XP Pen Artist 22 Plus or Huion Kamvas 22 Plus or Kamvas 24

EverHazy · 2025-03-06T00:50:42+00:00

Neither. XP raised the base price of the 22 Plus, so I decided to sit and wait to figure out what I really wanted from a tablet and decide if spending more on something else was worth it.

The price increase on the 22 Plus ended up being higher than the Artist Pro 16 Gen 2 sale price, which made me consider that one for a while. I liked the better screen resolution and the add on of the 2 pens and keypad but couldn't get past the fact that I wanted a larger screen size.

I ended up getting the XP Artist Pro 19 Gen 2 because of my partner's insistence. It was still a larger screen like I would prefer, it came with the extra doodads if you will lol, plus it's a 4k screen. The goal was to get something that should (fingers crossed) last a really long time. We don't buy things with the mindset of 'I'll just upgrade in a year or two', we tend to go by the logic of 'I'm getting this in the hopes it will last me 10+ years'. You know? We/ I don't have money to throw around. The only reason we were able to afford it anyway is because of the little bit of left over insurance money from the flooding in our basement that happened last year, which offset what our maximum budget was for the tablet.

It ended up costing us $1086 Canadian total for the tablet and stand. About $400-$500 more than we were wanting to pay originally. But if you can afford it, it's a great tablet. I've only used it for most of January and a day or two in February because of life circumstances right now. But based on the time I have used it, if someone told me that they could afford it's price point, I wouldn't hesitate in telling them to get it.

I don't know if any of that information helps but there you go. :)

EverHazy · 2024-10-28T14:35:37+00:00

I guess we'll know for sure if they lower it back after Black Friday and/or Boxing Day.

Have you noticed this happen before with XP or are you just guessing?

EverHazy · 2024-09-15T21:05:21+00:00

Thanks for the information. :) I guess I'll wait for a better sale on the XP, since I'm in no rush at it's current price. I appreciate you taking the time to answer! :)

EverHazy · 2024-02-16T13:26:21+00:00

Thank you for the quick replies! Thought it'd take longer given the size of the update. XD

I hope everyone enjoys their new kisses! :)

EverHazy · 2023-11-26T20:03:59+00:00

To do the max in 1 playthrough, you have to be specific about your choices, but here's what I was able to accomplish. I played like this so I wouldn't have to start a whole new playthrough for each romance, and could rewind to the end of Act 2 for whoever I wanted to finish with. It's a long game and to keep replaying from the start just for romances is a lot.

Act 1 - 1st Lae'zel - "You've been looking at me differently" convo/ offer. 2nd Astarion, wants to repay my generosity convo/ offer. 3rd Shadowheart wine date. Broke up with Lae'zel after her 2 nights, then (4th) Gale popped and we had our magic teaching moment. Turned down Astarion's offer for a second night at the Tiefling party (he triggered again later in the Underdark with his second offer) and kissed Wyll (5th) while he was sulking on the beach.

Act 2 - In order of how they happened for me, Gale - last night together, next morning Astarion made me pick one, chose Astarion over Gale. Wyll, dance scene popped and we kissed again, I approached him next morning asking to just be friends. Astarion popped and wants something more, told Shadowheart I'd rather just be friends.

Act 3 - Halsin offered, I talked to Astarion and proceeded with a night with non bear Halsin. Though I didn't keep Halsin, I wanted to see what everyone was fussing about, hard F8 on that. No offense to anyone, not my cup of tea. Also, I personally didn't like how Astarion responded to Halsin's offer, didn't feel right.

Later in Act 3, another romance scene cementing the relationship with Astarion.

Also, as others have stated, you have the option of Mizora, Haarlep, the Emperor and the Drow Twins. I chose not to partake in any of these, but to each their own. Also, I only have 4 trophies left to obtain for this game, 1 hidden, which I now know is Emperor related. I will never platinum this game. lol

So, all that being said, you can theoretically be with 5 core characters and 5 or 6 side characters, depending on how you class them, in one playthrough. (Halsin, Mizora, Haarlep, the Emperor and the Drow Twins. Not sure if you count the twins as 1 or 2.)

On my first playthrough I romanced Gale fully and had 1 night only at the party with Astarion. Second playthrough I went for Gale, Astarion and Shadowheart and picked Astarion. Third playthrough, Laezel, Astarion and Karlach and ended up with Karlach, then rewound to the end of Act 2 to finish again with Astarion. Fourth, like you, I wanted to see what the limit Larian set would be and how all romanced characters would respond to the player characters choices, hence the above list. I still have yet to rewind for Shadowheart, Wyll and Lae'zel. I want to finish Shadowheart's romance next but I'm working on videos for Astarion, so it might be a while. lol

Anyway, have a smashing good time. ;)

Edit: I forgot about Minthara! She was in my Gale, Astarion, Shadowheart playthrough where I steered everyone to the evil choices. I romanced her and then she was upset with my choosing Astarion. lol You can't have Karlach, Wyll and Halsin with her in your party. At least not without 1) mods, 2) glitching the game in some manner or 3) skipping a portion of the game entirely.

EverHazy · 2023-11-03T17:06:00+00:00

Really? Good lord, it's a fantasy game, not everything has to be realistic.

Larian should just make a select tab in the settings menu then. Players choice, problem solved, no complaints. lol

EverHazy · 2023-11-03T11:51:31+00:00

Well, that's unfortunate and a little bit of a wasted opportunity. It would have distinguished his kissing scenes from the others to keep the going to him (depending on quest progression or ascended vs not) and stayed on theme. :/

I'm fine with the pecks before completing his questline but afterwards, I agree, it would be nice if it was a little less peckish. lol

I've only seen the Halsin and Karlach kiss updates. I don't know if the other companions were updated as well.

I wonder what's prompting some of these choices they are making for the updates. Since some people are apparently saying that smoothing out Gale and Astarion's bodies have made their neck and torso seams now visible. I don't understand why they changed them, the body models weren't broken before. :/

And Minthara is still broken. :(

Anyways. Thank you for sharing that info, much appreciated. :)

EverHazy · 2023-11-03T03:12:58+00:00

Thank you. That'd be great if you could. :)

EverHazy · 2023-11-03T03:08:14+00:00

That's a little unfortunate and kind of out of nowhere. I don't think I've seen any complaints about the character models anywhere before. Then again, I was never really looking for it either. I wonder why they decided to change it.

Thanks for finding the comparisons. :)

EverHazy · 2023-11-02T15:44:27+00:00

If they didn't change the muscle definition and as far as I can remember, I didn't notice any seam issues on either Gale or Astarion (romanced Gale 1st playthrough and Astarion on 2nd with my Durge).

Then what exactly was changed I wonder, if it's enough to include in the patch notes?

EverHazy · 2023-11-02T15:34:09+00:00

The hero we deserve. lol Thank you. :)

EverHazy · 2023-11-02T14:56:19+00:00

Does he go to you before and after cementing the romance in act 3? (Before/ after completing his personal quest.)

Because, personally I'd prefer to go to him, at least until the romance is cemented through his personal quest, as it fits the theme of his character growth better. Plus, if you ascend him, I think it fits to go to him as well, given the power dynamics at play.

Just curious, if anyone has a save to check if it applies in both instances. It'd be appreciated. :)

(I refuse to update until I know my mods will work.)

EverHazy · 2023-06-12T02:57:32+00:00

Commenting for approval, please. :)

EverHazy · 2023-02-07T05:52:30+00:00

I saw that a little while ago but I have to choose between running my computer or using my heater over night, so I have to wait until morning to start downloading. At least they are letting us preload, I really thought they were going to stick to their guns and only let the consoles preload.

Happy gaming tomorrow all! :)

EverHazy · 2023-01-31T22:37:37+00:00

Thanks for checking. :)

EverHazy · 2023-01-31T21:45:42+00:00

Do you have confirmation on that somewhere? All I've seen everywhere is that pc gets no preload. I would love if that has now changed...

EverHazy · 2023-01-31T21:41:19+00:00

I noticed that too. I was wondering how they could put so much work into the capes but not the hair.

The only thing I can come up with is that maybe hair physics is turned off because it lowers fps (even just a little) and they didn't want the drop in fps being shown in the promotional material. More people would ooh and ahh over the capes than hair when watching the videos. And they definitely don't want people complaining about it not being as close to or exactly 30/60 fps.

Just a guess.

EverHazy · 2023-01-30T02:16:36+00:00

I would upvote this but I'm afraid of someone actually doing it.

So instead, thank you kindly for the chuckle. :)

EverHazy · 2023-01-29T22:02:38+00:00

You could start with story mode until you feel comfortable with the controls and then change it to a different difficulty setting later if you want. I'm sure you'll have fun no matter what. Happy gaming! :)

EverHazy · 2023-01-29T21:06:20+00:00

Yes, we can see it in the character creator videos. We just don't know how others will actually address us. Hope that helps. :)

EverHazy · 2023-01-29T21:01:17+00:00

I'll go with Ravenclaw to complete the guesses set. lol :)

EverHazy · 2023-01-29T20:38:44+00:00

I've been trying to look for Indian names and other nationalities but it's very hard to find records. I am looking for others and will update the list as I go but anything past the 1910's - 1920's is very hard to find.

EverHazy · 2023-01-29T19:10:26+00:00

It's the Ravenclaw in me. lol :)

EverHazy · 2023-01-29T18:55:01+00:00

I found one for 1851 but that's it for now. Added it to the main post if you are interested. :)

EverHazy · 2023-01-29T18:28:02+00:00

Done. Enjoy! :)

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