MrBrown

Finally managed to beat the game. What to say. I guess "unpolished gem" is the most positive thing you can say about this? There's a lot of good stuff, but it really has it's bad sides too...

There's too much hype for 2077, it can't turn out good.

There's more details than in BG2, but less than in NWN. Most classes gain more abilities than in BG2 (the PnP game is geared toward one character per player, afterall), but I'd say it's a lot less fiddly than 3E (NWN), since you don't have to plan Feats before hand, or spread points around skills and stuff like that. I'm only familiar with the core books though, so I don't know how much stuff there is in all the other published stuff, or how likely they're going to put that in BG3.

I'd say 5th ED is a sort-of streamlined version of 3rd ED. Simple advantage/disadvantage rules, instead of lots of weird bonuses and penalties from here and there. IMO, they didn't take it far enough with some things, but YMMV. Dunno if that would make it better or worse as CRPG.

The Enhanced Edition is out. Apparently it doesn't immediately break everything, except custom portraits.

So. Eothas is destroying the thingamagic that makes souls pass to the other worlds, and back. Without it, souls can't be reborn, and eventually people aren't born with souls, right? So how did it things work without that thingy? It was build by the Engwithans, or something right? How did stuff work before that?

For some reason, DA2 was the Bio game that I ended up playing the most. Not completely sure why. One thing for sure is that I liked that the NPCs had some unique traits so they weren't just copies of possible PCs, and the game structure of 3 acts with free exploring during each meant there was always challenging combat (something DA:O and DAI fail at). So it had a lot of replay value for me.

They already had that tease video of DA4, and are spamming the hashtag, so it's most certainly in development. Who knows what will end up happening to it, and what it will be like, though.

I don't understand how a developer can "squat in a spot".

Bioware tweets "I bet you have questions..." Biotards: Who's romanceable? How about "You own a phone, don't you?"

Bioware teasing the new dragon age: https://twitter.com/bioware/status/1070884604620361728

Could just be YT deleting stuff they think is done by bots or automated. Haven't followed this case, though, so dunno.

This was their biggest mistake. If they'd have announced it at some other time, people probably wouldn't be as angry as they are now. Instead they went "Here's a game on the same IP, but for a different audience! Aren't you excited!?".

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/7/13/new-california/

Too bad Obsidian probably just wants to use their own IPs. :/

Are the two lower posts also about 76?

I used Kamea as the spotter and to tank the damage, all my 3 others were missile boats :D To be frank, I played every mission with LRM-boats + a spotter/tank/melee. Seems like the best team, imo.

Posted a rant on reddit about my main complaint about the game: https://www.reddit.com/r/Battletechgame/comments/8hnrjo/why_does_the_player_character_even_exist/ Basically, how the player character is a non-character.

Hey, one laser is one ton less ammo.

My lance was one scout mech with only small lasers and 3 missile boats with only LRMs... The Scout mech was down at this point, unfortunately.

I lost a mission because I had to destroy some buildings, one had 3 hit points left, and I was out of ammo. Can't melee attack buildings, apparently. :D

A base defend? I've never found them that hard, though the enemies will destroy some buildings unless I give them easier targets...

A bit late, but: - More armor. Get 75%+ in most cases. - For weapons, try to at least go for a similar suite. Variance in weapons is useless early on. - Useful weapons early on tend to be Medium Lasers, and any kind of missiles. If you must use a ballistic slot, try to go for AC/10 over AC/5, AC/2 never. - Best mechs early on are Firestarters (for melee), or almost any medium mech (except the Cicada). Helpful doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnaqQv8nnYpy9gtQm75-D6fmYfNJ5u3OALSIe8ckOuo/

Reddit AMA summary: https://www.reddit.com/r/Battletechgame/comments/8g7dxm/hbs_developer_update_ama_summarized/