Bugs and variances from strategy guide

[rnarchlord]

I have been playing POE for several days now and have noticed a few shall I say discrepancies?

 

The Rolling Flame spell does not work.  Instead of going in the direction of the red path when you choose it the flame goes to the left or the right at almost 90 degrees from the path.  This I also noted with another spell that shows a red path but forgot to note it down.

 

Several of the conversation choices noted in the strategy guide do not appear in the game even if you have the requisite points indicated, e.g. Intellect 15.  This causes some of the encounters to end only in combat and not peacefully.  A prime example is the Missing Sentries task.  Irregardless of what dialogue choice you make Leyra ends up attacking you and you have to fight her and the knights.  The knights do not stop fighting you once you have killed her.  Per the strategy guide not only are the knights supposed to stop fighting so you can save a few of them combat is triggered but per guide

 

"[Resolve 13] Continue the conversation, offering the Clever answer

and asking her how long she’s been stuck here, waiting for orders. She

realizes she’s dead and fades from existence, freeing the enthralled

men without bloodshed."

 

I know that the guide was put together before the final version of the game was finished and that changes probably were made in the gameplay too late to put in the guide.  I just want to alert fellow players to both bugs still in the game and differences if they are following the guide.  If you know what to expect it is hard to get disapointed when things don't work out quite like the guide says they should.  Other than that it is a great game and a very good guide.

[matthewfarmery]

I think the strategy guide to be totally not worth it. its out of date for a far margin. I hope it will get updated at some point, but that going to be wishful thinking. there are better info out on the web then what is in the guide.

[Thrasher91604]

Actually the web info is pretty thin, in particulay the wiki and the gamepressure stuff. These forums are the best sources for info yet, and even so it's pretty sketchy and thin.

[TrueMenace]

http://game-maps.com/PoE/Pillars-of-Eternity.asp

 

Best resource so far.

[Thrasher91604]

I prefer more than just maps. Maps are the least useful to me.

[DruidX]

Just use the wikis

 

they still don't have all the info since game didnt come out that long ago, but they get updated as people play more

 

Official Wiki

 

Unofficial Wiki

[rnarchlord]

Another little bug that pops up sometimes:

 

In the Eosthasian temple in Gilded Vale the silver key that opens the door to level two does not always show up when scouting.  I have had two out of four parties find the key and the other two nothing shows up when scouting the room the key is in.

 

This will be my running log of bugs as I find them with the various parties I'm running.

[Darkbridger]

Another little bug that pops up sometimes:

 

In the Eosthasian temple in Gilded Vale the silver key that opens the door to level two does not always show up when scouting.  I have had two out of four parties find the key and the other two nothing shows up when scouting the room the key is in.

 

This will be my running log of bugs as I find them with the various parties I'm running.

 

Are you certain all parties had the same max Mechanics skill level when reaching that room? The spot that key is in has an above average Mechanics requirement if I remember correctly.

[Tigranes]

That's not a bug, that's your Mechanics score.

[rnarchlord]

With all four parties that I've run so far I have sent one party member with a mechanics score of 4 scouting into that room and twice found the key.