Note to mike, Most of the PW’s if they have a website you can search their forums etc and get a feel of how well the PW treats people, New or not never mattered when I joined, I’m an OLD dnder, But I love to Roleplay so I Never let on except that I play the character like an Actor if I can. So far that I’ve found, Many of the Larger Project PW’s Have a farely leneant and Fun Community that is chearful and Welcoming. Just hop in and Have a sense of humor But don’t let the people that Fail to see that it’s entertainment Get you down. :8o)

On a Note From Issue 8, the camera Angels do kinda stink, I favor NWN1’s Or if they REALLY want to make me happy, I like City of Villains Style. It makes the W.A.S.D keys to move, and Hold down the left mouse button to move kamera, Otherwise moving the mouse moves you. But that’s info from past Issues of the podcast, lol

Also, To clarify something I’m noticing from Issue 8 That alot seem to missunderstand, On Classes and races. If you have two classes You need to check You’re races Favored Class, If it is ONE of the two classes you have. Then You have no XP penalty. If Not then Check the levels, If you are leveling them equally then You need not worry about penalties. E.G. a Orc Wizard 8 /Cleric 7 Has NO XP Penalty Even though Neither Is a Favored Class But if he levels That wizard to 9 then he gains a Penalty to xp. So if you only take two clasess and you keep the levels equal, You are safe. On the 3 class Scenario we come a little trickier, as THEN even a HUMAN needs to worry, because ONLY One favored class Is Allowed and Negates The XP Penalty. So a Human Fighter 8/ Wizard 7/ Theif 3 Is taking an XP hit as Follows (Fighter 8 is Not considered in xp penalty Consideration, as it is the highest level the game Considers it the favored Class, Wizard 7 is now what the third class has to match, theif 3 is over 1 level below Wizard so this causes a XP Penalty) Again The fighter level can Go anywhere, That class Is Ignored as it is Considered the favored class.

To Bring this Feedback Back Up to episode 9 lol Sorry for teh backpeddle. On Persistant Ideas, I favor skill systems. NWN 1 and 2 Uses to many conditional Systems, meaning you have to be a Caster to make magic Items, Being Old school dnd That took Dwarves from the equation, In NWN2 dwarves can Be a Caster, But still Many people like being a Fighter etc. And That person Can make great Weapons and Armor etc But stinks in teh skill gain area. Alot of community contributers have been coming out with ALOT Of skill systems that Incorporated Online MMORPG games Skill systems, Where anyone willing to spend MONTHS and YEARS of time working on the skill can Master Making various Things, Among these systems I found MOST Apealing is Ambrosia’s (My personal Favorite created by UOAbigail), CNR (I forget the brains behind this but it was well done as well but If I recall it sectioned things similar to NWN2 so mages did magic items etc too But it wasn’t as Strenuouse) And a few other systems. I LOVE making things so These systems REALLY enhanced Stuff.
On That Note I’d LOVE To heard A Podcast Going into skill systems Of the Future of NWN2.

On The external Video Cards I Found a Few Sites That Explained Some, ATI is talking about one as well, By the sounds of it Possibly a Multi SLI card, (For those that don’t understand it, As I’ve come to understand, SLI is The ability to LINK PCI Express Graphics Cards So that you could instead of Upgrading your 256 To a 512 Video card You could By a Second 256 instead and Just link them To get The same 512 For cheaper). The only bad Part to the ATI External Is I’m not a Particularly large AMD Fan, Since they became ALL hype and No Back Bone. But still the premise of externam Sounds good You can Do a Search On Google and Find a few News Peices but here’s Some Links

http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/ati-to-release-power-hungry-external-video-card/

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060802-7409.html

^ This Ones Goes Into More Detail, As Well as anounces the Base Price of NVidias Try at Externals As Being About 17,000 Dollars!!!!! Ouch. But Nvidias Is Announced as Being Linkable So You can Buy 2 And SLI link them. Heafty Price POWERFUL options lol

Anyways That’s What I Found For ya’ll, :8o)

KEEP ON DICING! You guys are doing a GREAT JOB! The Goodmorning Veitnam of NWN! lol

Posted on January 16th, 2007 at 2:38 am