Eternity Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Pre-Release Thread [BETA RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[aweigh]

every time i accidentally clicked on a backer npc i was sawyer-raped

 

[AwesomeButton]

Aedyrians coming to The Eastern Reach was basically rape.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Penetrating a dungeon is obviously a rape metaphor, so the whole game is a rape fantasy for young males.

 

[Projas]

rape kid

 

[Roguey]

lmao Roguey have you seen this: https://twitter.com/a_man_in_black/status/868736440032571393

https://twitter.com/a_man_in_black/status/868736440032571393

Yup http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...g-dumping-ground.90469/page-2413#post-5130974

That's what I was gonna ask, lol. The first thing that came to mind was Durance's cut treatment of GM, I think it was implied he raped her.

Maerwald's awakened souls come to mind.

Additionally, the situation in Blood Legacy.

As for Durance/GM that didn't come across as rape to me, just extreme torture. And as Avellone noted

The damage she did to him, arguably in self-defense, was considerable and far outweighed what was done to her.

 

[Iznaliu]

every time i accidentally clicked on a backer npc i was sawyer-raped

Are you implying that Sawyer impersonated a whole bunch of backers and funded the game out of his pocket?

 

[Infinitron]

Itz coming

 

[Sentinel]

I still don't see how random ship encounters will benefit the game.

 

[Fry]

Phat lewt.

 

[Sentinel]

The loot in PoE was pretty fucking shit so that prospect isn't exactly enticing.

 

[Jenkem]

xaurip harpoons instead of xaurip spears?

 

[Fry]

The loot in PoE was pretty fucking shit so that prospect isn't exactly enticing.

Let's just say I have more faith in Sawyer's ability to learn from mistakes than your ability to read a thread and process new information.

 

[Sentinel]

The loot in PoE was pretty fucking shit so that prospect isn't exactly enticing.

Let's just say I have more faith in Sawyer's ability to learn from mistakes than your ability to read a thread and process new information.

Is there info on the loot I missed? I only remember him talking about the crafting (almost no info, just "it's better this time i swear") and collecting other ship's flags when you defeat them.

 

[Fry]

I have no idea what ship combat will accomplish. I was making zee joke. It's a fair bet it will provide some sort of reward though, eh? That's usually how RPGs work.

I do have confidence that itemization will be better in Deadfire. Because I played the White March. And I've read the many interviews linked ITT.

 

[Sentinel]

Every RPG I've ever played that had random encounters, the only reward was experience (which was capped per monster in a playthrough in PoE because of the bestiary, and I've seen no indication that this system is changing). I hope Sawyer will at least put some fun (eh) shit in them. The itemization in White March was the same shit as the base game aside from the Soulbound weapons, and you can't seriously expect every weapon in PoE2 to be like that.

I also remember the interviews before PoE and taking them as gospel. Sounded like a match made in heaven, a divine mozzarella. Then it came out.

 

[Prime Junta]

Was there rape in PoE?

I don't want to spoil it for you in case you decide to play it.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Was there rape in PoE?

I don't want to spoil it for you in case you decide to play it.

Hint: There was.
Your eyes, by the goddamn wallsoftext.

 

[Lacrymas]

About random encounters - DA:O had great random encounters because they were all unique. They weren't random encounters alla JRPGs, but most of them were scripted and didn't only have monsters to kill. Think of Fallout's random encounters as well. PoE's will be very pointless if they are simply RNG based fights like JRPGs because there's no xp for combat after a certain point.

 

[Got bored and left]

About random encounters - DA:O had great random encounters because they were all unique. They weren't random encounters alla JRPGs, but most of them were scripted and didn't only have monsters to kill. Think of Fallout's random encounters as well. PoE's will be very pointless if they are simply RNG based fights like JRPGs because there's no xp for combat after a certain point.

I might be misremembering, but I think they showed that there are gonna be different flavours of sea encounters, much like the things that can happen to you in the streets of Nehetaka - say, you might find an abandoned merchant ship and decide what to do with it, etc. It's all based on their storybook scripted interactions, so that gives them a lot of flexibility. I hope they use it.

 

[Merlkir]

The next update is planned for wednesday. I'm too lazy to link the tweet, but Mike Somethingorother said so in JS's thread.

 

[Quillon]

About random encounters - DA:O had great random encounters because they were all unique. They weren't random encounters alla JRPGs, but most of them were scripted and didn't only have monsters to kill. Think of Fallout's random encounters as well. PoE's will be very pointless if they are simply RNG based fights like JRPGs because there's no xp for combat after a certain point.

They said numerous times there won't be random/generated encounters, but yeah lets assume they will make RNG based fights like JRPGS and shit.

 

[Sentinel]

About random encounters - DA:O had great random encounters because they were all unique. They weren't random encounters alla JRPGs, but most of them were scripted and didn't only have monsters to kill. Think of Fallout's random encounters as well. PoE's will be very pointless if they are simply RNG based fights like JRPGs because there's no xp for combat after a certain point.

But the random encounters in DA:O were pointless too.

 

[Lacrymas]

But the random encounters in DA:O were pointless too.

They gave xp + unique items or materials (like the star metal), I think one merchant sold attribute books as well.

 

[Infinitron]

"Random encounters" in DA:O were a finite collection of events that triggered randomly when you travelled on the world map. Randomly selected, not randomly generated. Eventually you'd run out of them (except the merchant who could be encountered multiple times IIRC).

 

[Sentinel]

But the random encounters in DA:O were pointless too.

They gave xp + unique items or materials (like the star metal), I think one merchant sold attribute books as well.

The only reward is exp. The dwarf merchant's only unique item is a necklace that gives +10 mental resistance, everything else can be found/bought elsewhere. As for the material, you can't even do anything with it unless you have the soldier's peak dlc IIRC.