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    List of Current Bugs (1.03.0530)(1.04 pending)

    in Pillars of Eternity: Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)

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    lets see.

     

    1) Rinatto is inside the bar, even though I used deception to run him out of town.

     

    2) while walking, not in battle, my party went into combat and instantly killed a noble by the celestial hotel. no one seemed to notice. then my group tried to attack the head monk but I stopped them. I saved game and restarted. no random murder yet.

     

    3) not a bug, but Serel fought off bad guys, he barely lived, and then he says the same thing he said before the end of act 2? seemed not-immersive. surely the fact that he lived through a mob, fought that mob off, and saw me help him would merit new dialogue.

    Light or medium or heavy armor - melee rogue

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

    Posted · Edited by kelticpete

    Maybe a better player than I could make a good melee rogue, but it is hard to do so if you want to use an attack to sneak up on them. they instantly go for you.

     

    one thing to do would be to have your other characters melee first, then engage after they attack. 

     

    the goal with a rogue is to always attack  "when  the target is Blinded, Flanked, Hobbled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Prone, Stuck, Stunned or Weakened, as well as when any target is struck within two seconds of combat starting."  

     

    if you melee, you can also use the invisible thing twice per encounter. that should help a melee rogue out.

     

    personally, I have used my high sneak this way 

     

    1) scout. find enemy.

    2) array my party a bit behind me, or by a chokehold. 

    3) get as close as I can, and lay a trap (if it is a big toughie) and then sneak with my arbalest. 

    4) run so that the hostile triggers trap.

    5) run to party, who are now all engaging the hostile. by the time they get near the part, my ranger has wounded it from range, and my priest has interdicted the area.

     

    often the first hostile is dead by the time the mob hits my party, so I use rogue or other means to hobble another target, and take down that one. 

     

    I try to hobble first and save my blind for the hostile that is the toughest. blind is great. 

     

    All that to say that I go with medium armor for my rogue, though I think a really finessed hardcore gamer would take light armor, enchant it, and play with lower dr but faster reaction.

    Vendors vendors, who gots what I want?

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

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    So if anyone knows a place online or in their own experience

     

    I would love to know where all the food/item vendors are.

     

    I have found mr. gemstone who sells diamonds in 

    Odran's gift 

     

    and the ingredient vendor in your stronghold. 

     

    But I really want some cocoa! (and knowing where other stuff is would be nice.

     

    anyone find cocoa?

    or can list food vendors?

    Was Ayn Rand a moron?

    in Way Off-Topic

    Posted · Edited by kelticpete

    My  take:

     

    1) Ayn was very clever. she thought a lot. She explored new ideas. I like that in a person. I think she and I would have fun sparring intellectually. she is not a moron. 

     

    2) However,  she was a "sophmore". Which means literally wise-fool. She was one of those people who think big, have great ideas.

    But she never moved on to the next level. what is that level?  In getting a master's I learned the importance of curiosity and humility.

    There are far more brilliants minds than me, and though I have to decide for myself, I do not fall into the folly of dismissing other people's work/data/stats just because I like mine more.

    Ayn lacked humility. She never took seriously the idea that she could be wrong. She had the "I am the smartest person in the room" syndrome.

    I know I am not the smartest. And knowing that actually allows me to learn tons more than she ever could. 

     

    A story to illustrate:

     

     Ever argue with someone who has no humility? They don't listen to what you say, they only prepare a defense against it. I once argued with a new friend about gun control. I am a liberal, he was right wing. He argued that if I think the first amendment is so sacred, why not the second? Ayn would not have listened  to someone who disagreed with her. I did. I  realized he was right. I said, "you are totally right. I really like gun control but I now agree that gun control is unconstituional." He almost fell out of his chair.

    I said, "I don't debate, I discuss. And I can change my mind." This conservative friend of mine then started to really LISTEN when I talked. because I had listened to him we both had better discussions and we both learned and changed our minds on things. He told me I re-defined what it means to be a christian for him. So we both changed. 

     

    (side note: the issue of gun control is an example..so if you think I am wrong, fine that is not the point of the story. the point is Humility/listening)

     

     

    3) she misunderstood how human selfishness works. if people were always Rationally selfish, and also working from decent intel/information then objectivism would work better.  but we are frail. it don't work ;)

     

    But people constantly do things that are not in their best interest. she assumes we will be good at being selfish when actually we actually do it pretty poorly. we do something because of impulse or fatigue that is not what we really want. If I was good at being selfish, I would exercise everyday for myself.

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    ineffectivce weapons and other questions

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

    Posted · Edited by kelticpete

    thanks for the stiletto advice, I have had more success with that, except against ogres. my fighter is eder but my rogue has very high dex and might. I will try the two weapons talent. I have taken crippling strike and that has helped.  I saw my rogue has made 93 crits, much more than any other party member.

     

    I am in act two, I wish I could just rebuild my rogue without starting over, just once would be enough. 

    ineffectivce weapons and other questions

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

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    so sometimes, especially my two most melee characters, have ineffective weapons.

     

    I have a rogue who has piercing/slashing and can swtich to crushing/piercing. sometimes neither seems to be effective.

     

    some monsters don't have their DR stuff listed yet.

     

    I was wondering if the Prima guide might be of help, or if anyone here had suggestions.

     

    what I have done with my rogue and fighter have been to use one melee one ranged. 

     

    I just got a ranger, so I can switch up the fighter.

     

    also, I am the least effective member of my party (if I can keep mage alive)

     

    the rogue invisibilty I use, in the heat of combat, does not seem worth the talent point to get the sneak in. also, she is squishing so a sneak attack at 2 meters then involves sprinting back to the tanks, sometimes not fast enough.

     

    sorry for long post. liking game. just wanted advice.

     

     

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