The usefullness of classes depends on the general gameplay.

Standard dungeon romps benefit from it in my opinion as it makes it easier to create an effective group.
The more freefrom you get the less usefull they become.

I prefere TES system the most as they allow you to create your own class and selected a few specific skills that upon improving makes you level, as opposed to the in my opinion very annoying and somewhat rediculous lvl-4-xp system applied my 90% of pc-rp's (yes even in my beloved WoW). The TES system feels also more "realistic". Being a better warrior because you can wield your sword more properly than before feels more natural than using your sword more properly because you became a better warrior after you saved the kings daughter by intoxicating her kidnappers and receiving a 4900 exp-stamp in on your note-book.

So in the end it's not so much as the class-system that usually annoys me, but more the lvling-system.

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(11 replies, posted in URU-Live)

Made a new request, as i didn't get any notification first time round, maybe Belgium isn't considered worthy enough :cry:

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(72 replies, posted in Sava's Garden)

Greetings to all the fresh meat

As i can't find CoH atm i decided to just jump back into CoV, anyone interesting on jumping in along?

Folkearth - By The Sword Of My Father

Their album realle gets stuck on you...

Sings:"By The Sword Of My Father. Revenge Shall Bejewel My Crown"

Sorgsvart - Host - Paradokser I Memmeskesinn Og Kosmisk Natur - Et Oppjor Med Falkie Mann Del I (Sorg 04)

Don't have any clue what the title or the track is about, but it sounds good enough to my ears, which is the most important thing about music

Folkearth - Instrumental

One of the best purely instrumental Folk Metal tracks around, Folkearth itself is a nice project aswell concisting of 30 musiscians from around the world

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(11 replies, posted in URU-Live)

As a loyal citizen of my nation i've done my duty to the king, the nation and my wee little toe...i've sumbitted my email for an invitation

Combichrist - What The Fcuk

and as that is nearing it's end, the next is

Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat (KMFDM Remix)

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(12 replies, posted in Neverwinter Nights 2)

just checked www.nwn2rome.co.uk...and did whoever wrote that have a mental breakdown or something? It kinda scrared me...:o

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(6 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

Tried out SCO and combat is indeed fun, the town part on the other hand feels a bit daft.

I'll give it a few more tries before i declare my final verdict.

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(6 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

I'm heading for you two, just dloaded and installed it (currently updating), i'll be joining Joymus and see if its anyfun..gear pilot name is still to be decided ^^

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(3 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

Trail or not, because i don't have a credit card, many of the smaller mmorpgs are out of my reach. Those that support direct debit stuff tend to be rather expensive, so MxO seems to be off-limits for me due to payment method restrictions.

Availability of pre-payed cards is one of the main reasons is stick to WoW, NC-soft have them aswell, but their games never seem to keep me interested for long times on end.

And ArchLord is just in the "don't bother" category, hopefully the upcoming WAR will bring change to that.

Do any of you have the same problem or are you all "proud" holders of visa, mastercard, american express, etc?

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(18 replies, posted in Steambaths)

Love them both aswell

others are

Cyanide and Happiness: http://www.explosm.net
Flintlocke's Guide To Azeroth: http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke


I also used to read that 8bit comic, but i lost the url

Ahnion wrote:

You don't have to get the Good vs. Evil edition to get both games for the same monthly fee (though you do have to get both games).

mmmh good to know...

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(50 replies, posted in URU-Live)

www.cybertown.com

used to be free, now you need to pay fee. You can enter for free as a visitor though (with some limits ofcourse).

CT is like a less advanced Second Life, but it demands less from your computer aswell and it has text to speech (which is enormously fun when your drunk...or not so drunk)

Tantavalist wrote:

If both types can create both heroes and villains now, then it wouldn't matter which version you bought, it would just means a longer downloading time for patches.

That would be good, but i seriously doubt it, given the download would be several gigs.

Maybe i'll find in an online store that accepts debit-cards.

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(50 replies, posted in URU-Live)

Somehow Uru Live seems to remind me a bit of Cybertown, especially the neighbourhood thing.

Ofcourse i realise the CT was only aimed to be a online community, but still...

Most of you will disagree with me and even more likely most of you don't even know what CT was/is ^^

went out to see if i could get a copy of CoH, but all i find is CoV

I only have CoV, my account is currently frozen, so no real use activating it again for the moment

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(2 replies, posted in Neverwinter Nights 2)

It can always start out from one faction against the Magistra and keep other factions for the purpose of lore/background and different storylines.

About the GM part, I don't have much experience with that, but i think that we have enough gm-worthy material amongst us.

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(2 replies, posted in Neverwinter Nights 2)

Short background

By the time of the early 10th century The Magistra’s sphere of influence was felt wildly across the western European continent and the Mediterranean area.
The Magistra* believed that magic was only to be given by birthright and hence should only be practised by those to which it came natural. This vision spread quite quickly over Europe and soon scholars of the magical arts were prosecute as heretics all over the continent.
The Magistra’s influence continued to grow during the 11th and 12th century. By that time members of their own had risen into high positions across all of Europe and even some nations on the Euro-Asian and African continent.

Current timeframe

13th century: Renaissance

Slowly the opposition is growing against the Magistra’s seemingly endlessly growing power ranging from underground colleges for magical arts to cults devoted to the eradication of all sources of magic in Europe. Also more people start to question whether it would be wise to continue to offer so much power to one group of people.
Also more turn towards the old arts of Druidism and Shamanism, also referred to as The Rebirth Of The Old.

Explanation

The concept is basically about rp’ing a world were magic did exist but religion never really took hold, unless in the form of small (and secret) cults, usually ran by renegade sorcerers or wizards who try to hide their own powers by ascribing them to the acts of gods.
This PW depends a lot on those playing it to make it interesting. To make it easier it can all start of in a city (like Venice). Of course this will only work if people will bother to either create or join different factions.

+ Rp'ing can be done with or with-out fighting
- This may rely heavily on inter-factional politics




*Magistra: An order of Sorcerers who started out as a small cult during the times of the Roman Empire but grew in power after it’ s fall

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(7 replies, posted in Steambaths)

Tantavalist wrote:

Warhammer 40,000 books can be very good, especially once you learn to recognise the better authors. The setting is a very good one, it's just a shame that Games Workshop only ever uses it as an engine to sell overpriced models and inferior rulesets. I still read the occasional collection of short stories set in universe myself.

I prefere Dan Abnett's and Ben Counter's, especially the Crimons Tears-series, Ravenor and the Eisenhorn-trilogy.

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(7 replies, posted in Steambaths)

Tantavalist wrote:

Currently, I'm re-reading a favourite of mine, The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove. A time travel/Alternative history story, where 21st century South African Neo-Nazis travel back to the American Civil War and help the confederates.

What i espescially liked about the book is that it finally shows that the Confederate States were about more than just pro-slavery. I really love Turtledoves works, sadly their are hard to find here in Belgium.


I'm currently reading "Let The Galaxy Burn". A collection of short stories set in the Warhammer 40K universe. Not a bad book, but sadly most stories (so fat, i'm not even half way yet) focus to much on action and the WH40K cliches, but the book does contain ceveral gems and offers an easy way (some things still demand some looking up on your part if you don't know yet) to step into that universe for those that are unfamiliar with it.

Other books that i've finished recently are:

Sheri S. Tepper's "Grass": It took me some time to get into the story as it starts to crawl away at a similar rate as a blind snail who has fear of spinning out in the next turn, but as soon all the main characters have gotten their introduction the story starts to get some speed and heads into the final climax. Along the way you'll be served an original way of looking at Gods/gods greater plan and the honest question whether the human ability to be commit both attrocities and deeds of unparalled kindness is a weakness or maybe our strenght.
As a side note. The main character is a strong and female one, the machomale & alpha-male stereotype get the weakest parts and emotional liberated or more thoughfull male characters get more productive roles.
So it has a bit of a feminist stamp on it, but that didn't bother me to much.

Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War": Most of you will have read it as it is one of "THE" sci-fi classics. Interstellar war, relativity, homosexuality as the next society, an unknown enemy, terran distopia and  a hero war veteran that hardly ever fought. The Forever War has it all.
Haldeman states that it was written as a paralel with the Vietnam War, but we as post-Cold War, post-Gulf War and intra War On Terror-babies find plenty to recognize aswell in it.

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(26 replies, posted in Steambaths)

Sandling wrote:

Greenland is in no way part of the "Americas"

Of which continent is it part then? Europe?

Norah wrote:

Nederlandstalig?
ja/nee?
smile

Mais si