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Hi,

i am wondering about the missing 1.000.000$ Stretch Goal

Day/Night Cycles, NPC Schedules and Weather Systems

Will they be added with a Patch maybe?

We paid for this Stretch Goal and i want to have it now!!!
It was promised!

"This campaign is now finished and we are extremely grateful for all of your support! With your help, we will make a fantastic RPG!"
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin

$944,282 =/= $1,000,000

I'm not even sure I'd like this implemented. I enjoy the areas in the game that are always "night". And I'm not sure I'd like the areas where it's always "day" to even have a night cycle.

It won't be added. For them to add the day/night scheduling and weather cycles, it would take too long. The scripting required would be double to tripled what already exists. I'd estimate this would take an additional year or more, if they worked exclusively on this, going from development, testing and release.

The only way I can see them doing this is if they re-released an enhanced version or expansion that will be sold. Honestly, the game script isn't as messed up as it was with DKS so they should move on with the DKS sequel now.

The Larians have learned a lot from the kickstarter campaign. They honestly were nervous of hitting the $400k mark, let alone the $1mil. The company has learned a lot these past two years and I'm sure will have more accurate and realistic stretch goals.

Question is, do you want the sequel to either DKS or D:OS in three to four years. Or do you want a D:OS expansion in a year to two from now with the DKS sequel in like five to six years? Personally, I want D:OS patched and the DKS sequel in three to four years from now.

If they add something I hope it is more content (flush out phantom forest; add a few crypts; fix all the broken quests; make the story more cohesive; fix the bugs - other than broken loot and a ton of broken quests I had no major bugs but others on steam are complaining right and left even today about crashes and save issues).

Vincke laughs when I ask him about where the Divinity series may be going next, but is coy about revealing finer details. "I can't say. There's nothing yet to announce, it will be very calm on the announcement front for a couple of months, as we're preparing our new things," he said.

His comment refers to the two new companions and new skills on their way to the game and end-game balances for the ranger and warrior classes, of course. In addition to this, Vincke mentions that the studio is working on bringing out a "much better, harder, difficulty level" in which all encounters will be different, as well as fine-tuning the game's inventory management.

Regardless, Vincke promises fans that a breadth of new content is still in the works for Original Sin.

"There's definitely a lot of stuff coming," he said.

I would certainly say it's bad if it was dropped when it's part of a stretch goal. You met stretch goals but it was not delivered. For whatever reason, if it was part of a stretch goal it should not be dropped for whatever reason. You should not promise ANY goals if you can't seem to meet. At least that is what how i look at things.

New mini-interview with Swen:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/divinity-original-sin-a-big-success-future-project/1100-6422120/