April 4, 201510 yr I'd like to play a class for which there is no companion. Started my initial playthrough as a cipher just to try things out out and enjoying that, but thinking about restarting since I enjoy things best with as varied a party as possible. Could someone enlighten me as to which classes don't have any companions? - I read rogue elsewhere but wondering if there are others. Thanks - and no spoilers please!
April 4, 201510 yr Rogue, Barbarian, & Monk. "Wizards do not need to be The Dudes Who Can AoE Nuke You and Gish and Take as Many Hits as a Fighter and Make all Skills Irrelevant Because Magic." -Josh Sawyer
April 4, 201510 yr Right, the classes that the companions do not receive are as follows. Barbarian, Rogue and Monk.
April 4, 201510 yr There at one point intended to be a monk companion named Forton who was for whatever reason cut out, and a female Priest of Magran who specialized in firearms. Not sure why Forton was cut, but Ican understand why they removed the other character.
April 4, 201510 yr Author Thanks. Hmm, monk and barbarian then. I'm tempted by the monk then because it seems like an interesting implementation for them in Pillars. Anyone played one and have some feedback?
April 4, 201510 yr I think Heodan is a rogue companion, but he only joins your party for a short bit The Unofficial Pillars of Eternity Wiki - Community/Fan Maintained!
April 5, 201510 yr Thanks. Hmm, monk and barbarian then. I'm tempted by the monk then because it seems like an interesting implementation for them in Pillars. Anyone played one and have some feedback? I haven't gotten to a high level Monk, and I haven't min/maxed one, so big grain of salt, but they can feel pretty fragile even on Normal for a while, until you get gear etc. From what I can gather, if you build one "right" they can be effective, but are kind of in that weird spot where not as tanky as a fighter/paladin and not as dps as other melee builds. The main problem for me, however, is up to about lvl 6 at least, the Monk is rather dull to play. For me anyway. The whole wound mechanic sounds interesting in principle but quickly became more tedious than anything else. I'll finish my game with her at some point - maybe Monk starts to feel more "fun" at lvl 8 or something. >.> Still gaming with my 9900k/2080ti/32 ram. One day I suppose a game may inspire me to finally upgrade. Maybe.
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