Play now or wait for patching master thread

[Majber]

Is anyone just waiting , not playing, for proper balance & polish for the game too?

[Abbzug]

Not really, but then I did a few playthroughs of the first game over the years. I understand the argument, but for me knowing it'll be a better game months and years later just means I'll have more reason to revisit it if I want.

[M4xw0lf]

I'm looking forward to the balancing changes, but that doesn't stop me from playing the hell out of the game in the meantime.

[morhilane]

I did a playthrough (didn't do all the content though) and now I playing other stuff while talking about the game and waiting for the early June patch.

[Anelikital]

I know i am friend, i noticed that as i get older i tend to do this more and more, i only play around in the very early parts of the game to try stuff out and then stop to wait for the first large patch. 

[JerekKruger]

Yeah I am. I played a few partial play-throughs and am now returning to PoE1 to play an import save and Tyranny (for the first time). I'll probably take another look at Deadfire when the Beast of Winter drops.

[AWizardDidIt]

Balance (namely veteran and potd) tuning have kept me from committing to a long playthrough and finish the game however it hasn't stopped me from doing numerous start overs to try out different classes/characters and compositions. 

[Wormerine]

Did a full playthrough, and migrating to other stuff until it is patched once or twice. 

[rjshae]

Yes, I played just enough to get a taste of the game. Then I stopped and moved on to other things. At least until most of the major patches have been released. There's no point in trying to enjoy it yet if the goal posts are going to keep shifting. No big deal.

[MortyTheGobbo]

I'll probably finish my first playthrough anyway, then wait for the patches before I start new ones. I don't want to risk some of the changes not applying retroactively.

[hilfazer]

I'm waiting for balance.

[Night Stalker]

I am waiting for at least a patch or two - the game needs both a balance patch as well as a delousing.

 

For what's it's worth, the wait is actually helping me going through my backlog, so the wait is actually not that bad.

[DaKatarn]

Is anyone just waiting , not playing, for proper balance & polish for the game too?

Yeah Sir, I’m waiting for balance, POTD difficulty, polish, DLC and maybe more end-game content? So I will back in November 2018 ^^.

[Stephen Unsworth-Mitchell]

I keep telling myself to wait but then I get bored and think it be fun play or they bring out something new like today I waiting to download start new game.

 

I managed run on POE 1 and probably try run on tyranny after this rum dlc and bit of a play.

 

All Obsidian fault adding things give me to many reason to play.

[DaKatarn]

I keep telling myself to wait but then I get bored and think it be fun play or they bring out something new like today I waiting to download start new game.

 

I managed run on POE 1 and probably try run on tyranny after this rum dlc and bit of a play.

 

All Obsidian fault adding things give me to many reason to play.

I run POE1 in POTD too ( white march 2 actually) ans after this run I try triple couronne achievment so I can wait for a perfecr Deadfire first run.

[Stephen Unsworth-Mitchell]

DaKatarn

 

I did perfect run of POE 1 for Deadfire. Did veteran as didn't want to jump from POTD run in POE 1 to POTD in deadfire. I keep playing deadfire. I will do POTD on both once deadfires balanced. 

 

I am hoping they balance deadfire maybe after we will get news of tyranny 2.

[Mu Shu Fasa]

I did my first playthrough with the story characters to check out their dialogue/ interactions but I was able to do it on potd without ever breaking a sweat...that shouldn't be possible. Would love to see some balance changes to make the game challenging. In the first poe you had to make good builds and use non story characters for potd. Would love to see some of that here, the current difficulty level really hurts replayability imo.

[XEternalXDreamsX]

I would love to play this now even with bugs and get the season pass but my laptop isn't great for gaming at all so I'll be waiting for the PS4 release. Hopefully, it will be polished by then. The first Pillars of Eternity complete edition that I preordered on PS4 was pretty much bug free on release.

[Selky]

Replaying Deadfire seems like a waste of time until it's fully patched and all the DLC is released. I'd rather replay the first game and get save imports ready.

[AnarchyJesus]

any words on when the next patch gon drop?

[Night Stalker]

any words on when the next patch gon drop?

Early June:

 

The first large update for Deadfire will be launching in early June - Patch 1.1. This update contains hundreds of fixes and refinements based upon our internal testing and all the great feedback we have been getting.

 

[vanyel54]

Have to stop my current run. Blasting a poor dragon without a scratch was too much for me

I'm going to do a solo while waiting for the patch

[Sedrefilos]

Is anyone just waiting , not playing, for proper balance & polish for the game too?

I play since day 1. No problem with them minor bugs and all. 

[xzar_monty]

Yeah. I've spent a total of less than ten minutes on the game so far. Will possibly try it after patch 1.1.

[Ancelor]

I knew from the beginning that I’d have to wait.

I only play this kind of games only once and I want it to be as balanced/polished as it can be.

I was prepared for this. POE1 was a completely different game when it got out to the one I played, so this is to be expected here as well.

Even more so with multi/sub classes involved.