Torm51

I hope not. I really want to see places beyond the Eastern Reach and see locations where there is not such a tight break between the "modern" colonies and "ancient" Enthwightans(sp?). If they decide to stay in the Reach, though, I'd rather see the Vailian Republics. I expect them to be much more urbanized and cosmopolitan than Dyrwood, and if animancy continues to be in the center of the plot I remember some NPCs saying its research is very strong in the Republics. Agreed my number one vote is Ixamitl lol but I know it likely wont be there. I think the Valian Republics is also a good guess. For the reasons you stated.

I agree Raedceras and the Waidwen plot is great and I would really like to see it. Thing is Raedceras is also a former Aedyrn colony and many of the cities likely look like Defiance Bay with their architecture. The landscape though is definitely different so I think it will still be different. I think its most likely to take place there or in the deeper and more eastern parts of Eir Glanfath.

Ya that's been going on since 2.01. The buttons are there just invisible. Clicking them still works. They know about and hopefully its fixed in 3.0

I don't know, he never seemed stupid to me, just someone who likes to live carelessly and likes some self-depreciative humor once in a while. That quote of yours gives me the impression he is being silly, not thick. And this is what makes it great. The NPCs have enough depth to be perceived in different manners. There are a couple I just cannot manage to get into though. Grieving Mother comes to mind first....I still haven't managed to keep her around for a long time. Anyone think she would really be worth a whole playthrough? I also haven't play with Devil at all; the power-gamer in me just dies at the stats. I've seen some decent ideas on making her viable but, ugh...we'll see. Dude it isn't that bad. I completed the game with her on PotD/ToI and she was an all star against the Adra Dragon and in general since I got her. With Deathblows she critted that bitch for over 300. I turned her into a front line duelist with a LARGE shield and a one hander since they gave her 5 Resolve. Rogue has a crap ton of ACC even with a large shield its more then enough for PotD. She not only had more then adequate deflection for regular mobs with Reinforcing Exhoration she could even face tank dragons as long as the buff was on and still deal a large amount of pain. Yes not as much pain as a min/maxed rogue but a min/maxed dps rogue does not have her defense. She also critted the heck out of the Adra Dragon with Riposte. I made it not only work but excel and I am by no means as good as some guys on this forum like Andrea, Beor or Prima Junta. I understand that a rogues job really isn't to tank. But on PotD/ToI and with an AI that is smarter then the average AI in that it targets softies on the regular having good deflection and good damage counts for a lot.

I think Ixamitl would be super different and cool for PoE 2.

Ya you are talking solo very true. As a Paladin you just don't have the dps to kill him before he rebuffs. In a group with Deprive the Unworthy and real heavy hitters hes a joke.

Your game is somehow broken then. I repeatedly used this amulet last night and it was giving me the defenses....that's really weird man.

I tested spell ward in mine and it works. But it's actually the necklace that you get from the club Bradfords whatever. It's the same as spell ward maybe that's it. Its a diff item. Also Deprive the Unworthy turns thaos into a clown. You know that though. Unfortunately that ability isn't that good since most npcs don't have buffs that are that threatening. Although with the better AI now I have found times where I have wanted the talent. Oh and ya I don't use it now because it robs status immunities that aren't intended

Wow Helig of Thein

I just think its because they get every spell when they level like Priests. So really the only thing to talk about is what shift you want which a lot of people don't like doing anyway, attributes and what talents you want. The more martial classes have to choose what abilities they want and do not get all of them to choose from. So there is more of a debate. But lets talk druid Dammit! I am actually impressed with the 2.03 changes. They are bests (no pun intended hah) when shifted. I like the buff.

yep typo. I meant 2.01.

Agreed.

Its a good thing. I love PoE but the WORST patch was 2.01 with White March Part I. It borked a lot of stuff. Even with the delay I will not be surprised if 3.0 does the same. It likely needs even more time. Guaranteed that it does.

Awesome thanks devs, some of us have been asking this for a while. Would it be pushing it if I asked for the lady elves to also have a beard option? .............

It is the best aura for the reasons you stated. My successful ToI/PotD run Paladin used ZC while Pallegina had ZF. And especially in the early game it was awesome for ganking, positioning and for intercepting bad guys with tanks. You can also out run dragon breathes. This time I have ZF (DFO build) and Pallegina is running ZC.

This is an old bug if you are running patch 2.0. unless it was introduced again in 2.3. is your game up to date and running patch 2.3?

Ya been doing it for a while. They are still soft in the early game while wearing plate If you don't give them a high deflection. If do it hurts DPS a lot. Enemy rogues with the Reflex attack that hobbles coupled with sneak attack murders Melee dps tanks with low deflection. Go through Readrics front door on PotD. Its fun

So tanks should wear lighter armor and get a high def. Issue is you will get harder but high Def should make up for it. Also melee dps should wear heavy armor. So odd lol

Happy New Year. Mig 15 Con 10 Dex 6 Per 14 Int 19 Res 14 My reasoning? Dex is dumpable because she doesn't need to act much: just being there and pointing is enough, and most of the time the Exhortations wouldn't need to be chain-cast either, as timing is more important for them than speed. Int OTOH is super-important because I wanted the Exhortations (and Lay on Hands) to last as long as possible. The rest I split evenly between Mig, Per, and Res. I could possibly have left Mig at 10 and split the difference between Per and Res, but there it is. Ya I started again and I have a similar set up and you are exactly right.

Sow hat did your Attribute spread look like exactly?

It was working incredibaly for me as well. Until I got in over my head and decided to do Champion of Berath WAY too early. Got crushed and well I have started again. I have having serious issues as usual with my stat spread though. His job is to mark and hold the line. So high INT and RES and some Con I guess. My spread was Might 15 Con 14 Dex 10 Per 10 Int 13 Res 16 This was working. I just did a fight too early. But I am now trying to refine my attributes. Get rid of the 4 con? split them into res and int? I would have a crap Fort. I could put 4 into Might. Better damage and LoH keeping Fort but less HP.

Was this fixed? or is it intended for them not to stack? I know the devs are on vacation.

I like it Hawk but I would make it a Trial of Iron/Expert Mode option. I would use it of course

How are you moving that fast with a 3 DEX? is in fast mode or something? Awesome job man

I do too. That's all been tested By Boer and they do stack. It seems that different buffs from the same character that are abilities not item buffs stack with each other...I think. All I do know is that they do stack.