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In all fairness TES was never particularly good as an RPG-system and the 'casualization' is pretty much damage control. It pretty much felt as if some tabletop-nerd jizzed himself when he realized he could do 500 different stats and have a computer do the bookkeeping and inadvertently created a system were bunny hopping everywhere was a viable leveling method. Everything after that is just trimming the fat. I mean, I was butthurt when Oblivion decided maces and axes were the same thing (even if they pretty much are), and then when Skyrim combined strength and constitution into Health (even if they pretty much are), but looking back, nothing of value was lost in the process, other than some of the roleplaying elements of chargen (I liked the idea of my character being born under The Lady, but hey, I can still pretend). Bethesda didn't sacrifice their soul to appeal more to 'stuuped norrmel peelpleds,' or you know, the surgeons and rocket scientists of tomorrow. Hell, in terms of game system Skyrim took a massive leap forward just in allowing your character to ride a horse and hit things with your sword at the same time.

I didn't know the way it works in adv. mode. Is it just one check of your observation against the trap and then you either trigger it or not?

It rolls against your observation to spot the trap when it is within sight range, I forget if it actually lets you walk over it safely after though.

No, it was in my leg. I can't stand any more.

That's probably due to temporary muscle-tearing... have you tried standing up on your own after fast-travelling?

I'd probably sit around town all day carving cheap crafts and chatting with the drunks and cheese makers, so a long time in this version, barring adventurers, probably not so much in the next.

(I'm aware that you Americans have to put up with hearing people screaming "epic fail dood"/etc on the streets, but that does not happen in non-anglo countries).

Lies.

I can't wait for the Angry Birds kids to reach their early twenties and start bitching about how the video games of the 2020's are utter crap compared to the flawless masterpieces they played in their youth.

Pretty much. Every generation ever thinks it's the first and last to have sex and good music, though, so I guess it's high time video games got on the list.

iirc its not infinite people you just have to kill enough of them.   I remember hearing that a site has a certain population but not all of them are spawned when you enter the town.  leaving and coming back will spawn others in the site data that were not killed.    Pretty sure if you do some rooting around you can find people who have managed to kill all sentients in adv mode.

There is a bug in this version with people respawning, I'm not sure if it applies 100% of the time, though.

Quote from: Dyret on June 12, 2014, 01:22:43 pm

Speaking of mods, I wonder how my four-armed cat people will be affected by the combat changes. Can't wait!

perhaps they will have tons of babies, then explode, like another bug related to cats.  Japanese cat bombers.

Well, if they don't naturally I know what I'm modding in next.