SirMirrorcoat

Poption of Elevation? I can't find it on the wiki... What does it do? Though 2handed Xoti with Morning Star sounds nice too... Especially as Serafen would be the one to ditch if I wanted someone else xD

So, I made Xoti a Contemplative this time and she pulls her weight so much better than as a pure Priest (did the Drake bounty at level 4 without cheese and she got the kill - Eder and Serafen got knocked out tho). I am just wondering if I should focus on her fists (as in forever main weapon) or give her other weapons in the long run. Will fists still be strong later even if I am missing 2 PL? I already stole obtained Tuitilo's Palm just for the heck of it. Or should I give her something completely different? If fists, what would be a good backup weapon type for her? and in general. Is DW still (dps-)king like in poe1? So far (level 8 ) it seems that way, but maybe that will change later? Siccing Eder on mages is great even if I only got Skrim and a Fine Dagger for him so far. Should I keep him dual-wielding or is he better off with SnS or 2handed stuff? I already got Serafen with Morning Stars as recommended in my other thread

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A former Dark Souls buddy got my handle wrong for the longest time, so yeah, I don't care if Cat or Coat xD

I just got a Trollhide Belt from a burial site, so, random 'unique' loot exists, there is just no list... Maybe noone bothered making it because the items are less hard to get otherwies?

On a completely unrelated note... Is there really no unique random loot in Deadfire aside from the Dragon Pendant? That would really surprise me...

I think you need to @Boeroer if you want to ask him specifically

Okay, I'll make 2 Arcana users and 1 Explosives user now Wish I had a better Mechanics guy than Eder as a Swashbuckler xD

1. So, what is the best skill progression for party members? Should I focus each NPC on a different passive? Or is it better to spread it more evenly because of diminishing returns for party assists? I am of course also looking at the powergamey aspect of this (at least to some extend - no 'lore-breaking' skills for now ), as there are a few items I am interested in that get buffs from passives. Namely Mohorā Tanga for its minor dmg boost, Ruata's Walking Cloak for its Stride buff, both for Eder (Swash) to get him to priority targets ASAP even if I am out of Guile for Escape. Also interesting for Eder is Shining Bullwark for when I need a tank. I am just not sure if that shield is even good? On paper it seems to be... Last but not least The Giftbearer's Cloth, in this case for Rekke (Brute) for a neat little defensive boost. I will RP with Insight, Survival, Diplomacy and History on my Watcher. Just writing all this down makes it seem to me that - except for boosting item effects - it should be far more effective to spread the skill points out among multiple chars, or am I mistaken? Are the 4 listed items even worth it? 2. Rekke as a Brute. I thought of bumping his Arcana up to have a third scroll caster for when the need arises. Troubadour Watcher, Xoti as Monk and then Rekke. The other approach would be to ease the burden on Eder a bit and bumping Mechanics a bit so all of my frontliners could have at least an acceptable Athletics score instead of one having 0 and the others whatever. Though I read that Athletics is not as good in DF as it was in POE1? So maybe only getting 2 on everyone to get the party assist bonus and 7 on the watcher for the solo checks? 3. Alchemy on everyone. Worth it? Is it a dump or max stat or are a few points in it helpful? 4. Explosives. Is a Demolition Expert worth the stat investement? Or are explosives obsolete later on? At least on Port Maje and early Neketaka I found them to be quite useful... That's it for now xD Thanks in advance

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Huh, interesting. All I read was that deadfire is significantly easier than dyrwood. Good to know that I will have a bigger challenge than in poe1

Haha, I will not do that xD PotD or buts for me Upscaled all as well >:)

Okay, Imma do other stuff first then. The Gullet was just so intriguing with Tekehu, so I jumped down into Old City and into my doom right away xD Did poe1 on PotD first full run, so I want to do that here as well. After doing Maje Island a dozen times of course... Had to google who or what Sanza was. I wanted to buy his dog Kaleb so bad xD

Ah, yeah, didn't write difficulty or party comp, my bad! POTD, upscale all Me Troubadour Tekehu Watershaper Eder Swashbuckler Xoti Priest Serafen Witch

No more questionaire for which class to pick xD But I'm having serious issues keeping my Wurm-Summoner alive. The moment she gets sneezed at you can bet she goes down like a rock. I have 12 base constitution /15 base Resolve and wear medium/light armor (Aloth's Leather currently) and I use a medium shield rn. Rarely attacking, mostly summoning and sometimes healing. I canNOT afford any equipment anywhere. Every enemy I killed drops garbage items that barely get me any money, and buying 'fine' equipment seems counterintuitive, as I barely scrape by anyway. Level 6, tried to get through Old City, gave up quickly. Tried the narrows, same problem. Supposedly these areas are okay for my level??? No skull in the Journal. Any advice is much appreciated

Ah, cool, I didn't know that. That is great, I will go for Beguiler/Shaper then

I saw you advocating for Beguiler quite often by now, but never really anyone else xD What makes it so good in your opinion that you would recommend it over Ascendant? I find the mechanic quite intriguing, I am just unsure how to incorporate it with Cipher having so many single-target abilities... And I totally overlooked Furyshaper for some reason, was not on my radar at all. How do the 2 work together so well? On a side-note: Do you use Unity Console? If so, do I need to update somehow or is it working as intended?

As I suffer from heavy Restarteritits again, I would prefer not to have to edit the subclasses via console commands every damn time I start a new run. So, I am looking for a way to either savely edit game files or use an existing mod (Unity Console). With the direct edit, I wouldn't know where to start - though I read here or there that it isn't hard to do? Just couldn't find a guide... With Unity Console, I just couldn't find if the mod is still compatible with up-to-date game patches + some other mods, as its last update was mid-2018? Maybe there is some 'third party' patch for that to work with the game now? And just to list what I want to do. Serafen Wild Mind into Beguiler or Cipher Eder Fighter into Unbroken Rekke Fighter into Monk (Forbidden Fist) Not much, but still xD

Short 'update' question to the topic. I want to edit Serafen's subclass because he killed himself once and buffed the enemies once against the first bounty (which was pretty much a battle of attrition) and that is really a bad first impression, but I like his character and he gets along with Tekehu, so. Would a Barb/Beguiler work well? Beguiler mostly because it still fits his flavour. Otherwise I guess I would either go Ascendant or no sub. Barb I am not finding any of the subclasses very appealing, aside from Corpse Eater - which just doesn't fit with Serafen.

Also, Imma steal this so hard for when I finally do an Orlan run

Anyone still has the watercolours for this? The links in Portraits IV are broken

so a nono for Nalpazca, or at least not without gimping his gimmick a bit.

Avenging Storm is now a SCROLL??? Holy Jeebus I love this. Definitely giving Monk a go at some point.

A Druid/Monk? I need to keep that in mind for future runs I guess

As I have 2 Wizards with me, fire-immune enemies shoudl be no problem. Imma stick with Troubadour then, uptime sounds more appealing than burst.