4.3 progress? Options

[coaster]

Hi Sikret

Sorry to be a pain but do you have any idea when v4.3 will be ready for public release (not looking for a specific day, but whether it might be a matter of days or weeks?)

I would quite like another run through BG2 with IA installed, but as there seems to be an increasing list of bugfixes & features for 4.3 compared to 4.2, I am wondering if it is worth waiting for a bit longer.

Thanks

coaster

[Marceror]

I'm liking this, though I'm wondering if it's a little too good compared to other HLAs. If you look at some of the theives HLAs related to avoiding death, they get nice bonuses that last only for a few rounds. The immunities coupled with 180 point regen over 10 rounds is pretty amazing (perhaps too). I like the flavor-- calling out to mother nature in a moment of great peril, and mother nature answers!!

I'd recommend perhaps a nice bonus against save vs. death effects (rather than full on immunities) and keep the regeneration. This would still be somewhat overpowered when compared to other HLAs, but hey, some classes just get better benefits than others sometimes. That doesn't bother me so much. But changing the immunities to a bonus, I think, mellows it out a bit.

By the way, any chance you'll consider revamping rogues to give them a nice new HLA (perhaps replacing or modifying one of their existing)? With all of the benefits, love and attention rangers are getting in IA, and the distinct reductions in the usefulness of thieves (for the record: I'm not saying they aren't useful, just less useful than they were in the vanilla game), a bonus or two for thieves might be nice as well. Perhaps you could take a look at the thief's/bard's evasion abilities and give them a bit of a boost. Maybe increase the duration a bit and/or give the bonuses a bit of a boost. Anyhow, I'm getting a bit off topic, but wanted to throw that out there as well.