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Extreme FPS problems
Ophiuchus replied to Elizer's question in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)
If you mean turn all setting down, yes No, he/she means this: https://steamcommunity.com/app/560130/discussions/0/2572002906843374108/ Great tool. My FPS went from ~40 to a consistent 60 after halving my cores. -
The Shadowed Vale
Ophiuchus replied to Ashen Rohk's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Stories (Spoiler Warning!)
If you're a priest of wael or did something extra nice for him last game, maybe it doesn't penalize you. Another possibility is Wael is the default when you don't have a crew member that the game deems worth killing off. I think that might be the case. I've always selected the Bury Wael's Scroll option and have never had a crewmate die. -
In Pillars 1, one of the most coveted items was the Helwax Mold: a keep mission reward that could duplicate a single piece of gear - especially popular with fully upgraded one-handers like Bittercut. With an upcoming DLC focused on wizardly pursuits, I can't help but wonder if we'll see the return of our magical, mystical Eoran sculpy; and in that vein, I'm curious what this forum would duplicate given the opportunity. For me it would be a hard sell between Grave Calling, Pukestabber (for my waifu), Magran's Favor, or Miscreant's Leathers. You could also upgrade a one-hander to legendary, duplicate, then enchant each weapon with mutually exclusive upgrades - maybe gear like Griffin's Blade or Eccea's Arcane Blaster.
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Cool. Let me know how it works out. I'd like to try this out on a hireling in a future run. Edit: Just realized you're using The Dragon Thrashed, which is a direct damage fire/slash chant. You'd want to use this one for minion lashes: https://pillarsofeternity2.wiki.fextralife.com/Aefyllath+Ues+Mith+Fyr.
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Sure thing. Cipher's been my main since PoE:1 but I'm not as experienced with Chanters. If you go with ranged weapons, you could always pick that chant that lowers recovery/reload. Offense chants like the party-wide fire lash work well with Beckoner since their summons have short durations. On the Cipher side, you could always stack Body Attunement with Recall Agony (an underrated Power) and watch your minions pick away at a large target.
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I would take out Tumbling or Keen Mind like Verde suggested if you're going for a full party on Veteran. You probably won't notice those effects too often: your CC and party support abilities should get you through every encounter just fine; and with Fire in The Hole and Hand Mortar/Kitchen Stove you won't be starved for Focus. Definitely keep Hammering Thoughts since you don't have any martial abilities. I don't play with Charm/Dominate much, but with a party and summons, adding Ringleader to the mix might be detrimental and screw up pathfinding (the dominated enemies might push your frontliners around, for example). In some cases it'll probably be overkill (solo might be a different matter). Since you aren't coupling Cipher with a martial class, I'd go with Borrowed Instinct for that sweet accuracy bonus.
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Like gkathellar said, Moon Godlike's heal won't add a whole lot. I like the style of this build overall, though I'd strongly suggest you include Secret Horrors since it's bread and butter for Beguiler. You can open with it from Stealth for reduced recovery and a bit of Focus gain, and since it adds so many effects (-5 RES, -5 CON, disables hostile abilities, reduces incoming healing), it increases both your offense and defense: all in .05 base seconds right out of the gate. I'd also stick to blunderbusses and/or pistols since being in melee negates Beguiler's range bonus (albeit small) to Deception Powers.
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Some RP I've messed with: Devoted(Sword)/Trickster for a magical duelist similar to Mesmer from Guild Wars - or Rogue/Wizard for Phantoms. Corpse-Eater(or Berserker)/Shifter for a ravenous (or mindless) beast. Wizard/Rogue with Kalakoth's Minor Blights: I like to think of the attack abilities (in glorious AoE) as hexes. Sharpshooter(or Ghost Heart)/Wizard: Your arcane archer (minus the blackbow, sadly). Plenty of Wizardly tricks to complement a hunter or explorer like marking enemies with Expose Vulnerabilities or traversing the battlefield with Fleet Feet/DAoM. Cipher (or Ascendant)/Ghost Heart: My favorite build in Pillars 2 both in ascetics and functionality. I like to pretend the Seer is channeling his own soul energy to summon his companion from The Beyond, and I often cast Ectopsychic Echo on the pet to visualize a link.