AndreaColombo

Hope these get fixed; it would be a shame if all the digging Loren Tyr's done went to waste! Thanks, Loren Tyr!

Hey Sking, could you check whether 3.04 gets rid of the sound it makes when you return to the main menu from a game? I believe it's the sound paladin auras make when you activate / deactivate them; it's been there on the menu since TW2 dropped and it's rather annoying. :\ Also, any chance of addressing the current impossibility to get Wael's Boon, and the binding rope, lavender wreath and retaliation items suppressing each other?

I know, right? I've been mostly lurking in the shadows, though I've also been moderately pseudo-active in the 3.04 thread. Just updated the build list, though. Once 3.04 drops (and the IE Mod is updated to comply), I may make a comeback for a full play through

I suggest reporting this on the IE Mod's Nexus page so it can get fixed. You know, for those of us who may want to use the IE Mod for more than just fast scouting

Could you sneak in any additional fixes besides those listed in the OP?

Thanks for the update; list's shaping up quite nicely Hope you guys get to Wael's Boon and the Binding Rope/Lavender Wreath/Retaliation bugs too!

^ I reported that with Pallegina a while ago so it's in their tracker. Agree it's annoying; hope they fix it but I doubt that. The sound it makes when you quit the game and go to the main menu (which I believe is from a Paladin's aura) is also very annoying.

Yeah, that's kind of annoying, though it might be too minor to make it to 3.04 :\ EDIT: Stuff as quick as this, for which a fix has been provided, should really make it to the patch regardless. Not to mention the issue I linked in particular (Spelltongue providing infinite duration for buffs) is not exactly minor either.

Loren Tyr for president! (Obsidian are hiring, btw ... just saying )

Sking, thank you and the team for this. This is the kind of dedication and community orientation that I felt was missing from the 3.03 release. Thanks a lot for this

If this hasn't been mentioned yet, it definitely needs fixing: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/84465-30-consecrated-ground-triggers-eyestrike-from-elryns-jacket/

Sking, could you log a ticket for that? At this point it would be good to at least have consistency in how these items and spells are treated (e.g. Minoletta's Missiles and Durance's staff should get the appropriate bonus from elemental talents.)

Second issue's solved, although the side effect is that the talent now applies to both kinds of damage dealt by the weapon. Don't know about the other one.

Heh, been away for far too long XD

Has the Monk's issue with Transcendent Suffering triggering multiple cone AoEs been mentioned already? That's also a pretty big deal; I'm on my smartphone now though so can't fetch the link.

My wishlist: Elemental talents not working on DoT effects. Flames of Devotion cancelled by St Ydwen's Redeemer's proc. Bittercut tint (this one is very minor but hopefully a quick fix; otherwise leave it) Wrong art for Naasitaq boots (same as above) Painful Interdiction not getting level bonus No option to get Wael's boon (this is a big deal) Last hit sounds are missing Lavender Wreath / Retaliation / Binding Rope suppress each other Modal graphical effects disappear upon saving/reloading (this one's so old I CBA to fetch the link; sorry) EDIT: Some other issues that have already been mentioned would also make my wishlist, by I figured I wouldn't repeat what other people have already said.

In PoE, INT is one of the most useful attributes for barbarians so you wouldn't necessarily have to role play as a brute if you went for it. As for usefulness outside of combat, that depends on your dialog options (which in turn depend on RES, INT, PER, and the Lore skill for the most part) and whether you are stealthy or skilled at mechanics (but you only need one mechanic in the party and it needn't be your protagonist.) Every class can put ranks in any skill, so if you want high Lore and/or Stealth on a barbarian, you can do that.

I asked Eric on Twitter and he said the game build is pretty much locked for everyone except programmers looking at major bugs, so no more typo-fixing unfortunately

Appreciate this is just wishful thinking, but I'll throw it there nonetheless: — A.I. that scales with difficulty level (i.e. what makes an harder mode actually harder is A.I.; no cheating on the A.I.'s part and no artificial stat increases.) Additionally: — Optional bracketed scaling for the whole game. — A.I. that actually makes use of potions, item abilities, a wide variety of spells and buffs/debuffs, etc. Basically, whatever is available to the player should be available to the A.I. as well. How far the A.I. goes with it depends on difficulty level (see the first point in this post.) — At least one unapologetically hard difficulty level geared toward completionists. Right now even PotD becomes easy in Act III and IV if you're a completionist with a full party of 6 (even with enemy scaling on.) — Armor design that doesn't make male models look fat in plate.* * appreciate it's more "historically accurate" the way it looks right now, but it is also unsightly and nobody wants a fat party member tallying about — Deeper, more elaborated side quests and backstories for joinable NPCs. They should also be more vocal about stuff they feel strongly about, to the point of actually fighting you/another party member if **** hits the fan. They shouldn't be afraid to leave the party (for good or otherwise) if your course of action ticks them off. — MOAR portraits for non-human races. Seriously: MOAR. — MOAR reactivity. You can never have enough of that one.

Sorry, mate, that's a very poor argument. Being unable to pick an ability I want because it doesn't work as advertised is at the very least a minor annoyance. It becomes major if we factor in the matter of principle: This bug was introduced by 3.03, reported at least two weeks before the patch's release, and was duly ignored. Loren Tyr even went ahead and found where in the code the problem was, then suggested a fix—still ignored. Because the patch that was released was exactly the same as the beta from a month before, the value added of withholding the patch for another month was zero. 3.03 as a whole was very poorly handled. Sure, I can avoid picking that ability. By the same token, I can avoid playing the game altogether and will certainly not run into any bugs—but that's still not a very good argument.

The odd thing is that I can get it from GoG just fine :\

Any luck? I can see the novella as available in my GoG account; it doesn't even say "coming soon" anymore. Besides, I can see you're a backer (I couldn't from my smartphone); the novella is also available from the backer portal.

Odd; I could download it from GoG. Will check again when I'm home.

To clarify: You want to use console commands to automatically reach level 16 right away?

I'm on my smartphone now so I can't comfortably elaborate, but I believe you cut PER too much. If you're going for 0 recovery (and I suggest you do), you may leave DEX at 10 and allocate 7 points to PER (thus setting it at 10 too) and 1 to CON which won't hurt for sure. You may want to settle for a slightly lower INT to allocate a couple more points to CON if you felt the need to be sturdier. Are you going to play with a Priest in your party? If yes, buffing Deflection is not going to be hard at all throughout the second half of the game. Until then, Scroll of Defense and Vigorous Defense will do nicely (you can later respec out of Vigorous Defense if you want a different ability, though seeing as Confident Aim is currently bugged, that might be a good alternative.) Potions of Llengrath's Didplaced Image also come in handy at +25 Deflection (but won't stack with the scroll; not sure about Vigorous Defense.)