Known Information

[Sedrefilos]

To minimize eversprawling speculation threads, I decided to make this one. I put links from information from Josh Sawyer about new mechanics and other interesting stuff.

I do believe we'll get more detailed updates for what's new in Pillars 2 by the devs themselves soon enough, but untill then we can use these and talk around them.

Fell free to link any other info I might (probably) missed!

 

- STREAMING: new Q&A session with Josh Sawyer at Oct. 8th https://twitter.com/WorldofEternity/status/828797084643897344

 

- Interviews: http://www.mmorpg.com/pillars-of-eternity/interviews/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-returning-companions-and-continuing-saves-1000011515 (thanks Barbedbeat!)
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/01/31/inside-pillars-eternity-ii-deadfire-game-director-josh-sawyer/

 

- About when we'll meet the companions: http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156538181671/so-with-3-of-the-6probably-7-soon-companions
http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156540200006/hi-josh-as-we-already-know-at-the-beginning-of

- About grimoires and trinkets: http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156538820176/any-chance-in-poe2-grimores-could-be-made-a-little

from L4wlight in the Josh sawyer something awful poe2 thread http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91241-josh-sawyer-something-awful-poe2-posts/?p=1880328

 

- About multiclassing: http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156540101641/i-know-that-you-tried-to-avoid-trap-builds-in-poe

from L4wlight in the multiclassing thread: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91182-one-word-multiclassing/?p=1878734

 

- About cloaks and necks: http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156567713041/critical-question-will-there-be-separate-cloak

 

- About skills: http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156585382271/in-the-first-pillars-the-character-progression-was

 

-  A little more about Xoti (stretch goal companion): http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156604263206/did-you-know-about-lantern-shields-and-will-there

 

- Josh Sawyer Q&A: The entire video in text (from kirottu's thread! http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91394-twitch-qa-in-old-skool-text-form/)https://www.reddit.com/r/projecteternity/comments/5rju7y/link_deadfire_qa_session_with_josh_sawyer_1h05m/

 

- About reputation system: http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156893676606/in-deadfire-will-we-see-changes-to-the-reputation

 

- About proficincies and skills: http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156893948066/weapon-proficiencies-are-in-but-are-the-weapon

 

- About importing saves (from Fig comments section, contribution by IndiraLightfoot):

Can someone tell me which savegame should I keep "safe" until Pillars 2 is out? The "gamecomplete" one?

Feargus: just asked Adam, and he said it is the one called "End game save".

 

- About racial bonuses & godlike types (From Fig comments section, contribution by IndiraLightfoot):

1. Are racial bonuses going to be changed?

​2. Will there be different types of Godlikes? (Wael, Skaen, etc)

Feargus: Racial bonuses are not going to be changed, and (2) For right now, there are not going to be different types of Godlikes.

 

- About party size (From Fig comments section, contribution by IndiraLightfoot):

Faergus:  I can say the party being five people is something we will stick with.

 

- About system requirements (From Fig comments section, contribution by PrimeJunta):

System requirements unchanged from Pillars 1 (sorry for not providing a link or a copy-paste crom the original post but it's lost in the 2k+ comments in Fig and I though it was important).

 

 

 

Edited February 7, 2017 by Sedrefilos

[MaxQuest]

"In most circumstances, party members can grant bonuses to the main party member performing an action. The math is a little complex, but the end result is that nothing is really redundant. It the very least, you’ll gain a marginal bonus if multiple party members have points in a skill."

 

Reminds me of that injured wolf in White March. Iirc you could not heal it, if you had Field Triage on a companion but not MC.

Edited January 30, 2017 by MaxQuest

[IndiraLightfoot]

This reply from Feargus over at Fig today must simply be added here:

 ReplyJan 30, 2017 | 12:36 AM

 

M

I can say the party being five people is something we will stick with.

 

Jan 30, 2017 | 02:11 AM

https://www.fig.co/campaigns/deadfire#forum

Edited January 30, 2017 by IndiraLightfoot

[PrimeJunta]

System requirements unchanged from Pillars 1. 

 

Source: Feargus today in a Figstarter comment. https://www.fig.co/campaigns/deadfire?media_id=481#forum

[kirottu]

Edit: I will never post another link ever again since I'm always late. 

Edited January 30, 2017 by kirottu

[Undecaf]

- About skills: http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156585382271/in-the-first-pillars-the-character-progression-was

 

Oh, hey. That's was nice.

[AndreaColombo]

Subscribing thread.

[Ganrich]

Awesome. I'm particularly interested in hearing about the new skills system more in depth. Sounds very promising.

[boffmoffet]

Awesome post, thanks for the effort Sedrefilos!

[Lamppost in Winter]

More non-combat skills is welcome news.

[IndiraLightfoot]

On importing save games:

 

Can someone tell me which savegame should I keep "safe" until Pillars 2 is out? The "gamecomplete" one?

 

ReplyJan 31, 2017 | 12:48 AM

 

Feargus

developer

M

I just asked Adam, and he said it is the one called "End game save".

 

Jan 31, 2017 | 01:51 AM

 

 

 

And on racial bonuses and new Godlikes:

 

Got some questions.

​

1. Are racial bonuses going to be changed?

​

2. Will there be different types of Godlikes? (Wael, Skaen, etc)

 

ReplyJan 30, 2017 | 10:42 PM

 

Feargus

developer

M

@Baramos (1) Racial bonuses are not going to be changed, and (2) For right now, there are not going to be different types of Godlikes.

 

Jan 31, 2017 | 01:58 AM

 

 

Both from Fig.

Edited January 31, 2017 by IndiraLightfoot

[Sedrefilos]

Updated the OP with a twitter link about live streaming Q&A for Feb. 1st.

[IndiraLightfoot]

@Sedrefilos: Feel free to add my info and of course others to your OP. That way, it's even easier for people to see the known info (It will be a bit of work for you, though. In my case, just add fig links).

Just an idea, if you have the time or the inclination, as it were.

[Sedrefilos]

@Sedrefilos: Feel free to add my info and of course others to your OP. That way, it's even easier for people to see the known info (It will be a bit of work for you, though. In my case, just add fig links).

Just an idea, if you have the time or the inclination, as it were.

I am willing to of course, it's just that the links so far are from the fig forums and when you click them it takes you to the top of the discussion, so one must navigate lienes and lines of posts to find it. Also, about copy-paste posts (which is better imo because one can see directly the information) they take up space and I wanted the OP to have just easy links so one can see the title, click the link and voi-la.

If I find a way to do it as to be easy I'll definately place info from posts directly to the OP. It might be a way but I'm not familiar with this advanced technological stuff

If you know how to do it and you're willing to show I'd appreciate it!

Edited January 31, 2017 by Sedrefilos

[IndiraLightfoot]

Perhaps you don't need those links then. Just copy and paste the essence of my posts, for instance, and add this at the end (Source: Feargus, Fig).

[Sedrefilos]

Done! I tried to find the info about system requirements that PrimeJunta linked too, but I got lost in the posts :/

[IndiraLightfoot]

Wonderful, Sedrfilos!

 

Just add my info from post nr 3 too, since it's pretty important: PoE2 will have 5 party members instead of 6, and they will stick with that decision (Source: Feargus, Fig). 

[Sedrefilos]

Updated original post about multiclassing with L4wlight's post in the multiclassing thread.

[JerekKruger]

Very good idea for a post (says someone who posted a speculation thread). If we could get it stickied that would be very handy.

[Barbedbeat]

http://www.mmorpg.com/pillars-of-eternity/interviews/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-returning-companions-and-continuing-saves-1000011515

 

Iselmyr's Watch talent. Keybreaker.

 

Yes.

 

YES.

Edited January 31, 2017 by Barbedbeat

[Rolandur]

- STREAMING: Feb. 1st live streaming Q&A: https://twitter.com/WorldofEternity/status/826258400774287360

 

 

Do we ask our questions during the stream? Anyways, here's some of mine:

 

• Will we still have the QoL feature Follow Selected? (I actually refunded, on Steam, Tyranny because this was missing)
• Will the formula for spotting hidden objects remain the same as PoE1? I can deal with it, if so, but I found it awkward at best.
• Will the main attributes still work mostly the same as PoE1? I found the attribute system is top notch, rational, and makes a lot of sense [especially for the setting]. Absolutely love it and hate for it to morph into something unrecognizable from the first game.

Edited January 31, 2017 by Rolandur

[Sedrefilos]

 

- STREAMING: Feb. 1st live streaming Q&A: https://twitter.com/WorldofEternity/status/826258400774287360

 

 

Do we ask our questions during the stream? Anyways, here's some of mine:

 

• Will we still have the QoL feature Follow Selected? (I actually refunded, on Steam, Tyranny because this was missing)
• Will the formula for spotting hidden objects remain the same as PoE1? I can deal with it, if so, but I found it awkward at best.
• Will the main attributes still work mostly the same as PoE1? I found the attribute system is top notch, rational, and makes a lot of sense [especially for the setting]. Absolutely love it and hate for it to morph into something unrecognizable from the first game.

 

Via twitter or during streaming. Also in Fig comments. You should say "it's a question for the stream" I guess. At least that's how others did it

Edited January 31, 2017 by Sedrefilos

[Sedrefilos]

Updated OP with 2 interviews.

[Theobeau]

Apologies if this is not quite right thread to post but a follow-up about importing save games.

 

Any official comment about whether incomplete save games can be in any way imported into PoE2?

[About 85% of the way through the main game, got stuck into the DLC then RL/work/study etc.... made 2-3 hr gaming sessions impossible.  And given the amount of time away, when I tried to return, found my cRPG muscle memory just not there anymore!]

 

I suspect the answer will be no official comment but don't hold out much hope.

Anyway, perhaps the new game will act as a spur to get back into the Dyrwood.

[Certainly prodded me to make my first post in over a year!]

[Sedrefilos]

Apologies if this is not quite right thread to post but a follow-up about importing save games.

 

Any official comment about whether incomplete save games can be in any way imported into PoE2?

[About 85% of the way through the main game, got stuck into the DLC then RL/work/study etc.... made 2-3 hr gaming sessions impossible.  And given the amount of time away, when I tried to return, found my cRPG muscle memory just not there anymore!]

 

I suspect the answer will be no official comment but don't hold out much hope.

Anyway, perhaps the new game will act as a spur to get back into the Dyrwood.

[Certainly prodded me to make my first post in over a year!]

I'm 99,99% certain this will be a "NO" but you can ask this question to the Q&A today I suppose.