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Andoran

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Humm, I have tended to be mostly a rpg and strategy fan.

1.) Bhaalspawn from Baldur's Gate 2 (just a fantastic rpg and characters)
2.) Commander Sheppard from Mass Effect(loved the ride / ignored ending)
3.) Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7 (Aerith's death moved me)
4.) Darth Revan from KOTOR 1 (finally seeing a dark side to the Jedi)
5.) Xcom Commander from Xcom Enemy Unknown (I just really enjoyed leading my troops & comments)

I also really enjoyed the story of the Grey Warden from Dragon age Origins as well.

Andoran

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Arnwyn wrote:
Rynjin wrote:
and the bugs in no way make the game unplayable.

"Unplayable"? That's not much of a benchmark. "Not unplayable" isn't enough, I'm afraid.

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And you seem to have a very condescending attitude about it as well.

A condescending attitude towards bugs in a product one has paid for is hardly surprising, nor inappropriate.

No - Bethesda absolutely deserves to be criticized for its buggy, buggy games.

I am going to have to agree here. I do not have large amounts of free time to waste redoing areas, restarting a game, or patching continuously. I actually refuse to buy Bethesda games until they have been out for at least a year due to how buggy their games are.

Andoran

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Humm, Everquest 2 has the best crafting experience in my opinion. The mini game aspect of crafting keeps you involved while the results of crafting are very useful. Add in the ability to research special patterns plus unique crafting quests /rewards makes for a pretty deep crafting experience in Everquest 2.

Andoran

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Caineach wrote:
Alceste008 wrote:
Hama wrote:
DRM? Please, show me one DRM method that hasn't been bypassed in a week after the game's release?

Diablo 3 took awhile. Even after the hacks came out, most were trojans in disguise. Piracy creates the desire for game companies to use always on DRM like Diablo 3. Blizzard sold 12 million copies of always on DRM Diablo 3 so games with extreme DRM can be popular.

IMHO, I buy games based on how much I like them. Game series that EA published that I like are Battlefield, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. I also really liked Mirror's Edge and Kingdoms of Amalur. I like the stories from the Old Republic but the combat is just okay (still believe they should have went with Unreal for the engine).

A Battlefront game by DICE would be very interesting to me. I have not played Dead Space, so I have no opinion on how good a Star wars game from Visceral would be.

DRM is a mistake, and has never been shown to increase game sales. Likewise, removing DRM has never been shown to hurt game sales, and many companies have experienced better than expected sales after removing it. All DRM really does is piss off consumers who have legally bought your product and encourage them to bypass your DRM*. Companies that insist on always on DRM are making dumb buisness moves that have already hurt some, like EA on Sim City.

Personally, I have stopped buying games from EA because of their buisness practices. Not buying their stuff is all that I can really do to tell them I don't want their rediculous draconian anti-piracy crap. I'm a little disappointed that I wont play ME3, but that is the only thing they have made in past few years that I would have thought to buy anyway.

DRM remains a topic of debate on one hand you have the World of Goo / Call of Duty (console vs PC) piracy arguments and on the other you have DRM free semi success stories like TOR books.

What is not disputable is Diablo 3 was the best selling PC game in last few years. Diablo 3 beat Blizzard's projections by quite a bit. To put the numbers in another way, Diablo 3 had revenues far greater than every single successful Kickstarter project in 2012 combined. Diablo 3 also had always on line DRM.

Note, I did not buy a copy of Diablo 3 but was given one as a gift. I disagree with always On line DRM (error 37), but the games that have used always on DRM have beaten expectations.

Back to EA,the model that they used to use on Origin was modeled after Valve's Steam DRM method of authenticate once. The success of Diablo 3, I believe pushed them to try the always On line method. While Sim City 2012 sales beat expectations, the brand name suffered. Thus EA is not going to use always On line DRM for the SIMS 4.

Andoran

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Charlie Bell wrote:

Pull + throw is almost as nice as a big aoe reave or dark channel + throw. Reave and DC set up BEs on anything. Reave also stacks with itself so you can really cook down bosses with it.

I always liked Zaeed and Garrus in ME2. Ammo powers plus sniper rifles = hard hitting team. Plus inferno nades FTW. Miranda and Samara set up combos nicely for a biotic Shep plus are easy on the eyes. Jack is fun because shockwave doesn't suck in ME2 like it does in ME3.

Yeah, Miranda and Samara were just awesome as a team with my Sentinel. I am thinking of replaying the series again. I was a paragon last time around. I am thinking going Renegade this time around.

Andoran

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Hama wrote:
DRM? Please, show me one DRM method that hasn't been bypassed in a week after the game's release?

Diablo 3 took awhile. Even after the hacks came out, most were trojans in disguise. Piracy creates the desire for game companies to use always on DRM like Diablo 3. Blizzard sold 12 million copies of always on DRM Diablo 3 so games with extreme DRM can be popular.

IMHO, I buy games based on how much I like them. Game series that EA published that I like are Battlefield, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. I also really liked Mirror's Edge and Kingdoms of Amalur. I like the stories from the Old Republic but the combat is just okay (still believe they should have went with Unreal for the engine).

A Battlefront game by DICE would be very interesting to me. I have not played Dead Space, so I have no opinion on how good a Star wars game from Visceral would be.

Andoran

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Pan wrote:

I started with a solider in ME1. Too boring. You are really missing out on some fun with biotics. As always though play what you like.

I guess I am a little different then the crowd here. I tend to rotate my crew as best as I think they will be. For instance, any time I'm up against synthetics Ill probably be inclined to bring Tali. Organics Ill consider Mordin. I also take into account story elements. Anytime I find a side quest that has to do with the Blue Suns I like to bring along Zhaeed.

As for DLC, Shadow Broker is some of the best parts of ME2. I dont think you need to complete the main story line first for it though. I would as suggested wait on Arrival until the end though.

Shadow Broker (ME2) & Citadel (ME3) are my favorite DLCs of the series. Both pieces really served their purpose well. I would recommend both to pretty much everyone who is a fan of the series.

Andoran

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I would like to cancel my "Pathfinder Roleplaying Game" subscription while keeping "Pathfinder Adventure Path", "Pathfinder Campaign Setting", and "Pathfinder Player Companion" subscriptions.

Andoran

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I am torn on the subject of follow up. I really enjoyed the Mass Effect series. I would tend to agree with Mass Effect being the best Sci Fi rpg experience I have ever played (Kotor was awesome just not Scifi). The great multi player was just icing on the cake.

However, the central conflict of the setting is gone (unless control becomes default). The repears and those that they controlled gave a real purpose to your actions. I do not want the series to go downhill into shooting other people simply for the sake of shooting.

Andoran

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Detect Magic wrote:
I jut picked it up, but haven't had a chance to play it yet. All the reviews/videos I've watched have got me hyped.

Just started it, so far so good.

Andoran

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My only hard and fast rule is no Paladins. Everybody and their brother seems to have the absolute idea of what a "Paladin" should be. I have an alternate class of Divine Knight that avoids the excessive "Paladin" garbage.

Andoran

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I have gotten back into SWToR lately myself. I am currently playing an Imperial Agent (great story so far) with a friend on The Harbinger.

Andoran

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magnuskn wrote:

Yeah, this DLC is incredibly good and totally worth the price. About the best send-off they could have given the crew aside from making it post-ending and revising the stupid endings.

The happenings made me choke up a few times and laugh out loud at least ten times and elicited smiles at every turn. About every surviving crew member with a name gets her/his moment in the sun. The romance stuff was handled very well with Tali and I imagine will be so with the other love interest's as well.

Only thing I hated about it is that it means that Mass Effect with Shepard and crew is over. But, man, what a send-off!

QFT! The Citadel dlc is simply great! This is a great send off for a series that I really enjoyed.

Andoran

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Roberta Yang wrote:
If the alignment system sucks at describing characters that aren't specifically tailored to it, then that says a lot about the alignment system.

The good and evil axis of the alignment system really did not get added until after Arduin (third party dnd supplement)was released. The original game only had lawful, choatic, and neutral. The first version of the game to include the good /evil axis was AD&D, while basic DnD continued to use the original system of lawful/chaos. By this time, I think that the best games have moved past the simplied system of alignment.

I also find it quite funny that most who want to define a paladin strictly as a LG Knight in shining armor forget that the very first paladin was a cowboy with magic six shooters at Gary Gygax's table.

Andoran

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Seranov wrote:
Victor Zajic wrote:
Seranov wrote:

Sarenrae only really considers Rovagug to be her enemy, and has attempted to bring most of the Evil gods over to the Good side. You likely wouldn't have to smite it on sight, but you wouldn't be particularly pleased about it.

Of course, it's your character, you have a fairly loose leash to act as how you think your character would.

Serenrae worked with Asmodues to seal away Rovagug.
That she did. She doesn't even consider the Evil gods to be her enemies, just people she's trying to bring over to the side of warmth and fluffy things. Like celestial bunny rabbits.

QFT! Sarenrae is a redeemer. Her goal is to redeem fallen souls. Sarenrae is fearless true, but promotes mercy. Her paladin code in faiths of purity was well written. I would recommend Faiths of Purity to anyone interested in a Glorian campaign

Andoran

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uriel222 wrote:
Paladins are tied to the alignment system, and some people DESPISE the alignment system. In fact, the mere existence of Paladins is one of the main reasons you can't simply excise alignment from the game entirely.

I fall into that group. The alignment system really limits the styles of settings and games you can play. A paladin player turns on the radar (aka detect evil) and walks around until they find the bad person. The game becomes nothing more than a mathematical exercise at that point.

I have nothing against people playing a noble character (ala a paladin). However, I despise detect evil which is required for the core abilities of the paladin.

Andoran

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I was a huge fan when I was growing. I have added my name to the backers as well.

Andoran

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I am also looking forward to Torchlight 2. The best part is Torchlight 2 now supports Coop play, so my friends' will be picking up the game as well.

Andoran

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I also really liked Thedas as well. The Dwarves were simply awesome in Dragon Age I. The Darkspawn race was pretty interesting to me as well. The reused environments in II bothered me a bit. The story line of Mages vs Templars seems a little over done. I would prefer a return to the Darkspawn as the major villains.

Andoran

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Pan wrote:
I cant tell you how much fun I would have if I could have played Mass Effect or Skyrim with my friends online. I mean the actual games too not some co-op battle arena. Hell I miss the old hack 'n' slash Champions of Norrath which had a server for multi-player. Either way I completely agree there is a huge hole in the market for gamers like us.

Yeah, I really enjoyed the horde mode coop in Mass Effect 3 and coop in Borderlands. There does seem to be a decent market for coop. Co-optimus ( http://www.co-optimus.com/ ) specializes in coop games. As far as games go, Borderlands 2 is on its way out as well as Torchlight 2. If you can get past the graphics, my buddies and I have had a really good time in a Dungeon defenders.

Andoran *

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I really like the additional races being opened up even thou I am full up on toons to play atm.

Humans will remain strong either with feat intensive builds, dual talent archetype, plus spells known favored class option. I really do not see humans getting dislodged from the most populous race.

Andoran *

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I am looking forward to this Con being close by so I can make it there. :)

Andoran

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She really brought Romana to life. R.I.P.

Andoran

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I finally gave this game a try ( On sale at www.gog.com). I have been enjoying the game so far. Remains me a lot of the Eye of the Beholder series.

Andoran

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My choices have been reflected here pretty well already but here is my list:

1 Baldur's Gate series (in particular 2 Shadows of Amn).
2. Xcom UFO defense (simply an awesome game).
3. Mass Effect series (the best space rpg out there).
4. FF VII (my first true rpg fandom).
5. Master of Orion II (the variations were mind bending).

There are a lot of honorable mentions: Dragon Age, Planescape, Diablo, Starcraft, Age of Mythology, Neverwinter Nights, Final Fantasy Tactics, etc.

Andoran

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Osmos777 wrote:
I have played D&D/PF since 1975 and have used point buy since it became an option. I DM mostly and have found that the so called "randomness" of other methods only meant that a player would roll until he was happy with the results. If you insisted they roll them in front of you they would kill off their own characters to get better ones. Point buy not only eliminates that, but forces people to make choices---and start a character concept from the beginning. That's my 2cp.

This has been my experience as well. With point buy, you can craft a character concept and play that style. Point buy allows a lot more freedom in designing and playing a character concept. I have seen a lot more variety in character concepts since we went to point buy. I have no desire to go back.

Edit: Far and away the most powerful that did not need anybody else was done through rolling (3x18, 16, 15, and 10). The character was a one person army. In point buy, you are pretty limited in stats (ala 15 or even 20 point buy).

Andoran

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Well, you have picked my favorite two MMOs. I am playing both as well. I play SWToR with a few close friends. I really enjoy the story element plus we pvp in SWToR a lot. In Rift, the hard working devs at Trion keep content pretty fresh. Trion's raids are second to none.

Andoran

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I have played Shadowrun in the last five years. I would not mind trying out Eclipse Phase, but I have not had the chance to so far.

Andoran

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Umbral Reaver wrote:
The characters in Dumb and Dumber make more sensible decisions.

The deep nature and just stunning visions of the movie could not cover this fact. Some of the decisions by the movie's characters just made my head hurt. The lack of rational thought was amazing especially coming from "scientists".

Andoran

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QXL99 wrote:
Am I the only one here that's playing this?

I am kinda of interested in playing this. How has the game been so far?

Andoran

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We have been using point buy pretty much since 3.5. I have been pretty happy with the results.

Andoran

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Melissa Litwin wrote:
I use point buys in PF, usually either 15 points or 20 but you can't buy down stats. I've played in a few rolled-stat games, but due to power disparity they weren't nearly as much fun as point buy games. I'm ok with everyone being low-powered or everyone being high-powered. I'm not ok with one guy having a PB of ~10 and another having ~40....

I have not found that wide discrepancies in power generated by dice rolls to be fun either. One person could be anything / do most anything while another was "stuck" in a very basic role. This was fun for the "star" of the party (very high scores) but rarely much fun for the rest (low to poor scores).

We switched to point buy quite a while ago. People actually get to think and design their characters rather than being limited by random roll of the dice. I have no desire to go back in time, so I only play in point buys now.

Every DM and their players make the rules thou. The important part is to play the game in a way that is fun for you. If that means rolling stats for both the GM and the players, then roll away.

Andoran

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Digitalelf wrote:

...Darksun, Ravenloft and Planescape are three example of settings that got into their own because of their artistic direction. I know art (in which I included layout, fonts and editing) does a lot for me, especially initially.

'findel

Yeah, I was a fan of several campaign settings (Darksun, Ravenloft, Planescape, Spelljammer, & Eberron) where I first got interested in the setting due to their unique art styles.

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Saint Caleth wrote:

It all goes back to the fact that by design PF strongly discourages multiclassing, especially dipping. This just serves to reinforce that in PFS play.

IIAK, they have refused to tell us exactly why they made the choice, only that they "talked about it".

Pretty much this, multi-classing a spell caster in PFS is extremely discouraged. I know players who do not play PFS because of this. However, the rules of the campaign are after all the rules.

Andoran

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Dragon78 wrote:
It wouldn't have bothered me if it was an AP or something else but this along with Adanced races book are really high on my interest list. Well at least it's only a month away.

Yeah, this book is really high on my list of what I want as well.

Andoran

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I am a fan of the two book option as well.

Andoran

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I am another one that does not like playing gnomes / halflings. Funny enough, I have really enjoyed playing a Bard a couple of times. The classes that I have a hard time playing are the low int, high str, classes such as barbs and straight fighters.

Andoran

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I am a huge fan of the advantage / disadvantage system so far. You get a extra confidence boost with an advantage. On the other, you do everything you can to get out of a disadvantage. The mechanic definitely reduces the math needed as well as adding a additional element of excitement.

Andoran

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QXL99 wrote:
Alex Martin wrote:
Dal Selpher wrote:

I just started my 2nd run through with my difficult-to-play-because-I-have-a-really-hard-time-picking-Renegade-choice s Renegade Femshep.

Interesting. I have also started my next run-through, this time with heavy Biotic, neutral Shep. There's probably nothing new as with the other two, but I am curious to see if being more apathetic and see-sawing between the two options creates any new alternatives I have missed. Also, trying the Miranda romance, but I have to say I don't expect that much to come out of it. I tried the Tali romance before, and the drama of retaking Rannoch was well done.

I have never really given the Liara relationship much thought, but she's really grown on me as a character in ME3. I am tempted to start from ME through ME3 with her as a central romance, but I don't think I could commit time to doing the whole trilogy from scratch.

Liara is such an innocent teen in ME1. But if you start there and have DLC Lair of the Shadow Broker, you can continue the romance in ME2. Great payoff in ME3...

*Taking a deep breathe* The development of Liara is one of the story lines from the series that I really liked. I did not care much for her as a character in ME1, but the developments in 2 & 3 created a character that was very interesting.

Andoran

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This thread has pasted a point of being reasonable. We are after all talking about just a video game. Can we keep the personal insults and other junk out of this thread?

Andoran

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the DZA wrote:

I'm sure I could ask this question on other messageboards, but I like the Paizo community a little more so I thought I'd ask you guys.

My Xbox has the red ring of death, and I'm wondering if I can just buy a new one and swap hard drives. Does it work like that? I hate to think that all of my info is just lost now, but I'm not really a hardcore (video) gamer so I don't know too much about it, and I'm not really comfortable trying to open up my current Xbox.

Can anybody help? Or at the very least point me to a website that might be helpful?

Thanks!

Hello DZA,

The red ring of death is usually caused by a issue on the board. Your drive most likely is okay. You can transfer data fairly easily between Xbox's. There is a special cable from Microsoft that does the transfer. If you get the xbox up again you can use a USB stick
( http://www.gamefront.com/how-to-transfer-old-xbox-360-data-to-a-new-xbox-36 0-slim/) or
(http://kotaku.com/5563448/how-to-transfer-your-old-xbox-360-data-to-the-ne w-xbox-360 ).

You could also have your local computer shop transfer the data for you.
Edit: grrr, the links get spaces put into them.

Andoran

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Pan wrote:
Werthead wrote:

I was going to get this, but for some obscure reason the European version is not released until 1 June (despite the game being made in France). This is bad news, as the reviews of the game (fan and professional alike) are 'mixed', with lots of scores in the 4-7/10 range. By the time the game hits Europe it's reputation is going to be thoroughly mediocre, not to mention the idiocy of releasing a game on the same day as DIABLO 3 (in the USA) and MAX PAYNE 3 (in both the USA and Europe).

I'll still get it, but my expectations are very low. It's frustrating knowing that at different times Bethesda, BioWare, Relic and Paradox were all considering making games based on the books, and pretty much any one of them would have made better games than Cyanide.

4-7/10 aint bad considering Mass Effect 3 and Diablo 3 are tanking according to the fans lol.

Lol, this is very true. The vast majority of user reviews are trash. For example, I had a great time with Mass Effect 3 including multiplayer (even thou I disliked the ending).

I am still interested in picking Game of Thrones game up. I hope the game is pretty good.

Andoran

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DeathQuaker wrote:
Necromancer wrote:
I was very interested for a while, but no longer thanks to the constant network requirement (for single player), the auction-house percentages taken, and the fact that Vivendi would get my money. Now I'm looking to Torchlight II to fill the arpg void.

Agreed with you on all points.

Those of you who do get Diablo III, let us know how it is, though.

I can understand your feelings. My buddies got me to try the Diablo 3 demo. I was not that impressed. Diablo3 kinda of feels dumbed down. I will just wait for Torchlight 2. Still for those picking up the game, I hope the game is fun for you.

Andoran

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SmiloDan wrote:

She has 60+ books published!!! How awesome is that?!?!?!?!

I guess the Foreigner series might eventually be 12 to 15 books long. Awesome! Probably some of the best human/alien interaction novels ever.

Regenesis was an excellent sequel to Cyteen.....just 20 years late.
:-P

I really can't recommend her enough. I began with her Chanur series, and Paladin. Foreigner is also a great introduction to her writing. It's usually a tight 3rd person narrative focusing on a single character's point of view.

I thought I was the only person out that had read Paladin. I really liked that book. I then read and really enjoyed the Chronicles of Morgaine and Foreigner series as well. I miss having more time to read. My job takes up way too much of my time now. :(

Still, this thread is giving ideas on what to do on vacation this year.

Andoran

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Jay159 wrote:

The Elder Scrolls Online announcement spawned this mild rant.

I have to say that I've fallen out of touch with the video game community nowadays, but I have to ask if I am the only one tired of MMOs?

I purchased SWTOR, because I loved KOTOR and KOTOR 2. I stopped SWTOR, because I found while playing that though that I didn't like having other people in the world.

The reason I find immersion to be difficult is because tons of players are just running about. The equivalent would be the dialogue and actions of strangers being inserted into a story I'm reading.

I treat my RPGs like books, they are both something I enjoy doing to relax veg out.

When I want to play games with friends I usually bring out the dice, but that's just me.

Thoughts?

My friends and I are still having fun in The Old Republic but I do understand your point. Games are meant to be fun, if games are not fun you need to do something else. I got really tired of the drama from the population of WoW. Everything was about gear and maximizing dps. Playing WoW became more like a job than fun. Eve felt the same way.

I am now mostly a very casual player. I rarely group outside of real life friends and a couple of their guildies. Still, playing with my friends in The Old Republic or Mass Effect 3 coop is quite fun. So I catch up with them on the weekends quite a bit.

Andoran

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harvdog wrote:
First I want to say the book of nine swords is NOT BROKEN! If you think it is broken you are just not using it right.If you actually play the characters, you find they don't do any more damage than a flanking rogue or raging barbarian. After having played a swordsage and dm'd for a warblade, i actually decided to combine the three classes. I used a rogue/barbarian style menu including the abilities from all three classes, and used the swordsage as a base. I changed to a fighters attack bonus, added shield proficiency, changed recovery to your level in levels of maneuvers.(i.e. at 6th level you can get two level 3, etc). I found that the warblade was like a certian battery-pushing bunny while the swordsage spent too much time cooling his heels. You pick four disciplines, and get proficiency in those weapons. You pick one mental ability score for your saves and concentration checks(I just used the new pathfinder concentration check system instead of a replacement skill). As for the low level devoted spirit that does 8d8, i just think that was a typo ( i use 4d8)

I like your ideas on balance. Currently, in our home campaign, we really have not seen any issues with a swordsage either. The character sometimes shines, but at other times the character gets knocked around.

Andoran

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Sunderstone wrote:

Personally, I would gave preferred a regular CRPG as well. I think I'm getting burned out after playing MMOs for the past 10 years or so. (City of Heroes, WoW, Rifts, now Star Wars). Im definately tired if the grinding and leveling multiple toons with the same damn quests over and over (with the exception if starting zones). Then there's the end game time sink as well as raid commitments and scheduling, etc.

Star Wars is fun so far but definately my last MMO.
I'm tired. :|

Yeah, I am getting tired of MMOs as well. I am still playing SWToR (I like the class stories), but yes going through the side quests again can get old. i really do like pathfinder and hope that the game revitalizes my interest in an MMO.

Andoran

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I really liked the Titan's quest series of games. I am hoping that Grim Dawn really takes off. Grim Dawn seems to have a nice mix of rpg elements along side some action elements as well.

Andoran

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Charlie Bell wrote:
Lulz adepts. Weapons are for soldiers. Biotic detonation FTW.

Playing a sentinel and infiltrator here. Powers on one and guns on the other.

So far, I have really enjoyed the game including multiplayer strangely enough. I am ignoring the ending, lol.

Andoran

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Urizen wrote:

Just peeked in here to see what the status was. I see you're 66% toward your goal. I'm itching for something like this, especially with a 'dead tree' product being made available. I'll have to see what my funds are like at the beginning of May.

Good luck!

I like this product and idea quite a bit as well. I hope to help fund later this week. Good luck!

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