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SpiritWarrior · 07-21-2003, 02:33 AM

I agree about the overall cheapness of SOU and have said it on many occasions. There are many mess-ups and loose ends if you look in the toolset...stuff that you can't really see at first glance but it's there.

In reality I have seen some fan-made stuff done way more professionally than this expansion was. Go look at some of the new item-portraits we have gotten with SOU, specifically the Cloak and Amulet ones. I don't know what the hell they are but I'd never wear them. I started a thread on this in the Bio forums and people actually joked around suggesting we use them in our modules as 'joke-items' beacause since they just look so crap and amateur they can't possibly be taken seriously by any player (IMHO one of the designer's kids got their hands on MSpaint and these were accidently added to the expansion).

The Prestige Classes however, got me through this and along with a good OC compensated for it, allowing me to at least pretend not to notice.

I read about not getting Epic Levels in some Bio thread about a month or so ago. I am honestly not sure if they defintely said no but I gathered from what the designer commented that it wasn't happening. If you have seen a thread confirming the inclusion of this after that time then that'd be more accurate. Again I don't really want Epic Levels (IMHO that takes this game to power-play levels and then, insanity) so haven't been tracking the word on this of late.
Do let me know if they anounce it for defo.

07-21-2003, 02:33 AM	#7
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	I agree about the overall cheapness of SOU and have said it on many occasions. There are many mess-ups and loose ends if you look in the toolset...stuff that you can't really see at first glance but it's there. In reality I have seen some fan-made stuff done way more professionally than this expansion was. Go look at some of the new item-portraits we have gotten with SOU, specifically the Cloak and Amulet ones. I don't know what the hell they are but I'd never wear them. I started a thread on this in the Bio forums and people actually joked around suggesting we use them in our modules as 'joke-items' beacause since they just look so crap and amateur they can't possibly be taken seriously by any player (IMHO one of the designer's kids got their hands on MSpaint and these were accidently added to the expansion). The Prestige Classes however, got me through this and along with a good OC compensated for it, allowing me to at least pretend not to notice. I read about not getting Epic Levels in some Bio thread about a month or so ago. I am honestly not sure if they defintely said no but I gathered from what the designer commented that it wasn't happening. If you have seen a thread confirming the inclusion of this after that time then that'd be more accurate. Again I don't really want Epic Levels (IMHO that takes this game to power-play levels and then, insanity) so haven't been tracking the word on this of late. Do let me know if they anounce it for defo. __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...