Sir Walter Devonshire

What i wanted to do with the knowledge that the Engwithans made the gods was make my self a god and destroy the rest of them, really i could not give a toss about enlightening the people nor would i want to expose this fact if i intended on using the knowledge to gain "divinity" my self. Its said that the Engwithans made the gods, and since we are watchers with the ability to read and understand Engwithan and therefore use there machines surely it would be within the scope that instead of sending the souls to woedica or returning them to the cycle (or the other options) i could attempt to infuse my own character with the souls to gain the power woedica desired like you could do in heritage hill, giving me the potential to oppose the gods. I have to admit though it would probably fry the PCs brain. Hell even if the option was there and it goes pear shaped i would of considered it concluded, at least i could of made the grab for power but being a mere mortal just getting killed instead would of made sense. Thats what i mean about ambition there was no real personal glory option, there was only collusion or the other options, no completely selfish self serving option, the offer woedicas minion gives you is vague at best. Once again i still thought the story was great but there was such a glaring avenue to godhood to be explored i was surprised it ended there i didn't want to be woedicas lacky id prefer to take her place and if indeed the gods were a creation of man the very same men whose language i now possess then why could i not attempt to unlock the secrets to godhood? I suppose i took the fact that men made the gods as an implication that "godhood" was attainable and therefore something that would be an option to those in the know especially considering that the gods seem to need to act through mortal proxies anyway (Thaos working for woedica for instance) so the resulting resistance would be surmountable especially if you successfully sucked all the souls into your self and became much more powerful. Also why would i want to be the favored of a "god" that needs mortal help to even get by, seems like a bad deal to me and a moment when i could capitalize on a gods weakness. Those are the specifics of the ambition i was talking about. In short since men made the gods and i can operate the machines that use souls to give power (like the one in heritage hill) i feel there should of been a whole story arc devoted to the ambition of becoming a good your self. I will admit that perhaps thats not what the machines are for but is implied that souls are a source of power, (once again heritage hill) a source of power there for the taking by any who would dare to do so. Unless it only works for gods but thats not stated and besides once again in heritage hill if the souls of one district can make you more powerful imagine what tens of thousands of souls could do, they could make you into a god (or blow your brains out)!

Having just completed a play through of POE im thoroughly impressed but i feel it could of been so much more. After your eyes are opened to the way things REALLY are the game just sort of ends with out you being able to have much affect on "the way things are", the story and lore were utterly fantastic and as a result i feel it deserved so much more fleshing out, the possibilities for the conclusion could of been much more epic in scale and consequence considering what the player character knew at the end. For instance we could of taken full advantage of what is revealed and not just killed the end boss and been done with it, what of our ambition? Surely when a secret of that magnitude has been revealed to you and you have the means (it certainly seems as if we could of mustered the power) of going further and challenging the powers that be, perhaps even taking there place or casting them down then we should of been able to at least attempt to do so. It just feels that as the stakes were raised and the import of everything that has happened seems to get cranked up a notch (paving the way for a story of epic proportions) it concludes in a way that seems to preclude a continuation at least with the same character, the very same character who had the knowledge to act on the secrets he had uncovered. In summary i think the story was so good that it ended to early for its own good so much was seemingly set up that i was genuinely surprised that the final encounter WAS THE FINAL ENCOUNTER it didn't dawn on me i was even near the end of the main story because there was obviously so much further to go. Also and this is a nitpick but it felt to me (and this perhaps an untrue and unfair statement) that the main story seemed about as long as the time it took you to get to the underdark in BG2. When i first pick up an rpg i tend to blast through the main story the first time round doing the odd side quest that takes my fancy this was the same with BG2 and the main story just seemed so much longer (not including Throne of Baal of course). Anyway just felt i had to give my two cents on this ****ing excellent game it provoked a genuine sense of loss and disappointment that the story didn't continue past the point it did.

Hmm thanks for the offer. Since a lot of changes have been made i think ill play this game through then update when i start a new one, it will allow me to appreciate the changes more anyway. Thanks again.

Basically as the title says will a save from before 1.0.5 (1.0.3 to be exact) work with the latest 2.0.3. The reason i ask is i downloaded POE about a year ago but have yet to play it properly now ive got a game going and wondered if there were any patches turns out there is, i should of checked before i started but i had the RPG itch and rushed in thanks for the help.

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