That's RogueLikes for you. ToME4 is even unusually "fair" in that regard. :)

...and then the Vor pride, and read the Orc's account of the war, and I must say, I've never felt so uncomfortable about my characters action's in a video game before. That is a testament to the writing for the whole game, and the far east zones especially. Going from feeling surprisingly conflicted about the whole genocide thing (considering it's a video game), to reading the orc history and finding out that yeah, my character could justifiably be considered a monster (and to rub salt in an old wound, my character was a halfling), was a pretty profound experience. It's the sort of thing that shows just how powerful an art form video games are.

Having said that, I'm not trying to badger DG to put it back in. I fully understand that there are people who want to play this game, and don't want to have that specific sort of experience. Genocide really has and continues to happen in the real world. These topics are not escapism, and ToME isn't advertised as an art game about the moral relativism of war, or the rational behind why people commit genocide. Clearly, DG's willingness to pull the section shows that this is not the the way he primarily thinks of the game either. That many fans of this game weren't offended by the zone, doesn't somehow negate the fact that some people obviously were, or make their reasons invalid. No decent person likes to have offend other people, regardless of their intentions. I don't assume DG had much fun making this decision, and I don't think pressuring him to go through it all again is the same as sticking up for him.

I just wanted to say that while I'm not offended that the zone is removed, I'm glad I had a chance to play through it. It made me feel bad about what I was doing. That's not something that a book, or a movie, or a painting can do. It's what makes good video games something special.

Thanks.

- Max Thick Skin is a must for all classes, IMHO.
- You will probably want to max Guardian of the Wood too. Together, you are getting 25% all resist. The effect is exponential when the % is higher.
- If you can still take points out from stealth tree, put them in Dual Strike and Flurry first.
- With your max Back stab, max Flurry will do insane damage.
- Try getting movement infusion. Trust me, it is very useful.
- Flurry also goes very well with +damage on hit. Some pieces of equipment will give you +40 or more damage per hit.

Rogue is one of the more difficult melee classes.
In general, melee classes are more difficult than range classes.

Try archer for a very straight forward (and kinda repetitive) range class. Alchemist is also very straight forward, but you need to do a bit of micromanagement.

For the easiest class to play, try summoner. I know what some people may say, but the majority of players agree this class is way overpowered. You may still die though, because you will get so careless playing this class.

Browse your game directory for the 'modules' folder. Inside, you can find .team files.
Extract tome-gfx.team with 7-zip or another type of archiver, and browse around for the 'talents' folder.
Inside is an (extremely) long list of all talent icons.

What does the seating of the ram sticks on your motherboard have to do with the hex editor that you used to modify your character file?

Kinda strange, but there are a few things I might think of:
1. try to use teleportation rune (it can teleport you outside of the vault, but not inside)
2. try digging, though I havent seen walls, than can be digged insie of vault (outer walls)
3. digging/going through a wall which was door before
4. wait till DG will be online and ask him to teleport you, I think he can do it, rhough not sure

Agree on almost every point you made :)

A well-written, succinct summary of the situation; one I agree with wholeheartedly.

I'm disappointed you backed down on this one, darkgod. It would have been better to remain silent, and let the vocal minority be aggravated over fictional orc sexual horror all by themselves.

This is the internet. It is where people go to champion causes that aren't worth recognition or time. I hope you put it back, simply because you made it, and it was a small part of the story you wrote for your world. Then, I hope you never make the mistake of acknowledging the kind of people who get spend their time getting upset over harmless nonsense.

To all of you reading this who were part of the "omg orc baby killerz i luv mah level 100 orc shaman wtf this is racist" gaggle: Go outside and occupy your sense of injustice with something meaningful. This is a world with actual, meaningful horrors that need attention. You people need a reality check upside your nerd heads.

Is there a way to get a website key to redeem for donator credit through this bundle, if we already have the Steam version?

This game is superb. Like the music. Love the many races and classes to choose from. Love finding rare gear, especially when it fits my character. LOVE unlocking more stuff in the game. The difficulty seems just right (I only do roguelike or whatever it's called, where you just get one life). You really have to think about what you're doing. Very easy to get killed if you lose focus or try to brute force everything. Quests are fun. Escorting the hurt adventurers, oh man, I hate to lose them.

Keep the awesomeness coming, DarkGod.

I completely agree with most points, but you know, most people consider three paragraphs to be a wall of text. Might want to include a TL;DR somewhere.