illathid Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 (edited) I'm one of those who hated the Witcher games purely because I hated the character of Geralt! Agreed, If I wanted to indulge in Andrzej Sapkowski's masturbatory fantasies, I would read one of his hacky novels. huh? I think the Witcher games are terrible, and the books are even worse. Edited October 13, 2017 by illathid "Wizards do not need to be The Dudes Who Can AoE Nuke You and Gish and Take as Many Hits as a Fighter and Make all Skills Irrelevant Because Magic." -Josh Sawyer
Wormerine Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 (edited) I'm one of those who hated the Witcher games purely because I hated the character of Geralt! Agreed, If I wanted to indulge in Andrzej Sapkowski's masturbatory fantasies, I would read one of his hacky novels. huh? I think the Witcher games are terrible, and the books are even worse. Yeah, I got that impression. Just surprised by what seems to be a personal grudge against the author. Hey, he dislikes the game series as well. Edited October 13, 2017 by Wormerine
DigitalCrack Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 I'm one of those who hated the Witcher games purely because I hated the character of Geralt! Agreed, If I wanted to indulge in Andrzej Sapkowski's masturbatory fantasies, I would read one of his hacky novels. huh? I think the Witcher games are terrible, and the books are even worse. Never read the books and games 1 and 2 I wasn't a fan (only made it an hour in on each) but witcher 3 is undeniably a great game, deserved all the praise it got.
draego Posted October 14, 2017 Posted October 14, 2017 (edited) It's party time... Edited October 14, 2017 by draego
DexGames Posted October 14, 2017 Posted October 14, 2017 Full Playthrough completed... Backer Beta is approaching !
smjjames Posted October 14, 2017 Posted October 14, 2017 Is that like full playthrough completed without crashes? Bugs?.... Backer beta is going to have to be soon anyway if they want to make Josh's self imposed March 2018 deadline.
Messier-31 Posted October 14, 2017 Posted October 14, 2017 I'm one of those who hated the Witcher games purely because I hated the character of Geralt! Agreed, If I wanted to indulge in Andrzej Sapkowski's masturbatory fantasies, I would read one of his hacky novels. I take it you have read it. It would be a shame if one would lay a claim like this before reading. It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air...
HooAmEye Posted October 14, 2017 Posted October 14, 2017 I will admit that the english translations are somewhat shoddy, but the original polish is absolutely brilliant.
Boeroer Posted October 14, 2017 Posted October 14, 2017 They weren't so bad in German either. Deadfire Community Patch: Nexus Mods
MaxQuest Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 And they were really great in Russian. I think the Witcher games are terrible, and the books are even worse.To each it's own. People like different things and it's ok. Personally I enjoyed the games and the books as well. Played the first game, thrice. Read the books. Played the second one, thrice. Reread the books. Played the 3rd one, but.. only twice so far. PoE1 useful stuff: attack speed calculator, unofficial patch mod, attack speed mechanics, dot mechanics, modals exclusivity rules PoE2 useful stuff: community patch, attack speed mechanics, enemy AR and defenses
HooAmEye Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 Man, the books make Triss so freakin creepy 1
MortyTheGobbo Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) The character of Geralt and the world Sapkowski created appeal to me less nowadays. Much less than when I first read the books so many years ago. That said, Witcher 3 is a fantastically-made game. It won't appeal to everyone, obviously, but I think the level of polish, fine-tuning and skill that went into it should be acknowledged. ...well, except for the inventory and crafting, there's no ****ing excuse for that. Edited October 15, 2017 by MortyTheGobbo
Gliese581 Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Man, the books make Triss so freakin creepy Yeah it's kinda creepy being in love with someone that doesn't love you back.
MaxQuest Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 ...well, except for the inventory and crafting, there's no ****ing excuse for that.With patch 1.20 and "Auto Apply Oils" mod there is no stress now) PoE1 useful stuff: attack speed calculator, unofficial patch mod, attack speed mechanics, dot mechanics, modals exclusivity rules PoE2 useful stuff: community patch, attack speed mechanics, enemy AR and defenses
smjjames Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) He's answered a couple tumblr questions that show up on twitter, but those links are giving an error atm. Edit: The links on twitter are having issues, but the tumblr page is fine. Question on what prevents souls from becoming extinct (answer, they grow over time and fragment at the end of a lifetime) (not deadfire related, but interesting nontheless) Question on how map encounters work: Question melnorme asked about map encounters on land: Edited October 16, 2017 by smjjames
draego Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 https://jesawyer.tumblr.com/ If you directly to his tumblr you will find the new infromation 1
smjjames Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 I did go to tumblr (turned out to be a problem with the links on twitter), also updated my previous post.
Enoch Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) So, there's this Boho Evil Spock guy. It appears to be a reference to the SA-based "Zybourne Clock" meme. (New Vegas has a "Wild Wasteland" reference to it, too.) That said, a character with headshot art is still going to be organic to the setting in some way. So I'm guessing he's an Archmage. That magenta glow and funky pince-nez suggest magic, and they've said that their archmages are some of the wackier characters in the game, so if you're going to cram an internet-joke reference into your otherwise sooper-seerius RPG, that's a good place to do it. His necklace is made of orbs, so I'm saying that this guy is Tayn. Also, the line that is mostly cropped out of the pic appears to say "The Lincoln is too stronk. I am sad I cannot s[???]" Edited October 17, 2017 by Enoch 1
smjjames Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Who's Tayn? A Fallout NPC? Oh you mean Tayn's chaotic orb https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Tayn%27s_Chaotic_Orb That's the only spell with his name though, might not be an archmage. Also, the fancy pince-nez doesn't neccesarily suggest magic, Ydwin has them too and she isn't a mage, though he does have quite a bit of bling what with the gold glasses and the necklace there. Edited October 17, 2017 by smjjames
Enoch Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Who's Tayn? A Fallout NPC? Also, the fancy pince-nez doesn't neccesarily suggest magic, Ydwin has them too and she isn't a mage, though he does have quite a bit of bling what with the gold glasses and the necklace there. Tayn is the "eccentric Aedyran Wizard" who invented this spell. Concelhaut and Llengrath were in Pillars 1, and Ninagauth was referenced. We know that Deadfire has multiple Archmages, to include Arkemyr at the least. The other people who have Pillars 1 Wizard spells named after them are Minoletta, Kalakoth, Ryngrim, Maura, Caedebald, Citzal, and Tayn. Edited October 17, 2017 by Enoch
smjjames Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) I don't remember where Ninagauth was referenced, and actually, Arkmyr was mentioned in the context of a colleague (or fellow student most likely) of Aloths screwing up Arkmyr's capricious hex in some manner that was implied to be unpleasant. Edited October 17, 2017 by smjjames
Enoch Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 In the Russetwood, in WM1, you find an abandoned camp and an interactable soul that shows you Ninagauth killing his apprentice for stealing his Grimoire. You can then find the Grimoire (including the hilariously overpowered Ninagauth's Shadowflame) near Durgan's Battery. The Deadfire update video on Neketaka includes mention of Arkemyr's mansion.
smjjames Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Oh that guy was Ninagauth, and yeah, I know Arkemyr's mansion as well as the magic shop that he owns (though managed by one of his apprentices) is shown in the update vid showing Neketaka. I suspect that Tayn would be pretty good friends with Arkemyr. Edited October 17, 2017 by smjjames
Messier-31 Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 So, there's this Boho Evil Spock guy. It appears to be a reference to the SA-based "Zybourne Clock" meme. (New Vegas has a "Wild Wasteland" reference to it, too.) Leaving this link for more reference http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zybourne-clock It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air...
Enoch Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) So, there's this Boho Evil Spock guy. It appears to be a reference to the SA-based "Zybourne Clock" meme. (New Vegas has a "Wild Wasteland" reference to it, too.) That said, a character with headshot art is still going to be organic to the setting in some way. So I'm guessing he's an Archmage. That magenta glow and funky pince-nez suggest magic, and they've said that their archmages are some of the wackier characters in the game, so if you're going to cram an internet-joke reference into your otherwise sooper-seerius RPG, that's a good place to do it. His necklace is made of orbs, so I'm saying that this guy is Tayn. Also, the line that is mostly cropped out of the pic appears to say "The Lincoln is too stronk. I am sad I cannot s[???]" Well my little pet theory has been shot down. (Edit: Quote attribution bbcode doesn't seem to be working for me. Both of the below quotes were posted by Josh in the linked thread.) I can say that the character is not Tayn, as Tayn canonically looks like Paul Rudd. Also: Edited October 18, 2017 by Enoch
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