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Pity thread incoming. Probably would have had a III by now. Nothing scratches the itch - hell, even my yearly Infinity Engine game playthroughs don’t feel right anymore because I enjoy Pillars so much more.

That seems more watchable by far.

New version available with many changes (lots of adjustment from previously tweaked abilities...) Edit Deadfire Balance Polishing Mod at Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) Enjoy playing Slayer Seeker Survivor Standalone mod with these tweaks ! wOw ! LoTS oF bUiLDs !

Never a Blade Runner around when you need one.

Messianic thinking is part of the overall Russian approach in this conflict. It is important, for example, that Patriarch Kirill has given his blessing to the whole enterprise. Russia is not only an empire or a wannabe empire, but this sort of religious fanaticism is also quite prevalent in its upper echelons. Satanism is a perfectly rational enemy, from this standpoint. Plenty has been written about this messianism. One example: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2022-05-11/ty-article-opinion/.premium/putins-holy-war-the-messianic-myths-fueling-russias-assault-on-ukraine/00000180-d65b-d452-a1fa-d7ff0ad60000

In that case, congratulations, you're officially supporting Putin. Got something to say to the press?

At first I wasn't really sold on it, but after a minute when the robot goes on all fours to chase the kid I just lost it. This may beat the Gingerdead Man.

The CP mod adds reasonable adjustments that make the game better without overdoing it as some mods do imo. I would totally recommend it. In addition to the mechanical adjustments it also adds unique icons for every passive ability - which otherwise share a lot of the same icons which is confusing and annoying while leveling up. Without CP you constantly have to hover over the icons so that the game can tell you the name of the ability. Put an end to that with the CP's passive icon pack (it's included with the CP mod, no need to install it separately). CP is a modular mod - that means you can install different "sub mods" individually and don't have to install the whole package if you don't want to. In addition to that I'd also recommend Spherical's Enhanced UI mod (doesn't alter mechanics but only adds useful, small UI features and bits like tooltips for some mechanical terms, inspirations, afflictions and so on - without altering the UI design itself) - I wouldn't want to miss that even now that I know the rules in and out (mostly). In addition to that I also recommend @Noqn's Carnage AoE indicator mod. It adds an AoE indicator so that you can actually see where Carnage will apply. In the vanilla Deadfire game this is not visible unlike in PoE1.

Any media commentator suggesting India was ever going to vote any other way is... an idiot whose opinion is worth nothing. Simply wouldn't have the necessary background to be even slightly credible, spouting wishful thinking and nothing else. Though to be fair, their vote has nothing at all to do with Ukraine per se. The public comments are mostly just window dressing, but even if they weren't there was literally no chance of them voting any other way.

Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president’s orders kinda tough to not indict assuming is true, and given the recent doj filing which mentions evidence o' obstruction, am thinking the release o' this story is hardly coincidental. keep in mind indictment is so not same as conviction, but is difficult to explain why the doj would avoid charges o' the x-president given the former guy's public efforts at self-immolation as well as the reveal that somebody in trump's employ spoke to the feds and gave testimony which makes don's knowledge o' the existence o' additional documents marked as classified less o' a question. such testimony is also pretty freaking strong evidence o' trump intent. add in fact that doj believes trump has not yet turned over all documents marked as classified and an indictment is all but a forgone conclusion in our estimation. meanwhile, at mar-a-lago... but again, am cautioning people who thinks the case against trump is a slam dunk. the obstruction aspect is looking stronger. however, the espionage act is not how any prosecutor would wanna go after trump, and a jury trial o' an ex-prez who has a cult-like following makes even a solid case a bit o' a gamble, and prosecutors ain't 'posed to gamble with justice. in any event, while have been directing our criticism most to judge cannon's overt buffoonery and her handling o' the pre-indictment civil stoopid she allowed team trump to pursue, am now at a point where we would admit genuine surprise if there were failure to indict. HA! Good Fun!

Based on my brief time on the forum the CP seems pretty popular. Looks like I'm getting that for sure. Maybe the balance mod. Thanks!

Usually, the spells or abilities that destroy Near Death on hit require at less to graze with the spell for Destroy : Death Ring (vs fortitude), Boil their Flesh (vs reflex), Worthy Sacrifice (deflection), etc, ... and Detonate (vs fortitude). But this last is not like the others : in first, the spell is not foe-only, and the destroy effect is a separated thing than the first raw spell that trigger that on hit. Like for the other spells that is right, but only this Destroy effect is Melee. So the Destroy effect is redirected to another Near Death target with Blade Turning. * So the magic trick is to spam Detonate on a Near Death monk with Blade Turning and BDD (or Martyr's Memories). The AoE crush damage will help to reach the Near Death level to enemies around the Monk, and every Near Death (including friends and excepted the Monk) in a 20m range (like Sunlance) will be destroyed without hit-roll (the monk take the roll with the detonate hit) one after the other. A transcendant can make by himself this exploit, with a priest for example to keep Blade Turning and Bdd for some times. Mortification of the Soul allow to him to loose quickly his life. An Ascendant can spam repeatedly Detonate. To summarize, Detonate on a Near Death monk with Blade Turning cause to another Near Death to be destroyed "freely".

Me hiding my xXxBOxXx behind my back:

Persistent Distraction also has no hit roll by the way.

Maybe it’s time to take a hint from Valve and look into this Switch emulator.

The Geomancer @masterty66suggested is even good enough (alround) to go solo. I used it with the Willbreaker, too and gave the Phantom Concelhaut's Draining Touch which lets it do considerable damage. Generally I would consider Sage (Monk/Wizard) to be one of the most enjoyable Wizard multiclasses. Stunning Surge with Spirit Lance... :chef's kis emoji A very good one is also Assassin/Wizard, especially if you focus on non-damaging CC effects and use Arkemyr's Brilliant Departure to stay invisbile while casting CC spells with very high ACC (Arkemy'r Brilliant Departure doesn't break as long as you don't deal damage - wall spells excluded - you can deal damage with those and still not become visible). With Wall of Draining you can later stay invisible for the whole fight. Not oly does this give you amazing ACC but it also makes you invulnerable basically. The good thing is that this char works well right off the shelf. Casting a good CC or damaging spell from stealth will grant you +25 ACC from level 1 which is really useful even without invisibility and whatnot. Then you can get Smoke Veil rel. early for some more high-ACC casts and then finaly you can get Arkemyr's Brillant Departure from Arkemyr later on. Wizard/Psion is another combo I like. Wizard/Priest is also a great multiclass which can be extremely tanky yet offensively useful as well. Finally a Wizard/Druid can be made into a very sturdy melee spiritshift character with tons of spells and very respectable melee dmg with the help of Zandethus Draconic Fury. Bear Form + Spiritshield (and Llengrath's Safeguard) + Form of the Delemgan, Blunting Belt and Dragon Pendant will give you absurd AR values with 0 recovery penalty.

Hehe - you can use Scordeo's Trophy in the main hand and Mohora Tanga in the offhand. Enchant Scordeo's Trophy with Strategic Blitz - you will get -10% melee recovery per hit with the pistol. If you attack with the spear in melee and trigger SF/HBD with the Red Flag Flying you will shoot with the pistol autimatically, adding some stacks of the recovery bonus for the spear. That way you not only get the dual wielding/two weapon styl bonus for the spear but also the Strategic Blitz bonus, making you stab like a sewing machine at some point. In addition to that you get the flexibility of a hybrid weapon setup of course.

Is it woke enough

Imo Ranger is pretty good as well. Ranger/Wizard with Willbreaker + Phantom (or CDT + Phantom) or Saru Sichr + Phantom + Pet (Saru Sichr would unlock extra pet dps via Predator's Sense). Morningstar modal of course helps spells too, and Willbreaker also debuffs will. I specifically like Stalker with this combo for extra tankiness for you + pet. And of course, Ranger gets bonus accuracy which helps spells and Takedown combo can be used to hit very hard with spells if you micro it. I once played a Ranger like this and it was pretty fun and good. edit: I saw @Boeroerliked this post. Boeroer, I believe this was originally your idea for a build. Or at least, I once got inspired because of your ideas around this. Shoulda gave you a shoutout earlier in this post . In any case, can confirm it works well.

In the case of Cipher, it's a double boon. You get the +20% damages and eventually +1 PEN (plus whatever attack bonus you've vampirised) And your focus is regenated by it.

Hi, so last night I finished playing and logged off. This morning I went to hop back on and continue my exploration. Well when I went to load my game the save was gone. It still has a world my friend shared with me and a save from early access but my current one is gone. I had an immense amount of time into this save and was at the last mission for the story, so this really really is a drag. Any help would be amazing.

there is a famous scene from witness for the prosecution (1957) which you likely never has seen but know even so 'cause has been done in variations a thousand times. "the question is, frau helm, were you lying then, are you lying now, or are you not in fact a chronic and habitual liar!" (will check internet) is verboten to attack the character o' a witness not 'cause we want politeness in court but 'cause to impugn character o' witness is deemed irrelevant and has a tendency to prejudice that witness in the eyes o' a jury. exception: propensity for falsehood is always relevant, which is one reason no lawyer would ever put trump on the stand to act as a witness in his own defense. regardless, the aforementioned scene, plays out everyday in courts 'cross the land, albeit with far less drama. impeach a witness as to their tendency for mendacity is relevant and allowable under the rules o' evidence in every US state as well as fed courts. however, is not some kinda objective standard. judge doesn't instruct jury to dismiss witness testimony if the witness lied 'bout their age on a facebook profile. assuming the witness offers a decent explanation which convinces the jury/judge they is telling the truth, such as speaking against their own interests, then a finder of fact may decide the testimony offered is reliable enuff. keep in mind that it is illegal to lie to the feds in most instances. by admitting he/she lied to feds, the witness exposed self to legal jeopardy. have witness explain why he/she were afraid o' speaking truthful to the feds may not be in trump's best interest, so the degree to which prospective defense attorneys seek to impeach on truthfulness is a tactical consideration which is all kinda schrödinger's cat at the moment. HA! Good Fun!

Nice to see Bastila getting more work

Countries abstaining in UN votes are considered to be much more in alignment with the 'Yes' side than the 'No' side. In the most recent UNGA vote the Russians themselves openly lobbied countries to vote 'No' precisely because they openly admitted in public that abstaining was a tacit 'Yes.' Effectively, abstentions are 'Yes, but we have some reservations' votes, further evidenced by the fact that none of the abstainers spoke in support of Russia even in the slightest during the many hours-long floor debate. In India's case, in the procedural vote on Russia's demand that the final vote be by secret ballot because they believed a secret ballot would be better for them, India was one of the loudest voices to reject Russia's secret ballot demand and voted 'Yes' to have the vote be in public. Also noteworthy here is that countries like Iran and Ethiopia which had voted 'No' on previous votes abstained this time, and Brazil and the Gulf Arab states which had abstained previously now voted 'Yes.'

Yes, there is a Refrigerator in the game. But it's so very late game its practically useless. | It should have been an early tier/game item so that it could properly be used.

The only place I know of is the way back machine https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/https://grounded.obsidian.net/ Example of an old feature list from a while back https://web.archive.org/web/20220120055514/https://grounded.obsidian.net/feature-board

Yeah, hope they fix this!

You should most definetely get community patch for riposte, it makes riposte %25 for miss and grazes, which proc very often.

Hi yes PS4 has those on main menu also. Thanks, I didn't think of that. Must be that I haven't run into the quest trigger to start S or F quite yet.

Still looks like sci-fi Chucky.

I reported this problem to tech support September 23rd, Hopefully there will be fix in the next patch. Yes kinda makes frustrating game when you collect and cant find items. I have used the icon system but noting like looking for name tag. I play on XBox series X and game pass pc, not sure if this exist on steam.

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I don't think there is really any strict adherence to lore in any of the player portraits. I get the feeling that the portraits (human's especially) are more meant to be sort representations of various fantasy architypes (wizard, scholar, mercenary, monk, barbarian, etc). As for why those specific portraits were chosen for that wiki page, probably only the editor of that page of the wiki really knows. As for NPC portraits, I don't imagine there'll be any overt lore for this beyond just the assumption that folk intermingle as they do in the real world.

"You are a good person. I like you." Thank you Ember. I'll remain on your good side.

Yeah, I've seen a couple of vids and the narrator is very off putting. I assumed at first, that it was only spoken dialogue that was going to be voiced, but apparently not. I don't like it : /

I've been playing to much Skyrim, I see these "glowing" eyes and think "Vampire!" ...

I really don't like tattoo's, I want the girls skin to be free of such, even piercings.

I thought it was meant to be the old woman at the back in purple in Malcador's post. Yeah, out of this entire thread I pick out that woman ...something's obviously wrong with me.

The crazy thing about Elle Macpherson is she is 49 and still stunningly gorgeous.