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Can't believe it needs to be said, but it is Bruce: mods are always use at your own risk. Eh, that's a massive non sequitor. If a company goes bust it also can't repay its debts, doesn't mean the laws saying it has to repay its debts are stupid because there are circumstances where they can't and don't. Gift cards, warrantees, obligations for items to be in reasonable working order and more all can- and usually do- go poof if the company does. You're not going to have lost the source code yet still be supporting a game, you need the source code for that, and the summary specifies reasonable working state when support ends. For physical goods that's a usual requirement under consumer guarantee legislation, no real reason for it not to be for digital goods*. So no trying to sue Looking Glass Systems or Paul Neurath personally for an old copy of System Shock 2 not working due to SafeDisc: it worked fine, when support ended in 2000. *indeed, the guarantee of reasonable working order for a reasonable timeframe already applies to software here as digital delivery is not excluded from the Fair Trading nor Consumer Guarantees Acts- and it cannot be contracted out via EULA. Even used to be mentioned specifically in the Steam Subscriber Agreement. And now that I check, still is:

Turns out it was not worth it:

I'm testing this myself and firstly I thought this got fixed because my Enduring Flames last 10 sec, then I realize that's because My Goldpact has INT of 5, and Enduring Flames has duration of 10, it is firstly reduce by INT by 30% -> 7 seconds, then critical hit increase it's duration by x1.5 so it ends up being 10.5 seconds. So I was confused by this 10.5 seconds earlier and thought it's patched. Based on MaxQuest's formula here: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91903-question-about-dots-and-hots/#comment-1893595 Fixed DoT's total damage is only affected by Might, not hit_quality_modifier, however duration is affected by hit_quality_modifier... And this results in a stupid conclusion, Crit on Enduring Flames increase it's total duration, which leads to more ticks being eaten by DR lol. In some extreme case, for example you have 20 INT, if you crit on FoD and Enduring Flames will last 22.5 seconds. Although your FoD damage is increased by 50%, but that's additive bonus so not actually x1.5 more damage, it's way less than that if you have other additive damage bonus. But Enduring Flames takes so long to tick that it's per tick damage might be completely eaten by DR in this case.... NOTE: I also found the Solitary gauntlet fits a low INT build very well, as it's actually an aura to check if there's any allies nearby. This aura is reduced by INT So a dumbest character can stand beside an ally and still benefit from the solitary buff. From what I read, it increase your MIN damage by 25%, so potentially increase average damage by 10%. This is a multiplier on average DPS, not additive so very powerful.

The general problem is that if you try to satirise something you hate, you almost always just end up ridiculing it instead. Which may appeal to people who agree with you, but to others just looks nasty. (The thing about someone like Cohen- not really my cup of tea, but still- is that he'll give bad people rope to hang themselves with satire wise, but in the end the vast majority of the time they make themselves look bad- and you get the occasional person who comes out of it looking like an absolute legend. It's also the difference between something like Airplane! where the writers clearly loved disaster movies for all their faults and the majority of movie 'satires' whose purpose just seems to be to hate on everything they're satirising)

Seeing their dumb**** fans suffer is always good.

This petition is so dumb. How is that supposed to be enforced? A company can be broke or pretty much dissolved, who is supposed to do the work of maintaining the games? What if for whatever reasons the source code got lost? Should the government fine the company that doesn't exist anymore, or jail the studio heads?

I completed EoB1 after about 45 hours, it was a great experience and well worth playing So a couple of comments An Automap feature is a MUST for your average gamer if you serious about completing the game, of course you can make maps manually. A map is critical to completing levels for several reasons that include you find levers and buttons that sometimes open doors or hidden walls that aren't always in the vicinity of where you are but with the automap you can see immediately what a button does I loved how the game is non-linear and you sometimes find keys in different places that you decide what you want to unlock and then you can progress as you want and I didnt explore every level completely The " fast travel " was a brilliant and well done feature. It makes exploration for the stone items worthwhile but its not easy to teleport unless you find specific portals I enjoyed the overall combat mechanics, simple but still entertaining I had an interesting final battle with the beholder Xanathar, initially he decimated me after 3-4 rounds of combat with death spells and fireballs. Then I read some combat tips and I had the Wand of Silivias. But it didnt seem to work where you supposed to push Xanathar back to this spike trap so I adopted my own strategy. I ran to the room with the spike trap and literally fought him by running around the room, attacking him and avoiding his frontal spells. It was hard but eventually effective. I nearly had a crisis because I used a save game when he was down to 50% of health but then my front line fighters got killed and I accidently saved instead of restoring And because you only have 1 save game and load game that meant I was stuck with a party of 3 dead party members and these were the only people who could harm Xanathar. But I ran away and luckily my Cleric was still alive and I had 2 Raise Dead scrolls so I used that to resurrect my fighters, heal and return to the battle and I was able to win and defeat the diabolical Xanathar I am now playing EoB2 and I decided to import my previous party, I have just started and already I can see some improvements like how magical items are identified and multiple save games. Very appreciated change to EoB1 If someone had to ask me " why should I play such an old game like EoB1 when there are all these amazing new games with beautiful graphics and modern features " My answer would be these types of classic games capture the excitement and ambience of dungeon exploration better than any modern game and they always will. Modern games are great but if you want to experience the true thrill of classic D&D exploration you wont find a better way of doing it than from games like EoB And finally it gets a solid 70/100 on the globally respected " BruceVC game rating system "

Hmm this seems to be a bug only occurs in saves from old version of game, starting a new game and the ability works as intended.

Just noticed I seem to be missing "male_human_e" watercolor from my Deadfire portrait folder. Anyone happen to have them to hand? Watercolors of everyone's favourite blond fighter companion from PoE1. Calisca! I've really enjoyed making them! It's a good excuse to noodle around with some filters and settings in Photopea that I never used before. Though I'm a bit frustrated to realise that pale elves, by default, can't have black hair... Which is a pain, since I was pretty happy with how that looked after floundering to change that portrait's hair color to white. As for the Aloth PoE1 portrait, your right he does look a little sunburnt in hindsight! I tried to match his face to his ears and hand in the vanilla PoE1 portrait. Which are likely that way due to the light passing through his skin. Anyway it's a simple enough to change that sunburn into a subtle tan! I didn't make any changes to the watercolors version from my previous post, but figured I'd including them in this post as well to save people having to scroll. Ooh that is a cool one! Through together an edit of the original portrait's watercolor to match.

Now, if only equally as many ****s could have been given about the rootkit you're forced to install aswell.

For those of us who in the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071 Unlikely to work, but I like the idea.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/spooky-open-world-elder-scrolls-em-up-dread-delusion-leaves-early-access-in-may https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sky-of-tides-is-the-anti-disco-elysium-in-which-balance-is-queen A different flavour of min-maxing, but min-maxing still, while the One Truest and Bestest Ending (possibly, just 1 ending in total, with a bunch of softlocks) ensures that the "incorrect" player's choices will be punished. Sounds like an adventure game with some stats on top, not an RPG. Though, I am still curious how it plays out and whether the developers will reverse the course 2-3 months post-release (because releasing complete games or even tagging them explicitly as WIP/EA is too hard).

Cheesy build with old good tactics BBD + SoT + Brilliant but also a good RPG opportunity to play a death-focused character Hi all, this is my first build for PoeII Deadfire. I've written 3 builds for Poe1, then i switch do PoeII and... here it comes a build I played Poe1 with a Priest of Berath and I've wanted to import it in PoeII. This build started with RPG purposes of a God Killer in name of Berath, it ended with a cheese build which I was unawared at the start and I tried to "excuse" it with RPG reasons Initially I wanted to go multiclass Priest of Berath / Paladin (Bleak Walker), but you can't do that so I opted for a Priest of Berath / Corpse Eater Death Godlike. I like the idea of an ultimate/true/best herald of Berath, so 1. Priest of Berath, 2. Death Godlike, 3. a Corpse-eater in my mind fits well and I like Barbarian, so this is it I respeced and experimented many times through the run, so I'll do a resume of how I'd do the build now, after my run. First/mid levels I based much on Spiritual Weapon and Barbarian frenzy, late game it was Brilliant with Least Unstable Coil or Wit of Death's Herald plus Barring Death's Door plus Salvation of Time. For this build you have to choose some skills before having the equipment for Brilliant and then it is better to respec. I have tried to give this respec some RPG reasons (see Spoiler just below here). I like this build for RPG purpose, if you wanna go for power play go Berserker and Priest of Skaen/Magran Corpse-Eater have bad disavantages but sometimes with beasts, kith or wilders it can be better than Berserker. Ah, with a Corpse-Eater you can eat two Mega Bosses I hope you enjoy it Death Godlike Shaman (Corpse-Eater / Priest of Berath) - The "Ultimate Herald of Berath" "The only answer is «DEATH»." (Lorath philosophy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Lorath PoTD/SOLO/ULTIMATE: YES - You can beat all contents, also all Mega Bosses Game Version: ver. 5.0.0.0040 with all FREE DLCs and all DLCs ("Beast of Winter", "Seeker, Slayer, Survivor" and "The Forgotten Sanctum" plus "Mega Boss Battles") Race: Godlike (+1 Dex, +1 Int) Subrace: Death (Death's Usher: +20% Damage against ≤ 25% health targets and Pallid Fate: +3 All Power Levels while Near Death (≤ 25% health)) Classes: Shaman - Corpse-Eater (+1 Intimidate, Survival, Athletics, Stealth and History) / Priest of Berath (+1 History, Religion, Arcana, Diplomacy and Alchemy) Culture: Old Vailia (+1 Int). In my mind Old Vailia fits well with Godlike birth and +1 Int is good Background: Mercenary (+1 Bluff, Diplomacy and Streetwise). He is a mercenary in the pay of Berath Pose: Sickly (this is super-very-ultra-mega-important! ;P) Berath's Blessing I have picked Infamous Past and Bonus Skills to maximize Intimidate, but it isn't so significant. --- Attributes: base (with permanent effects collected through the run) Mig: 15 (17 with Effigy's Resentment: Eder and Gift from The Machine) Con: 14 (14) Dex: 14 (15 as Godlike) Per: 10 (12 Savage Cunning and Cauldron Brew) Int: 14 (16 with Godlike and Background bonuses) Res: 8 I like distributed values and no values under 8 or 7, but this build can go with any attributes values. Early game it would be better more PER, but high CON helps. You can switch this two if you want. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skills score Intimidate With Infamous Captain (+3), Mercenary (+1), Barbarian (+1), Frostfur Mantle (+3), Chameleon's Touch (+1), Oil of Allure (+2), Luminous Adra Potion (+2), Berath's Blessing (+1) Marofeto Liano's Training (+1), Skipper's Stay Rest (+2) and Irwena's Mature Experience (+1) I have reached a score of 37 from 19 base. This means +14 deflection bonus from Casità Samelia's Legacy and -14 deflection debuff to enemy with Aretezzo's Cane. These are very good bonus but early game you don't have 19 points to use to Casità Samelia's Legacy give you 8/9 point of deflection (indeed very good) and late game it hard to have all rest and equip bonus for intimidate thus you achieve usually a -11/-12 deflection debuff for enemies (again, it is wonderful). Other skills During the run I always invested in Intimidate, a part for one or two respec for Survival and Athletics for passing some scripted interactions to access certain areas such as Boot-suck Bog and Whēnura Cleft. Moreover early game I give most importance to stealth and athletics, late game there's no actual need of active skills, I've tried to MAX Alchemy for potion duration and Arcana for some fun with high level scroll damage. Early game Mechanics is needed for sure to lockpicking locks and taking equipments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abilities Before having BDD + SoT + Brilliant Early game without cheesy combo and little equipment, you need some survivability and combat abilities. Level 1 Death's Usher (free) +20% Damage against ≤ 25% health targets. More damage is always good and when you kill an enemy, before or after it has to be less of 25% health Pallid Fate (free) +3 All Power Levels while Near Death (≤ 25% health). Synergies marvelously with BBD Flesh Communion (free) You can eat a dead kith, wilder or beast and gain +50 health and +3 of barbarian resources, at the cost of +1 rage cost of any active barbarian ability. Very great ability when you face kith, wilder and beast, escpecially large group where there are someone weak to kill and eat, absolutely bad with other groups of foes. Carnage (free) 33% of base weapon damage AoE when hitting. Good with 2 handed weapons, thus synergying with our preferred initial weapon and Berath spiritual weapon (great sword). Holy Radiance (free) Some healing, little burn damage, interrupt and shaken for vessels. It helps any encounter with a "free" healing and give a free strike with vessels, balancing out flesh communion that doesn't work with them. Touch of Rot (free) Great instant and DoT corrode damage, not large AoE but being a level one spell it is effective also late game gaining many power levels. I like it and corrode damage fits at the best with the character. Suppress Affliction I've picked "Blessing" to made up for not so high perception, if i restarted my run I'd take "Supress Affliction", because Blessing are not so effective late game and you have other ways to buff PER. Frenzy Between "Frenzy" and "Barbaric Yell", better the first. Weapon Proficiencies Great Sword ("Savage Attack"), obviously, and Morning Star ("Body Blows") which helps to land better Touch of Rot. Level 2 Blessing Helps our low PER. Level 3 Blooded +25% damage when Bloodied or Near Death, more chance of winning a combat in a last-ditch fight. Level 4 Holy Meditation (free) +5 RES and Concentration is very good early game and have a meaning also after that. Spiritual Weapon Good pick early till mid game when you take nice weapons as "Whispers of the Endless Paths". Two-Handed Style / Thick Skinned "Two-Handed Style" sinergizes with Priest Spell we are chosing. "Thick Skinned" if you whishes more defense. WP: Bleeding Cut (Battle Axe) We like raw damage and there are two nice two-handed battle axes in game. Level 5 Accurate Carnage More PEN for "Carnage" is good early for groups fighting. Level 6 Thick Skinned Sparing one active ability/spell and gaining passive AR during fights. Level 7 Spreading Plague (free) Can be useful for lowering Fortitude and enemy's health, but I haven't cast it very often even if third layer spell has no much to offer. One Stands Alone More effectiveness against large groups of monsters. Divine Mark / Dire Blessing / Consecratend Ground One great one-target-kill and also marvelous -25 deflection debuff even if enemy is burn resistant. Or "Dire Blessing" for Grazes-to-Hits convertion and more PER (but you have already "Blessing") or "Consecratend Ground" for healing (but you can use potions). Level 8 Bloodlust More speed is always a great thing and on kill effect suits with Lorath's role. WP: Defensive Strike (Quarterstaff) / Block (Medium Shield) Using our proficiencies for defense. "Quarterstaff" is also two-handed or if you prefer also "Block" is a great defensive modal. Level 9 Withdrawn Panic button and good evasive tactics: kill someone, retire from combat and start another fight with fewer enemies. Useful also after collecting source of DoT damage and waiting for death of enemy. Level 10 Divine Terror (free) Nice RPG-wise, not too bad, but not casted frequently by me because of "Devotions for the Faithful". Blood Frenzy We love raw damage. "Savage Defiance" is good but at this stage 4 Rage cost are too much for us. Devotions for the Faithful +4 might, +10 accuracy, and maybe -$ might -10 acuracy to enemies. Absolutely NO BRAINER. Level 11 Savage Defiance Armor rating, more health and healing help our defensive capabilities. High rage cost but you can cast it often against kith, wilders and beasts. Level 12 Spell Shaping / Spirit of Decay "Spell Shaping" aims to gain power level and therefore ACC, PEN and so on for our spells and it is relevant to more spells. If you like ToR and think "Spirit of Decay" suits Lorath better, go for it. WP: Binding Block (Small Shield) / Blast (Rod) "Binding Block" (Small Shield) for more ACC or also "Blast" (Rod) is nice if you prefer. Level 13 Rot Skulls (free) Underrated spell, you can do without it but as I said corrode damage for Berath is beatiful and it is an AoE ranged effect. A part from that, this tier you have BBD, so not many times of usage for it. Tough Increases survivability. "Interrupting Blows" can be replaced with "Baby Boar" pet. Barring Death's Door Before having SoT it is good with "Necklace of Fireballs": cast it, throw 4 fireball, recast (if you have 2 of it), don't care about your health, thrown others 4 fireball, combat is over many times If you want to be more in line with the character (or against burn-resistent foes) use it with consumables such as i.e. "Scroll of Wilting Wind" or raw damage scroll and a final "Withdraw". Level 14 Rapid Casting Speed can be fundamental in any encounter. Level 15 Uncanny Luck Underrated passive, it triggers sometimes and it can save your life more times that you think. Level 16 Salvation of Time (free) Eh. Same old good cheese: SoT + BDD + Brilliant. Game over (for the game). Always a must also before Brilliant to extend our buff duration. Brute Force As Corpse-Eater we prefer passives over actives and more accuracy sometimes is good for us. It is often helpful cause we have some ways to lower enemys' fortitude. It comes in play mor ofte than you can think, using Morning Star modal and/or "Spreading Plague". Improved Critical More damage. "Spiritual Ally" can be replaced with a figurine for the moment. WP: Piercing Blows (War Hammer) I like war hammers and they are nice with my PG, so I took it. Level 17 Farcasting Useful for landing ToR against distant wizards, for an example. Level 18 Spell Shaping / Spirit of Decay One you didn't take before. Other abilities are replaceable with items. Level 19 Rusted Armor (free) Least used spell of all. Short duration for its effect, I almost hate it. Savage Defiance / Blood Thirst I like "Savage Defiance" for armor rating and healing before BDD gets in. Blood Thirst / Savage Courage / Stalwart Defiance "Blood Thirst" is great when you face group of foes and suits Lorath. "Savage Courage" for more Concentration, more chances to win. If you haven't already a source of Brilliant, "Stalwart Defiance" for rage cost reduction. Shields for the Faithful Long duration and great deflection buff, I liked it very much. Level 20 Minor Avatar / Blood Thirst "Minor Avatar" RPG-wise cause our PG think about self as a semigod or "Blood Thirst" if you haven't already. WP: Exposing Strikes (Pike) Less enemy deflection. You can also choose what you prefer, don't bother so much. ------------------------------------------------ Respec after BBD + SoT + Brilliant After this combo you doesn't need some abilities and other that was so expensive early no can be casted without thoughts, so it is better to respec. RGP explation could be that Lorath went mad after understanding that at this stage he can be almost a God Level 2 Blooded Fits well RPG-wise and it's a must with BDD. We'll often be at 1 HP. Level 3 Arms Bearer Not so much to choose, more weapons are better than others abilities. Level 4 Withdraw Our panic button and can come in hand for some combat tactics. Fast Runner End game the best probably now is "Fast Runner", passives are always more useful compared to corpse eater actives once you have SoT+BDD+Brilliant. WP: Bleeding Cut (Battle Axe) No reason to change it. Level 5 Barbaric Blow Good for hits-to-crits convertion when late game you need interrupts from crit. Level 6 One handed style More Crits work good with "Bonus Crits Damage" (+20%) of battle axes and it will be useful late game. Level 7 Bloody Slaughter "Bloody Slaughter" is good late game for crits convertion. Combat Focus Third tier priest spells have little to offer for us late game, Concentration is always good. Level 8 Wild Sprint +5 DEX, +100% Stride and immunity to engagment is great also late game. Low cost is good for a Corpse Eater. WP: Rending Smash (Mace) Mid game we have some nice maces and we can need some penetration. Level 9 Bloodlust Not so much to choice here. It works with SoT, so go for it. Level 10 Blood Frenzy Keep on that. Devotions for the Faithful Any doubt? Level 11 Savage Defiance We take it for its upgrades. Level 12 Spell Shaping / Spirit of Decay Same as above. WP: Destructive Channeling (Scepters) Scepter end games is great because we haven't already a ranged weapon proficiency and we don't care about self damage. Level 13 Interrupting Blows Not much to say, we like and need interrupts. Barring Death's Door Our core spell. It also fits very great with Death Godlike Berathian Priest Level 14 Rapid Casting Evergreen. Level 15 Uncanny Luck Late game with "Blade Cascade" it triggers some Crits and thus some interrupts Level 16 Brute Force It keeps help landing hits (and crits). Spiritual Ally A summon can make the difference sometimes even if you have already cheesing strategies and it frees a quick items slot of a figurine. WP: Piercing Blows (War Hammer) At this stage, you can take what you want. Keep "Piercing Blows" if you like it. Level 17 Lion's Sprint More ACC is always nice and no engagment is very good for defense and mobility with also double stride. Level 18 Farcasting As mentioned above, there aren't better alternatives. Level 19 Savage Courage No problem for 4 rage cost now, it is a source of Concentration so go for it. Storm of Holy Fire It give us the possibility to have Brilliant with "Least Unstable Coil", so we need it. It is also a great damage spell, it can give almost all the tier 3 inspirations and it last very long It should be a 9 tier spell for me... but we have it at 7, better for us Level 20 Accurate Empower +10 ACC for "Storm of Holy Fire" and "Least Unstable Coil" effect We don't take "Blood Thirst" as it's bugged with SoT (it disappears instead of having extended duration ). WP: Exposing Strikes (Pike) As mentioned above. Alternatives End game you can experiment with priest spells and/or you can take the route for "Spirit Tornado" instead of "Blood Frenzy" if you think that freeze and terrify can fit good with a Death Herald... and you would be right I suppose "Blood Storm" is useless once you have SoT and Brilliant, so spare the point for it. "Threatening Presence" can be useful before LUC, Brilliant, SoT and so on. For interrupt-resistant enemy (i.e. Dorudugan) you can repsec avoiding all interrupting ability, but, trust me, you can save time and keep them also if they are ineffective. Watcher's Abilities Wit of Death's Herald Taking always sassy responses to Gods, you have a source of "Brilliant". Furthermore, "Wit of Death's Herald" seems made just for Lorath No Time for the Lost More duration to Beneficial Effects, Less duration of hostile effects and it is on purpose RPG-wise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equipments Weapons Early game we go with "Spiritual Weapon" Great Sword. Mid game the best two handed great sword is surely "Whispers of the Endless Paths". It has always "Run Through", which can help us in "single-enemy-kill", where Barbarian isn't so good. Other nice weapons mid game is Lord Darryn's Voulge (bound to Barb) which is also two handed. Also there are some others handsome two-handed weapons: "Amra", "Oathbreaker's End" (battle axes so we can use its proficency), "The Willbreaker" and "Saru-Sichr" as morning stars. "Sanguine Sword" and "Voidwhell" fits well as RPG but "Whispers of the Endless Paths" works better. You can bound "Marux Amanth" as Priest and use its " Worthy Sacrifice". "Animancer's Energy Blade" can come in help where you have low PEN with any other weapon. Late game, with high Intimidate, "Aretezzo's Cane" is a must. With SoT and Brilliant you'll use "Scordeo's Edge" to trigger "Blade Cascade" and "Adaptative" indefinitely. "Modwyr" gives you "Eager Blade" and immunity to INT afflictions (so our Brilliant doesn't vanishes); moreover "Slayer's Claw" enhance our MIG inspirations. As ranged weapons, I like "Amaliorra" and "Current's Rush". Use "Acolyte's Forstbite" when you need Concentration during the combat to land spells for sure. Armor Early/mid game "Casità Samelia's Legacy" for our high Intimidate value (also fits good for a Death Godlike). Late game "Effigy's Husk" or "Spider Silk Robe" for affliction immunities. "Effigy's Husk" fits good on Lorath too. "High Harbinger's Robes" has speed, damage and corrode effects and a look that suits our PG Clothing (early-mid / late game) Neck: Baubles of the Fin (INT and damage) / Strand of Favor or Sisyfo's Stone (slows enemy) Hands: Gauntlets of Accuracy / Gloves of the Dungeon Warden or Woedica's Strangling Grasp (more ACC or MIG) Finger 1: best of you can retrieve / Kurau's Price (INT and damage) Finger 2: best of you can retrieve / Ring of the Solitary Wanderer (less duration of hostile effects) or Chameleon's Touch (more Intimidate) Waist: Upright Captain's Belt or The Undying Burden (beatiful name for Lorath) / Least Unstable Coil (it gives us immortality and almost all tier 3 inspirations ;P) Feet: Footprints of Ahu Taka (DEX and one more Withdraw) / Boots of Stone (DEX and resistance to stunned, moreover looks better than sandals ;P) Cape: Cape of the Falling Starts (for +7 to all defenses) / Shroud of the Phantasm (more spell speed and source of Brilliant) Pet: +1 PER pet / Grave Hound Pup RPG-wise, Epsilon for power purpose or Eviee for resistance... or maybe Nemnok is good both for RPG and for power Trinket: Muātu's Head or Eye of Rymrgand Quick slot items Early game let's go with what we can find/buy and potions of healing above all. Mid game I have tried "Scroll of Insect Swarm" and "Scroll of Plague of Insects" for Raw damage, it can be a tactics with high arcana and spell damage buff, maybe casting "Withdraw" while enemy is collapsing Late go you'll go almost ever with: - Scroll of Avengin Storm - Potion of Perfect Aim - Potion of Impediment - Potion of Ascension / Potion of Ryngrim's Repulsive Visage / Potion of Piercing Strikes (which is better for the current encounter) In this way you maximize interrupts, that is the best defense tactics for you even (and above all) when you have BDD, SoT and Brilliant. Drugs Deadeye, it has "dead" in the name and it serves our purpose to interrupts enemy. Food and Drink Forbidden Flesh Pie as a Corpse Eater for max power level and RPG purpose. Early and mid game with our low PER, Lorath is particularly gluttonous for Candied Nuts and Murkbrew. Rum is always good for speed. Late game Captain's Banquet and Shark Soup for immunities (and also nice collateral damage and speed buff effects). During the whole game all Incredible Food are good for more damage, less hostile effects duration and more PEN, choose what you prefer for the combat. ===================================================================================================================================================== How to play the build Early Game You can stealth, make no combat quest but for RPG you should fight. I manage to fight all content of Deadfire before DLC and Mega Bosses without much cheese also in the first levels. With kith, wilders and beast remember to eat dead enemy for resource and health. For other encounter Great Sword of Spiritual weapon is a astonishing weapon, use it and heal you with potions and consumables. Get the best rest, food and other effect you can collect (i.e. prostitute boons). Also buff yourself with priest/barbarian actives, they have some also early. Get "Casità Samelia's Legacy" and wear it! Mid Game Take "Whispers of the Endless Paths" as soon as you can, enchant with "Run Through": in this way you can kill ONE large enemy with high health, remeber it has DoT effect, so you can hit, add other DoT damage ("Blood Frenzy", "Touch of Rot", Battle Axe modal and so on) then "Withdrawn" and wait for the dead of the foe It is also wonderful for large group of enemies and your "Carnage" With high deflection that you get from "Casità Samelia's Legacy" take also "Offensive Parry". When you need crush damage instead of slash/pierce switch to morning stars, you can lower fortitude and land you spells easier. Agai, buff with rest, food and other sources, plenty of healing potion and other usefl quick slot items. Figurines come in handy Maybe go with high Arcana for raw damage scrolls and "Withdrawn". Late Game Before of "Least Unstable Coil" I could beat Dragons and other enemies (Nemnok and so on) with not so much difficult. Very hard encounter are only Ancient Lich Battlemage and Cave of Threshing / Fampyr's Crypt. Fampyrs is very difficult, I've managed them with hard pull. Strangely this does not apply for Splintered Reef and Menzzago... even better! Quite hard is SSS to get "Least Unstable Coil", but you can face it. And now the main dish. Pick and upgrade "Least Unstable Coil", cast an empowered "Storm of Holy Fire" also on yourself and you'll have 5 or 6 tier 3 inspiration, including Brilliant Now cast BBD and SoT whenever you have it available, then cast your buff (also barbarian ones) and you are an immortal crushing semigod of death! Never ending "Devotions for the Faithful" and "Blood Frenzy", infinite amount of "Barbaric Blow" and Priest Spells and so on... And more: no drug crush! You are almost always Near Death and as a Death Godlike you have +3 power levels! Great Scott! Remeber that all barbarian and priest buff can be extended and also all the effects of potions and some scroll (yeah, "Avenging Storm" I'm watching you ;)). Moreover, you can use "Scordeo's Edge" until you get "Blade Cascade" and you can prolong also it even if you switch weapons! Equip "The Weyc's Wand" with "Wael's Inspiration" for be sure to be "Courageous" after empowered SoHF cast We didn't pick "Blood Thirst" because after casting SoT it disappears as opposed to "Blade Cascade". Moreover, against one enemy alone it is easier to trigger "Blade Cascade" than "Blood Thirst". After that you are a freaking hitting-and-striking machine no one can't stop Oh, you can do the trick with other weapons also, but "Blade Cascade" let you finish a Mega Boss in a few minutes And "Scordeo's Edge" with "Adaptive" give you +20 ACC, also extended with SoT. You can do this trick 3 times before rest again (or 4 with "Nemnok" pet or "Adratic Glow"). To land easily "Storm of Holy Fire" better having before "Lion's Sprint" and "Blood Frenzy" (or their corresponding) for improved speed and ACC (avoind being interrupted). "Shroud of the Phantasm" is good because when you have "Brilliant" you cast spells quicker and it can be another source of "Brilliant". If "Storm of Holy Fire" doesn't work (i.e. enemy interrupts you) or before having LUC, use "Wit of Death's Herald" against an enemy or one of you ally (figurine or summon). With high Intimidate use Aretezzo's Cane and you hit like no one. To be honest you can use what you want, having fun with you favourite weapons/scrolls/items Troubles with this tactic Problems are as follows (random order): 1. interrupts; 2. paralyzed / petrified; 3. stunned; 4. terrified; 5. blinded or disoriented; 6. any INT affliction; 7. "Arcane Dampener"; 8. "Concussive Tranquilizer" and any other "-X sec Duration of Beneficial Effects"; 9. "Arcane Cleanse"; Thus almost all afflictions a part from CON ones and little other annoying effects. Now we are seeing how to deal with these hassles. 1. Interrupts: if you are interrupted while casting SoT you can't prolong its effect. Solutions are more Concentration like "Combat Focus", "Acolyte's Forstbite", "Savage Courage" and more speed with "Shroud of the Phantasm", Barbarian actives and so on. If you gain "Courageous" you avoid totally this issue: "The Weyc's Wand" with "Wael's Inspiration" can come in hand if you wanna be safe and relaxed about it. 2. Paralyzed / Petrified: again, with these you can't cast SoT. Solution are immunities like "Shark Soup", "Sandals of the Water Lily" or "Spider Silk Robe" with "Web Walker". Pay attention, "resistance" to DEX affliction cannot work as if one foe petrified you, you become paralyzed, and you're stuck. If you are sure enemy can only paralyze you also "Lucero", "Gwyn's Band of Union" or "Boots of the White" can do the trick. 3. Stunned: old same song, if you are stunned, you can't cast SoT. Go for "Shark Soup" or "Effigy's Husk" as immunities or a resistance such as "Boots of the Stone" or "Potion of the Resilient Body" can be enough. I prefer a clothing or a consumable compared to an armor because for armor we have less choices. 4. Terrified: yeah, if you can use actives, you have no SoT. Resistance is enough, I've been using "Eviee" fo so long, but also "Potion of the Focused Mind" or "Svef" work. If you have already "Captain's Banquet", you don't have to worry. 5. Blinded or Disoriented: ok, you can cast SoT now, but you are terribly slow and it is no good. Resistance is not enough because blidend become disoriented, so go for immunities like "Effigy's Husk" or "Captain's Banquet". 6. Any INT affliction: if you are affected by an INT affliction, puff! Brilliant disappears and you have no more SoT. So you have to take an immunities such as "Modwyr" full upgraded with "True Independence" or "Captain's Banquet". 7. "Arcane Dampener": If BBD effect is suspended and you have 1 HP, you can be hit by a fly and you die. Only one thing to do, that is interrupting the evil one who is casting AD on you. This is why we wanna havve many sources of interrupts. Ok, another workaround is collect many seconds of BBD, cast "Withdraw" and wait till AD ends. But interrupts are easier, safer and more manageable. 8. "Concussive Tranquilizer" and any other "-X sec Duration of Beneficial Effects": If you have to say 20 secs of BBD and a ranger put a "Concussive Tranquilizer" on you (-30 secs of benificial effects) you have no more BBD and you can die easily. Again, interrupts work good with it. Now also collect so many secs of BBD can work, but also many of Brilliant to be sure and you don't have to be hit by many shots of CT... best of all the good old interrupts 9. "Arcane Cleanse": YOUR. WORST. ENEMY. Yes I'm thinking about you "Obelisk of Cleansing". AC deletes all of yours benificial effects, so no more BBD, no more Brilliant and so on... Against a wiz interrupt works like I've just said. "Obelisk of Cleansing" is different because you can't interrupt it. Only workaround is "Withdraw" while it is active. See video below for a demonstration. Oh, actually, AC strips off 1000 secs of benificial effects, thus you can accumulate more than 1000 secs of Brilliant and BBD and be safe, but it is so boring and cheese to the last level that I have never done it. VIDEOS Lorath in action Belranga Dorudugan Sigilmaster Auranic Hauani O Whe Guardian of Ukaizo

How can this whole debacle be worth it for Sony?

Arto Islets The first boss is an angry radish. The nurse counts and judges. The RNG was not with me. (I assume that the selection is semi-random). The previous timed challenges were difficult, but approachable. Here, I assume, I would have to use the Cloud arrows or somehow kept the umbrella.