[Marceror] Do you plan to continue your Icewind Dale 2 adventure? If so, will you be doing so with the world watching again, or have you decided against that?



[Adam] I’m definitely going to keep it going. I really want to go back and play the game.



[Marceror] Was it stressful trying to create your party from scratch with thousands of people watching, when you were clearly pretty rusty with the DnD 3.0 rules.



[Adam] It wasn’t really stressful, but it reminded me of how much I’ve forgotten. I’ve played more 3.5 than 3.0, and most recently I’ve been playing Pathfinder, which is quite a bit different than 3.0. Party creation in Icewind Dale 2 is kind of out of control.



[Marceror] You really have to know your stuff. Or you can use the pre-generated parties.



[Adam] Not only do you need to know your stuff. You really need to be familiar with every class. I like how in Neverwinter Nights 2 you had a recommend button. So if you’re looking at the feat list and you’re like I have no idea… let’s see what the designers recommend.



[Marceror] I know this is early, but do you think we’ll need a recommend button in Project Eternity?



[Adam] I don’t know. We’ll see how it turns out. We’re thinking that since we’re not using DnD we’re going to have to explain our rules a lot more clearly. So if you’re presented with a list of like 100 feats right off the bat, you won’t be overwhelmed.



[Marceror] Will there be that same level of depth, where there are a massive number of feats and other options available for a player to choose from?



[Adam] Oh yeah.



[Marceror] That’s great. I’m the sort of person who doesn’t mind getting a little overwhelmed at first. I’ll take the time to try and figure everything out. I’ll probably screw it up on the first play through, but that’s an excuse to go back and do it better the next time.



[Adam] Yeah, and that’s where I think having a recommend button is really going to be helpful. So the newbie knows where to go. They get their selection, but the guy who knows what they’re doing can go in and control his options more closely.

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