Preview Pillars of Eternity: The White March Companion Videos

[Infinitron]

Immunity to common physical damage types as well? Bold move. I was sure it was only going to be elemental/magical types.

 

[Athelas]

The immunity to piercing weapons must be because fire blights explode and cause close range damage when they die. All ranged weapons except implements are piercing, I believe.

 

[Excidium II]

Sawyerism in its purest form.

 

[Infinitron]

The immunity to piercing weapons must be because fire blights explode and cause close range damage when they die. All ranged weapons except implements are piercing, I believe.

Haha, that's true. That calls for a trollface version of

"You wanted immunities? OH I'LL GIVE YOU IMMUNITIES"

 

[felipepepe]

Oh god... all he does is to castrate players or to provide pseudo-choices that don't really matter. This is why there's no hope.

Seriously, you have a creature that explodes when dies. A decent designer would use the enviroment & clever encounter design to try to force players to fight it up close - Sawyer releases them on huge open areas and just goes "NO, YOU CAN'T FIGHT THEM RANGED CAUSE THEY ARE IMMUNE! YEAH, FUCK YOU!"

 

[Roguey]

Just fire ones?

I dunno, that's the one they were complaining about.

They're also immune to fire of course.

 

[Infinitron]

BTW, there's nothing about implements that's inherently crappy on a non-wizard, other than that they don't Blast. Might be a way to get players to consider experimenting with them more.

 

[Athelas]

Oh god... all he does is to castrate players or to provide pseudo-choices that don't really matter. This is why there's no hope.

Seriously, you have a creature that explodes when dies. A decent designer would use the enviroment & clever encounter design to try to force players to fight it up close - Sawyer releases them on huge open areas and just goes "NO, YOU CAN'T FIGHT THEM RANGED CAUSE THEY ARE IMMUNE! YEAH, FUCK YOU!"

Look, do you want hard counters or not?

Though I do hope you realize that there are probably over a hundred of ranged abilities in the game that don't do piercing damage, and that you won't face fire blights in isolation. Throwing a curveball at rote player strategies is fine.

 

[Roguey]

BTW, there's nothing about implements that's inherently crappy on a non-wizard, other than that they don't Blast. Might be a way to get players to consider experimenting with them more.

I looked at their stats and they do the weakest damage and have medium range. Against an enemy with no particular piercing resistance, a hunting bow is better than a wand or sceptre. Not sure about rods, it does do 1 point of minimum/maximum damage more but it's also slower and I don't want to do DPS calculations (I'd take a war bow over a rod though).

 

[Rake]

She's working for Obsidian and she did a lot of the writing for PoE.

Is that supposed to be a plus? Obsidian's writing has declined in their last games, and PoE was one of their worst offerings writing wise.
I agree puting her on the same level than Helper was uncalled for, but acting as she is a good writer is equaly bullshit

 

[Infinitron]

I looked at their stats and they do the weakest damage and have medium range. Against an enemy with no particular piercing resistance, a hunting bow is better than a wand or sceptre. Not sure about rods, it does do 1 point of minimum/maximum damage more but it's also slower and I don't want to do DPS calculations (I'd take a war bow over a rod though).

I said "inherently crappy on a non-wizard". I wasn't denying that they're kind of crappy in general. But if you're up against a single foe that's immune to Piercing, well, your strong/fast fighter will probably do more damage with a wand than your wizard.

 

[felipepepe]

But if you're up against a single foe that's immune to Piercing, well, your strong/fast fighter will probably do more damage with a wand than your wizard.

As long as he's naked, right? Dat game design.

 

[Infinitron]

I don't use naked characters, it offends my roleplaying sensibilities.

BTW, I've noticed that the AI even now can be pretty aggressive about pursuing your most lightly armored party member. Leave Durance alone you bastards

 

[Fenix]

What about solo playtrough, f.e. Rogue with daggers? Is that piercing dmg?

 

[Ulrox]

What about solo playtrough, f.e. Rogue with daggers? Is that piercing dmg?

Just switch weapons, thats how it was done in bg.

 

[Fenix]

Switch to what? You know, solo has not many options.
As I understand, Rough take specialisation in Blunderbass, Daggers, and don't remember.
I'm not saying that you are wrong, I mean you sure?

 

[Crescent Hawk]

I left my game at Defiance bay. Dont know If I should pick it up again.

 

[Ulrox]

can't seem to find this expansion in the products page - you guys sure that all kickstarter backers get it? Doesn't appear to be the case with me.

 

[Infinitron]

can't seem to find this expansion in the products page - you guys sure that all kickstarter backers get it? Doesn't appear to be the case with me.

I don't how you got the idea that all Kickstarter backers get it.

 

[Nekot-The-Brave]

can't seem to find this expansion in the products page - you guys sure that all kickstarter backers get it? Doesn't appear to be the case with me.

Well you can buy it on the DLC page of PoE. Or when you click on 'Show more DLC' on your steam library.

 

[Ulrox]

I don't how you got the idea that all Kickstarter backers get it.

Feargus mentioned that in an interview - I figured what he meant was that everyone got the first part of the expansion, but guess that isn't the case anymore.

 

[Infinitron]

Feargus mentioned that in an interview - I figured what he meant was that everyone got the first part of the expansion, but guess that isn't the case anymore.

He probably meant that they get the 2.0 patch with the expansion's improvements.