Dischorran
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Doom wrote:
I want to like the new version. It has a couple of genuine improvements, like previewing how much scouting will heal you. The new UI is a real hard sell though. The old one was perfect, with all the important information in one place.

As another cranky old, I'm keeping my eye on a mod for the original that's working on backporting the new gameplay improvements (it also adds a ton of difficult endgame content, for those into that kind of thing).

Okay, yes, this is good news and something I want.

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Doom
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The mod update actually launched already (changes).

It doesn't have the scouting preview feature that I mentioned. I suppose this makes sense in hindsight. The old engine can only do so much.

The other changes are still neat, and Extreme fixes a gripe that I have with the official releases: quest completion order affects the rarity of items found in shops.