Tyranny Pre-Release Thread

[GrainWetski]

I think they meant "problematic"

 

[J_C]

Oh for Christ's sake, Chris.

How does it feel that your RPG god is just like any other gamer? (In my eyes he is even more of a bro for this.)

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

I wonder if Avellone had figurines of Cloud, Aeris, and Sephiroth on his desk while writing Planescape: Torment.

 

[Leechmonger]

How does it feel that your RPG god is just like any other gamer? (In my eyes he is even more of a bro for this.)

Further proving that "gamer" is synonymous for "hyperconsumer".

 

[Latro]

Why does Chris Avellone have a Cammy from Street Fighter figurine?

that character is just there to masturbate to...

 

[Fry]

Pretty sure you answered your own question.

 

[J_C]

Exactly.

 

[Shadenuat]

Teen Titans are great, I want that Raven figurine too

 

[Shadenuat]

Her Terratus’ Call and Mother’s Embrace abilities can shut down problem units

I think they meant "problematic"

And this I don't want

Katara, you're old.

Spoiler

 

[vortex]

This character resembles to Katee Sackhoff from Battlestar Galactica

Spoiler

 

[Bubbles]

Could be the child of Katee Sackhoff and Boris Johnson.

 

[LESS T_T]

"Progression and Skills" devstream today, just live:

 

[Bubbles]

61 viewers, barely gotta be worth it for them

 

[Fry]

The image on the developer cam is reversed.

 

[Bubbles]

Ah, xp gain in combat is equal to the damage you deal or take, or to the healing you do. So taking 14 damage will get you 14 xp in a defensive skill, and healing somebody for 60 health will get you 60 xp in the healing skill.

At first blush, that sounds extremely easy to abuse.

Oh, and you still get xp for failing an attack, but the amount is reduced.

If you eliminate an enemy without fighting them (like through dialogue) you will receive the enemy's xp as "banish xp". This banish xp will be assigned to all of your skills proportionately; your highest skills will receive more xp than your lower ones. The same is true of quest xp.

Each level gets you one attribute point and one talent point. The attributes cost 1 point to increase until they hit 19, then they cost 2 points per increase. Skill levels are directly affected by attributes.

In case the reputation screen hasn't been shown before:

 

[Infinitron]

Oops. I'll watch this tomorrow.

 

[Bubbles]

They're going a surprisingly long time without revealing a release date. Are they going to announce it a week before launch?

 

[Sentinel]

They're going a surprisingly long time without revealing a release date. Are they going to announce it a week before launch?

probably end of November/first half of December. They said they're gonna have more streams throughout this month and there's also gonna be some news about Tyranny in October, so that kinda indicates a release date announcement imo.
Unless

Spoiler

delayed

 

[santino27]

61 viewers, barely gotta be worth it for them

109 total views, 4 hours later. Either Twitch's metrics are off or that has to be really depressing for the devs.

 

[dukeofwhales]

twitch vods are a pretty shitty experience in a lot of the world, especially those without view counts high enough to have been transcoded to lower resolutions. despite having an internet connection ten times as fast as is required, twitch regularly cannot push 720p video to me in Australia, so I always wait for a YouTube version

not that it's much of an excuse for the lack of hype this game has

 

[Infinitron]

This is a good stream. Watch it if you want to understand how the game's systems really work. Also, the C&C it demonstrates is more organic than in the siege scene we saw a few months ago.

 

[xxxCatholicKillahxxx]

If you eliminate an enemy without fighting them (like through dialogue) you will receive the enemy's xp as "banish xp". This banish xp will be assigned to all of your skills proportionately; your highest skills will receive more xp than your lower ones. The same is true of quest xp.

For what purpose? Do they explain the reasoning behind this in anyway?

 

[Infinitron]

If you eliminate an enemy without fighting them (like through dialogue) you will receive the enemy's xp as "banish xp". This banish xp will be assigned to all of your skills proportionately; your highest skills will receive more xp than your lower ones. The same is true of quest xp.

For what purpose? Do they explain the reasoning behind this in anyway?

Solving a quest doesn't directly exercise a particular skill, so it makes sense for that XP to just advance your character across the board instead.

 

[xxxCatholicKillahxxx]

Solving a quest doesn't directly exercise a particular skill, so it makes sense for that XP to just advance your character across the board instead.

I didn't think that 'banishment' xp referred to quests but any situation where one over comes ordeals through ways other than combat.

Experience points gained through quests increasing all skills across the board would be partially agreeable. It would depend on what the quest in question entailed.

 

[Infinitron]

Solving a quest doesn't directly exercise a particular skill, so it makes sense for that XP to just advance your character across the board instead.

I didn't think that 'banishment' xp referred to quests but any situation where one over comes ordeals through ways other than combat.

Experience points gained through quests increasing all skills across the board would be partially agreeable. It would depend on what the quest in question entailed.

Well, solving an encounter through dialogue is basically like finishing a small quest.

The designers' logic is that skills are directly advanced commensurate to their contribution to DPS (although I think there are exceptions such as stealth). Merely casting a buff spell does not increase that spell's respective skill - only the combat effectiveness of the buffed character does.