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Exactly. Dyrford, too. The best towns are always the small ones.

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I dislike if it's too big. Like... all the ones you mentioned.

https://twitter.com/WorldofEternity/status/1202331469726670848 January 28th. You're welcome.

I nearly won the PoE Ultimate with a dual sabre Barb (3 DEX, 3 RES - wichts were my nemesis ;)). That wasn't supertedious after the early game. But Blood Thirst was lvl 7 (not PL 7) and once you got Heart of Fury it was quite ok.

I don't think there will be many more. While I never thought that it's impossible (we know by now - since PoE and the story that QA complained that the Adra Dragon was impossible to beat - that Obsidianites aren't masters of their own games and thus can't really estimate what's possible and what not - which is fine... I don't think I could play a game extensively that I developed myself) I always said it's incredibly tedious. Several challenges by themselves add quite the tedium (Woedica's, Abydon's, Hylea's) - combine them all and I'd rather hang on my nostril hairs than trying to complete that challenge. So... hats off!

I didn't even play the PoE beta. So I doubt that that's the reason.

No Dragon Age: Origins? TTON Is Torment: Tides of Numenunuonumuonera

@Gfted1: That as well. On the other hand: without that tag we maybe would have lost Obsidian some years ago.

You have to take the path of the slaying face, then get the fitting artifact and then beat the challenge. Since it's high level stuff you can't do it too early. Here's a walkthrough: https://www.neoseeker.com/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-seeker-slayer-survivor/tasks/Hunts If you want it very early because you find it especially fitting for a character of yours you can open up any savegame, activate cheats, give it to a character via console <open console> iroll20s <enter> <open console> giveitem LAX01_Hide_Armor_Soulbound_Changelings_Mantle <enter> then export that character (he's what you would call a mule). Then start a new game and at some point recruit that mule in a tavern. Take away that item and discard the mule. More complicated than simply cheating with the console like above, but that way you can still gain Blessing points and other achievements with that new game.

I agree 100% to this statement. I'd also add "open world", "your choices have an impact" and "companion relationships" and "crafting" to that list. More or less. Not that they are bad - but it often seems devs are trying too hard with those. In the hopes that such tags on the game make it sell more I guess.

I can't say anything about turn based since I only tried it briefly. But judging by what I read about it it's mostly action speed/recovery time that has less impact in TB mode. Durations + INT bonus should still play a role. Another thing is: the miss/graze ratio in the TB mode is different (misses less likely to happen). So maybe Offensive Parry isn't that strong here. But others might have to verify what I'm only speculating about right now. If it is so then stuff like Piercing Sigil and Cloak of Death (and also Repulsive Visage, Flame Shield, Draconic Fury and other spells that help to avoid getting hit without using defenses but CC) become even more impactful.

Last convulsions I guess.

Yes, if you are willing to pause a lot you can remove her just a tiny bit from the enemy while he's swinging at you, producing an "out of reach" miss. But while that's a good thing in solo runs I find it way to tedious for a normal playthrough. If you could script that for the AI though...

Haha - how awful is that? I think I never actually noticed that it can "miss". Maybe also because I tend to prefer stuff like Killers Froze Stiff over damaging invocations anyway.

If you summon your familiar you can't summon Essential Phantom (I mean you can, but what was the point summoning the familiar then?). And this (for me) is the biggest flaw of the Conjurer: you are specialized on conjuring/summoning stuff but can't have your class defining familiar and a phantom at the same time. And yes, you lose access to all the illusion spells. Those are not only some really nice self-buffs but also very good stuff for (melee) wizards in general, like Dazzling Lights (lvl-1 access to Daze=-4 PEN but also great to lure enemies from stealth), Miasma (not only lowers Will like crazy as I said but also drops enemies' ACC by 10 through -10 PER, stacking with other ACC debuffs like from Blind from Chillfog or Curs of the Blackend Sight), Repulsive Visage, Enervating Terror and Wall of Many Colors - amongst others. Besides that you'll give up on all evocations, too. You will never be able to cast a Fireball and friends. This may not have been your go-to spell in the first place since you are a spellsword. But skipping them all? And then there's the recovery malus for all other spells that are not conjurations. All in all it's not worth the potential +2/+3 PL on some of the conjuration spells that do actually profit from it (like Death Ring or whatever). Now - if you never planned to summon a phantom then my first point is not a big deal - but given the synergy of phantom + summoned weapons it's just another drawback. And what makes the single class "Spellsword" worthwhile is - as I said above - the possibility to reach Piercing Sigil and Cloak of Death (and getting to Draconic Fury earlier which is also a beast - and here th +10% recovery time would also hurt). They don't stack too well so you shouldn't use them at the same time. But those are pretty cool for a melee wizard. Especially if he also uses Offensive Parry with Whispers otEP. By the way Draconic Fury's lashes don't work with the AoE of Spirit Lance or WotEP. I agree on the INT: it's still important. Self buffs and summons do get influenced by INT and so does AoE of Spirit Lance or WotEP etc. A nice trick for melee wizards: once you get the Mask of the Weyc you can use Wall of Draining to prolong its +50 deflection buff. Since it comes from an item and is passive (automatically starts once combat starts) it stacks with everything, making you basically untouchable if you also use self-buffs like Mirrored Image etc. Offensive Parry will trigger nearly 100% of times then. My recommendation for subclass would either be vanilla or Blood Mage. Blood Mage + Corrosive Siphon is a pretty nice combo. You can spam it at some point since the healing you receive from multiple opponents will be way higher than the damage you get from Blood Sacrifice (given your defenses are good so you don't get pommeled too hard). I seriously don't recommend any wizard subclass besides vanilla or Blood Mage for any build (besides some really special weird builds or the occasional Evoker who hopes for double casts). Their drawbacks are worse than their benefits if you are looking at a whole playthrough. It would be different if all spells from grimoires could be cast no matter the subclass and if the limitations were only for "learned" spells. It would also be different if their special abilities such as Conjure Familiar (can't stack with other summons, can't choose the familiar) or Form of the Fearsome Brute (look at the armor...) etc. weren't too weak. And yes: Arcane Dampeners will screw you. You could counter with Thrust of Tattered Veils - but it's an evocation.

Yes, it is. It's like the Engwithan Titan on Poko Kohara. Only that it's burning.

My first advice is: Don't take Conjurer. It locks you out of to many good spells while the benefits are meh. Summoned weapons' quality scales with char level, not Power Level, so the additional PL won't do much for summoned weapons except longer duration. The whole concept is viable because you get some nice self buffs - but mostly because of high level spells like Minoletta's Piercing Sigil or Cloak of Death. I played a melee wizard with lots of RES and focus on defenses (buffs like Mirrored Image + Safeguard etc.) + Offensive Parry from Whispers of the Endless Paths. While there might be other class combos that rock Offensive Parry even more - it is cool to deal melee damage via retaliation while casting a lengthy spell. It works quite well - but only once you get up your buffs. But it was fun. Obviously you can also use the summoned weapons like Spirit Lance which is strong. Never forget Essential Phantom when you have a potent weapon/armor setup - the phantom usually does pretty well and if you summon it while holding Spirit Lance in hands it will also have it. One summoned weapon that's very powerful but usually not worth investing in is Concelhaut's Draining Touch. It has the highest base damage of all one handed weapons, it deals corrode damage, has ok PEN, targets Will instead of Deflection (cast Miasma first to drop Will into nothingness) and also drains 20% of the dmg as health. And while it is my no.1 weapon for the Essential Phantom (where it will stay until the phantom vanishes) it's usually not that useful because it vanishes after a successful hit. But there's a trick: Don't pick the spell at level-up but rather get a grimoire with the spell in it. Cast it from the grimoire. Now switch to another grimoire which doesn't have the spell before attacking. Now you can hit with it as often as you want - it will stay until the end of the fight. If you get a shield for the offhand you can be more tanky - if you choose a club with modal for the offhand you can drop Will even further (by 25 - together with Miasma that's -65 Will). Crits are common with this method. Also in this case: Essential Phantom is great, even though it can't use weapon modals.

There are three different paths you can follow: Seeker, Slayer or Survivor. Once you follow one particular path you won't see the enemies of the challenges the other two would provide.

You can add any character (enemy, npcs etc.) to your party with the console. But the UI will not accommodate for more than 6 party members. I don't think there's any mod that will change that since it would be very difficult, maybe impossible without de- and recompiling.

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Then I know what item to give to my next export char.

I mean besides the VO that can't be too expensive, right?

Yes. Chanters have a hard time face-tanking in the early game because they have only average starting values in defenses but especially low in endurance and health. You have to be crafty until you gain some more levels and gear. Use potions of Infuse with Vital Essence to restore health if the fight takes too long and your health bar seems to drop below your max endurance. Turn off gib options in the game menu. More on that later. General approach: use "Blessed Was Wengridh, Quickest of His Tribe" and run away to a chokepoint. You should be able to outrun them. Make sure they don't lose you (often they turn around if you are too fast and they are too far away from the spot they guard). Face them at the chokepoint so that only one or two can attack you. By the time you should be able to pull off the Phantom. With those Xaurips make sure that no Skirmishers can hit you with their spear because that thing stuns on hit which is devastating for any solo char. You can switch to another chat if you want - like Soft Winds. Use that chokepoint with the corpses and try to not reload the game. Lure all enemies of the map to that chokepoint with the amassed corpses. Always lure the enemies ontop of the corpses and then cast "White Worms". Each corpse will explode over and over again if you don't reload. The gib option lets enemies explode on crit-death. That leaves no corpse. But you want corpses to pile up. With that approach I can solo the whole Castle of Raedric rel. early in the game. For later: stack up on defenses. That means shield is mandatory. Pick Veteran's Recovery, Ancient Memory + Beloved Spirits and put on some regenerating items as well as items that increase healing. You can later use the Mercy and Kindness chant to boost healing by another 100%. See the chanter build "Chillfog" in the build list to get an idea about the healing. Dragon Thrashed is the best offensive chant there is. It also stacks with itself. There are also some other solo chanter builds with tipps and tricks there. Even one with guns and no shield.