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Just curious. Pillars of Eternity is such rich and interesting setting, with lots of interesting lore, Gods and factions. Considering the success of the survival craft game, games with relative low budget like Windrose, Soulmask and etc making huge profits. Many assets from Avowed could be used and there is packets that allow building and resource gathering on engines relative easy I do believe that in terms of ROI, a survival craft game that plkays like Windrose BUT with Pillars of Eternity iconic abilities would be great.

I will try to solo Pillars 1 as a Cipher. Thanks for the update. Any chance of bringing Deadfire subclasses into 1 too?

Most of the new recruits aren't volunteers. But no way does Ukraine have a 100% KIA ratio; I doubt that it is 10%, considering how we have over a thousand Brazilians fighting for Ukraine and only 22 confirmed dead (src in pt). Hence, there are a lot of people that have fought against Russia since 2014. And near all of the Azov leadership, Andriy Biletsky and Denis Prokopenko are alive, and they do command a lot of people that see Ukraine getting any pro-RU government as a one-way ticket to a show trial and life sentence in a gulag, like happened with many Azovstal defenders. They and a lot of wealthy people would never accept any form of "Ukraine defenseless" and note that this ends up bankrupting nations. The problem is that Russian demands NEVER lead to realistic peace. Less harsh demilitarization and humiliation radicalized all of Germany, economists like Keynes warned. Note that Versailles didn't want to force Germans to worship people that genocided Germans, like Moscow wants to force Ukrainians to allow Soviet symbols. Didn't wanted to ban Germany for having stuff like "pipe missiles".

Disagreed. The skill tree is too simplistic. Wizards in Deadfire, only counting the 1st, 2nd and 3rd tier spells have more spells than all Wizard spells in Avowed. That said, you can have a priest and choose a domain by once spending points, seeing a "list" of domains.

What do you guys think would be the most pro-Russian deal that Ukrainian leadership might accept? I'm not talking about what is acceptable for the average tankie/vatnik or defeatist that takes Mr. Cringeface, Willy AOM, and other analysts that make more false apocalyptic predictions than doomsday prophets. The deal must be acceptable for guys that command forces like Denys Prokopenko and Fire Point investors, not online tankies. My guess: an absolute NO. They would not accept even if Kyiv were encircled(ie - any of this demands would require not only total military victory but also ongoing occupation) : Destroy the defense base of Ukraine and unilaterally break ties with all western investors. Crippling disarmament is incredibly destabilizing even for countries less militarized than Ukraine. It would bankrupt not only the defense sector but also engine companies(Motor Sich, Luch)and cascade into mass bankruptions. Legalization of commie symbols and forcing pro-Soviet historical revisionism onto Ukrainians Russian language is the official language in WHOLE Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened veterans unemployed due to a worse-than-Versailles army cap Russia with control over Ukraine's constitution and foreign relations. What Ukraine might accept: A ceasefire at current borders plus referendums in Dongabe with votes counted by a third party, not by Russia Russian language as an official language in the regions that voted for Yuri Boyko in the last election. Removing the NATO bid in exchange for security guarantees that are not Budapest Memorandum tier. Like UN peacekeeping forces. Anything more pro RU than this and not even besieging Kyiv would grant it to Russia. Russia would need to maintain a costly full occupation for anything involving the "absolute NO"

Priest would be great too. Mainly if don't come only with healing.

So sad that they took away so many cool stuff. Honestly, I would pay AAA price for Cipher abilities.

Again, every country inflate enemy loses in war. And is not " without actual evidence, let alone proof", is corroborated by Russians themselves. Murz got "suicided" once he admitted taking heavy loses. And by satellite images and video footage. That said, Colombians, the ones who are deployed often to the most dangerous areas of the frontlines have roughly 10% KIA.

Again. By the 1515616855311653156156516th time. Is not a reliable metric as RU throws a lot of Russians and say that are Ukrainians, some clearly Buryat, a ethnic group very rare in Ukraine. Visual confirmation, satellite images and reports is much more reliable. ___________ What bugs me is the following. Lavrov understands that USA demands towards Iran are nothing but a pipedream and will probably backfire ( https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-says-it-has-seen-no-evidence-that-iran-was-developing-nuclear-weapons-2026-03-03/ ), yet, with Ukraine, somehow even worse demands. Demanding a much more crippling disarmament, demanding much more cultural impositions, in language, holidays and even street names, demanding the same level of control which a empire has towards a colony but without a costly occupation force, is somehow "essential and justified". Some vatniks even call it generous. It is ridiculous how selectively blind Russians higher ups are... Just like the US would need a very costly occupation and destabilizing occupation to enforce Trump demands, Russia would need a very costly and destabilizing occupation.

Again, Zopartor, the side that retreats has more harder time to recover bodies and RU throws Russian bodies in this exchanges. _________________ The US could lift sanctions on more Russian oil, says Bessent.https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/us-lift-sanctions-russian-oil-bessent/ The US says Russia sanctions relief is 'temporary.'https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-insights/latest-market-news/2797644-us-says-russia-sanctions-relief-is-temporary Last year, Russia had to sell oil at $40USD/bbl and spend resources bypassing sanctions. Now they can sell at nearly two and a half times last year's price without sanctions. For those who don't underestimate how significant it is, imagine that you get half your income from work and half from investments or landlordism. Imagine that before, you were struggling a bit to pay your bills but not close to bankruptcy. Now, you got a 3x wage increase. That is basically what happened to Russia. I wound't be surprised if they leave negotiations or demand something much, much worse than what Witkoff demanded. Among the most "propagandists" pro-Ukrainian that I follow, near everyone is celebrating US strikes on Iran. The best analysts, like Anders Puck, worry about this war's impact on oil prices, supply chain strain of interceptor missiles, normalization of crippling demands, destabilization of the Middle East, among other variables. He also criticizes the US for having too vague and extreme objectives and no strategy on how to get them.

Romances tends to be very shallow. IMO, the unique game that did romances right is Mount & Blade. IE - is pure "political" and alliance based marriage among nobles.

Russian posts from 4 years ago. Aged like milk. State media saying that Ukrainians where surrendering on mass. And that they lost in 1h23m.

“Afraid to show their society”: Moscow blocks online war casualty database that names Russia’s deadhttps://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/13/moscow-blocks-online-war-casualty-database-that-names-russias-dead/ Note : 156,000 dead, 96,000 wounded is only what is verified, with name, surname, cause of death, location of death. The real numbers are much, much bigger because is impossible to categorize so thirdly all loses.

TL;DW - Moscow still believes that it has the right to dictate the laws, alliances, military size and might, language, and every aspect of Ukrainian society without having to pay for a very costly occupation.

Grigory Yeremeev, a Russian politician said the obvious. Russia can't archive its objectives. Are Satelite images, video footage, video confirmed loses and even Russian themselves confirm heavy RU casualties.

You are skeptical about loses confirmed by intelligence agencies, Russians, footage and satellite images, yet you take North Korean numbers at face value...

Again, no one is taking Zelensky numbers seriously. I'm taking visual confirmed numbers from Andrew Perpetua and Oryx seriously. And data from Russians like Strelkov, Vladimir Chirkin, Murz, Prigozhin, and Maxim Kalashnikov seriously, alongside analysts like Anders Puck. According to Oryx : Category Russian Losses (Confirmed) Ukrainian Losses (Confirmed) Ratio (RU:UA) Tanks ~3,000+ 1,386 ~2-3:1 IFVs ~5,000+ 1,532 ~3-4:1 APCs/MRAPs ~4,000+ 509+ ~4-8:1 Total Armor ~12,000-15,000+ ~5,500 ~3:1 And disagree about Obituaries. People that just get MIA or are not registered as dead by its officers wouldn't end in obituaries. To have a notion on how great Anders Puck is, look what he posted at January 2022. He not only predicted the invasion but also predicted maximalist objectives and that the war wouldn't go as RU predicted. Later, on the video "Russia's new forever war in Ukraine, 11MAR2022" he predicted a very long war. Russia has multiple times more manpower. Also has help from North Koreans, Cubans and many other allies. If Ukraine was not inflicting much more casualties, Russia would already have defeated Ukrainian army.

False. Russia send Russian bodies saying that are Ukrainain bodies ( https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ukraine-received-at-least-20-bodies-of-russian-soldiers-in-recent-exchanges-zelenskyy-says/ ) besides, Ukraine constantly retreats, which makes retrieving bodies much harder. That said, you depics heavy casualties as something which only Ukraine claims. Russians like Strelkov, Vladimir Chirkin, Murz, Prigozhin, and Maxim Kalashnikov, ALL said that Russia is taking heavy loses. Murz in particular got "suicided" after exposing heavy loses. Strelkov, jailed. EU should be more clear about consequences of Russia victory. Not talk about morals.

Yep. They don't think what would happen if Ukraine capitulates. They implicitly assume: Demobilization is administratively smooth Economies can shrink without exploding Armed, radicalized populations will politely accept unemployment and humiliation Symbols, language, and memory politics are “cosmetic issues” This is ahistorical thinking. In Masada (73 AD), Jews chose mass suicide over disarmament. Zulus at Isandlwana (1879) at a much smaller number, without firearms, fought against the hegemonic power at that time (the British) when the British demanded disarmament. Those aren't easy demands. Would have extreme consequences. For eg, giving so many territory incurs plus the "demilitarization" requiring the destruction of teh Ukrainian defense industry and all ties with European investors would bankrupt Ukraine. Plus hundreds of thousands of now unemployed armed dudes that have no job due the Weimar style demilitarization, Russian and commie symbols being forced into Lviv, Ukraine would have to become a diehard police state while bankrupting itself and defaulting. Two things would happen if Ukraine capitulates. 1 - The largest refugee crisis of human history in two huge waves. After capitulation, a huge wave. After the consequences of capitulation comes, a much larger wave. Estonian former president speculated in 25 million refugees. 2 - Europe destabilized and a much worse war coming. Destabilization happens every time that Carthaginian peace terms are imposed into someone. From Carthage to Weimar Germany. Multiple economists from Keynes to Mises warned that Versailles in particular demilitarization and cultural impositions(war guilty clauses) which are much less severe than RU demands would destabilize Europe. Yet to appease some French hardlines, it was imposed upon Germany. Germany become radicalized and launched the most devastating war in human history as a result of less serious demilitarization and humiliation.

Just wondering. Obviously, ranger, fighter and wizard is not on the discussion because they are already in the game. My opinion would be Cipher. I also asked ChatGPT and Grok to try to find which would be the most wanted DLC class :

What bugs me in the "Ukraine must capitulate crowd" is that they don't understand that Russia wants absolute control over everything about Ukraine. Its language, laws, foreign policy, borders, military capabilities, military size, and even street names. IE—Russia wants to have the same control that an empire has towards its colonies without having to maintain an expensive occupation force. Even if Russia wins, such demands can only be enforced by full occupation; pretending otherwise is silly. It would be like if I wanted to live like Dan Bilzerian without spending huge sums of money. EVERY country inflate enemy deaths in the war. However, if you go by visually confirmed casualties, the ratio is 4:1 in favor of Ukraine. However, visual confirmation tends to downplay where RU has the greatest advantage, ie - artillery. So no one knows how are the casualty rates. That said, Russian lies are much worse than merely inflating numbers. Didn't they claimed to occupied Pokrovsk like 6 times?

False. Gorby himself saying that it was not even discussed. Even if was discussed and promised. This don't give the right to Russia to invade a country, mainly a country which they promised to leave alone in 1991. And in 1994, when Ukraine was pressured to be denuclearized. And recognized Ukraine borders multiple times. Here is a video of Gorby himself about NATO : That said, thanks to Putin, Sweden and Finland are now on NATO. KGB Dwarf is the best NATO Salesman ever. _____________________________

Yes and no. Russia also confiscated a lot of stuff from the west. Besides, RU invasion also is illegal and violated multiple agreements. That said, the main argument against it is not legality. IS that 1 - It is probably the unique thing dissuading RU from attacking more European countries. 2 - It is a huge leverage in peaceful negotiations, if RU is sent into negotiations, not continue sending the same ultimatum. 3 - Can create a "bank run" and others cna believe to be the next and withdraw the funds. Can you please give me your sources? Preferentially not sources claiming that Ukraine lost entire Azov batallion six times in 2022. And a time where UA will collapse and accept whatever they can get? __________________________ Anyway, war update from Sinitar gaming discord. A Ukrainian gamer.

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I'm not complaining about the lack of Cipher. I'm questioning how if was possible to be a Pale Elf Cipher, how everyone would react and how it would shape the history.