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That's a great video. Really stoked for this one. Just hope they do launch with SLI support - it says in the video they did not have it though it was unclear if that was just because they had not optimized for it yet or if they planned to launch without it.

I suspect the Reclaimer and the fuel collector one (Starfarer I think it is) will be the cash cows early on. But transports in general will have a much lower risk at launch due to peoples skill being low, ships being weaker, and in general people just not knowing what the hell they are doing.

10% off on steam for us Canucks today. Still pretty pricey, but at least it is something.

My basic thought is that at launch, if it ever comes, things will be very very lopsided but over time thingsshouldeven out significantly. That said, the people who are buying up transport ships now, will likely be able to exploit the shit out of the early economy and 'stay ahead of the curve'...

Avenger is definitely my favorite if that is an option. Advanced Hunter package. Fast, Agile, and loaded out with 3 mass cannons it just ruins crap. I like it considerably more than any other ship available to fly right now, including the hornet.

You seem to be implying that somewhere I said the solution that EQ had was the correct one, or in any way 'good'. I am not. Somewhere between 'Fuck, you ran 50', I ain't pissed enough to follow you' and 'summon the whole raid from the other end of the dungeon' there has got to be a better...

Totally agree with this. The whole concept of leashing is absurd and was just made to ensure little Timmy could not get griefed trained no matter how much he sucked or how much he may have deserved it. No leashing accomplished a lot of things: Increased realism "oh you tried to kill me? Let...

Did not see a thread on this one yet. Picked this up for 5 bucks on steam and really enjoying it. Throw back game to the Bard's Tale era done well. No hand holding, 1980s difficulty setting is actually really friggin hard. Definitely worth the money if you are looking for a good RPG time...

I have to keep using my Ray Bans while driving because my new Oakley's have thick arms on them and give me a blind spot.

I picked up the X55 for Elite/SC and I have got to admit it has changed those games for me. Not being much of a peripheral guy I was really skeptical (I have tried - and hated almost every one ever launched Nostromos, Nagas etc.), but these games feel so good with it, it would be impossible to...

One of the best video game trailers I have ever seen. Means nothing about the game obviously, but given how great HR was I am stoked just the same!

Not to further derail, but Tracy Hickman was a guy. I am sure if I read them now, I would agree with the sentiment, but I was 11 when I read the first series and they seemed pretty epic to me in those formative nerd years! Back on topic, what are peoples thoughts on the triple crown solo...

That killed all the gods... by himself...

Point I was somewhat driving to though is that the utility you are listing rarely exist in video games so the additional merit of the ability score is wasted in them unless they are the primary attribute of your character. You would never, in a standard DnD ruleset video game, put a bunch of...

I agree on both points. I like that stats all seem to contribute more fluidly to the character over all vs. DnD, where you stacked your primary attribute and then threw points into dex/con for survivability, never looking at any other stat (has anyone playing a DnD based system ever put a...

I agree with what you are saying in principle, but it is a REALLY fine line to walk. Taking Shadowbane as an example -- when you lost your keep it was very difficult to recover tactically. Time to rebuild was extremely long and you were forced to do so while defending yourself from the group...

I used to enjoy the 'old school' way it was handled -- if you rest, there is a random chance of getting jumped by monsters. Does a good job of deterring resting after every fight, but at the same time does not have the tedium of running back for camping supplies. The model they are using for...

I am enjoying the game, but I seriously need a way to make the radar background opaque. Makes me crazy that every time I am against a light background like a star I can't see shit in the radar because it is white on bright background. The dogfighting in this is much faster pace than Elite...

Anyone have experience with the new Wings capability? Had a bunch of friends temporarily quit because of the lack of ability to team up, just wondering how it works (e.g. if one is interdicted how do the others help out etc.)

Sucks you have run into a lot of bugs. Honestly, aside from one door not opening correctly (I just console commanded past it), I did not run into any issues. That said, I totally agree the crap that just came in the patch should absolutely have been in day 1 and it is bullshit that publishers...

Nerf to Mind Blades was absolutely necessary. It is probably the hardest hitting spell in the game right now -- for 15 focus.

Yeah, that sword you mention Evernothing is pretty great, especially if you throw some additional enchantment on it. I have been trying out some different party comps while I finish up Hard to see what I want to use for PoTD -- Warrior/Paladin/Cipher/Chanter/Druid/Cleric is probably the...

I don't know about that... I personally always felt that is the way it should be. Seemed odd to me in the later D&D rulesets that the tanks did almost as much damage as the classes that were designed for damage but offered little survive-ability. That said, once your melee have more DR...

Wasteland 2 was great, but this is better.

There are some pretty rough fights in Endless Paths Od Nua.. Edit: On an unrelated note, chanters are crazy powerful. Might make my 'Path of the Damned' next run as one.

I LOVE that it is doing basically no hand holding. I have wandered into so many areas that were WAY higher than I should have been in while exploring. Great to have it actually feel pretty open ended.

Trying a Cipher for my first play through. Going heavy CC. Game is already great and only out an hour...

1 minute 30 seconds... time to refill on coffee. Going to be a long day. Told the wife I would see her in May and I am not to be disturbed shy of flooding or a plague of poisonous frogs.

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Laugh, Obsidian's webservers are getting hammered right now. Assholes like me trying to download their fucking cookbook aren't helping matters much.

IT IS 5 MINUTES LATE... FUCK YOU OBSIDIAN!!!

Just in case you did not figure this out, go into options, then keybindings (yes keybindings not control options). In keybindings, at the top you will see a left/right toggle, switch it to Joystick/Hotas. Down the bottom there will be a drop down that says 'Control profile'. The Saitek sticks...

So is this built out like WL2 or BG? That is to say, do you create your whole party or do you create 1 character and the rest are recruited throughout the game? I prefer to make my own party with 1 or 2 npc add ons rather than just one character and a slew of NPCs but that is just personal taste.

Yeah, think they are looking at early fall 2015 right now. Shit, did not know about Baldur's Gate 1.5, that is awesome. Time to go google that!

Personally, I am enjoying the fact that they launched a new launcher tool so now I have to redownload the entire 28 gb game again. At least they got it out of the way in beta I guess...

You can. There should be a command string you put in the console to enable it. When you go into the set-up, there is a control scheme option that brings up basically a set of instructions on how you enable it. I will get you more specifics when the game comes back up, but it is patching at...

Laugh, first edition D&D rules were full of some crazy stuff that most people did not understand and rarely used... even the games based on the rules usually just glossed over them or skipped them. There were whole massive tables that showed how particular weapons fared against certain armor...

Backed this. Gold box games were my bread and butter growing up and I have loved a lot of the recent turn based kickstarter RPGs that have been coming out lately (Divinity, M&MX, Wasteland). Hope this gets funded successfully.

It is really no different than any other card game in that ripping packs is heavily dependent on how lucky you are. If you are just starting out and don't really have a solid base of rares/uncommons to draw from, I would say rip/pray until you have a thousand or so card base is the way to go...

I don't use that deck, but the one I run easily locks into an infinite turn loop where you can literally lock your opponent out indefinitely. There are definitely some brutal combos in the current meta, but there are counters (Inferno is a good example of one that punishes infinite turn decks)...