KickStarter Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Elex]

so it’s good?

 

[Abu Antar]

Someone, send me a key, please. Kthxbye.

 

[MicoSelva]

Some initial impressions:

1. You can play as Douchebag McScrewface, the inbred Targaryen.

2. Or as undead Triss Merigold.

3. Aaaaand my first bug - tootltip that wouldn't disappear and made character creation impossible.

Spoiler

Probably tomorrow.

 

[Infinitron]

Happy now?

Was I supposed to get something? Because I didn't get shit.

Check your PMs.

 

[sstacks]

Oh yeah, it'd be nice if somebody could dig into the game files and see if the portraits are stored in a directory somewhere so we could do a Codex avatar gallery.

I see a lot of dlls and files with related manifests but no outright uncompressed art assets

It's Unity if anyone has any thoughts on where / how to look

Use unity studio to extract from .assets files?

Well, the Personal version is free so I'll download and give it a shot just for grins.

 

[deuxhero]

But can you exploit your rulership for hedonism?

 

[frajaq]

well they did show differences in the cities based on your alignment

 

[santino27]

Somehow, this is the one crowd-funded game I've backed at something other than a beta tier. Oh well; share some more streams, guys!

 

[HoboForEternity]

Preview pls

 

[Mexi]

Considering that they have to follow Pathfinder guidelines, the art is pretty good.

If you're into everyone looking like mongs, I guess it's pretty good.

 

[MicoSelva]

Character creation impressions.

Spoiler

1. Look at this cute halfling character model. Awwww.
2. Character creator is complex and robust. I am actually impressed. You get a lot of options and even at one point see a chart showing at which level what feats and other skills you class will get, to plan your build up to level 20 (sorry, I forgot to make a screenshot of that).
3. The game suffers from clear "in-progress" state now. Keen senses description claims it applies to elves, gnomes and half-elves, but halflings and dwarves get it too. Hair color affects both your hair and beard, but you cannot change it unless you pick a hair style with actual hair (so to get bald+beard combo you need to choose a hair style and a beard, change hair color and then switch to bald head).
4. I hope the final version of character creation offers suggestions for choices at each step, since this will be overwhelming for anyone who does not already know D&D/Pathifnder systems. I am glad I started my D&D adventure with the much simpler 2nd edition.
5. Character creation music puts me to sleep. Making you character in Baldur's Gate was an EPIC affair, this does not compare. My biggest disappoitment so far.

Character summary screen. This is The Codex, my half-elf bard. Obviously I had to choose the douchebag portrait.

If you hover over the highlighted words you get a nice popup with description. Not exactly a new idea, but always appreciated in a lore-heavy game.

 

[Elex]

i hope that all the lore and knowledge points really matter and it’s not 2 skill check in the entire game.

my 8 int/8wis/8char warrior is going to be a terrible king?

 

[Infinitron]

Beta gameplay videos:

 

[HoboForEternity]

the CC screen and general interface itself still needs works, aesthetic-wise but function wise it looks really damn good.

 

[frajaq]

Oh my god they have a Grenadier sub-class? This is like a dream come true

 

[Elex]

Oh my god they have a Grenadier sub-class? This is like a dream come true

what about the vivisectionist?
"don't kill him i need him alive!"

 

[aweigh]

I can't believe how fucking hyped i'm getting.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Oh my god they have a Grenadier sub-class? This is like a dream come true

what about the vivisectionist?
"don't kill him i need him alive!"

I don't get vivisectionist. What's the point of him? He loses alchemist bombs and gains sneak attack, what is he going to do with it?

 

[archaen]

Oh my god they have a Grenadier sub-class? This is like a dream come true

what about the vivisectionist?
"don't kill him i need him alive!"

I don't get vivisectionist. What's the point of him? He loses alchemist bombs and gains sneak attack, what is he going to do with it?

He does a Hyde build with his mutagens.

Master Hyde (MH)

Pros: This is going to be the more damage focused Alchemist, as generally you’ll be wanting to take Vivisectionist with this. While you can play an Master Hyde build without taking that archetype, you’re still a heavily damage focused character. Your strengths are generally more endurance than your fellow Mad Bombers, although you pay for this with less battlefield control, which can be very important to a lot of players. Master Hyde players are very versatile though, being able to tangle in melee with using bombs as a secondary source of damage, making them quite useful.


Cons: Taking vivisectionist limits your attack options quite a bit, and without it you’re leaving damage on the table. unless you have a certain bomb you can’t live without. Also you’ll be in more risk of taking damage, as well as far more selfish with your use of extracts. It’s always more dangerous on the front lines, so be careful.

Suggested Archetypes: Vivisectionist, Beastmorph

 

[Ibn Sina]

Damn this looks way better than Pillars of the shark boy.

 

[Infinitron]

Dudes relaxedly walking around during combat is gonna be popular with some die-hard IEers, but I imagine most viewers are probably going to think it looks derpy as hell.

Some do have a faster running animation though, is that for characters with an inherent speed bonus?

 

[Thonius]

They are slow because they are overloaded with loot, because that's the way stash works.. no?

 

[Kabas]

Hmm, yes? You can see them in those videos.

 

[aweigh]

Enslave nations with bards

 

[PrettyDeadman]

They are slow because they are overloaded with loot, because that's the way stash works.. no?

Yes, as you get closer to total weight limit (even before you actually reach the limit) your characters start to crawl. And since in early game you are showered with cheap armor - a lot of player encounter slow walk speed.