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I’ve decided to run a custom party for my latest potd play through. I never tried the new subclasses, so my main will be a melee trickster rogue +tactician fighter. To join him on his adventure, I’m bringing Tank / healer - troubadour chanter + shield paladin 2nd melee dps- barbarian + monk (not sure on subclasses for either) ranged dps / healer / debuffer - kind wayfairer paladin + beguiler Between the Herald and my second paladin, I feel like I have more than enough healing to keep the team going. The cipher/paladin should help me trigger brilliance with my tactician/rogue. And between my main, my ranged paladin/cipher, and the monk/barb, feel like I should have plenty of dps. So my main issue is that I have no clue who to select for my fifth team member. I feel like if I take on more DPS or more healing or even more Debuffing, I’ll make the game too easy. I am probably being very naïve and I don’t remember how hard the game used to be. Any suggestions from people on how to fill out the remainder of my team? Thanks.

Hi All, Does anyone know if the various fire effects on Monk's and Chanters are benefited by improved Fire Power Levels? For example, would Magran's Favor help a Monk's Burning Lash via Turning Wheel? Or a chanter's The Dragon Thrashed, the Dragon wailed? I'm interested in putting together a crit based Monk / Skald build that can benefit from increased crit opportunities from weapons like Sun and Moon. However, that got me wondering if I could leverage the fire power levels from Sun and Moon along with other gear to improve this build even further. Grateful for any thoughts that folks might have, either about Fire Power Levels or just about a good way to build a melee focused Monk + Skald. Thanks!

Thank you very much Fhav6x! Those wings were indeed the biggest problem with the model. I am very grateful for your help.

Thanks Fhav6X. See the below image. Also, it looks like the model ID in the game data bundle is sabre09. "ModelVisualDataPath": "prefabs/items/appearance/weapons/sabre/a_sabre09.asset" Thanks in advance!

My favorite sabre in the game is the Aldris Blade of Captain Crow. It fits well with my high crit characters. Regarding it's appearance, it has a really sleek blade with cool glyphs etched on the side. It's great. The handle on the other hand is just awful. It is such a break in immersion that my sinister ninja type character has to stick his hand into the golden chicken carcass whenever he pulls his weapon. Request: Is there anyone here who can mod the model for this weapon so that we can keep the cool blade, but just replace the handle with a regular sabre handle? I know that I can just change the weapon model entirely, but I really wanted to preserve the blade on this weapon if possible. I am sure this is more complicated than a simple change in the gamedatabundle, but I am hoping that some of the awesome people in this forum might know how to do this. Thanks in advance!

Hi All, The Fighter>Devoted subclass can select only 1 weapon proficiency at creation. I want to apply the same restriction to the Rogue>Assassin subclass as well for roleplaying reasons. However, I can't seem to find the code in the game's files that enforces this limit of just 1 proficiency. I can find the code that controls weapon proficiencies for all characters as you level up in the Global gamedatabundle, but I don't want to limit all of my companions to only one proficiency. Only my assassin. Can anyone help me find the code I need to add to make my customizations? Thanks a lot in advance!

One idea I've been toying with is creating a second ability similar to Soul Annihilation that would offer a defensive bonus. Name: Soul Reinforcement (name subject to change) Description: The Cipher consumes all of his Focus to create a protective mental barrier around himself. The strength of the barrier is proportional to the amount of Focus consumed. Shares the same cooldown with Soul Annihilation Details: 15 second Defense bonus (Deflection & Will) 1 Defense Point per 8 Focus Consumede.g. Casting Soul Reinforcement with 90 Focus will buff Deflection & Will by 11 points each for 15 seconds Shares the same 10 second cooldown with Soul Annihilation (based on the mod that was designed in my original post) I am still thinking through what kind of Defensive buff I should use. Not sure if the one I just described is a little too plain, or too imbalanced. Potentially, there might be room to create a third Soul ability that gives the Soul Blade an interesting ability kit. Then they would have multiple options with regards to how they handle their focus. They could now generate 1 of 3 effects at a time (all on the same cooldown): either increased damage, increased defense, or some other utility ability that still needs some consideration.

I took a stab at creating a similar mod solution on my own yesterday afternoon. Not nearly as clean and elegant as yours, but I managed to get the desired results in-game. I largely referenced the configurations for the newly added Forbidden Fist monk class. I only realized yesterday that the solution I was looking for in the Soul Blade was recently created for the FF. With a few copies and tweaks, I was able to reapply the same logic. Still need to go back in and clean up the superfluous code and add some appropriate GUI entries (right now the debuff says "Cipher Forbidden Fist cost increase 900"). Hmm... I'm looking for an option to share my gamedata file, but I don't see it on my screen. I did have one more idea that I wanted to share. Not sure if I should create a new post or not, but here it goes: Problem The existing Soul Annihilation cast is visually unimpressive. Ideally, the cast would ignite the Cipher's Primary Weapon in purple flames similar to the visual FX in POE1. Now, I have found a prefab file for Citzal's Great Sword that would be perfect for the cipher. "OnEquipVisualEffects": [ { "VisualEffect": "prefabs/effects/abilities/wizzard/fx_citzals_enchanted_armory_sword_wpn.prefab", "AttachPoint": "Fx_Bone_01", "EmissiveColor": { "A": 1, "R": 0.8313726, "G": 0.7764706, "B": 1 }, "EmissiveGlowScale": 1, "ScaleToCharacter": "false" } ], The problem is that I cannot figure out how to add the FX to the Soul Annihilation cast as opposed to adding it directly to a given weapon. The FX is pretty intense and would be annoying if it was permanently present versus just appearing on an ability cast You don't want to have to apply the FX to every single weapon you want to use on your Cipher Proposed Solution Enhance the Soul Annihilation ability entry so that the above Citzal FX is invoked on the Cipher's Primary Weapon every time Soul Annihilation is cast.

Not sure where the issue is, but the mod seems to cause an issue with Deadfire upon loading up the game. After the game starts and you are brought to the main menu, a number of the option buttons are disabled (e.g. the Load saved game button is grayed out and has a gear next to it). As soon as I disabled the Annihilation mod, the game menu was fine again. Trying to go through the files myself, but can't put my finger on the problem. -N

Thanks Max! Especially for turning something around so quickly. I'll take a look at the file and test it out later today. Your alternative idea for Annihilation sounds intriguing. I'll track your post to see how it works out. It definitely would add more complexity to the mechanics for SA. -N

Problem Soul blades are a terrific class concept, but tend to feel dull when you actually play them. Most people tend to use their Focus to just spam Soul Annihilation over and over. As a result, the rest of the Cipher's ability set just gets ignored because it is generally better to spend Focus on Annihilation than on another spell. This leads to an effective, but ultimately bland playing experience. Proposed Feature I want to introduce a cooldown to Soul Annihilation. Proposal Value Limiting a player's usage of Soul Annihilation will force him/her to be more tactical in its use and will also encourage the use of other Cipher abilities while Soul Annihilation is on cooldown. Suggested Implementation Apply a debuff to the player upon using Soul Annihilation The debuff should be designed to increase the base cost of Annihilation to an unattainably high value (e.g. 500 Focus instead of 10) The inflated cost to use Annihilation will effectively lock out the skill until the debuff ends, in effect creating a cooldown The debuff can be set in the Status.gamedatabundle files and can be configured by each player to best fit their tastes - I would propose roughly 10 seconds During the 10 seconds, the player can continue to use Focus on other buffs, debuffs or damage abilities without penalty or benefit - only Soul Annihilation is affected Request I am fairly confident that this mod can be designed within the gamedatabundle files, but likely requires more competence than I have with this sort of thing. Is there anyone here who shares my thoughts about Soul Blades that would like to help in creating this mod? Thanks! -N