Everything posted by Archmage Silver
- The Obsidian Order of Eternity wants YOU! part 2
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Boxed Version - DRM Free?
Archmage Silver replied to RicoSuave's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)From Feargus on the boxed version on Kickstarter just now:
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Randomized dungeons / environments / smart monsters ...
Rogues with stealth and some sort of primitive flashbang grenades could be helpful if you just wanted to make a mad rush for it. I want to be able to dodge patrols, not literally sneak past them. Hm... how about a rogue drawing attention by throwing something down a corridor and the patrol running off in that direction while the rest of the party (visible) casually strolls by. I know, I know, I'm obsessed with stealth maneuvers.
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Live recorded music, Poll 2.0
I'm indifferent to both of the poll options - I know good music can be made with less as well as more. I do have a soft spot for things like Leliana's Song in Dragon Age though. You don't necessarily have to have Aubrey Ashburn performing anything on the soundtrack, but a song with good lyrics and a good artist goes a long way towards making the soundtrack more memorable. One or two songs like this are enough though, the rest of the soundtrack can be just instrumental.
- Update #16: Reward Updates, Combat with Tim, Mods, and the Mega Dungeon Grows!
- Randomized dungeons / environments / smart monsters ...
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What kind of dialog mechanic you want?
I'd like to have something similar to Planescape: Torment, or possibly MotB - it's kind of needed because PE won't be fully voiced. And please, no timers. I like to read through the options.
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Paladins and Bards
Paladins are wimps, but I'd still like to see them added. You can thank Feargus for the first statement.
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So, how does everyone like that new logo?
Archmage Silver replied to HungryHungryOuroboros's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I liked the previous logo better, but I realize that this isn't the final version, so I'll wait for that one before making up my mind about it.
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UI & Supported Resolutions
It's safe to say that it will support full HD (1920x1080) and WUXGA (1920x1200) though.
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Boxed Version - DRM Free?
Archmage Silver replied to RicoSuave's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)I thought the boxed version was going to be DRM-free regardless of where you wanted to get your digital copies. I don't know for sure though.
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Expendables - potions and scrolls
Archmage Silver replied to IndiraLightfoot's topic in Pillars of Eternity: Stories (Spoiler Warning!)I think ingredients should respawn in due time - if the game keeps track of how many days have passed, make it actually take a full year for the ingredients to respawn ya know ;D Seasons would be cool as well. I'd go with some simple weather conditions over seasons, as we'll probably see some places with and without snow as it is.
- Update #16: Reward Updates, Combat with Tim, Mods, and the Mega Dungeon Grows!
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Tech Specs
HD 4000 is decent enough. Here are some benchmarks: Bit-Tech AnandTech NotebookCheck
- Update #16: Reward Updates, Combat with Tim, Mods, and the Mega Dungeon Grows!
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Tech Specs
NWN2 is poorly optimized though, it runs worse on my very modern rig than FN:NV. That's mainly because NWN2 isn't multithreaded. It only uses one core. That's not everything though. There are a lot of aspects that are pooly optimized and require very little from the CPU and rely on the GPU for the most part.
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Expendables - potions and scrolls
Archmage Silver replied to IndiraLightfoot's topic in Pillars of Eternity: Stories (Spoiler Warning!)Potions - They should be commonplace. Not everyone has a priest around to heal everything that ails them, especially not on a battlefield. That's for the standard potions though, so if we're looking at something like Potion of Cloud Giant Strength, they should be much rarer. Scrolls - They should be rare. Magic isn't for everyone, so it should stand to reason that there's a very limited market for them among merchants. And mages generally hold on to their scrolls, so you shouldn't just be able to fish one out of a random barrel in the backroom of a tavern. Rogues & Magic - Rogues shouldn't be able to use mage-only items. They have their own strengths and weaknesses, so they shouldn't be able to do away with their weak points by using some of the most powerful items mages can find. That'd be reducing mages to a utility-level class. Instead, rogues should be able to work with a mages to gain benefits from their spells, and vice versa. This would go a long way towards having balanced classes.
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Co-op
I don't know if Obsidian would add co-op in an expansion, but I'd only support it if they can add it without hurting the rest of the game, i.e. they're financially in a place where they can use resources on adding features like co-op.
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Stretch Goals and Backer Rewards - What do you think?
I agree, there's no way Obsidian would get enough pledges if they didn't offer enticing rewards.
- Randomized dungeons / environments / smart monsters ...
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Could Events cause Party size growth temporarily?
I read this somewhere as well, although I doubt the temporary NPCs will be very balance altering.
- The Obsidian Order of Eternity wants YOU! part 2
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Saving and reloading
I don't think this applies to me... I don't like reloading, but I rarely have to anyway. I've played too many RPGs to not have good tactics from the get-go.
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Modding
It would make sense for them to have steam workshop support as well, but I imagine you have to pay Gaben and Valve a fair sum to use that for your game. What they should do first is use Nexus, if the game is really succesful, chalk up a bit of money to Gabe afterwards. If the money comes out of the expansion pack's budget, I'd have to disagree here.
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Update #16: Reward Updates, Combat with Tim, Mods, and the Mega Dungeon Grows!
This was a great update. (I'm not just saying this because I got upgraded to a hardcover Collector's Book. Honestly, I'm not...) It was great to finally hear something definitive on modding support. Getting Nexus networks to support PE modding is good too, as far as server performance is concerned. I'm not really a fan of how massive their sites have become in terms of content though, the file moderators are overworked and quality control is nonexistent as a result. The search function could be improved as well. I'm sure there will be alternative modding community sites as well, so that's not a major concern. +1