Wasteland Wasteland 3 Pre-Release Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Zombra]

"Players asked for the chance to be way more evil"? They did? I wonder where; it wasn't on the forums.

 

[Ivan]

Sharing my post from inxile forum.

Combat is dumb fun, here are some thing I'd like to see:

-differing AP costs depending on body part (arm-drop weapon, leg-hinder movement, eyes-impair aim, etc)

-elevation bonuses

-smoke grenades (visibility), emp grenades (bots), AOE nades (good way to prevent us from turtling or combat luring enemies into hallways of death)

-unique weapons with unique special attacks, for example double barreled shotty or full auto (Dead State tried this)

2 General Grievances

-having to manually shuffled weapons and weapon mods to the weaponsmith ranger is a pain
-not having all context sensitive props follow the same rules is a pain. having to search every Ranger's inventory to find that one key, or that 1 item can be tedious

My Favorite Moment (Remains The Same)

-my absolute favorite Wasteland 2 memory remains the game letting YOU intuit to use an empty water bottle on the foul well. it's a brilliant moment that makes me hopeful for more interactions with the environment. Divnity Original Sin did this a bit too but damn is it awesome.

 

[Ivan]

we can bounce ideas here Zombra

 

[Zombra]

Nothing wrong with the official forum thread we already have.* But I won't stop you if you want to post here too.

*Link for anyone who cares

 

[Ivan]

We're basically discussing the following: How would you add more depth to the combat, itemization, and attribute/stat mechanics?

 

[Roguey]

They should either remove attributes or remove initiative and action points as derived stats.

In fact, the latter would likely work pretty well. It'd result in a lot more build variety at least.

Skill points can stay as derived from intelligence, but they have to change it. I'd recommend starting at a base of 2 and each point increasing it by .34 (fractions adding up over time like in New Vegas), that way it preserves the 2-5 range.

 

[Zombra]

CrowdOx Rolling Out, Get Your Keys!
POSTED: 12/06/2016
Hey Rangers,

At this point you should be getting your CrowdOx backer survey emails in your inbox. What's CrowdOx, and why did you get an email from them? CrowdOx is a crowdfunding rewards fulfillment web site - as you may recall, we've already used it to offer PayPal pledges for Wasteland 3. We had a great experience with CrowdOx during the Fig campaign, so we've decided to keep using the service to help all of you get your game keys, rewards and other details sorted out!

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[Infinitron]

Roguey It's Underrail time.

 

[Roguey]

Roguey It's Underrail time.

Release Date: Dec 18, 2015

This has worked out rather nicely. Though it hasn't been updated since April so I could have played it much sooner. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Infinitron]

Interview for Official Xbox Magazine, they know their audience:

 

[Zombra]

Zombra slags off inXile again on the official forums. Standing by for the inevitable reassurances to come in 3 months.
Also, as Bubbles is no longer around to make trollish remarks there, I expect the rest of you to take up the slack.

 

[Morkar Left]

Good thing I cancelled my pledge.

 

[Fry]

Didn't back it. Don't care enough to hang around the inXile forums.... but good luck with your trolling.

 

[HoboForEternity]

lol fargo is really repeating what happened to interplay all over again

 

[Alienman]

Anyone know what the retail version of Wasteland 2 includes? Is the retail version the ranger edition?

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

"Players asked for the chance to be way more evil"? They did? I wonder where; it wasn't on the forums.

Not true. I specifically remember this one guy complaining that he can't eat NPC corpses.

 

[ArchAngel]

"Players asked for the chance to be way more evil"? They did? I wonder where; it wasn't on the forums.

Being evil is new zombies.

 

[Infinitron]

Actually, I remember some people on the Codex being really pissed when Fargo and co talked about how being evil would end your game early in Wasteland 2. They wanted a fully supported evil path through the entire game.

 

[Roguey]

There are two evil paths and both involve your characters getting fucked over by robots.

 

[Western]

Roguey It's Underrail time.

Release Date: Dec 18, 2015

This has worked out rather nicely. Though it hasn't been updated since April so I could have played it much sooner. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Still too soon Roguey, there are no updates because Stig is working on the expansion due the first half of 2017.

 

[Roguey]

Still too soon Roguey, there are no updates because Stig is working on the expansion due the first half of 2017.

I'm not going to bother with an expansion when I have a feeling I won't even like the base game. If he's not going to bother updating it for 8+ months, then it's finished enough.

 

[Metal Hurlant]

Since I backed this, I have a Steam Key of Wasteland 2 Directors Cut to give away. Pm me for the key.

 

[Infinitron]

Since I backed this, I have a Steam Key of Wasteland 2 Directors Cut to give away. Pm me for the key.

Might want to do that here: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...anza-thread-begging-is-a-minor-offense.78755/

 

[Infinitron]

Brother None and sea responded obliquely to Zombra's thread about Wasteland 3 being dumbed down: https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=16909&p=178933#p178933

Honestly, it's so early in the pre-development phase that I think it's premature for them to make any official announcement in regards to promised features or mechanics. They're probably discussing a lot of those sorts of things behind the scenes, and won't actually comment on them until they decide exactly what they want to do.

That is correct, it is too early to talk specifics. But we are reading and taking this feedback on board!

https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=16909&p=179003#p179003

This kind of brings to mind interesting higher-level topics about RPGs and character systems in general.

Do you prefer games with more character stats, skills, attributes, etc. even knowing that some of those may be less comparatively valuable, or redundant with each other? Or do you like it when games have perhaps a smaller set of those, but those stats, skills and so on are more unique and more consistently useful?

 

[FeelTheRads]

Do you prefer games with more character stats, skills, attributes, etc. even knowing that some of those may be less comparatively valuable, or redundant with each other? Or do you like it when games have perhaps a smaller set of those, but those stats, skills and so on are more unique and more consistently useful?

lol

sea asks the hard questions. Do you want something we don't want to do because it's like totally shitty or do you want the actual good thing?? Eh, eh? A smart person would choose the correct answer!

Well, shit, Sherlock, with the right wording, you can (and I'm sure Brother None would agree with me) even make going to Hitler's holiday camps sound like a good idea, after all people don't want to feel stupid by choosing the bad answer!

How about if I prefer more characters stats, skills, attributes, etc that are all somewhat usable? Don't really need to have them all on the same level.