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    No reviews yet? My spider-senses tingle ...

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    If they wanted to hide something wouldn't have given the game to CohhCarnage (and others) several days ago for him to livestream, which he had been doing every day for around eight hours.

     

    I suspect the lack of reviews is down to the length of the game (can't review the story unless you've played it through). My guess is reviewers have had the game for the same amount of time as Cohh.

     

    Nah, as Karkarov said, it's really just the embargo. As far as I know, review copies have already been out for at least 1 1/2 weeks.

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    Any thoughts on Inquisitor? (Paladin+Cipher)

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    I was pretty much set on going Holy Slayer for my first playthrough but damn, you guys are making me reconsider lol.

     

     

    Interesting to see what the numbers are for Inquisitor but it's definitely one of the better multiclasses even if the numbers aren't quite as good as the beta.

     

    Question in my mind is how good the Ascendant variant is compared to Soul blade now, Ascendant multi class might have a lot of potential since you can just use your Paladin half of the equation to gain focus then cast your +3 power level spells.  

     

    Sounds interesting but I do wonder about the tradeoff - losing out on Soul Annihilation seems like a big deal, on top of dealing less damage with Soul Whip when not ascended, which means your FoD will deal less damage as well. SB just seems like the strongest choice for melee Ciphers, even more so for Inquisitors.

    And I would agree that Intellect is the one attribute you can definitely dump a bit if you're going Soul Blade considering you will mostly be focussing on Shred abilities; it does seem more important for Ascendant and especially Beguiler though.

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    What class(s) are you planning making your first character and why?

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    rogues just got nerfed to oblivion 

     

    i suggest anyone aiming to play a rogue does otherwise because they are by far the worst class in the game now

     

    Sneak attack just got nerfed to 20%!

     

    so sad to see

     

    Are you the boy who cried "WOLF!"? Jeez.

     

     

     

    I want to play a cipher melee dual class.  I'll probably go psyblade / favored blade.  Barbarian / cipher looks attractive as well, especially if carnage builds focus.  Still think I'll go for the psyblade though.

     

    I really think you should take another look at Witch - much more fun & varied than Psyblade, imo.

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    Deadfire requirements revealed

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    Guys, I am a bit scared. I have no idea about any hardware so I will ask it here. Can I run the game at least on medium? Specs:  i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 12 GB Ram & AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series.

     

    Very outdated GPU but the 6700 series should definitely be capable of running the game somewhat ok. Pretty hard to tell if you can run the game on medium, old GPUs can work iffy in modern games and yours has 1GB Vram at most, so you might have to go lower than medium.

    Deadfire requirements revealed

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    No, just because of attitude and schoolyard comments like yours

     

    There is not even a point to try and explain to you how misplaced your comment actually is and there is no reason for you to be that defensive about my comment either.

     

    End of the day I was not even complaining I was surprised, I have a decent enough PC just don't game enough to have it out and connected so I'd rather play on my MacBook and I thought I could that's all. It is similar if they came out asking for 1080Tis for PC people would have paid for something they would most likely have been unable to play.

     

     

    So not sugar coating your... "surprise" equals making schoolyard comments, cute.

     

    And your last comment only suggests that you have absolutely no insight into macOS porting or Mac gaming as a whole for that matter. You can't simply 1:1 compare Windows system requirements - as I already mentioned, there's a reason why the vast, vast majority don't even bother with Mac ports because they're not worth the effort and probably never will be because Apple couldn't care less about gaming. So yeah, I stick by what I originally said: Kudos to Obsidian that they even bothered with the port/s and I absolutely wouldn't expect any macOS optimization going forward.

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    Deadfire requirements revealed

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    Get a 940m on my laptop, should be ok to play, just hope I don't need to tone done the grappic too much.

     

    Which CPU and how much RAM do you have?

     

    i5-600U @ 2.30GHz 2.40GHz;12G RAM

     

     

    I'm guessing you mean 6200u or 6300u? In which case you should probably be able to get stable FPS on Medium. Do you have D: OS2? If you can run that game, like at all, you're good to go for Deadfire lol.

    Deadfire requirements revealed

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

    Posted · Edited by aeoncs

    Returning to The pillars topic, i really think that requirement of GTX960 is way too much for this kind of game, i mean if you check steam, Witcher 3 have requirement of gtx 770 in recommended.

     

    The 770 is more powerful than the 960. I don't really know what you were expecting; you have a GPU that didn't even meet the recommended requirements of the first PoE and Deadfire doesn't just look slightly better, it's on a whole other level - especially the animations and particles.

    As for the Linux version: I'm 99.9% sure that they simply failed to copy the correct requirements since Steam shows the same requirements for Deadfire as it does for PoE1. So no, the game won't look any different.

     

     

     

    Check the OS X specs before complaining about the Windows ones .... i7 4770HQ and a 370X and 16gb ram.

     

    That is probably 10% of all Macs out there meeting that req the highest end MacBook from a year and a half ago only barely meets it.

     

    I hope for some optimisation on the platform cause either the laptop will melt down or I will have to play with headphones on due to the fans working overtime

     

    Or you could accept the fact that you're playing on a system that's still very much not optimized for gaming, lower the settings and be grateful that they decided to port it at all.

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    Portraits II

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    So, I don't wanna nag but I think I've been forgotten x)

     

     

    Hey everyone, long time lurker who decided to finally make an account for totally selfish reasons *g*

     

    I've been playing around with gimp and the online editor Aramintai posted in the last thread, trying to do my own watercolor portraits, but I just can't get anywhere close to the level as some of you guys. So, I have two questions:

     

    1. Are the images I'm using even suitable for this kind of stuff? My results were always either too light or blurry.

     

    jAuxomB.png    mkRte10.png

     

     

    2. If they are suitable, would one of you be willing to spare the time to look into 'watercoloring' them? I understand that we're only 10 days from release but I thought I'd just try anyway.

     

    Either way, cheers!

     

     

    Any chance someone can still take a shot at this? Link of the original image.

    Paladin orders and their influence on gameplay

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    So, have there been any last-minute changes regarding dispositions effecting your combat effectiveness in relation to your chosen Order or is it still the same / even more important than it was before?

     

    I really, really want to go for Streetfighter/Assassin & Bleak Walker but don't feel like having to act like an a**hat all game. In case nothing has changed, does the Holy Slayer work decently with KW or Darcozzi?

    Seems like it should work fine, BW gives a minor damage buff and the sickened affliction. The Holy Slayer has copious amounts of damage when using FoD from stealth, enough so that you are still going to do enough damage to one shot many mobs even without optimizing for damage by going BW. For example, in Scott Lufkin's Slayer demonstration assainating the Skulking Terror did 261 damage, only 35 of that was corrode damage from the BW. 226 is still a boat load of damage.

     

    In return you would get a lot of extra survivability for your whole team if you go KW. Seems like a good trade-off to me.

     

     

    Yeah, I was leaning towards KW. Sucks when the Paladin Order you like/agree with the most has pretty bad bonuses for most builds x)

    Paladin orders and their influence on gameplay

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    So, have there been any last-minute changes regarding dispositions effecting your combat effectiveness in relation to your chosen Order or is it still the same / even more important than it was before?

     

    I really, really want to go for Streetfighter/Assassin & Bleak Walker but don't feel like having to act like an a**hat all game. In case nothing has changed, does the Holy Slayer work decently with KW or Darcozzi?

    What are the best builds for companions?

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    i think that would be nice since they all got a backstory, banter etc... the most boring character is the one you create yourself...

     

    Speak for yourself, my Watcher is far from boring :p

    But aside from that, how are they supposed to write a narrative that can be told without the pivotal character being present?

     

     

    I have most of my companion builds already planned, but still kinda on the fence about Xoti and Maia. Geomancer looks to be pretty fun but Maia just seems to be a way, way better Ranger. As for Xoti, as someone else already mentioned, I honestly doubt the multiclass is worth losing out on faster access to the high level priest spells - but I guess I'll just have to wait and see how that turns out.

     

     

    well a lot of rpg do that...where you play a defined character...the witcher for example...i dont see the issue

     

     

    You were asking to play the game without The Watcher, who despite being a self-created character, is the main character. The Witcher equivalent would be asking if you can play the game without Geralt, or in case of a more fitting example, to play Dragon Age: Inquisition without the Inquisitor.

    What are the best builds for companions?

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    i think that would be nice since they all got a backstory, banter etc... the most boring character is the one you create yourself...

     

    Speak for yourself, my Watcher is far from boring :p

    But aside from that, how are they supposed to write a narrative that can be told without the pivotal character being present?

     

     

    I have most of my companion builds already planned, but still kinda on the fence about Xoti and Maia. Geomancer looks to be pretty fun but Maia just seems to be a way, way better Ranger. As for Xoti, as someone else already mentioned, I honestly doubt the multiclass is worth losing out on faster access to the high level priest spells - but I guess I'll just have to wait and see how that turns out.

    Portraits II

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    Hey everyone, long time lurker who decided to finally make an account for totally selfish reasons *g*

     

    I've been playing around with gimp and the online editor Aramintai posted in the last thread, trying to do my own watercolor portraits, but I just can't get anywhere close to the level as some of you guys. So, I have two questions:

     

    1. Are the images I'm using even suitable for this kind of stuff? My results were always either too light or blurry.

     

    jAuxomB.png    mkRte10.png

     

     

    2. If they are suitable, would one of you be willing to spare the time to look into 'watercoloring' them? I understand that we're only 10 days from release but I thought I'd just try anyway.

     

    Either way, cheers!

    is that the original image or did you crop it already? The cropping is way off compared to the base game. Do you have it in a larger format?

     

    I did crop it already, yeah. And sure, here's the original image.

    Portraits II

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

    Posted

    Hey everyone, long time lurker who decided to finally make an account for totally selfish reasons *g*

     

    I've been playing around with gimp and the online editor Aramintai posted in the last thread, trying to do my own watercolor portraits, but I just can't get anywhere close to the level as some of you guys. So, I have two questions:

     

    1. Are the images I'm using even suitable for this kind of stuff? My results were always either too light or blurry.

     

    jAuxomB.png    mkRte10.png

     

     

    2. If they are suitable, would one of you be willing to spare the time to look into 'watercoloring' them? I understand that we're only 10 days from release but I thought I'd just try anyway.

     

    Either way, cheers!

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