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Divinity: Original Sin 2 |OT| Dragons & Dungeon Mastering
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Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Lava and death fog trivialize act 2 if you really want to get down and dirty at low levels.
Lanrutcon
Member
Sources of deathfog? I don't have an undead character to grab some during the tutorial.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
You don't have to be undead to grab it quickly if you have a point telekinesis.
In act 2
Use the polymorph terrain switch ability to move lava and death around to kill the trolls, witch, Jahan, basically anyone you want to kill effortlessly.
Sentenza
Member
The game prides itself on always giving you the freedom to kill whoever you want whenever you want, so why not?
Vigilant Walrus
Member
whooaa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKIkHcTU5xI
I'm in awe:O I really want to play! I need to finish my bucket list first.
I'm in awe:O I really want to play! I need to finish my bucket list first.
Should I switch my sword-and-board warrior to a 2H? It's my MC and I envisioned him a traditional tank character. However, because of the interaction regarding taunt/CC with physical armor, he feels useless for half of the fight. On top of that enemy AI just seems to good to fall for any baiting (never attacks me when I'm reflecting damage). Should I just drop the tank archetype and go full damage dealer/harasser?
I'm just afraid the whole village would turn on me
I'm playing without a propor tank, and it works quite well. I have a 2H warrior, and he rocks.
I've given both my casters shields, and that works out pretty good, they have lots of armor.
I just finished act 3. While it's the weakest so far in terms of questing and random enemy encounters I found it to be the most satisfying in terms story and general slaughter of whoever stood in my way.
The interaction between
and
is quite clever. Even if you missed
in act 2 you can still move along your personal quest because of this unavoidable* engagement.
Can't express the satisfaction of putting
down. I tried to avoid it but he left me no choice, I needed
alive to move Ifan's story along. He eventually also got what he deserved which was also pleasent.
But the most satisfying moment was by far killing
. Enjoy death you backstabbing bastard.
*
The interaction between
Lohse
the Sallow Man
the demon's name
Can't express the satisfaction of putting
Gareth "The Emo"
Alexander
But the most satisfying moment was by far killing
my bitch of a god
*
It's avoidable if you find the back way into the academy which bypasses all the quests and combat.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Had to wimp out and lower difficulty to explorer which is pretty much... too easy, meanwhile on the next level I had to struggle with every single fight.
I'll see if I bump up the level after I have gotten a better hang of the systems again. Otherwise the game is just great, surprises around every corner!
I'll see if I bump up the level after I have gotten a better hang of the systems again. Otherwise the game is just great, surprises around every corner!
texhnolyze
Banned
So, how do you deal with the cursed revenants?
Officially: They will respawn on any cursed surface near them, so you have to clear all cursed surfaces away and kill them.
Unofficially: You sneak by and just head to the portal behind them because it's tedious as shit to deal with them.
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
I'd say the feeling of unfairness usually comes from the amount of ambush scenarios where you're flanked by archers and magic users on raised ground causing you to pretty much just reload and approach the fight in a different way.
I know you can mess with formations, but I feel like enemies almost always have the advantage in terms of placement at the beginning of a battle and the AI is such that it's often very difficult to cause enemies to group up for AoE attacks while they usually get a chance to AoE your group near the beginning off a battle, or simply because you often need to gang up on a specific enemy because they have so much HP/armor compared to your individual party member damage output.
I'm still only level 7, so things might chance, but that's definitely the impression I've got so far. I really do like the mechanics, though.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
So here is a question, why do half the scoundrel abilities not specifically say "can backstab", i went to look at daggers drawn and 5 hits for 2 source and 4 ap that can't backstab seems kinda weak.
Atraveller
Banned
Just got to act 2, how do I get vendors on my ship post
?
ship fight
texhnolyze
Banned
Thanks, did the first trick and they respawned at the northeastern corner of the building, disengaged from combat in the process. There are still lots of necrofire in that area but I'm not bothering with them. At least I can proceed with the Consulate quest. That fight with the trio + 1 was fun.
The NPCs you've met on the ship from Act 1 will still be on the ship selling some stuff. Other than that, you'll have to recruit more NPCs scattered around Act 2 map to the ship.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Seriously. Just sneak past them. Even 1 pixel of cursed fire will force respawns.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Is there a mod for taunt yet? I thought that would be one of the first ones made. It is completely useless as it is now.
Ryzaki009
Member
Yeah i'm not sure what they were thinking making taunt so easily resistible.
texhnolyze
Banned
There is.
Improved Taunt.
Sadly, mods disable achievements. I'll only use mods on my 2nd playthrough later.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Whew, Act 1 done. That last fight wasnt TOO bad
Seemed oddly RNG though. A few attempts both the magisters and big Void Worm would be focusing on my characters and I'd get smoked, but other times they'd fight each other enough to give me the upper hand.
Primethius
Banned
Yea, gonna have to keep this one in mind for my second play through as well. I currently never use provoke, especially since it costs 2 AP as well. Might as well knock em down at that point.
Primethius
Banned
The way the scaling is done, early on at least, seems a bit counter intuitive to me.
I changed my ranger and rogue to be 2-3 points in huntsman and scoundrel respectively for skills with the rest in warfare and the damage increase vs. having most points in the actual tree is quite notable.
Just strikes me as odd that a ranger with 10 points in warfare and 3 in huntsman has better damage than one with 10 in huntsman and 3 in warfare.
I changed my ranger and rogue to be 2-3 points in huntsman and scoundrel respectively for skills with the rest in warfare and the damage increase vs. having most points in the actual tree is quite notable.
Just strikes me as odd that a ranger with 10 points in warfare and 3 in huntsman has better damage than one with 10 in huntsman and 3 in warfare.
decoyplatypus
Member
I wonder if CC effects could have been better managed through an armor penetration system (where, for example, different abilities get to ignore some amount of armor) than the magic/physical armor split system we have here. You could in theory have just one armor type, but powerful effects like knockdown or charm would typically (but not always) be linked to low-penetration skills while moderate CC effects might penetrate easily, allowing for a wider range of opening gambits than "just do as much damage as possible to strip the armor, then use turn-stealing statuses to keep them down."
Then again I am only on Act 2. I can't claim to have fathomed the depths of D:OS2's combat yet. I suppose you can already get "cheap" status effects by using environmental effects, but mobility seems to beat out those effects until you get terrain transubstantiation.
Then again I am only on Act 2. I can't claim to have fathomed the depths of D:OS2's combat yet. I suppose you can already get "cheap" status effects by using environmental effects, but mobility seems to beat out those effects until you get terrain transubstantiation.
CrichtonKicks
Member
That's basically what the first OS game used.
Yeah this series really needs a difficulty level between Explorer and Classic.
texhnolyze
Banned
My advice for beginners is to play on explorer for the first Act, or maybe half of it to learn the ropes of the system.
After a while, most people would find the game becoming too easy. That's the time to switch to classic mode.
The game is perfectly balanced on Classic imho. Yes, some fights might still screw you up but nothing is impossible in this game.
Use the pyramids to teleport your party to the fight.
Also this
while your character is in the bed you can move equipment from one inventory to you, equip it and then get up
This is good advice for players new or somewhat new to the genre. This game is very unforgiving out the gate, and there is no shame in going in on an easier mode.
Edit: Since it's also VERY replayable (to a silly extent,) you don't lose anything by just making it easy on yourself. I did as much for my first Act 1 playthrough. Had loads of fun. Now Classic is a lot more fun for me.
You can bring up the rest of your party as soon as the fight starts. However. saving the
prostitute
The Illiterati
Member
She definitely lived for me.
If you send Ifan up with her the crooks recognize him as a master assassin and GTFO without a fight.
Prototype Viktor
Member
lol you actually killed him?
even if you don't he dies anyway by act 4
also your
god
when i start over i think i'm just going to skip Act 1 and just respec everyone to new things in Act 2 do the rest of the game that way
FreezerGeezer
Member
What exactly do you mean by this out of interest? Can you respec companions or are you speaking about when they first join your party and you are able to pick what they do.
Probably a silly question.
Prototype Viktor
Member
it's a Act 2 thing
and you can basically go back to Character selection process for everyone in your party
also i hate daggers and i pigeon holed one of my people with it by a act 4 thing
Just had a really long fight in the, such a slog.Blackpits
How do you have two source points? What level are you? I just reached this part last night and saved just before the battle. I'm thinking that I must have missed something since I'm only level 12 and the boss is level 14.
There are a lot of quests in Act 2 where you can
get more source points.
texhnolyze
Banned
If you ever found yourself under-leveled, it means that you're not supposed to encounter that place yet.
It's certainly still possible but will be harder. Also, you'll over-level the other content on the map later.
The enemy placement on the map is designed with 'designated paths' in this kind of games.