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    Difficulty choices question

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    For me, POTD with crit path upscaling seems to be a good difficulty. I also added Woedica's challenge for extra joy. Most fights are balanced and every now and then I need to use all of my party's tricks and abilities to survive an encounter. I often get wiped and am forced to rethink my strategy.

     

    The DLCs in particular have been challenging in this aspect... I must have restarted the Burning Bridge like 10 times, at lvl 16.

     

    As for the base game, the difficulty is also pretty good. Overall, I'm liking the challenge. The only bore was fighting Concelhaut, which took almost 15 minutes because of his high defenses and my lack of resting beforehand.

    Finally some sales evidence

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    So basically, we will not be getting a POE 3...that makes me sad.

    I still have hope for POE 3:

     

    - the tools and the engine are in place

    - the mechanics are established (hopefully)

    - there is a market for the game, albeit a small one

     

    A shorter, focused game with heavy modding options could be viable IMO. Honestly, I'm really impressed by the junior designers for BoW, SSS and FS.

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    How is the difficulty in 4.0?

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    How does the Woedica challenge feel? I'm generally much more of a per-rest type of guy but turning everything in a per-encounter type of game to per-rest seems like a broad stroke.

    Huge fan. To me, it took care of the game's attrition problem, ensuring every fight counts. Resting is now a real decision, as good food is rare and there are a limited amount of inns to rest at (most being in Neketaka).

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    God Challenges Feedback!

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Announcements & News

    Posted · Edited by dukeisaac

     

     

     

    Some feedback for Woedica's challenge: it would be great if empowers would still give for half resources (like in the main game).

     

    Please ?

     

    they don't? (haven't tried beta)

     

    Well, I checked with the beta and no, they don't... shame because Woedica's challenge is already pretty rough with the no healing and only prepared meals counting for camping.

     

     

    Heya dukeisaac,

     

    Did you attempt to empower while out of combat while checking this? Empowering your hero should still refund resources in Woedica's Challenge if used while in combat. While outside of combat, currently it does nothing (but it also shouldn't consume your empower). There's a bug in our system for the team to look at this, but that should be how it currently works.

     

    Hope that helps =)

     

    I'll try it out tomorrow :) But if this is true, I'm one happy camper ! Thanks Andy

     

    Edit: I can confirm that it works and that its awesome. Many thx to the dev team !

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    Been Out of the Loop. Anything New Since Summer?

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    With Patch 4.0 and the third DLC out on December 13th, Deadfire will be in a very good state IMO. Pretty good balance, a multitude of ways to customise your experience (difficulty, bonuses, builds, etc.), so far excellent DLC...

     

    It's finally getting to what I was hoping for when I backed it. It still has systemic issues, but there is enough good and very good to make it a memorable game, which I hope to play for another 300 hours +

     

    Just don't tell my wife.

     

    BTW, what's your wife's email address?

     

    noneof@yourbusiness.com ;)

    Been Out of the Loop. Anything New Since Summer?

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

    Posted · Edited by dukeisaac

    With Patch 4.0 and the third DLC out on December 13th, Deadfire will be in a very good state IMO. Pretty good balance, a multitude of ways to customise your experience (difficulty, bonuses, builds, etc.), so far excellent DLC...

     

    It's finally getting to what I was hoping for when I backed it. It still has systemic issues, but there is enough good and very good to make it a memorable game, which I hope to play for another 300 hours +

     

    Just don't tell my wife.

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