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One concept that we’re working through (but not promising) is end-game items. Initial proposals for this had internal names like “Greensteel 2,” “Intelligent Weapons” and “Sentient Weapons.” (Yes, there are implications of difference between “Intelligent” and “Sentient” weapons, depending on the version of D&D.) Ultimately these are items that are acquired in the endgame, earn experience and advance with you, and could require you to sacrifice other equipment to them to develop their power. Design has barely begun on this, but it may release in multiple phases and include crafting elements.

Wait, does this mean they can potentially introduce a new TR and ETR system for these bad boys by buying new hearts of wood for our weapons and or new types of CoVs to earn said hearts?!  Sweet!

Epitome wrote on Dec 4^th, 2013 at 1:55pm:

Not "new types". CoVs are bound to character for a reason. Eventually, we'll have to choose between spending them on hearts, and spending them on something else (otherwise they would have just made them bta to begin with, since the hearts and heart seeds are bta). That "something else" will probably be item upgrades.

FUCK YOU wrote on Dec 4^th, 2013 at 6:25pm:


No way.  past history is best indicator of future performance.  turbine will invent new collectible bullshit required for the sentient items.  I think you can count on one hand the number of updates that didn't unload a new pile of collectible bullshit on our heads.

Meat-Head wrote on Dec 4^th, 2013 at 7:25pm:

Cha-ching!!!!

On the serious side, some notes:

- ETR aside, but they are calling Storm horns a critical hit? Well, only ran epic wilderness for soem hours and 1 quest, but the wilderness is actually a miss. The fact that they fabricated appraisal-threads in the forums doesn't change this. Skyrim, are you kidding me? You fake threads on the forums saying how good it is? It's actually really bad, esp. the structures of the strongholds are weak, the whole design with the single slope that sreams 'repetitiveness', and the XP !!!!! The XP!!!!! 30k in the first 3 hours of heroic wilderness exploration! You get 50k after 1 or 2 hours in Vale, and it's alot more fun.

Ok done with stormhorns. Maybe I'll appreciate it later on, after I got used to it.

- 'Thunderholme and Haunted Halls will both be free to VIPs.' Wow, just wow. This is the final confirmation, that new content from now on will be labeled 'expansion' and will NOT be free to VIP. Only a few sneak peaks and single quests will be free (for VIP) from now on, the main content won't. Why else would they have to point that out?

The rest sounds too good to be true, and they are already messing with core mechanics again, instead of fixing and polishing the basic stuff. I hope I'm too pessimistic but I can't give Turdbine the benefit of the doubt no more.

Epitome wrote on Dec 4^th, 2013 at 1:55pm:

Sonuva ... you know that's exactly what they're thinking

Sham wrote on Dec 5^th, 2013 at 2:29am:

Just dupe the cov's next exploit,  you know it'll come back.

Varg always says he "loves tough choices" and the toughest choice in a long time for me is whether I dislike him or FoS more. THAT is a tough fucking choice.

Epic Fire Caves!!

rest wrote on Dec 5^th, 2013 at 11:13am:


Seriously do people not understand what he meant?  I keep seeing these stupid references to his statement.

His whole tough choices thing was all about which of a variety of good options are you going to pick.  You can't have 'em all, but you can have something good.

higgildypiggildy wrote on Dec 5^th, 2013 at 2:12pm:


Well ~*IF*~ he meant it that way, I can see how it would absolutely not apply to the ETR thing. Since there are no good choices when it comes to that fucking trash heap of a system.

But if our Frog friend is correct, Varg is just a fucking asshat.


(My money is on Flav)