is this game solid or I better wait?

[Yosharian]

What do you mean? I'm not following your logic. How could it not be more difficult if it is objectively more difficult to rest? I'm sorry, I don't mean this as an insult but you are logically and objectively wrong.

 

Anyways, this isn't a list of commandments, just some thoughts I had on adding more difficulty for people that wanted it! Signing out for the night.

 

I'm not 'objectively' wrong, lmao.  I literally described the process to you, point by point, but even that isn't enough?  There's nothing DIFFICULT about it, it doesn't require skill to overcome, it's not particularly a hardship.  It's just an annoyance.  A stupid, unnecessary annoyance.

[master guardian]

def wait read this

 

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/99513-latest-on-difficulty-fix-just-spoke-to-a-designer-on-pm/

[Ashen Rohk]

Deadfire is a sequel. 

 

So people have all-ready learnt the mechanics beacsue they played the first game.

 

So of course more people are going to play on veteran and POTD then they did on POE1

 

So what about the people who didn't play the first one?

 

I'm not disagreeing that the Deadfire is easier than PoE1, on classic mode it's significantly so but you can't assume the entire playerbase to have played the first game, especially to completion and on PotD and have the Dev Team balance around that.

 

The classes do broadly play the same, but there's now empower, you're a man down and there's the whole aspect of multiclassing, the per encounter spells, the fact priests/druids don't have their entire spellbook, no grimoire spell copying and probably a ton of other stuff that I've forgotten too so even your argument that the mechanics can be pulled over from the first game is flawed.

 

Have you tried turning off party AI for more of a challenge? Serious question.

 

Keep your focus in this thread, please. This the exact same crap that pushed me away from this forum after the first game came out and I actually like posting here.

[Ashen Rohk]

A younger, brasher me might respond to that.

 

I would too, but I'm too busy enjoying Deadfire. At least one of us, hey?

 

 

Aaaaanyway, the game is solid. It's fun with a rich environment and well written characters. If you liked any of the classic CRPGs you'll like this. OP should totally buy it, and if you bought it before today on GOG you would've got Wasteland 2, another cracker of a game, for free!

[cycloverid]

 

What do you mean? I'm not following your logic. How could it not be more difficult if it is objectively more difficult to rest? I'm sorry, I don't mean this as an insult but you are logically and objectively wrong.

 

Anyways, this isn't a list of commandments, just some thoughts I had on adding more difficulty for people that wanted it! Signing out for the night.

 

 

I'm not 'objectively' wrong, lmao.  I literally described the process to you, point by point, but even that isn't enough?  There's nothing DIFFICULT about it, it doesn't require skill to overcome, it's not particularly a hardship.  It's just an annoyance.  A stupid, unnecessary annoyance.

Sorry to say but your last sentence describes how I feel about your responses to my posts.

 

But let's forget how objectively wrong you are for the sake of progress. Another probably better way to deter resting in potd difficulty would be that in dangerous areas there would be random encounters when attempting to rest. There are plenty of other ideas too!

[Aotrs Commander]

 

 

How do attrition mechanics make The Endless Paths less pointless?

 

Here's what happens when I run out of Health or critical Priest spells in Endless Paths.

 

- Walk to exit

- Click 'travel to surface'

- Click rest button

- Click Endless Paths entrance

- Click 'travel to level x'

- Walk to where I'd gotten to

- Continue

 

How would you describe this process, if not pointless?

 

 

Well, I think you would have to agree it is more of a deterrent than it is now. But I believe I also qualified it by saying that poe1 didn't have a perfect rest mechanic either. Hence also why I mentioned more rogue-like elements.

--Harder to rest

--Health doesn't regenerate after combat without abilities/food.

--Easier perma-death of characters, etc.

--Dialog options and other choice-based elements have deeper consequences

 

 

The first two points will only add tedium, because unless you have "the dungeon doors slams behind you, locking you in" every time (making the endless paths game-ending fatal if you went in before you could clear it all), NO MATTER how hard you make it to rest - if you only make it possible to rest at inns etc - players WILL backtrack, rest and trudge right back to where they left off. (Same as in tabletop.) Making the process more ardious is NOT a deterrant, people are going to do it regardless, they'll just be wasting more time and being more annoyed about it.

 

You simply cannot make people NOT rest when they want to, except by the sort of railroading mechanics that would cause tabletop players to leave the table in the real world.

 

(Timers are also not something to try and abuse to force the issue, as for a lot of players, the fastest way for them to say "I'm not going to play that game" is to put tight time pressure on. I never finished Mask of the Betrayer for that exact reason.)

 

That is the fundemental issue with a mechanic wherein the resource refreshement is based on player choice. To force resource management like that, you have to take that choice away from the players, or else they will chose when to refresh and whatever frequency they fancy. (Making it an item and then giving precious few (I mean, like, WAY less than PoE did) is also basically forcing the issue, you're just trying to pretend your not).

 

PoE1 was about the best you could get - because as soon as you started to get bonuses from inns/stronghold that were better than resting by the campfire, you were more inclined to press on (even with injuries) and hold the bonuses. But it was only an encouraging nudge. PoE 2... I've played, like, fourteen (slow, steady, much FAQ reading) hours and I've rested maybe twice? Because there's little need.

 

 

 

Easier permadeath will just encourage a large chunk - possibly even the majority - of players to reload more often, same as it did in BG1 onwards. Sure, you'll get a few more people who will take it as it goes (and make ironman harder), but for a lot of us character death equals "reload, do again." KotR's biggest contribution to the late Pre-EA Bloware/OBS RPGs was knocking out characters instead of killing them so they stood up after combat, sidestepping the issue. (And greatly simplifying the job for the game script-writers. Now, PoE having custom companions meant that you;d have parties with no companions in anyway as a possibility, so you might as well have character death, but even so.)

 

 

 

Now, the last one is not unreasonable, but not really anything to do the the previous items.

 

(Though not without issues - Witcher 3 did the last point; problem I personally found was, give a decision that I cannot work out an explore the consequences to (and given that I am only going to play 215 hours ONCE, or once every twenty years or something), and I'm just likely to alt-tab out and look for a FAQ.)

[Faustus2]

def wait read this

 

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/99513-latest-on-difficulty-fix-just-spoke-to-a-designer-on-pm/

 

Bah!

 

Where did the above thread go @master guardian?  I found it to be extremely helpful.

 

Anyhow, does anyone know if the current Veteran difficulty level is greater than, equal to, or less than the current classic difficulty level?

 

 

 

P.S. I apologize in advance to all the hall monitors if I have placed this question in the "wrong" thread.

[Amentep]

 

def wait read this

 

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/99513-latest-on-difficulty-fix-just-spoke-to-a-designer-on-pm/

 

Bah!

 

Where did the above thread go @master guardian?  I found it to be extremely helpful.

 

Anyhow, does anyone know if the current Veteran difficulty level is greater than, equal to, or less than the current classic difficulty level?

 

 

 

P.S. I apologize in advance to all the hall monitors if I have placed this question in the "wrong" thread.

 

 

It was merged with the existing thread on POTD and level difficulty, just as every new thread on this same subject has and just as every new thread on this same subject will be, as much as we are able.

[Yosharian]

 

 

What do you mean? I'm not following your logic. How could it not be more difficult if it is objectively more difficult to rest? I'm sorry, I don't mean this as an insult but you are logically and objectively wrong.

 

Anyways, this isn't a list of commandments, just some thoughts I had on adding more difficulty for people that wanted it! Signing out for the night.

 

I'm not 'objectively' wrong, lmao. I literally described the process to you, point by point, but even that isn't enough? There's nothing DIFFICULT about it, it doesn't require skill to overcome, it's not particularly a hardship. It's just an annoyance. A stupid, unnecessary annoyance.

Sorry to say but your last sentence describes how I feel about your responses to my posts.

 

But let's forget how objectively wrong you are for the sake of progress. Another probably better way to deter resting in potd difficulty would be that in dangerous areas there would be random encounters when attempting to rest. There are plenty of other ideas too!

When did I say I was against such a mechanic?

[Voss]

 

 

What do you mean? I'm not following your logic. How could it not be more difficult if it is objectively more difficult to rest? I'm sorry, I don't mean this as an insult but you are logically and objectively wrong.

 

Anyways, this isn't a list of commandments, just some thoughts I had on adding more difficulty for people that wanted it! Signing out for the night.

 

I'm not 'objectively' wrong, lmao. I literally described the process to you, point by point, but even that isn't enough? There's nothing DIFFICULT about it, it doesn't require skill to overcome, it's not particularly a hardship. It's just an annoyance. A stupid, unnecessary annoyance.

Sorry to say but your last sentence describes how I feel about your responses to my posts.

 

But let's forget how objectively wrong you are for the sake of progress. Another probably better way to deter resting in potd difficulty would be that in dangerous areas there would be random encounters when attempting to rest. There are plenty of other ideas too!

All thwarted by leaving, resting and coming back. The only 'difficulty' involved was the designers' inability to optimize loading times.

[cycloverid]

The premise of several of your arguments is that tedium and loading screens aren't a deterrent, but they are, and were for me. If I don't have camp materials: Would I rather walk back up and rest once or go back and buy more camp materials because I know I'll need to rest more than once? If I do have campfire materials: Do I press on further or camp now?

 

If not campfire materials, I think there are other ways to make resting not two clicks away at any point. Some kind of encounter system while resting might work too, although you'd have to think of way to not have it be totally abused by reloading - perhaps by seeding it or some other system.

 

My point in mentioning these things was to highlight that even if potd combat difficulty is increased, I will still miss the added difficulty that I felt out of combat in poe1 - and added difficulty out of combat that could have been possible in a sequel. In fact, to be honest, the combat in poe1 got boring near the end because I felt there were too many encounters. Out of combat difficulty is a welcome addition imo. Make player resource management have far deeper consequences in harder difficulties!

Edited May 16, 2018 by cycloverid