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I'll be trying out the demo for sure. I'm in the middle of replaying OG Avernum 3 and have a vacation coming up, so buying the game will have to wait. Still excited for this release though.
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On 9/4/2019 at 12:22 AM, Jarinex said:
Lets see if this will work
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pd7j7lox0wpgbwz/Scenario Tracker for BoA.xlsx?dl=0
Awesome. This will save me some time. Thanks.
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On 9/1/2019 at 10:23 PM, Jarinex said:
If you'd like, I have an excel spreadsheet that has all the level ranges of the scenarios and who made them on it. I would need to edit it so my ratings aren't on it, but I have no problem sharing it
Actually that would be quite useful. Share away
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Thanks guys. Looks like when it's time to play BoA I will have to do some planning. I kind of can't wait.
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Last year I played the first BoA scenario an it was quite fun, but I wanted to get into trying out the Geneforge series so I never went back to BoA. Now I'm in the process of replaying Avernum 3 then Nethergate:R again. Once I'm done with that I will dive into BoA. One thing I wonder about is the process of playing all the scenarios. How does it work in terms of balance? How do I know if I'll find an amazing weapon in one scenario that trivializes the next scenario I play?
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Thanks for the reply. I'll keep pushing on. I've been making some progress with the spiral pit. After that I will wander the lands looking for easy-ish foes. I still have options, so I will hold off on starting over.
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Replaying this game, but on torment difficulty this time around. The challenge is doable until I make it back to Avernum after that river journey. After that, anywhere I went, I would get destroyed. I'm building my front guy as a kind of tank slash front row battle guy. I wasn't paying attention to levels up until now. I check levels and my front guy's level is half that of everyone else. I check my experience penalties and it makes sense. Everyone is around 35% penalty while front row dude is at 70%. I use the character editor to remove a trait, but I'm worried he will be under leveled for the whole game. I didn't see an option to change levels or experience. I don't want to "cheat", but I also don't want to start over again.
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Spider (not to be confused with Spider or Spider).
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2 hours ago, DrunkAnton said:
Is that so?
Well, anything I said was pure speculation and guessing from what I saw when opening a save file in Wordpad.
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I'm sure the saves are in Jeff's own format, so there isn't really a way to open a save file and change things easily. I imagine you could brute force the save format but I feel it would be quicker to just start a new game.
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I'm not a fan of nu-haste. Haste in the original Avernums was one of my favourite spells.
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12 hours ago, alhoon said:
Many of the games can be finished without landing a single blow. I think there are people that have done it.
As such, they would make pretty boring doom \ diablo games.
Eh, I just want to use the setting of Avernum and make it in a Doom map. World design/creation is what I'm into.
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12 hours ago, googoogjoob said:
Personally, I think Geneforge should be remade as an FPS.
Now and then I've thought about trying to make Avernum as a Doom map.
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Ah thanks. I was wondering if it would be needed to grind to get the level 30 medal after finishing the game. Good to know I have a lot of game left.
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No idea, works fine for me with DirectDrawEmulation. Though with the flickering, for me, I found it was because of the taskbar transparency.
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Oh, I pick up every item that has a value.
I wonder how far I am into the game. I think my characters are around level 17/18. I also lowered the difficulty to normal and I'm having a better time with the game. It makes big fights less stressful and that lets me relax a bit more.
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I've been taking Janell along with me every time. I'm using her as a healer and kind of a beastmaster. I'm a Blademaster and I've also been taking Nathalie with me. I haven't had too many troubles so far, but I'm only playing on hard.
There's something about he game I can't put my finger on, but this game feels different from Avernum and Geneforge past the different mechanics and a new-ish engine.
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Ah, thanks. I'll hand some equipment down to the characters I won't really use.
It took some time to warm up to the game. It's a new engine for me, and the skill system is a complete change. Having fun though.
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Just as the title says. Will I ever be forced to take certain party members with me? Just wondering if I should be equipping them with items or to just continue ignoring them.
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9 minutes ago, And my heart too. said:
The "just walk away from the valley" ending is not the non-aligned ending, just to be clear. That's the "I give up" ending. 😛
Oh, that makes sense that it's the giving up ending. It was so depressing, though I have nothing against a depressing ending (I've done that before). I was aligned with the Awakened when I walked away.
Unrelated, it might take me some time to get used to Avadon.
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38 minutes ago, alhoon said:
Much better IMO!
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The awakened ending was indeed much better. Now I'm done with the game. I'll save some of the other endings for a second playthrough some time in my life. Now I think I'll move on to the first Avadon.
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54 minutes ago, alhoon said:
You don't have to. You can literally walk away from the valley and tell the Shapers what's happening here.
But the Awakened ending is IMO the best.I didn't know I could walk away like that. I just did that and checked out that ending. Kind of a depressing one, so I'll see what the awakened ending is like.
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I think I must be really close to the end now.
SpoilerI destroyed the Geneforge
I allied with the Awakened, so I just have to do that quest line to finish up?
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I'm not sure who I'd join, now. I'm kind of pro-creation, especially since it's who I spent G1 dealing with. I was going to join the takers, but the first quest to kill someone, I just couldn't do it.
I'm not sure if I'll do Gazak-Uss. I might end up just wanting to get the game over with, but maybe not. I'll give it a shot.

Bug (?): 100% CPU load while playing Queen's Wish
in Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
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I run the newer games cooler by making a custom power plan and lowering max CPU%. I haven't had any issues doing this but it is a bit annoying.