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Hopefully this ends up being nothing more than a rumor. If Microsoft does buy them out, I guess we can look forward to playing the dumbed-down Pillars of Eternity 3: Backfire.
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Hahaha - your sarcasm detector is broken.
a) Poe's Law applies.
b) Satire is not immunity from criticism.
c) Not noticing satire is not immunity from not being made no fun of.
I've learned about double negatives in school, but never about quadruple negatives.
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Perfect! The first megaboss is a spider. There's nothing I hate more than spiders. I wish they would leave loot when I kill them in real life.
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Meanwhile, I still haven't slept well since seeing this.
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First, Pillars 1 had too many companions.
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How is that possible?!!
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Whenever I have the choice, I buy games on GOG. The option to only update games when I want is one of the main factors for me. It's important if the game is moddable since I don't have to worry about an update breaking mods.
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Baldur's Gate had companions like and hate each other (even to the point of eventually fighting) without a complex relationship system.
You mean the first Baldur's Gate? Yes, and it sucked ass. Basically everyone in that game was like a Deadfire sidekick, even characters important to the story. Why would you want something so bland.
I was mainly meaning Baldur's Gate 2. I can't remember BG1 enough. :|
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It's very unlikely that we'll tie her (or any of the other sidekicks) into the companion relationship system. Though I'd like to in an ideal world, it's a ton of work that involves not just additional writing (and loc, and VO, and QA), but also adding scripting throughout the game (and related systems, and QA, and UI art, and UI implementation).
If that's the case, I'd really like to see the removal of the relationship system in future games - it sounds like an awful lot of work for relatively little gain from a player perspective, and if it precludes the upgrading of sidekicks to full companions then that's a strong net loss imo. New sidekick content is nice, but I'm really hoping for at least another proper companion out of the season pass given that PoE1's DLCs gave us 3.
I agree. I don't need a relationship system to know whether companions like or hate each other. Their responses in conversations and the bantering with one another are enough for me to tell. Baldur's Gate had companions like and hate each other (even to the point of eventually fighting) without a complex relationship system.
When I first heard about the relationship system during the Fig campaign I was excited because I thought companions would be better and feel more important in the story. After playing Deadfire though, I don't feel like the companions are deeper or more fleshed out vs the first game.
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I have this problem no matter who is in my party. It's not real bad for me though since I hold the highlight objects button down while trying to leave a map. It seems to help a lot.
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nope still dual class
But what if Obsidian decided to add dual classing in the next Pillars?
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There was a post around steam concerning spoofing your cores to improve performance. The writer contacted Obsidian recently and their head programmer, as far as the word goes, was informed. Maybe they're trying to improve the performance in the long run and have touched something that has completely destroyed your fps. It's just a wild guess.
Anyways, have you tried spoofing your cores down?
If you mean turn all setting down, yes
No, he/she means this: https://steamcommunity.com/app/560130/discussions/0/2572002906843374108/
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Bananamancy: Creation and manipulation of bananas and banana-like materials for offensive and defensive purposes.
Overpowered! It would have spells from all schools:
Banana Peel (slicken)
Necrotic Banana
Banana Image
Bounding Bananas
Banana Skin
Banana Shower
Might be a fun and silly mod to make all spells about bananas.
More fun spells:
Kalakoth's Minor Bananas
Concelhaut's Parasitic Banana
Ghost Bananas
Curse of Blackened Banana (My personal favorite because this happens in real life)
Form of the Helpless Banana
Banana of Many Colors
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I guess maybe they mean that's when it WILL be updated?
I'm thinking they meant 7/28/18. It's the same timeline image that they posted on the last update about 2 weeks ago.
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The text is kinda small, so it could be my eyes failing me but the current timeline image has "UPDATED 8/28/18" at the bottom. That would be in the future.
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The text is kinda small, so it could be my eyes failing me but the current timeline image has "UPDATED 8/28/18" at the bottom. That would be in the future.
Also mentioned this on the new update thread.
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I'm not sure subclasses would do anything unless the existing ones got benefits at certain levels and that goes against the design that the team clearly wanted of a subclass changing your gameplay from the moment you pick it.
Single class characters get two advantages.
1.) They get higher level powers earlier (which is nice).
2.) They get exclusive access to 7-9 tier powers (which is variable depending on your class).
The real issue to me is so many classes just have weak 7-9 tier powers that don't in anyway make up for the added versatility and power you can get from a multiclass.
Now Wizard gets some great powers but what about Paladin for example? Sacred Immolation isn't exactly making a case for itself. Or Cipher? Haunting Chains a level 9 power delivers 2 debuffs that for 9x the Focus doesn't beat out Whispers of Treason a level 1 power.
The only thing single classes really need is for the late tier powers to get some work done on them.
I agree with what you said except that single class gets exclusive access to 7 - 9 tier powers. Multiclass can reach tier 7 so single class only gets exclusive access to tiers 8 and 9.
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I've never had inventory lag in PoE 1 unless I had tons of stuff in my stash. After selling most of what was in my stash, the lag would be gone. I haven't yet had inventory lag in Deadfire, but I've been selling stuff from my stash pretty regularly.
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I don't like social media either, but having the poll here wouldn't reach enough people. I just make a twitter and facebook account that I don't use except for stuff like this. There are plenty of other companies that use social media for things like this too.
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I'm fine with either way as long as it's done right. I love post game DLCs like Blood and Wine for Witcher 3 or Awakening for Dragon Age: Origins. However, I also like DLCs during the main game too if it's integrated properly and feels seamless instead of separate.
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There are gloves that give you +2 mechanics: Burglar's Gloves
They are in the chest you described...
Haha! Nah, kidding - you can buy them from Iolfr in Neketaka.
Ninja-Orlan, Ninja-Orlan,Does whatever a ninja canwrites a post, any size,slides it in while you still type.Look out!Here comes the Ninja-Orlan...I gotta say, I've always thought your face matches many of your responses. LOL
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Modwyr becomes Unique after you finish its quick and easy quest. Lord Darryn's Voulge used to be great but got nerfed (thnx OBS). There is no exaggeration in saying that every one of these weapons is worse than at least one of their Unique counterpart. Just look at the facts. Blightheart straight loses to both Dragon's Dowry and The Red Hand, Magistrate's Cudgel effects are useless, and Marux Amanth is a clear downgrade from Pukestabber because its effects have very low proc rate (becuz baluns).
Modwyr becomes unique if you remove her soul. If you don't, then it stays soulbound.
Also, soulbounds are not trash just because there is a better alternative. Something can still be good even though there is a better alternative. Trash means that they are terrible.
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I can’t believe you just used the word “spoilers”. This is supposed to be a non-spoiler forum. FFS!
Good point. I've edited my post the fix my mistake
You hid the word "Spoilers" with "Spoiler".
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I really like the free spell per power level that Priests and Druids get. I'd love to see Wizards get a free spell per power level based on their subclass, like Evokers getting an evocation spell each power level. It would give more incentive to using a subclass for Wizards.
Been Out of the Loop. Anything New Since Summer?
in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
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BTW, what's your wife's email address?