Looking at the link you provided the OP's list of numbers illustrates exactly the problem I was having. I plotted the first 400 numbers on a graph and it looks like this: http://imageshack.us/a/img832/9150/rngs.jpg What I noticed was that spikes are a lot more common in the NWN RNG. When it hits a high number it almost…
Honestly, NWN1 and 2 HAMSTER me off with their excessive reliance on a broken random number generator. Yes, it's d20, but PnP d20 does not feature regularly missing 4 times in a row on ranged touch attacks as a Dex-based Warlock. If I can create customized challenges that test a player's skill over luck, I'm happy enough.…
As long as we get options on both sides of the spectrum to flesh out our characters (no pun intended) I'm happy. I'd want a leather bikini top and belt skirt if I'm playing a Bard archer with 20 Dex who's going to run around strutting her stuff while shooting arrows and casting spells with minimal encumberance. At the same…
I think I was lucky on DDO - I didn't get many fail PUGs for the premium content, and I think I only ran into 1 jerk. Most of the players were pretty nice. Then again I played a trapper and those were kind of in demand. I remember I was always scrambling through DDOWiki on Alt+Tab to make sure I was searching in the right…
IIRC DDO, ranged combat was completely broken up till 2011, when the Artificer class gave Turbine an incentive to fix it. You could point a bow at something and shoot for ages, but the game doesn't even bother rolling for attack. That made me ragequit within 2 days of playing, back in 2011. Tried again earlier this year…