AndreaColombo

I think Josh said on Reddit they'll offer restat and it will include companions.

Ah, yes! Trinket slot and separate cloak/necklace slots should have made it to my list of incline--along with alchemy, poison/explosive crafting, and reverse pickpocketing.

More positive vibes: Climbing (shown here and here) Enemies jumping your ship during naval battles (shown here) Water and quicksand slowing down movement and having a dedicated animation (see here) Maia's animal companion—which I hope is unique and unavailable to player characters—looks pretty rad (shown here) Hopefully there will be a unique spiritshift form for Tekehu as well.

It will be assigned to you once pledges are ported over from Fig; no action required on your part. If the first game is anything to go by, at any rate.

I like her concept (well-mannered but with a morbid fascination for death) but if people start drooling over her because "ZOMG hot nerdy girl!!1!one" that'll probably make me hate her Xoti is top of my list anyway.

I think Obsidian acknowledge how much fans liked/wanted Ydwin when they chose her as the 8th companion stretch goal as opposed to a brand new character (perhaps a dwarf, seeing how many people want a dwarf companion.) @Heijoushin - Indeed, especially on the Codex the argument's been made that Ydwin is a waifu bait. I was kind of hoping most people's reason for liking her wasn't that—call me an inveterate romantic XD

+1 Though I was kind of hoping Kraken and Polpovir would be in by default, rather than by a stretch goal.

So, Ydwin fans—what makes you like her better than other companions? She's clearly getting the love in this poll.

I changed my backer portal email successfully a week ago or so (wanted to match Fig's.) I guess you could register a new account, then write Obsidian and tell them email X on Fig is to be matched to email Y on the backer portal.

I don't see any slacker backer rewards on Fig?

From what little we know of each, and in hope she'll be voiced by Allegra Clark, I cast my vote for Xoti. Maia Rua is a close second.

Feargus said they're working on it.

Yes, approx. 4 minutes after the end of the campaign according to the notification SMS from the bank.

Well, crowdfunding campaigns need to have an end date or money will never be collected and developers will never be able to lock down content and know when their game is feature complete In this case the slacker backer window, which is going to be limited in time, is to allow people who would have wanted to back but missed the campaign to do so. Especially in consideration of PayPal's having been made available but two hours before the end of the campaign, I think it is fair. After a while, rewards will change and their price will increase; that's to be fair to backers.

To be fair, Feargus mentioned in the Fig comments they were discussing another patch internally to address some of the outstanding bugs. It was neither a promise nor a commitment, but it's good to know it's being considered

I'll make sure Aarik sees this and is aware of the request

IIRC, Feargus said the backer portal is going to offer the same rewards as Fig for as long as they count pledges toward stretch goals (that time frame is still TBD.) Afterward they'll probably remove some exclusives and slightly increase the price on other rewards.

I think Josh said re-stat will be offered separately from re-spec and it will include companions.

Shame. I guess the same is true of cyan selection circles for neutral NPCs and something to prevent robot-sync movement

Color me underwhelmed. I would have preferred a stretch goal for more reactivity or more character portraits/voiced sets. Or just bring Ydwin down a couple stretch goals

This. For those who ran out of rewards to get but still want to get Ydwin.

Also, that TotSC nostalgia feel :D

By that token, all investors who would have pledged if not given the chance to invest (as would have been the case on KS) should be added to the pledge amount. But alas, we'll never know how many they are and how much they would have pledged... That said, not sure why investors shouldn't count.

@Heijoushin - Beta is also available as an add-on for $20, IIRC.

Must. Get. Talking. Weapon. (and Ydwin. We must get Ydwin.) Great update :D