arober
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American accents are very dull and boring as it is, having to listen to them yet again in a video game is just torture. And its completely out of place, even for colonies. Imagine if BG1 or BG2 had such low quality accents, how would you have been able to immerse into the game? Imagine if Sarevok spoke with the dull american accent, would you have played the game and subsequently played all its babies like POE?
There are many youtubers who post vids them playing POE who have a much more appropriate voice/accent than many of the voices in the game. I dont think its a budget problem, its something else
as a person who works every single day with lots of Brits, I can say that nothing is more boring than a pretend fantasy person speaking like they're in a high shool production of Macbeth.
maybe consider that what is boring to you, will actually be refreshing for a whole bunch of people.
and also tell me this - what makes you an authority on how kith from Eora should speak? do you have a degree in Eora linguistics and phonetics? have you created this world and can speak with confidence about how an Island Aumaua raised in the Ixamitl Plains or whatever would sound? what exactly does "appropriate" mean in this concept?
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I got a necklace even though he died. ah, well,maybe I'll save him on a second PT.
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Man I managed to save Pallegina's friend but my god I don't think I could've did it without 2 mages. The cc was soooo necessary to keep him from being one shot.
There are easier ways to do it - https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/99140-a-man-of-chimes-quest-how-do-i-save-giacolo/?p=2019569
Dang it if only I didn't hate dragging Xoti around.
Giacolo would gladly sacrifice himself to spare you the pain of taking Xoti out on a mission.
you have nothing to be sorry about.
Nah my PC and Aloth managed to CC the whole room long enough for Pallegina, Eder and Takehu to clean up.
Oh, nice job. Giacolo died in my game, but I feel like Pallegina appreciated that we tried at least.
I really like having talks with her in this game. She kinda steals the shows, when it comes to companions.
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Man I managed to save Pallegina's friend but my god I don't think I could've did it without 2 mages. The cc was soooo necessary to keep him from being one shot.
There are easier ways to do it - https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/99140-a-man-of-chimes-quest-how-do-i-save-giacolo/?p=2019569
Dang it if only I didn't hate dragging Xoti around.
Giacolo would gladly sacrifice himself to spare you the pain of taking Xoti out on a mission.
you have nothing to be sorry about.
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Wait I want to make sure I understand.
An American accent is immersion breaking, but a Latin, Italian, or English accent are perfectly fine?
Okayyyyyyy......
You can't have it both ways. If one real world accent is immersion breaking, so are the rest of them. Don't confuse their accent with just average or poor VO.
by that logic I should've spent the last couple of years raging about Pallegina's faux-Italian accent. and then she has a faux-Italian accent but she's black in pseudo-medieval times and she's in a fantasy video game and she has feathers... I cannot suspend my disbelief that far, the accent has GOT TO GO.
people get hung up on the silliest things sometimes.
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cannot spell.
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the fact that they speak English on an alien fantasy planet is fine. but god forbid they don't speak all fancy.
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First game's story is decent. At least it had a point. Grieving Mother talks way too much though I grant you.
I've never found anything terribly funny in either one.
The story, maybe, is decent. The storytelling and the script are abhorrent.
And I wouldn't say "funny". The second game has moments of wit, though.
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I would just straight up not buy this game, if Durance were in it.
I'd just sacrifice him and get a cool effigy. As it is Maia's gonna have to be it.
I'd call you a fiery whore of a player for sacrificing Maia, but that might be against forum policy. So I will not call you that.
If I sacrifice anyone from the party, it's Xoti. I like the rest too much.
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Yeah, the gods did Pallegina wrong and then she learns that they are a total sham anyway, I don't think she cares how she comes off or she is too angry to see that the way she behaves won't change anything.
Nor should she care.
I get her.
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It's just that Pallegina has been othered by everyone in her life, her entire life. She owes no explanations. If she went around murdering innocents, I'd still be able to find sympathy for her - because it'd be the cruel world who'd turn her to that. But still she's trying to be a force for order and betterment of others. I dig Pallegina.
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I would just straight up not buy this game, if Durance were in it.
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I can forgive Pallegina for her attitude toward the gods. Mostly because my Watcher knows her, but also I know her and I know her story and her pain and I get her.
That's the thing, really - you know her. To an average Eoran, she comes off as completely insane. Case in point: Tekehu's reaction to her meltdown during the whole figurine thing.
It's reasonable to agree with Pallegina's views, yes. Still, despite her full knowledge of the status quo, she consistently chooses horrible and tone-deaf ways of communicating them to people.
To be perfectly honest, I can relate. I come off as an insane person a lot. Representation matters.
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if people loved Hiravias as much as they love Eder, he'd suddenly have a reason to show up in the Deadfire, believe you me.
As someone who liked Hiravias, I'll just go and cry in the corner over there :D Here's hoping for some sort of cameo in future dlc's.
I like him, too! I also love love love Sagani. They're just not really sequel material, if you know what I mean.
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Well Eder is iconic so he has a high chance of reappearing.
Devs didn't choose returning companions for their iconic status but by who had the most sense to be in Deadfire. Eder because of Eothas, Aloth because of his unfinished business with the Leaden Key, Pallegina because of VRC.
and the fact that those three are the most liked and most iconic characters from POE1 did not hurt.
if people loved Hiravias as much as they love Eder, he'd suddenly have a reason to show up in the Deadfire, believe you me.
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Ahh, Rekke just told me that I should take him home and he would show me what fun is.
*thinks about what-ifs* *scurries off to write fanfic*
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I can forgive Pallegina for her attitude toward the gods. Mostly because my Watcher knows her, but also I know her and I know her story and her pain and I get her.
Maia is a soldier with a sense of patriotic duty - I can dig that, even if I profoundly disagree with her actions, I do see the reason behind them. Maia is sane and she is right (from her point of view, even if mine is different).
Xoti is... I have no freaking idea what she is, other than extra horny.
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Doesn't change the fact that I gave her the boot as soon as Maia and Pallegina became available, because hello, sane ladies who kick ass.
Maia and Pallegina...sane?
Bouahahahahahahaha
Granted, I set a fairly low bar by comparing them to Xoti, but at least there's SOME semblance of logic behind Maia and Pallegina's actions.
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I don't know, i liked Aeldys.
Bit of a nutter, but hey, who isn't?
everyone in the Deadfire is kind of a piece of crap. Aeldys is at least against slavery.
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Personally, one of my biggest gripes with humanity is people who thought that either of the games had a good story.
They both had bad stories. The second game is at least fun, witty, and knows when to shut the hel up, though.
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I think part of my fondness of Xoti is that I like her voice actress, Laura Bailey. Even with that wild southern accent, I find her character to be endearing. But yeah, my character isn't particularly fond of the gods, so it's usually a groan when she starts on about Gaun. I'm still in Act 1, so I'm hoping there's some way to either nudge her against them, or at very least make her question them, similar to Eder. But I'm not sure where the story goes with Eothas, so I guess I'll see.
I found Xoti to be very endearing at the beginning. And I will admit that what soured me on her was the fact that she seemed to think she was in a love triangle with the Watcher and Eder when neither was actually interested in her. Which was probably the bugs.
Doesn't change the fact that I gave her the boot as soon as Maia and Pallegina became available, because hello, sane ladies who kick ass.
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Oh..
didn't mean anything . You can like whoever you want .
Just personally , I find pallagina kinda of an ass . And I do love Xoti .
I understand why Pallagina hate the gods and everything . But the fact remain , she work for the devil regardless . (In my opinion that is) .
In comparaison , Xoti is a saint . She is trying to do good (well unless you push her to do bad) .
I still like Pallagina as a character , it just if I were to choose who to save ? she will lose .
I didn't mean anything by anything as well, no worries.
Xoti so far infuriates me. I guess it'll be different once I RP a different personality on my next playthrough. And once a patch, hopefully, fixes the relationship progression.
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does dating Kana's best friend make Maia a bad sister?
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considering who Pallagenia work for...me think it's the other way around
idk, at least I like Pallegina, she's a gorgeous, feathery badass who has long ago ran out of ****s to give.
Xoti's... also on the ship, I guess...
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I've just had the scene where Xoti loses her crap on Pallegina for saying she'd not super fond of the gods.
I hadn't liked Xoti before that.
I think she's gonna have some fun wandering around the Port Maje marketplace during all my subsequent playthroughs because girl be crazy.
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Please tell me that he isn't. Can you imagine how horrible he would be fully voiced...?
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Entering Engwithan Digsite Arena Sub-level causes freeze
in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)
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I have just started a new playthrough and it's actually outrageous that this has not been fixed after so any patches. Outrageous.