JESawyer's Formspring answers JESawyer's Formspring answers http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer http://www.formspring.me 60 <![CDATA[What's your opinion of damage bloat? If we look at Project Eternity's weakest and strongest weapons, will their damage values be radically different from each other? And how important is weapon damage anyway? Can a high level char kick ass with a dagger? (by Melnorme)]]>
Because Crits are scored at a fixed margin (again, barring modifiers like the rogue's Dirty Fighting) above the standard Hit result, if an attacker's Accuracy significantly outclasses a target's defense, the attacker can do serious damage even with a modest weapon.]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/461655770568608569 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/461655770568608569 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:12 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Is the design for the Cean Gúla based off some modern depictions of onryo? (by applesaucered)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/461647964209697715 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/461647964209697715 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:11 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[What limits will be imposed upon inventory? Weight? Size of items? Slot size? Will we see weak elf stuffed with 100 full plates of feather weight? Or party of barbarians and paladins with inventroy filled with 100 slots of beans? (by Bubonicus)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/461634011186355888 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/461634011186355888 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:48:44 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[So, Project Eternity will have a unified inventory for all party members, as opposed to the Infinity Engine games' per-character inventory. That doesn't bother me so much, but what's your opinion of per-character inventories? You don't like them? (by Melnorme)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/460312411778335119 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/460312411778335119 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:17:11 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Hi, Josh. What kind of diversity do you hope to bring to combat with the Barbarian? As a melee combatant, what distinguishes them from the Fighter or the Monk? If played traditionally, how do you expect them class to perform in and out of combat? (by oldkingcoal)]]>
Barbarians focus on damage to groups (essentially melee AoE), monks convert incoming damage into status effects, and fighters are defenders/line-holders (kind of like 4E earthstrength wardens). None of those classes have the single-target damage potential of rogues or rangers, but they're all better at dealing with groups and they can all take hits better and for longer.]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/459751199579598565 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/459751199579598565 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:07 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Does teleportation exist in PE? and are there realms/planes what have you beyond the material and where the gods inhabit? (by Inertiax)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/459727370933265563 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/459727370933265563 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:32:26 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Are we likely to see Justin Cherry back at Obsidian at any point? Possibly as a stretch-goal for a distant Kickstarter? I really love his stuff. (by ashleyparker26)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/459725413124439977 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/459725413124439977 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:24:39 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Can you tell us more about PE's rogue? I know it's a core class and you'd think it should be obvious, but over the years different games have had different concepts of what the rogue class is for. So, how will the rogue in PE play, minute-to-minute? (by Melnorme)]]>
Their Escape ability has been modified to allow them to break Melee Engagement (instead of forcing a target to "lose" them) and Reversal was replaced with an active ability that gives them increased damage that is inversely proportional to the current health of the target (i.e., more damage to targets that are closer to 0 Stamina). As they advance, they gain access to passive abilities that increase their Crit range, make Sneak Attacks easier, and generally turn them into increasingly "spikey" damage combatants while also making them more difficult to engage.

If you try to one-on-one them with hard-hitters, they will tend to get their asses kicked unless their damage spikes fortuitously, but pairing them with pretty much any melee ally should work well as long as you get them away when attention turns to them.

Out of combat, they have inherent class bonuses to Stealth and Mechanics skills, so playing them "the traditional way" with scouting, lock-picking, and trap-finding is a natural fit. Classes like rangers also receive Stealth bonuses and even non-Stealth characters don't receive inherent penalties, so rogues don't need to be solo operators if you want to sneak around. However, they are the only class to have built in bonuses to both Stealth and Mechanics, so that level of proficiency (assuming the rogue focuses on it) can't be duplicated with a character of another class.]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/459240994005609482 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/459240994005609482 Thu, 16 May 2013 02:19:45 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Would the completed prototype 2 make for a good demo of the game? (by Inertiax)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/458851585787715666 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/458851585787715666 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:32:23 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Do you think any Karma system should be removed in favor of a reputation system? (by zanmatt2g)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/458304301031249208 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/458304301031249208 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:17:40 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Why's the etymology of Aedyr from deer, what's the significance? (by cacadookiepoop)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/457240202876842282 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/457240202876842282 Fri, 10 May 2013 13:49:19 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Are you working on any conlangs and scripts for P:E? (by cacadookiepoop)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/456949349797095612 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/456949349797095612 Thu, 09 May 2013 18:33:34 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Was the ability to carry two weapons (handgun and rifle) of the same caliber inspired by the old cowboy practice or was it unintentional? (by PatrickSutton)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455238344238977540 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455238344238977540 Sun, 05 May 2013 01:14:38 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[hi will you put thought into the game's currency like how you did with F:NV because that would be rad. (by ashtonwhitney)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455237386402545962 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455237386402545962 Sun, 05 May 2013 01:10:50 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[After reading this op-ed, I'm curious as to why the dialogue with Driver Nephi and Bert Gunnarsson regarding Mormonism was cut. Was it simply because Driver Nephi is openly hostile to the courier or some technical reason? http://kotaku.com/5988935/im-a (by kmelt93)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455236873976046877 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455236873976046877 Sun, 05 May 2013 01:08:48 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Regarding what you said in the attached link: the situation you want to avoid could be seen as a feature, not a bug. Will the game have dodging animations? If so, those would also be taking up time the character could be using to perform other actions. (by Melnorme)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455236323633025078 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455236323633025078 Sun, 05 May 2013 01:06:36 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[How is two-weapon fighting being handled in P:E? Will it be like D&D where you sacrifice accuracy or will it be based on attack speed? (by enverxis)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455194556187562686 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455194556187562686 Sat, 04 May 2013 22:20:39 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Will the stash be sortable by item type, or will stuff like say crafting materials get a separate tab or resource screen ? (by enverxis)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455192885248161214 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455192885248161214 Sat, 04 May 2013 22:14:00 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[other than testing your game/battle mechanics after they're implemented in the game, how else do you test to see if the game mechanics are fun for PE? Do you play PnP versions of the game? (by Hormalakh)]]>
The best way we have to see if PE's mechanics are fun is to implement and use them in the game.]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455173715819263334 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/455173715819263334 Sat, 04 May 2013 20:57:50 -0400 JESawyer <![CDATA[Let's say that the game is shaping great,the best Obsidian has ever made etc.but April 2014 is near and you still have a few nice additions that you don't have time to implement. Will you be comfortable to have the game delayed by a few months ? (by Rehvenge4)]]> http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/454302097257550659 http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/454302097257550659 Thu, 02 May 2013 11:14:20 -0400 JESawyer