Are we ever going to see you win a battle? You may not be happy with the AI yet, but it always seems to be knocking you around. Maybe you should stick to BF3 [e digicons]O:)[/e]
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="12" id="3036721"] Depends on the injury. There is no "You lose XP" generic thing in there. But I've had champions get amnesia and lose a level.[/quote] This is one of the best anecdotes you guys have released yet.
[quote who="Lantros" reply="8" id="3035945"] What happend?... hmm... you took an arrow to the knee? [/quote] Nice reference!
[quote who="OldMsgt" reply="10" id="3036118"]I did not write it, I modified it as the one I found referenced Soldiers, Since I was a Marine before my final career in the Air Force I thought it appropriate. I posted it on one board and was called the bastard son of Tom Clancy by a liberal from Canada who really is a wannabee American.[/quote] Bravo to you sir. There are far worse things to be called than the bastard son of Tom Clancy. Do you happen
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="203" id="3035363"]@Xia yes, the races do look better. My avatar ran into an npc named masq yada yada. I think its the same name as the quirky npc in oblivion. In any case, he said that all the kajids (the cat people from elswehr) 'look so much better since he moved to skyrim.' I think that was tongue in cheek humor... they do look better than they do in Cyrodiil.... lol.[/quote] M'aiq the Liar is one of the
[quote who="Cruxador" reply="6" id="3035318"]Skyrim on the PC is possible though, and better than elsewhere. Skyward Sword could happen easily on the PC. You wouldn't need to work around hardware limitations, but if you think nothing creative happens on the PC you clearly haven't paid much attention to PC gaming. The only advantage of consoles for a consumer is price, and in a world where everyone needs a PC anyway, even that advantage is gone. Publishers like consoles becau
[quote who="GeneralEtrius" reply="2" id="3035227"]Give or take 20 years and it will happen.[/quote] I hope it never happens. You want to see video games stagnate? Put everything on the same device. Different platforms breed variety which breeds innovation. If we were all on the same system right now we'd either have to sacrifice The Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword or Skyrim (as one example of many). Sure, you could code the new
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="4" id="3035255"]is this the one with the giant bugs that are used like stagecoaches? Stint riders, or something like that? Loved it.[/quote] Silt Striders! Ahhh.. I loved Morrowind. Great game.
[quote who="seanw3" reply="29" id="3035218"]Okay, if the story is good I am in, but how do I know until I purchase it? Youtube I guess. And I exaggerated some of my points, KOTOR in my mind is a great balance between what we saw in the movies and what is good gameplay in a video game. Sure chain lightning is a game breaking win button, but other than that. The lightsabers were well balanced without making everything else useless. The thermal detonators were rare enough to need to b
[quote who="wbino" reply="198" id="3035155"]Those either unlock shouts or enchant certain weapons.[/quote] Soul Gems are.. Fragments of Soul Gems are not. Based on some quick research on some of the Skyrim wikis no one has found a use for them.
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="24" id="3035023"]Looking forward to Old Republic, even if I do wish it had been Kotor3, 4, & 5 instead. I'm not a real big fan of MMOs. But I did really like the story and voice acting during the Beta. Also, a lot of Sean's rants are problems with everything in video games. Those are arguments against video games in general not just old Republic or MMOs. Have to balance realism, or source material, with fun. &nbs
[quote who="seanw3" reply="18" id="3034619"] I mean you don't even have to aim your gun... how is that acceptable? [/quote] If I recall correctly, and it's been a while so I may not, but you don't aim your gun in KOTOR either.
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="195" id="3034535"]Hey, can anyone tell me if chunks of soul crystals are anything but items to sell to vendors for coinn?[/quote] I have a whole stack of them, but have found nothing to do with them yet. I should sell them I guess, because as soon as I do I'll find the quest that uses them [e digicons]:annoyed:[/e] . At least then I can tell you what they do.
[quote who="RavenX" reply="190" id="3033894"] True, it can get boring after the hundredth time or so. When you think about it though it is somewhat realistic for that type of old style lock, and, it's better then just a boring "under the hood" dice roll/skill check. Basically, it's better than nothing IMO. It could have a lot worse I'm sure. With the mod on Skyrim nexus it shows you a color coded bar on top and all you have to do is put your cursor in the right spo
[quote who="seanw3" reply="186" id="3033864"]Well then what are you guys complaining about?[/quote] Because after the 200th or 300th lock picked it gets annoying. There's no skill or game about it. Pick a random starting spot, carefully test if you have it right. Repeat until you run out of picks or get the lock. This works regardless of skill of the PC or the lock requirement. *YAWN*
[quote who="seanw3" reply="176" id="3033412"]Fallout has an awesome lockpick function. Why didn't they just have someone from Obsidian come over and show them how to use it?[/quote] Skyrim's lockpick mini-game is exactly the same as Fallout 3s. That's where they got it from.
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="7" id="3033793"]Perhaps its time to apply 'corporate personhood' in a fair and balanced manner. If and when convicted - give the corporation jail time, not just a 'fine' which is just passed along as a 'cost of doing business.'[/quote] I'm sorry, but this issue just isn't that cut and dry. See my meandering and way too long post above.
Useful information for those concerned: Trevor Eckhart, the guy at the center of this exposure, has posted a very useful security tool that people here may find useful. Here is his apk for scanning your phone for CIQ (and other loggers) with the option of removing them. It requires a rooted Android phone. I'm not advocating rooting or not (it may void your warranty).
There are plenty of ways to handle defense of roads/caravans without making the user move troops around constantly. As long as theirs a logical system that allows the player to make those choices without adding to the micromanagement then requiring roads/caravans to connect cities and outposts adds to the game. Just off the top of my head: Caravan's have levels like cities. Level 1 is an undefended caravan (dude in a covered wagon). Level 2 is that s
[quote who="Achul" reply="20" id="3029788"]Wow man I would be pissed if I bought a 130 dollar card to play a game I didn't like. I wouldn't laugh about it. But maybe you have so much more money than me so that you can. I did browse the forums but felt as if the patches were making progress and thought they would continue. I don't take "risks" when I purchase things, I assume certain standards. [/quote] T
The WOM caravan system was terrible. However, there does need to be some sort of supply line mechanic to deal with outposts. Not only does it make realistic sense but it makes gameplay sense. We shouldn't be able to plop outposts down anywhere we want and receive immediate benefit. Think of having an open borders agreement with a neighboring kingdom. I can travel through their kingdom and then drop an outpost in empty territory on the other s
I've definitely seen plenty of physics caused deaths involving mountains or walls and Fus Roh Dah or impact knockback. No horse heroics though.
[quote who="Savyg" reply="120" id="3028247"]LAA is still easily done. You just need to run a tool instead of the game directly. http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1013[/quote] Nice job. I was just coming to post this. Anyone who has consistent CTDs should try this fix. It removed my 1/hour CTD problem completely. I played for ~25 hours with zero CTD after making the exe LAA. Which Bethesda then promptly screwed up. The fi
[quote who="wbino" reply="95" id="3027035"]I'm curious at what difficulty everyone is playing at?[/quote] I'm playing a fire mage and have basically the same complaints as Heavenfall on the same difficulty level. Only time I was challenged by dragons was a random encounter with two dragons attacking me while fighting bandits. I barely survived, but somehow I did. If they're supposed to be the "boss fights of Skyrim" as Todd Howard claimed, I shouldn't
[quote who="seanw3" reply="70" id="3025035"]I just can't imagine playing this game with a controller. Are there any vampires in this version?[/quote] Yes, and its a bitch to get rid of if you don't catch it early.