Slack83er

I finished Baldur's, Icewind, Neverwinter... but that's all. Then I grew tired of that kind of games. Now I look for awesome stories, great interactions, role in its purest form. Tactical combat is of no importance to me. As I said, I want to care about me. In real life would you hold your comrade's arm to help him swing his sword? I don't want to be a tactician, I want ONLY to roleplay and grow my MC. Open to suggestions

While recognizing that what you say might be true, I can't find any possible connection between role AND strategy. If you want strategy, play Total War. I want to roleplay. But I can't really jump from a mage to a cleric to a rogue. I make my own Toon, and that's the only one I want to manage. The one whose story and evolution I want to live. All the other are simple add-ons, and should act on their own. Interaction with them should be limited to what they want to share with you, everyone of them should have a personality, and I don't want to be entitled to decide what they can or cannot do. For example... if I find Durance, and he has a staff, it's because I imagine him to be proficient with that weapon. I don't want to give him a crossbow only because in my strategy I require a crossbow.. True, you can manage every aspect of the battle, but the game becomes very "mechanic". A sum of numbers and stats but no feelings. My humble opinion obviously.

I will..

But will they use spells or anything else?

So I tell you what happened... I was doing Magran's crossroad (or something like that, can't remember the name) with my party, composed by me, Eder, Aloth, and finally durance, found along the way. We find some foes, and I order to attack.. I handle my own toon, with his attacks. Eder does nothing except attacking. I figured he'd use some prones, but nothing. Durance just waves his staff, not a single spell cast. Same for the Mage. Just scepter but not a single spell cast... I want them to run on their own, without my orders...

Guys, I'm not arguing about party members, I'm just complaining (in a somewhat silly way, admittedly) about the fact that this game requires me to manoeuver six different characters, while I like to only handle mine, and let the others act as they were "instructed" by the devs..

It doesn't, Raven, so don't try it.. Anyway, I don't want to micro my group at all. I want to micro my own Mc. I wish to impersonate ONE character, not six.... It's obviously my opinion, it's not intended to be a supreme law....

You're right Boeroer... What can I say... I believed the game to be somewhat similar to... let's say Dragon Age Inquisition... there you can think of your MC alone, the others are indeed part of your group, but "think with their own mind".... Here they just stand there idle doing nothing or at best they slam, crash or hit....

No luck atm. I just can't feel the mc "mine", I can't really enjoy this game. Other npcs are very dull, the AI is almost unnoticeable... I don't know what to do.. I don't like to take decisions for six characters... I just want to think of mine... I figured every npc had his own personality, but here, it's just numbers and abilities... Very disappointed atm...

Lol After all the big instructions.... Ok, I'm off to play now... let's see what comes out of this pala!

Ah, the cold-blooded conquerors it is? Then I choose the options where they conquered my land... there's no mention to being hired to conquer something though... What about this: "I was a blade for hire." "I've never been good at anything else, but I need to go where there's work that pays."

For conqueror I shall choose a different bg in char creation? Mercenary? Or still the Deadfire and raider? Can't recall sorry... Hehe I know that bad pistol... sounds like an Easter Egg of sorts...

So int it will be. Do goldpact go well with pirate flavor? They're sort of.. Mercenaries? With regard to shield... This mc is awfully slow when one handed... With a shield I'm going to tank maybe, but hit once in a long while... I don't know if it's the right way... Perhaps better to have Eder do it? P.s. The aumaua has the 3rd weapon slot. Does a pistol go in it in due time? Or another melee for pierce resistant enemies? Is it gonna be useful?

I figured there was nothing wrong with the MC... It was just a "trial" to see what came out of that build. I didn't even bring Eder... I just have to decide if I play Aumaua or Orlan. Orlan can start right away with 19 PER and crits often, but I can't find a proper BG for him...maybe mercenary... Aumaua has the 3rd weapon slot, which in the very beginning is quite useless. But looking a little forward and lore-wise it's the one that appeals to me the most because of the pirate BG (weapons such as the blunderbuss or stilettos are pirate-y) I tried to pick the Bleak Walkers but they are somehow too "cruel" oriented for my style of play... Guildpact seems more "moderate" to me... whaddaya think guys? Also one last thing: As Ben stated in his very first post about the cheetah build, scores are as follows: 14 8 8 19 14 14. With the Aumaua they change, and I don't know if it's better to take RES at 16 or MIG at 15 or INT at 15... which one matters the most?

Hi all, time to update: I tried the pirate. It's everything ok, except that I can't really play Bleak Walkers. They're too cruel to upkeep with the conversation options.. I'll take Goldpact. I moved until the zone to the southeast of Gilded Vale, but died there to 4 wolves together. I only took Aloth, so Eder was missing... that might be the reason. I was carrying a hammer and a rapier. No sign of a Stiletto or blunderbuss, except the stiletto in the forge which sells for 2k-something, that I didn't have. Suggestions (except picking Eder, I know)? EDIT: no dwarf. I continue to dislike this race aesthetically in PoE. Sorry. So it's either Aumaua (pirate) or Orlan (don't know which bg to take)

Plan is as follows: island aumaua, raider bg, deadfire archipelago, two stilettos, one blunderbuss, maybe pistol. Pirate background, probably bleak walkers. I'll try to play a real bada** pirate, see what comes around. He has a solid story, and stats-wise he is ok, should work. Ofc, if this is the case, Ben, you'll be credited for it..

Hi Loren, explain.... is black path a quest? EDIT: sorry loren, seen the talent... seems rather strong... and even corrode damage looks good... Back on BG: Being not an Orlan will get me a maximum of 18 PER... i don't think that will be a problem, right? I'll stay with double stilettos and blunderbuss anyway, I like this flavor...

Hi there, I began playing with the aumaua. It's just I didn't have much time, and I didn't try anything past the prologue. He's quite strong, physically impressive, but sadly there's no option to make him a pirate without sacrificing something in term of ability scores. I had to make him come from the White and make him an explorer. While chatting with Calisca, he states that he was a seaman, and his ship was attacked BY pirates... quite the opposite of what I wanted lore-wise. I shall study the background a little more..

Still not, Ben. I just woke up, I had four days of nightshift...don't worry, I'll keep you posted..

Mm I've been looking a bit on the wiki, it seems like goldpact has the best lore after all. I wasn't thinking about behavior but maybe bleak walkers sounds too harsh for me... Later I will be trying the solutions we spoke of yesterday evening, and let you know! P.s. Boeroer, which dwarf better suits my mc? See some posts before, around 78...

Goldpact I was thinking... or Bleak Walkers?

Stilettos and blunderbuss ofc! He's a pirate!

Ok, then. What do you think of the pirate aumaua I said before?

Nono, no intention of making a rogue... not my style of play, too squishy and micro thanks... Shall I also take 2handed style as a talent?

little question: is the rogue the only one that can sneak attack?