Wormerine

This would be good - assuming they don't have a level dependence. If my party is near max level and I buy DLC of a whole new subplot where all the monsters are mid-level, it's not much use I'm not starting the game over with a fresh party and leveling them up halfway just to play a new island. Deadfire has a more robust level scaling so jumping into expansion with higher level party shouldn’t be an issue.

I don't like those in games, but I would love one in real life.

Right now you target a spell, but can retarget it (move the "target" icon around as long as it is within your range) if need be. If I understand it right you want to have to keep LMB even while "aiming", which I don't really see a benefit of. Seems just like current system except you have to keep LMB pressed for longer. As you don't drag "spell icons" from a quickbar it feel intuitive to me, and inconsistant with other abilities (those you don't have to target).

1) Just keep your eyes open. Those codes tend to be fairly visibly (not always, but usually). Check the links in OP post for references. However, according to the earlier tease we missed some. My guess would be that they are somehwere we didn't look at, rather than us not noticing them - but you never know. 2) I would have done the same if I didn't redeem mine on gog already. I much prefer gog, and it has been said multiple times that Obs is working on integrating Scavenger Hunt with gog, so hopefully it will happen. For now, I am collecting the codes anyway:-). steam and gog versions are the same games and they store saves in the same place. You should have any issue when switching between platforms.

As I have written my post, while you were writing yours, I can’t help but notice how far our philosophies of what we want from a sequel differ:-). I am curious to see how well your predictions will be. Another common narrative was Obsidian dumbing down the game in order to appease wider audience of PoE, with removal of health/endurance, smaller party, per encounter casting. It’s a complete rubbish, of course, but unless critics and audience are hardcore fans who want PoE to be as much like D&D2nd I doubt the changes will bother them. Overall, you make it sound as if Deadfire moved a lot from what PoE was - it plays very much the same, from little of what we have seen, the world, characters and quests seem to be very consistent with what PoE1 was. The difference is in finer detail, and while everyone will notice a more tropical setting, I wonder how many people will really see much difference in design changes.

I really can’t predict how much I will be enjoying Deadfire. I expect it to be much better than PoE, but will it be enough? PoE had a benefit of being “the first”, which comes with a lot of forgiveness. I am still shocked how high it was rated - yes, it was a very successful kickstarter (both in funding and delivery), and managed to revive the old genre without feeling stale or dated, but it had many many flaws. It reminds me of Firaxis XCOM situation. The reboot was a broken mess - it was filled not only with bad design decisions, but gamebreaking bugs, many of which survived expansion and patches. Critics loved it, audience loved it - it was fresh, nostalgic, and any faults it had were overshadowed by how refreshing it was to be playing game like that again. XCOM2 is a far better game, specially with the expansions and while reception has been positive, I noticed critics and fans having a bigger reservation - some design issues were left over, many of the bugs were still present, frustrations with the game were easier to recognise this time around. Instead of fixing core issues, new mechanics were added (stealth/timers), which clashed with elegance of the game and made it easier to notice issues that the game has, rather than removing them. My point here is, that to me it depends on how much Deadfire will improve upon PoE. Will factions and companions still ring hollow? Will items and combat encounters be forgettable? Will writing have a better pacing and individual story elements flow better together? Luckily, from what we have seen so far, game has been improved a lot and many mechanics have been reinvented, instead of simply expanded upon. From relation ship system, to ship exploration and combat, the game seems to be filled with fresh ideas, which should give Deadfire its own identity. While I don’t like every change mechanicly Deadfire looks solid. Story wise we didn’t see much, but usually that’s Obsidians the strong suit. I am convinced it is worth a buy, but have no idea if It will end up in my RPG pedestal.

It would be very cool if there were couple “types” for each race. Various idle poses do a nice job in defining characters, but various body types would be nice. With various items and animation, my guess is that it would be ton of work. As godlike come from various races, you can choose what “body” godlike will use.

Josh creativity getting strangled by fear of traditionalists: https://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/173484553421/how-about-integrating-potion-usage-into-the-new

That's odd. I could see the console UI with what I have written + auto complete suggestions. I would take a screenshot, but I already made space for full release.

I don’t think anyone compiled them just yet, but many are the same as in PoE1: https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Console_command Activate command: Iroll20s You can autocomplete commands by using TAB.

Superb! I can play Deadfire Tuesday evening then!

Different opening title chord bothers me way more than it should.

Really? I found most of them weren’t worth action time.

With this system, a mage of level 5 will be able to cast "50 bounding missiles" or "50 fireballs" by day !!... It's ridiculous. I understand that Obsidian love the bioware fans (they're numerou$$$...), but as for me, I just sent an email to GOG to cancel my pre-order. Fair enough. There are plenty beta videos so you can check how spell casting system works. While you need to be mindful of what spells you use per encounter, and their power tends to be balanced with casting time (and by that a danger of being interrupted) you will be using spells on regular basis.

News: 1) May 8th is in two weeks 2) framerate still seems to be bad. 3) Ranga Ruanu doesn't sound like I imagined him too.

So... how is integrating Scavenger Hunt with GoG going?

People like what they like

Better: of a more excellent or effective type or quality. Pillars would have been better without crashes Pillars would have been better without every increasing loading times How does nerfing things make a game more excellent? I guess better is subjective. But I would think performance is way higher on the list than making some characters who some people spend a long time to build worse, not better. And keeping an old ruleset would somehow make the game run better and load faster? How did you spend a long time building a character, if Deadfire isn’t out yet? I assume what you mean is that certain character builds which worked in PoE1 wont work in Deadfire. Why is it a problem? It’s a new game, with new campaign, levelling all the way from lvl. 1 and while some old builds might not work anymore, probably a new ones will pop up. That’s the exciting part, no? Discovering the game, and experimenting with classes and abilities.

As people said before: from what was said achievements will be implimented, but as many people complained about not being able to plat PoE easily (I mean, isn’t the point of achievements to be challenging? Odd people who want badges of honour without putting any effort into it) achievements won’t include such creazy stuff as triple crown. From what I understand, they will impliment those later on, as in-game challenges. Oddly enough I got the “backer” achievement for the first game, even though I didn’t back it.

It’s indeed really odd for the devs in this day and age to try to improve their game’s design. Isn’t selling the same thing over and over again good enough? Why do they need to try to make their games better? It’s as if they care about their games and audience, or something. Really really odd.

Ah. yes. emdurance/health shall be missed. I still prefer current resting system over old "supplies".

I don’t think there was talk about having a higher difficulty than PotD. I would consider two things when talking about potential challenges: 1) Berath’s Blessing - we don’t know what modifiers will B.B. provide. Early on there was talk about modifiers which could make game both easier or more diffficult. Perhaps there will be some neat features there for masochists. 2) Level scaling - one of the issues with low difficulty of PoE was how easy it was to outlevel content. While PotD in PoE could be challenging for most part you would roll over your enemies because of XP float. For people wanting a more constant challenge, level scaling might provide a better experience.

I will have a cipher and probably a pure wizard in my regular party. Might add a priest/Druid - we will see. If main game is anything like beta, even a single caster in Deadfire will probably cast more than a party full of casters in PoE1. But then again, I am someone who sits on resources whenever I can afford it. IMO casters are way more fun in Deadfire, but that’s just me.

It is not amazing, but it never has been. I won’t be 100% sure until I play a full game, but I believe Deadfire’s resting to be the best implimantation of it in this style of game (IE, PoE1). While food was powerful in PoE1 I had to go out of my way to use it - I am sure Solo runners feel differently, but I beat twice the game without eating food, as it was fiddly to use and not necessary. I like the new system, as food is valuable and you will use it in regular intervals. It might also encourage me better not to rest unless good food is very very easy to find. Feeding with hardtack doesn’t seem appealing too me - I will certainly go for bonuses, giving failure (being knocked out in combat) meaning it never really had before. As the same food will be used both for crew and your team I doubt of good food will be such a valuable resource as I hope it would be. We will see. It’s not perfect - resting system still seems to be there, just because it always has been there, but it seems better implimented than before.

How dare they send copies of games to reviewers before us! I feel betrayed! On a more serious note, I wish Deadfire were released this Tuesday - a fairly relaxed week incoming.