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It seems your missing my point. Alignment IS a part of their personality, and that isn't expressed solely on the record sheet as it affects what they do in-game. Thus there is more to their personality than just a few lines and their record sheet. There is a deviation based on personality for Imoen, but she might be the exception you mentioned earlier.
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which old games do the poe companions compare unfavorably to? surely not bg? bg companions, with one notable exception, were a catchphrase (or two) and their character record sheet. That's not true. They show their personality in other ways. For example, all the characters will leave your party depending on your reputation. Good characters leave when you're too evil, and evil characters leave when you're too good. Some also fight each other (such as Minsc vs. Edwin) as a way of displaying their personalities. reputation is a complete mechanical feature. does not bolster a "well-written" argument. furthermore, it weren't 'bout personality at all nor were it logical or reasonable. Gromnir, because his BG rep were invariably too high, would eventual need to attack an innocent bystander at some point to keeps evil or neutral members in our party. find a house with a single occupant... insular and discreet. then our paladin could murdalize the solitary occupant to keep edwin in party? conversely, we could always spend gold at the local temple to get rep up enough to keep neutral or goods from leaving. had nothing to do with personality. furthermore, why would an evil, selfish, backstabbing companion want evil, selfish, backstabbing companions? without a personal explanation, it makes no sense. recall what happened to viconia after bg and before bg2? is many bad people out there in the fantasy world, and evil people is likely to be knowing just how depraved and unreliable is evil 'cause they is evil themselves. so 'less we get an explanation, it would be making more sense for both good and evil folks to prefer the company o' good companions. yeah, maybe the evil folks consider their goodly party mates to be suckers, but evil is gonna know that goodly companions is less likely to do terrible things to them while they sleep. we never got explanations. Mechanical sure, but I don't how that still shows a part of their personality. The mechanic has many flaws no doubt (which you have rightly pointed out), but that's not the issue at hand. If you only knew that Adjantis leaves your party if you're too evil you would know at least that their is a limit to how much evil he will tolerate. That's a small bit of insight into who he is; not much, but a little. Whether some one is good or evil, or like to be in a good or evil party is an aspect of their personality. Compare that to the companions you can generate. They don't mind no matter how righteous or evil you are. This isn't the entirety of my point though; just one part of it. My point stands that the personalities of companions in BG go beyond just a few lines and their record sheet. It's not writing and I don't know what it would or would not be superior to as I wasn't comparing it to anything.
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Hopefully one day you'll get over it.
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which old games do the poe companions compare unfavorably to? surely not bg? bg companions, with one notable exception, were a catchphrase (or two) and their character record sheet. That's not true. They show their personality in other ways. For example, all the characters will leave your party depending on your reputation. Good characters leave when you're too evil, and evil characters leave when you're too good. Some also fight each other (such as Minsc vs. Edwin) as a way of displaying their personalities. Aside from Edwin's necklace and Viconias's magic resistance, which BG1 and BG2 companions had (useful) special abilities that the player could never have? Branwen has a special ability to summon spiritual hammers. Minsc was a Ranger that had a berzerk ability. Xan didn't have a special ability, but he did have exclusive access to a magic +3 sword that gave him fire resistance and +1 AC.
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Yeah, Prager's a real dunce. Once, I made the mistake of listening to his views on gay marriage. In that discussion he shot down Joe Biden's obvious appeal to emotion (which is not meant to convince smart people) in an interview about the issue and acted like it was some kind of intellectual victory. Even more absurd were the comments in the video who were so confident that Prager had just proved the "left" was wrong about gay marriage.
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Pillars of Eternity-Kent State University survey
Namutree replied to Lazrielz's topic in Way Off-Topic
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Where were the cats? WHERE WERE THE CATS!!!??? This thread isn't about stupid friggin' goats! I'm mad!
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What if he was joking? Should we put people with bad sense of humor into jail? I think Adam Sandler should go to jail. Good idea.
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1: He has an opinion, they have an opinion. Neither side KNOWS what's best for security. The NSA does not have an amazing record and neither does the CIA for that matter. 2: I can assure that even if the NSA knew that the patriot act was bad for security; they would still want it extended. People like to feel important and most in government (at least 90%) will support any policy (even policies they KNOW are bad) which gives them and their friends more power. 3: There are more issues than security involved in this situation. The patriot act infringes on privacy and violates some of the principles that are the very foundation of the US. Screw the patriot act, and screw the traitors that signed it into law (and voted for it).
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The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread..
Namutree replied to Raithe's topic in Way Off-Topic
I just found a cute little fuzzy monkey toy in my house next to my chair which I have never seen before and never purchased. WTF? My cat seems to love it so, whatever. I guess I'll keep it.- 488 replies
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I'm pretty sure she'd be fine if the enemies used insults at the woman as long as those insults weren't gendered insults. That is still pretty dumb, but it's not as bad as saying that the female character shouldn't be insulted at all. Many of the combat taunts used against Geralt are gender specific, such as son of a whore, son of a female dog, fatherless child, i'll cut your genitalia off, genitalia-less freak and so on, so I would say that that would be even more hypocritical and idiotic, and reinforce my point even further. Then you should be glad I mentioned this which makes your point even better.
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I'm pretty sure she'd be fine if the enemies used insults at the woman as long as those insults weren't gendered insults. That is still pretty dumb, but it's not as bad as saying that the female character shouldn't be insulted at all. I have no idea why so many people care about Anita either. I personally don't care much which why I don't ever bring her up (though I do respond to some people's comments about her when I'm bored).
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More proof there is no God.
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The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread..
Namutree replied to Raithe's topic in Way Off-Topic
My good friend and longtime SMASH BROS rival Coco recently got second place in a tournament in Chicago in singles and won doubles: This shows his (sadly) lost grand final match. Still, he did his best. https://youtu.be/LKd9PDEdqpM Zero is such a friggin' monster.- 488 replies
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He plays them to expose their toxic masculinity and the inherent misogyny of fun so that they can be changed from entertainment into slightly interactive political propaganda.
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And this is why I'm not with GamerGate anymore: http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/37moxz/people_josh_sawyer_of_obsidian_defends_fallout/crnzbaq Check the comment thread that's minimized for too many downvotes by Sylphied. Why the hell is he downvoted for stating the facts while the idiot doing mental gymnastics to try and guilt Obsidian is upvoted to oblivion? We are all a part of this community. We know in what ways to be disappointed in Obsidian and in what ways they don't deserve blame. We saw it happen and develop as it happened. Seeing **** twisted like that just to continue being angry feels way too similar to the SJWs themselves. 20 people is not representative of the entire movement, but I still find it cause for concern that their narrative is a popular one that isn't being slapped with a truth stick. That whole incident was so stupid.
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The Custom Portraits Thread
Namutree replied to Namutree's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
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The Custom Portraits Thread
Namutree replied to Namutree's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
This picture is super epic! I just wish it were a bit more zoomed in. She seems too small in it. Like if it were 20% more zoomed in it would be perfect! -
Everything's Great - An anti-whinge Part 1
Namutree replied to Hiro Protagonist's topic in Way Off-Topic
Those similarities are so broad and vague and with its connection to the H.C. Anderson story being what it is, that one is getting laughed out of court. If anything, Disney used to be a lot worse. https://youtu.be/0c_7MUGy4C0 How does this even remotely resemble The Lion King? Also, the guy yelling, "KIMBAAAAA!" is great. -
It's not censorship when they do it to themselves. If a dev goes, "I don't wanna make a brothel ." It's not case of censorship. If some one forced Bioware to not have a brothel; that'd be a different story. Not including features you like, even if they were inspired by feminism (which as far as I know might not even be the case) is not censorship. Boob plate is annoying and stupid. Good riddance.