......... *sigh*
ok how can somone come up with THAT idea? But first lets remember where its roots.....
People where unhappy because sometime Rolls can be unlucky (wich is the very NATURE of dice), and as a result things worked out vastly different despite the expectation of the player.
Lets not talk about Dice Rolls in combat as Combat isnt about dice rolls but only about Heigt advantage metagame. So lets focus on the Rolls during adventuring (and thats where many have been save scuming).
Dear Larian..... you dissapointed many people.... not because of your Idea of "loaded dice" (wich is hilarious) but because this openly shows you have no grasp of the idea behind the complaints.
Coming up with "loaded Dice" also shows that you clearly have lost all Touch with comunity as i CANT REMEMBER A SINGLE THREAD where any fan requestet "loaded dice". You became ignorant and selfish and the panel showed that you are more concerned about having PR-Shows, Showering yourself in Glory, and recruitment than actualy making a Game for the Fans. Cant belive i am saying this because i own and loved not only DOS1 and Dos2 but also the earlier divinity titles.
And though we now know you dont read your own Forums i will still make a constructive Critic.
It is not the System to make rolls..... its the situations where you use your Rolling. For example:
A Ranger who walked Nature for many Years is EXPECTET to know a flower or a track in the dirt he sees or at very least have a good idea about it. IF you make take a Roll and then add his Bonus and he fails people think "What the fuck?".
If the same Ranger now is suddenly cast to avernus and comes upon Flora or Fauna he never seen before thats a good situation to make a Roll if he maybe has heard about it or someone in his past told him about.
Or lets take a wizard who discovers some Ancient runes on a Wall that are obviously connected to magical Knowledge. Maybe he isnt able to clearly make out whats the exact meaning but he should be able to at least have an Idea ("theses are Runes of Defence" or "Beware this has something to do with FIre"). But failing the Rol and then saying sorry i have no idea like any stupid Barbarian would say..... this isnt acceptable by a Wizard player. And he will reload.
So making rolls doesnt always have to lead to total failure or total success. Making DICE LOADED is problable the most irrational solution of all.
Another take on the Problem is to put the power into players Hand again. By having a Skill (for example: arcane knowledge) that the player can activly develop by putting points into it and therefore has direct control over how well his Character is profound in certain areas. But yeah i know thats 3.5 DnD and surely forbidden stuff. But i hope you get the idea why "Loaded Dice" is like a slap in the face of Fans.
And yes i am aware that there are some die hard Larian fans who will love the idea of "loaded Dice" as even if you would put a Pink elefant on the Head of their Characters they would applaud for your Creativity.
