Fuz

This is probably the thing I hate more about this game.

Mass Effect (the first) was a good game with room for improvement. Sadly, they didn't improve where it was needed and just dumbed down everything on sequels. me2 and me 3 are crap and a scourge on good RPGs. The wheel of dialogue especially is an abomination.

A fair review, as always is with Joe.

Exactly this. (BG1 also had better character portraits, btw)

I have it too. It was ****ing fantastic. And it wasn't even a collector's edition... just the normal package for a normal game price. Good old times.

+1 for removing the fog in explored areas. Doesn't bother me as much as the terrible pathfinding, characters that sometimes stand still when you give them an order and pet nameplates, but it's still annoying.

It's really annoying. I stopped using them altogether. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/72821-any-way-to/?do=findComment&comment=1606734

...anyone?

Xp gain is fine. Actually, it's one of the best I've ever seen (rewards your actions, don't force you to kill everything just to level up, etc).

Some of those are pretty cool. Did someone made a pack with them all?

Mechanics should be always on. Having it active only when stealthed is kinda weird.

Except the one on tanking (I hate the fact that everything have to revolve around "the trinity" nowadays), I agree on your points (even when you don't elaborate). Engagement is fine, taunt would be dumb.

I'm a sucker for vanity items, pets in particular. So, I've looked around for a list of ones in PoE, to not miss any. http://www.primagames.com/games/pillars-eternity/tips/pillars-eternity-find-all-pets Weirldy enough, the terrier, the spider and the sporeling doesn't show anywhere in my game. Are those just for higher tier backers or is it only my game bugged?

Yeah, it didn't help. I just loaded an older savegame, lost a few hours of play.

I completed Eder's quest, then got the Songsmith task. At that point, I went to the library in the duc's palace and talked to the keeper and asked him about the records again... then I went where Songsmith Roska is supposed to spawn, and there she wasn't. But there was another Readceran Standard Piece there, so I'm basically doing Eder's quest all over again (I haven't patched the game with 1.03 yet), but it doesn't show as ongoing on the questlog.