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  1. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Ah, right. I quit Shadowlands in season 1 as well.
  2. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The real power creep, in DF, is crafted items, in which every M+16 or higher gives a shard, that when you combine 10 of them together, you can use it to craft a 418 item. M+ drops are scaling higher this season/xpac (up to 405), but not better than 2/3s of the heroic raid (402 to 411). They...
  3. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    It all applies to the enhanced editions. The Throne of Bhaal is the BG2 xpac that ends the story and is part of the BG2EE base game. Although there was probably a separate guide for it, when it was originally released. I read somewhere, long long ago, that duel classing and multiclassing in DnD...
  4. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/on-the-road/truck-smashes-through-adelaide-bus-stop-in-terrifying-dashcam-video/news-story/af7c866c632b5031847b7ee711c1ecc0
  5. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    The fights are the same, less party members means more XP per member, but most of the original companions are good to great. So, it would be silly to not have a full 6. You will hit the level cap by the end, regardless. You can export your character and some items (there is a super special...
  6. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Fresh air, exercise, white snow, white people, a super fun slide down a frickin mountain; what's not to love?
  7. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    The only Sorcerer in BG1 is an evil chaotic one added by Beamdog for the EE edition, as the Sorcerer class was not originally in BG1. I'm not sure I would recommend him as generally, the content added by Beamdog is not up to the same standards as the original content. So, for MC options, if...
  8. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    To add to what Hatrade said: Sorcerer is good, if you know what spells are good and can make sure to pick them all up. It allows for less resting, which can make a quality of life difference in dungeons. As for what to pick, it depends on how many spoilers you want. You could look up all the...
  9. Burns

    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    As long as they promote exclusive deals, I wont use their service. I have been tempted to make an account, a few times, by free game offers but still continue to hold out.
  10. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    We didn't usually put the bar down until we were 10 to 20 foot off the ground. Many, if not most, lifts have a footrest on the bar that felt good to rest your skis on, for the trip up the mountain. I have skied almost every place in Colorado, and I don't remember any lift that didn't have a...
  11. Burns

    The Mandalorian

    I thought that happened in the Mando episodes of Boba Fett? I didn't rewatch any of the Fett show and it wasn't interesting enough, outside of the Mando stuff, to even be memorable, so, it all kinda blends together.
  12. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Clay mitts are so much easier than using a bar that it's worth the cost of $25. Plus, if you drop the mitt, you can usually wash it off. Also, wax is subpar protection, unless you like waxing every 6 months, at the latest. There are some "cheep" ceramic coating you can do yourself that should...
  13. Burns

    The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023)

    Well, I have more faith in the French to make it well, than I would Hollywood of the last 30 years. They can make it different in tone, and still keep it close to the book; which may be interesting. I never read the book, but some reviews of the 1973 movie say that they mostly added some humor...
  14. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    The story may have greatly outshone it, but I liked PS:T game mechanics. I liked the way they did the nameless one's class selection and deaths. I liked the itemization. I really liked the Planescape worlds and Morte is one of my favorite characters in any game I ever played. Tides had none of...
  15. Burns

    Dune: Prophecy

    Are you asking if a word can have multiple meanings? I guess I wasn't joking then, that writer is no veteran at all!
  16. Burns

    Dune: Prophecy

    Are you sure about that about that?
  17. Burns

    Dune: Prophecy

    When you are bad at your job, do you get to still wear the veteran at it moniker? Of the three episodes I have seen, that she has written, all of them were complete shit.
  18. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    So, they are trying to repeat the Thunderbird fiasco? GG Ford suits.
  19. Burns

    Dune: Prophecy

    Expectations were low, so I guess it's not like it could get much worse. Here is the "veteran" TV producer/writer sole showrunner:
  20. Burns

    Fallout

    Todd Howard is the most honest man in entertainment and all your dreams are going to come true!
  21. Burns

    The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023)

    They keep trying to make new ones, and always fail to top the 1973 version; but it's not their fault, as who can compete with this cast:
  22. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    These are manuals, not guides. The digital copies you have should have them in pdf format. If not, you should be able to find scans of them around the internets. Edit: for example, here is that Throne of Bhaal manual: https://www.mocagh.org/bioware/baldur2-bhaal-manual.pdf
  23. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Expectations were defiantly a part of it. They marketed it as a spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, and tried to ride the nostalgia train of one of the most lauded RPGs of all time. Then that shit backfired on them in a huge way and it was their fault for trying to hype their game in...
  24. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I wouldn't recommend Tides to anyone. All the other games on your list I found enjoyable, but Tides was a boring mess and waste of time. If you play all of the other games, and still have time to fill, I would recommend one of the Pathfinder games, over Tides, even if you have already paid for...
  25. Burns

    Age of Wonders 4

    Genre(s): 4X Developer: Triumph Studios Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: May 2, 2023 Best gameplay I could find, somewhat annoying to have the picture in picture set up they chose to go with: Store Page:
  26. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

  27. Burns

    The Mandalorian

    Allowing fighters to have hyperdrive, in the lore, was probably a mistake, but it's safe to assume that anyone using them for long trips is stocked up on adult diapers.
  28. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    If what you listed is what you have, then yea: BG1 (if you have the GoG originals, you can bring it into BG2 engine for quality of life improvements using a different mod, made for the original) BG2 Planescape: Torment Icewind Dale Evaluate where you are, time wise. If you feel you are...
  29. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I have played BG1 and BG2 vanilla once each, then both in BG2 engine through BG:TUTU (before the EE were made), then BG:EET, a few years ago. BG:EET was really simple, and if you wanted to add more mods, it looked easy enough, but I don't recall adding anything else. The BG:EET mod says you can...
  30. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Just using the BG2 UI for BG1 makes combining them worth it, as it is super simple to do with the Enhanced Editions. Here is what their stated goal for the mod is, though:
  31. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I only see NWN2 on GoG atm. I thought it was on Steam at one time too. I haven't been keeping up with Beamdog; maybe they made an agreement with the rightholders to remove all the old games from Steam, and only sell thier new EE editions.
  32. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    These games are an acquired taste and take a bit to get into. It is probably best to work backwards with blobbers. Say start with Grimrock and Might and Magic X, then jump back to Wizardry 8 and World of Xeen, then jump to the gold box games. Also, I think he was wanting BG type games, or...
  33. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I would put Pillars 1 & 2 somewhere far at the end as they have no relation to BG (storywise), other than having some of the main devs making both games. Similarly, Tides of Numenera has 0 relation to Planescape, other than many of the same devs. I also think combining BG1 into the BG2 engine...
  34. Burns

    Your Honor

    Watched season 1 and it wasn't bad. The IMDB rating is about right at 7/10. The two actors I recognized were both playing similar rolls to big TV shows that they were previously in. With Cranston playing a "good guy" not doing the right thing, and Stuhlbarg playing a gangster, like he did in...
  35. Burns

    The Last of Us

    Edit: Nm, he wasn't playing the part I thought he was, in Homeland.
  36. Burns

    The Video Thread

    Funny, don't remember ever hearing this song before, but the chorus (at 0:56) sounded familiar...from Lonely Island:
  37. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

  38. Burns

    The Last of Us

    Remember kids, knowing about Dunning-Kruger does not make you immune from Dunning-Kruger.