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Re: Morrowind

Jumping seems be getting progressively nerfed in TES games, though. From the jumpsuit I crafted in Morrowind that let me bound over about a third of the island at one time, to the house jumping in Oblivion (Acrobatics plus some gear), to the removal of flying and nearly all jumping (without cheats o...

Re: Books!

Donaldson seems to love grim . The Covenant books are grim. The "Gap" books are... unbelievably, horribly grim. The Mirror of Her Dreams and A Man Rides Through weren't always fun, but they actually did have some nice moments, and the story was absorbing. I enjoyed them more than the others. My turn...

Re: Books!

I see "the Mars books," I think John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs. The KSR trilogy was a distant second thought. I actually have all three, but trying to read the first one felt like swimming through treacle in January -- I just couldn't get into it. Purely a matter of personal taste there, of co...

Re: Books!

In fact, Eddings himself (through his publisher) tells you right up-front that he's got something like that in mind. In the About the Author section at the end of each novel, the publisher says of Eddings: The field of fantasy has always been of interest to him, however, and he turned to The Belgari...

Re: Ground Combat

There ought to be a number of ways to deal with a planet, depending on what you want from it -- mineral resources, economic production, research points, diplomatic power, etc.: Trade treaty Research treaty Non-aggression pact Diplomatic acquisition (of planet) Political union (with planet's owning c...

Re: Books!

Ah, the Belgariad. :) I happily concur with that recommendation -- it's truly excellent. (The Malloreon lost a little steam, I thought, but it's also very good.) The world-setting is interesting, and the plotting is well-done... but it's the characters, and the ways they talk with each other, that r...

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