Gromnir

had similar issues with a rc boat. no craters 'course. no up and down neither. should be obvious that Gromnir's right and left is not necessarily the boat's left and right, but when the thing is zipping along at silly speeds... no excuse. even so, one may always blame developer and claim a ui fail... at least with gaming software. HA! Good Fun!

Just write it off as kamikaze drone experience. it's as if you have never been on a crpg message board. clearly the problems gifted1 had is caused by an unintuitive ui-- obvious developer fail. HA! Good Fun! ps am gonna ignore the larger philosophical question regarding whether a drone may suicide.

one possibility not yet considered: chris genuine believes that he is going to hogwarts. as a writer o' crpgs, chris must necessarily have a rather loose grip on reality. perhaps he finally let go. for years his psyche has stood at the gaping maw o' a metaphorical chipper-shredder, white-knuckled hands grasping the rusted steel feed chute and inexorably failing. at last, his arms, tired beyond reasonable endurance, shudder, spasm and fail. a brief smirk o' bitter relief paints his features 'fore his demons finally have their way, sending chris' sanity headfirst into the angry metal mouth where what were left o' his tortured mind gets turned into tiny splinters o' memory and the dust o' half-forgotten dreams. HA! Good Fun!

As far as I can tell, it comes from people who don't like Sawyer assuming that Avellone agrees with them. the way rumors germinate and spread is curious and amusing. as you say, some folks don't like sawyer-- he ruined poe. chris mentioned in an interview that durance and grieving mother material had been cut from poe. *gasp* so clearly the reason chris left obsidian is 'cause he were escaping the new tyrannical sawyer regime... or something like that. creative free-thinkers is no longer having a place at obsidian. the way sawyer did not instant reject appeals to remove the divisive limerick also works into the conspiracy theorist's calculus, but am having difficulty balancing that equation. once the rumor is created it need only be shared by a handful o' like-minded nutters to gain strength. gotta say pazuzu's name three times before he manifests's, yes... or is it betelgeuse? works similar with rumors. rumors grow not with evidence but with repetition. eventual the rumors gets passed along to a place such as this message board and bioware and steam forums and... heck, the rumors might even be true, but is unlikely to be for reasons the rumormongers believe. for all we know, two years ago josh borrowed chris' copy of Fat Cat Art: Famous Masterpieces Improved by a Ginger Cat with Attitude, and never returned the volume. and so the feud were born. is as likely as the theories we has seen tossed about here and elsewhere. HA! Good Fun!

isn't obsidian an independent developer? HA! Good Fun!

More like to work on the one best RPGs ever made. *shudder* rating game quality is subjective, but am gonna observe that regardless o' your opinions o' the value witcher titles, the writing chrisA has done in the past doesn't necessarily mesh with cd projekt red offerings. perhaps chris is looking to get outta his comfort zone and try a grit & b00bs title, but it is not a natural pairing. obvious destination from a fan pov is inxile where chris would be able to work on wasteland (the fallout games that was fallout before there were a fallout, and we all know how much chris has wanted to do fallout) and torment (an homage to chisA's vanity project from 1999) titles. even so, am gonna keep trying to promote the kotor 3 with bioware rumor as it would send more than a few mca fans into fits o' apoplexy. HA! Good Fun!

should start a rumor that chrisA is going to bioware to work on a mobile app/game that is, for all intents and purposes, kotor 3. HA! Good Fun!

be careful what you wish for. insist on completion has chrisA write that the novella protagonist gets drunk and wanders over a cliff ledge whilst looking for a place to relieve himself... and dies. the end. HA! Good Fun!

is there a phobia o' awkward exposition? am understanding that poe is a new world and bloated info drops is the most simple and straightforward way to makes essential setting details known to the player, but our phobia makes us particular sensitive to such stuff. am also having a phobia o' repetitive mob encounters. our fear causes such anxiety that we literal broke out in hives fighting undead in level 8 o' the endless paths. we curled up into a fetal position after fighting the 5th or 6th mob o' skaen cultists in the place east o' defiance bay. yes, am certain that arachnophobia is a serious condition, but Gromnir's phobias is equal serious, and fixing game to accommodate us would benefit many more players than would removal o' spiders from poe. HA! Good Fun! ps we liked poe quite a bit, but it were heavy handed with the exposition and the mobs placements.

How ****ing out of touch with reality are you Bruce, Jesus ****ing Christ... seemed as if bruce were making a funny... which if true makes it seem as if longknife is the one actual divorced from reality. HA! Good Fun! Or you could have gone this route ......... Yes Bruce it was well played ..... longknife has perhaps spent too much time in Germany, yes? anywho, back on-topic... the baseless chrisA speculation at this and other sites is actual kinda amusing. have seen some folks share their guesses as "the only rational explanation." *chuckle* am gonna be a tad disappointed if chrisA decides to share... though that won't stop folks from speculating 'bout his Real motivations. HA! Good Fun!

How ****ing out of touch with reality are you Bruce, Jesus ****ing Christ... seemed as if bruce were making a funny... which if true makes it seem as if longknife is the one actual divorced from reality. HA! Good Fun!

PoE. Chris wanted to take a different diraction with the game. Though these are only rumors, so they might be completely wrong. some clown on a random crpg site speculates and it becomes a rumor. *snort* truth is that chrisA were tired of cain and feargus stealing his hummus from the obsidian breakroom fridge. HA! Good Fun!

fyi, confirming AFTER some guy has announced on his twitter account is hardly a scoop. just sayin. good luck to chrisA. so long, and thanks for all the fish. HA! Good Fun!

load up on consumables before battle. *shrug* best options for Gromnir has been mind plague and scrolls o' paralysis. hiravias can cast petrify, but so too can some o' those ads, which comes in handy when they is dominated or confused. happen to hit dragon with mind plague and it will blast the ads instead o' you. and even a graze from a paralysis scroll gives a couple seconds breathing space during which you can stack on debuffs. we typical got multiple characters that is able to cast from scrolls. that being said, the dragon breath, particular if you got bad luck with rolls, can serious hurt. stick a second chance armour on durance jic. when he auto-revives, he can then revive other party mates via spell. HA! Good Fun!

I do. I like The Rock, but there can only be one Jack Burton. dunno. seems to Gromnir that for an over-the-top role that is all 'bout the camp, a former pro wrestler strikes us as perfect. dwayne might actual take himself too serious as an actor these days to do proper justice. is there a young roddy piper around? HA! Good Fun!

woulda' assumed we would get nick fury as our #1, but apparently black widow edged him by 2%. we do have stereoscopic vision and a good bum, so perhaps that would explain. even so, w/o a moon knight option, we don't see any avengers with whom we would natural identify. HA! Good Fun!

political correctness actual promotes that which it is meant to eradicate. "racist," "sexist," and other similar labels is so emotional charged that the accusation alone puts folks on the defensive. well, guess what, people don't like being accused o' something they cannot actual defend 'gainst. call somebody a racist and what can they possibly say in defense? no doubt we has all heard variations o' this meaningless chestnut, eh? "i have lots of black friends." lordy. is such an utter lame response, but what is the alternatives? can't disprove racism or sexism with words. only your actions can speak to your character in such situations. the accused is utter helpless to make any kind o' meaningful or compelling counter to the claim o' the vile character flaw in question. not surprising, the folks accused o' bigotry o' some variation is gonna be displeased at the lack o' fairness o' their predicament. displeasure and anger is close cousins. who is gonna be the target o' the anger? the accuser, yes? so, how many times does some ordinary and ignorant shnook get accused o' racism, sexism and homophobia by puerto-rican lesbians before the guy decides that he doesn't very much like lesbians or puerto ricans or women for that matter? thanks to political correctness, the vile labels slip more easily from the mouths o' angry minorities, women, homosexuals and naive undergrads who thinks a couple years o' University has made them enlightened. thanks to political correctness, there is no immediate defense to the accusations o' minorities, women, homosexuals and jumped-up college students with delusions o' clarity. is a cycle that polarizes. not liking hip-hop or defending cops is racist. observe that women do not typical have the same upper body strength as men is sexist. repeat numbers from reputable scientific studies that show that USA homosexual population is less than 5% is homophobic. keep accusing folks o' terrible evils that they cannot defend selves from is creating more anger and hate. HA! Good Fun!

there is a difference 'tween a phobia and a fear, no? people who is suggesting that the genesis poster's fears ain't reasonable is kinda stating the obvious. see a black widow spider hanging from your rear-view mirror startles you into momentary panic? am doubting that counts as arachnophobia. by definition we are speaking of unreasonable and pathological fears with extreme reactions. "get over it" is likely not an option for the sufferer. that being said, any kinda expectation that a computer game would needs be tailored to cater to those with real but unreasonable fears is, well, unreasonable. *shrug* as we noted above, we thought this were gonna be an appeal for all-spiders. as an aside, poe were being touted as an homage to the ie games. the ie games had more than a few spiders. also, the beta had spiders in abundance. given the ie legacy nature o' the game and the actual presence o' arachnids in the beta, one cannot claim surprise, yes? there is crpgs with no spiders or less spiders-- gaming alternatives for the arachnophobic crpg fan already exist. am not being cold or flippant when we suggest that the genesis poster should try one o' those other crpgs. HA! Good Fun!

It is very annoying I agree, but to stop playing the game till it gets fixed is a bit harsh. Still to each their own I guess. am personally such a compulsive pauser (pauser?) that this bug is, for the most part, a non factor. that being said, for people who prefer auto-pilot features, we could see how their party npcs being transformed into ornamental topiary during combat might be discouraging enough to halt play. HA! Good Fun!

lord knows we got no idea what is actual giving you pleasure, particularly in games. we were hardly the only confused personage by the fan appeals for Kill XP... though the release o' the game would appear to have almost complete silenced the kill xp complainants. as you is happy for obsidian success, you might take joy in discovering that a few o' your more vocal and ardent fellows demanding kill xp were actual enjoying the raedric hold portion o' the game, which is a particular noteworthy locale as save for some dungeons portion o' locale, virtual all combats were 'gainst kith and yielded 0 xp per corpse. 'course, to be fair, most such folks still found reasons to hate poe, but the kill xp claims were silenced with the granting o' the token. huzzah. that being said, we did see as a joke on Gromnir and those who did play the game that gifted1 would gets his "positive" change from the obsidians and still not wanna play the release. there is a kinda irony, no? even so, what we quoted were as follows: " And last laugh? Im not sure what that means. Im pumped that PoE is a success for Obs but I cant do anything about bugs." okie dokie. last sentence is just a complete mess, but am guessing you kinda clarified what were your actual meaning.... sorta. regardless, the actual point were that extended play o' the poe beta were more than fair and reasonable cause to be convincing a potential purchaser or player that the release would be entertaining... or that it would likely fail to entertain. good on you, though incremental less good with each querulous post. HA! Good Fun!

right back at you... got no idea what your final statement references. regardless, gifted1 didn't like poe based on his beta play in spite o' getting the largely token changes he were asking for. so, hardy har har. kinda missing forest for the trees in any event. in spite o' his irrationalities and inconsistencies, gited1 choosing not to play the release version based on his beta experience is curiously reasonable. *zoom* went right past ya? HA! Good Fun!

duno. there were any number o' odd aura bugs, but have never heard of zealous focus inhibiting faith & convictions. IF zealous focus were the problem, simple disabling might not be enough to clear the problem. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/76862-i-found-a-new-way-to-fix-the-rogues-reckless-assault-stacking-bug/?p=1651130 link contains a fix that works for many modal problems, but your issue appears different as it ain't stacking related, yes? HA! Good Fun!

sorcerer wasn't a bg class. (edit: ah, we see clarification via edit) compare to admittedly broken bg joinable npcs? poe companion value is not bolstered or diminished by comparison to bg options. HA! Good Fun!

summer finally arrived in the sacramento valley, so we spent the day obstinately refusing to turn on our AC. we win? is actual not that hot with a high temp in the mid nineties and negligible humidity, but the area temps has been unseasonably mild thus far in 2015 and Gromnir has seemingly become a bit o' a wimp such that ~94 degrees is too much for our delicate constitution. tomorrow is 'posed to reach 103. HA! Good Fun!

oh boy here we go.... Not even trying the full game because of a beta? Hate to be rude but this is pretty ignorant imo. I can't remember how many times over the years I have tried a beta or alpha and it was average, only to try the full version and its fantastic. Sounds like you are deluding yourself or just outright lying. Apart from polish, there's probably 5% difference between a beta and final. between beta and full release, there is a good amount that is different... and in some ways the differences were not good or expected. heck, pervasive stacking bug were new with the release version o' the game. never had a problem with reckless assault during the beta. also, we weren't able to over-level in the beta as is possible in the full game. that being said, as much as we disagree with more than a few o' gited1's frequent irrationalities, am thinking it were perfectly fair and reasonable for him to forgo poe based on the beta. yeah, the developers has made many post release balance adjustments-- some good and some bad. and heck, you got gifted1 mostly to blame for the addition o' flames o' devotion... freaking all the unnecessary balancing, rebalancing and bugs related to flames o' devotion got their origin with gifted's mewling desire for the poe paladin to have an ie analog to holy smite and he don't even play the actual game? HA! good on him... last laugh is his. regardless, playing the beta for months, and seeing the kinda changes obsidian were willing to make were more than just a fair shot for poe. he didn't like the beta after months o' beta play? that is more than fair. differences 'tween beta and full is noteworthy, but folks like gifted1 got a reasonable clear notion o' poe from the beta. actual, we find gifted1 far more reasonable than the peoples who played the beta for months and genuine expected a complete different game at release. the people expecting a mystical day 1 transformation were/are the nutters, not gifted1. go figure. HA! Good Fun!