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I have achieved Mastery before level 13, which is a trigger for the Prestige class. I didn't take the Prestige class at the time (so I don't know offhand if you have you wait for the level 15 trigger, as stipulated above) because I was maximising the level jump bonus due to said class change, by speaking with Kreia at the start of a new (high) level so that I would gain the maximum (35000) experience points.

Actally, whether intentional or not, your sig is very true. The whole concept of massaging is based on the principle of "overloading" the sensory pathways between the (neck, say) pain and the brain, so only the new sensations flood through and relieve the painful ones. It's all to do with the bandwidth of the sensory pathways of the body; a person cannot feel hot, cold, pain and pressure all at once. As for the metaphysical aspect of your sig, that too is a neat summation of a moral dilemma. What is HK-47 doing, btw?

Much have you to learn about the forces of marketing and capitalism, young Padawan ... "

You've heard of the IMF and World Bank, right?

Looks like I am partially corrected, too. ) Still, that is not a bad thing. I was able to access all the λ first generation games through Steam, that I had previously bought retail (by just entering their serial numbers), so I have access to λ and CounterStrike using the λ

Didn't you enjoy shooting stuff? And getting bigger guns? And then zipping through a canal system on an airboat? And then shooting things with a big gun whilst zipping through the canals on that same airboat? And then getting a gravity gun to play with? And then zipping around on a dune buggy with a bonnet-mounted laser? And then using the antlions as disposable storm troopers? And then getting a super-duper gravity gun? Man, what more story do you need? Any more and they'd have to invest a significant effort in not just narrative, but technological and philosophical constructs -- think of the way all of us yammer on on this board about the smallest inconsistency in SW and think how little of λ

True, it is a Sisyphean task, but I have already highlighted this particular item description previously, and I wanted to ensure Mr Volo had a record of the errors. Maybe Volo is just an infinite number of monkeys and typewriters?

The story was sufficient to suspend disbelief and to motivate you -- even you! -- to finish the game, so it was more than adequate for the task. More plot will undoubtably be revealed in the ensuing chapters,a nd that doesn't count the miriad of community mods that are beginning to appear ...

I will say one thing for you; you have managed to break the margin with your special avatar identity. Still, you are slow to take up the level grind; you have to keep at it ... all contributions to further conversation is regarded by some as worthwhile - even Baley adds some value to the boards with his spam!

... and you are a contumelious and puerile jackanape.

K1 had different models for different classes: the Scoundrel was shorter and leaner than the Soldier; I wonder why this was not continued in K2? I agree that some diversification would be good -- even if it's random. As I've said elsewhere, the character generation phase is one that I tend to spend more time on than any other single area of game play, so the more choices I have to customise "my" PC helps to make a stronger "bond". ( :D )

Yeah, I use the Speed family of powers to run around the game faster ...

" That might be a Rhodes Scholar you'd be referring to, I take it? A rogue scholar would seem to be someone intent on championing a heretical doctrine. Charisma is a mesure of your ability to persuade others and share your pov with them: so far you've not scored very well on the forum ... Please regale us with your wisdom ... no, seriously ... No, you're right there; I have no interest in discussing you any more than I already have. Your first post is crammed with testosterone-charged bravado; full of casual ott assertions about how superior you are compared to everyone else -- what did you expect everyone to do to such a provacative and quite offensive (passive-aggressive) post? You mean elicit; "... And I would've got away with it, if it wasn't for those pesky homophones ...!"

Not much chance of the G-Man buying it, he's got his hands on too many levers. (Dr Judith Mossman -- whatdyamean twice? She was only pretending to be on Breen's team to save Eli. Once.) Kaftan, did you play Half-Life?

I thought Splinter was a cripple. (Then again, Yoda does okay for someone with a walking stick ...) Yoda has The Force, whereas Splinter just has pizza-eating turtles.

Our block just experienced a five minute black out (long enough for me to stagger downstairs in the dark to fish out my torch to have all the power come back on ) after two slight brown-outs seconds before. And now my power board with built-in spike and surge protection has the orange "Earthed" light on but the green "protected" light is not ... dang!

So the vampires are using the ol' "Batman super-villain complex trap" trick, eh? Just shows you that vampires are lawful evil. Are they biting her? Is that the aim of the traps? Maybe Vampirella (v.silly name, can't they think up a better one?) actually engages in vampire-like seduction, and a chastity belt would impinge on her success ... like a shield iterferes with a polearm?

... I still would prefer not to be called Gaylord for the entire duration of school and puberty.

I've added some corrections that seem to have slipped through your eagle-eyed perusal over the last few weeks ...

The ending didn't because it wasn't meant to. Valve are going to be making lots of expansions for λ

Yoda is fluffy like a bbq chicken wing.

I like Liverchester better, I think. But I guess it would be a local referredum costing

I guess that's why you haven't commented on my BudaPest idea ... " So I would assume that your illness is self-inflicted, as this just happens to be the Friday of your exam week ...

The answer to your question is the totally skewed bonuses attributed to the PC due to level. By the time you reach level 20, you have +20 to hit before calculating str, dex & item bonuses. I don't know for sure, but I also suspect that there was some sort of directive to increase the XP haul of the game to create PCs with larger levels by the M5 denouement. The XP seems to be ludicrously abundant for killing the stupidest enemies. (GOD:"Double the XP for all combat!"; OE: "That will unbalance the game, but okay...")

... I'd much prefer to have a game where you start off as a young Padawan, and learn about the force and whatnot. Construct your own lightsaber, and take on the role of a Padawan to a master. Have real significant choices for your darkside/lightside crap. Have a guy kill your master and the way you deal with it determines your destiny. But still allow for redemption/fall. ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There are easy ways to screw that idea up. What if a developer choose that a "young" padawan wasn't a 15 yearold, rather they make it so your character is 12 and you end up doing stupid puzzles for 5 hours till you get to see some real action. All I ask for is a game where you're a padawan, with a jedi master. With enemies that are not push overs (K2 cough). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not entirely sure what you're worried about ... are you looking for: 1. more character depth and role-play opportunities, or 2. a game with more and tougher opponents to kill? 1. Is quite possible with a young padawan, although I worry about your "stupid puzzle" comments; does this mean you don't want puzzles because they are "stupid", or you don't want puzzles that are stupid? 2. This is just a FPS with Jedi robes, isn't it? More Republican Commando than a RPG. I would like to see more tasks like the murder investigation in K1.