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It's rather obvious when the global financial crisis struck... Maybe that's what makes him happy. All the new homeless people. Gives you somebody to point fingers at (seems to make some people feel better when other people suffer).

Oh no you didn't... what happened to the BG2 let's play? (you're not supposed to have a life outside work/study before that's finished)

The tutorial was very helpful when I was approaching level 10nish with my first character. Created the 'Gortholemean' legacy already back then. Just to not burn out on a single character/location, I rotate them a bit (not that it's a real issue as I have only limited time at the moment, but I expect that to pick up at the end of next month). Got a level 25 and a level 23 character which gets my attention at the moment. Also discovered the convenience of emailing stuff between my characters. Makes up for the limited crew skills

I suppose an 'Obsidian' guild could be fun (at least for a while), but the difficulties with getting people on the same server, time zones etc. is probably prohibitive.

I tried having a look at some of the servers mentioned. Sadly, the name 'Gorth' seems taken everywhere else besides the local Aussie server I'm on Otherwise, I'm having moderately fun playing the game(s). Adding a few more characters to my roster, checking out some of the other stories. Even accidentally ended up in a group (because I managed to hit accept on an invite while reading the codex). went and killed a bit of stuff. A bit awkward trying to talk while blasting away in combat at the same time. Even scored a few social points, something I would have sworn would never happen. Never mind that I had long forgotten the tutorial bit about how to quit a group again.

Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have tried to answer honestly. Age seems to have a negative impact on stats I Am A: Chaotic Neutral Human Sorcerer (7th Level) Ability Scores: Strength - 12 Dexterity - 10 Constitution - 13 Intelligence - 15 Wisdom - 11 Charisma - 13 Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Just out of curiosity, are all the collections and bundles still without the "Trials of the Luremaster" add-on for IWD/HOW? (still hanging on to my old installer with a prehistoric timestamp)

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I think on some level the content was created (especially in some later levels where speeders are more likely to be had) where the vastness was created simply to create a sense of vastness. You can argue if it's appropriate for game design or not, but a place like Hoth or Tatooine could be argued that it should be rather vast with some emptiness, given the nature of those types of planets. I haven't made it to any of those places yet. My highest level character (smuggler) is currently level 21 and on Taris and my Bounty Hunter level 18 and on Balmorsomething (just arrived). Still plenty of planets to discover and explore I think I have made it my personal "achievement" goal to gain at least one of each of the 6 ship types

Well, different priorities I suppose. I like just exploring. Sometimes bigger is better. That is, if there is something worth exploring. I might feel differently of course, if I get there on my 7th playthrough and the vastness starts grating a bit Had a run of bad crashes yesterday, not sure what happened. Game would just freeze and destabilize Windows (to the point of being unable to shut down without a hard reset). Happened every 20 minutes or so. Tried the check and repair function and left my PC for a while to do some work. Not sure if it did anything, but I managed more than an hour afterwards without any issues. Currently playing 3 characters, switching a bit between them, a Sniper/Agent, Smuggler/Gunslinger and Bounter Hunter/Powertech. Deleted my Sith guy and started over. Too many bad choices (wasted dark side opportunities). The non-jedi stuff just seems more fun.

Mate, Microsoft would cringe if you sold something that worked 99%. You can't charge people annual maintenance fee if all you ever plan to fix in future versions is 1%

You should try 'Solitaire' some day for relaxation

Hasn't Iran been hit by some of the most devastating earthquakes in recent history (last couple of decades)? A combination of little consideration in building construction and sometimes striking remote towns/cities combined with inclement weather. Earthquakes are not on my list of things that I miss from New Zealand. Wouldn't want to live Los Angeles for the same reason (like Wellington, the next big one is not a question of 'if' but of 'when')

Not sure if it makes any difference, but I seem to remember from some distant past, people talking about whether or not patch 1.0b was necessary and might affect some parts of the game negatively. It's been too many years to remember exactly though, sorry.

http://games.on.net/2013/03/bioware-to-shut-down-apac-servers-for-swtor-merge-into-na-servers/ Yeah, translation from PR Speak to plain English: Improved Customer Experience = Cost Saving Measures. If they go through with it and latency becomes notable as a result, I'll become an ex-player really fast. Good thing I got a 2 month non-recurring subscription. I never was one for long term commitments

If you liked the new X-Com and were curious about the older X-Coms then you may like this game that's not called X-Com but is more like the old X-Com than the new X-Com when it's released later this year. Or he may be bored immediately. Not liking the new one at all, I ended up being a late backer of Xenonauts splitting my precious spare time between SWTor and my Steam backlog (currently playing through tutorials of Fallen Enchantress).

My old 42" plasma TV even has a mode called "Store" or something as a colour profile, exactly like said, super bright and over the top contrast Unlike their monitors, this old Samsung thing just lasts and lasts. Since they are going all digital now, I may have to buy an external box/tuner for it soon.

I really need to watch Game of Thrones some day. I have the first book in paperback format, but couldn't make it past the first 100 pages. My mental faculties are probably deteriorating fast when I prefer David Gemmel to that stuff.

My smuggler arrived on Taris. Got killed twice because I was too busy admiring the ruins and once because some Locust mercenaries were quite a handful. Damn, some nice looking ruins

Gav Daragon (I think), on the Asia Pacific screen. Having no clue what the acronyms meant when I created my first f2p account, I just stuck with the defaults

That's a server name? I think down under have a trio of servers, defaulting to a RP server (and optionally, people can select a PVE or PVP server).

Hehe, thanks. No more questions at the moment (other than where do I find the time for it)

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Thanks guys. I tried just for kicks, two of the "small" packs for my imperial agent, just to satisfy my curiosity. Got some level up junk, a "jawagram" etc. but the moddable purple sniper rifle was excellent for my agent. Got a "speeder" thing too, but can't use it before he gets the skill (at level 15 I think, trying to remember from my other character). Oh, and a credit box with fifty grand credits which is not shabby for a level 13 character to go shopping for. But, been there, tried that now. Out of curiosity, can I actually transport gear between my characters? For some reason, my Sith inquisitor ended up with a bunch of armstech blueprints and my smuggler with a bunch of synthweave blueprints