Whether you want to talk about cheese, continue the battle between DOoDs and (evil) norDs or just hang out. Welcome!

~Kai

Hello everyone ! My very first message on here :D But I'm here to protect you from some evil weresheep! Do not fret :D Except if its name begins with Tofu. Then I'm running. hahaha
Hope to see a lot of you on here ^^

Hello fellow backers!

Nice and cozy in here.

Hi.
'Tis I, Dr Koin, Heir of the Koin legacy, Scientific Extraodinaire and Amateur Fencer.

When do we get our forum badges? :p

Now I need an intro...Hang on, I need to think.

Hey guys

Hi Idara! :D

You guys will never guess who I am..

I don't know, but your accent points out that you might be of Welsh descent, maybe?

woop woop

let the madness continue!

...You know too much...

I know. It's my job, you know?

Your skills are slipping. Even an Eddard Stark could have seen that.

Well, first one's free.
You didn't think I would reveal all of my precious secret information so recklessly, did you?

;-))))

Is Kickstarter down?

It doesn't auto-update but Refresh stll works - at least for me!

Happy to be aboard.
Ooh I'm gonna miss the kickstart campaign (seeing the money goes up and up and up...)

Greetings,
Dark Flemish

[quote=Dr Koin][quote=ravensRblack]Is Kickstarter down? [/quote]

It doesn't auto-update but Refresh stll works - at least for me! [/quote]

It's just me then. Stupid work web filtering forcing me to be productive.

Exactly my thoughts!
Glad to be here with you guys!

super excited that we hit the game master goal -- hoping it competes well with what NWN gave us.

Hi all. Was a great Kickstarter in fact one of the best ever i think.

[quote=aluinie]Hi all. Was a great Kickstarter in fact one of the best ever i think.[/quote]

It was. Like I said on the last update, I'm forever spoiled on KS campaigns.

So many new people on the forum...

Nice, nice, welcome, welcome.

Yep. Hi people!

So this is going to be awkward...How do I enable HTML and UBBCode? Am I blind?

I could be mistaken, but it enables itself after a little while of having registered. HTML is still disabled for me, but BBCode is enabled now. Woo!

How do I add an avatar, am I missing something?

Bottom of edit profile. You'll have to upload the avatar elsewhere if it's a personal one you want to use.

[quote=MechSoldier][quote=The Penguin K1d]How do I add an avatar, am I missing something? [/quote]
Bottom of edit profile. You'll have to upload the avatar elsewhere if it's a personal one you want to use.[/quote]

I was gonna ask that next. XD

Two skeletons, one fireball xD

I give up. Maybe my account is still under probation?

Possibly. Give it some time. Stuff will unlock.

I think Raze said it needs to be done manually. I've, er, unprobationed you, anyway.

Yeah I can't seem to do it either...

Thanks!

Also done! Sorry, I think our friendly admin is having his allotted half-hour daily sleep at the moment.

In other news, the past few days have been a nerdy overload for me x.x Not only did we get up to the 2M goal and I'll be getting one of the Divine Order hoodies, but Battletech is also having a kickstarter and so is Steve Lichman. Never read Steve Lichman before, but that preview had me fall in love with it x_x Too much nerdy for one elf to handle!

Ah yes that's better, many thanks!

My wallet wanted me to deliver you a message.

"I hate you." - Kai's Wallet

Mine's currently burning a hole in that block of ice I encased it in after spending $135 on Divinity's kickstarter. Dammit, I'm trying to save up for an apartment!

Come live in Paris.
You'll see : you'll never ever even think about buying an appartment ...

Unless you're not afraid of getting a 25years long loan.
And inherited lots of money.

When I was a kid, I used to dream about living in Paris...

And then I learned that France has a lot of great animation schools...

And then I saw how much it cost to live there...

I actually know a few things about that

But I think it's mostly Paris that costs so much. It's insane, really. You'll get a parking place for the price you'd need to buy a well located house anywhere else in the country. ( ok I'm exagerating here, buuut... am I ? )
I'd bet it can be worse in other countries, but France really has an issue with everything happening in Paris, thus making the city dirty, polluted, with a high cost of life.

At least we've got trees almost everywhere, lots of parks, and a few good schools.

Hey gang! I backed and planning to join alpha when it hits so might as well join the forum while
I'm at it. It was my first kickstarter and gotta say it was exciting to be a part of the beginning of what will hopefully be the greatest game ever(sure looks like it will become that or atleast come close).

Moving the conversation in here... sounds like a plan to me!

Welcome! We were also thinking that this could be the place you can search for people to party up with when EE and 2 comes out.



The KS comment section was a the place for great conversation. I'm hoping that this will be too.

I'm just hoping the mod makers for the 4 player mods update their stuff when EE comes out, because I'm betting it'll break them.

Thank you kind sir!

Hi there everybody.

Looking forward to spending the next year waiting with you guys. :wave:

My very first Kickstarter Backing.

I've only a few weeks ago decided to invest again in a new cRPG after having been away from gaming for a number of years.

My last RPG was Neverwinter Nights where I spent some time programming helpful scenarios. At least I thought they were helpful - and I know of at least seven - err... five people who liked it.

We did hit the dedicated mod support. Maybe you can make a bigger, better, more helpful scenario this time?

It can bump your fan count.

Hey guys! Glad to see some familiar names here already. :D
-June

Look at all them little newbies running around on the forums, it's so cute and fluffy and heartwarming :')

-Dr.Koin, old goat.

Can I pet one...? Oh, wait... I am one of them...

Lol. We are taking over old man.





Hiya June!

~Kai

To get right into it: What do you guys think of the games master mode? I've never played pen and paper(some friends do or did) but won't it be hard to actually emulate the same kind of experience on computer? You can make your own dungeon, throw in some enemies, traps or puzzles but what about implementing stories or quests? It feels like it would be kind of hard to do this from a narrative perspective. You don't have the freedom of creating your own story because you will probably be working with templates and the narrative you create has to work within that context, or am I being to negative here. I'm asking how do you people think it will work.

I'm thinking it's a separate mode.

This is what I thought when it was announced -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKFGw51hkAA

[quote=Dr Koin]Look at all them little newbies running around on the forums, it's so cute and fluffy and heartwarming :')

-Dr.Koin, old goat.[/quote]

Feel like a baby lamb on wobbly legs... haha. Whooo~ :horsey:

[quote=ravensRblack]

Hiya June!

~Kai [/quote]

Heya Kai ^^ This was a great idea, by the way!

Thanks. The comment section of any KS campaign tend to get quiet after it ends. This way we can find each other easily and continue the epic random spam.

I think it will be hard to pull off and make properly, but probably not as hard as expected.
Way I see it it will have to work side by side with the editor, involving, just like a true P&P RPG, a lot of preparations from the game master.
Of course there's still room for annoucements, but I recko(i)n the simplest way to go would be modular : create assets in the editor, from monsters to gear to whole rooms or even dialogues, prepare a "strong" base content, and if your players are adventurous, use your modules on the fly for their benefit.
True complex dialogues and deep interactions are probably not going to be doable while still retaining a certain level of freedom and most of all, fluidity for the players. However, you could still play it "the old way", which is simply engaging real dialogues with the players whenever you want an interaction with a NPC to sound real.

Obviously I don't expect the GM mode to be able to deliver a full "Roleplaying" kind of session ( as opposed to combat-oriented session ), in which you leave a lot of freedom to your players. However with a carefully crafted campaign thanks to the editor, you may lay the foundations to such a game. Then your role as Game Master would essentially be to offer some interactions that would be way more organic than counting on scripts alone.

Reporting you for random spam of epic proportions. Say goodbye to your account. ( AKA real player threats in WoW )

You'll never get me old man! Never! This forum needs new blood.

Recko(i)n indeed. xD

I think the person GM'ing would have to have some setup in mind before starting the campaign, so they would have to be passingly familiar with the assets they'd want to use. And probably at least halfway decent with the modding editor :o

Having done several D&D campaigns and (failed attempts to) set up a few, myself, this does look quite promising. Narrative can easily be done over voice such as Steam, Skype, TeamSpeak or Discord (I HIGHLY recommend Discord), which can save the GM plenty of time instead of having to type out scripts and interaction lines. It'll probably have easy drop-in NPCs and whatnot to it. The GM will no doubt have access to everyone's character sheet and it would be a lot more organized than sites like Roll20. The Engine will be the game's "Core Rulebook" that the GM will have access to tweak certain things if necessary. I'm actually considering bringing over my campaign ideas to it instead of Roll20.

Edit: As for quests, I assume the GM would also have access to bestowing items/XP to the party.

[quote=Dr Koin][quote=Grielog Viespeuk][quote=ravensRblack][quote=Ayath The Loafer]Hi there everybody.

Looking forward to spending the next year waiting with you guys. :wave:

My very first Kickstarter Backing.

I've only a few weeks ago decided to invest again in a new cRPG after having been away from gaming for a number of years.

My last RPG was Neverwinter Nights where I spent some time programming helpful scenarios. At least I thought they were helpful - and I know of at least seven - err... five people who liked it.

[/quote]

We did hit the dedicated mod support. Maybe you can make a bigger, better, more helpful scenario this time? :D

It can bump your fan count. [/quote]

To get right into it: What do you guys think of the games master mode? I've never played pen and paper(some friends do or did) but won't it be hard to actually emulate the same kind of experience on computer? You can make your own dungeon, throw in some enemies, traps or puzzles but what about implementing stories or quests? It feels like it would be kind of hard to do this from a narrative perspective. You don't have the freedom of creating your own story because you will probably be working with templates and the narrative you create has to work within that context, or am I being to negative here. I'm asking how do you people think it will work.[/quote]

I think it will be hard to pull off and make properly, but probably not as hard as expected.
Way I see it it will have to work side by side with the editor, involving, just like a true P&P RPG, a lot of preparations from the game master.
Of course there's still room for annoucements, but I recko(i)n the simplest way to go would be modular : create assets in the editor, from monsters to gear to whole rooms or even dialogues, prepare a "strong" base content, and if your players are adventurous, use your modules on the fly for their benefit.
True complex dialogues and deep interactions are probably not going to be doable while still retaining a certain level of freedom and most of all, fluidity for the players. However, you could still play it "the old way", which is simply engaging real dialogues with the players whenever you want an interaction with a NPC to sound real.

Obviously I don't expect the GM mode to be able to deliver a full "Roleplaying" kind of session ( as opposed to combat-oriented session ), in which you leave a lot of freedom to your players. However with a carefully crafted campaign thanks to the editor, you may lay the foundations to such a game. Then your role as Game Master would essentially be to offer some interactions that would be way more organic than counting on scripts alone. [/quote]

So basically what I was thinking about. But still it can be very fun if you stopped playing the main campaign. But I feel like it will never give that satisfaction I get from evolving in a story and making a lasting choice(which 4 player co-op in the main story does seem to aiming at). I guess it will all depend on the freedom the editor provides.

Best thing is that you can even dream of creating campaigns for other DM to run. Just like the real thing. After all, at the core of almost every campaign, there are pre-established maps.

The ultimate trick would probably be to let your player start on a small patch of land into the nothingness and build the world as they go, which would be some X-trem GMing. If the tool work, however, I can almost fully expect that someone will try it and suceed at it. Modders are a rare breed of passionate people.

also am I doing something wrong with the qoutes? Because everything is showing up between brackets but not how it should be(in a little box beginning with originally posted by).

Probation period. An admin has to un-probation you.

Well, it may provide MORE satisfaction, it's all up to the Gamemaster =) Best case scenario, there is no difference for the players between the standard campaign and the gamemastered one. Story and interactions should have even more lasting consequences as the GM should be able to virtually change anything to reflect his players' choices, instead of having to rely on preprogrammed scripts that may feel sometimes awkward ( the standard DOS2 campaign *will* be like this )
It should be the ultimate freedom experience, as long as the GM can provide! =)

Do you know maybe OCTGN ? It's a program that enables you to play any card game online. I played some Android: Netrunner over OCTGN. The rules are there because someone programmed them in, but you can also perfectly do everything manually. Declare you start a run on the corp servers, let the other guy rez an ice or not, everyone calculates his own costs, etc. It's virtually a blank slate BUT with all the visuals from the card game, so it feels like the real thing except you're on your computer alone.
A tad less sexy I'd say, but when you have nobody to play with locally ... it's perfectly functionnal.

On a separate note, I am actually creating a public Discord server for anyone to hop on and chat, maybe find some campaign buddies. It's all part of my evil plan to pull as many people off of Skype and TeamSpeak as possible >^> Huehuehue. I'll paste it once I get proper permissions and channels set up.

In all seriousness though, the guys at Discord deserve the attention and I'm giving them the deserved word-of-mouth promotion.

Let's pretend I'm lazy and I'd rather let you give me the sell pitch ... ( pretend only? hmm.. )
What is making Discord better? :p

Like I said I never played pen&paper so I'm absolutely in the dark about the actual possibilities concerning bringing it to live within software.
So from what I understand is that creating narrative will work the way it works on pen&paper through the art of imagination. You can create a dungeon but the story behind it will be the game masters doing and will be solely possible when narrated through other channels beside the game. So you create a story outside of the game, create an environment for this story in the game or will the game have more options then just creating the environment for the narrative you created? It just that I want to understand what the actual possibilites are.

I'm liking what I'm seeing, but yes, what Dr Koin said. Sales pitch please.

Of course this is all speculation. But yes, that could be it. You think of a story, lay out your dungeon. Let your players run through it, maybe thrown in surprises real time. The a sign of a great GM is knowing how to react to the adventurer actions.

If you are up to watching a pen and paper in action, I highly recommend Titansgrave on Geek and Sundry.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7atuZxmT954UvydqNVClXAH3GRT0pAp2

Well, to save myself a couple sentences explaining what it brings to the table compared to the other big programs used for gaming/party chat:

A friend came across this program a while ago and it is a lot more user-friendly than the others. TeamSpeak has a lot of hoops you have to jump through to set up a server (not to mention it looks like a Windows 98 program) and Skype has been getting more bloated and annoying.
Discord's servers are set up in a way similar to Skype's chatting, but with a separate text/voice channel setup, kind of like a modern TeamSpeak. The dev team specifically built it to give gamers a haven from Skype and TeamSpeak specifically.
Oh, and did I mention you don't have to download it to use it? It has a browser client, too! You can just set a username and get into it without even registering (though registering is required if you want to reserve that username for future use)

Alright, thanks for sharing =) Maybe I'll have a look at it sometimes.

In the meantime, it's bed time ! So I'll leave all to it.

I bet with so many messages even Jeff won't read.... :p
And if he does, well, hi boss !

Thanks! And also I have a friend who is a 'game master' for the dark eye(german pen and paper) so I can probably persuade him to create a campaign. The more I think about it, these type of features can really give big replay opportunities to this game. I mean I'm playing vampire: the masquerade bloodlines right now and the amount of modding that is still going on for this game is astonishing. It's eleven years old for christ sake.

Great mods and mod support can do that for a game.

Anways, I'm off too. Night all.

Well, here's the Discord Server link. Channels are still a work in progress. I haven't made any voice channels for now. Will add/change as I go!

I moved half a dozen 'new users' into the 'user' group, so you should be able to add a portrait/signature and will not need to enter captchas to post, etc. If you edit a previous reply and hit the button to save changes, quotes and smilies will show up properly.

So happy to see all these friendly people ^__^
Hi guys!

Hi everyone, first time KS backer & actually first time here on the forums too.

I joined in the wild ride because how awesome D:OS was. I also managed to convince friends to join me in the KS campaign. As for all the Stretch Goals I didn't really care I just wanted to make sure that 1) this game got made & 2) I was involved for once, but seeing the discussion about GM mode I'm super excited seeing as the friends I dragged in are from my old D&D days & we're in different countries so if we can scratch a little of that old itch, that'd be great.

Hey guys, first time backer here and I'm glad my first Kickstarter had such as awesome community. Props to you guys (and Larian of course).
I'm really, really psyched for GM mode. Ever since I started DMing for my playgroup, I've wanted a system to automate things for me. That way I can spend more time crafting the story and lore, than speding brain power on minutiae like rules enforcement.
I can see why people think it would be difficult to DM online/in real time but I think it's comparable to tabletop RPGs. You would still spend a week beforehand crafting storylines and alternative scenarios for the characters, and during the game you just drop them into play and occasionally deal with curveballs the players throw at you. I agree with MechSoldier that narrative can be handled most easily through chat and voice.
In all, you would lose a bit of the interplay and socialization from tabletop gaming, but you gain a lot more in terms of rules automation, art assets, fewer chances for metagaming, and most important to me, the ability to play with people anywhere in the worlds.
A couple of things that I would like to see implemented in GM mode (let me know what you think) which would be really cool:
1) Procedural generation: You could generate everything from whole worlds to the layout and furnishings of a single room (I have the hardest time deciding what to put in dungeon rooms), maybe even NPCs, loot, and monsters
2) Session replay: Speaking from personal experience, my playgroup and I have a hard time remembering the details of things that happened a few sessions ago (especially when dealing with those curveballs I mentioned). It would be great to just be able to replay the pertinent parts for the group or an individual (less metagaming again)
Can't wait!

Omg....you guys were all in here =( I was refreshing the comment section of the KS and like ... no familiar faces anymore...I was so sad !
Then I come here AND BAM 5 pages and my smile is back. Though the mini heart attack is still in effect. xD

Thanks @Raze to move some of the [newbs] to the user group

Hey Jeff ! Am I glad to see you on here after you said you abandonned KS fort 30 min ago lol

Well, KS is OVER so we need to move forward. On the other hand, the Forum is an entity that lives on!

Aye aye! understood cap'n !
I'll be putting me huntin' cap on here then xD glad to be on here honestly !

Heya all!

Aaaah so this is where all of my favorite weresheeps have gone to! Hello all and let us enjoy our 2 years here, before Swen makes new kickstarter for Divinity 3! Then we will all hang out there.

Baaah (= OK)

;-)

Hey all, just got my ride to backer after KS is done, which makes my Paypal backer
Haven't played D:OS though, but I believe backing this would do me a worth while.
I'm waiting for D:OS EE now!! Woot!!

P.S: When will I get my backer forum badge??

So...then... PRAISE THE WERESHEEP !!!

\o/ \o/ \o/

Hey guys! Finally got my account working because Raze is awesome.

Hi guys. Good to see you all again. I'm so hyped for EE. Played D:OS for about 15 hours, but stopped when I heard what the EE had in store. Maybe we should get a backers game up and running.

When the pledge management page is set up in a couple weeks, there will likely be an option there to enter your forum email address, and then a script will be run a few times to get the email from the Larian Vault site and enable the forum badge on your account here.

Morning Everyone, looking forward to reading pages and pages of posts from you guys here instead of on KS every morning. Nice to see Jeff popping in, would be great to see the other guys and gals from Larian pop in now and then! xD

P.S. I miss Char's weather updates already *sniff*

Agreed!

Had to have been nice getting the weather shoutout on Twitch though! That was really cool!

Yeah that was really nice of her. Must be my Welsh charm !

Welsh were-sheep confirmed... ;-)

There's something magical in having a "Devin at Larian" walking around with one (1) total post.
Hi Devin o/

Mind if I hold you to that Devin?

...$3m stretch goal.

So we'll see.

to dangerous... )) can end like star citizen )))

**Poof***Black Smoke****Coughing****

Behold! It is I! Magnifico the Magnifi...err that doesn't work.

Behold! It is I! BM from Kickstarter or BCM70 from Twitch! Lord of Bayswater (Postcode 6054) and Purveyor of Exclamation Marks and Other Fine Punctuation!!!!111!

Is DOS2 ready yet?

Hmm how about I buy you a beer next time you're in Wales instead? xD

Awesome!! Thanks!!

Well on bright side, Star citizen will be probably complete in just the right time for me (it will take me at least a year before I buy some gaming PC).

On other note: Wow much alive here, I thought that after KS ended I would finally focus at work on work, but it doesn't look like it.

agreed, can't focus at work.

playing elite dangerous from time to time

Aussie Aussie Aussie! Etc.

Penguin, that's a lovely offer. Although I'd rather a coffee. I reached my lifetime beer quota in 1998.

Oi Oi Oi!

Glad to see you here mate!

Make sure you add one aussie NPC in the game :P

I'd say the Divine Bishop Alexandar the Innocent is based on Tony Abbott, 'cept Alexandar is a very clever villain.

Beer, Coffee, Wine, Absinthe etc...You name it, if any of you guys are in the Country I'll gladly treat you!

Ha! for sure, Alexander is also clever to not get back stabbed by his "fellow" comrades.

Guys I have a question. I have already got email"Your pledge to Divinity: Original Sin 2 has been collected!", but I still have all the money on my bank account. Is it a problem or it just takes some time?

It should just take a day or two for your bank to finish processing the transaction and update your account.

As did I, but I lack the common sense to diet, er, sensibly. Besides, I found some mocha beer in Sainsbury's, the best of both worlds!

Jeff, the article on your blog is so beautiful. I could read it all day long .

I've added my Steam ID to my signature so feel free to add me. Though I only got 1/5 people's name right yesterday cause you all have bloody different usernames from KS!

Hi All,

Great Kickstarter for Larian. So glad I managed to get into this one, as I sadly missed out on the original DOS campaign.

I've already been told by the other half that the Steam winter sale is now off limits :( as I pledged too much :D

Citadel

Thanks, i cant wait to see it empty ... what have you done to me larian?!? (they were really persuasive)

Good idea, Penguin! Steam ID: added!

LINK!

https://jfgnord.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/33/

I read it already :^p i was even thinking of an in-depth comment, which, for once, wouldn't be something like LOL HAT.

And btw, is it believable if I claim I have no idea what my Steam user name is?
Seriously, I never remember if it is the login or something else...

Aw, Jeff! That's a great article! I'm happy we were able to make it so much fun for you. You were a star in the comment section, and we were glad to have you!

Great blog post from Jeff. goes to show how much passion people working at Larian have for the company, the games they produce and the community around them

Aww. That was so true. Still fun to watch though.

Real nice blog there Jeff!

Awww. So many new people. And a lot of familiar names.

EDIT:

Thanks Raze!

Hi Jeff!

~Kai ('Cos you guys will never guess. :P)

Well, I added you on Steam, Kai, so I had a feeling, even though there are far more vowels in your name here.

I thought it was cool at the time. XD

At least @The Penguin K1d guessed right. Though he did sound so hesitant.

You'd be hesitant too after guessing the other 4 incorrectly! xD

Maybe I should've paused more after saying "no" . XD

So I can add you guys on steam to play co-op d os?

Steam ID: ChavaiotH

I am up for any and all Steam shenanigans.

By all means xD

Jeff, you're a sweetheart and it's a pleasure to work with you.

Hi y'all. #WhipsMatter

Hey! XD You should just put that in your sig.

I haven't admitted to my other half how much I pledged. I suspect I may get a Look.

I was going to but I think I have to wait a while before the powers-that-be decide I'm not a bot!

Already on it.

Hey folks! Char here - heading to work on some characters and stories and relationships for the afternoon. Kickstarter was so much fun for us, thanks for all your support, enthusiasm and presence. I hope to be around here in the forums a good bit over the next while

Char

Hi Char! @The Penguin K1d was just saying he missed your daily weather updates, and now you are here! :DDDDDDDDDD

~Kai

Hi Char! Good to see you here also!

Thx Char

nice party on twitch )) hehe

Hey folks

Just popping by briefly.

Lovely article by Jeff (norD). Don't know why he would hate his accent in English so much - I think I speak for many native English-speakers when I say a Quebecois accent is a very attractive one (don't get a big head though, Jeff, else The Hat won't fit!).

Kai, We've already been exchanging pics on Twitter!

Thanks Char!

Unfortunately the one who knows all (so I'm told anyway), erm... knows all. The good news was that she was not in a bad mood as my pledge also means she gets to play her first DOS game

Hail my Queen!
It's good to know that you are already working on character relationship. It's one of the most important things that I look for in games (probably because I GM pen&paper RPGs for many years)!

Awesome. On the plus side the worst I'll get is a rolleyes, but sadly she's not really much into games. Other than Machinarium, which she loved.

Cheers!

@Jeff

Just read your post too. Defiantly there is nothing wrong with your accent, I used to be in a multi-region clan and we all understand and respect each other and know what they are saying, we had so much fun together and learning everyones background and so on!

Well I haven't joined any of these communities but RPGCodex blow their rockets when they hear the word "romance" let me say it again but a sexier way "romance" *winks, bite lips* and now *hides behinds box*

Though they are both great (I'm a leech) they also know whats, what and they do not generally get mean, if they do they just want some brofists :P

Again thanks for your blog, it just reminds me of me :P

I also learned are thing or two when I was giving feedback when D:OS was on alpha, I was looking what I want to see but not what the game needs to make the players have a better experience. I helped allot it was also my first time giving feedback to a early access game because I saw how much love and dedication have put into this game, and I knew it will have many awards even a game of the year awards.

So, do I want to keep sinning for the sequel, hell yes I cannot wait to give my support again when alpha hits, that is why I want to be part of the kickstarter this time because I want to be part of this loving community

Once again a great kickstarter, lot's of fun, and a really nice comment section. I think Larian brings out the best in people

Thanks to all old and new backers/fans Larian will once again have the creative freedom to give us something special

Hello everyone.

KS has ended, but may the cheese live forever !

Hear, hear!

To eat cheese is to taste immortality.

Hello Char! Almost everyone is here, now we only miss Devins and Swen =)

p.s. Right now I'm at work so I canï½´t look at my steam tag, but would you guys mind if I would add you on steam later? I need as many friends as has man with many cheeses! ( right now none of my friends play these games anymore :-( )

It's going to be a long and arduous journey till dec 2016. May the source be with you.

Of course.

Devin and Char dropped by earlier. And of course Jeff is everywhere.

I can't believe I'm just reading this. It was a great blog from Jeff
But honestly I think that whole merge thing could have happened to anyone. The implied message was merging their funds only; yay context clues..
I'm gonna miss Jeff's many hours in the comment section.
I also still think a little throw back to DDoD vs norD in DOS2 would be awesome, like an easter egg or something at least!

Yeah man go ahead, Steam Id is in my sig below!

I'm rather enjoying the cheese obsession going on in this topic. You can never have too much cheese. ... looks down at waistline ... Okay, maybe that's not technically true, but y'know.


Edit: moved another bunch of people into the regular users' group. Just yell if anyone's been missed.

As Jeff likes to say - he's everywhere, always watching. He could be outside your home right now.

Jeff the stalker... ugh. :P He can teleport everywhere he wishes!

It's the hat I'm telling you!

He he, that happened to me also on the last kickstater, I ended up giving the same amount as the number of the beast to the kickstarter..
My wife wasn't too happy

I still gave quite much now (even though I will get all Larian games for free for the next 8-9 years), as there was some items I really wanted

PLOT TWIST
The game will suck.

Nah seriously I donated less but not that much, so I clearly am expecting something phenomenal :p

Just read norD's blog post. It's always nice to hear how devs feel about stuff and in this case I think the devs felt pretty much the same as we fans: that the KS campaign was really a lot of fun, very exhausting, but also very rewarding.

But I think it's also worth to mention that the end of the KS doesn't mean the end of the community. We're still here and I can guarantee that once the game goes live on Early Access on Steam (which is pretty much a given thing) the feedback of the community will rise again.

Only one tipp: if you want to see a really nice community, that can criticize the game heavily but almost always in a civilized way, you have to stay away from the Steam forums and concentrate your presence here, Jeff. No matter how well acclaimed or beloved a developer or a certain game is, negativity is a given thing on the Steam forums in my experience (also with DOS)....


@krist2
Hey, mate, how's going? Sheep are healthy?



Edit: If sb wants to add me on Steam, my nick is lordcrash88

Got a stupid question... How will I be recognized as a KS backer by Larian?

Y'know, I just realised something:

What if the hat isn't an ordinary hat? What if it's a parasitic hat which implants some creature or magical force into your brain, which controls you to do things against your will?

Btw, why is the elf in your KS avatar so grumpy? :p

Interesting read on Jeffs blog. Quite shocked he had to work for Ubisoft. Where's greenpeace when you need it? Poor little weresheep...


Now that's dedication! Makes one wonder, where all these messages... actually... came... from...

Hey Zarax! If you mean the Backer Badge, Raze had this to say -

Hi, from what I understand as soon as they get all the pledges, they create backer site, then there will be survey and we will be able to link our forum account to the pledge. Should take few weeks max. Am I right Jeff?

'Cos I couldn't find a Shadowrun Elf avatar with a good looking smirk.

Hi Guys.

Starlight here from KS. My id here says flamewave, though.

Managed to back by changing my debit card details. KS was nice about it.

Hiya Starlight!

Yeah, KS has a grace period to update your payment details if the first one was unsuccessful.

Yo Starlight!

Hi All
First timer on these forums here as well.
What a great Kickstarter!
Larian thank you so much for the great 24hr stream. Enjoyed being part of it.

Looking forward to DoS.EE later this month.
I know you will do a great job on DoS2.

Hi all!

Stephen checking in on the forums and see how things are here. It's not like I've got Kickstarter withdrawal symptoms or anything. Heck no! *eyetwitch*

Ah good to see you here Stephen! Now, about that cheese update...

Where's your Larian dev batch?

Just put him in that group: I feel oddly guilty editing Larian guys' accounts. D:

Wow, I just woke up, as usual, went to KS, just a small 50 more comments and then I came here, 93 comments on this exact topic. I guess everyone moved here as expected!
It warms my heart so much to see all the comment concerning my blog post, haha. I got a message on wordpress saying that "my blog was booming". For sure it was, didn't expected that!


I think it would get boring at some point, haha. I'll post more in the future for sure.

Where's the post then? ^__^

Big thanks. But well, star, I'm just a guy you know.

It's important for Swen and as important to us. Not everyone want to spend countless hours interacting with the community but some are more than welling to do so!

Thanks a lot Penguin!
Yes, because you posted that on your 1st post here. Remember, I read everything :P

Thanks Devin. We'll have a lot of fun on this incredible journey of making DOS2 for sure!
Insert shy face here. Thanks a lot for that. (I still hate hearing me, haha. Even in French!)
Thanks a lot ^__^. My English is doing better and better every day.
I'm going to miss you guys too. But I guess the party will keep going here.
Yes it was! I took a day off, haha.
I won't comment on that a lot but, I've worked at Ubisoft for 10 years. If it would have been THAT bad, I wouldn't have stayed there that long Thanks for reading my post!

TL,DR SRY KTHXBYE LOL BBQ



Hey I'm at work ! It's harder to concentrate on "serious" business :p

Speaking of accents (as Jeff mentioned his in his blog), I realised today that I am unable to think the word "Kickstarter" without it sounding in my head with a Flemish accent. Clearly I have been indoctrinated by the many hours of Swen's videos and Twitch streams ;-) I wonder how many times Swen actually said the word "Kickstarter" in the last 35 days....? I'm thinking "a lot" ;-)

I believe there are many here suffering from the same symptoms

Thanks a million! I should be all blinged out with badge and profile picture now.

Yeah. What withrawal?

(hunched shoulders, clasping twitching hands together, shifty eyes)

Where is our promised cheese update?

I forgot to put in a disclaimer, "except for Jeff 'cos he knows all". XD

BTW, since I'm a newbie:
are all those badges I'm seeing here explained somewhere? Just out of curiosity

I would also like to know what all the icons mean. It is a strange place this, Larian forum

Maybe we should have a sort of accent roster so everyone knows what everyone else sounds like! Especially people like me who are allergic to Skype/TeamSpeak etc (I'm a Geordie, for the record).

ObCheese: mature cheddar. Arguably not an especially innovative choice, but it's Teh Best(tm).


The current ones are from the D:OS Kickstarter campaign: the green K being the base one and the others being for other tiers (I forget which one(s) I qualified for, I just like the green K!) And then there's the Larian employees' badge and a couple of others for e.g. mods and admins.

I can explain you mine:

1st: Kickstarter backer badge for DOS
2nd: Dragon badge for donating $95+ for DOS
3rd: Developer badge for donating $135+ for DOS
4th: Weresheep badge for donating extra $6 for DOS

Ehhh. I feel like Texas weather would be too hot for that ;P

Thank you. And the mighty weresheep badge?

Edit: I see that LordCrash has already explained it. Thank you both

Agreed.

Find myself visiting the page every hours. Complusively.

Do you know if there will be new badges now with this kickstarter? I would love to have some!

I'm not sure why I didn't get my D:OS kickstarter badge, or the weresheep one (I did donate the fee!). Oh well, forum badges aren't everything ;-)

Do you use the same mail address here than you use on KS? If not, just send a PM to Raze and he'll merge the two and give you your badges.

You also have to "activate" the badges manually on your account settings. Maybe they're already there, waiting for you?

From KS page, $25 tier description:



-> ... a 'Backer' Forum Badge ...

This time everyone gets the same badge though, no matter how much money you've pledged. Communism! (I blame Studio Russia)...

I blame it on the boogie.

Do not underestimate the power of the furry hat.




We will. Raze said they are still working on it, along with the backer site.

Hi there,

So, I'm a last 2 days backer and glad we reached DM mode, to be franck.

I miss NeverWinter Nights and its DM mode. I don't think we have had any such mode on any game ever since.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Larian is gonna come up with on this front. Hopefully, they'll start by NWN1, which was easy to use. That's the key thing, here: easy. If you need to be a pro computer artist to be able to modify something, that won't work IMHO.

Anyway, just a heads-on ...

Yes, same e-mail



Can't find anything in my account settings. Oh well. Thanks for the help

HT: Wales 17-6 Fiji...

...I know you guys wanted to know xD

Go to "My Stuff" -> "Edit Profile"

It should appear between "Verify Password" and "Your Birthday" as "Group images to display".

If it's not there, send a PM to Raze so that he can link you correctly to your DOS pledge on KS.

Bradley Davies is going to need a blood transfusion.

Nah man, he well 'ard! xD

The sheep are healthy yes, and the sheep and lambs have just come back from their summer pasture in the mountains. So now most of the lambs will go to become food.. Always a little strange, but that's how it is .
Atleast they are high qulity as they just have eaten milk, grass and different herbs and berries in the mountains. So almost totally natural

And you, still going strong?

Yeah, just finally (after such a long time) finished my study, looking forward to what comes next.

But once, I'm hungry now. Lamb would be cool (why, oh why?)...

Nothing there, but I just realised that I backed D:OS on PayPal (with just $1 on KS so I could comment etc), so I probably used a diff e-mail after all. Which one though? - that is the question ;-)

Sadly, no furry hat is ever going to match the style and panache of the legendary Colovian Fur Helm.

Nooo! Do not give Jeff any ideas! Snip your comment before he sees!

Too late. And you know it.
( and I saw so I can totally squeal. )

Curse you Dr.Koin! You tattletale...

FT: Wales 23 - 13 Fiji

Cause you guys are super interested xD

Hello eveyone,

New to the forums but reading for a long time.
Backed D:OS, sadly never played to the end but can't wait for the EE so I can make that finally happen.
Now that I backed D:OS2 it seems a good time to show myself here. So here I am ;)

Hello everyone, pleased to make your acquaintance!

Yo everyone CoffeeGhoul here, excited to get a look at the enhanced edition soon. Anyone know how to change or add an avatar? This grey face just isn't me...

You'll need to wait for one of the moderators. They'll grant you access.

Somewhere in the "My Stuff" tab iirc. Haven't been on here on a computer yet (just mobile) so not entirely sure.
I think it's toward the bottom of one of the sub pages.

Edit: and what Raven said. Need to gain user access too. Shouldn't take too long though, Mods have been very on top of their game!

One of them has randomly wandered by, sorted it out, and now she wants to go back to sleep.

Cheers I'll have to get that sorted out now. Night, so how is everyone doing?

Wait... There is (or ever was?) a way to say "Kickstarter" without Swen's accent? I don't believe you!

We have been saying it wrong for years. D:

So I was clicking around on youtube today... The video of Kirill's streamed concert for D:OS came up on the recommended list.

Stupid youtube made me sad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dStHe6h_Xg

That's the conclusion I've come to. Who knew?

Hey people! I'm at work, again. Probably going to play Original Sin this weekend with a couple friends.

Hey Mech! I also can't wait for the weekend, but that's me every day that isn't Saturday. :P

Evening all.

Just got back from watching The Martian at the cinema. Very good film, stays true to the book pretty well.

8.5/10 would recommend!

The Discord server is so quiet. Only one person joined for about 5 seconds and then went offline. Sad.

Maybe put the server link in your sig?

Damn. Thanks for reminding me, I totally forgot its premiere is tomorrow (at least around here).
Weekend, weekend where are you...

Not a bad idea. I think I'll do that.

In sunny Wales. It started showing yesterday.

Anybody else backing BATTLETECH?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/battletech

I want to, but I also want to back Steve Lichman.

I backed it, I really miss those MechCommander games. The developer got a good trackrecord, so im sure it will be good

That was what I was thinking. HBS, sold!

The Martian? Didn't really knew about that movie. I myself am just waiting for James Bond and Hateful eight to hit the theaters

@karrachr000: Youtube is really an evil. It makes you sad and spoils games and movies before you play/watch them.

Hello everyone. Greenjf here. How is everyone today?

Also is it possible to reverse the order of post? I perfer seeing new posts first.

Hello im tired and don't want to go to work, you?

Unfortunately i don't know how to revert posts, but hopefully some weresheep will come here soon and help.

Heya Greenjf, glad to ya around here!

I'm exhausted and (about ) to head to bed.. Boo for last minute cleaning because some of the SO's family is staying with us this weekend for ACL..
The one thing about her family I'll never get used to.. Everyone just last minutes "hey! I'mma stay with you guys!" It's apparently a highly accepted practice in their family, heh

Morning all,

Last day before the weekend so that's good. Hope I find the time to play some Baldurs Gate, need to finish that game before the EE comes out.

@LordW Ah yes, a new Bond movie this year, great news. I hope the new Star Wars is any good.

Morning all.

It's Friday, anyone got any plans for the weekend?

I'm heading to London to watch he NFL International game!

Hey guys! I've gotta say, as much as I loved the KS comments, it's way easier to catch up on missed stuff in a forum. XD I've had a really busy week, so I'm looking forward to just chilling this weekend. (It's 5pm here in Japan! Weekend begins!)

Also, hey LordCrash, I looked for you on Steam and your username didn't come up.

Hi people. I think there is waayy too much spam here and i'd want to ask you to please refrain from posting so much or else I'll feel obligated to call in a moderator.

Naaaah kidding ! I'm just way too tired. My company threw a party last night, probably much like Larian's, except on a houseboat on the Seine.
I have no idea how it went though, I was stuck alone at work having to finish something for the next day ( I wouldn't have gone anyway. )

Aww man that sucks *hands DrKoin a beer*

Yep, wallet is really taking a hit. So far have backed D:OS2, Dwarves and Battletech in the last month

Worse thing is I'm still looking for others to back

Edit: Added the quote

Yeah, I hear that. I'm backing The Others: 7 Sins board game and it's taking a sizable chunk of my money. It would be better if the BattleTech jacket didn't look so nice and Christmas wasn't more or less around the corner. I'm veeeery tempted to back. I've never even played, but I really like robots and turn-based strategy games.

(Edited for my terrible typing. :P)

I'm too busy trying to moderate my chocolate consumption. It isn't going terribly well.

Same here with coffee xD

Yes weekend finally! Don't you mean to say play EE of baldurs gate before they release new expansion?? I myself will try to finish Divinity 2 (after 2 moths... so little time to game now.. :-( )

About star wars, I hope it will be good because Disney will be choking us with so many films from that universe that it would be pity if I didn't want to watch it.

Well transaction for DoS 2 came through for me today so my wallet took almost fatal hit I would like also to back Planescape numerana but I'm not sure if its still possible :-(

Kieron checking in!

Great to see you all here. Its important that just because the kickstarter has ended we maintain the community. You guys have been great and it was a pleasure to get to know you over the campaign.

Although heavily involved in the campaign, I was more lurker then commenter I admit. But I was addicted to the comment section like most of the guys here at Larian.

Hope to hang out a bit more now that the campaign has ended and the development is starting in full swing!

Priorities, you have it right.

It's Friday people!

how to activate the badge? i did search but did not find conclusive info

Wait, Baldur's Gate EE has a new expansion!? Where was I when this was announced?




You can. InXile has a backer website setup that is still accepting Paypal pledges.

http://www.siegeofdragonspear.com/

Hi Kieron. Nice to see you here. All the not-Devins dropping by makes me feel fuzzy, in a good way. :3



The backer badges for D:OS 2 has not gone live yet.

ah, i see. thx

I'm extremely jealous! I *really, really* wanted to go last year, as my team (Minnesota Vikings) were playing, but tickets went before I even manged to log in. Didn't even try this year. Hope you have an absolute blast

Thanks. Yeah I went last year to the Lions @ Falcons game, what a game it was!

Yup Siege of Dragonspear its timeline should be somewhere between BG1 and BG2. I was a little skeptical about this, but they send playable copy to Chris Avellone and he said that he was pleasantly surprised by quality of that game. So... *fingers crossed*

So I could still back Torment? Even some of the physical tiers if I would wish?.. Wow then I hope they will keep that possibility up for another month (I badly need next paycheck )

Cool. Will check it out.

Yes, the collector's edition is available for grabs.

Damn, I was sure I was ok to rule this part of the Internet but it seems that all the Devins decided to move here too.
@Sabuu, I'm proud of your signature ^__^

Morning Jeff, how are you? Seems they beat you to it :P

Yeah the others to pop in occasionally, still miss Char's weather updates, and I don't have the heart to spam her on Twitter.

I'm fine thanks! You know we could have a bet on how many post will be on this exact topic when D:OS2 will be out...

Well, on that part, it seems Quebec weather "awoke" at last. It was 34 Celsius last Saturday. I can say that it was really warm for the end of September. But now, we can feel the winter coming. It was -1 Celsius this morning when I came to work.

Thank you so much, I can relax a bit now! xD

Dublin weather is very mild. We have a mild spring in May, June and July, a mild autumn in August, September and October), and a mild winter (meaning dark, damp and miserable) between November and April.

Well Wales has been very nice over the last few weeks. I think that's all about to change come Monday however!

Excellent, missed out on the KS for Torment. Collections edition pledged for now

Just backed The Dwarves.
So funny to see SO many friendly faces there.

A question. Got D:OS on steam. Can't decide for D:OS 2 between steam and gog.
Will the second part of the game also drm-free like part one?
Don't know why, but like gog more and more.

It will be available at GOG as well.

*is a blank, unhappy, jerky-jerk and unfriendly face.*

No the regular version of BG1(not EE) from GOG. Never played it before but had it for ages in my library. Played BG2 when it came out, was the game that really got me into rpg's, since then I almost don't play anything else. But not enough time to play them all, major backlog.

Yeah if Star Wars isn't good they will rub it in our face for years. I so badly need a good SW movie.

Heya Jeff! (waves)

The majority is still the usual suspect of the spammers from the comment section. ;D

Of course, and it will support GOG Galaxy.

haha off for 2 days and 15 pages
u guys are great

Fixed for ya !

true that my fault

I should stop browsing KS... D:

Someone has to represent! >:] Pleasure to be a norD flag bearer

My goodness, I've been busy and go away for just a few hours and....

You people really yak a lot!

Could you not tell that from the Kickstarter? xD

Hmmm... you just can't stop talking, huh?

Yak

Anybody knows if Larian will sell a box with all there older games(pre D:OS)? I thought they did something last kickstarter but I missed it.
Maybe a good idea for all the new backers to get to know the lore and story behind the series...and a way to support Larian some more...

It would be a lot worse if Char was here providing weather updates xD

Nice idea i would appreciate it also, there could be also documentary about how they made those games (i mean something more in depth than it was in theirs 24 twitch stream :-))

There was a Divinity Anthology.. with soundtracks
My colleagues brought me a copy from their meeting with Larian devs and now it's proudly sitting on my shelf

dude that sounds nice oO

i only got everything form divinity 2 up

That's what I mean, looked at the Larian vault but they don't sell it anymore. Hope they bring it back.
I could buy them separately but if they bundle it with a soundtrack and some extra info about the studio or the process of making the games that would be sweet. Even digital only would be enough.

The store function of the Larian Vault was shut down earlier this year, due to changes in the tax laws in the EU. Now there are only Steam and Humble widgets to buy games.

There was also a hardback Developer's Journal (signed ) up to the making of Divinity2. Maybe now the part II could be made - 'the Kickstarter Years'

haha that would be nice!

Now you're just rubbing it in

I hope they come up with something and otherwise I will buy them from GOG(they include the soundtrack and lots of other cool things)

ROFLMAO... uhhhh... *beep beep beep beep*

Forum warning: imminent self-destruction pending. :P

K, need to sleep. cya. =)

Btw, does anyone know how many copies of DOS have been sold? Steam + Gog + other sources.

Hiiii people :0

You are not alone! You have a sister in the Brotherhood and we shall be the vanguard of The Brotherhood of norD! Don't worry, norD, we will make the presence staunchly known!

DrunkenTofu;
Steamspy says there are almost 900k Steam copies owned, so that would probably be over a million with GOG included.

Oh no you don't.

This is great.
There is also Dr.Koin, commander of the Brotherhood here on the forum.
You should put that in your signature too Kerrida ^__^

Which part should I put there? I already proclaim the glory of the Brotherhood within the sig. is there more I should add to it?

And oh yes we will ravensRblack. proudly shall we stand alongside our High Commander, rather than grovel in supplication unto devinities!

You have been deceived by the cookies. As the creator of this thread, I forbid all talks of blasphemy!

Where I must write to let Larian's know what I want as addon to my pledge? (D:OS EE key)

Oh, I haven't saw your sig :P
Well, we not Sister of the Brotherhood of norD?

See, this is the problem members of the Order. Blasphemy this.. purging that. I mean really? The surely is more to life than such! Besides, cut off one head of the Brotherhood, two more shall take its place!**



**Note: This comment is stated during a lull in a boring work day. The writer might possibly be quite silly at this time. It may or may not reflect the truth of the Brotherhood at this time.

The only reason the norDs had gained such ground was to lure DOoDs away from the truth with the promise of cookies. (Chocolate chip to be exact.)

They send you a survey after a couple of days/weeks. Depends on how fast they can setup the backer site.

I believe Larian will be using the Larian Vault again to keep track of the rewards? @Jeff?

It has been done!



Wait! We get chocolate?See,you just proved the superiority of the Brotherhood. You yourself have uttered what you proclaim to be blasphemy. Have no fear, we shall welcome you with open arms and guard you against the purging urges of the Order!

Exact.

Not even the promise of homemade chocolate chip cookies was enough to question my faith.

To many NorDers here.... should dust of my title of proud DOoD!

Haha done! Now try to be supreme force NorD!

I greet you, fellow Knight of the Order.

Ah. Work is caught up and I am sitting at my desk/work command center with a hot bowl of soup. Not a good combo to have open liquids near computers, but...eh. I have about a foot and a half of distance from the nearest keyboard if I do happen to spill.

It was a soup incident that started the no-eating-lunch-that-needs-utensils-at-your-desk rule at my workplace.

Only other place that can do this is the desktop publishing area right next to me. Pressroom has to stand to do anything and go to the break room to eat >:3

I understand their pain. It's too bothersome to leave your work desk just to eat.

Heh. They don't even get a work desk x3

How do they live? What do they do the entire shift? Be actually productive? Instead of pretending? :P

They have to work this giant roll-fed printing press. So yeah. It's a lot of on-your-feet work.

Good morning from the Land of the Rising Sun! How's it going everybody?

Hey QuoteStar! Just lounging about, starting my weekend.

Ah, the weekend. Feels good. Between the end of the campaign and eight zillion things at work, I am really glad to have a couple lazy days. :P

To work the last 3 hours or to take up my coworker's offer to go home early... e_e

Depends. What makes you look better, and how long have you been working? Is the extra three hours worth delaying your weekend, or is it just sitting at your desk doing make-work jobs?

Hmmm, deducting development costs, I'd say Larian's throwing in at least $10m to $15m into this game?

At the GDC talk in March, it was stated that the budget for D:OS was over 4.5M Euro, not including everything that was being invested in the Enhanced Edition. Two or three times that for D:OS 2 seems reasonable, but I have no idea what the actual budget is.

Good morning guys! How is everyone?

I finally got the time to read Jeff s blog post about kickstarter campaign and there is some interesting info. Im quoting here "Im already looking forward for the next one." (he was talking about kickstarter)... so that mean that he confirmed that there will be another kickstarter! Divinity 3 here we come!

As long as they keep working with this engine and the turned base combat, I'm up for anything.

If they'll keep making D: OS, I'll keep buying it.

If they'll keep up the quality, then yes, but I don't have any doubts.

Ditto

As long as, you know, they don't keep literally re-making D:OS, cos that would be cheating

and i have no problem to go through all the joy of a third kickstarter campaign as long as larian stays true to their spirit and doesnt get too greedy :P

Well plus the KS and PayPal funds, should be quite a bit then for OS2. I'm looking forward to the Ee and the alpha.

Aaaaaah I AM ALIIIVE

Well after that company's little night in a boathouse I didn't attend because A/ I was working hard >< B/ I never planned to go anyway ; I made the mistake of accepting to host a colleague who was attending for the night.
Guy arrived at 4am, got lost in Paris :p And I had an important meeting at 9am. Needless to say my Friday was... Not very productive

So anyway long version short, I slept for 17 hours straight the next night :p and here I am !
#MyLifeIsSoCool

I missed some talk of the Brotherhood, from the brotherhood, to the brotherhood ! I feel bad. I shall update my sig' in repentance.

You crazy man. It's not linked at all, haha.
Like Swen and us answered in the AMA, 100% of the focus is on D:OS2 now.
But I cross my finger for another KS in the future. That was a lot of fun ^__^

I thought 100% of the focus was on DOS EE until it's released...

Crazy? Noooo.... i fully believe that you guys can make DoS 2 and also start producing another great game! In Swen we trust!

BTW that blog was really nice, could you maybe write a little bit more about your experience at ubisoft? I really would like to read that.

I... could do it. I've worked at Ubi for 10 years.
I probably have a lot to say I guess.

I finally went and wrote that comment I wanted to do 2 days ago on your blog, Jeff!
Phew, that's done. Long live the week ends for giving me enough spare time =)

Please tell us about radio towers. <3

Btw to anyone interested seeing how Thomas looks I found him while re-watching Divinity Original Sin 1 kickstarter videos.

https://youtu.be/TKAt1dhqoDY?t=380

What? That is THE THOMAS? Wow thanks i wondered a long time who he is.

Jeff is streaming...

http://www.twitch.tv/nordentipwel

He's playing Darkest Dungeon (early access)

LOL, this is not the Thomas I know. The one I saw last time was really less "hairy", haha.

Hello everyone! ;-) How is everyone doing?

Yello Mademoiselle o/
Fine, I guess, all things considering =)

Hi Elwyn!

And this is completely irrelevant to all things Larian, but I wanted to say I finally beat Batman : Arkham Knight with 100% completion. Which happens to be mandatory for getting the real, true ending.

Man those Riddler trophies are devinitely annoying.

Now I can either start getting to bed early or playing something else ! =)

@DrKoin, GG mate!
@Elwyn, hello!

Hello guys o/
I've literally just registered for the forums...
umm... pleasure to meet you I guess senpai m(_ _)m

Was not Batman terrible annoying to beat with 100% completion? I heard it is quite a chore.

p.s. Last game i finished was Witcher 3 a few months ago, then i started in a new job and since then iï½´m trying to finish Divinity 2... need more holidays :-(

Man man nothing has changed you peeps talk still soooo much. Reading through it all right now xD so I'm back up to speed haha. Just registered on Discord. Looks pretty cool.
Anyway back to reading!

Hello to anyone who reads this ! ^^

A weresheep BADGE ! WHERE DO I PLEDGE MOAR MONEY!

@QuoteStar You're in Japan? Oh man =( you're so lucky! I miss it so damn much !

@Jeff and others...so you've made me look at Numera AND Dwarves...WHEN will you guys refrain from making me spend money ? xD

Wait WAIT ! Where are all my fellow DOoD brothers and sisters? All I see are NOrD scum loving chocolate eaters (no offense meant)



Finally! A brother in arms!



@Jeff how is the game? I've been on the fence for quite some time....

What? Really?...But I don't do "100%". D:

Totally is. Even more in this episode I felt. Arkham Asylum is still my favorite out of the three because of the more intimate setting, the much more pronounced Metroidvania inspiration, and the fact the Riddler riddles were varied and not very annoying, while at the same time being a bit challenging.

In City there were like 200 trophies, the "riddles" ( the best part imho, which is scanning the environnement to find a reference to the Batman universe, based on a riddle, like "Its far from PURRFECT, but she calls it home". The answer will be finding Catwoman's home and taking a picture of it ) were challenging but still visible. The trophies though were a real grind : they literally covered the map and you'd need all tech to be able to get them. Fortunately they were still easy to spot.

In Origins... Let's forget about Origins shall we? It was just a lesser City. Nothing new, a complete grind with a bad story and bad storytelling, they even succeeded in messing up the combat system while not adding anything relevant to it.

And Knight, at last : 243 trophies/riddles/etc before you could summon the Riddler. Riddles are on the verge of pixel hunting, small things hidden in an otherwise ultra detailled environnement ; trophies are somehow hard to spot, there are now races, batmobiles challenges... Yeah it's kind of a chore. Even unlocking all the locations on the map is slightly more annoying.
Not to mention that in order to reach 100% you also have to complete ALL secondary missions, and there are, like, MANY, with varying degrees of frustrations and difficulty. Frak you, you tank mayhem missions. I had to go back to the goold ol' mouse to be reactive and accurate enough to beat them.

Knight really has a great story and storytelling though.



When you get to the "regular" ending, the game starts a kind of counter which only progress each time your reach 100% in a secondary mission. When everything is at 100, you can summon the real, final ending. So ... Either get ready for a looong session, or summon your dear friend Youtube :p

Hey everyone, just coming back to the forums after ~a year of absence

243!? (eye twitches)

YouTube it is.

Huh, question for those who saw the Martian.
Are there any references to someone loosing their father in the movie ?

I was planning to watch it with my buddy, but he just lost his father to the floodings in France, so, yeah, you know, I think it would be a bad idea to try and cheer him up with a movie that could even remotely hint at that drama.

You are incredibly considerate...I don't know whether there are any references to a father though. Haven't seen it yet.
But as someone that has lost his father earlier this year...even the smallest details will remind him of that event. It's something...that I'd say changes you.
In any case...I thank you already for him to be so foreseeing. You're a good man.
Hopefully someone else will be able to give you a better answer.

I just played video games for 8 hours and now my right arm hurts. My only break was for lunch.

I'm a responsible adult.

THOMAS!!! The Swen's squire.
I finally know how he looks .

Hey Dr Koin. I saw the film the other day. I think you're pretty safe in that regard. It is a real rollercoaster of emotions, but I struggle to remember anything about a parent or guardian passing in the book and film.

P.s. hope everyone had a good weekend. I'm still in London after watching the NFL here.

Thanks for the kind words. As this is the story of a man isolated on Mars, one may fear the character will come back to Earth only to learn of his relatives' passing - it happens in quite a few SciFi movies I won't name in order to avoid spoilers !



Thanks for the answer, Pen' ! It should safe to watch then. We'll see whenever he comes back, if he feels like it.

As a fellow responsible adult I , sir, envy your commitment... and that you have the time for such commitment!

YOU SHOULD TOTALLY BE ASHAMED THOUGH

It's been awhile since I did absolutely "nothing" on a weekend. Dull pain aside, it was so worth it.



Since you were the one who convinced me to play TSW, the blame rests on you.

If you haven't saw, here you go : https://jfgnord.wordpress.com/

Very well miss, very well. You get away easy this time...
Erm.

Great post, thanks.

It's really sad when you read stuff about Ubisoft and people almost never differentiate between the people who work for the company and their personal opinion about the games or even only some very top-level management decisions. Many people sadly fail to see that probably 99% of all people working at Ubisoft just want to create the best games possible and that criticizing the studio in the way it's often done on the internet must really hurt them. It became really "en vogue" in the past few years to just literally bash everything Ubisoft, on a level even Activision never experienced. It must be really a nice breath of fresh air for you to actually see people on the internet to appreciate the stuff for and the company you work in for sure...

thanks jeff

everytime i read stuff like this im more and more convinced that i really like to do this and continue to try hard to also one day be part of a family like this and create stuff right out of your brain for everyone to see
dive into it so hard that you live what you do... i really enjoy creating art and especially games art...
all you people here and companies like larian really make me go deeper and deeper into it until it just happens :P

Yes, it's sad that the workers, dev, designers, artists, wanting to make a good game, are pushed to create games that are ultimately seen as "crap" by the community... Sometimes because it's true, but most often because of a strong bias.
I was a big fan of Ubisoft for having some heart and the will to do things properly, but, one day, they started lying to the players - you know, the infamous visual downgrade of Watch_dogs, or the ultra-faked screenshots, the fake promises, etc. The leaders, the marketing guys, or some guys even above, decided they had to follow in Activision/EA footprints and start putting more of the money in advertising and marketing around a game, rather than in the actual game.
The last Ubisoft game I genuinely enjoyed was AC3. The heart and love poured into the game was real. The passion to recreate History, to take the time needed to tell a story, having almost half the game voiced in Native languages, a lot of innovative gameplay elements... But the public dismissed it because the hero was bland and a "looser". Obivously he was going to be. How could a Native/English guy could even have a chance in the post-independance colonies of America ? It was sad. I had a thought for the writers and researchers and designers.
But yeah, then came forth the era of WD and AC4, and all the sh!t they started to put together. I won't lie, the society, the name, deserved it. However, sh!t falls downward, not upward. And so it's the workers who take the blame.

Well, I still think AC Revelations was the best AC Ubisoft ever made. And AC3 was the last really good one.

The main "design failure" of all their big games since was that they desinged their worlds almost on a mathematical level. X chests, X quests, X towers, X activities. While their previous games were all about the narrative, their newer games are all about always the same old formulaic open world design. While everything has an insane production value the whole thing feels all too often ultimately heartless and less and less unique. In the end, that game design is a victim of its own success. It worked so well for Ubisoft that they apply it on pretty much every big game they made - for the last 5-5 years or so, basically since AC 3/4 and FC 3. That stuff just sells too well so there is no incentive to change the basic formula. Pouring heart and new design approches into it only threatens the economic success and has naturally a hard stand - especially if you think about the insanely short production times, only possible by the ton of people who work simultaneously on the titles.

So it's no surprise that in terms of world and game design, AC, Watch_Dogs and Far Cry are pretty much all the same and that The Division and the new Ghost Recon game will turn out pretty similar as well. It's all Ubisoft being imprisoned in the endless sequel loop of something that once turned out to be the ultimate AAA formula...

Thanks for link Jeff. I must say that it was quite interesting read, mostly i enjoyed Swens approach to interviews ... what did your talk of Dungeon and Dragons consist of? Rules, worlds, narrative, world design??

Hey, I actually 100% agree for once =) Nah, 99%. I skipped Revelations but I really liked Brotherhood myself. Oh well...

Hey everyone! Eight hours of make-work later and I am free of my job... until tomorrow. What's up?

Hey o/
Well anything that isn't down ! *badum tssss*

Morning all. On the train back to sunny Wales. Hope you're all good.

Starting to miss the 300 posts to catch up on. also how is everyone?

Morning all! It's Monday...

Is it? Daaamn I knew I was forgetting something... *runs to work*

It's really weird being however many hours ahead of most of you. Everyone's all "oh man Monday morning!" And here I am on Monday night just chilling on the internet.

Thx Larian for showing me Gang Beasts at party twitch-stream. Bought it and played with my son yesterday. It was so fun, we laughed all the time.

LOL, I doubt these 100% if you never played Revelations. I mean, really? You missed the best AC...

We we basically talking about rules. He also asked me what was my favorite edition and since I haven't played 5e we were comparing ^__^. We also talked a lot about Pathfinder because this is the ruleset I'm using right now with my buddies.

Happy Birthday, MCA!

https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/650887564073701377

Well good afternoon from hearth of the Europe! This Monday is so hectic I almost forgot to check forums today :-D, its good to see everyone is doing ok, I myself am little tired (mostly mentally) and cant wait for end of the week ( there will be weekend full of gaming, or I will be writing my final thesis, cant decide :-/ ).

BTW I am thinking of buying new chair to sit on during my PC time, any ergonomic tips?? (p.s. im not going to spend 1 000 dollars on chair )

Maybe you want to check that out: http://www.pcgamer.com/best-pc-gaming-chairs/

Oh look at that, the chairs we have at Larian.

I have very bad posture when it comes to sitting in front of the computer. I look like Gollum. Crouched and hunched on my keyboard. Sometimes (often) bleary eyed with a huge cup of tea next to me (that may or may not have been spilt before).

Oh god I've been on the prowl for a good chair for so long ... I'm ready to throw some precious money in what I'd consider my most useful piece of furniture.
Even looking at the chairs we've got at work but when I first read they cost 500€ I was kind of ... not as motivated to get one.
Now I'm completely ready to put that money in a freaking chair, I'm tired of having my back hurts and buying a new cheap one every year =)



Marry me.



Dayum, it was considered the worst of the Ezio series and of the AC series so I skipped it. Heh, opinion of the masses. So maybe it wasn't that bad actually ?
My whole world is rocked. Is DA2 good too? :o

Sooooo would you recommend those? :p

You listen to the masses? And then you played AC 3 and even liked Connor (so did I, by the way...). Something is wrong with that narrative of yours...


Depends on what you value most, I guess. For me, it's storytelling aka the narrative. And Revelations was easily one of the best or THE best AC game in terms of narrative imo. Also the gameplay was right down my alley. Best tools and a lot of these "platforming" elements. And on top, best outfit of an Assassin in any AC game ever.


Better than DAI for sure...

Depends. What type of tea do you drink?

@Dr. Koin:

Last year I allowed myself a rather luxurious office chair which was quite expensive (finest nappa leather, hand-sewn!). Well, purchasing it for my own little business I knew it was tax-deductible.

However, I'd recommend to everyone not to save on the wrong things - a good office chair is worth the money.

Yeah, they are pretty great.
We have the 2nd one on the website, the black chairs.

Btw, how much exactly was raised, inclusive of KS and Paypal?

Any Larian staff know?

I all depends on when I can jump into the fray :p
By the time I could afford some spare time to try Revelations, it was already labelled bad, so I skipped it. AC3 I was hyped by myself from the beginning and knew I'd played it !
Same for DA2 after all ! Reviews were so overwhelmingly negative I decided no to spend tens of hours playing it.
It's often about "do I have time to play this?" if not sure "Is it at least a good game?" if not "I guess I'll skip it for now ( which sadly often turns as being forever )"



Oh yes, absolutely. Which is why I dont' want a shitty chair anymore =)

Thanks boss =)

I have a preference for any kind of black tea, and rooibos second. I'm not very fond of green.
I found myself a real love for smoked black teas as well as spiced teas. And a good rooibos or infusion can always do good by me.
Yeah I think I can drink any type of tea. With a preference for black, then.

Actually I'm pretty sure that if Vometia likes shoes and has a lot of them, I like tea and have a lot of them... =)

When it comes to tea, I prefer the black-green-hybrid, the Oolong-tea (which translates as "Black Dragon tea")

Very delicious, pours smooth like velvet (well, depending a bit on the water, of course).

Covering all the bases? :P

I am very much into black tea myself. (@Lord_MacLeod has you beat on decribing his love of tea though.)

The dilemma...On one hand, we are compatible in tea preference. On another you are a norD. Decisions, decisions. Lol.

There is a 15 pound tier slot open for Tears of Avia, if anyone was thinking of backing. Not that that is a big savings with a 16 pound tier added.

Well if there is discussion about tea I must jump right in! I myself like to drink almost all kinds, white, green, oolong, black, pu erh (must be in mood for some earth taste) and from herbal teas I love rooibos the most! cool rooibos with some home made honey.... yummy!

p.s. right now I have my fourth refill of Twinings green tea (I mostly drink loose tea but im still at work :-/ )

Real tea lovers should consider trying out this one, at least once:

https://jingtea.com/tea/type/oolong/big-red-robe-supreme

Deeee-licious.

OMG THE PRICE... you trying to ruin me

Well, this tea might be called the emperor of teas. ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Hong_Pao

I guess I know what I'll be asking for Christmas.

I hate tea.

With so many types out there maybe you just haven't found the right one yet

So I can have Jeff? Nice! :P

Get out. I kid.

But seriously, get out and buy a bunch of tea to try. And not the teabag type, real proper loose tea.

Didn't look at the link yet ; is it a yellow tea ? =)



*brandish a cross* BEGONE, FOUL BEAST ! HERETIC ! HEATHEN !

See, you actually love tea, you just don't know it. Not yet...

Yeah... I'm also loving tea... really...! Especially fermented hop tea...

[i][/i]

I don't know that expression; yes, the colour is pale yellow, but oolong-tea is something between black and green tea.

@Lord_Crash:

You hate tea? I am sorry, but it seems to me, thou hast no taste.

Oh, I didn't mention that. But it just is OBVIOUS, for us people of good faith, that in NO WAY teabag-lipton-like tea can ever be considered as genuine.

Here in Paris we have an excellent tea shop, named Mariage Fr鑽es. I often go there an buy teas, but it's super expensive. They also serve food ( brunch, lunch ), in a Colonial themed restaurant, and it's just... To die for.
Their tea selection is overwhelming, which is why I can't really pinpoint a particular type of tea I like. I know I aim more easily toward black and roobois/red, but really I take anything that smells nice.

I also buy Dammann Fr鑽es and L'autre Th (" the other tea "), Other Tea having the ambition of making Bio tea with conceptual flavour. Not the best but since there is shop 10m from my home, it's good.
But really here, Mariage Fr鑽es is the king. They have two favorites : Marco Polo and Th sur le Nil . Nile is my mother's favorite.

Wut O.o

THERE IS NO GOING BACK! YOU BELONG ARE MARRIED TO ME NOW!

That was fast. I was still considering Dr.Koin's proposal and then you went ahead and married Jeff.

Maybe it's a french thing only ?
We classify tea by "colours", so Black, GReen are the most common, but then come Red ( often considered as Rooibos even if it's a little different ), Blue, White, Yellow.
White is essentially tea buds if I recall correctly, while Blue is Oolong ( more or less ).
Yellow is a more refined Green : it's a very, very costy tea claimed to have been the tea of the Emperors ( hence the color, since Yellow was the imperial color ).

You have to take chances if you get them

No, tea by color is worldwide. But the Blue and Yellow could be a French thing. Oolong is as far as I know, black (sometimes classified as black/green tea).

Well, in that case. Dr.Koin and I are also married now. xD

The man has great taste in tea.

I wish you best of luck in your life then

You too. Although, you better tie up convince Jeff quickly. He seems rather taken aback.

I love a good coffee though (in various forms). Do I have taste? Some say yes, some say no...