Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

[Setsuna]

Now I don't know about you guys, but fans of Skyrim/WoW/etc. would like this game that hits stores 2/7/2012.

-The Developer is Big Huge Games. Responsible for titles such as Rise of Nations and Age of Empires III. Not very popular games but I think this one is worth looking at.

-Published by Electronic Arts, so graphics will be top notch. It is single player RPG.

-Available on XBOX360, PS3, and PC.

Trailer here:

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Last edited by Setsuna; 12-16-2011 at 08:44 AM.. Reason: misinformation

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

I always say **** it because the curses I do get really don't bother me to much and they're cheap to get rid of.

This.

[Wallcrawler]

Originally Posted by Laz

FYI ... dispelling can kiss my ass


do skill points in dispelling help much at all?

I have dispelling maxed, so most wards I have 3 shots at auto attempting and most of them are 85% chance and up to succeed. I rarely dispel manually anymore.

If I did though, I wouldnt have any dark sigils and the glyphs take twice as long to run out.

You could always cheat though and save right before the ward auto attempt and if you fail, just reload.

[Bump]

I just got the dispell 50 wards achievement, so I won't be wasting any more time with that. Plenty of other ways to get my loot.

Also, I'm pretty far into the Travelers and holy crap, that shit is the most boring faction quests ever. It has nothing on the Thieves Guild in Oblivion.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Bump

I just got the dispell 50 wards achievement, so I won't be wasting any more time with that. Plenty of other ways to get my loot.

Also, I'm pretty far into the Travelers and holy crap, that shit is the most boring faction quests ever. It has nothing on the Thieves Guild in Oblivion.

I enjoy all the quest because I love the combat.

[Mr. Laz]

better way to make money?

1. merchant skill for buying and selling at better profit
2. blacksmith skill to make good crap to sell

another way?

[Swanman]

I bought this game yesterday, and holy shit, it's sidequest-a-palooza. In completing my first side quest, I came across another 5 or 6 sidequests. Since I am an OCD completionist, the main quest is going to wait for about eleventy billion hours.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Laz

better way to make money?

1. merchant skill for buying and selling at better profit
2. blacksmith skill to make good crap to sell

another way?

I'm doing a little bit of both. I'm not going very high on mercantile because it has diminishing returns. As the loot gets better, the amount of money you have on hand goes up GREATLY.

Therefore more than 4 or 5 points in mercantile really becomes a waste.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Swanman

I bought this game yesterday, and holy shit, it's sidequest-a-palooza. In completing my first side quest, I came across another 5 or 6 sidequests. Since I am an OCD completionist, the main quest is going to wait for about eleventy billion hours.

I have OCD too. I have spent hours on this game and have only completed the 2nd step of the main quest.

[Bump]

I accept all side quests I come across, then if I happen to come across it while I'm doing faction or main quests, then I'll do it, otherwise I won't go out of my way to do them. There's no achievement for it, so who cares?

but my character is unstoppable now, meteor is the shit!

[Wallcrawler]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I'm doing a little bit of both. I'm not going very high on mercantile because it has diminishing returns. As the loot gets better, the amount of money you have on hand goes up GREATLY.

Therefore more than 4 or 5 points in mercantile really becomes a waste.

This.

I only ever spent enough points in mercantile to get a little something out of the white items I destroy in the junk menu. I believe its three. Just selling off the arms and armor I came across that didnt suit my sorcery character got me more than enough gold to do what I needed, throwing in selling of Mastercrafted Smithed Weapons, and various Gemstones from sagecrafting im over 1.2 million gold at this point with really nothing to buy.

Literally the only things I buy are like the high end items in a shop, just so I can break it down for a high quality component so I can make my own stuff out of it.

Sometimes I discover merchants that have some really good crafting components, but they are few and far between. So my gold total just goes up and up, with really nothing to spend it on.

I figure my next trip to the fateweaver, Ill probably get rid of mercantile altogether because I just dont need money anymore and put the points into something I might actually get use out of like stealth or lockpicking.

[Bump]

I don't even feel like making your own armor is needed in this game, honestly.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Bump

I accept all side quests I come across, then if I happen to come across it while I'm doing faction or main quests, then I'll do it, otherwise I won't go out of my way to do them. There's no achievement for it, so who cares?

but my character is unstoppable now, meteor is the shit!

I haven't had a chance to play all week, i'm only a couple of levels from meteor /jealous

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Bump

I don't even feel like making your own armor is needed in this game, honestly.

i like to make my own because you can get specific features you want.

for instance, if you have just a little bit of health regen on a armor piece somewhere it is so convenience. You don't have to pop a health pop because of several random fights that have worn you down.

I also like to pick a specific method of damage and emphasize it everywhere i can. I'm building a hybrid so i'm going to do major poison bonuses for damage and duration on any piece i can.

some elemental resistance is good for balance too

[Mr. Laz]

btw ... to hell with stealth when you can just charge in and use flare to destroy the whole mob instead of just one guy.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

This.

I only ever spent enough points in mercantile to get a little something out of the white items I destroy in the junk menu. I believe its three. Just selling off the arms and armor I came across that didnt suit my sorcery character got me more than enough gold to do what I needed, throwing in selling of Mastercrafted Smithed Weapons, and various Gemstones from sagecrafting im over 1.2 million gold at this point with really nothing to buy.

Literally the only things I buy are like the high end items in a shop, just so I can break it down for a high quality component so I can make my own stuff out of it.

Sometimes I discover merchants that have some really good crafting components, but they are few and far between. So my gold total just goes up and up, with really nothing to spend it on.

I figure my next trip to the fateweaver, Ill probably get rid of mercantile altogether because I just dont need money anymore and put the points into something I might actually get use out of like stealth or lockpicking.

I'm actually REALLY disappointed in the shops in this game. After restarting a few times, I came to realize that the shop inventories are STATIC.

If you've only played through once, you know that the items for sale at the shops don't change but they're not randomly generated at the start of the game or anything like that - the items they have available is the same in every game, no matter how many times you restart.