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[quote]Is this how it is supposed to work, or is this a bug?[/quote] As far as we can tell, it's a bug. :P

You will be able to, however none of that content is available yet (should be soon-ish). They're supposed to set up some system where you can put in your purchase info since the e-book versions didn't come with a code - supposed to work for Amazon and B&N e-books first, and expanded afterwards to others.

[quote who="PsiRedEye22" reply="40" id="2763478"]Where we're going, we don't need civility. [/quote] Starbucks?

Yeah. Catapults are a great idea when there are fortifications that need catapultin'. But until we get some of those, they're pretty terrible :P

[quote who="Savyg" reply="24" id="2763050"] Quoting Annatar11, reply 22 I don't have high hopes for FFXIV. BioWare indeed had better come through with The Old Republic. A lot more than just the game is riding on it, I think. If BioWare's Star Wars MMO fails, I really don't think we'll ever see another one attempted. The Old Republic and Guild Wars 2 are all I'm interested in. The MMO landscape has become supremely boring. &nb

There will be a book 2 in an update, and there's supposed to be a book 3 afterwards (but don't know if in an update or in an expansion).

For now, that's it. Book 2 is going to get released in an update at some point in the future.

There's a fair amount of people who want MP, and to be perfectly honest it's not a good thing to promise it and then keep delaying it until a patch with no firm release estimate (which may be another month or more).

Yes, I'm sure he's thrilled at the prospect and just bristling with excitement about it. *smacks kosc with some hard wood*

[quote who="Sarudak" reply="7" id="2762403"]I don't understand how AI will fix a dull choice lacking combat system... [/quote] I think what he meant is more of that re-working the combat system will mean that they have to make sure the AI knows what to do with it, which will take time to do.

I don't have high hopes for FFXIV. BioWare indeed had better come through with The Old Republic. A lot more than just the game is riding on it, I think. If BioWare's Star Wars MMO fails, I really don't think we'll ever see another one attempted.

Try testing from Elemental boards. Specifically, posting XML code from the game files does very funky things (every other line with black background).

Improving the combat system will require a rebalance of values no matter which way you slice it. It also takes longer than a rebalance of values. With the right changes, tweaking weapons/armor will make the current system less frustrating while they work on improving it (which I do hope they are).

[quote]Do you accept this mission? Kill 3 trolls and a bandit. Return to the Old library with them and get a scroll of knowledge (+300 experience and +1 intelligence)[/quote] The current quest system is fairly robust in terms of how quests can progress (multiple options leading to different endings), but it still depends exclusively on Tiles. A quest can't be made that has you go and hunt wandering monsters - there's no trigger to check for it. The only trigger that exists

I don't think this is likely. It would be nice, but the logistics just don't work out. First, it would require all the devs to either update the journal each time, or tell someone else (kryo?) each time they think they fixed something. Even with that, it's not until a couple days before a patch release when all the fixes get to go through QA, and some end up getting pulled (see shard damage fix for 1.07). There literally isn't a solid list of what's "fixed" until the patch cle

The Good: - Hugh Galaxies ;) Is that Hugh Jass Galaxies?

You'll probably have to email sales to see :P

I usually notice it on mounted units, tied to enemy counter-attacks. If I attack on a mount, enemy counter-attacks, then I wait probably around 10 seconds before I can perform an action. If the enemy has no counter-attacks remaining, I can attack normally without the abnormally long pause.

[quote]Is that controlled in the xml or somewhere we can't get at? I really wish I was home instead of stuck at work...[/quote] I haven't been able to find it in an XML. ElementalDefs.xml is where I'd expect it to be (all the global variables), but it's not. If I had to guess, it's hardcoded.

It's by design, more of an arbitrary balancing measure to make sure units don't prance around the battlefield - if it only cost 1, a unit with 6 moves could move 6 tiles per turn, which is a huge amount considering the overall size of the map.

Nope, for now gotta break them out.

[quote]Where would we be if we just stopped at the invention of the wheel?[/quote] Really pimpin' Ferraris on wooden horse cart wheels. And just think of Formula 1 racing!

ToEE is based on the Greyhawk D&D setting. It is also the most literal translation of the rulebook (especially as far as combat mechanics) in any semi-recent computer D&D game. Combat is entirely turn based (as per D&D, initiative is rolled at start of combat and that determines the order), and this allows for a lot of combat mechanics to be implemented. Things like 5-foot-step, weapon reach, etc that don't see the light of day when translated into a real-time combat system (

I'll make the distinction between a pre-order and a beta test. If people pre-ordered after the Beta 4 cut-off, they weren't in the beta and the pre-order should be treated no differently than walking into the store on release day and buying it. But for beta testing, the expectation always was that pay for the unfinished product at that time, and in exchange you would be able to contribute to development. I don't believe not liking the final result after beta participation entitles a

I don't think it's up to any of us to try and tell people under what conditions they should feel entitled to a refund. But at the same time, the GBOR wording on a refund is pretty specific to technical issues ("incompatible" and "does not function at a reasonable level of performance"). Under this, not liking it does not entitle you to a 100% refund. I know they have offered 75% refunds for "I don't like it" requests, so perhaps if that is your only issue then you should ask for the 75% one.