Gary1986

All they need to do is turn the -5 on Defender to +5 and everything is solved.

Knuckle dusters for monks.

Can somebody who goes one them forums Josh Sawyer goes on where he answers questions and ask him why the major change to Defender. I'm very intrigued to know.

In an expansion or POE2 they should make it so you can travel to the underworld. While you are there you find Calisca and she's undead but she joins you. But make it so that she's the only undead character there is.

Dual wielding pistols.

Some of the changes can be found here http://forums.obsidian.net/blog/7/entry-186-update-notes-20-in-progress/ This is only a beta patch so hopefully they will sort out/fix Defender/Wary Defender before the final patch gets released.

Welcome aboard. You can access the beta branch by following the instructions here. This will give you all of the information you need to take part in the fun. The great thing about the beta on Steam is that you can opt into a normal build at any time by switching your branch back to the default branch. As for when the patch will officially be released... anywhere from the 20th to the 25th. I would like everyone to be able to play the official beta a few days before the expansion comes out so they can check out the new features we are including. So the patch will get released before the expansion? Will the patch contain the new portraits? Or do they come with the expansion?

Well we can hope they revert the changes before the expansion/patch gets its official release.

So the healing bonus that might gives affects recovery rates of fighters? Yes, this game is funny like that. Might tends to be a melee-only stat in other games, but not in PoE! Will the multi-talent rapid recovery also benefit from might?

I think you need to turn aggressive on. It makes your characters 'seek out'' other targets once the target they are attacking has been killed.

BAdler, do you know if the developers are rethinking/changing the nerf they made to Defender/Wary Defender? As you can see from the thread in the link, nobody really likes the change. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/81009-defender-20-beta-nerf

Well lets hope the developers have seen this thread and will sort this Defender/Wary Defender change out. I'm not against them making a change, its just this change is a little overboard.

Are there plans to tweak Watcher abilities? Such as Crucible of the Soul? Make it scale/or just improve its damage output?

If it was overpowered compared to other talents & this was a multiplayer game i could understand. But nerfing a defensive talent this badly when the talent isnt over powered and we are on a single player game is just beyond me.

Nope. I really hope they sort Defender/Wary Defender out before the expansion comes out.

BAdler. Are we likely to see part 2 of the expansion this year? Or does it look like a 2016 release?

http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/pillars-of-eternity-the-white-march/artikel/pillars_of_eternity_the_white_march,52695,3234852.html Grundsätzlich logisch, aber auf der anderen Seite dürften sich viele Spieler mehr über ein komplettes Paket freuen - das auch gerne im März 2016 Cant EDIT courtesy of Bing Translator: Basically logical, but on the other hand many players are likely to enjoy more a complete package - that also like to March 2016

Still waiting to see if a Developer will join in this convo to explain the thinking behind this awful change

Can we get an official response on this nerf now that people have said how much they hate it? Why not make it like this Defender - 2 engagement & +5 deflection Wary Defender - +5 all defenses apart from deflection

I've just tested this. If you get Eder at level 2, he wont gain the bonus Ruffian talent. He will only gain the bonus Ruffian talent if you get him at level 3. (This only applies to him being auto leveled)

But now nobody will take Defender + Wary Defender. Why would you? People will now just combo Cautious Attack + Hold The Line. All the devs have done is flipped the problem around. (I.E people taking one talent while ignoring the other). They havent solved any problems with this nerf. .

What was the point of nerfing Ring of Deflection to 9 from 10? It just seems silly. Also the -5 deflection on the defensive ability defender is beyond stupid.

Being able to overwrite enchantments would just make the crafting system more user friendly in my opinion.

So the healing bonus that might gives affects recovery rates of fighters?

Don't get me wrong, im more than happy with the Al auto attack they have added. I just want an option that would allow my casters to use a mixture of damage spells and crowd control spells