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I like how they are making things a little more gray. Some of the slaves are being assholes (Killing kids) and some of the Romans are decent people. I'm glad they aren't being cliche with the slaves being super-joe-good guy freedom fighters, and Crassus being snotty rich guy that only wins...

Spying for Dorn. When Taena was there, Martell said he had an ear at the court...After she left, he said he no longer did. My guess, anyway. There weren't many clues. She's from Myr though, and she was egging Cersei into trouble all the time. She also avoided sending for her son, I'm thinking...

Lingual coaches are now magic. He actually flips in and out of his accent sometimes....But he's said after a while, it's actually hard to go back to your native accent.

Dude...There is nothing special about it. Yes, we ALL know other shards have come along with the same rule-set (IE pre-trammel faggotry). But people will reference UOF...because this thread is about UOF. Stop trying to convince us how these people are terrible, none of us care (They very well...

I'd really love for EA itself to re-make UO and release the version UOF has. They actually have a 3d client, that makes the game look a ton better, but they abandoned it in 2008, I think. If they polish up that client, re-do the UI to include most of Razor's functionality and add a few more...

Denmark.

Massive aneurism near his heart. Looks like the king might be dead soon.

Just an FYI. The guild in control of the cities accidentally set the taxes to 300%. So, don't buy regs in the normal towns. Vesper is the base price still, or Jhelom (Vesper's easier). Also, looks like they made a change, ebolt is now on all the vendors. I knew it was funky before, because the...

Not sure if trolling.....or slept through history 101.

Anyone have energy bolt for sale? I completely forget where to get it. Do I just need to get lucky and hope it spawns on a vendor?

Yeah, watching LoTR with him as Eomer, then watching Bones and Dredd, blows your fucking mind. Great actor, really gets into his role.

Really? You think DAOC with their miss mechanics to balance PvE gear inflation was designed with both in mind? Yeah, not really what I'd be going for. And as you said, their PvE gearing was designed with little thought except for a goal to kill things--it was essentially tacked on to the final...

haha, damaged goods. I just bought your Katana yesterday.

No one has ever tried to build the systems interdependent on each other. One system was always put in place after another--and at best shared the same stat system, and world. You saying this statement, is tantamount to watching a guy build a house roof first and saying it can't be done because...

Thanks, Mures. Anyone know a decent list of skills and their properties (Like bonuses) for the eraforeveris in?

Anyone else get constant gray flashes? Like my refresh rate is odd.

There was a Ted talk about longevity that was studying populations of people with extreme ages. The longest living people's in the world are a small group in Italy and in Japan. They both have average lifespans of 97+, they also have just phenomenally low rates of diseases. There is also a...

So is bow/mage are hally/mage "superior" in this era? Going to pick up anatomy+eval for defensive wrestling, does that count if I use archery?

I was hooked with the opening. haha, but I was so new when playing it that I became "dastardly" or whatever, by killing people at the GY above brit. Everyone was fighting, I figured it was okay. For like weeks I was like "Why the fuck does everyone attack me?!??!" haha.

Because this game would not be EvE? The drops would require a lot of work in terms of cooperation and time investment, and would still be rare and random. In addition, you'd only be allowed a certain amount of them AND they would be fully tradeable after use. This is all meant to build...

Create a hybrid system where you limit the amount of "magical" or PvE dropped items someone can wear. PvE items would be stronger than crafted (Depending on factors like smith skill, rarity of materials ect), they wouldn't be lootable in PvP and they would be indestructible. However, only about...

"Reminds me of my birthday"---"I don't remember that"--"Because you weren't invited!" haha, don't know why but this had me cracking up. That and "Shut your dick holster", lol.

Hey Beef, how about that historical accuracy? So, by now it's obvious that Cut was right and Starz is playing fast a loose with it. I'm glad that they are choosing to replace Batiatus' political backstabbing and power grabs with Crassus. The vacuum of politics in the second season really hurt...

Well, with the way Smedley is dropping "sandbox" and saying he loves EVE, my hopes have ticked up. If this game is essentially the modern UO, I'll be very happy.

There are multiple ways to measure difficulty. This narrow definition of difficulty is precisely why WoW raids have been funneled into ball-smashing difficult and "easy" modes. The breadth of difficulty can go from pattern recognition/response (Which WoW is FAR harder than EQ at), to long term...

LFD didn't depopulate the open world. It only emphasized the spotlight Blizzard was showing on their mini-games. It's not quite the same thing, but it essentially turned something that was already a problem, into an even bigger one. And I don't think anyone is saying get rid of LFD. What...

Copied from Wikipedia, what can I say, I'm horrible with names. I was, however, fascinated with sociology--so essentially every spare credit I had was burned on it, and Durkheim is inescapable in the field. His concepts behind ritualistic behavior actually very succinctly explains a surprising...

Precisely. And you make these areas accessible by designing them with the need for both skilled players/organizers (Hardcore) and bodies for efficiency (Casual) You can tie the other aspects of your game together with these kinds of areas. The irony is, in a lot of ways, vanilla WoW and TBC got...

The bit of magic was referring to misdirection. I know you're a fairly bright guy, don't be purposely obtuse with me. After reading the other few pages, you essentially agree with me--you just don't want to admit it yet. As for "specifics", this is NOT a specific issue. It's very much a "game...

Gave my friend a Blu-Ray of this for his birthday. He looked confused, but I told him that everyone I know will be receiving this as a present this year, even my grandmother. Deal with it.

How is it nebulous? Instead of trying to recreate game elements, attempt to involve social ones. Make it rational to form groups which run into other groups, rather than form encounters which play out a script that is essentially a 3d plat-former that's a few generations behind. Build your game...

Both of those things can be true, and yet what I'm saying can also be true. If your future post is just going to attempt to take my position to extremes in order to show that it fails on some level, then there is no need to respond. Yes, if you look at any extreme it's going to be bad (Whether...

First, that's not the only thing that forms social bonds. There are various rituals which can do it, yes conflict or cooperative events are usually at the center but the bond formation can happen at any point around them (Even if the original problem was not a facet of their social bond but...

No one is interacting with you because the game gives them no rational reason to. You inadvertently say it in your post. When you make the task in your game as simple as getting a cup of coffee, there is no reason to exchange information and form a bond. (Though you'd be surprised how many bonds...

Easily one of my favorite scenes in all of Trek. I love how they make the Federation out to be almost like a Super-Good-Guy Borg.

I believe in Switzerland (Always confused if this is Sweden or Switzerland) every adult male is required to keep an automatic weapon in their house, because they have compelled service. Which is why it's so high there. (There are other differences too. Like I believe there, inspectors can come...

Here...Canada is actually really high up there in gun ownership. As far as I know, it's mostly shotguns and rifles, but some of those rifles would be considered "assault weapons" per the definitions tossed around here. The fact is, "rifles" in most populations usually aren't used as much in...

Because you're not comparing murder rates. If people are still killing people with knives, than it's part of the argument in terms of why gun owners should be allowed to own gun. However, you can truthfully make the argument that with strict gun laws, despite having similar (Or more) violent...