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Level 1 confirmed, now they'll have to explain how other returning companions were level drained as well. Probably gonna stuff them all in the stronghold at that time. So stupid, imho. The only way I'd be ok with it if they decided to rework all abilities and spells and level pacing. That way I can understand the need to level up again.

I'm all for full voiceover in general, however only if devs don't need to worry about their funds. In PoE2's case I think money would be better spent on something more essential, like making more ingame content, polishing and balancing.

I don't have a problem with this as long as there will be smaller companions roster and combat is revised and balanced properly for 5 people team. I'd rather have a roster of ~8 companions with more things to say and more quests to give than to have 11+ shallow companions with 2 lines of text for every class.

Devs confirmed in the comments on Fig that there will be save importing with an option to tweak story choices. I'm thinking they'll allow us to respec levels as well if we start with the same level we ended PoE1.

I think they could start this sequel with vanilla PoE level cap. What was it? Level 10? White March raised it to 12, but since not everyone played it they could lower it back a bit. But not too much, it's a sequel after all, with the same protagonist, so high mid-level campaign is expected. And furthermore, they've teased us with those empty high level spell slots in PoE1, it's time to start filling them out. I don't care if they take all the items away though, they can be regained. Personally, I find mid-high level campaigns much more interesting to play than low level, because of the large variety of abilities available and rising level of sheer epic-ness of battles. BG2 and ToB were my favourites in this regard.

I'd like a ship as a new stronghold, or an island. A+ ideas. Especially if I can take that ship and travel with it. Yea, I'm thinking since Deadfire is an archipelago we'll get to travel alot to different islands, so a ship can become a movable base of operations. An island, on the other hand, can become an insurmountable fortress against enemies and steady source of income and resources.

I'd like a ship as a new stronghold, or an island.

That's a dumb reason unless Eothas leaves you without memory as well.

Please, no. I want a high level campaign in a sequel, just like it was in Baldur's Gate 2. And I wanna see those high level spells.

This was one of my main gripes with PoE. I have a 1440p monitor and the upscaling was terrible I hope PoE 2 will support higher resolutions natively or, failing that, at least employ a better upscaling algo for the UI (though text should really always render at native resolution for clarity.) Catmull-Rom Bicubic would be a good example That was my main gripe in Tyranny and that came out just recently - nothing good above 1080p. Feels like they still are living in the distant past.

Ok, backed. Looks like everything will be improved in the sequel. A few questions though: -Why is Pallegina's skin color even darker than before? I first thought she was wearing a mask or smth. Her new model doesn't look similar to her old portrait. -Will there be pets and will they have stats bonuses this time? -How much time has passed since PoE1 and PoE2? I'm playing an elf, so my Watcher is still in top shape but I'm worried about Eder and all those Orlan Watchers out there. -Have Obsidian finally realized that this is 2017 not early 2000s and many people have 4k resolution monitors?

This statue reminds me of giant Coaxmetal from Planescape: Torment trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s2Qkx3lN5s Too bad he wasn't walking in the game itself. But Obsidian can remedy that in PoE:2!

The only problem is this statue was cut off by adra eating critters from the rest of adra pillar that goes deep into Eora's core where dead souls supposedly reside before reincarnaring. Can adra regenerate? Wasn't that just the arm? Nah, it was under the legs.

The only problem is this statue was cut off by adra eating critters from the rest of adra pillar that goes deep into Eora's core where dead souls supposedly reside before reincarnaring. Can adra regenerate?

It's a statue of Od Nua's son who died. He wanted to return his soul into it. I think Eothas returns into it because it's convenient - everything is already set up, Od Nua just didn't have the time to execute his plan because of the attackers.

Well, if it's gonna be like other games with imports at the very least there will be an option to create a new character from scratch, like it was in Baldur's Gate. However Baldur's Gate 2 didn't import any choices, only recent games started doing that, Mass Effect among the first. So if it's like recent games then there should be an option to make new character with a list of story choices to choose from, or import old character with story choices from the save file. BioWare is at the forefront when it comes to importing choices - in Dragon Age they now have an online app called DragonAgeKeep where you can import your save or make a new one by simply choosing all the story choices in the app. I don't think Obsidian will do anything even remotely resembling this, but I'm expecting at least save file importing with choices.

That fur color is wierd, agreed. Maybe dyed? But the more important question is - where is Eothas? I've strong feeling he's not gonna stay in that statue for long and gonna join as a companion.

Lol, that blue hand/white tunic character wasn't a pale elf or coastal aumaua but a blue orlan, lol:

Ok, I did not expect that. Fig and giant statue as a big bad? At least the protagonist returns, sigh..

Is it too presumptuous to assume that the last new companion's gonna be the new avatar of Eothas? Hmm, that would be so cool...

Distressed crown and sphere? Anyone else getting a Pearl Coast vibe? This looks right. http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/The_Pearl_Coast "Would that we had a home to return to, we would go. Wars and time have reduced us to this sorry state, but some of us still dream of a future that befits our past." I'm thinking that's a dwarf companion.

So far, all the updates and twitter posts are at 10 AM PST. 10:00 AM PST, Jan 26: A thing will happen! Ah, ok. Too good to be true it comes out this year anyway.

That's what I thought. Well, if it's this year I'm stoked. So many good games coming out this year.

There's a new picture: https://twitter.com/Obsidian/status/823592639140270080 And 10. What does that mean? Release in October?

Ah, ok. I can see it now, almost. That Huana alphabet doesn't have a letter D, it has similar looking symbol T. Anyway, yea, 3 more days to go