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That is extremely misleading, especially considering two of the dev goals, repeated on a number of occasions, were increased transparency (which admittedly is more of a buzz word) and simplicity in stacking calculations. This is the opposite of both of those. Also, if that is true, then when you have a -75% malus to damage (no pen) then damage should be zero, which I've never seen happen. Oh, never mind. I see. It's more complicated still: "If the sum is <0 you have the following formula: rolled_dmg/(1-Step_SuM)"

Bugs happen. Just wait.

Could it be that it simple saved against it? Or maybe you saved against your own effect?

I noticed that when I graze, the damage modifiers don't add up properly. An example is given in the screen shot. To be clear, the damage should have been 20.9. Alternatively I would have expected 0.5*1.54*20.1=15.5.

Nice! I've been finding and fixing those by hand. items.gamedatabundle needed some find and replace (to get rid of some commas), and global has two lines. However the python script is good about telling me what's wrong. Still, that would make life easier.

Arcane Dampener is a hostile spell that suppresses buffs. Arcane Reflection is a buff reflects hostile spells. Which wins? Does Arcane Reflection get suppressed or is Arcane Dampener reflected?

Well. . .there is this guy I know. I get my hash from him. Discretely. >_> <_<

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Both of the spells Wizard's Double and Mirror Image degrade (partially or fully) when struck (grazed, hit, or critically hit). The wording, however, is "hit" and in the case of Wizard's Double it even gives a tool tip explaining that "hit" means a modified attack roll of between 51 and 100. However Wizard's Double is spent upon a graze as well as a hit or critical hit contrary to the description. The same is true for Mirror Image, except it doesn't give a tool tip. If this is a bug, I welcome a fix since this would make Wizard's Double very powerful. Otherwise, I'd suggest changing the word "hit" to "struck" which is not a technical term in the game. I know this seems a bit pedantic, but considering Wizard's Double functions similarly to Mirror Image, and it gives a tool tip which seems like it should clarify any misunderstandings, I don't feel I'm being unreasonable.

Yeah, I know. It doesn't work for me. I'm providing an alternative for those whom have the same problem. The pluggin installs, but when it tries reading the bundles it returns an error. In any case, I found a solution that works perfectly for me.

So I learned that game data files are in JSON string format. That was great. What wasn't so great was looking at an insanely long string. When I asked what tools were used I was told Notepad++ with the JSON plug-in, but this didn't work. I then did searches and tried Vim (my choice of editor anyway) and Geany plugins. No luck. I settled on https://jsoneditoronline.org/ for viewing, but I really don't want to rely so heavily on an online editor. What this online editor allows however is to beautify the string into something that is easier for humans to read. This allows one to copy and paste the text beautified text on the left into your text editor of choice. In the smallest of these pictures you see the two option buttons. Clicking the one of the left makes the text easier on the eyes. Note that most people probably can just use Notepad++ with the JSON plugin. Even if it worked for me, I would prefer the below. Another option for those comfortable with terminals (this is what I'll be doing) you can do the following. tail -c +4 FILE.gamedatabundle | python -m json.tool > FILE.mod.gamedatabundle This probably doesn't work in Windows (but of course Notepad++ probably will), but it should work on Macs, and I know it works in GNU/Linux. Once converted you can use your favorite editor to edit it. Tail removes the BOM header which interferes with the python script which does the actual conversion. A nice bash script would then be #!/bin/bash tail -c +4 $1.gamedatabundle | python -m json.tool > $1.mod.gamedatabundle vim $1.mod.gamedatabundle or whatever your editor of choice is, so long as it's not Emacs. Emacs will not work. It won't! Don't even try it. (this is a joke; I hate Emacs with a passion.) Alternatively, you can use Vim and run :set nobomb then %!python -m json.tool. This may or may not work in Windows. No clue about Mac. In any case, I like the one line conversion, and the script even better. In any case, I have a picture of what it looks like for me in Vim. I created a file ~/.vim/ftdetect/gamebundledata with set syntax=json fdm=syntax which produces the desired result. fdm=indent would likely be faster, but this is more certain. I don't know what the equivalent Windows method would be, but I think that there is an ~/.vim folder on Macs, and if not, there should be one that is equivalent. fireundubh suggested PyCharm, and IDE which can help clean up some of the formatting issues in the files. The python script I suggest running will point you towards a solution, but apparently the IDE will actually highlight them.

https://www.nexusmods.com/pillarsofeternity2/mods/13?tab=description That mod goes a long way to fixing the problem. The weapons are still weak in comparison to end-game uniques, but at least the spells themselves aren't trash. There are thre mods in there that are relevant. One makes them instant casts, another makes them last through combat, and another allows casting out of combat.

Poking around Global.gamedatabundle I found the values for skill assists. The left has the party total for a skill (sans the character being assisted) and the right has the assist value. 1:1 2:2 4:3 7:4 11:5 16:6 22:7 29:8 37:9 46:10 For those who don't care for memorization, the total amount needed T to get an assist of A is T = 1 + ((A-1)^2 +A -1)/2 T = 1 + \frac {(A-1)^2 +A -1}2 The second one is LaTeX. From this we can see that the next value would 56:11 followed by 67:12 and so on.

At one point I was considering a Stalker. If you mix ranger in with a melee build, go Stalker.

Its not. As I keep saying, Wizard buffs make the wizard stupidly tanky. My Soul Blade/ Generalist (a pure caster) is the tankiest member of my party.

i dont actually dont think its really broken to be able to use abilities on self as a cipher, it just makes me feel cooler in not relying on my allies's minds and allows solo-ing/not being screwed if ur whole team dies i did the same thing in PoE1 and never really felt broken aside from being able to solo as cipher at full power Yep. The only buff you really get is intangible. Your damage and utility output is the same, just with less tedium. It isn't just about buffs. In any case, do whatever you think is fun. God knows I'm going to be doing this myself, broken or not. I can gimp myself in other ways.

I'm thinking wizard+rogue. Rogue grants mobility and some debuffs, then there is wizard. My current build is a cipher+wizard which I'm playing in melee. My character has more HP and defense than even Palladina once buffed which takes a little more than a second. Of course, should someone throw an arcane dampener her way she'd be right back to squishy.

/facepalm I was searching for "speed" "cast" "recovery" and similar words. . .but the searches were case sensitive!

Just click the blessing you picked again to uncheck it and you will be straight back at 4/4 You will keep the same blessings. It doesnt cost blessings to use them when you start a game. Its permanently unlocked. So if you for some reason want to play 3 games at once, all 3 games will have the same amount of blessings available if you start them one after another, I can't . That's what I'm saying.. Sounds like a bug.

You, my friend, are a god. And not the kind I go on quests to kill or want to kill because they are ass holes. Sure this breaks Cipher, but in a way that I like.

I was looking through abilities.gamedatabundle so I can "fix" one aspect of the summoned weapon problem. I found the entry for the staff, but I can't find where the cast time is. I'm assuming it is in another castle, I mean file, but I don't know which. Any ideas? I found the attack damage, by the way, for those feeling the issue can only be resolved by buffing the weapon itself. It's in attacks.gamedatabundle.

Using https://jsoneditoronline.org/ I've been able to open them up. Not ideal, but hey, it works.

Posted in the wrong topic. Sorry. Don't know how to delete my own post.

I actually like this better than New Game+. New Game+ only really makes sense if you use the same character again (like you would in a JRPG), but if I was to make a new play through it would be an "evil" run.

This is a good idea. For those players that want extra challenge, removing an already optional system won't help. However adding something like this in will. BoB doesn't have to be only positive. I'd like to take this idea further and suggest that they have a small NEGATIVE value. You can use them on start as extra challenge, or use them as a sort of custom difficulty level combined with some positive BoB (note that I'm suggesting an equivalent boon would be more expensive than the associated bane).