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He meant "so that the public doesn't learn the truth". I'd believe Judicial Watch over the Feds any day, the Feds have been caught lying again and again, speaking of mainstream sources the Washington Post discovered another White House cover up just today. But I'll concede the facts about ISIS are in dispute at this point. Hunter's source has already admitted that people who were apprehended only "might" have been ISIS. Nothing is in dispute. Hunter heard a rumor and decided to state it as fact; quite irresponsibly. The department of homeland security went ahead and let people know the rumor was BS; not that they should have even been needed to clarify since the idea that ISIS would sneak into the country through the Mexican border is stupid.

While I agree with the sentiment, I am enjoying the irony of this statement. Call it a slow wit, but the irony seems to escape me. Edgar Allan Poe :Cant's huge grin icon: He doesn't want gritty like strangekitty, but he thinks Poe is rather moody and dark himself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe (sorry, Grom, but wiki *does* have its uses.) Beg pardon for talking for you, frag. Edit: blame the ouzo x2 Oh. I get it now. I can't believe I missed that.

While I agree with the sentiment, I am enjoying the irony of this statement. Call it a slow wit, but the irony seems to escape me.

Not at all. It would be a case of incompetence; not murder. Failing to save some one is not murder.

Except it isn't true. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/08/politics/jeh-johnson-duncan-hunter-isis/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

Impressive.

As long as spells like stoneskin or ghost-armor aren't in the game. Those spells wreck balance.

Exactly. This is why only buffs like stoneskin bother me.

This isn't Diablo. Yes it is meant to be that way. Poe isn't meant to be a moody and dark experience.

So a pre-buff spell you can cast before entering combat that could last for an encounter would be okay? But not after you rest. Can't see Sawyer going for that. I know Sawyer wouldn't go for that, but I think it would be fine.

I didn't mention 24hr pre-buffs. PrimeJunta has a problem with long duration buffs. Also, define short and long. PrimeJunta and yourself are okay with short pre-buffs. How short? And when does it become long? What if it's 1 second after you define what is short? Does it then become long? I'm not being sarcastic because battles can be all of 10-15 seconds in some cases. So that extra 1 second could make a difference. That's why I'm finding it funny because you can change a spell's duration in PoE from short to long. I'd like to know what the time frame for a short buff is. Hard to say exactly. For me it's a problem if the buff can last long enough that you can rest and it'll still be active. As long as the duration isn't that extreme I don't consider it a problem.

I've never once talked about 24hr pre-buffs. Not sure why you think I am. Because you mentioned long duration pre-buffs.

In poe you cant make any buff go on for 24hrs like stoneskin does in the IE games. So the threat of abuse isn't really there.

That's actually pretty funny.

Wow.

Well you should be concerned because he pushes the boundaries of what NATO is suppose to protect and Russia is a much more dangerous military threat than any Islamic extremist group Russia's not going to attack NATO. They're jerks; not crazy. I'm not worried about jerks; I'm worried about lunatics.

Putin is hardly anything to be concerned about. Most of the issues the west has with Russia comes from us not minding our own business. In a world where Islamist ideology is a thing; I'm hardly concerned with a secular leader like Putin.

I have an idea on this. Maybe there could be monster hunting npc's who (for a price) will tell you about a given monster. Not only would you have to find a guy for each monster, but you'd need to pay him/her money to teach you about them.

True, except for one problem. This isn't a story focused game. It's a combat/exploration focused game. The story is the cherry on a sundae; it's sweet, but it's hardly the focus. It would be cool if every encounter were special, but there's a problem. Either the encounters would need to be much more rare, or Obsidian would need a lot more funding & time to develop the game.

One reason is if you have someone who wants both combat xp and quest xp like the IE games, they'll vote for both. if you have someone who votes for quest xp and not combat xp, they'll vote for quest xp. So quest xp will always get a vote in those circumstances and be higher. It's no surprise quest xp has a lot of votes because it's catering to the combat xp people too. I'm not comparing it to quest-xp. I expected quest-xp to be high. I just didn't expect combat to be so low. Everything except lock-picking is beating it. I guess combat-xp is really unpopular on the forum.

Nice post, I am the same about the issues I am concerned about in RL and these forums But in RL I am more concerned with what I say, or rather in what environment I say it. For example I don't tell a customer who is being inadvertently racist that it is wrong because its not my place to lecture them on something they should be aware of and also there is work etiquette that I need to adhere to. But if I meet someone in a bar or club and we discuss SJ issues I am always honest, but polite, around what I believe. I've never actually been to a bar or club myself. In RL I too tend to be very polite, and I always talk in a very formal manner. Not that I talk to people often.

Combat xp is surprisingly low. Right now it's barely beating lock-picking/ trap-disabling.

All my life I've been very stoic. Usually to a point that it bothers people. Yet, on these forums I tend to be much more emotional. Am I the only person who kinda has a different attitude while on the internet?

Exactly. Bad Good.

Good health is a good policy. I do exercises every time I wake up.