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In real life, firing from elevation gives you increased range and makes it less likely that your target will be obscured because they are behind something or prone. It also makes you harder to reach if somebody decides to rush your position. Other than that, there really isn’t any specific advantage to firing down at a target that I can think of.

While true, it can also make your target harder to hit as the angle steepens. Think about shooting almost directly down at someone, your target area is much smaller. Here is a super fast and not to scale example, but it should get the idea across. The red area is your target, which is a lot smaller when looking down on someone.

Oh damn! Sadurian made a joke!

This is a rare event.

All of this is exactly me as well. In my case I mentioned to the TA devs during their KS campaign (which I modestly backed) I'm doing so despite the many reasons I have to dislike their game (the three you mention being at the top of my list as well) because I want to support a new studio making cRPGs in the hope that their future games will be more to my liking. So supporting Solasta is a one-time thing for me.

I just saw you on their forums.

I really hope they succeed. Even if I end up not liking the game very much (for the above reasons), I think they can offer a lot to the genre, if other devs decide to incorporate those good things into their games. *coughLariancough*

Off the top of my head...

The map. It's amazing. This is exactly what I wanted to suggest for BG3 a long time ago. It would work very well with the focus on verticality. And it looks so nice!

The party and personality system. Ok, I'm not a fan of custom parties and no set companions. But I really like this system of the party coming alive through personality flags. As far as I can tell it's quite crude and limited in Solasta, but I hope this evolves, be it in the next TA game or some other RPG. I'd love a similar system implemented in BG3 for non-protagonist custom party members (artificial companions with personality). Unlikely of course, but hey, one can dream. (As I'm more and more seriously considering a custom party...)

The Solasta map is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6R4xDm4580

Using art for the close up screens. *spoilers* for PoE1 expansion.

On woodcuts:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F23Dk1I-i...3A/s1600/Frankreich.Nuremberg.f_283r.jpg

https://d2mpxrrcad19ou.cloudfront.net/item_images/983838/10935895_fullsize.jpg



*breathe in* breathe out* I am not going to make a dick joke. I am in control of my inner 14 year old, they are not in control of me. I chose how I reply. *breathe in* *breath out*

Ah, thanks. I've taken a look at the PoE example, it does look quite nice.