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Hey iluvatar3! You absolutely don't have to open the physical box if you go with the $59 tier. While there will be a digital code inside, you will also receive the same exact code via backer portal when the game launches.

Hey Starwars! Everything Ganrich is correct! (Thanks friend!)

Hey everyone! Great news! I am happy to announce that you will now be referred as the Black Isle Bastards! Unless, you guys vote otherwise

Hey Karupt, I am not quite sure what you are referring to. As for when you can the badge, we're working on it as being part of our backer portal, and we'll hopefully have news soon about when it'll launch. Hi Merany! Sorry for the confusion about the wording of the Physical Box Tier. We're going to get that corrected. What it should say is that you will not get an additional digital key. When the game launches, you will also receive an email with the same digital key that will be in the physical box. So you won't have to wait until your package arrives to start playing. As AndreaColombo has pointed out, maintaining patches for dvd backers was a real struggle for us. In the past, we were not able to release a installer patch in a timely manner and it would cause a disconnect between physical and digital users. The reason why the disc comes with a Steam installer is that our primary focus now is to get future content, features, and bug fixes to all users in a timely manner.

We would like to get this on the Fig page as soon as possible for you guys, and it does take time to create the art asset for the forum badge. So I would recommend you guys make a final decision by the end of the week. Since this was Fluffle's idea, I nominate him as the captain!

Your avatar is so fitting for your comment.

Reporting in! I know that you guys weren't too thrilled about the adventuring parties for the first game, but seeing how this is a community effort, I will do my best to make sure your guys voices are heard if you do decide to back the pirate crew/ship. Because I think you guys are awesome and are the ones that keep this game alive, however, I cannot make any guarantees or want other backers to feel like only you guys (the community) are getting special treatment.

We are the BoBs!

If you guys need a more instant forum to speak with one another. I would suggest joining to our discord channel where you guys can live chat with one another. I can create a specific text chat to discuss the naming of the order. Edit: text chat is all set up!

I am a fan of Raiders of the Obsidian Isle, and The Obsidian Marauders

How we doing guys? The sooner we get the name situated, the faster we can get that add-on listed for your guys. The forum badge will be designed by Rob Nesler himself, so I'm pretty sure you guys will be pretty pleased with it. I'll show you guys what he cooks up and see if you have any feedback. Again, this is a forum badge, so I think the best thing would be to have a short name if possible. If it's a long title, I don't believe there is enough space you can put into a 300x300 pixel image. (not sure about the size) But do keep the size space in mind since it is a badge and not a title.

About that; I think the last stream isn't uploaded, could you check it? I think there are three on YT and one more on twitch. We had some issues with uploading the video to YouTube, but we'll definitely get it up there later this week!

Back or back not. There is no but. If they want me to back, there'd better be some butt. Big butts, I like. Deny, you other brothers can't. Back, baby got. -- Sir Yodalot Want none, my anaconda does. Unless buns, you have. I never realized that I wanted to hear Yoda rap 'Baby Got Back' until today. This is why I love you guys. This is the most amazing rendition of this song I have ever seen.

Yep! Just make a tweet @WorldofEterntiy and make sure you use the #Deadfire and we will try to answer as many questions we are able to. Yes, we will also be uploading this video to our YouTube channel

Will do Karkarov! I'll report back when I get more info.

So if you were to back a in-game Portrait tier, we would request a headshot photo of your and you will be able to see the in-progress work and provide feedback for the artist. It wouldn't be super intimate as in going step-by-step process, but you will see the work and there will be some back and forth.

Also, created a new thread for you all for Option A to decide on a name for your Pirate Order! http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91356-community-pirate-order-unique-forum-badge/

Hey everyone! You guys have asked for a special unique forum badge for Deadfire and we want to make that happen! We will be adding an $8 Extra option from the Fig campaign where you will receive an additional forum badge to hoist on your sails! I am creating a new thread so that this discussion is separate from this thread to avoid confusion since two different topics are going on. Lets form this pirate order you scoundrels!

Hey guys, Got an update from Adam in regard of all of your questions. I hope I did my best to you all of your questions answered. Sorry if the questions are out of order or seem disconnected, I just game him a huge list of questions. "At the end of the day, the Pillars design team is going to design the content - this isn't a way for our backers to pay to play designer in the game. Names and equipment of the pirates, and some basic ship customization is included in the tier. In the first campaign, we have a phone call with the primary backer and the designer to set up the idea. This is usually about an hour of time to coordinate the design of the pirate party and any other details. There will be a lot of back and forth through email as well. The crew will be a minor encounter in the world, and will be designed by one of our area designers. The location and how it's integrated will be up to the design team. Most likely it will be a pirate area of the game. However, if you have ideas on where you would like it and any story surrounding the party please send it our way and we can do our best to keep the flavor of your ideas intact. We treat backer content in the same way that we treat other ideas that come from the team - they have to be vetted and fit within the scope and limitations of the area that is being designed. However, with that said, again, we will work with you to make sure that your ideas show through in the pirate ship and party. Feel free to equip the party with any standard items / weapons from Pillars of Eternity 1. If you have other ideas for gear, feel free to include those as well, but we can't make any guarantees that non-standard items will make it in. If you want to include the special item as well just make sure to specify what item it is when it comes to send in your design to the team. You will have some customization of the ship within reason - it will have to fit within our customization guidelines that we will be releasing at a later date, and we will contact the backer to work with them. What kind of ship will it be? It's going to be a pirate ship. You can work with the design team on the loot gathered and dropped by the pirates." Again, if you guys have additional questions, please feel free to ask away!

Hey everyone, We will be having a Twitch Q&A session with Josh Sawyer and myself tomorrow Feb 1st at 4 PM PST/ 00:00 GMT! We understand you guys have a lot of questions and we will do our best to answer them live! We will be answering questions from Twitter, so make sure you guys use #Deadfire when asking your questions.

I agree on starting a new thread. Just awaiting on the Pirate Order name, so we can go ahead and make the badge for you guys!

Correct, it would be an extreme challenge to pull this off with only having limited facial area. In my honest opinion, I would advise going against it, if you are going to spend all that cash to only have your lower face be somewhat resembled.

Hey Fluffle, So the official word is that you can choose to have a Death Godlike portrait, but by nature, they are faceless beings and there would be a lot of limitations on what you can do if you want the portrait to resemble you in any way. That said, it is really up to you if you want to be a Death Godlike with only showing a small resemblance of your physical self and also being quite a challenge for our artists to ensure that you are happy with the result. But we are willing to work with you to make it work.

Well, I imagine if you had a very distinct nose or chin that would be a good start! I'll shall inquire on death godlikes specifically.

I understand you guys have a ton of questions, so please feel free to ask away and I'll compile the list of questions and get them to Adam. Thanks!