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Yeah I think the problem is when people start getting overzealous or knee-jerking, or start bringing in extraneous political/cultural...

It's obviously not a perfect metric, but it's probably the best Larian has. But @Xamnam gave an even better metric, using Mass Effect...

Plus, Mass Effect is a little flawed in that it really asks you to never waver once you've started down a path, given how you build up...

I think Mass Effect historically was the data point people relied on, 92% of players chose Paragon instead of Renegade...

Generally love it, as long as it's attached to at least one interesting high stat. 3,10,10,13,16,17? Love it. 3,10,10,12,13,14? No way.

I think calling design "lazy" is a fairly lazy criticism. The critic is looking at something they thought needed more time and work than...

I think you lose all credibility that your analysis has any objectivity whatsoever when you describe any and all design that you don't...

I don’t think there is any place for the use of the word “lazy” as a critique. The people who create these games, like the rest of us...

That is plainly not true in the real world. Even with a question as "who reigned when" that seems to be "objective and factual" the...

This is the point I was trying to make with my thought experiments about playing humans in varied ways. We accept a huge variety of...

I gotta admit I don't fully understand...or maybe 'sympathize with' is a better way of expressing it...the importance placed on...

The notion that there is some sort of trade off between player and GM enjoyment of the game - on some posited spectrum from "dancing...

it’s not that they won’t, it’s that it is yet one more thing to look into before you can start rather than after you have started. Less...

sure, and subclasses at first level increases the effort required

When is the last time you played with new players? And if starting at 5th or 6th level isn't a problem, why don't you wanna start at...