Heijoushin

Honestly, I think she's just the type of character that appeals to the average nerd. If you're a guy, and you roll a female character, I think you generally try to create you ideal woman. And for most fantasy geeks, their ideal woman is something like the concept art of Ydwin Of course, the animancer aspect is also interesting. Dude... sometimes you're so rational its frightening. Of course its too early to tell, but the poll is just for fun, and also to summarize the companion information we have so far.

That makes perfect sense. The actual good anime like Death Note and Full Metal Alchemist focus on their own unique concepts (yeah, they have a drop of fan service, but not to the distraction of the main plot), whereas trash anime is just a collection of tropes so simplistic that you can sum them up in single words.

Worried that its turning into Pirate Simulator 2018? Don't worry, despite all the naval stuff, I think we're still going to spend most of the game with our feet on dry land.

I love neckbeards. To this day, I still giggle when I read this pic:

Tsundere is basically the emotional maturity of a preteen. You know, bully the kid you like. Yandere is what we might call a "creepy stalker" in the west.

And wichts have animal souls, but I just considered the class arrangement as more a mechanical arrangement to express possible animancy experiments she might engage in. Ah, I see what you mean. But ranger still seems wrong. They should actually consider making a 12th class, "animancer", to do things like that.

The Wutai trope. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Wutai Interesting theory, we'll have to wait for concept art to confirm.

A wicht pet? Ummmm... I think by definition, a pet needs to be, like, an animal?

Surely that's the point? They both have the same icon. But now you have me worried...

I don't know why that remark was directed at Sagani, but I lol'ed.

I added extra beta access for 20 bucks. Hope the Beta starts early so I can get value for that! Presumably, you uh... waste your money? Or well, it still goes to Obsidian, so its a good cause.

Confirmed at last: the spelling is "Tekēhu" and he's a chanter/druid.

A fishing type of minigame doesn't particularly thrill me either, but maybe it's more along the lines of setting lures and traps to trigger encounters. Basically bounties for sea monsters. They say it provides rest bonuses (+1 relaxation for spending the night fishing), gives you more recipes, and triggers scripted interactions (Eder: "Hey Watcher, anything biting?"). Colour me "meh". EDIT: Sorry, and you can fish out rare gear ("Just an old pair o... OMG, Fulvano's boots!")

Seems like there's a lot of waffle that's unrelated to PoE2. Did we learn anything important?

Just got the email... Fishing!? Seriously!? *cough*finalfantasyXV*cough* I just don't think we need that... The sea monster part sounds good though.

OP butchered the definition of yandere. It comes from the words 病む (yamu - note that it's written with the kanji for "illness") and デレデレ (lovey-dovey as moose-kun explains above). So I understand it as lovey-dovey, with a hint of mental instability. Which is why yandere characters often end up murdering someone before the series is over. Disclaimer: Don't actually want anime tropes in PoE2, just participating in this thread for the lulz.

Wasn't gladius also slang for ****? Indeed. Makes you wonder what those legionaries were thinking of when they marched off to war...

But... but... that's already how Soulbound weapons work. You have to do all this (troublesome) stuff and then it tells you the backstory. Don't you want something slightly different for the talking one?

Yeah, pretty rude thread title. It looks fine to me. But then I never play much attention during the obligatory sea journey chapters in fantasy books.

lol can you guys just go back to posting Josh's comments from the other forum?

Look up the word for scabbard in Latin sometime. It's pretty amusing. You're just creating another romance thread here. Anyway, I'm hoping for subtle romance. Anything else would feel forced.

I like that. It's kind of a copy of Devil May Cry 3's Agni and Rudra, but twins for duel wielding would be awesome.

Yeah, that's true, we do have talking statues and chairs and the Devil of Caroc. I'd actually like to know the limitations of this procedure. I mean, can you affix a soul to anything? Or is there a minimum mass/area, or a certain kind or material that you need? Could you affix a soul to something ridiculous like a toothbrush? It all sort of reminds me of Full Metal Alchemist. Anyway, I suppose like Lilarcor, comic value is best? (I really don't want to hear a sob story about a guy's soul trapped in a sword) A bloodthirsty sword, axe or dagger would be fine by me.

So... with that goal done, what are the new ship types? I know very little about ships but I wouldn't say no to something big and grand to rule the seas from.