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Selection bias: the barbarians and rogues you encounter possess these abilities. That's not a random sample.

My understanding is that this only applies to beings whose souls are not "fractured". For most of the population, these powers are beyond them as fracturing is a cumulative process during the recycling of souls. Hence, you and your party are (supposedly) relatively uncommon in possessing these abilities. This makes it akin to possessing superpowers in a heroes campaign.

Hmm. Well, the OP neglects to mention that single-class Priest gains access to higher level spells and abilities more rapidly than multi-class, which is THE main reason to go single-classed in the first place.

Yes, it seems likely that this is the type of game that does require a lot of fine tuning. The devs are giving the players a lot of choices in character creation, so the state space for all possible configuration combinations will be enormous. It wouldn't surprise me to see many more refinements in the coming months.

I wonder if there would be a console command to find out, maybe someone from Obs could weigh in here? I've had a couple of instances now where the Steam library page for PoE2 shows the DLC in the list, but it has a state of "Not Installed". If I deselect then reselect the DLC, it downloads something then sets it to installed. Perhaps then there's a bug and this is a work-around.

This DLC interface is squirrely. I'm never quite sure if it is loading something.

I'm curious why the free DLC is being released as free DLC, rather than just patch content. Does the concept of free DLC provide more publicity?

From what I've seen thus far it's being fairly well received -- certainly enough to warrant further expansions and sequels.

Higher level powers (10+); transcendant souls (become a divine creature of some sort); unique magical forms (necromancy; crystalmancy; shadowmancy, &c.); more potent enemies; new environments; different strongholds for different PC classes; magical ammunition; sandbox environments; flying/swimming/underwater action; modding toolset.

How about a quest to provide an animated form for the intelligent weapon, then make her a full companion?

Romancing the finite-state machine.

I don't think Beauty should be a primary attribute, but perhaps it could be included as a Background? You're renowned for your physical beauty, and life has been easier for you as a result. Because of your well-balanced physique and attractive overall appearance, you get a bonus to Athletics, Diplomacy, and Bluff (plus the occasional special conversation option).

The game has an M rating for blood and gore, nudity, sexual themes, strong language, and violence. If I'm playing a game with an M rating, I expect content with an M rating. If the sex theme is objectionable, the OP should avail him/herself of games with more preferable ratings.

The god-like can't bear children, so perhaps their libido is diminished?

No message intended; I just enjoyed the creative artwork.

Next: ensure and insure.

Sage advice.

Try modifying these: Options -> Graphics -> VFX Pause Opacity / Occlusion Opacity

Sigh. I've no doubt people dislike the resting system. I didn't say otherwise. I said I doubt any significant number of people actually went back to town regularly during dungeons to resupply in PoE1. That may depend a lot on the difficulty level you are playing PoE. The allowed supplies decreased with difficulty, thereby adding to the challenge. On normal difficulty, there were only a couple of instances where I felt compelled to return to town to stock up. Most of the time the loot acquired through exploration supplied the requisite supplies. But I'd imagine many of the players making a PotD run will already be intimately familiar with the camping supply locations, so they can plan accordingly.