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But your personal party composition (where items you find might not fit your builds) is not an indicator for bad or good loot. It just means that the loot in the dragon's hoard didn't fit your party in this case. I mean sure - most of the items there aren't breathtaking - but which are in the Pillars games (for intensively discussed reasons). But that shield is indeed one of the best in the game - no matter your party composition and what Edér carries. If there would have been a watcher-only helmet that gave you +20 to CON and you were a godlike... would you also choose that argument to say it's a crappy helmet (because you can't use it right now)? Or is Carsomyr which you get by killing Firkraag is bad loot because it's only for Paladins and you are a Rogue? Sure it can be disappointing to find something which you have no use for (ask me about all Infinity Engine games where I restarted once I found a really awesome item which I couldn't use) - but this doesn't mean it's bad, does it? You made it sound that it's generally bad - not only in your case.

The dialogues are as with other backgrounds: a few special dialogue options and reactions here and there, but nothing as impactful as having ties to the queen or anything.

Did you go to Yseyr before talking to Furrante?

Rofl. You always get the funniest bugs. I've put so many hours into this game and never have I experienced such weird things. It's also the first time I read about this. Are you sure you checked your game for file corruption? I mean most likely it's not the casue, but maybe it's worth a shot. By the way: may I ask which tools you use to record or convert your animated gifs? Their quality/file size ratio is really good.

The only differences between games that are developed with a publisher and crowdfunded games (in regard to the opening post) is that there's no publisher with crowdfunded games. In both cases the developer will get money to start the product. While a game financed by a publisher will usually have a deadline a crowdfunded game usually doesn't have that. Publishers tend to push releases and this can lead to crunch and more bugs. Crowdfunded games can run out of funds more easily if you didn't estimate well. Publishers can help a lot with marketing and logistics and so on - crowdfunded games don't have to give a large amount of money to a publisher. And so on and so forth. From my own experience (I had projects where I was paid less but in advance, had some where I was paid along the line of development and some where I was paid afterwards) I can say that the way of payment doesn't have any impact on bugs. What does have impact: high fluctuation of programmers, not well established routines and guides, new tools (like switching the language or framework), pressure (mostly time), insufficient testing (of all sorts). The meanest bug producer is time stress I would say. Looking at Obsidian over the years: they build up a reputation ("Bugsidian") way before PoE/Deadfire. Don't forget that RPGs are often way more complex than other games like shooters for example. Since Obsidian does lots of RPGs... If I compare stuff like a short platformer with a short RPG it's ridiculous how much more complex the RPG is. Nobody makes RPGs during game jam if they are not gluttons for punishment. Kickstarted games don't have to be released by the way. You could take the money and produce nothing. Fig is different once the investment option is offered.

[cut]Only that you get the best shield of the game there. [/cut] I think it's good that nice loot is not always hidden behind bosses you can only kill at high levels. Fully agree with this. But getting no real rewards for high-level-requiring bosses is an annoyance. Erm... not sure why you cut "Only that you get the best shield of the game there" from my quote - which totally contradicts your statement...? That doesn't look nice.

The speculate Pillars 3 will be taking place on one of the moons of Eora which is made out of gingerbread.

I will not buy it at all. It isn't my genre anyway, but I was willing to buy it just to support Obsidian and give it a shot - because why not? Now they gave me a reason why not.

Okay. No Outer Worlds for me then. I haven't read a single positive reaction to this decision so far (on Twitter, forums etc.).

"Archmage' is my forum rank ( that you get after X posts), not my name.

Only that you get the best shield of the game there. I think it's good that nice loot is not always hidden behind bosses you can only kill at high levels.

Not even when that nasty potsmoke hit your eyes?

That goul rush fight in SSS. I'm just too impatient.

Helwalker/Ascendant and Berserker/Ascendant still seem to be a better choice (both can get +2+1 PEN and either a long Ascended uptime with +10 INT and also huge AoE or total removal of recovery and speeding up casting time). Both also do generate focus very quickly. Don't know how a Devoted wants to beat that. But that's maybe something for another thread. Streetfighter/Soulblade I tried again and what's particularly awesome ist that if you get flanked and bloodied your Soul Annihilation will also get the Streetfighter's increased sneak attack and crit bonus.

Hi QA folks! I thought I read a bug report about this - but I couldn't find it anymore. Sorry. This is an old bug but it seems it never got fixed. So: If you play a Soulblade/Fighter and kill an enemy with Soul Annihilation you will not get an additional attack from Cleaving Stance. Imagine that: not a single one. That's somewhat disappointing. It seems that Soul Annihilation isn't considered a melee attack when it comes to Cleaving Stance - which it totally is. But I can't say for sure. Anyway: doesn't work. No savegame needed (I guess) since you can reproduce this easily with any Soulblade/Fighter. Bye!

By the way: I tested Soul Annihilation + Cleaving Stance and it still doesn't trigger if you kill with SA. Will bump the bug report... edit: made a new one since I coulnd't find the old one.

In my opinion Ascendant is not the right choice - if you want high melee damage. For casting the occasional power a Soulblade is as good as any cipher (even better if the occasional power is a Shred power). Ascendant is nice if you want to spam powers while ascended. But this doesn't seem to fit the OP's description too well: - dual wielding swords - melee - single target dmg - "I already have 2 other Companions who deal AoE" Soulblade is a nice combination of melee damage and occasional cipher power use. Most likely you will be mainly using Soul Annihilation - because it's great as single target melee damage tool. But in no way are you stuck to it. Shred powers are cheaper for a Soul Blade. So stuff like Recall Agony on a tough boss or an occasional Disintegration on a high deflection but low fort enemy are still viable and nice options. Ascendant really shines if you are a power spammer - especially if you have abilites that either buff attack speed and recovery (like with Ascendant/Barbarian for example or single class Ascendant with Time Parasite or Ascended Streetfigher with Heating Up) or extend the duration of Ascended (Priest's Salvation of Time, Wizard's Draining Wall) or both (like Helwalker's Swift Strikes and +10 INT bonus) so that you can squeeze more casts into your ascended phase. Ascendant never appeared to me as a particularly great fit for a Devoted (especially if you want to focus on melee single target damage). The PEN bonus doesn't work for the powers you mentioned (unlike Tenacious from Monk or Berserker), also the increased crit damage is only for your proficient weapon. The only thing that's maybe cool about Fighter/Ascendant is Disciplined Strikes/ Tactical Barrage and the ability to fill your focus completely with a use of Clear Out. Or am I missing something here?

It's even more absurd to assume it's intentional. It's outright ridiculous.

I did! Here's a screenshot:

I have no idea what asnjas smoked while posting his answer. Or what I accidentially swallowed to not being able to follow his statements with regard to your question - but I think I can explain why Berath got mad. In PoE you have to pledge to a God (in that big tree, remember?) in order to decend down the last pit on Burial Isle. You make a promise to God Y to do X with the souls of the hollowborn children. If you don't do that you betray him/her and she/he gets mad. If you pledged to all Gods it means that you can only keep your promise with one of them, betraying the others. So that's why I guess(?) Berath gets mad if you choose that option. She doesn't get mad if you pick just another God you pledged to. You could not pledge to Eothas because he's kind of dead in PoE and isn't present. So no pledging to him at that point.

Nice catch. But where's the lie? "Outside party" is an elastic term without further definition. One could argue that even if you are confused or charmed/dominated you will not be part of an outside party (can't be controlled etc.). But this is quibble of course. So this is either a bug or another vague description. Is it a lie? No. Calling an error/bug/oversight a lie is pretty absurd. A lie would imply intention. I Ithink we agree that the developers don't intend to put false information into the game descriptions.

That would be really nice. But unfortunately: what thelee said last.

I'd say dual wielding once you have a Devoted/Soulblade. Just because in the early game a one handed setup is best. You can easily miss with Soul Annihilation and then your focus is zero with no damage done. It's very annoying. The +12 ACC helps a lot to prevent that. After a few levels that issue is gone and you can safely switch to a dual wielding setup. This wouldn't be possible with a two handed weapon. Except if you'd pick Battle Axes - but the single dmg type is off-putting.

Kana (arquebus guy) and Edér can be build into sturdy frontliners. Edér as dual sabre guy is nice. Give Kana a shield and a hatchet and once you hit lvl 9 give him the Dragon Thrashed chant and nothing else. Using Ancient Memory + Beloved Spirits helps both fighters as well. Sagani (Lady looking for Persoq) is nice with Persistence (bow from lvl 4 of the Endless Paths) and focus on pet damage. The Wounding of the bow makes it so that Predator's Sense of the Fox (Itumaak) always applies. You should bring Durance (priest at Magran's Crossing). Priests are the most useful party members in PoE. Give him Inspiring Radiance and later use Devotions as well. Use Aloth as debuffer/CC guy. Cast CC spells right after Durance did cast Devotions + Inspired Radiance.

Do they scale with level?