Grimo88

No doubt the team improved on a lot. I think it's some of the new mechanics that now feel a bit half-baked. I think the tone of the first game was also a strong point that was lost. Often games are reviewed on what's beyond or short of the sum of the parts.For sure - the game is not beyond criticism. But the extent of the vitriol really takes me aback. We’re a minority in a market that’s constantly pushing small games with niche mechanics into the margins. We should be more supportive of the companies making these games short of them being unplayable trash. Obsidian have already given more support to this game that apparently flopped than any AAA studio has given to profitable ones in the last decade. They deserve our goodwill and support in return. The thing we have to remember is there is no ivory tower with these small companies - some devs even know us by our handles. We’re a tight-knit community, not just anonymous consumers. I also think Avellone’s behaviour is not helping. He should understand that this will only serve to divide the communities and ultimately hurt the devs. Edit: I have no idea how I double posted.

No doubt the team improved on a lot. I think it's some of the new mechanics that now feel a bit half-baked. I think the tone of the first game was also a strong point that was lost. Often games are reviewed on what's beyond or short of the sum of the parts. For sure - the game is not beyond criticism. But the extent of the vitriol really takes me aback. We’re a minority in a market that’s constantly pushing small games with niche mechanics into the margins. We should be more supportive of the companies making these games short of them being unplayable trash. Obsidian have already given more support to this game that apparently flopped than any AAA studio has in the last decade. They deserve our goodwill and support in return. The thing we have to remember is there is no ivory tower with these small companies - some devs know us by our handles. We’re a tight-knit community, not just anonymous consumers.

Are you comparing PoE I to McDonald's? If you really have to make this comparison, you have to admit that Deadfire is a lot closer in that regard than the first game.PoE I had ambition and inspiration in some areas where Deadfire, although a lot more polished, has serious flaws. The storyline has it's problems, but i don't really understand why people are ****ting on it that much. For me at least the reveal with the gods was a pleasent surprise and a good twist. In Deadfire they barely carried it over (although i have to admit that i haven't finished the game yet). Furthermore, the game had a very consistent tone and an engrossing mood because of that, an aspect which Deadfire lacks. Maybe I’m old but I’m just so bemused and exhausted by the huge amount of negativity I’ve found both here and the poe subreddit regarding the series. It really is just bizarre - if people hate it so vehemently why are they here? I despise the CoD franchise but I’ve never even thought of even browsing their forums. It really seems like gaming culture - even in this tiny little nostalgia niche - just invites extreme division. Maybe I’m wearing rose tinted glasses but I don’t remember seeing this behaviour on Sorcerer’s Place or Spellhold back in the day. The games have problems but so did BG. And the constant bitching about difficulty - did anyone actually play BG2? Many fights were trivialised by spells and magic items. Maybe this relentless negatively affected sales? How many people were turned off the moment they looked at a forum?

Are you comparing PoE I to McDonald's? If you really have to make this comparison, you have to admit that Deadfire is a lot closer in that regard than the first game.PoE I had ambition and inspiration in some areas where Deadfire, although a lot more polished, has serious flaws. The storyline has it's problems, but i don't really understand why people are ****ting on it that much. For me at least the reveal with the gods was a pleasent surprise and a good twist. In Deadfire they barely carried it over (although i have to admit that i haven't finished the game yet). Furthermore, the game had a very consistent tone and an engrossing mood because of that, an aspect which Deadfire lacks. Maybe I’m old but I’m just so bemused and exhausted by the huge amount of negativity I’ve found both here and the poe subreddit regarding the series. It really is just bizarre - if people hate it so vehemently why are they here? I despise the CoD franchise but I’ve never even thought of even browsing their forums. It really seems like gaming culture - even in this tiny little nostalgia niche - just invites extreme division. Maybe I’m wearing rose tinted glasses but I don’t remember seeing this behaviour on Sorcerer’s Place or Spellhold back in the day. The games have problems but so did BG. And the constant bitching about difficulty - did anyone actually play BG2? Many fights were trivialised by spells and magic items. Maybe this relentless negatively affected sales? How many people were turned off the moment they looked at a forum?

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From the fact of having played it for a while. (I'm close to level 9.) I cannot see myself playing this again after finishing it once. I also only played PoE all the way through just once and no longer even have it on my computer. The second time would be the same, in essence: same conversations, same factions, same story, same encounters. Nothing random in the game, it seems to me. I agree that different choices can be made, but that doesn't warrant a new playthrough, in my view. You’re arguing that your personal preferences means no one plays the game more than once? Get serious. Why on earth would I do that, and where do you get the idea I have? Of course I'm not arguing that. Whichever way anyone else plays the game is just fine. You didn’t - totally misread the post before. Apologies.

From the fact of having played it for a while. (I'm close to level 9.) I cannot see myself playing this again after finishing it once. I also only played PoE all the way through just once and no longer even have it on my computer. The second time would be the same, in essence: same conversations, same factions, same story, same encounters. Nothing random in the game, it seems to me. I agree that different choices can be made, but that doesn't warrant a new playthrough, in my view. You’re arguing that your personal preferences means no one plays the game more than once?

Everything is easy if you min/max the **** out of everything.

It's all about money. You think Feargus and co really have passion in making games? The game designers and developers perhaps. For Feargus and co is just about money. This just in: business needs money to run. Nation in shock.

I'm not sure if this helps. http://existentialcomics.com/philosopher/Arthur_Schopenhauer I **** you not, this was my second port of call after Wikipedia.

Do you actively seek out unrelated topics to post your vitriol on?

Your post inspired me to read up on his philosophy but I don’t think I’m any the wiser. Is he saying, like Buddha, that the ‘will’ of the world around us prevents us from actually achieving anything, so we should all just deny all desire? Not very helpful if true!

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For the spirits in BoW, just stand on the glyphs/symbols they have in front of them and they'll buff your damage. I can't believe how many people miss this, i mean, spirits who said they'll help you have oddly shiny symbols laid out in front of them? It's basicallty an invitation to see what happens when you stand on them. I knew they were there but didn’t use them strategically. I used them much more carefully this time and got her on level 14. Thanks all for your help.

You say ‘stupid’ and ‘boring’ - care to actually articulate some arguments as to why you felt this way, or leave it at that? Conversely, I found I liked the main game’s story a lot more, but I enjoyed BoW. It is good to keep in mind BoW has a much easier job at telling its story because it was limited by its scope and completely linear. The main game had to juggle freedom of exploration with high stakes and a much larger cast of characters with more diverse ideologies. I for one think they did a great job telling a non-traditional story in PoE2.

Been on this fight for hours. 14th level, party is Pallegina, Eder, Rogue, Xoti and Aloth. Normal difficulty. I have Waiden and Inquisitor but they don’t help much. Major problems: - healing from Concelhaut at about 20% brings her back to 60% quickly and by that time my resources are spent. - I have little defense for that breath debuff. Can’t figure out how to counter. Overall it’s just a ****ing slog and I just can’t seem to do enough damage towards the end of the fight. Any tips?

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Matter of taste. I hated Endless Paths with a passion and I skip it in favour of White March every time. Ideal dungeons for me are multi-solution ones like Deadlight and Raedric's Hold, or ones with 2 meaty levels like Durgan's Battery.

‘from what I’ve read’ hahahahaha. Oh man Marvel better watch out - ‘from what I’ve read’ Aquaman is a real banger! It’s the end for Disney! Hahahaha.

Seconded. Totally understand the therapeutic nature of games and immersive fantasy, but please seek some support, man.

I got him. I restarted the game and I'm pretty sure that put the difficulty back where it should have been. I've taken a party that's more for story than optimized tactics so it's a bit of a bitch. Main problem was that my guys were grouped for the AoE Concelhaut's Drain. Good fight! Thanks all for your help.

I'm level 15 and I am getting wiped by the Messenger in BoW (first encounter). For some reason, turning difficulty to Classic with no scaling seems miles harder than Hard WITH scaling. Have no idea what to do? Am I too low? I thought this was for level 14-15? Why the heck am I getting pumped so easily with scaling turned off???

Huana seem pretty aumaua exclusive? And the Pargunnen are dwarf exclusive aren't they?

I get the feeling that the creative team weren't crash hot on having elves and dwarves at all and only wanted them in there for 'brand recognition' as a spiritual successor to the infinity engine games. Avellone has been outspoken about how little he likes them on a few occasions I believe. So elves and dwarves in this setting come off as rather marginalised, not in the fictional societies, but rather the creative energies put into them. They just seem like shorter or older humans rather than having anything distinct about them. Much more effort has gone into fleshing out, say, aumaua. Then again, if we go to Aedyr, we would probably get way more on them.

Jesus Christ. The petulance in these forums sometimes. Why are you here?