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

[Hobo Elf]

World of Warcrap.

toon is much older than WoW. I heard it first in EQ.

 

[hoverdog]

well, still we can safely say it comes from MMOs.

 

[JudasIscariot]

Where this "toon" comes from anyway? I've always called it PC or player character.

true bros call it avatar man

especially seeing as this game is ie related

I always associate Avatar with Ultima-games so can't use that

I always used "my guy" as in "Damn it, my guy just died..."

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

No idea how it will work just yet, since there are different tiers. The Obsidian Order thing is wholly community-driven, and it just replaces the default post-count labels, so it won't really overlap.

I haven't donated to it but can you change my title to "Chest Pooper of the Obsidian Order" just for the sake of trollolz?

Hey Roguey, your obsession with dev-stalking is...errr...getting a little crazy, no?

 

[Grimlorn]

Have to try some of those on the romance thread.

No idea how it will work just yet, since there are different tiers. The Obsidian Order thing is wholly community-driven, and it just replaces the default post-count labels, so it won't really overlap.

I haven't donated to it but can you change my title to "Chest Pooper of the Obsidian Order" just for the sake of trollolz?

That would be funny. Wonder how much butthurt that would create with you getting a tag without donating the $8.

 

[Infinitron]

SLAVERY poll: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60600-slavery/

Let's bring it

 

[Roguey]

A Blobert-wannabe asks the tough questions
http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/374252814160910832

DOESN'T HAVING SEPARATE SYSTEMS FOR COMBAT AND NON-COMBAT SKILLS KIND OF DETRACT FROM THE SPECIALIZATION AND THEREFORE UNIQUENESS OF CHARACTERS BY ALLOWING FOR BROADER COMPETENCY?

Yes. I consider that an acceptable trade-off to prevent dead-ending certain players/parties in circumstances where their particular brand of non-combat specialist isn't accounted for. You're also configuring a party of characters, not a single character, so the number of combinations is much larger even with combat and non-combat skills being segregated.

Nice to see that companions are in fact fully customizable.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

That would be funny. Wonder how much butthurt that would create with you getting a tag without donating the $8.

Heh, yeah. That and the obvious mockery would surely drizzle some nice quality butthurt over my toast.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Maybe some day Sawyer will notice all this attention you're giving him and make sweet love to you. Maybe.

You're also configuring a party of characters, not a single character, so the number of combinations is much larger even with combat and non-combat skills being segregated.

Which kinda negates his first point of OMG WE DONT WATNT TO DEAD END. If you have a whole party and you're making all of them identical then it's your own fucking fault and you deserve to be dead-ended.

 

[Infinitron]

FeelTheRads I think Sawyer's point when he says that, is that you'll have diversity via more party members, basically. It has nothing to do with dead-ending.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Exactly. You have diversity with party members so there's no real reason to be able to have everything with just one character.

 

[Gozma]

Damn I said the same thing about dividing up core-gameplay (i.e. squad tactics game) vs. character-defining stats but now that Sawyer said it I feel wrong about it somehow

 

[Infinitron]

Exactly. You have diversity with party members so there's no real reason to be able to have everything with just one character.

Yes but that's not what Josh is addressing! BLOBERT said:

DOESN'T HAVING SEPARATE SYSTEMS FOR COMBAT AND NON-COMBAT SKILLS KIND OF DETRACT FROM THE SPECIALIZATION AND THEREFORE UNIQUENESS OF CHARACTERS BY ALLOWING FOR BROADER COMPETENCY?

He's complaining about uniqueness and specialization, not the fact that the game is too easy. Josh's reply is that you can attain uniqueness and specialization via a diverse party.

 

[Roguey]

Maybe some day Sawyer will notice all this attention you're giving him and make sweet love to you. Maybe.

This is funny because before you were always-upset with me you had prior fixations with two teenage boys (Wyrmlord and Jimbob). I guess I'm a step up?

 

[Tigranes]

I only support butthurt that is induced with respect to an endpoint of hilarity. Butthurt purely for its own sake can only lead to decline and unintelligence.

 

[FeelTheRads]

This is funny because before you were always-upset with me you had prior fixations with two teenage boys (Wyrmlord and Jimbob). I guess I'm a step up?

Don't deflect, now, I'm sure he appreciates that every other post from you is blowjobbing him.

Josh's reply is that you can attain uniqueness and specialization via a diverse party.

I understand what he's addressing. My point is that he motivated their choice by not wanting to dead-end players. And then in the next sentence he contradicted himself by basically saying there's no dead-ending since you'll have a party with a full range of skills.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

I only support butthurt that is induced with respect to an endpoint of hilarity.

Pray tell me, good sir, how hilarity would not ensue?

 

[Tigranes]

Well, it sounds like the only funny part is that you get to be an arsehole and people are upset with it.

How boring.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

How boring.

You're just chicken.

 

[tuluse]

Maybe some day Sawyer will notice all this attention you're giving him and make sweet love to you. Maybe.

You're also configuring a party of characters, not a single character, so the number of combinations is much larger even with combat and non-combat skills being segregated.

Which kinda negates his first point of OMG WE DONT WATNT TO DEAD END. If you have a whole party and you're making all of them identical then it's your own fucking fault and you deserve to be dead-ended.

You can solo the game though, so they have to make it possible to advance from any point with a single character.

 

[Roguey]

Oh I saw this thing while wading through garbage
http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60585-tropes-vs-women/page__st__60#entry1204764

Roguey, is that you?

No, but I went through his post history and that guy's awesome. He's making my list of "tentatively cool guys."

 

[evdk]

Oh I saw this thing while wading through garbage
http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60585-tropes-vs-women/page__st__60#entry1204764

Roguey, is that you?

No, but I went through his post history and that guy's awesome. He's making my list of "tentatively cool guys."

I personally think he's trolling everyone like a boss. In any case that thread is highly entertaining.

 

[Roguey]

I personally think he's trolling everyone like a boss. In any case that thread is highly entertaining.

I dunno, it looks like he's had these same opinions for years. Though it is pretty great to see another person who drinketh from the cup of Lesifoere. Right down to the "Are you white?" accusations that backfire on inauthentic Asian-Scots.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

No, but I went through his post history

o_O

 

[Mangoose]

What's wrong with a toggled, linen-like map or digital overview like Baldur's Gate instead of the acardey mini-map that will stay an eye-soar in top right of the screen, with a bunch of shitty icons and shit?

Toggle maps are less convenient than regular mini-maps.

Maps shouldn't be 100% convenient.