OT: HFPens Community Lounge: Or Ogrezilla and LOGiK's Nerd Thread ;)

[HandshakeLine]

Mate she was born and raised in the US. Somehow the "British accent" as she calls it, is hard for her in shows and movies. Yet somehow she understands me in my brummie accent.

lol, what? I thought she was born and raised in the old country, now I realize she must be some sort of weird midwesterner.

My condolences mate, you're doomed to a life of hot dish and funeral potatoes now.

 

[Ogrezilla]

YOU SLIPPERY DOG YOU!
Genius! Pure genius! That is how you utilize sub-classing. All in only 3 levels of fighter to unlock extra attack or action surge I mean (because you don't need extra attack from fighters (barbs get it too (or am I mis-understanding?)))

That’s right, they do. But you can’t get it twice so going to level 5 with two classes who get it is kind of wasted. Most classes tend to get their biggest things levels 1 2 or 3, so it’s often better to do a small multi class instead of the late levels. Also the fighter levels gave me a fighting style, so I had heavy weapon fighting style or whatever that one is called.

spell casters are more worthwhile to stick single class I think since you miss out on higher spell levels if you multi class. My wizard and cleric were both pure classes.

My wyll was just two levels in paladin and 10 in warlock I believe. Smite with the higher level short rest recharge spell slots is great. Less overall spell slots in a single fight, but more higher level ones over a full day.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Man, living in hotels 2 nights a week has gotten really old really fast.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I just figured out elixirs in general (i used them but didn't instantly buff everyone with elixirs early game (i really vanilla'd most of the way even spell wise.. just melee'd or range melee'd ))
But yeah, the colossal one is good for getting into the thick of a large battle, blood lust is good for running amuck and clearing out the battle ..... I laugh because I just picture karlach running around in her british accent excited about pushing a necro (or watever) off a cliff and throwing them into each other that character is a good-time-romp... and if things don't go her way she'll rage smash you haha... makes me want to be a happy-go-luck karlach style toon next go around, but evil choices have me more curious... I can be happy-go-lucky-evil-bastard though, eh? side tracking....
Back to issue at hand. Very clever of you, I like it. I have yet to multi class, just everyone hit level 10, the 10 class perk buffs are so-so... some better than others,

Yeah I Didn’t use them early either, but you get enough to use them, at least just the weapon poisons etc.


I definitely plan to use karlach in whichever of my play throughs I do next

3 Always subtitle... maybe I'm getting old and I can't hear as well but I enjoy subtitles no matter what language.

Yep me too at this point. It helps for accents, whispers, when there are explosions etc happening or just because. But I almost always use them now.

Man, living in hotels 2 nights a week has gotten really old really fast.

I am in my first night of a hotel after switching back a job where I’ll be doing the same pretty often . Huzzah lol

 

[HandshakeLine]

I am in my first night of a hotel after switching back a job where I’ll be doing the same pretty often . Huzzah lol

Yeah, nobody ever wants to put us up at the Four Seasons, huh?

 

[LOGiK]

That’s right, they do. But you can’t get it twice so going to level 5 with two classes who get it is kind of wasted. Most classes tend to get their biggest things levels 1 2 or 3, so it’s often better to do a small multi class instead of the late levels. Also the fighter levels gave me a fighting style, so I had heavy weapon fighting style or whatever that one is called.

spell casters are more worthwhile to stick single class I think since you miss out on higher spell levels if you multi class. My wizard and cleric were both pure classes.

My wyll was just two levels in paladin and 10 in warlock I believe. Smite with the higher level short rest recharge spell slots is great. Less overall spell slots in a single fight, but more higher level ones over a full day.

I'll have to look into sub classes next playthrough. And with all the stuff we already talked about there is enough room to merit playing this game more than once. Do they even have plans for x-packs? Or is it all wrapped up story wise (i find hard to believe no room for expansions)?

I just used Shadowheart's divine intervention spell to get her a new permanent weapon, then dame aylin gives her the shadow spear or whatever, which is weaker overall but carries better buffs and two spells, but hits less hard physically (rarely ever melee anyway) and it looks way way much much cooler than the shadow spear =/ what to do. what to do. Shadowheart has THREE legendary weapons... everyone else, zip =/

I also put her in Ketheric's gear rather than the other gear from her quest line. (didn't know she can heavy armor until then)...

Was happily parading to baldurs gate and those bastard githraki jumped me at the bridge... Usually I hold back the spells and power stuff / scrolls but these people made me mad and I unleashed hellfire upon them all

Thought I'd get to baldurs gate then and went to camp to get shadowhearts full story. Also kicked out Galen or whatever his name is... he will not eat my gear (even the crappy stuff) which is just ridiculous to even consider --- especially since I've not used him once. (next go around).

Then I had to save and get ready to go so baldurs gate was a tease today.
I figured baldurs gate would be a city kind of like normal city, but now I see an army is on the way so not sure what to expect from act iii now

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Man, living in hotels 2 nights a week has gotten really old really fast.

I am in my first night of a hotel after switching back a job where I’ll be doing the same pretty often . Huzzah lol

Yeah, nobody ever wants to put us up at the Four Seasons, huh?

I've been in this Marriott most days of the week since February 2018. You'll eventually get used to it after about a year.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I've been in this Marriott most days of the week since February 2018. You'll eventually get used to it after about a year.

I did it all the time from 2015 through 2022. Stopped for a bit, back at it some now. I don’t mind it that much, especially simce this job is work from home most of the time when I’m not traveling so that helps balance it out for me

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I didn't really like or hate the travel when I had to visit other locations and present to snobby ass CEO's etc, they at least put me up in some amazing hotels which felt kind of pointless for most of the trips since I would be there for 2 days and then back to home for a month before I'd have to do 2-3 trips in a week all over (I'd be in Boston, then straight to Nashville and then San Fran, etc).

I just hate packing really, that's the only part of traveling I still can't get accustomed to. I always feel like I pack a little too much and then I realize I didn't pack the right things and so I end up just buying stuff and realized I am probably better off doing that for the most part.

 

[Deport Ogie]

I never mind travelling on someone else's dime too much but I was happy to not have to do it often while the rugrats were young. Now that the kiddos are older and more self-sufficient I would like to get to do it a bit more without feeling like I'm abandoning the ole lady to single motherhood.

 

[LOGiK]

@Ogrezilla noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! What have I donnne!!!!!!
I'm nearly a mind flayer!!!!!!!!! baaaaaa haaaaa hahaaaaaaaaaa nooooooooo!
Eh.... with all those worms I put into my brain for psionic powers, I half expect to either die saving or die losing 'the world' or baldurs gate. Once there was any more than the one worm... I kind of had little hope to removing them

But I've not forced them into anyone elses heads, I am the burden bearer in all of this.


Spoiler regarding beginning of act iii so for those who haven't played do not read:

Spoiler

did you take sides with the githyanki price or whoever he was, or the mind flayer that is no longer the sexy woman.... pretty ironic you just have the chance to free someone bound to prison and then have to do it all again but for yourself [\spoiler]

 

[Pens1566]

Traveled about 50% of the time from '18 until March of '20. Always same place, always same nice hotel. Wasn't that bad. Shit-load of points from it, all paid for by expense account.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Finally watched Across the Spiderverse. Great movie. Can’t wait for the third. I wish more movies were willing to be more visually creative.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Not digging the current Fargo season. I haven't liked the last 3 really, including this one. The first 2 were amazing.

Bookie is hilarious though.

 

[Ogrezilla]

@Ogrezilla noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! What have I donnne!!!!!!
I'm nearly a mind flayer!!!!!!!!! baaaaaa haaaaa hahaaaaaaaaaa nooooooooo!
Eh.... with all those worms I put into my brain for psionic powers, I half expect to either die saving or die losing 'the world' or baldurs gate. Once there was any more than the one worm... I kind of had little hope to removing them

But I've not forced them into anyone elses heads, I am the burden bearer in all of this.


Spoiler regarding beginning of act iii so for those who haven't played do not read:

Spoiler

did you take sides with the githyanki price or whoever he was, or the mind flayer that is no longer the sexy woman.... pretty ironic you just have the chance to free someone bound to prison and then have to do it all again but for yourself [\spoiler]

yeah this whole bit was really weird I seem to have done pretty much what you have. I'm interested to try going the other way.

 

[LOGiK]

yeah this whole bit was really weird I seem to have done pretty much what you have. I'm interested to try going the other way.

I'm not sure how to take that whole quest... I mean... come on...
The Emperor was protecting you.
Protecting you against an actual someone who can overtake a bad someone so you SHOULD help or you screw your loyal party member over if you don't free him, OR... am I reading into it wrong and ONCE THIS IS DONE thennn you can save him (or is that not possible?) see the story is getting increasingly difficult to make the right choices (not right as in what is right... right as in what I want to do haha)...
I too am very very curious what the other way entails... but I wager he may still protect you, but I am curioius. about a great many choices and how they pan out...

 

[Ogrezilla]

I'm not sure how to take that whole quest... I mean... come on...
The Emperor was protecting you.
Protecting you against an actual someone who can overtake a bad someone so you SHOULD help or you screw your loyal party member over if you don't free him, OR... am I reading into it wrong and ONCE THIS IS DONE thennn you can save him (or is that not possible?) see the story is getting increasingly difficult to make the right choices (not right as in what is right... right as in what I want to do haha)...
I too am very very curious what the other way entails... but I wager he may still protect you, but I am curioius. about a great many choices and how they pan out...

yeah Lae'Zel was dead long before this, but I expect that part to be much more interesting with her around.

 

[LOGiK]

yeah Lae'Zel was dead long before this, but I expect that part to be much more interesting with her around.

OH YEAH!!!!
I forgot you got into a scuffle with lae'zel early in your play through ha ha.

 

[LOGiK]

yeah Lae'Zel was dead long before this, but I expect that part to be much more interesting with her around.

And to be honest... between shadowheart (hey, by the way she has long white hair now... why!?) and lae'zel... both found out they were being used and were very much suffering and sad and difficult to accept and realize the big lie... but they don't really act ACT differently yet... still plugging along as faithful party members.... where I suspect stark differences in story arc fulfilment will be in the end of the game...

 

[LOGiK]

So got the bills for the month. Concast has finally -inevitably- screwed us again on billing... a 90 to 120 jump in one month for internet. The price changes on back have 1-5 dollar price increases for the new year... invisible 30 dollar fee... got to love criminal concast.
Priced themselves out of tv cable package, doing it again to themselves with their internet...

 

[Ogrezilla]

Not digging the current Fargo season. I haven't liked the last 3 really, including this one. The first 2 were amazing.

Bookie is hilarious though.

I still haven't watched 4, but I might just skip it and start on 5. I actually liked 3 quite a bit. Not as much as 1 or 2, but still good TV. I really like the cast of 5, so that would be disappointing if they waste it.

And to be honest... between shadowheart (hey, by the way she has long white hair now... why!?) and lae'zel... both found out they were being used and were very much suffering and sad and difficult to accept and realize the big lie... but they don't really act ACT differently yet... still plugging along as faithful party members.... where I suspect stark differences in story arc fulfilment will be in the end of the game...

She wanted a change to go along with her change in attitude or something like that.

 

[LOGiK]

I still haven't watched 4, but I might just skip it and start on 5. I actually liked 3 quite a bit. Not as much as 1 or 2, but still good TV. I really like the cast of 5, so that would be disappointing if they waste it.


She wanted a change to go along with her change in attitude or something like that.

Currently in the circus... and investigating basement of booby trapped teddy bears guys mansion..
Act III really is a jag-fest and not sure if it's my computer or all the citizens bogging down the engine... guessing mix of both... for the tavern in the darkness with the harpers was a janky stutter ridden ordeal.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Currently in the circus... and investigating basement of booby trapped teddy bears guys mansion..
Act III really is a jag-fest and not sure if it's my computer or all the citizens bogging down the engine... guessing mix of both... for the tavern in the darkness with the harpers was a janky stutter ridden ordeal.

mine wasn't too bad but definitely worse in act 3 than the rest.

 

[LOGiK]

master and the margarita is.... first let me say this... reeeeeeally interesting and I was pulled in to the novel as quickly as the poet and editor were pulled into their conversation with the devil
Was absolutely NOT expecting to read about pontius pilate and yeshua ha-nozri...
Caught me off guard! But it is good.... very very good....
14 years to write that!? And supposedly he said 'it's finished... now it can be placed in the commode.' (or something)...
Thanks ( @Gurglesons ) pixies... I think you recommended, and @ checkingline recommended versions to avoid, gracias!

 

[LOGiK]

mine wasn't too bad but definitely worse in act 3 than the rest.

I may have to lower settings because it is bad enough that it takes away from the experience.

I still can't believe I have ddr3 ram and just a regular ssd (ssd was advanced 11 years ago ) this pc is so far beyond its expiration date. I will lower settings... and I definitely want to replay this game and be more free-spirited no save scumming (not even once) and just playing the game completely at its mercy (and be an evil bastard =]) ... but i will do so only with a new machine as much as old boy here has the memories. **I've saved 600 d's for a new pc in three weeks. So just about a month and I'll have a new box