Just started a new game and my Half-Orc Oracle (Half-Orcacle) is still enjoying the festival with his wolf, Wolf. 

 

am gonna suggest people focus too much on the wrong content. flurry polearms for sohei is indeed nice, but it only happens at level eleven. the most difficult part o' the game is early, when you don't have many powers or abilities. so armed with metaknowledge, build experience, the right gear and an ideal supporting party, by the time you hit level twelveish, chances are you are no longer struggling. 

...

'course even w/o flurry, sohei is gonna be the current win choice for monks. from start o' game, level one, sohei gets you get a horse, martial weapon proficiency and access to spirited charge. 'cause 'o changes regarding spears and charging, at level one you are gonna do 3x damage on a charge... if you choose spirited charge. you are gonna choose spirited charge level one. play as a human and you should have cleaving finish by level three. a sohei with spirited charge and armed with a longspear finnean is laughing at early game content.

crpg axiom: most powerful ≠ most fun. rule o' kool should always win... unless you are playing unfair difficulty wotr. sohei might be most strongk but is it most fun? dunno.

@ShadySands for the through the ashes content we had a half orc wildland shaman with a leopard. also had a sacred huntsmaster with a leopard. were two leopards and a horse in our party so we kept our naming convention straightforward: leopard 1; leopard 2; horse. not our most creative moment. 

leopard were our first animal companion with our angel sacred huntsmaster. gritty kitty.

regardless, we wanna play a half orc wildland shaman as a main at some point in the future, 'cause is a stacked archetype. would likely choose a dog. maybe name God even if is a bit sacrilegious. wildland shaman is a serious stacked archetype. 

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Edited March 14, 20232 yr by Gromnir

"AoE spells and items didn't affect the enemies if you rested before the battle for Defender's Heart – fixed;"

we mentioned this bug earlier. the thing is, the bug also disabled enemy aoe. dretch stinking clouds, which nowadays the demons spam merciless during the defender's heart battle, were similar ineffective pre patch. overall am thinking the bug made the tavern defense easier.

the star rattle l00t chest being "fixed" is also maybe not such a fantabulous result as the chest is now providing goggles o' undeniable truth, which you no doubt acquired a couple islands earlier. no longer is the chest providing a broken trickster mask... which admitted were kinda broken given the level it is likely acquired. 

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Edited March 23, 20232 yr by Gromnir

That mask was broken af... So is it out of the game or do you get it elsewhere?

1 minute ago, Sarex said:

So is it out of the game or do you get it elsewhere?

no idea. am only certain that if you play treasure isles dlc as a side quest to the main game, then the star rattle rewards post patch is the undeniable truth goggles. 

have not tested where the dlc is played as separate from the main campaign and am not having run through the entirety o' the chase and prey portions o' the dlc to be knowing what other l00t changes may have been implemented.

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I keep re-rolling before I get to the new companion. At least 4 times now. Maybe I'll try to mod a spontaneous casting druid subclass or something.

have personal been waiting to play beyond early act 2 as we hoped to see a few bugs addressed in a patch.

new patch

better than nothing

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Edited April 5, 20232 yr by Gromnir

Looks like several new archetypes and a few spells may be in the pipeline, with a good amount of association with the undead or shadows. Also an "android companion". Let's hope Owlcat's Commander Data isn't as bad as NuTrek's evil Brent Spiner.

Looking at the archetypes and I think Shadowcaster and Weretouched will be top-tier, Ghost Rider and Reanimator are wildcards, Tortured Crusader and Tandem Executioner are downgrades. We'll just have to wait and see when/if they are implemented.

insofar as shadowcaster, am suspicious owlcat has finally fixed shadow spells as the dcs are often wrong and elemental damage is counted strange... and sr is also implemented different than one would expect if pathfinder is the basis. however, the profane and untyped intelligence boosts is making shadowcaster worthy o' consideration.

the ghost rider sounds kewl, and that may be enough, but it sacrifices the cavalier charge abilities which multiply damage and expand crit range, so is functional a decrease in power.

were-touched looks weaker than manticore or fey-form, but that don't make it bad as those two is kinda silly op at the moment. shifters is strong and the were archetype seems like a solid addition to the shifter list o' archetypes.

tortured crusader would be okie dokie if the game had more non evil foes. lack o' a mount hurts. lack o' mark of justice means we likely want another paladin in the party in addition to the tortured crusader.

dark lurker and reanimator look kinda meh, but might be thematic interesting enough to try. 

regardless, @ShadySands should be happy as these archetypes all have a gothic kinda theme, no? suggests the next dlc might involve vampires, werewolves and similar fare. 

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I surprised myself by starting a new game, and I must say that the mythic content on the Trickster path doesn't appear all that good. Heck, Azata was way better. Trickster is just silly, it's not funny.

have finally played a new wotr game deep enough to do all o' act ii with the new companion as well as the act iii ulbrig specific content. 

quick observations:

- the new content is owlcat ordinary which means if you enjoyed wotr, then you will possible grumble 'bout narrative shortcomings or bugs related to the dlc, but such is no worse than the bulk o' what has been previous released. however, a few o' the quests is kinda haphazard and ill-defined; you may feel the need to check your journal to be sure a couple quests is finished, or not. 

- the only act iii content other than crusade management we completed before exploring gundrun were greengates and the molten scar which had us reach level 11 by a handful o' xp. after completing the act iii ulbrig quests am ~3/4 to level 12; is a fair amount o' content available on decent sized maps. there is more happening in currantglen and gundrun than we expected. the dlc is not just 'bout the shifter class with a wotr companion tacked on for good measure. ulbrig and his relevant maps result in considerable more content than other wotr companions, for better or worse. 

- is a few munchkin bait l00t items considering the level o' the content. is multiple +6 enhancement gear pieces and those items have bonuses beyond the enhancement.

-the crusade upgrades from ulbrig provide your army with new military units but have only accessed infantry and archers 'cause as am having stated, am early in act iii. even so our new default infantry unit is the ulbrig specific houndmasters.

- am highly recommending upgrading the phylactery of stevanius (ring) with the convert to force damage option before tackling gundrun.

Spoiler

the maps are fugly not only with swarms but also incorporeal undead. you will be able acquire multiple swarmbane clasps which not surprising allow you to damage swarms. however, depending on your party configuration, the incorporeal undead may be a serious nuisance. 

- a merchant in gundrun sells multiple weapons and items which target lycanthropes. am not yet having encountered lycanthropes, so...

regardless, am gonna repeat am pleasant surprised by the amount o' new content provided by the dlc. 

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Re. Ulbrig, once I turn him into his griffon form there seems to be no way to bring him out of it. Is this intended, or am I missing something? Help, please!

1 hour ago, kanisatha said:

am I missing something?

there is an option on ulbrig's ability menu titled wild shape (return). green color so it stands out.

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1 hour ago, Gromnir said:

there is an option on ulbrig's ability menu titled wild shape (return). green color so it stands out.

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Huh. I'm pretty sure it's not there in my game. I'm going to check right now.

Edit: Found it! I guess because I only checked those Ability menu items when he's in his normal form and not when shifted, I missed seeing it.

Thanks!

Edited April 24, 20232 yr by kanisatha

More data mining.

Android companion looks to be limited to the Through the Ashes sequel and is an Int-based Bard. There's also reference to "shards", which look to be limited to the DLC.

Archetypes continue to be more sp00ky with cannibal Barbarians, daemon Shamans (Owlbrew original), hag Bloodragers, dual-cursed Oracle, heretical Clerics, and a geomancer Sorcerer (owlbrew Original). Handful of new spells as well.

Edited April 25, 20232 yr by PK htiw klaw eriF

For the benefit of those who have not found our talking about this game across six whole topics engaging enough:

 

Edited April 28, 20232 yr by Agiel

My biggest d'oh moment so far: was in the Ineluctable Prison, got hit by a Curse of Idiocy and happened to have no one and no item with me for removing it. Luckily the sufferer was Regill who doesn't need a brain anyway, but it was annoying, I have to say. And poor preparation on my part.

I'm resuming my playthrough today, after 4-5 months. Upgraded my computer with a SSD processor, so load times should be shorter.

I have now done two different mythic playthroughs, Azata and Trickster, and I must say Azata was about a hundred times better. The Trickster storyline seems so forced, and most notably, it's just not funny. I quite liked some of the Trickster mythic abilities, but as far as the written content... nah. Just poor.

14 minutes ago, xzar_monty said:

I have now done two different mythic playthroughs, Azata and Trickster, and I must say Azata was about a hundred times better. The Trickster storyline seems so forced, and most notably, it's just not funny. I quite liked some of the Trickster mythic abilities, but as far as the written content... nah. Just poor.

trickster are for powergaming

would be fun if there are more chance to turn enemy into furniture or something

instead all trickster get is making a drunk king

got around to act v portion o' the ulbrig dlc. there is less act v content for ulbrig compared to act iii. act v gundrun does offer players a few meaningful choices which is hardly surprising 'cause is the end o' the ulbrig content. 

am having played wotr a few times and am a completionist. as such our level twenty party with the bestest gear wasn't particular overwhelmed (or even whelmed) by the final ulbrig battle(s). the concluding confrontation o' the dlc content is a bit gimmicky but am doubting it provides much challenge for seasoned players. is ez to be dismissive o' the ulbrig end content but am needing recall the dlc must be fun for more casual players as well as level twenty munchkins with end-game gear. is gonna be near impossible to balance 'tween most players and the more hardcore psychos such as Gromnir. 

overall there is a fair bit o' content provided via the ulbrig dlc, more than we had anticipated. the dlc offers a new companion with a new class, but is also numerous quests and a couple new areas populated by characters which contribute noteworthy amounts o' dialog. "more" hardly = good, but we were pleasant surprised by the value we received from the dlc.

no lycanthropes. as we mentioned earlier, there is a merchant in gundrun who sells gear with bonuses when facing lycanthropes. relevant for future content?

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Dang it, I need to dust off my Lich run again. Got sidetracked by table top wargaming (yeah, that real life stuff involving playing with real, live people 😁)

I had just finished building a nice ziggurat, exploring the basement, but no obscene rituals taking place down there (yet)

 

I get the game since it is 70% off.

 

Resuming my pt (this time for real🙂). I went with Lan and Wenduag to visit Savamelehk and entered a certain archmage’s tower. He took a message to Galfrey, who answered with mere silence. Later I took Ember to meet with Nocticula and the Hand freaked out for no reason (I wonder how bad it would have been if I had accepted the power).

Also booked a trip with Nocticula Airlines and it was a completed disaster. First the ship crashed on the opposite direction I was supposed to go. Then Arue rolled a 2 on a Stealth check against Dagon pirates. My mc killed the enemy captain, but we run out of supplies and failed at hunting (the crew was eaten) because the game decided that this time the skill check would not be done by one of the companions. Apparently, that solved the problem because we resumed our trip and there was no more mention of supplies. How many people died hunting? Was the crew so over numbered?🤔

On 5/26/2023 at 7:56 PM, HoonDing said:

I get the game since it is 70% off.

 

Same.  Don't know when i'll play it though. Maybe in 2025. 🙃