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While I understand the intention of trying not to introduce systems that actively encourage abuse, to be honest I don't think Objective XP naturally creates the least amount of degenerate game play. As Stun, Helm and others have pointed out, poorly executed Objective XP will unnaturally encourage players away from combat in the same way that poorly executed Kill Xp encourages sociopathy. The obvious hope is that whatever way XP is implemented that the game is still fun and rewarding, which seems a bit of a toss up still.

Pretty sure they said that there would be appearance related issues for godlikes in the game.

I thought at one point these kind of perks were on the table (but I may be misremembering). To me for an XP system to work, people should be rewarded for their play style, so in essence someone whose good at killing things should become better at killing things (whether it be XP, loot, perks, a combination of them)

Stupid question - do you have to manually level the adventurer (ie buying a level 4 adventurer gives you a level 1 adventurer who can be leveled to level 4, or do they start with no experience?)

Wouldn't the dropped loot from the bodies be the reward? No, because Obsidian doesn't want to deprive the pacifists of good loot. Some of it is helpful (for crafting), but it is more the exception than the rule. That need not be mutually exclusive concept, IMO.

Wouldn't the dropped loot from the bodies be the reward? Unfortunately not - it's not even close, I'm afraid. See the appropriate thread where the discussion is alive and kicking right now. I've been a part of that discussion; I do not think Prince87x has AND since the Beta is now live I was hoping testers could comment on the game directly with regards to whether the loot seems adequate. I've said repeatedly that - at least for me - whether QuestXP works in lieu of kill XP is going to depend on whether the combat is fun and whether loot drops make the player feel rewarded such that they don't miss the KillXP.

In a perfect world, I'd have a Cord 812 (although preferably without the vapor lock problem)

Wouldn't the dropped loot from the bodies be the reward?

Oh yeah? Well Obsidian turned me into a newt!* *I got better...

Right now, officially, the only things considered canon in Star Wars are the films and the upcoming products, IIRC.

IIRC some admin types don't have the edit function show up, but yeah I think both were because of that. But I could be wrong, we're talking stuff a decade or more ago.

Camp Pendleton, I'd assume - http://www.pendleton.marines.mil/

I'm more joking than anything at this point. That said it once WAS a problem (but then I think at that point that software didn't indicated if anything had ever been edited.)

I could be wrong of course, those are my memories of dimly lit things from 2004 (at the latest, I think thats when the Obs forum started). That said, I think you radically underestimate the abilities of some of our illustrious membership (myself included) in firing off angry responses.

I seem to recall back in the BIS days that there were people who'd post one thing, trollingly, get an angry response and then edit their post in the appropriate edit window so it looked like the guy replying had just went off on them. As I recall (again) it was this that caused them to make it so regular users could not edit without getting an "edited" test and that it was a policy carried over to Obsidian's boards.

So, don't leave us hanging... ...did you get to the peak by 11 o'clock?

Infinity Stones and stuff from Thanos is what I chalk it up to. Well the net holds the Dark Astor until Ronan uses his Universal Weapon to break it. The big gaffe on the Xandarian side was not really having a counterplan against the smaller ships since their smaller ships were caught up using the net.

Playing Sacred 2 and Sacred 3 still. Sacred 3 really reaches for humor a lot. They don't seem to take a lot seriously, particularly the "Weapon Spirits" which are all pretty OTT (but the voice-over commentary from the base also gets a bit out there - and a lot of the villains are comedy villains).

I like both kinds of portraits. The BG style was very much like some of the paintings that you'd see in fantasy RPGs or on fantasy or sci-fi covers of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Something like a Bob Larkin or the Hildebrant Brothers or Keith Parkinson or Richard Corben might have done. The IWD portraits struck me as very impressionistic, like a Degas, Gustave Caillebotte (or if you will, like Frank Frazetta or Justin Sweet. IIRC, Justin actually did some of the portraits used for IWD2 that originated with a cancelled BIS game). The PoE portraits strike me as a mix of influences, some more impressionistic, some more realistic. I like all of them, but I've tended to use custom portraits for my PC (one of my favorites is from John William Waterhouse).

In the second Twitch Gamescom video, BB Wizard killed Korgrak (12:33); it seems Sassy had a hit queued in the same round that hit Korgrak after the initial death leading to Sassy getting a hit (for 0 damage- he's dead) and as he is dead a second death report (12:35). Not sure if that's what's intended, or not.

If you seriously don't know anything about sexism and homophobia in video games, then boy, are you in for a treat. I only know what I read here. Wait that didn't sound right... Let me put it this way, I'm surprised that in a game where you can be multiple races and either gender of each race, I'm surprised anyone is paying attention. I thought it was stupid for ME series where everyone was like "Why are you always showing Male Sheppard" (when it was stated he was the default character), but never would have thought this was something that'd trigger knee-jerks for DAI. Guess there's still some moldering ember of my faith of humanity that hasn't been dampened by the internet yet after all.

Deployed by drone. That would be AWESOME. Im a little bummed that I didn't think of it. Although, they do have a LRAD Sound Cannon which is pretty badass. What, they couldn't take it that one step farther and create Saints Row 4's Dubstep gun?

^I guess Bioware is no longer his favorite company on the station...

They said in one of the videos the whole pet system came back because there was a backer reward for an exclusive pet that then led to them realizing they needed other pets. They probably wanted something that wouldn't be confused with familiars or animal companions but still allowed the exclusive pet. His legendary failure at Gamescon must be immortalized somehow. If not as a pet, anybody still have a gravestone or such that they don't know what to do with? Here Lies Adam, Killed By Beetles. "Adam did not Get Back from the Beetles" "Adam Imagined, Beetles came" There was ease in Adam's manner as he stepped out to travel from this place; There was pride in Adam's bearing and a smile on Adam's face. And when, responding to the crowds come to see him over that last hill crest, he saluted such that no stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Adam at his best. Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The bards are playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy for Adam - mighty beetles had taken him out. (Apologies to Earnest Thayer) xD "Sassy was a woman, fought against some beetles But she knew it wouldn't last. Sassy left her home in Darcozzi, Grand Valia It was over pretty fast. Get back, get back Get back you're gonna get pwned" Godlike Sassy died in the meadow and was buried along with her name Nobody came Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved All the killer beetles Where do they all come from? All the killer beetles Where do they all belong?

Well, I'm not entirely convinced it couldn't be the best way (neither convinced it is); its hard to say without seeing it work. I'm keeping an open mind, I guess, and hopefully for the best.