Folie a deux 11 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 With her not making the cut as a full fledged companion in the base game - what are the chances of her being upgraded from hireling to companion status again as part of the expansion? Would be a shame to let the groundwork already laid out for the character go to waste, innit? Same for the sea monster hunting and fishing stretch goal. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Wormerine 4,334 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 From Josh' Frog Helms Fan Club (https://twitter.com/jesawyer): "Olá. If we don’t hit the stretch goal by 5pm PDT today, she will be a sidekick in Deadfire. It would be possible for her (or Rekke, etc.) to become a companion in an expansion, but not in the core game. The new features we’re adding for companions increase the amount of work we need to do per companion by about 50%. We’re fully scheduled for companion writing through the rest of the project just with the core 7." 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Wormerine 4,334 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Also what groundwork? So far we have seen one artwork, and a vague background:-). Poor Ydwin, never hated a character so much before knowing anything about them. 12 Link to post Share on other sites
Sedrefilos 2,092 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 The most interesting news in there is that there might be an expansion. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
rheingold 841 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 There is definitely an expansion. You can buy it as an add on already. 6 "Those who look upon gods then say, without even knowing their names, 'He is Fire. She is Dance. He is Destruction. She is Love.' So, to reply to your statement, they do not call themselves gods. Everyone else does, though, everyone who beholds them.""So they play that on their fascist banjos, eh?""You choose the wrong adjective.""You've already used up all the others.” Lord of Light Link to post Share on other sites
Sedrefilos 2,092 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) There is definitely an expansion. You can buy it as an add on already. Whoot?! How did I missed that? They put it in high reward but never talked about it at Q&A/updates? Edited April 29, 2017 by Sedrefilos 1 Link to post Share on other sites
KaineParker 6,136 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 There is definitely an expansion. You can buy it as an add on already. Whoot?! How did I missed that? They put it in high reward but never talked about it at Q&A/updates? It's the season pass for dlc. I reckon we'll see something like WM and perhaps other things as well. Xoti > Ydwin anyways. 5 "I am the expert, asshat." - Hurlshot "I'm fine with humanity being wiped out" - majestic "I won't say what just in case KaineParker is reading" - Bartimaeus "Oh no! Is there super secret ending as well? I don’t care." - Wormerine Link to post Share on other sites
Achilles 2,335 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Poor Ydwin, never hated a character so much before knowing anything about them. Yep. 2 "Art and song are creations but so are weapons and lies" "Our worst enemies are inventions of the mind. Pleasure. Fear. When we see them for what they are, we become unstoppable." Link to post Share on other sites
LuccA 115 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 From Josh' Frog Helms Fan Club (https://twitter.com/jesawyer): "Olá. If we don’t hit the stretch goal by 5pm PDT today, she will be a sidekick in Deadfire. It would be possible for her (or Rekke, etc.) to become a companion in an expansion, but not in the core game. The new features we’re adding for companions increase the amount of work we need to do per companion by about 50%. We’re fully scheduled for companion writing through the rest of the project just with the core 7." God, just leave them out of the main game and introduce them completely in the expansion... This is a mess. Link to post Share on other sites
Sedrefilos 2,092 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Eh. I don't want a White March again. I hope they'll go for a sequel-expansion this time. Unless the game needs fixing and th expansion is the fix (like Pillars 1). Though I hope not. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
injurai 3,507 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 From Josh' Frog Helms Fan Club (https://twitter.com/jesawyer): "Olá. If we don’t hit the stretch goal by 5pm PDT today, she will be a sidekick in Deadfire. It would be possible for her (or Rekke, etc.) to become a companion in an expansion, but not in the core game. The new features we’re adding for companions increase the amount of work we need to do per companion by about 50%. We’re fully scheduled for companion writing through the rest of the project just with the core 7." God, just leave them out of the main game and introduce them completely in the expansion... This is a mess. Isn't that exactly what that quote says? So mess avoided. Yay. Link to post Share on other sites
Gromnir 7,646 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) With her not making the cut as a full fledged companion in the base game - what are the chances of her being upgraded from hireling to companion status again as part of the expansion? Would be a shame to let the groundwork already laid out for the character go to waste, innit? Same for the sea monster hunting and fishing stretch goal. ydwin will die horribly via a scripted event during first melee combat. goth-girl's skirt will become entangled on an oxcart or rose bush or whatever as she attempts to enter the fray, causing her to lose balance and stumble to her knees. recent rains/snows will have resulted in the ground being muddy, and when she final gets back to her feet, and readjusts her glasses, her spectacles will be smeared with all manner o' dampness and dirt. instead o' removing her predictable fouled glasses as she shoulda' done in the first place, ydwin will stumble forward, functional blinded by folly, to be moments later speared through the liver by a xaurip juvenile wielding a fire-sharpened stick and a dragon-sized attitude. thus will end the story o' ydwin. fade to black. everybody cries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mdYPBIuhJY HA! Good Fun! Edited April 29, 2017 by Gromnir 8 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to post Share on other sites
FlintlockJazz 2,005 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 HA! Good Fun! Never has Gromnir's usual sign off been so dark... 7 "That rabbit's dynamite!" - King Arthur, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail "Space is big, really big." - Douglas Adams Link to post Share on other sites
rjshae 9,313 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 From Josh' Frog Helms Fan Club (https://twitter.com/jesawyer): "Olá. If we don’t hit the stretch goal by 5pm PDT today, she will be a sidekick in Deadfire. It would be possible for her (or Rekke, etc.) to become a companion in an expansion, but not in the core game. The new features we’re adding for companions increase the amount of work we need to do per companion by about 50%. We’re fully scheduled for companion writing through the rest of the project just with the core 7." God, just leave them out of the main game and introduce them completely in the expansion... This is a mess. Isn't that exactly what that quote says? So mess avoided. Yay. No it's not. She'll be in the main game as a sidekick. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
injurai 3,507 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 From Josh' Frog Helms Fan Club (https://twitter.com/jesawyer): "Olá. If we don’t hit the stretch goal by 5pm PDT today, she will be a sidekick in Deadfire. It would be possible for her (or Rekke, etc.) to become a companion in an expansion, but not in the core game. The new features we’re adding for companions increase the amount of work we need to do per companion by about 50%. We’re fully scheduled for companion writing through the rest of the project just with the core 7." God, just leave them out of the main game and introduce them completely in the expansion... This is a mess. Isn't that exactly what that quote says? So mess avoided. Yay. No it's not. She'll be in the main game as a sidekick. Sidekicks aren't companions and don't eat into their writing resources. They are more like glorified mercenaries. Link to post Share on other sites
Messier-31 2,481 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Bonteru! 1 It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air... Link to post Share on other sites
rjshae 9,313 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 From Josh' Frog Helms Fan Club (https://twitter.com/jesawyer): "Olá. If we don’t hit the stretch goal by 5pm PDT today, she will be a sidekick in Deadfire. It would be possible for her (or Rekke, etc.) to become a companion in an expansion, but not in the core game. The new features we’re adding for companions increase the amount of work we need to do per companion by about 50%. We’re fully scheduled for companion writing through the rest of the project just with the core 7." God, just leave them out of the main game and introduce them completely in the expansion... This is a mess. Isn't that exactly what that quote says? So mess avoided. Yay. No it's not. She'll be in the main game as a sidekick. Sidekicks aren't companions and don't eat into their writing resources. They are more like glorified mercenaries. Right, we all read the updates. The problem comes later when, assuming she becomes a companion in the update, Ydwin suddenly develops a lot more depth and interaction. To handle that, they would need to give her a reason why she changed from taciturn to fully interactive. 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to post Share on other sites
injurai 3,507 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Well, at least with Rekke he speaks a different languages. He's probably the one I'm most looking forward to becoming a full companion eventually. So he'll have that period where he is picking up the language. Link to post Share on other sites
BlackRangerXIII 13 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) From Josh' Frog Helms Fan Club (https://twitter.com/jesawyer): "Olá. If we don’t hit the stretch goal by 5pm PDT today, she will be a sidekick in Deadfire. It would be possible for her (or Rekke, etc.) to become a companion in an expansion, but not in the core game. The new features we’re adding for companions increase the amount of work we need to do per companion by about 50%. We’re fully scheduled for companion writing through the rest of the project just with the core 7." God, just leave them out of the main game and introduce them completely in the expansion... This is a mess. Isn't that exactly what that quote says? So mess avoided. Yay. No it's not. She'll be in the main game as a sidekick. Sidekicks aren't companions and don't eat into their writing resources. They are more like glorified mercenaries. Right, we all read the updates. The problem comes later when, assuming she becomes a companion in the update, Ydwin suddenly develops a lot more depth and interaction. To handle that, they would need to give her a reason why she changed from taciturn to fully interactive. We'll have to leave it to the devs shall we? Well, at least with Rekke he speaks a different languages. He's probably the one I'm most looking forward to becoming a full companion eventually. So he'll have that period where he is picking up the language. Well... He was used as an example, so... yeah, nice idea! Edited April 29, 2017 by BlackRangerXIII Link to post Share on other sites
MortyTheGobbo 521 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 So, uh... who is Ydwin and why do people want her as a full companion so badly? This is greatly confusing to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Katarack21 3,118 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) So, uh... who is Ydwin and why do people want her as a full companion so badly? This is greatly confusing to me. Currently a sidekick, a corpse-obsessed female animancer crime observer. Eoras answer to Bones. Edited April 29, 2017 by Katarack21 Link to post Share on other sites
KaineParker 6,136 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 So, uh... who is Ydwin and why do people want her as a full companion so badly? This is greatly confusing to me.Waifu bait. 9 "I am the expert, asshat." - Hurlshot "I'm fine with humanity being wiped out" - majestic "I won't say what just in case KaineParker is reading" - Bartimaeus "Oh no! Is there super secret ending as well? I don’t care." - Wormerine Link to post Share on other sites
injurai 3,507 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 So, uh... who is Ydwin and why do people want her as a full companion so badly? This is greatly confusing to me. Female Harry Potter. Link to post Share on other sites
Achilles 2,335 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) So, uh... who is Ydwin and why do people want her as a full companion so badly? This is greatly confusing to me. Because all the kids think that "deeper companion relationships" = Japanese dating sim and therefore assume that she will be their waifu. That is the only reason. Edited April 30, 2017 by Achilles 6 "Art and song are creations but so are weapons and lies" "Our worst enemies are inventions of the mind. Pleasure. Fear. When we see them for what they are, we become unstoppable." Link to post Share on other sites
smjjames 466 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) So, uh... who is Ydwin and why do people want her as a full companion so badly? This is greatly confusing to me. Because she kind of looks like an anime character I guess? As for who, she's one of the 'sidekick' companions (which exists as a way to get around the slightly smaller party size), I'll try to find the Fig update that mentions her. https://www.fig.co/campaigns/deadfire?update=273#updates And yeah, she's Eoras answer to the coroners and investigators in crime dramas, and RL ones. Edited April 30, 2017 by smjjames Link to post Share on other sites
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