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Good morning boys and girls ! So far I have a really smooth run with my Tactician/Bellower and it's a lot of fun, I can say its like I wanted to play. But I'm playing on PS4 and I've noticed a strange bug I've seen at the start of Deadfire on ps4. I hoped for a fix but it didn't happen. Every time a chant is chanted I get two phrases instead of one... I have to do a little more testing but I fear this problem is unique to me or never been noticed by someone else, cause it's nothing to read about on the internet. And patch support has been closed so there will be no solution for it. But this breaks my game experience completely. Two phrases instead of one are just too much of a big deal for my Tactician/Bellower and makes the game too easy. Is there a somewhat similar multiclass to my Tactician/Bellower ? Something with the same focus on cc and dmg combined ? I want to get away from Chanters completely, cause this bug is making things to easy ! Thinking about Tactician/Wizard or maybe anything with or without Fighter(Tactician) in it. I want to keep companions in my team and I almost definitely want to have a Cipher, Druid, Priest, (Wizard) In my team. Any help is appreciated !

I'd love to use your mod, but I'm on PS4. I can't mod it there so I'm stuck to no subclasses on companions. Maybe I'm exchange them after their personal quest. Those sources for armor reduction are really nice ! I had the abilities in mind but not those weapons/armors. Thank you !

How about: Priest/Chanter: Look at this Monk/Cipher: With mortars for good focus Supply Pala/Wizard: Tank ?! Fighter/Barbarian: Offtank, second melee Ranger/Druid: Last combination possible, if you dont want to have a rogue, maybe effective with take down combo ? That's what comes in my mind, but here are many who know much more about this game than me.

That's right and brilliant will give a good boost to phrases. I want to use mainly killers froze stiff, her revenge swept across the land, seven nights and maybe one summon. There'll be always a little delay between Invocations, but I guess it's fine. And I want to use fighter skills too so maybe Bellower gives me enough space in my action economy. Dont want to cast only offensive Invocations, even if it's very effective, so a big bang from Bellower sounds very very good !

Thanks for clarifying ! So a Bellower can get absurd amounts of +PL, only downside is every Invocation clears the whole phrase pool. But +35% dmg multiplicative is nothing to joke about, not including the given +pen

There's one question in my mind regarding Bellower and PL. So I cast a Invocation and all phrases get converted to PL. Do really all phrases become +PL or is it phrase count Invocation cost = +PL ? Does a let's say PL 5 Invocation get the full PL bonus or does is only get +PL above 5 ? I mean this: 7 phrases = +7PL PL5 Invocation is casted, so would it get +7PL or +2PL Does empower PL and Bellower PL stack ?

Oh my god, this is incredible and nothing I would have ever thought about. I guess it's only available a bit later in the game but it sounds very potent to be a gamechanger/-break. Thanks for sharing your insight @Kaylon

That sounds interesting, can you explain it a bit further? I've tried Tactician/Bellower and the starting island has never been that easy. I found myself casting Invocations most of the time and stayed a bit behind with an arquebuse for safety reasons (this will be melee soon). The dmg was very good and the summon support was enough to have 100% uptime. But @Boeroerhad a good point with his Skald and 2 phrased Invocations. That's a really big point ! I think I have to test this and decide between Bellower and Skald. I'm just afraid that I end up casting only Invocations so a SC Bellower/Skald would be fine for higher PL too, but then I would be more of a caster and no melee bruiser. Oh god so much to think about @Kaylonlet's me think about a Priest/Chanter but there would be no melee anymore and someone else has to go bruiser from the group...

Does the increase in PL add for the casted Invocation or does it get added after it ? Suddenly Bellower sounds interesting again. Seems like it would have a good action economy cause every cast of an Invocation clears the whole phrase pool so I could use fighter skills then and after my phrases are back I could cast an Invocation again. Long story short, less Invocations but with more impact and even summons would last longer so the lost phrases wouldn't really matter that much in long fights. Interesting, very interesting !

So after all reading and comparing of those informations I'm gonna go go for Tactician/Skald. It seems to be the most effective and fun multiclass for what I want to do and it sounds quite fun/interesting to have a mix of melee attacks and Invocations. Summons can be thrown out to so everything is fine. On paper a really diverse multiclass with dmg potential. Thank you all for your help and input !

Can someone confirm this ? Cause I've red the exact opposite. How long does the PL bonus last ? I mean is it long enough to get two other Invocations out ?

Thanks for those "infos" The problem I see with Bellower is that lower PL bonuses override higher if I remember correctly, so only the last is applied to the next an so on. I guess Skald will produce more phrases if Troubadour dosnt activate Brisk Recitation. But the long lingering from Troubadour sounds fine, but on the other hand songs are stopped after activating an Invocation. What weapon would be good for Skalds ? DW over 2handed ? Maybe rapier with modal on or Wotep with higher Deflection like you said @Boeroer As for stats: Does dex affect casting speed of Invocations ? I know it doesn't affect chant speed. Int: 15 should be enough ?

Thanks for all those replys ! Very interesting and informative input from everyone. I've toyed around with Trickster/Beguiler and I have noticed that it's not the combination I want as my mc, it just dosnt feel that good in the early game for me. I have the feeling I need to be a bit more sturdy to brawl things out. I'm going for the Tactician/Chanter route for this playthrough. It's a multiclass I have in mind since ages. I like the idea of having infinite resources and pressure through different cc possibilitys. Also its interesting, in theory, to go melee and cast invocations/summons. I'm not going the supportive route here but more cc/dmg. So for my chanter I'm not set yet to a multiclass but Belower, Skald or Troubadour sound the most appealing to me. Troubadour is a safe bet, nothing to do wrong and could be very nice for lingering chants. Skald is excellent with Wotep for phrase generation is crits and lower offensive Invocation cost. But is the phrase generation through crits reliable constant ? Belower is a option I didn't mind till now, but sounds interesting and like a power house throught its unique PL mechanic, phrase generation through brilliant should/could be fine. Maybe this even gives balance between use of both classes. Does the PL bonus apply to fighter skills and how long does the PL bonus last ? For my group I favor: SC Priest Xoti-> Vatnir SC Cipher Serafen or Ydwin Swashbuckler Eder Last slot Tekehu/Fassina/ Aloth Maybe I'm going without mage

Hello guys ! I'm back to PoE 2 after a long time. I trying to figure out which MC to play and whom to pick as companions. I'm thorn between: Fighter/Chanter: Offtankish with good options for cc and creating good pressure. As subclasses possibly Tactician/Troubadour, Devoted/Skald Rogue/Cipher: Offtank with selfbuff potential via psychovamp shield, phantom foe, ...subclasses could be Trickster/Beguiler Fighter/Paladin: Offtank, Devoted or Tactician, Paladin idk Rogue/Chanter: Offtank, CC&DmgTrickster and Troubadour So I'm in for a "tanky" melee but can't decide which one. Every single multiclass is playable in the end. For my party I want a diverse composition of classes/multiclass and I like supports like Paladins, Chanter, Priests, Druids,... and so on. It's hard to find a good composition of companions to cover all those classes with multi and single classes.... I like Vatnir, Ydwin, Eder, Aloth, Tekehu, the laughing Skaldboy. But I can't set them in order properly to get most classes covered in a good manner and get a MC in the end I want to play. Maybe someone has a good idea ?

The game should be playable in a compatibility mode on ps5. But some features might not work properly. No compatibility by developers needed

https://www.xboxdynasty.de/news/xbox-one/pillars-of-eternity-3-moeglich-wenn-obsidian-will/ Linked text is German.

Honestly, I don't have a problem with that. I got a mouth to say what I want/ don't want and can stand my ground. I'm not gay and I don't feel uncomfortable if a gay guy would be attracted to me and try to flirt. As long as everything goes in a good manner and not into, let's say dirty talking or touching. Cause I know my sexuality. If someone flirts you, you don't need to flirt back. If you feel uncomfortable with something say it or leave the situation. Honestly, I think sexual harassment against women is much worse but that's another topic

I'm sorry I don't get it. In the end it's a game and the conversations are preset. To let everyone have a relationship with any gender is easier to code I think. You can always say "nope I'm not interested in a deeper relationship". Maybe you put to much of yourself into the game ? And what's about this "In real life, if someone know that I prefer female partner and he still ask me this question like the one Tekehu asked, he obviously harass me. However, if he does not know my type, I still think he should not ask this question. What he should have asked first is what my sexual preference is, so that he may know whether he is in the scope or not. Sorry don't know how to quote properly on my mobile. But what I wanted to say: where is the harassment ? I don't get it, I'm really sorry. Counterquestion: Assume you are married with a wife and have two children with her. Now a wife, who knows that, starts flirting/talking with you every day. Would that be a harrassment too ? Or would that be ok ?

Maybe this helps https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1409067909 It's old but should work anyway

Does the Bellower +PL work for everything or just for Invocations ? Imagine a Cantor could get better fists than a single class monk oO

How does the Bellower +PL mechanic work ? So I understand you cast an Invocation and get +PL for consumed phrases. Then you can extend the +PL duration with SoT, no problem with that either. But now, how exactly does the +PL work mechanically. You get it once with let's say +5PL and prolong it with SoT. Now you cast another Invocation wich would give you +6PL. What happens now ? Does the +5PL get overwritten by +6PL or does it add up to +11PL ? I would test it but I'm on PS4 and don't have a Bellower/Priest at hand.

Maybe this is a viable Ultimate contender on PS4

I know how you feel buddy ! I red here since PC release and waited for the PS4 release. I theory crafted hours and hours for the perfect party and the perfect player character. Red so much about game mechanics, it almost felt like my "old" gamer times By the way big up for thelee and his really great FAQ/game guide. You always remind me how bad my mathematical knowledge is when I look up some stuff. Btt: I started some playthroughs even I wanted to play it only once or one after the other. I'm really happy that you guys try out so much different builds and combinations and that you can even create your own backgrounds and story's for you chars ! Really awesome ! If I'm hones I'm tried this too, it's not that I have no fantasy but that im really bad at RP. I started a playthrough with a custom party, my Hunting party of Woedica. The party was really good and it was fun to play this combination of classes but RP as a judge/inquisitor of Woedica wasn't my piece of cake. I first felt bad after the first 5 minutes of gameplay when I robbed the children of the Dawnstar and killed them afterwards. Oh lord I felt bad so I started again and played like I always and up playing, as myself. Now I'm a Kind Wayfarer/Soulblade and it fits for me. In conversations I answer like I think it's right and like I would do it in real life. Till now everything is fine and I'm enjoying the game with my light hearted companions

Stealth and pickpocketing is broken on PS4. It works different as described here. It's almost impossible to pickpocket and even more to steal from crates. The detected indicator is almost always active but not accurate, means I can steal while the game shows me I'm detected but I don't get any penalties while stealing. Oh gosh, it's a long way to go !

Actually it feels like its broken, most of the time I start sneaking and my circle is immediately red. I'll try more later but its definitely not fun !