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[RalliArtEvo]

I cant wait to play the full game. This has been one of my most wanted titles since i first saw it in action!

 

[Durante]

I just saw the update. I hadn't even remembered that the LE comes with a set of dice. Looking forward to it.

 

[Parakeetman]

I just got this and must say its one of the most badass things ive played in a long time. Very happy with it!

 

[Mrbob]

I really want this game but waiting for the final release. Is there an estimates time frame when the game goes out of beta?

 

[Corpekata]

I really want this game but waiting for the final release. Is there an estimates time frame when the game goes out of beta?

June 20th.

 

[Rad-]

Fuuuu I didn't know this was BG-esque. Will buy when the full version finally hits.

Will it be the same price btw or is it cheaper to buy now?

 

[Crimsonsky]

I want to get in on the early access , but the CE already comes with two keys, I don't need 3.

 

[Durante]

Fuuuu I didn't know this was BG-esque. Will buy when the full version finally hits.

Will it be the same price btw or is it cheaper to buy now?

AFAIK, the price will stay the same.

 

[that1dude24]

this game is good fun. i love throwing boxes and vases around.

 

[Instro]

So I've never played any of the other divinity games, but I'm highly interested in this, how connected is the story to the previous games?

 

[Sinatar]

So I've never played any of the other divinity games, but I'm highly interested in this, how connected is the story to the previous games?

This is a prequel of sorts, so you should be fine.

 

[Adnor]

So I've never played any of the other divinity games, but I'm highly interested in this, how connected is the story to the previous games?

I haven't played Divine Divinity, only Divinity 2, but for what I've seen in the beta it's not very connected, you should be fine. It happens hundreds of years before the main games and thousands of years after Dragon Commander.

this game is good fun. i love throwing boxes and vases around.

Stacking boxes is more fun than it should be.

Fuuuu I didn't know this was BG-esque. Will buy when the full version finally hits.

Will it be the same price btw or is it cheaper to buy now?

Same price.


EDIT: Swen talked about a Digital CE:

There will be a digital collectors edition. We're still working out the details with Steam and hope to announce details asap. We'll also make sure there's an upgrade path from the regular edition. People who get the retail collector's edition should have all the content that's in the digital collectors edition.

 

[ZoddGutts]

For people who would like to try Larian previous games, there having a Humble Bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

 

[~Kinggi~]

For people who would like to try Larian previous games, there having a Humble Bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Just saw this email. That bundle is insane if you dont have them. Fricken Dragon commander and all those games for 15$

 

[~Kinggi~]

Question, is the beta of the game the complete game or are they holding back content like Wasteland 2? I have it since im a backer but am waiting to play the full release.

 

[Adnor]

Question, is the beta of the game the complete game or are they holding back content like Wasteland 2? I have it since im a backer but am waiting to play the full release.

It's just 1/4 of the final game.

 

[garath]

Just saw this email. That bundle is insane if you dont have them. Fricken Dragon commander and all those games for 15$

Wow. I bought dragon commander by itself for 40 bucks. Good deal!

 

[~Kinggi~]

It's just 1/4 of the final game.

Oh wow, thanks! Looking forward to this now.

 

[Conezays]

So I just grabbed the duo pack for a friend and I. I've screwed around for a couple hours with it so far...anything I should know/any brutal bugs you've dealt with? Seems pretty cool so far.

 

[VandalD]

So I just grabbed the duo pack for a friend and I. I've screwed around for a couple hours with it so far...anything I should know/any brutal bugs you've dealt with? Seems pretty cool so far.

Every update until release, which there might be one more, will most likely break your save games. That's the main thing to know if you didn't already.

 

[Conezays]

Every update until release, which there might be one more, will most likely break your save games. That's the main thing to know if you didn't already.

Yeah, I was optimistically hoping for otherwise, but knew as much

Is the current beginning of the game supposed to be more or less the identical beginning to the "real" game? Played about 5 hours so far, wondering if I should hold off till June 20th.

 

[Crimsonsky]

Just FYI, If you ordered the CE it appears the dice are not going to be a part of it. For that inconvenience they are giving you a free steam key to the early access. Meaning a lot of us are going to have a bunch of extra keys. I have one extra key right now and will have 3 upon release.

 

[JumpJeff84]

I just bought the early access version on Steam, downloading now.

I don't usually go for early access stuff, but seeing as how this game is coming out so soon I'm looking at it like a preorder that comes with a playable demo.

 

[Durante]

Since we are getting somewhat closer, anyone planning to do the OT for this?

 

[JumpJeff84]

After playing the beta for 30 minutes I'm already in love! I dig the look of it, I like the animations, and I love the battle system.

So glad I took a chance on this!

How many hours of gameplay are in the beta? I'm thinking I just wanna play around with different character classes and not consume too much of the content...

 

[Crimsonsky]

After playing the beta for 30 minutes I'm already in love! I dig the look of it, I like the animations, and I love the battle system.

So glad I took a chance on this!

How many hours of gameplay are in the beta? I'm thinking I just wanna play around with different character classes and not consume too much of the content...

They say it's twenty hours and if you are insane with min/maxing like I am you easily get that. If you just roll through it then about 10. It's just Cyseal, which is the first town, and all it's related quests. Should be one more update coming, or at least that's the general gossip in general chat. Hard to believe the game is 22 days away though considering how much content is missing from the Early Access.

As for the OT, I have no idea, though I've heard you put up a blog post about the game somewhere Durante, so perhaps the OT honors should be yours? 10/10 Durante Hype points?

 

[Santiako]

After playing through Divine Divinity this week and loving it, I'm now insanely hyped for this. I'm waiting to buy it the day it goes full release.

 

[ZoddGutts]

New update soon, either today or tomorrow by the looks of it.

 

[Adnor]

Changelog of the new version! I'm sorry, Whoompthereitis, but it looks like you will have to start over

Hello everybody,

It's only been 12 days since our last big update, but we're in overdrive at Larian so there's lots to share already.

The big ones

-AI Personalities part 1 is there. If you feel up to the challenge, you can give your main protagonists a will of their own, and they'll make their own choices, just like another player would in multiplayer. Currently only random personalities are activated, but it makes for a very different game. Do try it out, it's a lot of fun.
-Primary stats now affect your skill values. This is the next step in the changes we decided to do to improve the amount of class free builds you can make. The tooltips contain all you need to know.
-The system powering the treasure generation has been refined. Loot balancing has been further improved. Disarm trap kits for instance now actually drop.

The other features you'll notice right away

-We did several modifications to the tutorial dungeon, including a new encounter.
-Surfaces & clouds now have their own level
-The hint system is now operational
-The credits screen now works
-You can now differentiate between stacking items or wanting to craft quantities of items
-Weapons that do elemental damage now have fancy fx
-We Added rotate buttons to character creation screen
-Surfaces have sound now
-You can now select your starting skills during character creation (still a few issues)
-Projectiles have an offset above the ground causing less terrain/projectile interference
-We added the Stabbey waypoint in Cyseal
-A lot of effort was done on improving the tooltips (ongoing)


The fixes and balancing changes that you may not notice but which will improve your gameplay

Dragging of items to equipmentslots (from world or inventory) fixed to correctly use AP in combat
Fix for NPC's not being able to pick up items
Fix for invisible character being visible on minimap/worldmap
Tooltips are cleared now when opening journal
Stop using chairs will not place you behind walls anymore
Fix for not being able to drag containers into an inventory when opening inventory first.
Fix for joining multiplayer in combat, resulting in an empty skillbar
Fixed orientation and scale of target hit effect
Fixed mouse cursor being trapped in the window in windowed mode when changing display settings
Fixed window always being topmost window after switching from fullscreen to windowed/fake fullscreen
Possible fix for having no resolution options in the dropdown (and always starting in 800x600)
Fix for skilltree not updating correctly when switching characters
Change for hearing range and sight range affecting the minimap
Fixed previews for queued paths
Fixed animation jitter for moving NPCs
Fixed healing effect not being destroyed when finished
Invisible characters can be hovered now
Don't show attitude changes for enemies in combatlog/overhead
Objects will react to surface changes underneath them without moving first
Fixed Pathfinding for stairs - can't reach
Fixed Visiting the church before Evelyn's lair -> Jake doesnt appear -> stuck in questline
Fixed In the specified places there is a long delay during the change of turn which blocks gameplay
Fixed Game crashed during exit
Fixed Multiple Summon when using pyramids while summoning
Fixed Issue when using teleporter pyramid from inventory while not having character selected
Fixed Tombstone has no icon (Cyseal)
Fixed Teller of Secrets (Homestead) has the same model & portrait as Evelyn, a antagonist in Cyseal
Fixed Short (Orc) Sword = oversized when worn - found in Dark Forest
Fixed Char Cust Screen - If a lot of times "turn around" button is pressed, then model is distorted; sometimes model twitches slightly
Fixed [gameplay] attitude going down for no reason
Fixed In stat's/ability's tooltips, where value of base was written, now says "Blinded!"
Fixed Can't reach bookcase in Cyseal
Fixed The secret tab doesn't show any secret description
Fixed Region border in Homestead, 1st room unlock (Astarte room) has no bounds
Fixed Encourage\Inspire have same effect, but different description
Fixed Large Perception Potion no tooltip\can't be used
Fixed summon was at 0 0 0 after clicking on skill icon a lot - player char started doing animation without a target
Fixed Multiplayer - Player1 doesn't see player2's answer in dual dialog
Fixed Can see invisible enemies (friendlies) on the mini-map
Fixed Summons their timer does not count down during real-time gameplay
Fixed overwriting existing dual dialog between players , plays the teleport effect on player - not clear
Fixed Poison from item's "Inflict poison on contact" is permanent
Fixed Using torches set off "theft" dialog, they probably should not?
Fixed Hasted enemies visual bug
Fixed Winterblast does not leave behind an ice surface, it should
Fixed (balance) Farseer skill does nothing
Fixed Divine Light is useless right now (balance)
Fixed Winterblast spell book has an air icon, rather than water
Fixed Cant reach Thelyron's bookcase, Cyseal
Fixed Can't reach balista west exit cysel
Fixed Squares are observed during "Nullify Resistances" and "Lower Resistances" animation
Fixed The weaver of time animation
Fixed Shield Specialist still uses its old values (+5% block per level, instead of +10% as mentioned in tooltip)
Fixed When lying on matrasses the visual shows player lying with feet at the head resting area
Fixed Reputation value doesn't update to reflect the +20 from the "Altruistic" Talent
Fixed Cannot read Treasure Maps, no option given in contextmenu
Fixed Dug up a "Voodoo Doll Level 3" item in Cyseal
Fixed Currently Equipped tooltip is closer to the item, than actual item's tooltip
Fixed Leadership is incorrectly called "character" in the "Damage" tooltip (e.g. "From character: +10%")
Fixed Can walk into Jake's coffin at Cyseal graveyard
Fixed Zombie Jake has standard sheathe mechanic dialog (Cyseal)
Fixed Formations behaviour at the start of the fight
Fixed Character who was second in char cust screen becomes the first in the game
Fixed Cyseal: Burning Ship trigger happens too soon
Fixed When you enter the Cyseal graveyard, the AD about "The dog is trying to tell us something?" should appear
Fixed Cyseal_Tutorial area - Fragments of chest are not on floor, and hang in air
Fixed In the specified place if the character goes through it, animation of water appears though there is no water
Fixed The 3 guys you can possibly save in the Sparkmaster 5000 quest (Cyseal) are nowhere to be seen in town afterwards
Potion colour fixes on 3D visuals
Potion colour fixes on Stat objects
Luck table improved
Exploration bonus xp improved
Exploration bonus xp triggers fixed
Tweaked position of hatch in Mirror Players' lairs
Removed to 1H 2H thing under title of item, should not be here, we will do it in description
Lowered Daggers damage penalty
Junius and Bibius now have drunk status
Fixes to Item Descriptions, Stacking, Stats
Fixed Ranger trainer offering Rogue skillbooks
improved the Cyseal burning boat's texture
More vitality for vitality boosts
Updated the perception distance of the mines
Added a check to make sure Dietmar isn't CHARMED when he calls for help
Witchcraft Skilltrainers now sell vampiric touch
Some characters may loot potions from the battlefield
Remove trade for evelyn in vault
Updated the Voodoo Doll names
Fixed scrolls for ranger and warrior that did not have stats
Rearranged Bickies in garden scene, equipped & gave spells to Gardener
Changed requirements on Talents
Gave preset chars new Talents
Removed the "AP bonus on daggers" talent and all daggers are now 2AP by default
All presets that have something magical in them, such as the wayfarer and shadowblade, now have staff of magus & have a staff in their inventory when they start
Removed APDagger talent because all daggers will autom. cost 2AP
Flanking talent removes ALL flanking penalty now
Gave starting dagger another visual that looks more like a dagger instead of a butterknife
Rogue now starts with razorsedge instead of venomous strike because Cyseal is full of undead
Changed some projectile skills so that they take surfaces and AoE into account
Description for backpack
Disarm kit in trader
Immunity skills are now available before Shield skills because it makes a lot more sense that way
All zombie creatures have the zombie talent, ie. they now heal from poison and take damage from normal healing
Made zombies slower because they're zombies...
West Gate near beach is now called South West Gate
Updated some TUT messages and changed some timings
Skillbooks now mention what stat improves the skill
Fixed some arrow combinations that gave you the wrong arrow
Updated willpower and bodybuilding values for characters
Updated the player comments regarding the furnace and the whetstone wheel
Fixed icon and visual of winterbreath skillbook
Divine Light decreases Willpower AND Bodybuilding now, and costs only 3 AP
Farsight gives CTH bonus now
Earth skill poison arrow and poison dart have new and different icons now
Food stuff gives more healing now
Mass Weakness skill has new icon
Fixed all buffs, debuffs, potions and effects that should give an armour boost or penalty
Fixed tooltips of Skill that would show Bodybuilding +0 instead of actual effect
If anyone is hit with silver arrow, status icon is shown
Traders ignore level diff when generating items
All sizes of Poison flasks now work with combos
Changed the treasures of the TUT chests to RewardTiny
Shorter skilldata tooltips
Arrow seller sells arrows again
Loot for Traders
Less drops from chests
Orc sword has a name, stats and is no longer oversized
Being wet gives you 10% fire resistance
Changed targeting snap of AoE spells
Tweaked damages dealt by burning, bleeding, poisoned and surfaces and clouds
Shovel is no longer a weapon, only for digging
Chars only loot potions in combat in turn
Fixed inspire vs encourage (inspire did not do what it said it did)
Updated the WPShrine location at the blacksmith house


Have fun and as always, thank you for all the feedback! We still do read it all.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Update is out. Restart Steam to start Download it.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

-You can now select your starting skills during character creation (still a few issues)

the big one

 

[Canis lupus]

For people who would like to try Larian previous games, there having a Humble Bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Will likely purchase this, been trying to collect the pc classics, never played the series before.

 

[syko de4d]

For people who would like to try Larian previous games, there having a Humble Bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Oh nice, never played them. How is Divinity II? Info about my taste: Gothic 1-2 = best 3D Rpgs for me, love Witcher Series, get bored of TES games and never play them till the end

edit: and cant wait for Divinity Orignal Sin, looks amazing Are the mod tools already available in the beta?

 

[ZoddGutts]

Mod tools aren't available yet.

 

[Durante]

As for the OT, I have no idea, though I've heard you put up a blog post about the game somewhere Durante, so perhaps the OT honors should be yours? 10/10 Durante Hype points?

I'll certainly do the OT if no one else steps up, but I won't insist on it -- time spent on the OT (and the game certainly deserves a solid - and thus time-consuming - one) is less time spent on GeDoSaTo

 

[Stimpack]

Any old-school CRPG fans out there recommending Divinity, or should I pass? Is it humorous or well-written? Does it play well with modern hardware?

*I'm talking about the old Divinity games from the Humble Bundle, not the new one.

 

[Lord Panda]

I'll certainly do the OT if no one else steps up, but I won't insist on it -- time spent on the OT (and the game certainly deserves a solid - and thus time-consuming - one) is less time spent on GeDoSaTo

Since you're the OP for the original D:OS Kickstarter thread, I really can't think of a better person to usher in the OT

 

[Santiako]

Any old-school CRPG fans out there recommending Divinity, or should I pass? Is it humorous or well-written? Does it play well with modern hardware?

*I'm talking about the old Divinity games from the Humble Bundle, not the new one.

I spent this last week playing Divine Divinity, it really recommend it. It plays great and holds up really well.

 

[helloresolven]

I got this game 2 weeks ago and dumped 24 hours into it just exploring the first act and creating different character. I cannot wait for the full version & eventual community mods.

And now I can set the skills for new characters? Now I'm never gonna get out of the start screen!

 

[Crimsonsky]

I'll certainly do the OT if no one else steps up, but I won't insist on it -- time spent on the OT (and the game certainly deserves a solid - and thus time-consuming - one) is less time spent on GeDoSaTo

Aye, a noble endeavor, to be certain, but one made necessary by ports and, most notably, some shoddy ones. This game is made for the PC and it's glorious denizens alone, surely that is worth the detour?

Oh, it appears the EA code we got for the dice removal expires upon release, so much for having a horde of codes.

 

[RK9039]

Spent 8 hours on it and just left the

Spoiler

Time Weaver's area

. Had to start again because of the new update and I already found two blue items.

Some audio bugs have been fixed and some are still there (Divine Light) but overall this game is already amazing, best game 2014.

 

[Durante]

Any old-school CRPG fans out there recommending Divinity, or should I pass? Is it humorous or well-written? Does it play well with modern hardware?

I'm not sure about the last point (been a while since I played it), but other than that I highly recommend Divine Divinity.

 

[Crimsonsky]

Any old-school CRPG fans out there recommending Divinity, or should I pass? Is it humorous or well-written? Does it play well with modern hardware?

*I'm talking about the old Divinity games from the Humble Bundle, not the new one.

They are all steam unlocks, if you choose, but they do work with modern hardware. Haven't seen a steam game yet that doesn't. I recommend Divine Divinity as well, and Dragon Commander, which as an avid Risk player back in the day I thoroughly enjoyed. Plus it's Risk with Politics and Waifu's, if that's your thing. Beyond Divinity I haven't tried yet, but Divinity II went in a direction I really didn't care for.

 

[Conezays]

For those on the fence, I had no intention of trying out the beta more than an hour or so. Needless to say, what followed was the longest gaming binge session that I can remember; I played the beta for 16 hours or so over a couple days. I believe there's still some additional sidequest stuff, but I didn't want to play much more before official release.

Regardless, it has a great battle system, graphics, gameplay, decent dialogue (my only minor quibble would be coming off of playing Baldur's Gate 2 recently that the dialogue isn't *quite* up to snuff). Still, absolutely fantastic old-school RPG that I couldn't recommend highly enough. If you're a fan of old Infinity Engine RPG's, Fall Out, or other similar RPG's, *well* worth checking out.

 

[cripterion]

For those on the fence, I had no intention of trying out the beta more than an hour or so. Needless to say, what followed was the longest gaming binge session that I can remember; I played the beta for 16 hours or so over a couple days. I believe there's still some additional sidequest stuff, but I didn't want to play much more before official release.

Regardless, it has a great battle system, graphics, gameplay, decent dialogue (my only minor quibble would be coming off of playing Baldur's Gate 2 recently that the dialogue isn't *quite* up to snuff). Still, absolutely fantastic old-school RPG that I couldn't recommend highly enough. If you're a fan of old Infinity Engine RPG's, Fall Out, or other similar RPG's, *well* worth checking out.

This post made me buy the game on Steam

 

[Jag]

Been playing this since Alpha and I still don't know what classes I'm playing.

 

[Valygar]

I discovered Divinity with Dragon Commander, which I loved. Now I decided to play divinity II developer cut, I read about the classes on some forum and decided to go wizardy.

I like the story and quests, but I'm finding the combat extremely boring. I'm just spamming 1 spell (magic missile) and doing side taps. I'm 9 hours in and I'm not sure if I should continue...

I wanted to finish it and probably get Original Sin as a birthday present for me and a friend, but now I really don't know...

Have anyone here also had problems with Divinity II combat, but are having a blast with Original Saga?

Also any tips to make Divinity II more enjoyable (I'm thinking on going battlemage) are welcome!

 

[Durante]

Divinity 2 is a single character third person action RPG. Divinity OS is a party-based isometric turn-based RPG with tactical combat. I really wouldn't draw any conclusions about the latter's combat based on the former.

 

[Conezays]

This post made me buy the game on Steam

Haha, awesome! Hope you like it as well, let me know what you think.

 

[Conezays]

I discovered Divinity with Dragon Commander, which I loved. Now I decided to play divinity II developer cut, I read about the classes on some forum and decided to go wizardy.

I like the story and quests, but I'm finding the combat extremely boring. I'm just spamming 1 spell (magic missile) and doing side taps. I'm 9 hours in and I'm not sure if I should continue...

I wanted to finish it and probably get Original Sin as a birthday present for me and a friend, but now I really don't know...

Have anyone here also had problems with Divinity II combat, but are having a blast with Original Saga?

Also any tips to make Divinity II more enjoyable (I'm thinking on going battlemage) are welcome!

Have you used fire spells on oil barrels?

EDIT: I was referring to Original Sin. Apologies! Still worth checking out