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Zilkin posted:Has there been any talk about porting PoE to Unity 5 like inXile is doing with W2? There was recently a dev post about updating PoE's Unity. Roby Atadero: In Topic: Unity 5.0 release & it's exhaustive feature set quote:I don't know what our plans are going forward but, I do know we are shipping with the version of Unity we are currently using (4.6).
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evilmiera posted:Not until possibly the expansion.
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Mar 8, 2015 10:55
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rope kid posted:There's zero chance we would do MP in an expansion. Ah, alrighty. Possibly some kind of sequel, if this sells well?
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Mar 8, 2015 11:11
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I can't imagine MP ever being much of a focus for these games, an RPG that plays in real time and in which you control a big group doesn't lend itself very well to that. It was never very popular in the IE games either.
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Mar 8, 2015 11:38
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No multiplayer, thanks. Meanwhile, eagerly awaiting the PAX East report of esteemed gentleman mindx2. Sensuki fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Mar 8, 2015 11:48
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Allow people to stream it easily and you can multiplayer command the party through that!
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Mar 8, 2015 11:53
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Ropekid as we can create our own additional party members can you please ensure there are lots of Hot Babe portraits so I can fill my party with Hot Babes tia
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Mar 8, 2015 12:22
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No MP? Then how am I supposed to pwn newbs with my sick 360 NOFLASK Ensorcell-Head moves?!?!
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Mar 8, 2015 13:11
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The reason I ask is because a friend of mine is right now playing through BG EE with some friends in multiplayer. Personally I'd just want a singleplayer experience but I can see why some would want the option.
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Mar 8, 2015 13:31
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Eddain posted:The best character was Xan. He was just being 100% honest the entire time. This is the correct opinion. Also I kind of like Sera in DA:I. Granted I just got the stronghold in that game, but I don't find her terribly bad. Sure she's a bit "random" but I don't find her so grating like everyone said I would. She still has direction and a kind of agenda, so I can't hate on her too much. I would love another Xan-like character though. One who is willing to help, but is really sick and tired of all the bullshit you have to trudge through to get the job done.
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Mar 8, 2015 16:37
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MartianAgitator posted:It's Jan the gnome who has aged the poorest. At least Minsc doesn't say a lot and will bond with Aerie (and will berserk when Korgan kills her) which is cool. But Jan is obnoxious, useless, and just talks and talks and talks. SurrealityCheck posted:I was 11 or 12 when I played BG1 (in French!) and maybe 15 when I played BG2? I just remember hating Imoen. A lot. HE CEST MOI IMOEN MONTARON, VOUS ETES SI EXASPERANT!
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Mar 8, 2015 16:37
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evilmiera posted:The reason I ask is because a friend of mine is right now playing through BG EE with some friends in multiplayer. Personally I'd just want a singleplayer experience but I can see why some would want the option. I think PoE plays a bit faster than the BG games, so I don't know that multiplayer would be that enjoyable. Makes more sense in something turn-based like Divinity:OS. Also Jan rules. I should replay BG2 with all of the oddball characters since I usually took "canon" parties.
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Mar 8, 2015 18:34
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Litany Unheard posted:I think PoE plays a bit faster than the BG games, so I don't know that multiplayer would be that enjoyable. Makes more sense in something turn-based like Divinity:OS. Yeah. I think there's potential for the inXile to make a multiplayer turn-based RPG with a reasonable story using the Numenera/Wasteland engine and their writers, but PoE wouldn't work without severe restrictions on play. Forcing 0.5x speed in combat at all times or something. It's just too fast for two players to co-ordinate properly otherwise.
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Mar 8, 2015 19:24
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So, right now, what are the go-to Beat Things Up classes? In 4e terms, what are the strikers, if something like that exists? Or is it "everyone does lots of damage and also does a little of x, y and/or z"?
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Mar 8, 2015 20:23
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Barbarian, ranger rogue, monk and fighter. The monk and fight can be defenders too, depending on how you build them. Barbarians are arguably controllers, I guess, as they do melee AOEs. To continue second guessing myself, wizard, cipher and druid are probably striker/controller, striker/controller, and striker/controller/leader respectively. So yeah, a little of X, a little of Y. CottonWolf fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Mar 8, 2015 20:26
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rope kid posted:There's zero chance we would do MP in an expansion. This is awesome.
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Mar 8, 2015 21:57
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CottonWolf posted:Yeah. I think there's potential for the inXile to make a multiplayer turn-based RPG with a reasonable story using the Numenera/Wasteland engine and their writers, but PoE wouldn't work without severe restrictions on play. Forcing 0.5x speed in combat at all times or something. It's just too fast for two players to co-ordinate properly otherwise. Or just let both players pause at will like in Baldurs Gate. This isn't rocket science. The exact same RtwP system has had multiplayer that worked perfectly before. I understand why PoE doesn't do it (multiplayer is expensive) but let's not rewrite history ala Blizzard and pretend things that had already been solved are somehow impossible now.
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Mar 8, 2015 22:00
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Balder's Gate pause at will was fuckin' horrible with another person.CottonWolf posted:Barbarian, ranger rogue, monk and fighter. What's a 'leader' class? I get strikers are hitty-people who cause individual damage and controllers cause wide-scale damage to encourage attacks onto themselves (maybe?), but what does a leader do, cause team positive status effects?
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Mar 8, 2015 22:32
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Hit the nail on the head. Leaders are the buffers/healers of the party. Strikers are the DPS, Controllers do big AoE attacks and debuffs to soften up enemies for the strikers, and the Defenders keep the enemy from attacking the others.
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Mar 8, 2015 22:37
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Drifter posted:What's a 'leader' class? I get strikers are hitty-people who cause individual damage and controllers cause wide-scale damage to encourage attacks onto themselves (maybe?), but what does a leader do, cause team positive status effects? Striker: Deals huge damage to enemies. Leader: Undoes or prevents damage to the party, or increases the party's ability to deal damage to enemies. Controller: Prevents enemies from taking actions with status effects like stun, daze, blind or terrain manipulation. Also, usually, low-damage high-radius AoE damage which is good for popping minions (mook enemies with 1hp). Defender: Prevents enemies from taking actions by punishing them for attacking his allies and/or being a huge tanky piece of poo poo who won't let you walk past him. Almost exclusively melee. Most of the 4e classes are mixes of these e.g. a Warlock is a ranged Striker with a side of Controller.
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Mar 8, 2015 22:45
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On that note I really wish warlords were a thing in PoE, or in 5e, or really any RPG outside of 4e. Why is "martial commander" such a rare archetype available to play as? The only thing I can think of that's comparable is GW1's Paragons and they were more like paladin-bards.
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Mar 8, 2015 22:47
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AXE COP posted:On that note I really wish warlords were a thing in PoE, or in 5e, or really any RPG outside of 4e. Why is "martial commander" such a rare archetype available to play as? The only thing I can think of that's comparable is GW1's Paragons and they were more like paladin-bards. PoE paladins are basically warlords, at least in spirit, if not fully in mechanics. Buffing martial leaders.
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Mar 8, 2015 22:51
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DatonKallandor posted:but let's not rewrite history ala Blizzard and pretend things that had already been solved are somehow impossible now.
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Mar 9, 2015 00:31
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Jastiger posted:This is the correct opinion. Sera is literally the most irritating character in any of the wrpgs I ever played.
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Mar 9, 2015 00:36
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Jackard posted:What is this referring to, you've gotten me curious. Also, Sera is garbage.
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Mar 9, 2015 00:37
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If they'd just said "we are requiring everyone to use Bnet because piracy" then they would have been keelhauled less. It still would have been loving stupid, just less shameful.
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Mar 9, 2015 00:58
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X_Toad posted:Jan, useless? I don't know, he was a skill-monkey who could also throw some good magic, I thought he was pretty useful! I always took him in my party. He served as my main lock-opener and trap-disarmer while remaining useful in combat thanks to his spells. I thought his special ammunitions were rad at low-level too. You express dismay at my describing Jan as useless then describe all the things he can do that are functionally useless in BG2. Like, hey, maybe you like Nalia 'cause the stuck-up rich lady thing turns your engine. Okay, whatever. But don't defend her inability to contribute as a party member.
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Mar 9, 2015 02:03
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Kanfy posted:Hating on Minsc and Jan Jansen, is this what society has become? It's crazy. I never recruited Jan, but Minsc is one of the best D&D characters ever written. Same thing with Edwin.
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Mar 9, 2015 02:24
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jans great once you realize all his stupid stories are just him ragging on your party members.
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Mar 9, 2015 02:28
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lol at people who didnt realize that jan spends the whole game loving with you and your party members
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Mar 9, 2015 02:40
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Yeah, I hated Jan until I realised that he was deliberately trying to piss off every single member of the party at all times 
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Mar 9, 2015 02:53
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Jackard posted:What is this referring to, you've gotten me curious. Well there's ye olde "we can't possibly have separate online and offline character pools" for Diablo 3, when D2 had both and a secure and insecure pool of online characters on top for the casual vs competitive ladder crowd. Blizzard is also a big proponent of "the internet cannot cross oceans" and "playing with someone from a different continent would be impossible ping wise!" with it's tightly region locked Battle.net 2.0 while decade old Battle.net 1.0 could handle oceans just fine.
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Mar 9, 2015 03:35
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Good Lord Fisher! posted:Yeah, I hated Jan until I realised that he was deliberately trying to piss off every single member of the party at all times Birth of Obsidian party members all hating each other right here.
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Mar 9, 2015 03:53
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As someone who just beat BG2 last month with both Minsc and Jan in my party, I can conclusively say that Minsc sucks and Jan rules (but I kept Minsc around anyways because he was too useful).
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Mar 9, 2015 04:00
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Vitamin P posted:Ropekid as we can create our own additional party members can you please ensure there are lots of Hot Babe portraits so I can fill my party with Hot Babes tia
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Mar 9, 2015 04:01
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Ropekid, seeing that souls are a definite observable thing in the setting - are there any characters or groups that don't believe in a strict Dualism?
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Mar 9, 2015 04:10
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I don't know why everyone is bagging on Sera. I'm not all the way through the game yet so maybe I just don't know something yet. Xan was great, but you know who I really liked? Jaheira and Viconia. We need more female characters like them.
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Mar 9, 2015 04:10
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Yes yes, but your artists draw so much better than the Deviant Art people.
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Mar 9, 2015 04:14
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SockPuppet posted:Ropekid, seeing that souls are a definite observable thing in the setting - are there any characters or groups that don't believe in a strict Dualism? Well, when metaphysics become science can you really call it belief anymore? One of the cool things I'm hoping for is that the game uses that tension between cultures' belief systems and animancy to explore more things than the old "science vs morality" debate.
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MartianAgitator posted:Well, when metaphysics become science can you really call it belief anymore?
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