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That is absolutely amazingly shockingly epic.

...Nice. I know I can't tell anyone to do, but if I had my way, I'd make you all be realistic!! Quit taking fifteen people on a quest!! For one thing, the limit is eight. On everything. Some are less, but none I have found are more. So quit inviting people! Would you honestly come up to some random person in padded armor and say, "Hey, want to go root out a cave full of vicious lizards with me?" No. Find people you trust to have your back. Less lag. Less bugs. Less bull.

Thank you for reading this Dragonfire9000 rant, and have a nice day.

...to Keanu Reeves? Did he die? Was he shot? Did he have some sort of unfortunate plastic surgery that ruined his career?

WHERE DID HE GO??

Right, we did this with a party of about eight I believe, very strong, good mix of classes and levels, and were doing very well. Then we got to the Warlord. Again, doing very well. Then we noticed that there was another Warlord. And another. That's right, three Warlords spawned when we did this. I think everyone died at least once, most more like three times. Hellish.

Please fix this.

Please.

I've noticed that of late there seems to be a massive amount of lag. It's not just when there are 30 + people either. It makes it very difficult to be the military leader of a faction when your character dies several times due to lag incidents, donchaknow.

So, I'm not posing a suggestion, I'm looking for them.

I know this problem is not my computer, as people around me complain about the same issue. What's up with this? We upgraded servers a while back, didn't we? Do you DM persons need more donations? I love EfU:A, but it's really no fun to log in and not be able to do anything without dying.

Yes, this sounds like whining. Yes, this is whining.

Somebody give me a suggestion for cutting down lag kthnxbye

Okay boys, I have an incredibly grand question for you:

*points up* There it was. How is it possible? How do you lend any depth to a completely min/maxed CE half-orc barbarian? How can you make him shine, make him stand out from his brethren, make him funny make him scary make him enjoyable to more people than just yourself? This is an interesting question to me, because I rolled up a basher alt just for the fun of crushing things. However, my main died, and now my alt has to fill his shoes. I don't want him to be the traditional, "Ugg not like you. Ugg now smash. UGG!!" You see? I'm open to any suggestion, no matter how completely outlandish or odd it may be.

Thanks in advance.

Hey DMs, just a little idea for you.

More details! I love the level of detail on the server, especially that one detail, in that one place, with that one name... that was a good detail. But really, more things like the Snakeroot, the random grafiti, the odd, peacefully grazing wildebeest, these things make the server really cool. You're walking along, seeking adventure, and all of a sudden you see something you've never seen before while playing NWN! Also, these little objects are often, in my mind, linked to quests because they are so wonderfully rare. I think if there were a couple more of them that it might create more of a feeling of realism, and less of a feeling of, "Where's my next quest!" Somewhat the same with named NPCs. There's a great temptation to only talk to the NPCs with specific monikers.

Something to think about.

Hey everybody! In case you fellows don't know, I live in Minnesota, the RL Icewind Dale! My PE teacher is Wulfgar, and my FACS teacher is a less attractive version of Cattie-brie. Anyways, just thought I would let you know that we're about to be hit by a massive blizzard, so if I send anyone a tell tonight with the message, "ARCGHOSHBDGPIUBSFIJGBSPIOUERBHT," it means my roof just caved in, and please send help. Here's a link to demonstrate to you all the freezing terror that is yeti-land.

http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/conus.php#tabs

See that dark blue spot? That's me. Freezing.

I'm crying out to the masses. I finally got my computer opened up and cleaned out (There is NO way dust should be able to form teddy-bear stuffing material. NO WAY) my computer fans. However, my merchant concept bored me, and got killed 'cuz I was a moron with him. So, I have a need for a new concept! A couple of prerequisites:

I will NOT play a spellcaster. I suck at them. Period.

The character must be action-oriented. I love people who can play merchants, missionaries and pacifists, but I am not one of them.

I'm perfectly willing to join a pre-existing faction. I play a MEAN minion!

Any ideas you guys could help me out with would be much appreciated. I know I know I know, use your imagination... blech. Thanks in advance!

Well, I don't know if many of you have, but I should hope that one or two of my fellow EfU:Aers have noticed a distinct absence of hare-brained, short-lived concepts possessing the Dragonfire9000 stamp lately. The reason, for a while at least, was that football and drama seasons were in full swing and I had no time. Then for a while after that it was catching up on college classes. However, all three of those things are now past. My problem now is a hardware one. All of my concepts have been short-lived lately, due to a high mortality rate. That high rate is due to the fact that my computer will routinely shut down of its own volition, and I have no say in the matter whatsoever. Thus, I log back in among a swarm of monsters that I had previously been fighting, and perish in a POOF of expletives. So, my question to you lot is this:

What could cause my computer to do such a thing?

To clarify, the screen goes black but the monitor remains on. Sometimes the computer stays running without turning off, but the screen remains black. Other times it is exactly as if I had restarted it. The theory has been put forth that my video card is overheating, but why now? Sure, World of Warcraft will do that, but NWN should not, especially on low graphics.

Any help would be appreciated. I have a hobbit drawn up that I want to play really badly... and no, not a halfling, a hobbit!

Danke.

EDIT: Oh, and my video card is an ATI Radeon 9600 Sapphire Pro.

While at work last night I heard coming from the waitress station, "So, who'd you vote for? Oh, I didn't have time. What do you mean you didn't have time?! Oh, it's no big deal, I'll just vote next year."

So don't worry Republicans, we'll get 'em next year.

I have noticed that, while it is easily possible to enchant a melee weapon such as a longsword or greataxe, once cannot enchant quivers of arrows. This does not seem realistic to me, as a mage could, with very little extra effort, cast the same spell on a cluster of projectile or the orifice on his crossbow where they are fired from.

Is this possible to implement, script-wise?

Do you think that it would be something we ought to see?

Am I right in my realism basis?

This is a link to a comic that all of you sadistic bastards out there will enjoy. Peace out!

http://lfgcomic.com/page/188

Something I have noticed, in CoA, EfU (A or otherwise), Narfell... and... okay, that's the extent of my experience, but whatever. What I have noticed is that even large, brutish half-orcs and dwarves that despise and distrust magic seem to hardly blink when they see a member of their party flinging a fireball into a horde of goblins. It seems to me that this kind of display of raw occult power would be enough to cause most orcs to bown down and worship the caster, and certainly enough to draw some glares from dwarves. So my question is: in a low magic server, is such power commonplace? Do none take notice of those gifted and knowledgeable magisters in their midst? Personally, were I a commoner or one with little or no experience in such matters, this would shock me into cardiac arrest! Not to point fingers, but I arrived at the Ziggurat two days back with a sorceror who's first reaction was to drop into a crouch and conjure a ball of floating ice between his hands, threatening a dwarf with it. The dwarf didn't even blink at this clear use of arcane power, and simply carried on the conversation.

So... is this how it is meant to be?

Converse!

The bat tower in the main Ziggurat ruins has a buggy transition halfway up. You go up the stairs from the first floor to the second, but it you click on the next transition to go to the third floor it sends you to the first. You have to click on the transition you just popped out of to get to the third floor. This is very confusing for someone so clearly mentally disabled as I, so could you make the server retard-friendly and fix this?

;)