Judicator

This isn't Game of Thrones.

What's wrong with you?

I'd like to weigh in and say that I dropped D:OS2 right after the boat. The writing was unbearable. Oh, and that narrator...

I'll take your word for that too. I dropped that game after the tutorial.

Baldur's Gate 2 beats any TB game ever made.

I'm not familiar with 5e, so I'll take your word for it.

Why? They do the same thing in turn based combat.

Disagree. RTwP is objectively faster and feels more "realistic". Also, you don't have to pause all the time. Melee characters don't need much micromanagement so you can focus on the spell casters.

It's Larian. Expect lots of quirky dialogue.

I was speaking specifically about Larian. Other devs probably feel like most players wouldn't want to play as an NPC instead of a custom char.

You'd have a point if this was Larian's first game, not their eight. They just don't know how to write.

Probably because they were poorly written.

And that's my issue with what I have seen so far. It looks like D:OS2 mixed with Dragon Age. It looks and feels nothing like Baldur's Gate.

Bioware created some memorable characters in BG and BG2. Can't say the same for Larian.

Looks like it's going to be turn based... And it has the same braindead writing D:OS2 had. They should have just called this Divinity: Original Sin 2.5 and let someone more competent make BG3. I guess there's still Pathfinder to look forward too, but this is really disappointing.

I think I'll just go with greatswords. There's plenty to choose from at least.

While we're on the subject, which would you say is better, Brute or pure Barbarian/Berserker? I had a lot of fun with a pure barb in PoE 1.

Eh. Staves aren't really my thing. I'll consider Willbreaker. What's your opinion about the two-handed axes? They look pretty cool too.Bleeding Cuts is very good with Blood Thirst. And both axes are nice. But they have the same problem: single damage type (slash) which is bad for a Devoted. If you are no Devoted then they are a good pick. And Amra you can get very early. Amra also allows to put Blood Frenzy onto enemies in an AoE since its Carnage-like ability can crit. You need 25 MIG though. In a testing setup with a single class Barb + Retaliation (which omits recovery and thus favors battle axes with bleeding cuts) the Willbreaker was still equally good because you will hit/crit more often. Seriously: I think there is no better weapon option (if you look at the whole playthrough from beginning to end) than Morning Star for a Brute - if you don't want to switch weapons. If you want to switch then of course there's always an optimal weapon for every encounter. And Chromoprismatic Staff is very potent. If you have a Beckoner in the party and you are a Berserker then Grave Calling is also top notch. Of course it's not two handed. Just as an example for a weapon that is very good with the right "conditions". Morning Star is always good and never bad for a Brute - that's why I think it's he best pick overall. I plan on doing Devoted/Berserker so I guess axes are out. I'll give Willbreaker a spin.

What's the earliest you can acquire it on PoTD? Amra at the Radiant Court How does Amra's Frenzy work in conjunciton with a Berserkser's Frenzy? Would it just override it? Because that would suck.

Eh. Staves aren't really my thing. I'll consider Willbreaker. What's your opinion about the two-handed axes? They look pretty cool too.

I haven't played Deadfire since the vanilla game and with all these DLCs I see that there are a lot of new items. I want to do a Brute playthrough with a two-handed weapon, but I'm not sure what to choose. Opinions?

What favored enemies did you choose? Also, what style? Personally, I'm tired of the dual-wielding ranger, I'm thinking of doing an Aragorn-style two-handed ranger. So far most usefull would be whatever trolls are but I don't know how it will look futher in game, you can't go wrong with human or undead (I got undead). I have gone with something not related to bows or dual wield but personally I feel like archery is strongest pick for him Alright, thanks. I'm more of a melee guy so I'll stick to big swords. Shame I can't have a hamster animal companion.

What favored enemies did you choose? Also, what style? Personally, I'm tired of the dual-wielding ranger, I'm thinking of doing an Aragorn-style two-handed ranger.

Thinking of playing a ranger, but I don't know which favored enemies to go for. I'm thinking about humans, undead and outsiders because those are always a sure bet in cRPGs. What else should I go for? Also, are ranger spells in Pathfinder any good?

Eothas says they were mortal before they were gods.