[How Long Between Patches?]

I would REALLY love to hear what they are working on...

Hope for a beta patch in the close future

[What is the point of locking players in/out of POTD]

I believe it has something to do with the additional foes the game adds in PotD - it might not be possible to add and remove them at any given time.

[How to change the amount of max/starting focus for cipher subclasses?]

Thank you so much for the answers, BMac and Kohwalter!

 

If I could reduce all ability costs like Kohwalter suggested, it would achieve quite a bit of what I desired.

[How to change the amount of max/starting focus for cipher subclasses?]

As possible balance adjustement/buff for ciphers I'd like to give them more starting focus and maybe also a larger max focus pool.

But I failed to find the relevant entry - can anyone help???

[Swapping Armor and Weapon Models]

Thank you Shadowstrider! Your examples are most helpful for some plan I have!

[Ship Base Statistics]

Could anybody capable of datamining please update the list for 1.1?

Has anything changed except for the hull strenght?

[This game is amazing. Well done Obsidian.]

I have to agree! Great game!

I rarely had this feeling of a believable world I wanna engage in, reminds me of the first Dragon Age.

A believable quest, and an enjoyable felling of progression by hiring crew and upgrading your ship.

It also brings back fond childhood memories of Baldurs Gate.

I also LOVE the scripted events, non-combat-situations have never been done better in any CRPG I ever played.

 

I'd wish the we'd already be able to to play the game in the polished state it will no doubt reach later this summer.

Then again, Baldurs Gate 2, as iconic as it was, never turned out to be overly balanced, despite being significantly less complex regarding character customization (warriors basically only autoattacked!). We expect significally more nowadays.

[Detail of Power Level]

There is a thread in the build forum

[How to fix ciphers in 1.1 / 1.2]

Thank you! This is exactly what I hoped for, guess I'll have to start modding once 1.1 is final...

[Patch 1.1.0 Updates Thread]

 

Are there any further ability changes? May we expect any more or is the ability balance final?

All changes for the early June patch should be in the beta branch now. However I know there is more that the team wants to change, so do expect more in future patches.

Thanks for the info, even if it is a bit disappointing. As cipher player, I had hoped that some of the recent balance feedback would already flow into the final 1.1. version...

[Cipher class general feedback discussion]

Thank you for the mod! I already considered modding the abilities myself, great to have a starting point

[Ability changes in the new beta build (1.1.0.0031)?]

I'm abroad and can't check myself - are there ongoing (ability/character) balance changes in the two later beta builds?

 

If not, do you expect any further changes in the final patch?

[Patch 1.1.0 Updates Thread]

Are there any further ability changes? May we expect any more or is the ability balance final?

[Does the challenge in patch 1.1 stay tough after early levels?]

To be fair: a dev said that several regions are not yet changed in this build - I believe somewhere in the beta patch forum

[How to fix ciphers in 1.1 / 1.2]

Would it work to give them full focus at the start of combat? Most other casters also start the fight ready to blast after all...

 

Regarding subclasses, soul annihilation was nerfed anyway, so using it right away might not be too much, even for mindstalkers.

 

Beguilers would be get the desperately needed buff, and their fathers make more sense at the beginning of a fight anyway.

 

Ascendants would get the same amount of starting focus as the others, making their path to ascension shorter while not making them OP

[Veteran difficulty?]

Thank you Ezekiel! What you say about veteran is exactly what I want - being encouraged to use consumables and all other previously underused aspects of the game, but without being forced to use cheese, meta-knowledge, or extremely min-maxed hirelings. Reload orgies, strictly following a certain order of quests or returning much later also takes out the immersion for me.

I do share your concerns about later levels, however. A pity we can't change the difficulty later...

[How to fix ciphers in 1.1 / 1.2]

What is the issue with Ciphers in 1.1?

They were among the weakest classes in several polls even before the patch, 1.1 weakened some of their few decent abilities.

They are not only (perceived as) weaker than many other classes, many of their spells seen to be hardly worth casting (if an ability that stuns someone for 6 sec blocks you from doing anything else for 6 sec as well, you've not gained much).

Furthermore, ciphers only somewhat shine as crowd controllers, but don't have viable tools for other roles (DPS, tanking, buffing, healing, ...)

[How to fix ciphers in 1.1 / 1.2]

Ciphers are perceived as one of the weakest classes by many, builds that still work rely heavily on a few select spells ( mostly whispers of treason).

 

Some said they are weak because their biggest benefit in poe1 - their unlimited resource pool - is no longer an advantage now that most classes have per encounter spells.

 

But I haven't seen any good suggestions how to fix them. By changing individual spells? Or is there something that could be done as a general measure?

 

Some ideas:

Start with full focus (except ascendant)

Bigger damage bonus?

Faster focus generation?

[How to give Mind Blades their beta behavior?]

I've seen that during beta they could all hit the same enemy if he was alone, that's what I meant

[How to give Mind Blades their beta behavior?]

I would love to make mind blades able to hit the same enemy multiple time s like in the beta - how?

 

Thanks in advance!

[Veteran difficulty?]

I'm playing on Veteran now. I'm still at the beginning, but I'll share my impressions here later.

 

I'm about to do two battles that are considered very difficult in PotD now. They should give a good impression about Veteran.

Thank you! I can't play for the next 3 days, so I'm grateful to see some impressions.

[Something i havent seen mentioned about new patch]

Great to hear! I just wondered if POTD wasn't a bit much for me...

 

EDIT: Seems you can't change upwards from veteran to POTD! Are you sure it works both ways?

 

I can confirm the other options are no longer greyed out...

[Veteran difficulty?]

It seems like everyone only gives feedback about POTD.

I really want some kind of challenge, but real life (50-60h job) just doesn't allow me to try each important fight 3-4 times. 

Was veteran difficulty improved as well? Or is it just harder due to nerfs?

 

Any impressions?

[The 'Changes for Balance' Thread]

I really hope they change it to work with dual wielding in the final 1.1 build, in which case the percentage reduction would make a lot of sense.

[Tips I'd be glad to know when I was starting my run. Classes, Attributes, Skills overview.]

Great beginner guide, thank you!