I have a mixed feeling about cooldowns, but it is not regarding realism. For example, while WoW is a mixed bag, I have no issue with them using cooldowns for certain very powerful self-buffs (like Ar… (View Post)

I think in terms of levelling speed, gameplay time usually matters more than in-game time. But yes, BG is still pretty fast. But still compare BG1 and BG2 where you had to complete two massive games … (View Post)

I don't think this is a fair comparison. First off, I would say compared to IWD the character interactivity is *at least* as good, if not better in BG 2. Sure, IWD has stats, race and class checks. B… (View Post)

The D&D lvl 1 = close to a peasant is false, at least for 2nd edition. Level 1 is fully trained. Back then, higher level characters were really rare. I.e. the standard army consists of Level 0 (!… (View Post)

For what it's worth: KOTOR 2, NWN2: MotB are other examples besides PS:T. Also, to a lesser extent Gothic, Ultima and even PoE. (View Post)