[Official Keys Thread v 1.01]

Not this s**t again...

[Autosave on Trial of Iron , how does it work]

So if i'm in trouble during a fight, would an atl-f4 just save my ass ?

[The manual is up on Steam!]

I like the idea of spells switching to per encounter use after some level is reached !

[Online Multiplayer mode]

What about you take a look at some games that actually feature, or can feature, persistent world servers then ? Because, I frankly feel that PoE, given it has multiplayer which it hasn't, is like miles away from anything playable on a pw server.

[Serious first world problems: How do you name your Characters?]

Hairy Harry or Suave Gustav

[Plans for expansion?]

Is the expansion going to be after the story line or during it?

 

Would it be better to wait and play the game with the expansion, or can you play the game now, "win" it and then continue in the expansion when it comes out?

 

Thanks.

 

Usually, for Totsc type of expansions, you can load your finalsave; ie you can play before the expansion is released, you should still be able to play through it with your character that completed the game.

[Steam Achievements]

These days never disappeared from my point of view. I have a great remedy for achievements, I disable steam achievement-related notifications and completely ignore them. Works like a charm.

[PoE Embargo ends March 23rd, Backers wait for the 26th?]

Ain't trying hard I gotta admit, but I don't understand what bogs you that much. Press copies of the game have been sent, afaik, to a lot of people that have nothing to do with more or less professional press to begin with. Several podcasters, as they obviously represent an opportunity for the game to gain visibility, have also been gratified this honor. Sensuki isn't just a dude that took part in beta testing, he's also active on the rpgcodex which remains one of the references and a pretty important community, so there's that.

 

Anyway looking forward to the stream, thanks for the spoiler-free aspect, I didn't want to watch anything from the game because of that.

[Long static grass puts me off a little]

I'm on it.

 

 

 

[How large will the game file be?]

14 GB are required according to Steam.

[grimoire question]

you can learn any spell you want from there (as many as you want)

 

Isn't there a limit of memorized spells per level (per grimoire) in PoE ? The UI of the book makes me think there is.

[can you explore the whole world from the beginning?]

 

If I'm not presented with any information about that area I can't know

 

Same applies for the ankhegs.

[can you explore the whole world from the beginning?]

What does intelligence have to do with this ? It's about crafting a world. And a world feels more dangerous, and the player feels more concerned, when you can die at any false step. I think ankheg pretty quickly make you realize your false step, it's not like it takes 30minutes of wandering north of friendly arms inn to realize that.

[can you explore the whole world from the beginning?]

I see what you mean, but my point is that no warning can serve a world better than expected.

[can you explore the whole world from the beginning?]

The large portion of empty open ended wilderness in BG1 was what hooked me on the genre.

Me too. Though I still don't think bigger areas would mean better quality.

 

Pfft. You never tried to explore north of the Friendly Arm Inn to early and got slaughtered by ankhegs, did you?

 

I did. Ankhegs were my nightmare back then. They made me realize the world ain't all sunshines and rainbows. They made me realize that I was free to go anywhere, though that didn't mean I was able to. Ankhegs north of Friendly Arm Inn or deathclaws north of Goodsprings, same thing, they belong to their games lore and design, and never felt out of place or stupid from my perspective.

 

 

I did that, but quickly came to the conclusion that I should probably return south. That was part of the experience that made it feel real.

 

This.

[can you explore the whole world from the beginning?]

assuming you could, wouldn't you run into high level enemies and get killed?

Like in BG1, or deathclaws north of Goodspring, that's not really a problem.

[Thank you so much Obsidian for the Vallians]

True. The equestrian class, which was a hilarious anachronism from the time of the Punic Wars onwards. I think you have it backwards though, they served as the cavalry because they could afford a horse. By the time the state starting providing military gear they had long since become a social class without necessarily a military role.

 

There's a strong chance I got confused about this indeed ^^ but I've always had the idea struck in my head that the horse they used were "lended" by the state and represented their bind to it, some sort of "public" horse that is. Thanks for the precisions though.

 

Sure it is, the game is set in a former colonial frontier, where the colonist exploited and enslaved the natives... Usually it this point, it turns into a "black and white" story\morality (pun intended), with the white devils who are corrupt, evil and without any redeemable qualities and the brave and courageous people of color who are all saints and philosophers.

 

So yeah it is good to see a splash of history and reminders that human nature isn't bound by skin color or circumstances. In our case vallia culture belong to the oldest, most advanced and expansive empire, they are elitist and the most prominent slave traders. I'd love to see how it plays out.

 

I don't need a game to remind that, I just read some History. I although avoid the television.

[Thank you so much Obsidian for the Vallians]

 

A 3rd century Roman did not hold any knighthoods.

 

Indeed.

 

Though there were knights in the roman society, if I'm not mistaken they were basically ranked under senators in term of importance, but distinguished from the regular citizen. They served the state and were, for that purpose, given a horse. Fun fact, knight in french is chevalier, from the word cheval (=horse), although gave the word chivalry. Pretty sure there's the same etymology in latin, italian and other romance languages.

 

So there were knights in Rome, the word just didn't mean the same.

[Thank you so much Obsidian for the Vallians]

Hardly surprising for something supposed to loosely borrow from the roman empire.

[can you explore the whole world from the beginning?]

Do you mean that there are some sorts of objectives or such to fulfil before you can access the next chunk ?

[can you explore the whole world from the beginning?]

Yet I frankly don't see how bigger maps would have helped BG in any way. Most of the wilderness maps were already half empty.

[a newcomer, non backer perspective]

I think I've read somewhere JESawyer statuate that there is a default script for characters but no way to select or customize another one. At release at least.

[Can I RP a diplomatic aumaua barbarian?]

Diplomacy seems to be more about carefully choosing dialog options than building a character in a particular way. This being said, and although pretty much anything can affect dialogs, some stats will probably give more dialog options than other, like Intelligence or Perception.

So If you put some points in Intelligence, I guess you'll have more options in dialogs, including ways to resolves situations without fighting. But overall, through the reputation system, I'll bet that anybody will encounter diplomatic options and, on the other hand, will see himself unable to talk his way out. Reputation, if well done which i'm confident about in PoE, is a double edged sword.

[Thank you so much Obsidian for the Vallians]

Like the vaillians the most too. Some references to occitania is enough for me to go for a vaillian dude in the first playthrough

We could even go back even more in time, and remain in the italian context, with emperor Septimius Severus.

[can you explore the whole world from the beginning?]

Considering the habit of the last decade, there's probably gonna be a more or less linear introduction to the game. There might be some sort of "milestones" like baldur's gate opening at chapter 5 but I doubt, and would be disappointed, if it's more than that.

Now I didn't spoil myself with the videos made about the beginning of the game, which has probably changed anyway, so I don't know about these. But what I'd like is the design of the first BG. You could choose to immediatly speak to Gorion and immediatly get started, or newcomers could wander around Candlekeep to get controls and such.

 

I'm quite sure that you have to learn about locations (thus revealing them on your map) before you go somewere. Maybe some standard known location will be there from the start (meaning after the prologue) like a village or a grove or something

 

Not so sure, the BB lets guess the games works like BG1, when you had to exit a map from a certain direction to unlock the next one. A system that I like more.
Might be a mix of both though.