Pillars of Eternity Retrospective Discussion at PAX Prime!

[Eisenheinrich]

 

Oh God, I wish Watchers of Eternity was the actual title, shortened WOE, like in ... um ... Woedica! That would be epic. Instead I have to say Pillars of Eternity, which really sounds funny in german.

Though "Säulen der Ewigkeit" sounds pretty awesome in contrast

 

Yeah, just like a Ken Follet novel!^^

[Nonek]

The reason given for not including campsites seems a little...light, I mean yes a campsite in the middle of a castles corridors is stupid, but an abandoned storeroom, a secret passage, a bolt hole, a barricaded watchtower or other such sites would seem eminently viable. Post the usual guards, perhaps a few illusions or warding spells (though you'd have to attack the Wizard to allow him to cast,) and it would make sense so long as one maintained stealth and subterfuge.

[WorstUsernameEver]

That's not the only reason they provided, though? They also explained that they made the mistake of not tracking the camping zones throughout the game, that they had difficulties establishing a clear visual language for camping zones, and that some fans reacted negatively to the mechanic (and I can vouch for that, having been on these forums pre-release).

 

I don't think it'd be impossible to have camps in a game like this, but the reasoning for changing the system seem sound. As always, there's never a single solution to a design problem, but we know what Obsidian ultimately went with.

[the_dog_days]

I hope obsidian doesn't get rid of the pauseable combat. As Josh said, players can slow down combat rather than go full pause. They have a nice balance already.