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Zenocrate wrote...

Wait, you could set some semblance of tactics in BG2? What about Icewind Dale and NWN? I would have loved that since melee wasn't nearly as complicated as DA and I would have actually used it in those games >
SW:TOR has a fun little webcomic, although it really lowers your expectations for the jedi. For example, the head of the jedi fights a bounty hunter and somehow can't anticipate a mini-missile and gets blown to bits. One good thing is that the game is supposed to use story as a MAJOR component.
857 gold in the last playthrough (although most of it was spent on items to unlock their lore in the codex), no cheats or 'tricks' like doing traps or lyrium potion stuff over and over. Those wolf pelts really add up in the end =p I see your island and raise you....I really don't know. We already get an arldom and warden's keep. I guess an armada to assure you evil-overlord-of-thedas staus?


I never really played Icewind Dale, and the party AI in NWN was horrible, so I always turned it off.  In BG2, there were scripts you could assign to yourself and your party members.  Things like "Fighter Aggressive," "Rogue Adventurer," "Cleric Defenseive," etc, etc...  They weren't customizable, though.  Each script gave the character a few basic instructions to follow.  Fighter Aggressive would make a character charge in and attack the nearest enemy.  Cleric Defensive could be used to make your healers hang back and automatically cast healing spells on your party members. 

These AI scripts were not terribly intelligent.  For example, using Cleric Defensive your healers would generally only cast one of 3 healing spells:  Cure Light Wounds, Cure Moderate Wounds, or Cure Heavy Wounds.  You'd have to take direct control of them if you wanted them to cast Heal or Mass Heal or something.  Still, it was nice to have them at least semi automated so you didn't have to tell them to do everything.

Generally, I would set all my fighters to Fighter Aggressive unless I had a paladin, in which case I'd use Paladin Melee.  If I had a monk or rogue, I'd put them on Spellcaster Attack  (similar to fighter aggressive, but targets spellcasters first).  All healers on Cleric Defensive, and no AI for my mages.  Them I always controlled personally.

These settings worked pretty well for me.  I only had to toggle AI off on the most difficult encounters or boss fights.

Modifié par Zachriel, 02 janvier 2010 - 09:43 .


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sagevallant wrote...

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*After the City Gates in Denerim heading out*

Shale: Have fun storming the castle!
PC: Thanks Shale (runs off through the crowd of cheering soldiers.)
Leliana: Think it'll work?
Shale: They'll need a miracle.


Me: Not my fault they didn't bring Shale and a big black cloak. And a wheelbarrow. Who's planning this break-in, anyway?


Heh!  Not Wesley. 

Shale: The Dread Pirate Shale is here for your soul!!!

Zevran: My name is Zevran.  You killed my father, prepare to die.

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*Talking to the Mad Hermit*



Mad Hermit: What is your name?

PC: Crissa Cousland Teryna of Highever.

Mad Hermit: What is your quest?

PC: To seek the Holy Acorn.

Mad Hermit: What is your favorite color?

PC: Purple.

Mad Hermit: Alright, off you go.

PC: Oh...ok



Mad Hermit: What is your name?

Alistair: Alistair Theirin bastard son of King Maric.

Mad Hermit: What is your quest?

Alistair: To seek the Holy Acorn.

Mad Hermit: What is your favorite color?

Alistair: Blue...no yelllooooowwwwwww (flies off into pit).

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Seallyn wrote...

sagevallant wrote...

Seallyn wrote...

*After the City Gates in Denerim heading out*

Shale: Have fun storming the castle!
PC: Thanks Shale (runs off through the crowd of cheering soldiers.)
Leliana: Think it'll work?
Shale: They'll need a miracle.


Me: Not my fault they didn't bring Shale and a big black cloak. And a wheelbarrow. Who's planning this break-in, anyway?


Heh!  Not Wesley. 

Shale: The Dread Pirate Shale is here for your soul!!!

Zevran: My name is Zevran.  You killed my father, prepare to die.


Does that mean Wynn = Miracle Max?

Dog for the role of Vinzini!

Leliana can be Buttercup... for lack of a better choice...

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Me: Okay. It's the New Year. I know usually time has no meaning, but we're all going to have New Year's resolutions. Oghren. What do you think?
Oghren: I think I'll drink more.
Me: That doesn't seem possible, how about drinking...less?
Oghren: You celebrate your holidays your way, I celebrate mine my own way.
Me: *sigh* Morrigan, I think you should move closer to camp and become socialized.
Morrigan: *takes a step back*
Me: And what is with the blood vials?
Morrigan: *rolls her eyes and stalks to her tent*
Me: Excellent. Nice moment we had. Wynne. I want you to stop referring to your age.
Wynne: I shall try, although I am old and set in my ways.
Me: Sten. You need to help out around camp. Cooking, cleaning...
Sten: Women's work.
Me: So all this crap about honor and warriorhood is all about not cleaning up after yourself?
Sten: It is part of our code.
Me: Zevran. Help me out here. You seem vaguely sane. What do you want in the new year?
Zevran: I'm sorry, were you talking? I was staring at your breasts.
Me: Right. Gotcha. Shale?
Shale: I vow to make a greater effort to disdain fleshy creatures.
Me: You're right on top of that, I see. Alistair?
Alistair: Has it been a year? I remember when I was with some Grey Wardens at a New Year's celebration and there were candles and dancing and...and...*eye crinkles* *looks away with tears sparkling in his eyes*
Me:  Leliana.  How about being responsible for your own behavior and your own choices?
Leliana:  I shall pray to the Maker that it be so.
Me: Bloody hell. I see I'm going to have to resolve to not hold fictional characters to any standards of behavior whatsoever. I'm going to go have a drink with Dog.


At least Wynn is actually old. Rpg cliches declare that any character over the age of 25 will act like an old fogey, and eagerly step aside so the younger generation (usually between the ages of 12 and 19) can inherit the earth. Often sacrificing their own lives in the process, because they were old and decrepit. I guess.

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sagevallant wrote...

At least Wynn is actually old. Rpg cliches declare that any character over the age of 25 will act like an old fogey, and eagerly step aside so the younger generation (usually between the ages of 12 and 19) can inherit the earth. Often sacrificing their own lives in the process, because they were old and decrepit. I guess.


And in a Princess Bride sense, she's mostly dead.

But I want Jolee Bindo back.

I've discovered I can buy KOTOR for the PC for...$5.

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Recidiva wrote...

sagevallant wrote...

At least Wynn is actually old. Rpg cliches declare that any character over the age of 25 will act like an old fogey, and eagerly step aside so the younger generation (usually between the ages of 12 and 19) can inherit the earth. Often sacrificing their own lives in the process, because they were old and decrepit. I guess.


And in a Princess Bride sense, she's mostly dead.

But I want Jolee Bindo back.

I've discovered I can buy KOTOR for the PC for...$5.


Best $5 I ever spent. Kotor never looked so good, or loaded so fast.

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Loghain: "Sup. So let's duel."

Me: "Sure thing."

*Loghain and me duel for about 30 seconds*

Loghain: "WTF?"

Me: "Oh yeah, man, I forgot to tell you: I have like, 20 of these 'greater health poltices.' They're incredible, you can kick my ass handily all day, but I just toss one of these back each time."

Loghain: "That's really an unfair advantage, right? Can I use them, too? I mean, does no one here find something inherently wrong with one party in this duel instantly healing themselves while the other can't?"

Me: "I guess. I did this at the Orzammar proving, too. I was justifiably getting beaten pretty bad, but I had a bunch of poultices. No one seemed to mind."

Loghain: "This is ridiculous. I have like, multiple thousands of hit points. You have, what, 300?"

Me: "****chya."

Loghain: "So, no one in this Landsmeet finds it a bit unfair that this guy can run around in a circle for five minutes, drinking these things constantly, while I have to chase him? Really?"

Me: "This is how the Grey Wardens DO, son."

Loghain: "Now he's taking psychotropic mushrooms. This is beyond ridiculous."

Modifié par BeckShort, 03 janvier 2010 - 10:56 .


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Recidiva wrote...

I'm going to have to stop myself. But...I'm also going to start getting through Mass Effect. Because Mass Effect 2 is coming out.


I'm gone 3 days and suddenly there's a post-explosion in this thread?  Sheesh, people!  ;)

Anyway, yes.  Mass Effect.  I've only got Singularity, Lift and Barrier left to unlock then I've got all the achievements. Should be a nice finish to the game, methinks before ME2 hits the shelves.

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BeckShort wrote...

Loghain: "Sup. So let's duel."

Me: "Sure thing."

*Loghain and me duel for about 30 seconds*

Loghain: "WTF?"

Me: "Oh yeah, man, I forgot to tell you: I have like, 20 of these 'greater health poltices.' They're incredible, you can kick my ass handily all day, but I just toss one of these back each time."

Loghain: "That's really an unfair advantage, right? Can I use them, too? I mean, does no one here find something inherently wrong with one party in this duel instantly healing themselves while the other can't?"

Me: "I guess. I did this at the Orzammar proving, too. I was justifiably getting beaten pretty bad, but I had a bunch of poultices. No one seemed to mind."

Loghain: "This is ridiculous. I have like, multiple thousands of hit points. You have, what, 300?"

Me: "****chya."

Loghain: "So, no one in this Landsmeet finds it a bit unfair that this guy can run around in a circle for five minutes, drinking these things constantly, while I have to chase him? Really?"

Me: "This is how the Grey Wardens DO, son."

Loghain: "Now he's taking psychotropic mushrooms. This is beyond ridiculous."


Imagine if Loghain had brought potions, too. You two would be at it all day.

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I wonder exactly what time Return to Ostagar will be coming online tomorrow...

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Tomorrow?!!? It's already "tomorrow" in, uhhh...Greenwich (and Casablanca apparently, gogo computer clocks). DA was released in Europe, right? Technically We should be able to DL it NOW.  Hear that Bioware?  Get on it!

Modifié par Zenocrate, 05 janvier 2010 - 01:25 .


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I'd like to know that as well. It'll give me something to mess around with when I get home.

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sagevallant wrote...

I wonder exactly what time Return to Ostagar will be coming online tomorrow...


Well.... assuming you haven't seen the anger fest on the non spoiler forum... it isn't coming tomorrow. It's been delayed again unfortunately (for a currently unspecified reason).

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Einea wrote...

sagevallant wrote...

I wonder exactly what time Return to Ostagar will be coming online tomorrow...


Well.... assuming you haven't seen the anger fest on the non spoiler forum... it isn't coming tomorrow. It's been delayed again unfortunately (for a currently unspecified reason).


Oh my. I never look at those boards. I guess I should start. Thanks for the info.

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Kerridan Kaiba wrote...


Oh my. I never look at those boards. I guess I should start. Thanks for the info.


No problem :). First thing I wondered when I saw that post was " I wonder how many moderators just smacked their foreheads in anticipation of the angry mob to come (and apparently the need to insult one another over differences in opinions)."

Can't say I blame you for not looking in that forum often :P.

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Recidiva wrote...

Me: Okay. It's the New Year. I know usually time has no meaning, but we're all going to have New Year's resolutions. Oghren. What do you think?
Oghren: I think I'll drink more.
Me: That doesn't seem possible, how about drinking...less?
Oghren: You celebrate your holidays your way, I celebrate mine my own way.
Me: *sigh* Morrigan, I think you should move closer to camp and become socialized.
Morrigan: *takes a step back*
Me: And what is with the blood vials?
Morrigan: *rolls her eyes and stalks to her tent*
Me: Excellent. Nice moment we had. Wynne. I want you to stop referring to your age.
Wynne: I shall try, although I am old and set in my ways.
Me: Sten. You need to help out around camp. Cooking, cleaning...
Sten: Women's work.
Me: So all this crap about honor and warriorhood is all about not cleaning up after yourself?
Sten: It is part of our code.
Me: Zevran. Help me out here. You seem vaguely sane. What do you want in the new year?
Zevran: I'm sorry, were you talking? I was staring at your breasts.
Me: Right. Gotcha. Shale?
Shale: I vow to make a greater effort to disdain fleshy creatures.
Me: You're right on top of that, I see. Alistair?
Alistair: Has it been a year? I remember when I was with some Grey Wardens at a New Year's celebration and there were candles and dancing and...and...*eye crinkles* *looks away with tears sparkling in his eyes*
Me:  Leliana.  How about being responsible for your own behavior and your own choices?
Leliana:  I shall pray to the Maker that it be so.
Me: Bloody hell. I see I'm going to have to resolve to not hold fictional characters to any standards of behavior whatsoever. I'm going to go have a drink with Dog.


Thanks for the laugh :happy:. You are very good at these. Now I'm wondering what Loghain would have for a New Year's resolution.

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Einea wrote...

sagevallant wrote...

I wonder exactly what time Return to Ostagar will be coming online tomorrow...


Well.... assuming you haven't seen the anger fest on the non spoiler forum... it isn't coming tomorrow. It's been delayed again unfortunately (for a currently unspecified reason).


This is pretty much the only thread I check, to say nothing of forums. Sigh. Well, this is the problem with trying to complete content real time instead of working on a game for X months before even ANNOUNCING that you're working on it. So much for "during the holiday season".

I'm going to be extremely disappointed no matter how good it is, since it's apparently only going to be about an hour of content and I've been waiting for over a month. This is why I'm persuing other games for my freetime. Got NWN diamond off amazon for about $20, and I'm downloading Borderlands. Which should keep me sufficiently busy until ME2 comes out.

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Seallyn wrote...

sagevallant wrote...

Seallyn wrote...

*After the City Gates in Denerim heading out*

Shale: Have fun storming the castle!
PC: Thanks Shale (runs off through the crowd of cheering soldiers.)
Leliana: Think it'll work?
Shale: They'll need a miracle.


Me: Not my fault they didn't bring Shale and a big black cloak. And a wheelbarrow. Who's planning this break-in, anyway?


Heh!  Not Wesley. 

Shale: The Dread Pirate Shale is here for your soul!!!

Zevran: My name is Zevran.  You killed my father, prepare to die.


Hah. I really love how so many of these posts fit the Princess Bride into the story. That movie is great.
I really just wanna say that this is a great thread. I spent many hours reading this when I could have been playing the actual game, but this is just as good or better!

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*Frostback Mountains*



*Talking to the Merchant guy*



PC: I believe you have my friends sword.

Merchant: I-I don't know what you're talking about.

PC: Sten tear his arms off

Merchant: W-wait! Now I know what you're talking abo-

PC: That was awesome! I've changed my mind TELL ME WHERE THE MAN IN BLACK IS!

Merchant: What but? Man in black? I-I don't know, but I know where the sword is.

PC: I don't care about the sword anymore just tell me where Wesley is you albino freak!

Sten: You don't care about the sword? *breaths down PC's neck*

PC: Uhh... Right sword then.



I was laughing so hard when I saw that option.

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Lady Dino wrote...

*Frostback Mountains*

*Talking to the Merchant guy*

PC: I believe you have my friends sword.
Merchant: I-I don't know what you're talking about.
PC: Sten tear his arms off
Merchant: W-wait! Now I know what you're talking abo-
PC: That was awesome! I've changed my mind TELL ME WHERE THE MAN IN BLACK IS!
Merchant: What but? Man in black? I-I don't know, but I know where the sword is.
PC: I don't care about the sword anymore just tell me where Wesley is you albino freak!
Sten: You don't care about the sword? *breaths down PC's neck*
PC: Uhh... Right sword then.

I was laughing so hard when I saw that option.


Me: The man in black?

Man in Black Cloak: ......Reunion.... ...Jenova......    ...........

Me: Yup. Looks like it's time to cull the Pretty Boy population again.

Alistair: Meep! >_<

Me: (execute Omni-Slash)

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Einea wrote...

Thanks for the laugh :happy:. You are very good at these. Now I'm wondering what Loghain would have for a New Year's resolution.


You're welcome!  Thanks to you guys for posting.  Yesterday I just couldn't log in.  The boards like to tell me I don't exist.  Sometimes I can out stubborn it (I swear I tried to log in twice an hour at least for about 15 hours...) and just couldn't make it.

I'm assuming Loghain will reaffirm his dedication to being an xenophobic paranoid maniac.  Just a guess.

Though maybe he'll decide to work out a little more and maybe get some sleep.  Considering his complexion, looks like he bruises easily and never heals, and also slept sometime during the last blight.

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sagevallant wrote...

This is pretty much the only thread I check, to say nothing of forums. Sigh. Well, this is the problem with trying to complete content real time instead of working on a game for X months before even ANNOUNCING that you're working on it. So much for "during the holiday season".

I'm going to be extremely disappointed no matter how good it is, since it's apparently only going to be about an hour of content and I've been waiting for over a month. This is why I'm persuing other games for my freetime. Got NWN diamond off amazon for about $20, and I'm downloading Borderlands. Which should keep me sufficiently busy until ME2 comes out.


Well, if they release it some time around Easter it'll still count as a holiday?

I'm officially on vacation for a week.  I'd be disappointed if I weren't so very happy about being able to sleep in.  I did want to try to download it, but yesterday my game couldn't log in at all and told me I didn't have content I had.  So wheee!

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Swordsmith53 wrote...

Hah. I really love how so many of these posts fit the Princess Bride into the story. That movie is great.
I really just wanna say that this is a great thread. I spent many hours reading this when I could have been playing the actual game, but this is just as good or better!


Yay!  Thank you.  This thread has been my successful rebound from when the game broke up with me.

DAO:  No, it's not you, I'm just trying to teach the world something.
Me:  What?  That being mediocre is the way to go?
DAO:  No, nothing like that.  It's just that the world isn't black and white.
Me:  *hands on hips*  I already knew that.  You just want unconditional love, don't you?  You just want to make perfect sense and I keep questioning you and you don't like it.
DAO:  Well...yes.  You are frankly a ****.
Me:  So you were just using me?  You gave me the rose and the adrenaline rush to...to..
DAO:  To screw you over, yes.
Me:  How can you live with yourself?
DAO:  Well, I'm a game, I don't have to.
Me:  Fine.  So it's not love, then.
DAO:  I'm still free for booty calls.
Me:  *sigh*  FIne.  See you when the DLC comes out.

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Recidiva wrote...

Swordsmith53 wrote...

Hah. I really love how so many of these posts fit the Princess Bride into the story. That movie is great.
I really just wanna say that this is a great thread. I spent many hours reading this when I could have been playing the actual game, but this is just as good or better!


Yay!  Thank you.  This thread has been my successful rebound from when the game broke up with me.

DAO:  No, it's not you, I'm just trying to teach the world something.
Me:  What?  That being mediocre is the way to go?
DAO:  No, nothing like that.  It's just that the world isn't black and white.
Me:  *hands on hips*  I already knew that.  You just want unconditional love, don't you?  You just want to make perfect sense and I keep questioning you and you don't like it.
DAO:  Well...yes.  You are frankly a ****.
Me:  So you were just using me?  You gave me the rose and the adrenaline rush to...to..
DAO:  To screw you over, yes.
Me:  How can you live with yourself?
DAO:  Well, I'm a game, I don't have to.
Me:  Fine.  So it's not love, then.
DAO:  I'm still free for booty calls.
Me:  *sigh*  FIne.  See you when the DLC comes out.


Watching "Do you want to date my avatar" on Youtube really helps with that. The Guild is just good geeky gaming fun.