interactive movie?

Apparently, we've found the person who wrote the questions for the survey in question. He's even come here to share some new questions he intends to put into the next survey. I'm sure we'll get an equally legitimate outcome for that survey as well. Ownt

Oh. Well, next time remember not to go posting after being hit in the head repeatedly with a louisville slugger. It doesn't help.

What was this all about, again? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Learning how to scroll up What's this? Are you actually making an effort not to make sense?

What was this all about, again?

The question is... is it possible not to powerlame your way through the game?

No. EA is a sucessful company. Don't mistake those two things. I agree with you that monopolies are bad for the customer, but you can't blame them for having a flawless market strategy. They aren't doing anything illegal. If you don't like it, get into politics and make some anti monopoly laws. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have you ever thought that all big companies are evil? Yep. But that was before I learnt that Santa ain't real. )

No. EA is a sucessful company. Don't mistake those two things. I agree with you that monopolies are bad for the customer, but you can't blame them for having a flawless market strategy. They aren't doing anything illegal. If you don't like it, get into politics and make some anti monopoly laws.

erm...what? was this a bad joke or a misunderstanding mixed with plain old fashioned ignorance. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Your knowledge is only surpassed by your ignorance Don't mind Laozi. He's just had a bit too much of his good ol' 'cough medicine' again.

Hmm... are you going to start 'rebalancing' it right away? (w00t)

It's not the political or economical threat that has me worried. It's the cultural one. For starters, learning chinese is a pain in the ass, my friend. are you communist? Naw, he's just fond of the absurd! (w00t)

Quite a list for one just starting out... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Agreed. Start with Fallout and Fallout 2... nice games, with strategic combat to get you going Yup. Listen to her. She knows her stuff, even though she doesn't care if the world is turned into a nuclear wasteland. :ph34r:

Understandable if her teacher actually taught Castillian and not 'spanish'. I don't know how it works over there, but we have something called 'Real Academia' which is somewhat of an unifying criteria for Castillian. They decide what words officially 'exist' and which don't. And believe me, a lot of words used by mexicans don't exist. By our book, at least.