[How Do I Take Screenshots?]

I had this problem with Fortnite (STW) a while ago. (Maybe still have)

No idea why it is so complicated to take screenshots sometimes...

 

Like others have noted, using a screengrabber app might help.

I suggest using msi afterburner, because it also provides some other very useful features.

 

Have you tried switching between different fullscreen modes while using "printscreen"?

 

I will try it myself, just out of interest...

 

No problem. I am playing in fullscreen, without vsync, windows 10 64bit, AMD v18.3.1.

[What a second, there is no difficulty indicator fix?]

 

Yeah it is not good that you don't see the difficulty of the missions atm when you have some sort of scaling activated, but there is a workaround:

Somewhere someone posted a list of the missions with their lvl. Pretty inconvinent, but it helped a lot. Using my phone to check it when I am not sure what to do next.

 

The difficulty indicators show up for me, on both quests and mobs, with scaling enabled only upwards.

 

Currently with the latest beta patch ...34 I only saw a difficulty indicator once over a mob/boss Nemnok (1 skull and sword) but there are still no skulls in the questlog.

 

Maybe I am looking at the wrong place. I have no idea how it looks like exactly to be honest.

 

Playing with scaling up only critical path.

[The 'Changes for Balance' Thread]

I think it is still a nice bonus after this nerf. Just think about all the other effects already stacking in this situation: Weapon backstap bonus, crit, crit maginitude etc...

You also don't have to initiate combat with your rogue. Just reveal your tank, let your babarian leap in etc and then start stabbing with your ninja.

 

There are also multiple abilities that allow this class to use the backstab multiplier a couple of times during combat:

 

Smoke Veil (2)

 

Shadowing Beyond (4)

 

Enduring Shadows (7)

 

Vanishing Strike (9)

 

Potion of Invisibility

[[BUG] Figther's Refreshing Defense Duration Extension does not work]

title - tested it several times - no extension of the duration when you get hit...at least i couldn't notice any

does it work in the previous game version?

[What a second, there is no difficulty indicator fix?]

Yeah it is not good that you don't see the difficulty of the missions atm when you have some sort of scaling activated, but there is a workaround:

Somewhere someone posted a list of the missions with their lvl. Pretty inconvinent, but it helped a lot. Using my phone to check it when I am not sure what to do next.

[Did you ever feel like there was too little combat in Deadfire?]

For me exploring Neketaka the first time felt like it had not enough combat encounters.

[We really need an easier way to swap party members and inventory]

 

I think it is not intended that players strip the gear of their companions every time they are not used.

Passive companions do still fight during ship battles...

It's not about stripping companions of their gear. Quite the opposite, it's about optimally distributing new-found gear across all companions and not just the ones in your current party.

 

 

I agree with that.

 

Yesterday I bought a new helmet and it was transfered to a personal inventory (once again). And I didn't noticed it at first.

Then I had to spend several minuts swapping all my companions to find the item after I noticed it wasn't in my stash and I haven't sold it by accident to some vendor.

[Kinda dissapointed with PoE 2 :(]

Personally I don't expect a crpg to deliver more than books or movies bring on the table.

 

But I have to say the overall difficulty balancing definitely needs adjustments. I hope the next patch doesn't take long.

[Grimoire - in Pillars of Eternity 2...]

I think grimoires should only contain unique spells so they never overlap, or upgrades to already learned ones (Fireball +1). But not the same spells you can learn while leveling up.

It is just too confusing and it forces you to respec a couple of times.

 

Better UI info for already learned and/or unusable spells would be nice to have though.

 

Especially when playing a wizard subclass, that has restrictions on certain schools, the lack of UI indicators makes them even more confusing, because you have to look for books that have spells your char can cast.

 

I had to take screenshots of my spellpage and many grimoires to find an acceptable book for my Illusionist. It still has 4 spells I cannot use. :/

[NO KRAKEN?]

wrong forum...

[We really need an easier way to swap party members and inventory]

I think it is not intended that players strip the gear of their companions every time they are not used.

Passive companions do still fight during ship battles...

 

Imo there are really enough items in the game, so this isn't something I want to see implemented. I reached the limit of companions in my team and I enjoy equipping them with stuff I find along the way.

This kind of metagaming also breaks the immersion a bit too much imo if they would implement game features like auto strip or shared inventory.

 

I do agree with the overall party managment issues though.

Inventory filters could need an improvement (no item-type filter atm) aswell as the character swap mechanic.

[Spell list revamp]

Multiclassing your wizard with cipher/druid or priest improves the lack of spell variety to some degree.

[Kinda dissapointed with PoE 2 :(]

My "romantic moment" with xoti happened right after a jungle-fight with 2 companion deaths/ko's and lots of corpses on the floor.

[[Respec] Losing Abilities and Buffs from Respec/Retrain]

 

Can someone please provide a list of all the training related abilities? I already lost all watcher abilities (2) and was able to restore them with a mod, but now I need the names of the training bonuses I have lost in order to add them again.

 

There are probably more than these, but it's a start.

Training skills.png

https://spiritualsuccessor.net/abilities

 

Thanks, the word "training" was enough to find them all in the mod I am using atm.

[Grimoire recommendations for Illusionist Wizard (subclass)]

Does anyone have good recommendations for grimoires that synergise well with certain subclasses?

 

I am struggeling to find a good book for my illusionist wizard, once I realized she could not use many of the spells in them. (Conjuration and Enchanting)

 

Shows a bit the weak side of the grimoire system.

 

 

Currently I am using Leofwyn's Grimoire.

 

 

 

 

 

It has

10x Evocation Spells,

2x Illusion Spells,

2x Transmutation Spells,

2x Enchanting Spells,

2x Conjuration Spells

 

So not optimal because of 4 wasted slots, but other grimoires I've inspected so far seem to have more spells I cannot use.

The whole thing is a bit confusing if you ask me.

 

Edit: Found a pretty good one for Illusionist Wizards around lvl 15. (tough quest)

 

Arkemyr's Illuminating Discoveries

 

 

 

 

[[Respec] Losing Abilities and Buffs from Respec/Retrain]

Can someone please provide a list of all the training related abilities? I already lost all watcher abilities (2) and was able to restore them with a mod, but now I need the names of the training bonuses I have lost in order to add them again.

[Game crash while switching companions at sea]

Not quite sure but I think some chars are ok.
Last time I switched Pallegina into my party and confirmed the change, the game crashed though.

[The crashing and blue-screening is ruining the experience.]

Install MSI Afterburner and manually adjust your gpu fan speed. Like someone said above, the game causes many gpu to overheat and then the system shuts down.

You can also use this program to create a detailed protocoll that says exactly what happened before a crash in terms of temperature, gpu/cpu load, fan speed etc...

[[Respec] Losing Abilities and Buffs from Respec/Retrain]

Is there a way to make sure if and how many ability/skillpoints were lost?

 

I respecced a couple of times and I am not quite sure which chars are affected.

 

How many watcher skill do you normally have with lvl 10? Are they also listed in the skill tree?

 

And how many skillpoints do you have with lvl 10?

[Running the game with minimum requirements]

new computer might not help - i have a high end pc with gtx 1080 and my game crashes about every 5 minutes regardless of what i do so....

 

Have you tried playing it on super low settings? everything unchecked, even vsync, and framerate limited to 30 fps? Worked for me. Then try to activade some of the options one by one.

My problem was gpu overheating. I am also using msi afterburner to increase the gpu fan speed.

 

I am not an expert but something seems wrong with the unity engine.

[Need boarding mechanics clarification: Crew numbers]

I almost lost my first seabattle because of this. Really weird...

Maybe the ship size/type on the world map is an indicator how well defended its crew will be, or the boarding strenght correlates simply with difficulty settings?

[Can I Change The Spells In Aloth's Grimoire?]

2 quick questions, sorry if this has been adressed before:
Do I see which spells are in my current grimoire while selecting new ones during a lvl up? And are there spells exclusive to certain grimoires, so you are not able to learn them via lvl up?

[Anyone else accidentally killed all npcs in Undercroft and Delver's Row?]

This is currently happening to me aswell!
Now I am trying to figure out how to get out of this mess. Problem is, a quest will get canceled when you fight your way through the fort and then the try to get past the gangster gatekeeper once you reach the undercroft from the opposite site.
He will start his normal dialogue, but immediately becomes hostile before the dialogue starts and will then attack your group afterwards, even when you agree to go away.

I tried to confuse the thugs via spell in order to sneak past them but it didn't work.

Now I try to find another way out of the gullet or I think I have to live with the decreased rep from killing these people.

Btw, I managed to sneak past everyone in the hidden fort/vault.

[Pillars of Eternity crashes under Windows 10 consistently.]

Sounds like an gpu overheating problem. Try limiting your framerate to 30 and disable vsync. Also lower most of the gfx settings. Most importanty shadow quality.

 

I use "TechPowerUp GPU-Z" to monitor my gpu temerature. You can set it to protocoll all the sensor info to a txt file. There you can see what happened before the crash occured. The txt file is saved every 2 seconds or so. My temp was around 65°C but the fan wasn't even at 50%.

 

You can also use your graphics card software to even lower the performance impact a little further. I made a custom game profile and disabled some features that are enabled by default, just to make sure to have the lowest performance cost to begin testing.

 

After a  while a was able to bring back most of the settings.

 

Atm I play poe deadfire with no ambient occlusion, no high quiality water, shadows, no vsync and framerate limit to 30.

 

I also opened my pc case to make sure there is a better airflow. Remember, it is almost summer...

 

You can also check your gpu fan for dust, clean it if necessary.

 

Manually increasing the gpu fan speed might also help (can be risky). But I recommend using the protocol test first, so you know how fast it turns at what temerature. Again, my gpu fan seemed a bit lazy, setting it to 50% helped a lot to keep the temperature below 60°C.
 

Edit: I am testing msi afterburner atm, this way you can adjust the whole fan curve so it overides the default auto settings.

Here is a quick tutorial how to use it: