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    Critique my 5-man squad?

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    Not much to critique. These are heavily optimized Meta power gaming builds. With little strategy you should be able to stomp the game easily aside from the mega bosses. I bet you’ll have fun!

     

    It’s generally not my taste to run with 5 Uber optimized adventurers like this, and unless using unity I just miss the companions so much. Side note, I keep telling myself I want to do an evil run but I can’t let my main bro Eder down! I did hunt and kill a whale and he’s still pissed at me about that ....

     

    To each their own though! I’d be curious to get an update on how your run goes. If it’s fun maybe I’ll try one like this.

    Merry Christmas to the forum!

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

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    Extremely thankful for the folks who have passed through and those who still contribute to these forums! This has been such a special place first for POE1, then all aboard the hype train and build up for POE2 (nearly 2 years), then launch, and patch after patch, and hopefully we’ll into the future. Appreciate all the regulars around here like Boeroer, Maxquest, Gromnir, Raven, Andrea Columbo, Baldurs Gate 2, Enoch, and so many more (even you Sonic Mage!)

     

    Happy holidays to you and yours, and thanks for being a constant part of my life!

     

    As a good friend of mine would say- HA! GOOD FUN!

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    Theorycrafting Thoughts On New Classes (Patch 4.0 Beta)

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    So what multiclass alongsides Bloodmage would you recommend for the easiest time on the highest difficulty? Preferably low MIG-support variation.

    Cipher-Psion, I have not tested, a lot of people say he is suboptimal, but on paper he suits that, except the fact of Blood Sacrifice ia a damage that stops focus-gain.

    Just did a quick test and Blood Sacrifice does not suppress Soul Mind. That's consistent with my previous tests with other forms of non-hit roll self damage (destructive channeling, DAoM). Haven't tested Beserker self-damage (but I would assume it too does not).

     

    I agree that Chant/Troub and Furyshaper seem like good options as well.

     

    And wow -- that was my first BM test -- at high levels Blood Sacrifice will kill you dead if you aren't careful.

    Yeah I’ve been thinking of running a low might high per high int troubadour furyshaper. Focus on shouts, wards, and debuffs. Shield cracks and killer froze invocations.

    Critique my 5-man squad?

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    HA! Good Fun

    I remember you from when the Black Isle forums switched to the Bioware boards in late 2001/early 2002, when we were both excited for Neverwinter Nights to come out. Even earlier than that, you'd become a presence in BG2's expansion, Throne of Bhaal. Why are you doing this with your life? What's the endgame? I remember deducing you were late twenties/early thirties then, so you have to be in your fifties now. What do these boards even still offer you? Haven't you seen enough of life by now to not bother posting here? Why do this ****?

     

    Let me give you an example from my own life. I've grown up with you. You and Karzak, Chosen of Shargaash were my first experiences with internet trolls back in 2002. Going back to newsgroups I now realize you must have had at least a 10 year advantage on me. Even so. You're still doing this. Since first encountering you I've obtained a bachelor's degree, a doctorate, and I've learned two new languages. But you're still posting in a fake orc dialect on isometric rpg forums. Who are you? What do you do? This keeps me up at night.

    What should keep you up at night is how you’ve become an insufferable, irredeemable pathetic jackass. You got two degrees (like a hundred million other morons In the world, hardly an accomplishment) and learned two new languages (who gives a ****), wow. And this is supposed to be an indication of success? Neither ‘accomplishment’ proves you’ve done a single thing of value in this world.

     

    These forums are full of extremely successful people, good fathers and mothers, business owners, Philanthropists, who all enjoy connecting over a game we love.

     

    Kindly **** off.

     

    #gromnirforlife

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    Theorycrafting Thoughts On New Classes (Patch 4.0 Beta)

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    Damn Bo brought it today. Spittin’ Truth.

     

    I sincerely do have extreme appreciation to the folks in this forum. I’m a pillars junkie and like to replay it many times, and the wisdom and experience shared here increases my enjoyment of building characters by about a hundred.

     

    While I’m in an appreciative mood, I will say that we all have our nitpicks and maybe even straight out problems with Deadfire, however Obsidian 100% delivered on bringing us the most (or one of the most) replayable RPGs ever. Surely this is a worthy tribute to the Baldur Gate series.

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    Theorycrafting Thoughts On New Classes (Patch 4.0 Beta)

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

    Posted · Edited by Frog Man

     

    Furyshaper is mentioned only a few times, so it seems to be offtop;

     

    Anyway, I remember Boeroer mentioning too low ACC of the fear ward. So, I have just checked it and it seems, that it scales with character level: it had 84 ACC 30 base plus 54 from the level (19th level Multi-barb) Actually that seems to be a good thing.

    Yeah I reported that in beta 4.0.0.0018 (right when it came out, Furyshaper was the first thing I tested). I got a response that they'll look into it and now it seems with 4.0.0.0025 they fixed that issue.

     

    Like they did with Tactician's Interrupt-based refund of Discipline.

     

    The wards are damn squishy and the debuff from a destroyed Ward is hefty, but the effects are damn nice. Remember that it's still a full-fledged Barb!

    I didn't really play with this subclass (only tinkered around a bit), but I guess Furyshaper could become my new favorite Barb subclass.

    Going to include a Fury Shaper / Priest of ??? in my upcoming forgotten sanctum run. He’ll be buffing accuracy and then dropping fear totem (once my wizards had the chance to debuff the enemy), then jumping into melee to smash heads. Off tank/ support jack of all trades.

     

    Considering going fist dps with him for flavor. Tribal shaman kind of dude.

    Theorycrafting Thoughts On New Classes (Patch 4.0 Beta)

    in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Characters Builds, Strategies & the Unity Engine (Spoiler Warning!)

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    Just a reminder dudes- these subclasses are in BETA. Not saying they will launch perfectly, but let’s give the devs the time to gather some of this feedback and make tweaks.

     

    There’s been a lot of chatter lately about low sales numbers on Deadfire. Patch 4.0 is yet another reason while this team will keep getting my money. Not only do they deliver on an all-timer with Deadfire, here they are still adding significant content to the game. It almost feels like the new subclasses are specifically for all of us super dorks who do multiple playthroughs. Really awesome for them to take care of their die-hards this way.

     

    Also J Sawyer is sexy. FIN.

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