Gromnir

oh, am not seeing much current irresponsibility from the press. insider leaks from the wh is a norm, but the current volume is curious. is ridiculous to expect such sources to speak to the press w/o promise o' anonymity. responsible news outlets still does checking to make sure the sources is legit, but yes, the media is often just a pawn for the internal politics in the wh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Gho_6mJGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmD8aNJn_c not much has changed since video. the incredible volume o' leaks suggest lack o' unity in the wh staff. we do believe there were media irresponsibility when dealing with obama's presidency, particular early in his tenure. the kid glove treatment for obama were, at best, hypocritical. the thing is, the relaxed standard for obama does not necessitate the media should similar roll over for trump. sure, it may seem as if the press has sudden become a dogged watchdog o' truth and justice and democracy after near a decade o' indolence, but such is a bit unfair. sure, the press has been less likely to go easy on trump than they did obama during the first half of his term, but never has a modern President provided so much fodder for the media to go after in such a small 'mount o' time. multiple times a week we get clear alternative facts from the wh. we got wh cabinet nominees who has been prepped (or not prepped) so poorly, it is disturbing to watch senate questions. we got executive orders being authored hastily and arguable unconstitutionally. oh, and we got a President trading barbs with folks as if he is some kinda teenage drama queen who can't put down her phone. the press is needing to discover a new normal. by covering every trump mistake during the campaign, and there were many, the public quickly became desensitized. the ~40% o' americans who approve o' trump don't care 'bout facts, or the limits o' the Constitution. trump represents change from the norm, and as long as trump continues to be visible and active, his people is gonna support him. 'course the current divisiveness o' the country is also a factor. US politics is gradually becoming more european. for generations, our political parties has been largely centrist. american notions o' liberal and conservative has for a long time been so moderate as to be confusing to european observers. you think bill clinton were a liberal? well guess what, he were the single greatest proponent o' deregulation we had in the wh in +60 years. converse, when bush attempted to tighten regulations o' fannie mae and fannie mac, he were shot down by Congress, though he were hardly a champion o' banking regulation either. kennedy, everybody's favorite liberal poster child, were the guy who got elected 'cause he convinced the public o' the growing soviet threat and the need for a greatly expanded military response-- kennedy were the hawk. for the first time in generations we got a genuine and significant shift towards polarization. facts and truth become less significant when politics is polarized. people become increasing emotional invested in an ideology or cause and when that happens, uncomfortable truths and facts become relegated to fake news or alternative facts. ... none o' which has anything to do with the trump's poorly written executive order. no matter the President, this kinda blunder woulda' gotten coverage. trump's silly tweets woulda' made the situation more appealing to the press as such overt animosity 'tween courts and executive is rare done in such a public fashion. would be beyond realistic to expect press to pretend the situation were same as obama's numerous arguable extra-Constitutional executive orders. HA! Good Fun!

o' course you didn't claim stalinism were universal. duh. as you were using pejorative it would be self defeating to see universal. you do seem to misunderstand the definition, and as we noted already, insofar as traditional media and education is concerned, you see stalinists with comic frequency. is why such became a running joke on this board. is an odd criticism given your own overbroad (to point o' humor) application o' ideological labels. HA! Good Fun!

if at the start o' the campaign we had been asked to guess funding for poe2, we woulda' suggested $3-$3.5 million as maximum numbers. wasteland 3 needed considerable investor action and console development to reach $3 million. not shocking. sequels rare do as well as does a successful original. 'course even if poe2 only generates a steady $50,000 per day as we has seen recent, poe2 would still eclipse $3million. also, there is still uncounted investor funds and as mentioned already, the predictable increase o' funding during the last 3-4 days o' a campaign. am having difficulty being disappointed. HA! Good Fun!

am finding wod umbrage regarding enoch post is a little hard to take serious. given how universal is wod world-view stalinists in media and education, a pov made possible by only the most comical broad interpretation o' stalinism, one would hope he would give enoch similar latitude. perhaps if enoch were railing 'gainst the girl scouts as fascist? no, 'cause obvious the Girl Scouts is indoctrinating young women to follow a strict hierarchical structure with each cell having a supreme authority who instills traditional anti-liberal and anti-communist values in still developing minds. HA! Good Fun!

is not as if our bill is cheap. simply means we use less energy per month than 80% o' our neighbors. our surprise is not how low is our bill, but rather the recognition that our neighbors is necessarily terrible at conserving. HA! Good Fun!

so hard to imagine. the trump brand stands for quality, like trump steaks, trump airlines, trump beverages, trump: the game, trump vodka, trump casino, trump university, etc. HA! Good Fun!

we like david warner as an actor, but less so as a voice actor. irenicus from bg2 were not s'posed to be cliché wizard mad with power, but warner's reading made it difficult to see as anything but the cliché 'less one serious delved into text options and lore dumps. am wondering if the director had the spine to direct warner, 'cause am knowing at least a couple bio writers were surprised by the result. perhaps were a bit like directing orson welles for a frozen pea commercial? ok, doubt it were that bad. dunno. is loads o' fine voice actors who don't make us immediate think o' time bandits. HA! Good Fun!

finally got a chance to take the dogs for a walk after a week of rain. spent almost as much time cleaning 'em up afterwards as we did walking 'em. is now up to six dogs we take on our regular jaunts as two o' our friends is having dogs but is disabled, so am now managing three border collies, a medium-sized mutt, a small mutt, and a shih-poo. the shih-poo, our deceased sister's dog, is acting a bit funny. am considering taking it to the vet. seems to be ok save for it sudden doesn't wanna jump onto the couch or beds or anything more than 1" high. is usually a very springy dog. is perhaps a bit more lethargic than usual, but am not certain if such an observation o' diminished verve is our imagination at work or actual listlessness. checked paws and legs, and generally poked around to see if he reacted in pain, but we got no response to stimulus. current moderate annoyed 'bout dogie inability to communicate effectively. stoopid dogs. HA! Good Fun! ps just noticed. according to our most recent 3 months o' electric bills, Gromnir is using less electricity than the threshold o' 20% most efficient users who have similar house size v. occupant number profiles in our area. considering we live in +2700sqft home built in 1982 with no solar and an antiquated water heater we Really need to replace, am actual surprised. sure, we keep heat at 'bout 65 degrees during the winter months, but our neighbors must needs be horrible energy hogs we is bettering +80% o' them.

you got picked on 'cause you made one o' the more baffling and ludicrous defenses o' a board post we has seen in a long time. you blind linked and "assumed" the linked content would be good based on google rating, and in multiple successive posts you continued to defend such curious behavior. and as we ain't being nitpicky, we will let slide your accusation o' lying as you no doubt recognize your error at this point. clear we didn't attack the merits o' your linked article "BEFORE" we mocked your horrible defense o' such. even so, while we ain't jealous o' your success or smarts, we do envy your ironclad certainty. oh sure, some may call it being "obtuse," but there is likely advantages in being impervious to any pov but your own. the unassailable fortress sharp-one-- proof 'gainst insult, and ridicule, common sense and reason. oh, and if you have a full beard, we would likely be jealous o' that too. can't grow facial hair, so have always been a bit jealous. in fact, am more jealous o' your hypothetical beard than your suggested rationale. ... weird. am still not certain how or why you would defend your blind posting explanation. it simple don't make any sense to us. HA! Good Fun!

*sigh* first post in thread http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91602-germany-is-no-longer-charlie/?p=1885311 every post we made were specific 'bout your inexplicable posting behavior, or responding to your even more obtuse defense o' your blind posting o' an article you hadn't even read. there is simple no way to defend what you choose to defend. there is no good reason for you to make matters worse by defending the indefensible. and yet... HA! Good Fun!

not getting it, are you? we were dismissive o' your admitted blind posting o' an article you didn't even bother to read, and your defense o' such ridiculous behavior. the fact you still don't grasp your error only compounds the mistake you made, and increases our mirth. serious. how is this not getting through to you? HA! Good Fun!

kinda weird. a friend o' ours passed away a few years ago. he owned a half dozen little caesars franchises and he were a former head coach of the atlanta flames hockey team. weren't a marine, 'cause he were, y'know, kanadian. anyway, the hockey + little caesars connection made us recall the passing o' a good friend.

you posted the article before you read it. ... you "assumed it would be a solid article about the issue because it was the top link in google." ... wouldn't matter at this point if it turned out the article were pulitzer material, 'cause you didn't know anything save for its placement as a top google link. HA! Good Fun!

yes. we agree with everything you said, but completely the opposite. however, one thing we will note is that developers rare give us a good reason to replay a game. sure, Gromnir is a hardcore crpg guy who played the ie games and poe numerous times, but is not as if developers actual made replay appealing. story, save at end or for complete insular sidequests is gonna play out similar no matter what you do. follow same basic critical path encounters regardless if your character is good or bad or clever or dumb or whatever. makes story more dull each time played. after diablo were released, publishers got it into their heads that crpgs needed multiplayer. took more than a decade to disabuse folks making games o' the notion. for more than a decade publishers were throwing away development dollars by adding multiplayer to games largely unsuited for mp. am thinking the belief that people don't wanna replay games is similar. sure, most people do not replay games, but that is 'cause the developers don't believe players wanna replay games, so the developers never bother to genuine make replayability a serious consideration. has become a self fulfilling prophecy o' sorts. we would like for a serious crpg developer to make replay a priority. start a new game and get a substantial different story. sure, the game would necessarily be shorter/smaller, but am thinking it would be worth the effort. ... the possibility o' getting real replayability shouldn't remind one o' martin luther king jr's i have a dream speech. but yeah, we agree with everything you said, just the complete opposite. HA! Good Fun!

There are some facts hidden in there that are legit.The story as presented - including context, implications, and general impression on the reader - isn't. I didn't read the article. Just assumed it would be a solid article about the issue because it was the top link in google. Oh well, guess I should only stick to Breitbart then. similar thinking had a boardie posting joshua goldberg as their source. the internet is a dangerous place for the lazy and stoopid. don't be one o' those people, or soon you will be skeptical o' vaccinations, a fan of putin and/or a voter for trump/brexit. HA! Good Fun!

https://www.fig.co/campaigns/deadfire?update=241#updates "Subclasses are similar to kits in 2nd Edition AD&D (featured in Baldur's Gate 2)." fair enough. guess we need actual read the updates, eh? the thing is, josh also observed how he wanted to make playing the base class equal viable, which were not the case with bg2. most ad&d classes and kits were frontloaded, with most significant abilities added at level one. poe don't work that way, so am wondering what josh actual has in mind as he has specific noted how abilities in poe will scale. archetypes from pathfinder might be what is being considered, but we ain't seen much feedback. that being said, the black isle developers (josh specifically) designed kits for iwd2. they were not what bg2 fans expected. they were not what fans expected precise 'cause the base classes were still having appeal. am thinking this will be another case where invoking ie game nomenclature will result in headaches for the obsidians. HA! Good Fun!

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-11/fixing-trump-executive-order-s-legal-problems-is-no-easy-task author a new order makes much more sense than the alternatives, 'cause, as stated numerous times now by many legal experts, the travel ban were a mess and unconstitutional and largely doomed. HA! Good Fun!

correction: subclasses were described with "kit" language, but not with reference to bg2 versions. kits existed in d&d 2e. black isle also attempted to add kits to iwd2 before the game were made 3e. bg2 kits were munchkiny and they were almost universal better than the base class. josh has specific stated how the base class will continue to have appeal regardless o' creating subclasses. as such, bg2 kits may not be the best guide to be anticipating poe2 subclass implementation. HA! Good Fun!

the one thing we did find odd 'bout the poe level cap is how the developers were so certain regarding the possible xp in the game. belief were only hard core completionists would hit the poe1 level cap, and they would do so late in the game. josh mentioned how it were easy for developers to look at total xp available on maps or in quests or whatever. when the possibility o' adding token per kill xp, and trap xp, and exploration xp, folks wondered at the wisdom o' doing so as it were hypothesized the developers would be unable to account for all such sources. josh and obsidian shrugged off such concerns as it would be easy for developers to see exp totals from multiple sources, and balance 'em accordingly. never did get a good answer from obsidian as to why their certainty regarding xp were so clear off the mark. bounty xp were making a big difference, but even when reduced, it weren't hard to reach level cap late chapter 3 or early chapter 4... not that we minded much. in a game with considerable tangential content producing large 'mounts o' xp, there is gonna be a gap 'tween the completionist and the critical path player. however, while the level cap issue weren't near as bad as some suggested, at least not following the bounty nerfing, obsidian being caught unawares were a bit o' a surprise given their assurances and certainty regarding xp awards. HA! Good Fun!

y 'know, we would play that game. sorta a william burroughs thing? am generally not a big fan o' the affection minigames. even so, am convinced we will see more rather than less. requesting the developers avoid using the companions as a primary lore dump source. if the developers are wedded to the notion o' informing the player rather than showing, then at least attempt to do so through means other than the companions. get an evocative and compelling history or genealogical primer is virtual oxymoronic. given how we will no doubt have an affection minigame for companions, the lore dump dialogues is unnecessary cumbersome. if we ask durance 'bout magran's favorite shampoo after we completed a major quest, will we see new options? less lore dumps, but if you need 'em, at least mark the lore dumps in some way so we don't needs click through 'em a half dozen different times during the course o' a game. ... well, we got more, but most o' our companion concerns is not tied specific to the affection farming mechanic. don't genuine like affection farming, but is not gonna disappear, so avoid silly da:o gift giving and don't bury the affection minigame under layers o' lore dumping. that said, turning us literal into hitler for failing affection minigame would be kinda surreal. try to work that into a future game. HA! Good Fun!

I do admit it gets me a little concerned too. I'm hoping for the best, but we'll see soon enough how things turn out. Any idea if one of the three characters scrapped was the one designed by Avellone? well, chrisA is not current spamming anti inxile vitriol via his social media accounts and recent interview opportunities, so am guessing the answer is, "no." HA! Good Fun!

pretty much the underlined. and yet trump will manage to turn yet another fail into a kinda victory. will blame his inability to accomplish campaign promises on courts or congress or the media. baffling. HA! Good Fun!

is a link in our previous post in this thread. am not certain such is what the genesis poster referenced as they never responded. HA! Good Fun!

Even after, it's possible to reach Level 16 before completing Acts III and IV ... without a limit, Level 18 seems likely. am assuming you are playing the white march expansion to reach such a level, which ain't fair to the present discussion. before the bounty rewards were nerfed, one could hit level 12 earlier than anticipated. much earlier. somebody does all the endless paths and all the available bounties before they does the trial? sure, could get you w/i sneezing distance o' max level. on our first run, we were level 10 at time we finished the trial. as a pathological completionist, the only part of endless paths we hadn't done were last 3 levels, and we did 'bout 1/2 bounties available. biggest single problem were the bounties, which were why with an early patch, their xp reward were effective halved. but yeah, it were possible to reach level 12 a fair bit before the end o' the game. however, particular following the bounty nerf, we sure as heck wouldn't have benefited from 4-8 additional levels in poe 1. HA! Good Fun!

I imagine they will explain it by The Watcher gaining back what was stolen by Eothas and thus getting levels a bit faster in the beginning or something like that. that makes sense. @ganrich no, is nothing inherent spicy 'bout pale elves. no more spicy than any other standard poe race. folks unfamiliar with the game is not gonna see picture or hear o' description o' standard pale elf and be reaching for the milk to mellow out the capsaicin burn. relative speaking, is kinda mundane. but again, our view is that the development o' the character is more important than the starting point. doesn't matter to us the race or class as long as obsidian does something memorable with the companion after we have 'em join our group. HA! Good Fun!