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Yes, but as it seems, in Hard there are contradictions between what NPC tell you will encounter and what you actually end up encountering...

Yes, Karkarov, you're totally right. I can be a little obsessive with silly things like this one. As "the difficulty select screen defaults at Easy, but Normal is Normal, but there is people who says it's Hard...". LOL. I am by no means a hardcore gamer (although I have played and completed all Infinity Engine titles at least once, in their "core rules" setting), so I'd like to play this game with a more RP-oriented, non min-maxed character, along with standard companions who are also not min-maxed. I usually don't shy off the harder difficulties, but for this particular case, I just wanted to know what the standard difficulty is. And I think I have opinions and facts enough to make up my mind about it. So thanks!

OK. I also suspected that Normal was the "true" difficulty, as Story Time mode is based on Normal (not Easy, strangely), but with rules favoring the player. Thanks!

Thank you very much. The thing is, in the Prima Official game guide, they use Normal for their descriptions of encounters; however, I keep reading over and over that Hard mode is the game as the devs intended it to be originally played. It may be a little bit silly, but I was interested in knowing how the authors imagined the adventure in their minds (how many bears were really in the cave?).

Hello. Amazing pieces of art I see around here! Here I have some custom portraits made by myself with some Photoshop and time to spare: This is Fornund Thornod, a mountain dwarf paladin of the Shieldbearers of St. Elcga. This is Samtharas Lothinian, a meadow folk priest of Eothas. I hope you like them! If so, I may post some more .

Hello everybody. I'd like to know if there is some sort of "canon" difficulty setting (or, how the devs envisioned the game to be). I know that in many cases, difficulty is a matter of preference/skill, but I am more interested in knowing what the original encounters for this game would be. Should I take it is Easy, as it's the default setting at the difficulty selection screen? Or Normal, as it's the setting Story Mode is based off? For some reason, some people think it is Hard... Also, Expert Mode on or off? Thank you very much!

Found it! Tank you so much!

Hello everyone. I have just bought Pillars of Eternity from Steam and installed it. I am trying to add my own custom portraits to the game, and I know how to make the portrait files as I own the GOG.com version too. I have read guides on how to install them for Steam, and apparently, I need to put them into Steam\SteamApps\common\Pillars of Eternity\PillarsOfEternity_Data\data\art\gui\portraits\player\male or female. However, when I open Steam/SteamApps, the folder is completely empty! I cannot find Pillars of Eternity there. However, I can play the game normally. Is there anything I can do? Is this normal at all? I have even tried to create the folders manually, but it didn't work... Help would be much appreciated.