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And why is a fine steel waveblade a two handed weapon but an ordinary one is a one handed weapon? a fine steel version would be lighter.

This mod is touted as being more weapon realistic when in fact it isn't. BTW my grunt is wielding a FSW and a shield, because he was doing so in the unmodded game I opened. 

And the strength levels needed for armour are ridiculous. And the blade sweep discipline is also ridiculously strong. A blade sweep cannot be too strong as it would get stuck in the first target. You don't seem to understand that. 

I'm less and less sold on this mod as it seems less, not more realistic. 

And my slith is now wielding a slith two spine spear but is animated as though he has a huge scimitar. Where is the consistency? the animation for spears and swords seems mixed up. 

Why do they animate with a two handed spear when they have a one handed sword equipped? After all this is supposed to be that spears are one handed?

I presume for the Mac version you control click the app to show the contents then throw the files into Resources, except some of the text. files are not in there to be replaced so how does that work?

On 2/7/2017 at 12:00 AM, googoogjoob said:

 

If Frederick Barbarossa was so superhuman how come he was too dumb to take off his armor before fording a minor river in Anatolia? Checkmate, Hohenstaufens

1. He was on his horse, which threw him, not trying to ford on foot, he was 68 at the time.

2. Cold water shock seems to have been involved as well, which would have happened if he had been in armour* or not.

Thus his death was an unfortunate accident which could perhaps have been avoided if he was equipped with a drysuit and and an aqualung or maybe swap the horse for a DUKW, though a recent event shows not even a DUKW is invincible. 

*I write British English. 

Exile1 on Mac almost certainly from an FTP site for shareware back in the day. I only had net access at work in those days and I would have brought it home on a 1.4Mb 'floppy'. I was hooked pretty quickly, a large fully playable demo and it was only when you tried going south of Formello that the Shareware Demon would bar your way. I still have the hint booklet for it squirrelled away and if I had a machine working to run it I would still play it occasionally. 

I'm currently redoing A:EFTP for the nth time and still enjoying it. Found the exit and about to go kill Grah Hoth, just doing everything else and level 3ing all the available spells/prayers. 

I have to say I miss the horses. Not having to walk everywhere was part of the 'difference' in being on the surface. Without that the surface is just a big Avernum. Something has been lost for me.

And not being able to fly to Bigail any more. Looting the Anama treasury will be 'interesting' therefore.

Well despite not being able to talk to her about it Erika's amulets still blasted the hole through the walls. I have been on a smash and grab raid and have Demonslayer. I would like to know how she got it, unless the assumption is she won the final battle in A2.

So, I have defeated the golems and found the crystal evidence for Berra, had the conversation with Anaximander, been to Girkra, gone through the transporter and listened to the shade, fought Vahnatai, followed them eastwards and listened to Rentar Ihrno on the pedestals. Yet Erika won't discuss the Vahnatai with me and Ostoth only lets me ask about a weapon for giants or dragons.

When opening the tunnels beneath the Giants and Troglos in previous versions there were crystals to collect there too in older versions. I've been back more than once and nothing.

I only have the alien beasts and the Citadel etc to do leading on to Vahnatai. I like to get Demonslayer from Rentar's rooms before Linda goes rogue again before leaving Rentar for the very end. Do I have to fight Rentar to get evidence to get a weapon to fight Rentar with? I have the warpmetal blade, I have the Radiant Soulblade from Carmine. Do we get an anti crystal soul blade (the one in the golem factory was very tough) or not?

Why can't I put a weapon in the quick use slot for changes? Why change that now? I have the Alien blade and now I've just got Smite. Is there some slot it has to go in or is that not an option any more? A bit grumpy.

5 hours ago, Randomizer said:

Blessing the ground gives a 10% bonus. Only useful if you stay in one place and the spell isn't as helpful because it covers a larger area that enemies can use.

10% bonus to what? to hit? with melee? pole? Bows? Thrown? Mage spells? Priest spells?

Does anyone know exactly what blessing the ground under your feet actually achieves? This is after getting the Blessed Warrior trait. Or do I have to wait until I get nasty ground spells against me?

At least it leaves nice orange coloured squares around.  A lot of time I get it just as I need to move off the square to get close enough etc. Also with Tough Feet I have yet to step onto one my nasty fields and not get shocked or burned or frozen so again what is the point?

Troglos all made dead. Levelling against wandering giants before tackling Giant castle. Tank is double wielding what I will continue to call the Alien Blade even if SW has renamed it and the Assassin's Falchion, a nice light but well bonused sword. Going through monsters on adrenalin rush like a does of salts. Most satisfying. Investing in speed and gymnastics for fighters with good results. Previously parry and riposte, again to good effect. Khoth is such an expensive spell salesman isn't he?

I have donated the Xian stone to New Formello to help them with their building work.

Now then in the past games, I have been going since Exile 1, that there was an Xian purse. That was slightly useful.

Of course, I thought I had two black basalts, but one of them is Xian rock.

Hmmm, I have put the Xian skull in the chest, closed it and I am now in the Troglo Temple after defeating Vahkhos and that second character is still getting stone blocks in his inventory. He wasn't even the character who was carrying the Xian skull anyway.

Any more ideas?

Actually, yes I do have the Xian skull. That would explain it. I think I've pretty much exhausted its repertoire so I'll put it in the chest in the Mansion bedroom with the Xian slacks. I intend that to be my Xian collection. 

Actually the second character seems to get stone blocks and sometimes other stuff just appear in his inventory. I've had dried flowers as well. What has happened? Did the hermit off the Western Kriszan coast who cursed me do more than just make everyone wounded?

Note the centering works much better when proceeding South East or South West. The screen centers when the group is within a couple of spaces of the text box. When proceeding directly south the group actually disappears under the text box before the screen centers.

Sorry should have said. Mac OS 10.12.6 Mid 2010 15" Macbook Pro.

When proceeding in a Southerly direction with screen centering on the text box often obscures the view ahead. It seems the stimulus to center the the screen is the edge of the window but this doesn't work when going south. I'm constantly moving the screen manually so I don't blunder into monsters unbeknownst.

The old version (running on an older computer) recenters with every step. It also doesn't have the text box issue. A2 Crystal Souls, latest version does not have this problem so it is obviously solvable in a similar game engine.

Twice now I have been informed of the receipt of gold nuggets, once in far NW Kriszan when you defeat a drake and now after completing the kill Lizard chieftain quest for Golddale and my second character has had large numbers of stone blocks placed in his inventory. This is despite there being space in the first character's inventory. What is that about? And did I get the money? I'm not so sure.

Are we being given fairy gold?

I'm also a little sceptical about the idea that our heroes can outpace alien beasts on foot, let alone giants. Down in Avernum you can imagine outpacing giants because they have to crouch occasionally in the tunnels. But on the surface?

It does not compute.

Mind you the anatomist in me wants to know how Rentar Ihrno manged to solve the problems inherent in a vertebrate hexapod. Though it looks like she lengthened the body axis to fit the middle pair in. If you lengthen the lumbar spine you can just use another pelvis arrangement.

So the two people I've found who talk about horses but do not rule them out except perhaps in Kriszan province are teasers to make those of us who have played since Exile 3 waste our time?

Good to know I can outpace the faster roaming monsters on foot though, the point of the horses in previous versions. Still, I thought it a nice surface benefit touch, you get horses and a mansion. The Mansion even has grass out front to leave them on and trees to tether them to. You just had to remember to leave them somewhere when doing the vanishing tower.

Slightly saddened now.

Okay, so no horses in Kriszan province unlike last time. Anyone had any luck anywhere else?

Playing in Torment so going a bit slower.

So, I need to talk to one of the sages in Formello who won't when the shade is in town. So I teleport to Silvar and the Shade is there as well, back to Formello and the shade is there too. It is only supposed to be one shade. What gives?