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Well, you said you smoked for 30 years, so I wouldn't exactly say your generation has strength of will and ours doesn't, lol. I'm only 20, so if I gave it up when I was, say, 40, I'd be on par then, yes?

I agree with you completely. Smoking is a horrible habit... It does absolutely nothing good for your body. That's one reason I want to stop- if I manage to halt the habit in the next few years, I'll probably end up with very little in the way of bodily harm, but if I keep it up till I'm 25, 30... Who knows. My grandfather almost died at 42 of a heart attack after smoking two packs of menthol camels a day. My dad, he smoked a pack a day, same as me, until he was 28 and married my mom (who forced him to give up smoking on the condition that she would marry him, actually, haha). But, its just so damn hard... Frankly, I don't even remember how I started, but I do know I have to stop or its going to kill me one day. But yeah, I appreciate any luck I can get, thanks.

What's your opinion on smoking? Do you smoke? Did you previously and now you're trying to stop? Have any advice on how? Obviously, there's nothing really 'good' that comes from smoking (other than certain social benefits), but personally, I smoke about a pack of 100's every single day... And I know how absolutely horrible it is for me, but its so hard not to. You smoke your 'final' cigarette, and two days later, you're at CVS buying another pack, only to end up smoking another 100 'final' cigarettes. Most people who don't smoke don't understand how hard it is to stop. When I was younger, I thought 'man, I can stop any time', but the truth of the matter is- its just not that easy. Sure, you start off light, maybe having a few cigarettes a week with your friends. Then you decide to buy your own pack, and you have unlimited access all the time. So, you keep smoking, and by that point, you're hooked- your brain just wants more. So, you go buy another, and another, and another... A vicious cycle. I'm almost 20, and I've been smoking since I was 17 years old. Trying to stop, but its very hard- especially when you spend all your time after class with your friends smoking outside the school. It can be hard to resist. I'm probably going to try nicotine gum or patches soon, but we'll see what happens. It's particularly difficult because I'm the kind of person who never eats fast food, only drinks water, exercises every day, and generally leads a healthy lifestyle. But, smoking... It's a vice. What about you? Are you currently smoking, and if so, do you have any aspirations to quit?

Has anyone else noticed this weird sound in some of the towns? You'll be gearing up your character, or buying something from a shop, and everything will be quiet. Then, every once and awhile, you'll hear this little sound that goes, "Mmm...", like someone eating a cookie or drinking tasty coffee. It's so strange. I have absolutely no idea where it comes from but it makes no sense. Just a random little "Mmmm..." every now and then. Anyone else experienced this? And do you have any idea what it is?

I'm by no means a veteran with Sacred 2, let alone the Temple Guardian, but with my time playing as one I'd say that the strength of AD lies in its range and effect. It's not the most powerful skill, sure, but you can use it on any enemy that you can see on screen, even if they're really, really far away. So, I think of it as kind of a sniping ability. Where it earns its stripes, though, is how it has a pinball effect that lets you bounce it off other enemies. Combine this with the fact that it has a relatively low regeneration time and you've got a serious combat art on your hands. You fire one off, it hits two others, does ice damage, and hits them from a hundred feet away. Rinse and repeat. It can lay a serious whooping on your opponent. Great as a crowd-clearing device too, because you can pick off 5 or 6 enemies in a group with a blast or two before engaging them directly.

I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about here. Don't you already have control over the way your character develops? You get to outfit them with different armors, manage their attributes, decide which skills they use, etc. Unless you're talking about about the way they look- as in facial features, hair, etc. which I have no opinion on anyway- whether you have set features for characters or the ability to change them is cool either way.

You'll get enough points to "Master" them (level 75), but not to Max (level 200) each of them. From http://www.sacredwiki.org/index.php5/Sacred_2:Skills: - A player can gain a total of 911 skill points to spend on skills. ((3 * 1) + (7 * 2) + (13 * 3) + (25 * 4) + (151 * 5) = 911) - 1 skill point is granted with each skill choice. Thus the total possible number of skill points is 911 + 10 = 921 Ahhh. I see. Alright, thanks, that makes a lot of sense now.

I appreciate the warm welcomes everyone. Thank you very much.

Wow, I'm surprised, I expected a warmer reception for the ol' Temple Guardian. Maybe its just that I haven't played him enough (my current one has just barely reached level 10) but so far I'm having a blast. While the blaster can be a little buggy some times, it is useful, and all of the related skills are amazing. Jolting Touch and Amplifying Discharge are sweet. I also really like his armor. The only thing I don't like about TG is that a few of his skills seem recycled from Shadow Warrior. He pretty much has the equivalent of Belligerent Vault and Demonic Blow. @Incognito: Wait, glitched? In what way? Does it not provide a bonus or something?

Heh, Two Worlds II... I desperately want to try that game but I just cannot get over the ridiculous name. Why not just "Two Worlds: Subtitle". Two Worlds II? Jesus, lol.

Sounds good to me. Maybe we can play some this weekend after I get this horrid Mass Comm paper done- as well as level up my equally horrid characters (and make them... less horrid)

Just thought of another thing: Temple Guardian. Sacred 3 MUST have the Temple Guardian. Just started playing one for the first time today and I'm pretty sad that I waited this long- it's such a cool class. It would be a shame if he didn't return.

Seriously. This has to be the coolest class in any RPG ever. A mix of both brutal melee and long-ranged attacks with a focus on elemental damage... So, so cool. The armor you can get for him, the skills, the ability to use two melee arms and also shoot lasers? Hell, I don't care if it breaks conformity of the traditional swords and sorcery RPG gameplay- Temple Guardian kicks some major ass. I think this character has easily eclipsed Shadow Warrior as my favorite- never could get into any of the other ones. What do you all think of Temple Guardian? Any particular builds you're fond of? I'm pretty new to mine but I've just been setting him up with some close range combat skills, sword masteries, a tinkling of elemental combat arts here and there. I'm literally wrecking everything in sight- it's almost like he's a little too powerful, heh.

To be honest, while I absolutely love Demon's Souls, I don't think I'm going to buy this. Everything that I've seen makes Dark Souls look kind of samey. I still haven't beaten Demon's Souls since I've been busy with school, but I don't see much of a reason to get this considering it looks almost exactly the same. I suppose if you've beaten it and are looking for more DS-esque fun though, it could be a good buy. I think I'll just stick with Demon's Souls though, haha.

I'm actually surprised how active this game still is on consoles. I was playing for a bit today and had two different people join my Silver difficulty game in the span of about 20 minutes. Not bad for a little-known RPG that's 3 years old- especially when its being played on a console. Anyone have some idea of how many people actually still play on a regular basis? And do you still play via a console on a regular basis? Also, if you're looking for someone to play with on PS3, hit me up. PSNID is the same as my username.