This whole "there has always been corruption, so why worry about it now" argument is ridiculous. You can apply it to all of the following: disease, crime, war and famine. There will always … (View Post)

I think (at least unless you play on the highest difficulty levels) that combat in PoE in the latest iterations is quite fast. One issue especially with the PoE 1 was that there were too many trash p… (View Post)

Not implementing racial level limits was a pretty big deviation in BG. Goldbox had them. Also disagree that being able to attack after casting/potion is minor. It is a huge buff for F/M especially gi… (View Post)

That would have required them to trash several traditions that have been useful to them in the past, and I feel their majority was not comfortable enough to do this. A small number of defectors would… (View Post)

But a is a gameplay factor, just not a combat one. And b is a gameplay factor for the essential part, which is good pacing. No one to hero stories are not exactly rare. I.e. both NWNs had them, but t… (View Post)