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How is it a larger game presence if you created a line of text in a ledger (that not many will read anyways)? The work to put said list into the game is very, very small and the amount of recognition is very small, too - more a wink than anything. It's mostly for yourself and the other BIBs because nobody else would know who those guys on the list really are. Besides that, I think it's a funny idea that does NOT break the 4th wall if we choose our entries accordingly. As I said: no Mister Potatohead or whatever like it was in the guestbook of the Club of Refined and Prestigious Gentlemen in PoE1. And no things like "Peetero Washburnéo" because your real name is Peter Washburne or something like that. Mister Mannindy also doesn't work as ingame name. But maybe a lore firendly variation of it or just a description as we already said above. A description will most likely not break the 4th wall. And for Obsidian it's no difference if 200 people pledged 5000$ for one crew and ship or if one person pledges 5000$ for a crew and ship. We would simply ask for a book. A single donator most likely will have a detailed idea an concept of his ship and crew and will try to put it in the game. We as BIBs agreed that we would only give a few noncommital suggestions what the BIBs are and what ship we would prefer and what the backstory could be. I know of at least one 5000$ backer who has an exact picture how his 5000$ peldge is supposed to look in the game. She/he will cause more work than we will. So all in all I'd say we as BIBs who donate 5000$ and suggest a ledger (we're not demanding it) will cause less work and trouble than a single person who donates 5000$ and suggest a lot of stuff (which is understandable, because if you single-handedly spend 5000$ on this you want it to become "your baby"). I guess we as individual persons will not be as emotionally connected to every single detail of that crew and ship as a single backer would be. So I don't understand the opposition. edit: Illathid - nice quote. I already forgot that Aarik said that.

Sorry, I don't buy it - not enough grammar and spelling mistakes.

The build basically works as before. This priest can deal some nice single target melee damage if he's not casting spells. Empowered Interdiction still only works for the dazing part of Interdiction, NOT Painful (weakening) Interdiction. That's sad, but it is as it is. Just skip it. Interdiction itself already has +15 starting ACC and gets +1 ACC per level like any other ability/spell - this applies to dazing as well as weakening - so it hits good enough. With other possible complaints about Painful Interdiction (duration is rather short etc.) I can't agree. It's a powerful debuff with a huge radius which you can get really early. Still a great ability in my opinion. Few other spells or abilites can cause weakened in such a big area. It's perfect if you also have a cipher with Phantom Foes and a rogue in the party who is hoping to deliver some AoE spells with Deathblows. Also great for every chanter who likes to chant "Come, Soft Winds of Death" because it targets fortitude. Note that (Baby) Sneak Attack bonuses do not work with spells, only Deathblows does!

The lash only has to overcome 1/4 of the DR. And the game won't ever tell you.

If you need credit this can be arranged I guess. I (or maybe somebody else if they are willing) would donate for you and you could give it back later. I won't let this project fail just because of a 5 day gap.

Exactly. Also, as we said, we do not plan to put real life names in it but stuff that fits better into the game world. So "recognition" may be the wrong term. It's just a little nod and it seems so be fun. And it's a way how every donator can leave a small mark because he/she won't be able to influence the crew/ship appearance at all like a 5k backer could do. Since there's a guestbook in the CRPG then it's at least ok to ask for something similar (but less silly) in PoE2.

The cheesy way also works well if you use a summon to distract the phantoms, then run to the throne with a move speed bonus (survival) so that the phantoms cease following. If the phantoms return to the summon you will be out of sight and once the encounter ends the dialogue with the steward will be triggered. Did this with a solo priest.

Also, most enemies' reflex is lower than fortitude in the first place.

It's Airwolf!

Try Dragon Leap.

Nope. But the loot-tables of former times don't work anymore. Don't know if they just changed the days or if they really randomized the loot.

It doubles all DoT damage that's on the target, delivers its own DoT damage, is a debuff and also jumps to two additional targets. It's really good.

I don't know. With some builds you might have a very high crit rate (for exame a hearth orlan rogue with one handed style, predatory weapon and durgan steel) so that nearly every attack results in a crit. He would become unplayable if there was too much fuzz around every single crit.

That is right. Monk's fists do more base damage than other classes' fists. Transcendent's Suffering then adds less damage than Novice's Suffering does. This leads to a situation where things like crits and Savage Attack and so on work OK for monks but not good with other classes who use Nov. Suffering. On the other hand a character using Novice's Suffering doesn't need to care about grazes - they nearly do the same damage as crits. This allows for quirky low ACC builds which can get high MIG which still deal OK melee damage (like unarmed wizard for example). It's also cool for carnage because the -33% damage malus only affects the whimpy base damage, not the bonus of Nov. Suff.

Did it with a 20 MIG/20 CON build with high INT and dumped DEX and added Frenzy for max fortitude. Basically what Kaylon said. Dropped RES as well and compensated with Potion of Spirit Shield. Added Veteran's Recovery and a Belt of Bountiful Healing as well as Savage Defiance. Not a big problem then. Also helps a lot against xaurip skirmishers. If you could get Rhymrgand's Mantle it should be easy.

Very nice work! Scion of Flame doesn't work with Holy Radiance. Empowered Interdiction only buffs the dazing, not the weakening part. I want to add a few things that might be useful: - The ACC bonus of Inspiring Radiance stacks with everything which makes it a very powerful talent. - The ACC bonus of Devotions stacks with nearly every other source of ACC bonus (like Disciplined Barrage, Zealous Focus, Blessing and so on), making this spell even more awesome. - Circle of Defense stacks with all active defense buffs that do not also raise all defenses. So for exampke with everything that only raises deflection (Shields for the Faithful) it will stack. In a normal game you could say it stacks with nearly everything. - the -75% healing of Aggrandizing Radiance only affect the priest. Besides that little drawback he will get a temporary +2 to all stats and movement once every encounter. If you use your radiance as buff and not as healing tool, it is very good to use this at the start of every encounter as a self buff in combination with Inspiring Radiance. It stacks with everything! If you cast Minor Avatar first and then Aggrandizing Radiance you will have +10(!) to all stats for a long enough time. Very good solo tool, too. - Triumph of the Crusaders: it's one of the best spells for soloing since you and only you will kill enemies. Your endurance bar is always full as long as you keep killing. This allows full offense mode. - Withdraw: a chanter will not stop chanting when withdrawn! You can create an invincible, unmoveable source of Dragon Thrashed with this. Somebody called it a "totem" once. You can cast Crowns for the Faithful first to maximize the radius. - Cleansing Flame also works on wounding, Envenomed Strike, Runner's Wounding Shot and Wounding Shot as well as Enduring Flames. You can create very powerful party synergies here that bring down every boss in seconds. --- What about lvl 8 spells and stuff like Storm of Holy Fire or Symbol of <Deity>?

Mechanics don't improve your priest's seals. It's just like that.

Maybe I have to work even harder then - in order to balance that out.

Ah OK. Totally cool then.

Cool - but it's not enough to back Deadfire. You'd have to upgrade your pledge by 8$, using the forum batch addition you can choose as an addon.

I don't care for the credits at all. If the BIBs are mentioned as a whole group that's totally cool with me. But seriously - if we compile said list and make it so that it's nice and not too goofy then putting it into the game (with a bit of lecturing) shouldn't be too hard. I mean other ship crew donators will also be able to place crewmembers and put items and certain stuff on their crew. So a ledger with some text in it shouldn't be too much to ask for, or is it? The CRPG in the Salty Mast has a guestbook with all the weird backer names in it. That did not seem to be a problem for OBS.

Torm, you can get the badge as a backer on fig (upgrade your pledge) or the backer portal at obsidian.

You all never tried Firebrand with a cipher. It's hilarious with all the dmg mods a cipher can get. But obviously it's not suited for dual wiedling. Why would one clone Purgatory when Resolution can do the job of the second sabre as well? They both are annihilating. I also think sabres are the best choice overall. Another nice alternative for dual wielding are war hammers (because of the two weapon types): Shatterstar comes quite early and is annihilating as well. Speaking of stilettos: did anybody try if Flames of Devotion from Vent Pick generates focus? It should, since it's a lash...

Maybe in an expansion (aka DLC). Since the Nagas are intelligent and also live peacefully side by side with the Huana most of the time it's not too far fetched.

You're welcome. And if something I said doesn't turn out to be fun for you then don't hesitate to retrain. As I said: melee priest is tricky in the early game. Only a few spells which ar not really powerful and quite low starting values. He needs some levels to unfold.