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

[Infinitron]

Huh, Tony Evans is a contract writer on PoE2.

 

[Starwars]

As is some guy who did writing on Battle Brothers.

EDIT: Pretty good interview actually. Kinda excited about all the world map traveling stuff, feels like it could be a lot of fun.

 

[Infinitron]

Lots of new details about the ship system.

As is some guy who did writing on Battle Brothers.

"Some guy". sser fucking congrats!

 

[Starwars]

As is some guy who did writing on Battle Brothers.

"Some guy". sser fucking congrats!

Haha, I don't keep up with all this stuff anymore.

 

[Starwars]

He was also a lead of some kind (lead designer?) on Storm of Zehir. Remember I attended some NWN2 chat with him before SoZ was released, he's a fun guy. Spoke quite a bit about Darklands back then which is before Sawyer made it cool.

 

[Infinitron]

There was a video with Tony Evans during the T:ToN Kickstarter where he sort-of-apologized for working on DA2, so this is something we've kind of been through already. It's not like it was his fault that the game was bad. His Torment novella was p. cool.

 

[santino27]

He was also a lead of some kind (lead designer?) on Storm of Zehir. Remember I attended some NWN2 chat with him before SoZ was released, he's a fun guy. Spoke quite a bit about Darklands back then which is before Sawyer made it cool.

Was he the husband of the husband/wife pair from Obsidian that posted here years ago, who both left Obs after SoZ? Can't keep the names straight anymore in my dotage.

Edit: Nope. That must have been Annie Carlson/Mitsoda.

 

[Infinitron]

Was he the husband of the husband/wife pair from Obsidian that posted here years ago, who both left Obs after SoZ? Can't keep the names straight anymore in my dotage.

You're thinking of the Mitsodas.

 

[Lacrymas]

About the DLCs - I'm pretty sure we are going to see at least 1 piece of DLC since it was kind of promised in the Figstarter, at least it had an option to add whatever DLC comes out for however much shekels. Would be nice to see an actual expansion, too. The last RPG to has had a proper expansion was DA:O. Maybe White March, but eh, it's two DLCs in one, masquerading as a complete thing.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

There was a video with Tony Evans during the T:ToN Kickstarter where he sort-of-apologized for working on DA2, so this is something we've kind of been through already. It's not like it was his fault that the game was bad. His Torment novella was p. cool.

Tony Evans is a bro, and a reader of the 'dex although he doesn't have an account here.

 

[Lacrymas]

I don't know what that is, lol. An expansion to Shadowrun Hong Kong?

 

[Lacrymas]

Since I just completed Cragholdt and the memory is painfully fresh in my mind - at the end the journal says

Spoiler

"You have defeated Concelhaut, one of the most powerful archmages of Eora"

I thought to myself "Thanks for reminding me of the ridiculous power creep, game" and that, naturally, brought me to PoE2. I don't know how they'll ramp up the stakes and not feel like a retread. We've already killed 2 of the spoilers, 5 dragons and an assortment of other creatures one associates with power and "epicness". It's also kind of cheap because it makes them feel weak and pathetic to have them killed off by a relatively low level party.

 

[Background Character]

Gods is my best guess

 

[Iznaliu]

I thought to myself "Thanks for reminding me of the ridiculous power creep, game" and that, naturally, brought me to PoE2. I don't know how they'll ramp up the stakes and not feel like a retread. We've already killed 2 of the spoilers, 5 dragons and an assortment of other creatures one associates with power and "epicness". It's also kind of cheap because it makes them feel weak and pathetic to have them killed off by a relatively low level party.

The level reset means that isn't so much of a problem.

 

[sser]

Lots of new details about the ship system.

As is some guy who did writing on Battle Brothers.

"Some guy". sser fucking congrats!

CrookedBee is the one to thank here.

 

[Infinitron]

Yes, she told me something a while back about how she was trying to get you that job. Awesome!

 

[fantadomat]

The last RPG to has had a proper expansion was DA:O.

Shadows of Hong Kong was nothing to scoff at... and it was free!

I am now replaying shadowrun HK and having a blast.How long is the dlc ?

 

[Lacrymas]

The level reset means that isn't so much of a problem.

That doesn't matter to us as players, we've already killed 2 of the spoilers, 5 dragons and what-have-you, so it's going to feel like a do-over if we systematically start killing all the spoilers and more dragons and etc. It becomes routine. The most powerful thing we killed in BG1 was Aec'Letec, it was level 12 and a single entity. Dragons, archmages/liches and demon princes didn't come until much later, so they felt like a natural ramp-up. Now we are going to start with kobolds again and spoilers, and probably dragons, who knows. I suppose it's going to feel different if they invent more creatures that are close to the dragons in power, but are not them.

 

[Iznaliu]

I am now replaying shadowrun HK and having a blast.How long is the dlc ?

5-10 hours worth of content.

 

[Tavernking]

Any clue if Durance is coming back? I remember ages ago people were saying he was in a trailer, and would probably be in the game as a side-quest?

In the trailer? I dont think so!

I swear I'm not trolling here, I defintely saw Durance in one of the earlier deadfire videos ages ago, and most people in the comments acknowledged it as being Durance. The reason he's not a main companion is because he solved his own dilemma which was his entire reason for travelling with the Watcher, but he might give a sidequest.

I would find the video and grab a screenshot but I don't have the time for a few weeks.

 

[BilboBaggins]

Sawyer on USGamer RPG podcast (18:40): http://www.usgamer.net/articles/axe...ive-deep-into-pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire

Legendary RPG designer Josh Sawyer returns to dive deep into Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire's story, premise and multi-classing (18:30), but not before Kat has a healthy rant about NBA 2K18's stats progression and Nadia talks about the RPGs revealed at the Nindies event. Plus: Another Perfect RPG Party!

 

[Quillon]

Any clue if Durance is coming back? I remember ages ago people were saying he was in a trailer, and would probably be in the game as a side-quest?

In the trailer? I dont think so!

I swear I'm not trolling here, I defintely saw Durance in one of the earlier deadfire videos ages ago, and most people in the comments acknowledged it as being Durance. The reason he's not a main companion is because he solved his own dilemma which was his entire reason for travelling with the Watcher, but he might give a sidequest.

I would find the video and grab a screenshot but I don't have the time for a few weeks.

Ages ago? You mean last 7-8 months but no, Durance wasn't in any videos or other shit of Deadfire.

 

[FreshCorpse]

I'm sure they would have said something publicly if Durance was coming back

 

[Prime Junta]

I'm sure they would have said something publicly if Durance was coming back

Not if it's a cameo.

 

[Sentinel]

Sadly Obsidian has NOT lived up to their potential.

Pilliars should have showcased ALL that they know, and well.... (They DID do an excellent job within the shitty Fallout 3 engine, with NV though).

Granted, the entire cluster-fuck of them trying to stay alive and then...... Pillars KS happened.

This second game is the true test. The entire true test of all that is left of Obsidian. DON'T FUCK THIS UP. You have what it takes, and show us.... And there are no excuses this time.

Good luck.

Yeah after PoE and Tyranny, PoE2 pretty much decides if I give a fuck about Josh Sawyer's Obsidian. Tim Cain/Boyarsky project will decide if I have hope for Obsidian as a whole.