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I'm guessing we don't have more information about the blue guy because 1) they haven't finished fleshing him out yet or 2) maybe his backstory is a spoiler? What bugs me about that drawing is that it looks like at least 3 characters are talking over each other. Maybe the blue guy is chanting? Ha. I do love how everyone's having beer except Pallegrina, who went with tea (probably herbal) and Aloth went with red wine. Xoti was already my favorite companion, but her putting down 4 beers, even more so.

The Black Hound (Gilded Vale inn) in PoE 1 had that stained glass in the front room where the lighting changed when it was night/day.

The Deadfire Archipelago needs a junkyard/recycling center island.

What I hope for merchants in DEADFIRE is consolidating the duplicate items. I don't want to sell 100 Xaurip Spears and then have to scroll through 100 Xaurip Spears to get to other stuff in the merchant's inventory. They should just show a single spear with x100 next to it.

I agree, but Tidefall was huge af. But it was a great sword made for a "large aumaua".

Hoping for some Master & Commander vibes myself.

It would be cool if we could create our own design/logo for the sail and flag, similar to custom portraits.

Got my badge, wooo!

You have my sword...

Look at your Journal (hot key: "J")

Agreed. Plus they patched it where you would be able to carry more camping supplies on the easier modes. I would love for Obsidian to go a step further and make your party have to carry food/water at least in the harder modes.

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If anything, animancer would be a character Background, like "Scholar", "Scientist" or "Mystic".

Not sure where you get the idea that Durance and Grieving Mother are well loved... I agree with your statements though. There was a "favorite companion" poll on Obsidian's front page (or maybe in the forum itself) many moons ago, IIRC #1 was Eder with Durance/Grieving Mother filling out the 2 and 3 positions followed by everyone else.

People really want their Tyranny coupon ASAP .

I'm all for more humor, but I hope it doesn't get into pop culture references like Wasteland/Fallout. Example: running into a pirate influenced by Jack Sparrow. I enjoyed the more Game of Thrones vibe of PoE, especially the moral grey areas in encounters/story-lines.

Temple of Elemental Evil was the last in the style of CRPGs I loved to play until Wasteland 2/Pillars of Eternity came out, the dark times when first person shooters, Diablo clones and MMORPGs took over the industry. It was buggy as hell and my party reached level cap before even entering the temple. But I will give it props for the tactical combat.

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I need a swig of some strong, Dwarven ale!

Overall, I just hope the developers stick to the rule of thumb of making the PoE series a spiritual successor to the Infinity Engine games (which was more or less based off of AD&D 2nd Edition rules). I'm all for progress and improvement, but I'm not interested in anything that's going to put it into the realm of something that comes out of Blizzard or Bethesda. Those type of games are already out there for people to play and what soured me on CRPGs in general since 2003 (having played them since 1985). PoE and Wasteland 2 brought me back. Sorry, I'm just reacting to a lot of "complaints" on here the past year or so, plus people suggesting "improvements" that'll turn it into World of Warcraft, Diablo or Skyrim. People complaining about camping supplies? I wish they would go further and make it as difficult as Oregon Trail to get from Point A to Point B and ration out food and maybe have horses to take care of.

The Boltons send their regards.

Is Joy & Frustration a paladin talent?

A+ post.