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[Haplose]

Cyberarmy wrote...
BTW all demi-lich have "Imprisonment at will" skill. Korgan ates them for breakfast with proper axes or Crom Fayer!

Umm, only if these "proper axes" are +5. Not many such weapons, AFAIR. I remember that at mid-levels there were only two ways for me to even touch Kangaxx: Meteor Swarm spell (since it gave you +6 projectiles to throw) and Carsomyr. Of course it was still a huge gamble to try to make it before your party members are gone....
The Berserker rage giving immunity to Imprisonment was priceless though.

As for BG1... I'm frankly more interested in the NWN2 mod Baldurs Gate Reloaded, which should be coming out soon, then this Enhanced Edition. Playing Baldurs Gate in not-so-dated 3D graphics, using the vastly superior DnD 3,5 edition ruleset should be a far more... refreshing experience.

[DreamwareStudio]

Well, I went and did it. BGEE is now downloading!

[Isichar]

google_calasade wrote...

Isichar wrote...

A story about a bunch of god children killing each other in order to become a god is boring? Well it all comes down to perspective and opinion I suppose.

I like how it starts with you just been some weak adventurer running from assassins and dealing with kobolds and eventually turns you into a walking force of power within the world capable of dealing with entire armies of mythical creatures single handedly. Its one of the few game series I felt scaled its difficulty properly and constantly managed to raise the threat in a way that makes sense with the setting.

No doubt. After two or thee of the main quests in DA:O I was pretty much sleepwalking through the game in regards to battles. I took on Flemeth with just my Warden and Leliana. The final battle was fairly easy, too. That was on "Nightmare". Likewise, my biggest complaint with the Witcher 1 was how unbalanced it was towards the end and the Witcher 2 also disappointed me (to a lesser degree) in that vein.

Both BG 1 and 2 did well in keeping the game balanced.

If I want any challange whatsoever from DA:O theres a few rules I have, no weapon/armor mods/DLC, no arcane warrior, I cant use more then 1 mage at a time, and no spamming potions. For BG there is really no need to set a handicap on the highest difficulty I find.

In DA:O I will sometimes also play were if my main character dies I have to restart, and I have also played were if anyone in my party dies I will restart, that can add an interesting challange. Due to the nature of high level difficulty in DnD rules I always play like this when playing BG since you cant actually revive anyone who dies.

Modifié par Isichar, 28 novembre 2012 - 05:21 .

[Isichar]

google_calasade wrote...

Well, I went and did it. BGEE is now downloading!

W00t! only 3 more hours and it will be available to play

[DreamwareStudio]

Isichar wrote...

If I want any challange whatsoever from DA:O theres a few rules I have, no weapon/armor mods/DLC, no arcane warrior, I cant use more then 1 mage at a time, and no spamming potions. For BG there is really no need to set a handicap on the highest difficulty I find. 

In DA:O I will sometimes also play were if my main character dies I have to restart, and I have also played were if anyone in my party dies I will restart, that can add an interesting challange. Due to the nature of high level difficulty in DnD rules I always play like this when playing BG since you cant actually revive anyone who dies.

In DA:O, if my character dies, that's it. New game time. Fallen (well, unconscious) members don't get healed until we're back at camp. No injury kits. Morrigan is my lone mage. Most times I'll only use three party members for the "harder" battles, sometimes two as I noted against Flemeth. There are two partss of DA:O that I truly enjoyed as far as difficulty. One was taking on the Sacred Ashes quest really early. Going through those tunnels was a real chore, but where it got to be an incredible amount of fun was going into the Deep Roads. I set a very low limit on poultices (nothing higher than the normal ones). No return, take it all in one swoop. Going across the bridge and facing what was beyond gave me a serious charge of adrenalin.

Baldur's Gate, the core rules are enough usually for me. Sometimes I'll venture to the insane level were it truly is that. BG difficulty levels are actually accurate in their titles. In DA:O nightmare is normal, normal is easy, and easy? I don't even know what to call that. Cakewalk maybe.

Modifié par google_calasade, 28 novembre 2012 - 05:31 .

[DreamwareStudio]

Isichar wrote...

google_calasade wrote...

Well, I went and did it. BGEE is now downloading!

W00t! only 3 more hours and it will be available to play

Yep, I'm getting in all the editing I can while it's downloading. :innocent:

[Isichar]

I find both the deep roads and the forest can be tough if you start with them to begin with right after lothering due to there high levels. The sacred ashes quest does have a semi-tough fight with the arcane warrior and the high dragon at the end though so I can see those 2 been a bit tougher if your not pimped out.

Hmm in one play-through I made an arcane warrior, had both Morrigan and Wynne, and then Leliana as my 4th (sometimes I would switch a mage or Leliana for Shale but I did like having the LP...) and it was extremely rare to see anything hitting my AW for higher then 1 damage with all the passive buffs, on nightmare too. I would have my other 3 guys sit back and provide passives well my AW ran into the middle of battle to deal with everything.

Modifié par Isichar, 28 novembre 2012 - 05:44 .

[Isichar]

google_calasade wrote...

Yep, I'm getting in all the editing I can while it's downloading. :innocent:

Just dont rush too much and make a mistake you will have to go back and fix or anything

[Isichar]

Its pretty easy now I find, but in my original play-through I admit I found Ser Catherine ridiculously difficult.

[DreamwareStudio]

Isichar wrote...

google_calasade wrote...

Yep, I'm getting in all the editing I can while it's downloading. :innocent:

Just dont rush too much and make a mistake you will have to go back and fix or anything

After rewriting this chapter (a needless flashback scene and some other stuff that had nothing to do with squat really as far as the storyline goes), I should be pretty much golden. The remaining chapters are already pretty tight. There won't be another story edit until Chapter 18, so after 7 and until 18 it's pretty much line edits and checking for correct word usage. Fairly small stuff.

Chapter 7 was/is a bear because one of the MCs suffers from multiple personality disorder, a result of having been tortured and repeatedly sexually assaulted during a war. Getting that down required a lot of research and corrections to 7, which is where his second personality comes into play and effects the remaining chapters.

Modifié par google_calasade, 28 novembre 2012 - 05:50 .

[Isichar]

google_calasade wrote...

Isichar wrote...

google_calasade wrote...

Yep, I'm getting in all the editing I can while it's downloading. :innocent:

Just dont rush too much and make a mistake you will have to go back and fix or anything

After rewriting this chapter (a needless flashback scene and some other stuff that had nothing to do with squat really as far as the storyline goes), I should be pretty much golden. The remaining chapters are already pretty tight. There won't be another story edit until Chapter 18, so after 7 and until 18 it's pretty much line edits and checking for correct word usage. Fairly small stuff.

What are you rewriting or editing for exactly? Is it a story you wrote? Is it something your getting published? Just curious.

[DreamwareStudio]

Isichar wrote...

What are you rewriting or editing for exactly? Is it a story you wrote? Is it something your getting published? Just curious.

I'm editing Calasade: Strife, a novel I wrote and which will be published online as soon as the editing is complete. Print copies will be available in January courtesy of a special deal I made with an indie publisher (long story short, I didn't want to give up any rights so they're basically sponsoring the print copies and distribution at no charge with an advertising page within Strife for their own line of graphics novels). The reason I didn't want to relinquish rights is because HarperCollins is mulling Strife over (fingers are so seriously crossed on that). Not sure how long they will be so I'm going ahead with publishing it per their permission as long as I retain all rights. 

Strife is the first of ten novels set within the world of Calasade, a fantasy medieval world I created. A free preview of Strife is available on its Facebook page.

Modifié par google_calasade, 28 novembre 2012 - 06:02 .

[Isichar]

Interesting. so where exactly will the book be available once its released? Are you considering making an Ereader version by any chance?

I wouldn't mind picking up a copy and checking out if its any good myself when its released. And if I see lots of spelling errors I will know it was because you were too busy playing BG:EE lmao.

[DreamwareStudio]

Isichar wrote...

Interesting. so where exactly will the book be available once its released? Are you considering making an Ereader version by any chance?

I wouldn't mind picking up a copy and checking out if its any good myself when its released. And if I see lots of spelling errors I will know it was because you were too busy playing BG:EE lmao.

It will be available on Amazon (Kindle) & B&N (Nook) come mid December. I was hoping to have it done by end of November, but that's not happening. I want this to be as polished as possible. I'm just glad I found an editor who's as anal as I am about this sort of thing. LOL I am extremely picky on a normal basis, but with HarperCollins in the balance, everything is being swept through multiple times with a fine-toothed comb. There will be neither spelling errors nor the myriad of mistakes you find with the majority of indie or self published stuff. I have too much riding on this and will not suffer unprofessionalism of any kind.

[Isichar]

Its definitely better to wait until the product is ready to go rather then rush it. In particular at the start of the series when you want to be getting fans hooked onto the books. I will check out the Amazon version when it is released. I got a vacation coming up and I will be spending lots of time on the plane so I will need plenty of reading material.

[DreamwareStudio]

Isichar wrote...

Its definitely better to wait until the product is ready to go rather then rush it. In particular at the start of the series when you want to be getting fans hooked onto the books. I will check out the Amazon version when it is released. I got a vacation coming up and I will be spending lots of time on the plane so I will need plenty of reading material.

Awesome! 

[Isichar]

Lol in talking about BG:EE you also made a sale. Now thats what I call win-win.

[DreamwareStudio]

Isichar wrote...

Lol in talking about BG:EE you also made a sale. Now thats what I call win-win.

No doubt! 

Speaking of BGEE, it's halfway downloaded!

[Isichar]

google_calasade wrote...

No doubt! 

Speaking of BGEE, it's halfway downloaded!

Gogogo less then 1 hour until it is released!

Modifié par Isichar, 28 novembre 2012 - 07:10 .

[termokanden]

Skelter192 wrote...

• Native support for high resolutions.
• Shader-based upscaling of artwork. Art can be displayed at much higher resolutions than the original game.
• A generously customisable / moddable high-res GUI
• Ability to zoom in or out of the battlefield.

These are probably the ones I am most interested in, along with the ability to use kits from BG2. That's enough for me to buy the game, the rest is just a bonus.

I don't know how much we are going to feel the efficiency improvements on a modern PC though.

Also, 47 mins to go.

Assuming everything goes as planned that is

[Isichar]

Just wait, 5 minutes before the game is unlocked they will decide to postpone release for another month.

Modifié par Isichar, 28 novembre 2012 - 07:17 .

[DreamwareStudio]

If so, they would be doing me a favor!

[termokanden]

Isichar wrote...

Just wait, 5 minutes before the game is unlocked they will decide to postpone release for another month.

I don't think they will. Would suck though.

However, I do think there will be some kind of issue that causes at least a slight delay.

[Isichar]

I would honestly just say **** it and boot up the regular version of BG at this point. I have intentionally been holding off playing this game for nearly a year just for this...

I tend to give companys a pass for shaky game releases, as long as most the problems become quickly patched. Same thing with delays, wait until the product is good to go, although last minute delays are frustrating as hell.

Modifié par Isichar, 28 novembre 2012 - 07:25 .

[termokanden]

Well let's not start saying it's buggy before we actually try it.

I think a server issue of some kind is more likely because of the number of people booting up the game in half an hour.

I'm still trying it though.