Gromnir

and why won't fergie/obsidian simply admit? that would be the honest thing to do. in any event, Gromnir is always surprised at how little it takes for a person with a developer tag to impress the masses. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

I just wanted to apologize if you felt I was accusing you of lying. I started to explain how my posts came about, but then I realized that it only came across as a vague attempt at justification. So I won't. Let's try again. If you felt I accused you of lying, I am truly sorry. That was never my intent and I am sure you're a very nice and honest guy. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> don't apologize. nathan has been trying to further qualify his "30-40+ hours of gameplay" estimate since he made it not long ago at the bio boards. *shrug* in any event, all those thumb's up icons is gonna dissapear and be forgotten if we not get "30-40+ hours of gameplay." am not impressed with developer honesty in any event. after all, in spite of the fact that we is all knowing who made the initial 20 hour estimate, no obsidian developer will address it save for in oblique fashion as nathan did above. am understanding that the developers cannot tell us some stuff... and that they doesn't even know other things, but they dances 'round other topics with 'bout as much grace as a leperous and morbidly obese fat man... who has maybe had too much to drink. the dm client? oops. we weren't gonna tell you 'bout that til... later. 30-40+ hours of gameplay? well, i think that we might possibly get 30-40+ hours, but that doesn't mean that some speed players can't get only 10-15... and the game isn't finished yet so i can't say for sure what is hours of gameplay and i am just the qa guy so... 20 hours quoted in a german rag? well, i am not syaing that fergie did or din't say 20, but even if he did he ain't really qulaified to do so. ... it is the nature of Gromnir's business that we gotta deal with bs all day and every day. we got a real talent for sniffing out such stuff, but honestly, we thinks nathan were telling truth when he said 30-40+ hours... but am losing some respect given the way he tries to qualify and hedge after the fact. we gaves him every opportunity to back away from making such a public estimate, but he did not do so. you made the estimate, and whether that were a mistake or not we expect you to sack up and take whatever good or ill comes of it. HA! Good Fun!

am not sure that this poll answers any real question o' value. the problem with the way death works in most d&d pc centric games is that the game is over when the pc dies.... which makes sense. imagine playing a game where you carries 'round the corpse of the pc, but the npcs continue leaderless up to and including the final and inevitable battle with the UBG (ultimate bad guy.) kinda wacky. makes even more sense in a game likes kotor2 or nwn2 where all dialogues is channeled through the pc... use pc's diplomacy or other skill or attribute to determine outcomes of dialogues. kotor 2 allowed pcs to generate hps at a phenomenal rate, so were less problematic, but d&d not seems to work that way. take focus off of a pc and death becomes less problematic... regardless of rules used. party members, being interchangable, can be allowed to die or be resurected after some considerable 'mount of time... but not works so well with with a specific pc that is focus of story. now personally we like Gromnir rules re d&d death. we uses the d&d bleeding rules, but we also makes so that characters becomes less effective as they lose hps. characters that is suffering massive damage becomes less effective in combat til they has been attended to by healing or heal spells. there is a feat line that also allows characters to stay useful in combat longer... a feat line which rogues gets for free btw. however, even if one uses Gromnir's superior system, one still must confront the problems o' a pc centric sp crpg. when the pc character dies, how does you deal? toee did an okie dokie job with implementation of d&d wounding and dying rules... and we is just fine with 'em. would be tougher to pull off with real time, but we likes d&d just fine. the problem remains that you gotta deal with what does happen when the pc "dies." is death permanent? can game continue once the pc has died? if so, how long can such a game continue and how does you handle gameplay mechanics w/o a pc? etc. the kotor method works well enough... after combat is over your fallen party mates bounce up with 1 hp, or some such similar result. healing is still mighty useful in such a game, but raise dead and resurrection becomes useless. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

"This is my new wallpaper " am not sure how josh feels, but Gromnir am mildly disturbed. HA! Good Fun!

DOY! Everyone knows Exar Kun had a large wardrobe which included multiple pairs of boots! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> actually, as we underrstand it, exar kun were actually a closeted fashion designer... kinda like a star wars universe calvin klein wannabee. anywho, all the kotor items with his name attached to 'em is simply items bearing his label. simple mistake. HA! Good Fun!

well, to be fair, vol is excited 'bout horses that can't be ridden. is a bit like getting excited 'bout bg cows. wow. HA! Good Fun!

ah. am forgetting that we is 'posed to throw 'em some cream puffs. what is your favorite snack food while working on nwn2? what music do you guys listen to while at work? if nwn2 was a color, what color would it be, and why? HA! Good Fun!

if a person with mpd threatens to commit suicide is it considered a hostage situation? d&d is as much a squad-based tactical combat games as it is a rpg. nevertheless, while we has seen d&d crpgs and rts games, and fighting games and adventure games, developers and publishers seems reluctant to create a dedicated squad-based tactical combat computer game... a D&D tactics as it were. we has seen some mention of a psp d&d tactics game, but does the obsidian developers gots any ideas 'bout why a PC game dedicated to squad-based tactical combat ain't been attempted yet? some of the bis/obsidian developers seemed pretty unsympathetic about troika's situation during the later stages of toee development. now that obsidian is standing in troika's shoes does you feels different, particularly given the fact that you now gots numerous troika refugees on the obsidian team? HA! Good Fun!

alignment is evil HA! Good Fun!

as a guy who plays mostly crpgs with tactical pause or tb, or strategy games , be they rt or tb, we has seen 0 reason to gets a raptor. hardcore geeks swears by 'em, but fot the kind games we play we woulds much rather have 2x or 3x the storage capacity we can gets from other comparably priced quality hds. HA! Good Fun!

Gromnir has found that a $1000-$1300 computer obsolesces, even with upgrades after a couple of years. a $2000 computer becomes obsolete 3 months later. now monitors... monitors can be with you a good long time. we try not to go cheap on the monitors... but we is still frugal. however, with the rig you is buying, why go cheap on the mobo? asus ali: asus A8N32-SLI deluxe asus crossfire: asus A8R32-MVP deluxe if you suddenly decides that you is an oc freakboy, then go with one of the dfi lanparty boards have never once regretted going with a better mobo for more money. in the long run our computers last lots longer with a better mobo... can only upgrade so much with a deficient mobo holding you back... but Gromnir is pretty simple as far as computer building goes... no oc stuff and no crazy configs. HA! Good Fun!

the great thing 'bout boards like this is that it don't matter what age you is... or race, or gender, or occupation. you is all equal here... 'least til you start posting, and even then you is judged solely based on contents of posts. if somebody finds out age or occupation it is 'cause you had to tell somebody... though keeps in mind that just 'cause you share something in pm not mean that you has kept private... we found that out the hard way with the lawyer crap and shadowspawn. regardless, if you don't wanna be dismissed 'cause of age, don't tell anybody that you is 12. if you has good ideas it not matter if you is still unable to get into pg-13 movies w/o mom. HA! Good Fun!

if you end up having complaints 'bout nwn2, please keep in mind that you has rendered self impotent by pre-ordering. pre-orders determines how much inventory the major retailers will request from atari. in any event, Gromnir has done as much as we can. woulda' prefered if we could have gotten fergie or josh to say "30-40+," but natahn will do. HA! Good Fun!

This post doesn't even make any sense. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> neither does the vol "minority" nonsense, but you keep responding to him. but who is Gromnir to say anything, eh? typically takes us 2 or 3 pages of BW before we simply give up trying. HA! Good Fun!

we takes exactly what we needs. HA! Good Fun!

call it planning troubles if you want, but what difference does that make. for chrissakes people, ferret leaves and suddenly he is replaced by josh, who announces on the board the some areas needs must be cut to makes deadline. is those cuts really big? who knows, hopefully not, but how can you possibly thinks that ferret leaving right before original release date and the sudden cuts announced by josh would be unrelated. throws in fact that some obsidian guy let slip that dm client ain't shipping in box neither, as evidence of mr cuts that needs to be made to get game out by september, and you is still blissfully optimistic 'bout nwn2 prospects. oh sure, cuts were made and a new lead were brought in, but that can't possibly mean that cuts will be made to the sp oc or the toolset. ... honestly, if Gromnir weren't fully expecting your reaction we would be disappointed... but this willful self-delusion is just part o' the human condition. am not speaking of eldar personal like, but rather of all the folks who ain't expressing at least some 'mount of genuine concern. some of you people is working real hard to pretends that all this stuff is unrelated and innocuous. maybe josh is able to pull fergie

repost: I think most accurate gameplay lenght estimate comes from the guys who are playing NWN 2 and that is the qa guys. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> josh, the lead on nwn2, has said that nobody can give an accurate estimate at this time... and josh is one of those self-destructive straight shooters. nevertheless, after the fergie fiasco we has seen previews (and where you think they get their estimates) and obsinaties that all says 30-40 or 40 or some such. you peoples believes what you want to... am gonna be a bit more cautious. HA! Good Fun!

I think most accurate gameplay lenght estimate comes from the guys who are playing NWN 2 and that is the qa guys. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> josh, the lead on nwn2, has said that nobody can give an accurate estimate at this time... and josh is one of those self-destructive straight shooters. nevertheless, after the fergie fiasco we has seen previews (and where you think they get their estimates) and obsinaties that all says 30-40 or 40 or some such. you peoples believes what you want to... am gonna be a bit more cautious. HA! Good Fun!

"Also the credibility of Obsidian has been tarnished somewhat." no it hasn't... not with the mass of posters at bio. "did you seee that interview with so-n'-so. he sure seemed genuine about the dm client and i am sure that they won't cut anything else from the game." says fan #1 "yeah, and did you see some of those game footage movies? i thought they were the bomb." is pages o' that stuff over at bio. there is some small group of fans that is really steamed 'bout horsies and the dm client and no z axis and other stuff, but is gonna take some serious effort to knocks folks out of their love of a game that ain't been released yet. oh, and to be fair we will point out that shortly after we was told by josh that no reasonable estimates of nwn2 could be made at this time, some obsidian qa guy mentions on the bio boards that 30-40+ hours o' gameplay is what he thinks nwn is gonna include. so you folks who is looking for any reason you can to be happy 'bout the cuts that has had to be made to stay on schedule (including game areas and the dm client,) and for you folks that wanna stay optimistic in spite of fact that you is worried that the lead designer left the team shortly 'fore all these new problems came to light, well, not to worry, 'cause nathan did an end around on josh and lets us all know that 30-40+ is the newer and frendlier obsidian estimate for gameplay hours. cheers. HA! Good Fun!

as much as we likes ati video cards, we always has driver issues with games. am not sure what is the problem with ati drivers... so stick with sli. am a big fan of msi for mbs. were an asus snob for years... but am a convert. http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod...asterid=6417699 am not convinced that the new diamond series is better than the platinum, but as the platinum sli seem tough to find they tends to be more expensive than the newer diamonds. best cost v benefit ratio for cpu is probably the 3800+x2 http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod...terid=10479095/ HA! Good Fun!

got a half-page preview from some site we ain't familiar with, written by a guy we never heard of. 'members that black & white won all sorts of Best of e3 awards from a number of different reputable sites. am gonna wait for somebody we respect to play and give feedback... rather than reliance on mr. smapdey. HA! Good Fun!

we can't see a damn thing in the low-res vid...bunch o' little characters and some flashy lights and differnt colored text stuff. did it look nice for those who did hi-res? HA! Good Fun!

how do some of you people work at such small desks? yeah, our monitor is a 21" crt so we needs a big desk, but even when we hads a 19" crt or a 19" widescreen lcd we still needed a big desk. heck, our desk at work is even bigger. HA! Good Fun!

nope, they don't frequent the boards too often... but they does read previews in print and on net. is any wonder that in spite of josh pointing out that hours is too hard to guestimate at this point somebody at obsidian and/or atari is giving previewers estimates? ... the developers and publishers, as much as they seems to dislike the gaming press, uses 'em to sell their games... but you can use'em to. how often has you seen gamespot or gamespy or ign repeating a stoopid rumor you seen first on these or other boards? more than once we imagine. HA! Good Fun!

"That could mean several things...the modsquad decided against it, Feargus figures it's already been taken care of by Mr. Sawyer, Feargus is, rightfully, scared to unnecessarily fan the flames, it doesn't fit well with PR, or it's so completely wrong that he thinks it's not worth even addressing...etc...etc..." please note that only one of your potential rationales were that the modteam decided... you gots a short memory. go back and review thread. most of your possible reasons is stuff that plays into what Gromnir were suggesting: FERGIE is the guy who not wanna answer. you getting paranoid? HA! Good Fun!