PIP-Clownboy

You don't and it SUCKS. Though, I did pick pocket a couple. Not sure if it was random, but 100% pick pocketed 1 adra ban from Luca last playthrough

XP is also a non-factor and like I pointed out, you can shoot their sails and then board which results in enough xp to rank most crew to 3-4 stars in under a handful of battles. By endgame coin is meaningless, yes. But early game having an extra 30k by not investing in a junk is quite handy to equip choice kit.

2x Bounding boots saved me from a game breaking bug in my first playthrough which was Trial of Iron. Was stuck in the bog witch's hut, there was some huge invisible wall after I drank from the well. Only way I could get my party out of the zone was leaping them across.

Depends on your build, but there are some really strong hats in the game. There is a helm that gives massive recovery reduction for using a 2h (falcon helm) and another helm that makes you immune to interrupts. Me personally, I'll take hats + fighting spirit over any godlike in 99% of cases. Aloth comes with Thaos' headdress if he's Leaden Key chief, which is really good. Seferan gifts you a dapper crit conversion hat. The queen drops +10 acc crown, looks sweet.

Junk is overkill. You can easily win every ship combats in the game with a Dhow if you want. Though by endgame you'll have more than enough coin to buy all the ships anyways, so it's preference.

If you shoot out their sails, then board you get decent xp and more loot. You definitely get more loot boarding though Also, a Dhow with full speed upgrades will be in boarding range after 2-4 full sails. That's my goto at this point, ship combat does nothing for more me after the first playthrough. If you want proof, my first playthrough I sank Bounty - Biakara and missed out on this item, which did not drop: https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Lance_of_the_Midwood_Stag In a subsequent playthrough I boarded that bounty and looted the unique pike.

If you're in a party, the confusion affliction utterly trivial to remove. That's not a very good reason to dump it Even if the party isn't capable of removing it, you could just easily remove it with drugs/potions/item.

Solo'd most of the game on POTD with a Zerker. You really need meta-knowledge of where certain items are The biggest issue is being interrupted and escaping combat state if **** goes bad. There are items that will help with that.

No it doesn't make 'sense', as you just conveyed with your 'choice' to just take 4. Both games never required or forced you to play with 6 or 5 Though at this rate POE3 will slash it 3-4, remove all AI and most of the complexity and become Dungeon Siege 4

On a related note, Barb's Heart of Fury seems very underwhelming for it's cost, which is 4 rage. I'd rather just spam Instrument of Boundless Rage which is amazing and cheaper. Even worse, since Barbaric Smash refunds on kill it makes HoF even more situational.

Ashen Maw. Pile behind the Dragon

Ms. Lovesome gave it to me after freeing her and murdering Furrente.

You can't properly beta test when the build is consistently 3 months behind the dev. Not to mention, and I called this, people were crying because their half-naked party was wiping to the Titan in beta. People were posting how it was 'impossible' (when it wasn't). It's no real surprise that POTD at release turned into an outright Attack Move simulator.

It's so freaking annoying. I'm swimming in coin but can't upgrade the actual **** I want because Adra ban is simply not available. I've gotten a couple through pickpocketing though, but they absolutely need to be available to purchase.

BG had script support. By your logic, auto-attack shouldn't even exist as the game is playing itself

A lot of game time is subjective, but the crux of your argument was someone regretting going multi-class with Tekehu, which seems silly as you can access chill fog very early as multi.

Your argument basically boils down to the game is too easy. You can't just handwave the utility of chants, which are extremely useful even if you have other chanters in the party. Even ignoring the FREE invocations Tek gets as multi-class, Self/AOE Brilliant trumps anything power level 8 or 9 Druid adds to the encounter.

I don't really mind it, but it became pointless after mid game. Eventually the seas were empty aside from some merchants. IMO, ship encounters should have been handled with the SKILL system which would lead to different outcomes, but of course you would keep boarding fights in the event the two crews couldn't come to another compromise. Would easily trade ship combat for a 6th party member (in terms of the man hours I'm sure ship combat costed Obsidian). 6 member party, which was a staple feature of the genre this series is based on

Bad argument. You were never forced to take 6 and the previous game didn't have the current AI implementation (which we all asked for way back during the POE kickstarter)

History creator still isn't giving the Blade of the Endless path remains

Finished the game 300,000k in the bank But I couldn't upgrade anything I wanted BECAUSE I HAD NO ****ING ADRA BAN

Disagree. He brings much more to the party as multi-class and it's not even close. If I were building him for shark-shift, then pure Druid only for the 3rd tier wild strike. His best water spell is chill fog by far, but his chanter benefits easily outweigh what you give up in the druid tree.

well, its not hard to find items with resistance to intellect afflictions, so confusion issue becomes irrelevant, or multiclassing with fighter, there is a passive for that Have you tested this? I think this confusion is hardcoded. I gave my Berserker both immunity and resistance to intellect afflictions via various sources and noticed that he was still carnaging my allies... I personally have tested it plenty. There are numerous ways to make sure confusion never pops on frenzy. Post a pic of your combat log if you need clarification

Solo'd 90% of POTD/Iron (dropped party because the game was too easy) with a pure Zerker. Instrument of Boundless Range is ****ing awesome I have to say but heart of fury was a bit underwhelming for the cost (4 rage), when I could chain gib the entire screen with Barbaric Smash.

Can confirm, the bog AND Fampyr grimoire did not drop for me. Game was running beta patch when I went there I think