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lol nice picture I agree, wizards are awesome

It operates passively. You can't interact with it.

No, but he's adorable paired with a nature godlike orlan.

I go back and forth on whether druid is superior to wizard. Wizards have better aoe, but druids offer (in addition to competent aoe) summoned minions, healing spells, absorption shields, and can shapeshift for excellent if temporary melee damage. I keep telling myself druid beats wizard, but I can never quite bring myself to replace Aloth with Hira. I say kick Sagani.

Interesting poll. I'm not sure what the results mean. Maybe that people click before reading? Lol. The negativity on the forums is far from an accurate representation of overall playerbase satisfaction. The complainers are what you call a vocal minority. In other words, most players who love the game don't bother to visit the forums, because they're busy playing it. But the (comparatively small) playerbase that is unhappy with the game races to the forums to make a stink. Visit any other game's forums...it's always the same, nothing to see but nerd rage and spoiled tears. Anyway, I'm super happy with Pillars of Eternity. It didn't live up to some of my expectations but it definitely exceeded others. The gameplay is as fun to me as Divinity: Original Sin, which is an exceptional title. I absolutely love character creation and party building systems. The "new" classes like cipher and chanter are unique and interesting...the "old" classes like wizard and fighter feel vastly upgraded. I wish there was more open world to explore and random encounters to tackle. But the scripted dungeons and bounty hunts offered long hours of entertainment -- enough to keep me happy. The quality of the content makes up for its limited quantity in my opinion. So yeah. I think $40 was a steal.

Definitely a bug. All my custom made companions have working racials (including the moon godlike healing effect).

I played up to the start of Act 3 on hard mode. It was far more challenging at low levels than high levels. The game is designed for newcomers. People who don't know veteran tactics will indeed find "hard" difficulty very hard. Veteran Infinity Engine players like the OP should stop complaining about the lack of challenge (in other words, massaging their nerd egos) and restart the game on Path of the Damned mode. PotD is a treat. Trust me.

I've had an absolute blast playing through Pillars of Eternity. I hope this franchise has a good long life span. I will be interested to explore future installments revealing more about this giant mysterious world. My feelings toward the game are mostly quite positive. Great art design, superb combat system, good musical scores, engaging (if simple) roleplay mechanics, and an interesting story. The voice acting was average -- at times, mediocre -- and a lot of the dialogue seemed bland and clunky. I really struggled to care about my NPC companions. But I'm inclined to forgive these flaws. The writers were trying hard (too hard, ultimately) to achieve perfection. I'll gladly take that over lazy writers crapping out nonsensical garbage (like the WoW team does). So I'll vote with my wallet as soon as it's an option and buy the next product in this franchise. Keep up the great work, Obsidian!