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I got through the hole in the Beholders Cave, and it was piece of cake. By the time I got to it, my character had advanced to Rogue 14 / Fighter 10 / Shadowdancer 1. At that point, her relevant skills were Hide 44, Move Silently 44, and Search 30. Her Lore and Spellcraft were zero or near zero, but ...

My 11/10/1 rogue/fighter/shadowdancer could not scratch The Maker, a demi-lich. Her +10 composite longbow got nothing but "weapon ineffective messages," even with magic arrows and +5 arrows. She has a high Use Magic Device skill; so she tried using a scroll for Black Blade of Disaster, a spell that ...

Endugu, thank you very much for the excellent reply. :)

I've barely gotten started, still nosing around the tavern after the drows attacked. I will try to remember your advice regarding Valen. There's no way I'm getting through that door, so I'm looking forward to trying stealth, attacking with ...

In Hordes of the Underdark , Chapter 2, the Beholder Caves have a hole that negates all magic, magical items, and potions. Playing as a cleric, I had to cheat to get through the hole. My Lore and Spellcraft were too low to access the door to the west, and I could not get through, or around, the ...

This was a good game with a good story. It lived up to my expectations even though I used codes one time. At the beginning of the game I used the console to max out my Toreador’s skills in Firearms and Perception. (I’m just not obsessed with challenge.)

This game’s storyline and VTM’s background ...

Scenario:

A development team has just completed work on a sequence of combat. This is for the Easy level of difficulty. The designer who oversees game balance genuinely believes that a novice gamer, acting intelligently and responsibly, will make it through this sequence without having to reload ...

This is just a suggestion. I think some viewers will disagree with the specifics, but I think the basic idea is workable. Maybe it, or something like it, should have been included in one of the patches.

With only a little work, levels of difficulty could be programmed into VTMB by varying the ...

[QUOTE=mr_sir]its a game, not the real world.[/QUOTE]

I live in Los Angeles, and since I've started playing VTMB, I've been believing there really are vampires. You mean there aren't? Gosh, what a relief!

Seriously, game is a poor word, used only for convenience. The best games are not games. They ...

[QUOTE=FriendoftheDork]My point is not invalid, you just disagree. Fine. If you somehow think that using save/load is less challenging than cheating then go ahead.[/QUOTE]

Let's not quibble about validity and opinion.

I do not think using the save/load is less challenging than using a code. I do ...

[QUOTE=Anaximander]Personally, I rather enjoy challenging encounters in games. One of the first computer games I ever got was Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.[/QUOTE]

I played that. It was very colorful with lots of bright yellow, blue, green, and red. Besides that, an interesting thing about ...

[QUOTE=yrthwyndandfyre]I can totally dig that. My point is that I would rather have a defeatable boss that I have to save/load a hundred times to defeat than an un-defeatable boss that no number of save/loads would help. That kind of burns off the fun. Ming was tough. That's OK. I found a way, in ...

[QUOTE=yrthwyndandfyre]This is all very true. To the point, part of the problem of killing bosses is to find a weakness and exploit it, which generally makes things stupid easy.[/QUOTE]

Are you saying that you want to use the save/load to determine an enemy's weakness? If you do, I do not object ...

Eureka!

I have discovered why I could not get Mitnick's email. Maybe I am a little embarrassed, but for the sake of anyone else who did what I did, I shall explain.

The email-box screen holds only ten emails. When Mitnick sent me his email, I already had ten and I did not see his. All I needed to ...

[QUOTE=FriendoftheDork]I for one don't think the option of loading contra always starting over if **** hits the fan improves the game.[/QUOTE]

I am not saying to get rid of the save/load feature. It has its uses. I am saying that neither designers nor gamers should rely on it for the sake of game ...

[QUOTE=FriendoftheDork]I don't feel a need to brag.[/QUOTE]

Okay, I understand. You were just trying to say there's no need to use codes for this game. That's settled.

[QUOTE=FriendoftheDork]I disagree, almost every game I've played relies on the ability for the gamer to load if things don't turn ...

Thank you mr_sir. You're right. I was offering hope to players who had difficulties similar to mine.

I was complaining, but I was not whining, and if players do not complain, games do not improve.

[QUOTE=FriendoftheDork]No offense, but to me this is whining. I don't consider myself a "pro" PC player but VtM is not so difficult I have to cheat to get past a boss.[/QUOTE]

Why did you make this reply? Apparently you are just taking an opportunity to brag. You have had an easy time with the game ...

[QUOTE=Acleacius]Be aware the very first conversation with Jack as you come out of the door, the unoffical patch checks to see if you have used extra XP.
So don't use extra Firearms and such till you get to the Santa Monica Haven. :) [/QUOTE]

I appreciate the warning, but I am already well into ...

[QUOTE=Acleacius]My suggestion is to make a SantaMonicaStartTorrie save for the beginning in the apartment and each of the start locations of the 4 city sections which you NEVER save over.
Also I suggest getting the Unoffical Patch 2.1a (latest) and install on TOP of your 1.2 Offical patch, it fixes ...

[QUOTE=Lestat]Did you get any message when you went in the first time (before meeting Mitnick)? But even if you didn't, my gut feeling is that this is what triggered your later problems. Especially if you didn't go in in sneak mode when you went on the stage.[/QUOTE]

Nope, I go no message, and ...