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Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity [BETA RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

Discussion in 'Obsidian Entertainment' started by Anthony Davis, Sep 10, 2012.

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  1. Jarpie Arcane Patron

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  2. wormix Augur

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    What's the opposite of the proverb "brevity is the soul of wit"?
     
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  3. Harold Arcane

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    "tl;dr is the soul of shit"
     
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    Yep. I really like Josh, but what frustrates me is that so many of the ideas he discusses to "improve" RPG mechanics are in line with this. I ended up finding a lot of stuff he did in New Vegas (particularly with his mod) decent enough, but then you have things like making energy weapons common and viable for the whole game, which for me just made the weapon skills less interesting, and less fitting for the setting--starting out with a laser pistol is just not sensible. Sometimes not knowing things--creating "inefficient" builds--is part of the fun of playing a game. He only sees it as punishment, though, not as an opportunity for discovery.
     
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  5. villain of the story Arcane

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    Official interview says not only do they plan on implementing level scaling but also that level scaling is necessary to keep the game non-linear and challenging.

    Individual answer not as a part of an official position: wasn't planning on using it.

    Yeah, I think I'll believe the latter since I totally got my priorities right.

    Don't be an idiot.
     
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  6. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    Grab the Codex by the pussy Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pathfinder: Kingmaker
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    Individual answer of the lead fucking designer versus interview with a clueless suit.

    But okay, suit yourself.
     
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  7. Volrath Arcane Patron

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    It's vots bro, there's always a fine line with him between being a retard and trolling.
     
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  8. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/377894227364830852

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    People are afraid that your game will be pushing an agenda. Don't you think it is better to leave that stuff grey and let the player decide?
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    JESawyer 20m
    People seem to be afraid of a lot of things that don't appear to have any rational foundation in the things I've previously done or said.
     
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  10. J_C One Bit Studio Patron Developer

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  11. Lockkaliber Magister Patron

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    I think Josh Sawyer might be autistic and his special interest is balance in video game mechanics. His laconic style of writing is indisputable proof that I am right in this.
     
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    ... god has abandoned this world.
     
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    Merin being a dumbfuck, news at 11.
     
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  14. Jaesun Fabulous Moderator

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    Yeah. Dumbfucks gonna dumbfuck.
     
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    What a surprise, he's a larper.
     
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    It's Feargus vs. Sawyer. I would definltely agree that Feargus is a clueless suit but then again, he's the CEO, no?

    At any rate, it will be entertaining when I'll be proven right, again, and you will eat your words: smug:
     
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    Business lesson 101: It is not a CEO's duty to decide about individual game elements. That's what designers are for.
     
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  18. suejak Arbiter Patron Village Idiot

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    If you actually read them, you see that they agree. It might be "necessary" to maintain the difficulty-level of the main quest, so a bit of level scaling might be used, says Sawyer on his Formspring. But it wouldn't be necessary to use scaling anywhere else. Le fin.

    Anyway, what is it about LARPers you guys dislke? Do you dislike roleplaying?

    Is the cool attitude to have on the forum these days that CRPGs are fun because they have levels and experience points, but any sort of actual RP mentality is dorkly and uncool?
     
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    :lol: I bet he loved going through games with his mundane long sword and buckler.
     
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    Larpers in this case are for example Bethtards who steals guard uniform in Skyrim, "patrols" the walls and "roleplays" that he's one of the guards.
     
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    :3/5:
     
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  23. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/61000-critical-hits-misses-and-additional-effects/
    Er... was that sarcasm too?
     
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