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Yeah, or the sidekicks, cause that's what they're for. You are not reasonable. You are just constantly repeating what you want. Achilles on the other hand just stated, that there are reasons for the sidekicks to be in the game and that they are alrerady in, so all that complaining is useless, especially as you didn't even play the ****ing game yet. And guess what: Surprisingly other people want other things than you and guess what else: They will get them and you won't. Get over it! Seriously: What's your problem guys? All that whining and nagging and "I want, I want, I want" that came to this forum in the last year or so. It is so incredibly annoying. Preach Mord. Totally agree. Love the folks on the forum but it’s been pretty doom and gloom lately - I can’t wait for Deadfire. I trust that Obsidian will deliver something great as they did before.

Dude I am legit stupid - can you explain how to do that? When I pull in close I just get dragged into a ship battle, which i would prefer to skip. I’ve enjoyed the jokes around Katrina’s departure- however just to be clear, this should mean next to nothing about Deadfire. She’s done her job (managing the crowd funding campaign). Also, when a great job opportunity comes along, you don’t tell the new company ‘hang on this game is about to ship can you wait 4-8 more weeks please’ you take the opportunity and go. I’ve loved Katrina’s work- but she’s a marketing rep and she made some neat videos. Not exactly the CEO leaving.

Hm. No ship-to-ship combat. I guess some people will be happy with ship combat becoming melee. I'm a little sad, but it still looks cool. Naval encounters have always had this option. Just because the footage showed one without the other doesn’t mean anything has changed. Whoa is this right!!? How do I do it? (I love the game, but can’t get in to the ship fighting system. Would much prefer to jump right into the stabbing and spell slinging)

Personally, I saw this Boeroer v Gromnir feud coming for a few months. Only one way to settle it, duel to the death. The winner is king o’ the forums. Ha! Good fun!

How do you play the build - buff before engaging ? Or engage and then cast while in the face of the enemy

Durance was the best-written companion, for the reasons yoU’ve All laid out. The one thing that poster hit on the head was Pallegina. I wanted to love her due to her fantastical appearance and the fact that we don’t see many characters like her in games like this (black female Paladin), but I also can’t remember a single line of dialogue from her or defining character trait. A really poorly written companion, just a character with nothing memorable about her. Durance on the other hand ... ‘saw you in the flames ...’ Or, ‘now to find a home for my other staff...’

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At this point, I’m wondering if I have to be that nerd who prints out a page of all the afflictions for next to me desk for while I play so I know which afflictions are dexterity ones, and which ones are worse and so on. That way, I can know if Tekehu needs to ‘chant’ away this affliction or if my priest MC needs to pray this one away. Thoughts?

Hey thanks for my new main!! Perfect for a single class priest I was planning on running through Deadfire. Thanks ! Ehhh...sorry if the image didn’t come through. It was old white bearded man with the huge hat.

Laughed aloud and woke up the baby I was rocking.

Totally disagree. Again, Baldurs gate is a great example. Minsc was the standout star of the companions and he had very littl added to his character other than exactly what we will get with the sidekicks.

Enemies do not Empower currently. They would if these changes go through. An important note: the Resolve-based random Empowers/Depowers would specifically only occur after a character has been in combat for more than a certain amount of time (e.g. 10 seconds). This is specifically to discourage save-scumming for a random alpha strike double Empower from stealth and similar tactics. And You’d still gain Deflection and Will. There is no “purely” passive build in Deadfire unless you steadfastly refuse to use your 1st level active power. This proposal limits the impact of Empower (outside of restoring resources) to +5 Power Levels instead of the current +10 (though that could still be attained on a double Empower). I.e., while an Empowered enemy ability could be nasty, the leap in power would not be astronomical. Thank you for watching the SA forums for us! I never look there so I’m glad someone is watching and reposting.

A party without a priest in POE1 was gimped. Are you guys finding the new inspiration system as well as other heAls like life giver Druid, lay on hands, and second wind can be enough to forego the obligatory priest in a party?

Wow dude. Will be testing thus build ASAP

With Kdubyas post about ranged attack speed, I’m really interested in a single class rogue build for Eder where he fires a single pistol. Think McCree from Overwatch. Nice bc the voice actor for Eder is the same as McCree (Matt mercer) High noon bitches !

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[quote name="Boeroer" post="1979079" timestamp="1518851488 The idea of The Balthazar(?) that you can invest thrice in a proficency to: a) get the modal b) increase the bonus c) decrease the malus would be nice to see implemented. ————————————————————— This would completely go against the aim of the new system. As josh stated, they want players to feel free to switch to non proficient weapons at any time. It was always a drag when I’d get a cool new poleaxe or wand or staff in POE but wouldn’t use it bc my guys were already locked into weapon sets due to weapon focus. If you had the ability like you suggest to invest THREE talents in like greatsword for Eder for example, you as the player would pretty much never feel free to put anything other than a greatsword in his hands.

Gosh, I’d love to hear an announcement on these games they keep hinting toward that are different kinds of games in the Pillars IP universe. There was a reddit thread about an Icewind Dale-type POE game that focuses more on dungeon crawling than narrative. That’d be my dream. Though Josh has also mentioned a tactical turn-based game as well - I’m assuming in the vein of something like Battle Brothers? I love the IP they created and plan to support whatever future efforts they make in that world. Eora is such a rich creation, and there should be tons of cool concepts to explore in places like the Living Lands, the White that Wends, Old Vallia, etc., and historical events like the Saint’s War.

Please keep us posted on how you think we should use our social media accounts and what you find/don’t find to be lame. Critical feedback IMO.

Wanted to quickly throw my support for the per-encounter system. I LOVE it. I’m totally with you guys that casters have their problems (as has been chronicled here in great detail) but I love that in Deadfire my priest and my wizard actually use their power and cast spells rather than serving as wand users who cast spells once every 5 fights. Or worse, I ‘conserve’ my spells not knowing when I would need them and later I have way more than I need. Wasted spells I could have cast.

Jojo- really digging the build! I’m not a solo player so I’m curious how you’d run this build with a party in POTD. (Keep in mind that I’m not near as good as you please ! ) My concern would be the lack of damage might make him be a weak overall character. Perhaps he should focus on debuffing?

Whoa! I’m a frequent forum lurker - not sure how I missed that post by Jojo. Thank you sir!

Hey forum friends and deadfire enthusiasts! I'm working to get one last run completed prior to Deadfire on April 3rd, and my hopes are to port this character over. My deadfire team will look like PC Tank Wizard/Paladin, Eder Rogue, Tekehu Chanter, Xoti Priest, and the fifth spot will be open for Aloth, Maia, Serafen, etc. I've started this POTD run (my first, completed on Hard before) and have just entered Defiance Bay. The party looks like this: Kana - tank, later Dragon Thrashed MC Wizard, tanky, spamming slicken and curse of blackened sight Eder, 2-hand Lady of Pain Hireling Monk, Juggernaut to be replaced with Zahua Durance, Tanky Buff spammer My question - how would you build the Wizard? Is Wzard Tank still viable? My squad is low on AoE so my plan was for this guy to absorb hits while spamming CC's like Call to Slumber, etc., giving time for Eder and Zahua (and Dragon Thrashed) to thin out the herds of mobs. Open to feedback on the squad as well - though in the spirit of Deadfire I plan to keep the party limit at 5. Thank you!

I largely agree on the beta Boeroer, even if my Deadfire impressions and outlook skew a bit more positive than yours. The main thing Deadfire beta inspires me to do is to go play the finished masterpiece that is POE1!

Lmao - why you hating on my boy nerdcommandos accent??