[Starting back at level 1?]

I’d go with an idea that you’ve got your power sealed and gradually break the seals. So you go from “Seals: 18” to “Seals: 17” to “Seals: 16,” etc. Don’t mention “level” anywhere. Bonus points for every seal to have a name (dunno, psychology terms or something).

[Stretch goal discussion!]

…i find it awkward that Aloth can be a Wizard/Barbarian…

 

Aloth releases Iselmyr’s anger.

[Worth pointing out: Josh Sawyer is not PoE2's Lead Designer]

The Divinity: Original Sin-ification of Pillars of Eternity.

 

Pillars of divinity: Original fire

[Stretch goal discussion!]

Big Vailian city at the begining of the game

 

Please, don’t. Jumping into bazillion quests right from the start is pretty disorienting

[Romances]

My take on this — every single NPC is romancible (unless morally opposed to, roll some faithfulness/faith/story/whateverelsereasons at world generation) and recruitable with some templating magicks. Depending on how you are going about it revenge, jealousy, treachery, cruelty, espionage, attempted murder or battle royale with massive collateral damage to your property and/or sanity might follow. Or maybe you are a good* fella and everything works out.

 

* Good’s defined relative to NPCs in question.

 

[Options with Iovara?]

Personally, I'd feel cheapened if that option was available - it would feel like a feelgood deus ex machina 'everyone lives happily ever after'. So much of POE is about how in life, you can't get everything you want, sometimes your sacrifice is in vain, sometimes the clear truth can never be known - and how you still have to live with that, live on with that. I appreciated that Eder never finds out the full truth about his brother, Kana never finds the Super Secret Lore, etc., and in the same vein it makes sense to me that charname can't just drop in on Iovara and her thousand-year-old struggle and simply say "hey now you're free" or "hey I'll end your suffering". 

 

So either it’s “everyone suffer” or “feelgood deux ex machina?” Eh…

[Narration and voice acting idea, would this immerse you?]

Never liked narrators in games. I really don’t like to be reminded that I’m not actually in charge.

[On the subject of deity specific talents (priest)]

Hope Eternal. You hope, eternally, but nothing happens.

[What can OE learn from Tyranny to better PoE 2]

- No 64-bit (Linux) version in 2016

 

I guess my money go elsewhere. Damn

[The 'Sidian Tyranny thread]

Is GOG Linux version really 32-bit? Because “32-bit” and “6-8+ GB RAM” requirements don’t mesh quite well in my mind.

[Eothas is disappointing?]

Alternatively they can use the standard "you wake up with no memory of anything" RPG start :D

 

 

Sounds like Eothas.

 

[Canon difficulty? (if any)]

There are no bears, Neo.

[Pillars of Eternity 2 Wish List and Suggestions]

-As a fellow player stated in one of my threads, make dispositions change my behaviour. If I always choose benevolent, progressively take out cruel from possible answers..if I want to become cruel again, I should go through a gradual change in my answers.

 

Considering that devs’ opinion on what a certain disposition is can differ greatly from player’s, I advise against this.

[Main Story, an atheist cliche?]

Is Dune sci-fi or fantasy? [pokerface]

[Thank you Obsidian, I believe in games as an art form again]

The music score is absolutely why I keep coming back. Dwarves I could take or leave, but they're a staple, like cheese and potatoes. 

 

But why would you put cheese on potatoes? 

 

 

 

Grab a frying pan and see for yourself

[Gamescom talk - Josh needs help]

I have no idea about the “soul” thing, but I really liked the portrayal of a (possibly) benevolent healer god that actually did something. And he isn’t even present in the world.

[Pillars of Eternity 2 Wish List and Suggestions]

Priests (and other divine casters) have a Devotion system that works like PoE1 paladin disposition system. Break away from your God's devotional path and lose spell casting level(s) until rectified.

PoE priests do not depend on a deity to cast spells. Besides, Untroubled Faith is already a thing.

[Let's talk: Vancian systems]

This might mean an upkeep system, where, for example, your character's Resolve controls how many different spells you can keep alive at once (see: Arcanum), so that maybe your priest can only keep 1 or 2 buffs going at a time;

 

So, you cast 2 spells and then do nothing, yay. Sounds boring. On the other hand if the priest still have attacking spells available and can cast them this achieves pretty little. Besides, chanter already exists.

[Main Story, an atheist cliche?]

And if something like religiosity is a nearly universal feature of humanity/kith throughout history, how could it be unreasonable?

 

That depends on your definition of “(un)reasonable.” Believing in a flat earth was a pretty reasonable thing to do in the past.

[What's your character's backstory?]

Well, I’m not sure it’ll make an interesting story as it isn’t quite in line with PoE's story, but here it is.

 

My pale elven priestess (somewhat high Res, Int) was a mystic from The White that Wends, which in this case was a poetic reference for the world beyond this one (or between them? I’m not sure myself). She and her trusty beastslaying other self and a glorious immaterial space piglet came here following her visions. Visions are Tuesday for a mystic, really.

 

In this world she presents herself as a priestess of Eothas (who may or may not had a hand in her appearance) and mostly play the part. She isn't really worshipping him but she respects those ideals he happens to represent. Too bad she arrived too late to have any chance to have any philosophical debate.

 

Big things were happening and she intended to witness them. Surprisingly, she was a “big thing” this time…

 

Thaos connection was handwaved, possibly as Eothas mudding things in a gambit against Woedica, depending on how PoE2 is going to go about Eothas.

 

In the case of Iovara there was no connection in the past but there is now. And my character isn’t hot about the whole reincarnation thing as well as she percieves it as a loss of everything one achieved. So, after the final battle my priestess’ new goal is to find a way to free Iovara from that place without travelling through the wheel of souls. Which, likely, requires god’s intervention. Now, about that dead Eothas business…

 

In the end here there will likely be no gods. It doesn’t mean they (all) will be dead, but they won’t be gods anymore and wouldn’t have grand power over kith. Holders of knowledge rather than rulers.

[priest of magran or eothas]

AFAIR, at the very least there is a sword that boosts accuracy of others against those you hit, assuming it’s working as intended.

 

Story-wise there is a reason to choose between the two, but it's spoilerish. Although the game does not really take full advantage of your choice here.

 

There is also a priest of Magran companion.

[First real disappointment with lack of RP elements]

Killing dangerous monsters is an achievement. Not killing dangerous monsters… not so much.

[Pillars of Eternity 2 Wish List and Suggestions]

Speaking of wishes. I'd like to have easy way to mod any dialog

[The final events of White March Part 2 main quest]

Helmet has a higher priority than souls, AFAIR.

[Did you kill Harmke?]

Someone could join as a woodcutter at a later date, theoretically speaking.