Well, you only get 300 days with 80% of what you earned before. Then you enter this phase 3 anyway if you don´t get a regular job.

So employment is still better on the whole

Yup. At least in the longer run..

But for now doing nothing is ok?

Yup!

Personally speaking...I just don't understand that...I know I'm a bit wrong in the head...But I can't get it at all...

If I make up a character that I like the look of, I'm gonna wanna play that character...If by my own mistake it/they wind up dying then I'm not going to simply give up on it/them...That's just wasting time and effort...If all you've lost is a couple of minutes, from walking in through a door or fast travelling then I can't see any real genuine merit to not reloading...

This is the whole immersion thing that I've ranted about in the past...Along with railing against those that rant about fast travelling and not stacking, or even using carry weight spells...

They're in the game, it's a function you can use...Stop whining...

AAAARGH!!!...Now you've gone and made me all offensive again!!!...*Sigh*... ...

I apologise for not staying around Mirocu...It's just one of them work breaks things...

And the cows are out today for the first time since early November!!...Which is nice... ...

Thorny...I'm not having a go at you at all...I just don't understand Dead Is Dead...It makes not a bit of sense to me...Anyone else that does it, fine! Awesome!!...I just don't...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Apr 11 2014, 01:05 PM

No worries, matey! Not everyone can sit around being lazy all day long..


Yay for the cowsies!!

Sadly not...The chance would be a fine thing... ...

Weekends?...Just a different set of busys... ...

I´ve had a weekend for a year now..

Let me try explaining it better:

I find that playing DiD makes the game so much more intense, that going back from it feels like putting an unnecessary layer of seperation between myself and the character, and to an extent, the character and the game. Becuase I know that unless I decide otherwise, nothing in the game can truly harm my character.

It's like roleplaying an avatar of Akatosh, in the event of death, rewind time and do things differently. So when you try again, your acting on information the character shouldn't have, since they didn't go wherever it was they were killed. So doing things differently is motivated by the player, not the character. For me, that's a big no-no when it comes to roleplaying.

And then there's the difference in how it makes the game play. For example:

Taking Tarvyn Dralor through Vilverin the other day. Had I not been playing DiD, he'd have been moving less cautiously, using a dagger as often as the bow. I'd never have thought to use an open spell to light the path ahead, nor discovered that skeletons won't notice it even when the spell hits them.

So because I know that my character is such a glass cannon, and that any fight might be his last, the whole of Vilverin felt so much more atmospheric. One hasty step could alert an enemy in the shadows, that were too dark to see into. One mistimed step with the swinging blades could fillet my character. One moment when my stealthy glass cannon wasn't as cautious as he should've been, could have meant his death.



Here's a thought, give this a try: Take your character to Barren Cave, just branch it off from your game temporarily. Try and clear it in one run, without reloading, doing as much as you can to keep your character alive without going out of character. Then try and clear it out as you would normally, reloading in the event of death. See if you find the two to be different experiences.

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Apr 11 2014, 02:15 PM

Not really something to brag about.

He's not bragging. He's really upset about it and is making light of it to take away some of the crushing disappointment.

Either that or it really was one hell of a weekend

Edit: How's things, Liz?

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Apr 11 2014, 03:37 PM

Liz is right. I was feeling very badly when it happened, in fact so badly that just after the bankruptcy declaration I actually got sick (got a terrible cold) out of nowhere for a few days which caused problems later when I tried to get my insurance money. I feel much better now though and I have managed very good which is why I can joke about it now, something I couldn´t have done a year ago. I´m also a natural goof (or dork as Liz likes to put it ) which is also why I can joke about it now when things have settled. And this whole thing about losing our farm is something that is eating me up but I can´t let it do that and I have to use my humour and joke about it sometimes.

So you see Impy, I´m not bragging. I´m just in a better place now than I was before

Steady on, old boy...I Understand the concept...And the reasons people do it...I'm not arguing that...What I mean is, I don't get it...Why bother...Especially if you're using said DID game to journal from...

I always play as if I'm doing it for real...Every time...It's why I get so wound up if they get the crap kicked out of them...And if they do die, I'll do it much the same way again...But that's the point...I can do it again...

I'll do Barren Cave in the morning and let you know...But if I do die, I'll just do it again in order to hammer the barswine vampy-vamps... ...

Personally, my favourite writing when I was doing the KOTN thing was later on, when I was writing for characters that would never be created in game...Just purely in my imagination...Perhaps just using a character that died but carrying on his story might be a way to go...Then you don't have to start again...Again!...

I meant no offence matey, I'm absolutely sorry if I caused any... ...



Oh, Mirocu...It's a shame you've been out of work so long...I remember how gutted you were back when you first lost the job...I get that I'm lucky to have a job, even if I have a hard time of it occasionally...So don't think I don't understand your frustration at not having one...Though you're not exactly suffering for lack of NES stuff despite it... ...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Apr 11 2014, 05:29 PM

Damn you CT! I started a new character, then stopped playing for a bit and I was about to go back(for some reason UESP hit me with a massive amount of nostalgia.) and now I'm gonna have to make a new character that's DiD!

Also I just read the mob list for Barren Cave and wet myself a little



Oh sorry, I misunderstood

I wish you the best of luck!

When you have a job you bash it and when you don´t have a job you wish you had one so you could bash it..

Cheers, matey. I´m good but it could be better..


No worries, buddy. And thanks!

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It's so awesome!!!

Our worried can be put to rest now lol

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