Eternity Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pre-DLC Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

[PrettyDeadman]

I play as soul blade / devoted death godlike spezializing in dual wielding bastard sword.
19 STR 7 CON 16 DEX 18 PER 12 INT 3 RES

 

[Parabalus]

How can you open the ability tree menu aside from when you're leveling up?

Also, I'm worried that you get too much experience for everything, I'm already level 5 after finishing the starter island. Hopefully I won't reach max level after two thirds of the game like in PoE 1.

Is the level progression scheme the same? Then no, you won't. You would finish Act I in PoE around level 5, or almost 5. The progression is 1000, 3000, 6000, 10000, 15000, 21000 etc.

That, and the quest XP for the main quest is an 10x that of the side quests, and first island naturally is main heavy. It was like that in PoE1 too, except for the ridiculous bounties.

 

[hivemind]

just got off the phone with my people in eurogamer

it seems that they are very disappointed by the game and the review there is gonna be neutral to neutral-positive at best

 

[AwesomeButton]

Had to turn my resolution down to 2560x1440 to get those 60+ fps. Sad. Runs at 35-40 fps on 3840x2160.

 

[Shadenuat]

So is it me or voice acting at many places feels... amateurish?

 

[Zed]

So is it me or voice acting at many places feels... amateurish?

the VA performance is very varying, but at least the recording quality is somewhat consistent (unlike PoE)

 

[Eisenheinrich]

just got off the phone with my people in eurogamer

it seems that they are very disappointed by the game and the review there is gonna be neutral to neutral-positive at best

My bros at german eurogamer are saying it's "outstanding".

https://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2018-05-09-pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-test

 

[hivemind]

So is it me or voice acting at many places feels... amateurish?

rumor is that VA is actually where most of the money laundering happened
they just took random people off the street, gave them like twenty bucks, but internally billed it as if for a professional voice actor

 

[ArchAngel]

Of course ... hehe.

Just attacking from range in stealth will trigger sneak attack, for backstab you need to be <2m.

Unrelated to that sometimes when attacking from stealth the first attack won't trigger recovery, I'm guessing the arrow launches and combat only triggers on hit, so the character auto recovers since OoC, letting you double hit at start.

That sounds just like how Surprise attack works in D&D. And usually Rogues specialize in getting it

 

[Eisenheinrich]

I can't wait for the first really bad review to hit the surface. It will be cherished as the only review with at least some cred.

 

[Daedalos]

Less shitposting, more actual impressions, please.

 

[fantadomat]

Hey guys did anyone knows the console command for nofog ? The visual circle around the party is idioticlly small,you can't see past your nose.

 

[Niklasgunner]

So, hard or expert mode?

 

[hivemind]

Hey guys did anyone knows the console command for nofog ? The visual circle around the party is idioticlly small,you can't see past your nose.

they removed console commands because they were afraid that it would break their """code"""(if you can really call something so feeble a code)

So, hard or expert mode?

pretty much no difference between the two its a purely cosmetic change
its all incredibly easy

 

[J_C]

I can't wait for the first really bad review to hit the surface. It will be cherished as the only review with at least some cred.

This will actually happen. The game can have a hundred great reviews, but if one bad one is out, the Codex will find that and hail it as the one true, objective review. Which is kinda moronic, but it's how the Codex rolls.

 

[Parabalus]

So, hard or expert mode?

Don't play below PotD, game is "balanced" for casuals.

 

[Wolfe]

There was some sort of graph floating around that showed how many ability points single class and multiclass characters gain at each level. Can anyone link to it?

 

[Parabalus]

There was some sort of graph floating around that showed how many ability points single class and multiclass characters gain at each level. Can anyone link to it?

+2 when you get a power level, +1 otherwise, for both single and multi. It was changed to this on release.

 

[J_C]

just got off the phone with my people in eurogamer

In your dreams.

 

[Sabotin]

If anyone's interested, the VO is stored in \StreamingAssets\Audio\Windows\Voices\English(US). There's foldiers with files you can just rename/delete to disable certain VO. I renamed the "narrator" foldier and it seems to work without breaking anything, even in conversations with multiple voices.

Now, anyone knows if it's possible to globaly make the "links" in the text the default color (instead of blue/green and whatnot)? The stuff that you can mouse over for more information but makes some conversations look like a wiki article?

 

[Mazisky]

Inns are cool with nice music and people walking and sitting and leaving, all places seem alive compared to Poe1, feels more lilke a real environment

 

[TT1]

Okay, so, most of that should have been cut. Just keep the Eothas animation, the afterlife scene, and then wake up on the beach, and let you just interrogate Edér and the Steward about WTF happened if you have to, and do the combat tutorial fighting boars on the beach. It would've been much more focused. This way it's just a muddle with a barrel of expository bridge and DM glue.

Also, it is "exactly" like DOS2 starts. So, they could have changed little. I dont see the point of DIE-BACK-ALMOST DIE AGAIN

 

[cvv]

I'm not against playing this but it's been years since I played PoE1 and I have zero memory of the lore, characters and mechanics. The idea I'd have to go through all the lore and plot and relearn the gameplay is a very cold shower on my small flickering flame of interest.

 

[hivemind]

they rexplain the lore of the last game like 3 times in the tutorial

 

[AwesomeButton]

So, hard or expert mode?

Don't play below PotD, game is "balanced" for casuals.

I would agree with you, but I'm sick and tired of every small combat lasting 6-7 minutes or more.

they rexplain the lore of the last game like 3 times in the tutorial

This is on purpose, so you can understand it.