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Mob Rulers for the win! The come The Leaders of the Band and The Front Line, in terms of interest! =)

Chief, we got another update! =) Thanks guys, it's always great to get to know more about the different classes! My vote goes to the Mob Rulers to be covered in the next update!

Haha, yeah. Free lodging :D

Honestly? I'm not necessarily obsessive in trying to get them, but when I see I'm missing some, THEN I'll get obsessive xD So I'd rather not have them, please? For my sanity? And my time management? Pretty please? :D

Thanks for the answers, Josh. And I totally understand the balancing aspect. Still, from what I can read, you guys though it through and I guess it shouldn't be that big of a problem given that we have different spells with different considerations to make! So, as Lephys said, it's great that there's an option in between and it's not just "don't do or die" :D That said, I'll probably just buff my party with some fire resistance spell and THEN fire a fireball at the bunch

What about me Prime, doesn't the Internet need more people like me who are committed evangelists to decent Romance options in RPG? You know you need more people like me ..... Give this man a medal :D

So, like Tsuga asked as well, will this be dependent on difficulty/modes, or how will you handle this? Not that I think that the game will be waaaay too difficult with it having FF, just curious =)

I'm actually all for a more user-friendly friendly-fire :D So if we'll have it anyway, then I'm all for Josh's idea. Of course, I'd love to be able to switch it off, but only if it isn't too much of a hassle. I get that the game already has lots and lots of scales and switches...

I'm for console commands too. It's mainly because of my laziness, but sometimes when I get stuck (mainly battles), it's really too much of a hassle to get it done right, especially if I already tried it for 20 times. And we can also have lots of fun with console commands :D

Yeah, I like all of the Torment companions very much, but especially Morte, Anna, Fall-From-Grace and Dak'kon. Nordom was funny too, although I didn't take him along. And the first three's bickering was just great throughout the game! =) I'm also happy we could help Ingress!

So the game WILL have friendly fire? I actually wanted to open a thread myself to ask this questions, but in some older threads the general consensus was that almost everyone was okay with it. And DA:O had friendly fire? o.0 Damn, this means I'll really have to be tactical if we can't switch it off

The scope isn't that important for me, to be honest, as long as the story, reactivity and characters are done great! Of course, I'd love to be able to play 40+, but as I said, those other things come first for me. And to be honest, Obsidian should know how to make RPGs and how many resources they need. I agree that Kickstarter rewards are something new and they're also a drain on resources, but I'd be a bit disappointed if a team developers add stretch goal after stretch goal without being sure if the money is sufficient only for the rudimentary parts (I'm exaggerating a bit now..). And what Nonek said is right, heard only good things about Expeditions: Conquistador. Will get that one at some point, too.

Good to know there are other people who're feeling the same about stuff =D

They're still discussing it internally and have yet to reach a decision. So we'll still have to wait for a bit.

Great update!! Everything looks mighty fine I also dig the attributes more so than before, but I think some of the points people made in this thread are legit. As well as Josh's counterarguments, though :D So having a (constructive) debate can only be good, so we can have an as-good-as-possible combat system at the end! =) And then, this: :D That sounds really great (yet again!). That way the world will feel even more alive. Alternatively, I would have proposed that Josh make video where he pronounces all the most important words (that can still be done, though)

We're working on adding the ability to upgrade and add on additional addons to existing orders. Thanks for your patience. Thanks, you can tell the guys from support to ignore my question, then. Or better, I won't be mad if they won't answer it anymore! Though this should be announced somewhere (if it hasn't happened already in the last update, haen't read it yet).

Currently, no. If a spell or ability doesn't go off, it isn't lost but it has to be started over. I personally don't have much of a problem with this, since I don't think "spell loss" was a super-important mechanic in the Infinity Engine games and it was probably overly punitive (the mage already got hit AND failed to cast a spell, he doesn't need to lose it too on top of that). That said, this does remove the ability to "drain" an enemy mage of all his spells (by interrupting them all) and turn him into a sitting duck who can be safely ignored until the rest of the enemy party has been dispatched. Some people might miss that. Dunno about "Drain", but that sure was something I hate in Torment. You don't have enough spells anyway, wasting them like that is just "bleargh". There will surely be other anti-spellcaster abilities, so don't worry! =)

I voted for a complex relationship/influence system. The companions and NPCs reacting to you is great for replayability and just simply makes a game more fun!

Unfortunately, I didn't find anything on adding add-ons (ha!) either, so I sent a ticket to support (though that's probably very low priority, will be long till they respond). I'd like to get the expansion now...

First off, I'm happy we can sell our loot to every merchant. Hated it that I had to find the right merchant for that in P:T =( And then, I got quite scared by Indira's post, be then she (he?) expanded upon that. I can't really chime in this discussion, since I don't have that much experience, but I think whatever will be done, it should be properly balanced (like always). If there's tons of loot, then it also can't be that special/expensive when selling it. If you go the route with almost no route, then the items we find should be exceptional. I don't wanna have to get a game editor to conjure myself some items and/or potions only so I can progress through the game

2. This game is presumably for a niche market. Not necessarily for casual players. It sounds like you want this game to be partially mainstream so all can play even if new players don't have any prior knowledge of the rules system or setting. I don't understand why you want to go out your way to make the game mainstream when it's a niche game for mostly serious crpg players. If people want a mainstream game without having to do in depth research skills, spells, tactics, and just sit back and relax, then there's always arpg's like Diablo 3. Now, I'm not having anything against some fights and I don't might reading a bit into some mechanics (as I did when I started playing P:T), but maybe some people also want to play this game for the story. I'm not backing a dungeon crawler which I can play only after reading a 60 page manual (I'm exaggerating here, but you get my point). This Kickstarter certainly was certainly targeted at IE players of old, but I don't think all of them are/can still be so hardcore (or want to be, for that matter).

The option to have a first, last and nickname sounds good. Title may be cool too, like FSOCC suggested.

Yeah, this would be helpful for us all :D

I almost liked your post I totally agree with the first part! Sadly, there are still people that put the classics on a pedestal and flame anyone who dares to suggest any kind of change... As for the second part, I know that ME's plot isn't a masterpiece, but being the Sci-Fi fan I am and being under the illusion that my choices mattered (haha, I'm looking at you ME3 ), it was a great experience for me. As for the looting, may I remind you of the rags in P:T? One of my main gripes with RPGs in general is that I never know what the hell I should take along and what I should just throw away. My perfect RPG would have a merchant at every corner :D And I can't really judge how BW are now in comparison to earlier and it'll still be some time till I can I can only hope they can win some of their former fans back with the new games they're going to bring out the next few years =) In my opinion, an RPG should be a big game (if that's what you meant with scope). Although I wonder how a bigger series with episodic content would do. That would be more or less perfect for people who don't have that much time to invest in a game, but of course, even that depends on the mechanics and execution. For me personally, the only difficulties I ever have are either fights or puzzles. I'm not really that big of a tactician - nor do I want to really "waste" time to figure out how to kill a specific monster, because I just want to get it on with the story. At the same time, I do know that many people get a sense of accomplishment by doing just that, so it's cool. That's why it's important to me that a game lets you change the challenge fights pose to the player. Puzzles...sometimes they're fun and interesting, sometimes they're just frustrating and in the way. But many people like them, so I don't expect them to be taken out completely Another problem people (might) have with games with such a scope is of course remembering the plot points etc. That's why a journal is good to have, I guess. Started The Witcher a year ago I guess (finished the 1st chapter) and I forgot a lot about the plot. That's one of the more extreme cases of taking a hiatus, of course, but that's how it is. What I hate most in games are time limits though, especially in RPGs. That's why I'm anxious to see how a certain element in this game will turn out (is this a spoiler?) and I can't wait to see what I'll think of Fallout or NVWN2:MofTB.

A new update would be pretty cool, yeah. Don't think we'll have too wait that much longer, though.