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I do the same mostly, and agree with most of that, though I don't think there's an obsession abut voice acting... just a preference over reading. If anything, I don't understand why reading is hated so much.

It works, I've tried it after reading about it on these boards. I was splitting them up to all party member quick slots before. Imagine, six ales, six stews, twelve quick slots. Now I know better

No you go to the second level and use the bed in the big room next to the stairway. Can't miss it. Just to add as well, there's more use to the second floor than resting, such as talking with companions that aren't in your party. Had completely forgotten about one companion and got caught up in their story and started their quest by a friendly chat in the room they we're standing in.

I want to continue on this line - I hate that feature in other games. Not because it's not a good feature, but because it really means "We can't render what long hair looks like under a helmet, so here is your option" But barring someone finally being able to render and mesh long hair that works under any headpiece, yes - I'd like this feature. The women-folk and their long hair under, say, the pirate hat make them look bald Back OT: Yes, helmets do nothing. Not even protect you in any meaningful way, so unless they have a bonus on them, they are useless. Why we can't enchant hats , I dunno. I suspect helmet is not the main focus as some races like godlike or aumaua has big head and could not wear helmet. And that is 1 less slot for them and in terms of powergaming, this is bad. But they have very good racial abilities to compensate...

You have to get her earlier when you're a lower level if you want to chose the stuff she gets. In any case, seems she will always start at level four, but I think that means if you do get her that early that you can select a different aura... though that's a pretty darn good one IMO.

Hoods too? I've yet yo find one, and I really really want a magic hood for my rogue.

At least we can spend a few minutes splitting up a stack of six ales and six pies into twelve quick item slots. Tedious? Hah! That there is true fun.

Yes reload from a non bugged save

What about people playing ironman, are they screwed?

Videos existed in 2005... People still write in 2015. TBH, numbers and text can demonstrate results in much more satisfying ways than moving pictures that show the results of a play through that's dependent on a RNG. Though not to be a complete douche, I admit your build looks great and it was exactly what I was looking for to try out. Thanks for sharing

Holy cow! 33% reduction Arbalest was my favorite opening weapon. I suppose it was kind of overpowered with its free shot... but darn, that's a big reduction. I wonder how it compares to crossbows now?

Yes, however I'm not sure if you can keep the ring on a companion not in the party. If you look at the log when you unequip the ring, it clearly shows that the bonus is deactivated. In any case it's only 5 coppers, I ask myself why I even bother managing it sometimes. As to the OP, turns seems to me to come up on journal updates that are accompanied by XP gain. You'll probably find a more precise and less anecdotal answer somewhere else though...

Honestly I think it was designed to be made in parts and not in one go, at least that's how I've approached it in my playthroughs. The first two levels early on, the next few a bit later, then a bit deeper, and so on. You might also want to consider using up your loot to enchant your weapons for elemental damage and such, it really makes a difference.

Now while melee battles can go one way or another, I can confidently say that initially just about all my fights that involve regular monsters, as in those you don't have to talk to goes something like this... 1- Locate monsters with scout 2- Line up party members just outside monster eye sight, yet still within your sight and importantly in range of your weapons 3- Have every member switch to ranged weapon, like the arbalest until the patch comes out 4- Make sure all party members complete the reloading animation, which is pretty cool looking even after 5,285 times, and can easily be forgotten after using up your shot 5- With the game on pause concentrate all fire on a soon to be destroyed monster by ordering each member to shoot 6- Unpause, watch the bad guy blow up, laugh with glee and rush in with swords Now the only changes to this winning formula is with some ranged AoE spells, some traps, or other little odds and ends to soften up the enemy before cleaning up house. After all I can only camp so many times and that inn with the mechanic bonus is just too damn far away. Also, just to add, even without all arbalests, bows work also but I prefer guns. It means waiting for the villains to get a little closer due to range, but hey, guns also have a cool loading animation too. So there you have it fellow adventurers, use the initiative to the fullest and never get caught with your pants down ever again!

I didn't see it mentioned in the patch notes, so I'm guessing... not yet

Don't think it can be slowed, but an option to filter the information based on what you care to see would be very nice.

I let them have some gear but I really don't think it affects anything. I remember once sending a level 1 recruited adventurer on a stronghold mission and it worked just as well as a leveled up extra companion. Though at that point I was kind of playing dress up the dolls with all the extra gear and cash that was laying around, as in I was just cycling though characters and giving them stuff before visiting the merchant to dump my loot. As for disappearing equipment, they do seem to lose stuff in the quick slots and backpack. Not sure if it goes to stash or just vanishes since I only noticed it once and have since made it a point to strip companions of quick slot items and backpack gear.

Have a character with stealth scout out the area... check the number of monsters, hover over them to see their DR and other stats. Refer to the bestiary for more information on how to hurt the monsters the most, lacking that use some sound judgement. For example, Fire Elementals are probably going to be weak to cold Use some good tactics. By scouting you get the initiative, which you can easily use to your advantage with a few range shots and spells to soften up the opposition before going into a brawl. Really no need to meta game, though to be honest, if you don't meta game you'll probably miss out on some nice hidden loot that's really hard to find! Of course you can always just scout everywhere for those hidden stashes, I do it, but I can see how others might find that tedious. To each their own really.

Well to be fair, it's probably a decent request the OP made. You guys all must realize that so far there still hasn't been a single person that has beat the game in path of damned or whatever the highest and hardest of most hardcore difficulties is called. I mean, when people actually start beating the game at the toughest difficulty, then yeah, maybe request for more resting would be over the top, but seeing how nobody in the universe has as of yet beaten the game at the hardest mode, give the OP request some slack! But FWIW I personally love the limited supplies and often find myself nearly dead in HP just to stretch out my camping gear. Less resting is a fine change IMO