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I personally don't care whether non-romanced characters hook up with eachother, and I think it gives it a bit of additional depth. (They are characters too! They have interests outside the main character!... though that can vary based on the individual.)

Using Dragon Age 2 example, I personally didn't care if Fenris and Isabella hooked up. They made sense for eachother and added amusing banter. However, their relationship wasn't rubbed in my face and I didn't have to watch (eugh, like Dragon Age 1... if I romanced Alistair, that was ALL SORTS OF AWKWARD.)

However, again with Dragon Age 2, Anders seemed pretty monosexual, focused solely on Hawke. And it fit his character.

Anyways, this was my long-winded way of saying I have no stake in non-romanced NPCs pairing up with eachother. It may violate some peoples' head-canon, but fan-canon =/= canon. (Barring cases where canon is extremely STUPID. But I trust the writers here to do a good job!)

I don't feel strongly either way, but I hope the NPCs come aross as vibrant, living beings with hates/loves/cares, regardless of whether my character is pursuing them. I'm not overly worried about that though, based on the first game.

Yeah, Franka took all my wordiness and condensed it what I really want. :O

I think it comes across as too contrived if -all- the party characters pair up with other party characters. If one pair who are a good match for each other pair up like Ramas and Dora, that's great. And even if the couple isn't a good match for each other, but they're clearly attracted to each other , that's ok too, although the break-up should be pretty colorful if this is the case. This game is Loren 2 however, not the love boat. So there's no need to go overboard with pairings.

P_Tigras wrote:This game is Loren 2 however, not the love boat.

ROFL I laughed hard at this

jack1974 wrote:

P_Tigras wrote:This game is Loren 2 however, not the love boat.

ROFL I laughed hard at this

Im hoping that the game doesn't change the stat/skill system too much. I usually like it when games are consistent somewhat although not always. Planet Stronghold 2 wont be anything like the first game as it will have Lorens type of stat system

Seasons Of the Wolf will be quite similar to Loren, albeit with more attributes and (I hope, have still do code that) more skills

I have played Planet stronghold the original Loren and Heileen and I have to say my favourite romances were definitely the ones from Loren I don't mean the other games were bad at all just that Loren's were really good. In terms of romance not too sure who the writer was but as long as they do more of the same and add development that compliments their characters I don't think I could ask for more. Maybe with more rivals it could lead to huge cat fights like Jul vs Chambra those two seem so similar after all. I was worried at first that with so many romances it might be overwhelming but with Jack so pumped up and ready for Loren 2 I can't help but want to cheer him and the writer on and it is really sweet to such dedicated artists in touch with their fans something I fear that bigger developers controlled by publishers are losing. Also the forums are so respectful too and full of great people haven't come across one troll or flamer since being on here which is great to be fans with you all.

As for combat I love the fantasy side of it and the game play was great for me had no complaints there and hope there is a really easy difficultly so I can zoom through and see each romance I worry that without that or a cheat I will have to leave out the less appealing looking romances completely when they could end up really good. I just wish I had more time in the end. Definitely going for a hard run on my first playthrough and I hope the carried over saves go smoothly so I keep my romances with my characters from the first game without doing the game again normally I wouldn't mind but I am so low on time these days. Story-wise I think Loren has a great thing going so I look forward to where the story takes us.

Features I like to see most?

Harder battles (perhaps less active party members)

Better equipment or perhaps the OLD crafting system that was used in the old Loren build (where you have 1 weapon and you enhance it)

And perhaps the Fan Service that seems to be missing

The love boat is hi jacked!

Cheers