Warden
Arbiter
notnats said:
Obsidian should pay MUCH more attention to balancing stuff, because things like this are ridiculous.
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Storm of Zehir first impressions
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Obsidian should pay MUCH more attention to balancing stuff, because things like this are ridiculous.
Yeah, another thing is that they promised that gear will be hard to come by. Well, I currently have like 80k gold, and already ran out of stuff to buy, while I'm not even that far in the game I believe.
Another issue I have with it is the supposedly limited resting, which is supposed to be 'rare' because you have to pay for safe rest in taverns, and resting on the overland map is dangerous, but then again, I have shitloads of cash, rooms cost only 50 gold, and cities are relatively near all the time so it just takes a short walk to a nearby city to pay a random orc's worth of gold to eliminate the 'limited' resting.
Another issue I have with it is the supposedly limited resting, which is supposed to be 'rare' because you have to pay for safe rest in taverns, and resting on the overland map is dangerous, but then again, I have shitloads of cash, rooms cost only 50 gold, and cities are relatively near all the time so it just takes a short walk to a nearby city to pay a random orc's worth of gold to eliminate the 'limited' resting.
I still have not quite figured out Volly's tirade of angst for SoZ. Perhaps is is the lack of medication or the phase of the moon?
Here is an chart of ph@t loot with volly's best game EVAR NWN1 OC vs SoZ:
NWN1 OC
8===============================================D
SoZ
8==D
One just has to ignore volly when he is off his meds.
Here is an chart of ph@t loot with volly's best game EVAR NWN1 OC vs SoZ:
NWN1 OC
8===============================================D
SoZ
8==D
One just has to ignore volly when he is off his meds.
Erebus
Arcane
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After finishing SoZ, I felt drawn to playing MotB once again (I was feeling story-deprived)... but where has the voice acting gone ? The sound is working fine but I don't hear anything when the characters are speaking !
I've heard that SoZ causes some bugs with MotB. Is this one of them and, if so, how can I correct it ?
I've heard that SoZ causes some bugs with MotB. Is this one of them and, if so, how can I correct it ?
serch
Magister
Yes, it's a bug. You have to download the hotfix, just use the patcher for a 333 Mb download. There could be a workaround like copying the fucked up files from the MotB DVD, if you have a slow conection you should check nwn2 forum.
Anthony Davis
Blizzard Entertainment
Erebus said:
It was a bug with the installer. We have a hotfix coming to address this issue soon.
Silellak
Cipher
Finally got it. Played it for awhile last night.
As someone else said awhile back, it is basically Pirates! meets D&D. I didn't expect interesting characters or a good plot. I expected...Pirates! to meet D&D.
And in that regard, I haven't been disappointed so far. Maybe it's the fact the short dungeons are actually a relief after all the dungeon crawling FO3 required.
It's actually not very IWD-ish at all, other than being shallow plot/character-wise. I wasn't a giant of the IWD games, but then again I might've been if they'd had SoZ's awesome overland map.
I do wish the combat was turn-based, as it gets annoying to keep manually pausing, but I'll deal. I haven't had much trouble with the camera; there are enough options to set it to my liking.
As someone else said awhile back, it is basically Pirates! meets D&D. I didn't expect interesting characters or a good plot. I expected...Pirates! to meet D&D.
And in that regard, I haven't been disappointed so far. Maybe it's the fact the short dungeons are actually a relief after all the dungeon crawling FO3 required.
It's actually not very IWD-ish at all, other than being shallow plot/character-wise. I wasn't a giant of the IWD games, but then again I might've been if they'd had SoZ's awesome overland map.
I do wish the combat was turn-based, as it gets annoying to keep manually pausing, but I'll deal. I haven't had much trouble with the camera; there are enough options to set it to my liking.
Shagnak
Shagadelic
Oh for fuck's sake:
Being at the arse end of the world suxors.
Being at the arse end of the world suxors.
Shagnak said:
Be thankful you don't get it in jan/feb like the other arse of the world.
Crichton
Prophet
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I got this last week but just installed last night and played a little. As an NWN2 modder, I was really excited about the new features (party creation, overland map, new crafting system), but my expectations for the campaign were a little more limited.
So far, it's been much more challenging than NWN2 or MotB (not that that's difficult). My party, Clangeddin's Axes, consists of
Bob Sanders, Gold Dwarf Paladin (conc/dip)
Maurice Jones-Drew, Gold Dwarf Cleric (conc/alchemy/heal)
Steve Smith, Gold Dwarf Favored Soul (conc/craft weapon/craft armor)
Brian Westbrook, Shield Dwarf Monk (spot/listen/hide/move silently/tumble)
They've done a little bit of this and that, just got their license to trade, upgraded their equipment a little, got up to level 6. I lost about an hour of play time (mostly exploring) when some wyverns crunched me.
The favored soul picked up the leadership feat, but so far we haven't found any dwarves to travel with and we're not interested in humans.
There's plenty of area to explore, but I don't really have a mission at the moment, I've just been told to beat up random encounters and trade.
So far, it's been much more challenging than NWN2 or MotB (not that that's difficult). My party, Clangeddin's Axes, consists of
Bob Sanders, Gold Dwarf Paladin (conc/dip)
Maurice Jones-Drew, Gold Dwarf Cleric (conc/alchemy/heal)
Steve Smith, Gold Dwarf Favored Soul (conc/craft weapon/craft armor)
Brian Westbrook, Shield Dwarf Monk (spot/listen/hide/move silently/tumble)
They've done a little bit of this and that, just got their license to trade, upgraded their equipment a little, got up to level 6. I lost about an hour of play time (mostly exploring) when some wyverns crunched me.
The favored soul picked up the leadership feat, but so far we haven't found any dwarves to travel with and we're not interested in humans.
There's plenty of area to explore, but I don't really have a mission at the moment, I've just been told to beat up random encounters and trade.
Anthony Davis
Blizzard Entertainment
Starwars said:
It is.
Saxon1974
Prophet
Have a question about a quest....Spoiler though so if you havent done the Cold Mine quest (name?) on the sword coast dont read below.
ON the Sword Coast, There is a mine with 2 guys running it that are Ogre mages that have cast illusion spells to make themselves look human.
Question; is there a way to discover their identity outside of dialog by exploring the mine?
If you accuse them of lying about their operation they tell you to look around and see if you can find anything suspcicious. I did and couldn't find anything except one wall appeared to be a secret door but I couldnt do anything with it.
ON the Sword Coast, There is a mine with 2 guys running it that are Ogre mages that have cast illusion spells to make themselves look human.
Question; is there a way to discover their identity outside of dialog by exploring the mine?
If you accuse them of lying about their operation they tell you to look around and see if you can find anything suspcicious. I did and couldn't find anything except one wall appeared to be a secret door but I couldnt do anything with it.
Saxon1974
Prophet
Additional question...
When I equip armor, even light armor like a chain shirt, the game says "Your ranger abilities have been disabled due to your armor" or something like that.
What skills does that affect? I have light and medium armor feats so why do I have that restriction? I would like to wear medium armor, but dont want to restrict my ranger skills...
When I equip armor, even light armor like a chain shirt, the game says "Your ranger abilities have been disabled due to your armor" or something like that.
What skills does that affect? I have light and medium armor feats so why do I have that restriction? I would like to wear medium armor, but dont want to restrict my ranger skills...
Crichton
Prophet
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I haven't made it to that quest yet, the ranger light armor message is a bug; the message occurs frequently when the armor in question is actually light, but the game doesn't realise it.
All armor, light, heavy or medium applies a penalty to skills like Hide, Move Silently and Tumble. The extent of the penalty depends on the armor, light armor has a very small penalty, heavy armor a very large one.
What the message is trying to tell you is that you won't be able to use your ranger two-weapon fighting or archery feats in medium or heavy armor, but if you're sure that the armor you're equipping is light, then the message is in error.
All armor, light, heavy or medium applies a penalty to skills like Hide, Move Silently and Tumble. The extent of the penalty depends on the armor, light armor has a very small penalty, heavy armor a very large one.
What the message is trying to tell you is that you won't be able to use your ranger two-weapon fighting or archery feats in medium or heavy armor, but if you're sure that the armor you're equipping is light, then the message is in error.
Saxon1974
Prophet
Crichton said:
Thanks Crichton. Dang, I want to use medium armor but don't wanna lose my two weapon fighting style.
Anthony Davis
Blizzard Entertainment
Saxon1974 said:
It is a feedback message bug, it does not actually turn off your abilities.
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