Gunslinger
Member
Man just started playing this and it's sooo good. Just as good as part 1. Larian Studios and CD projekt Red are the two of the best gaming studios operating today. I hope more companies will follow their footsteps.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 |OT| Dragons & Dungeon Mastering
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His Majesty
Banned
Finally decided on a warfare - necromancer build, should work pretty well to my reasoning.
This has been a pretty consistent source of feedback for the year of EA though, and I don't know that they made much of a move to change it. Hybridized damage types just aren't as effective at least early on. I'm curious if encounter design later in the game does more to require it.
armor or magic armor really makes a lot of difference though. If you have only a small amount of either the damage will kill your hp fast.
You could also pickpocket a few skillbooks if you can
Apologies if posted already, but Polygon has posted its "review in progress"
https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/15/16316126/divinity-original-sin-2-review
https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/15/16316126/divinity-original-sin-2-review
Clearly better than the first I'd say so far at least. Writing and the characters doesn't even compare, it's much better. Loot so far has been pretty underwhelming though. I thought Swen mentioned they didn't like that the loot didn't feel exciting and rewarding the first game but it's pretty much the same. I really hope there's some uniques with some unique abilities later on, but I doubt it.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Rogues better with 1H or DW?
Don't be afraid to reload and start fights yourself. Try to buff or set favorable terrain mods before combat starts. Mind the enemies armor/magic armor and try to shred it before attempting status effects. Some builds dont click until level 8, teleportation is awesome when you get your hands on it and early equipment really sucks so thats probably one factor for fight difficulty.
Ryzaki009
Member
An easy way to solve the more numerous problem is to take some levels in summoning. You can make a totem each turn and they don't prioritize the totems so it's free damage after a while.
I'm rocking DW right now and I'm absolutely destroying. Just pump finess and DW, get some decent daggers and it's gg.
I ended every fight in the last game healing all my party with healing spells because, well, spells are free, so the bedroll is mostly a QoL improvement.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I can only imagine what their games would look like if they had first party funding or big time third party support.
LurkerPrime
Member
Honestly? More like this:
Gotta recoup those investments, y'know.
(Crowdfunding has paid off big time for niche games.)
Closing in on 50k concurrent and it's not even the weekend. Seems pretty likely that the game will be a significant success for Larian which I can't be more happy about. Curious what they will do next outside of console versions. Has Larian ever done expansions or DLC for their games? I feel like they just roll on to the next thing after they get the current one really spiffy.
Wow, much more that the first game, and already ahead of PoE. Fantastic news. I wonder how much it will sell of the first month.
They did an expansion for Divinity 2 which continued the story directly.
fluffydelusions
Member
I'm doing much better now using conjurer as opposed to rogue. Made it out of the prison below fort joy first time on classic mode this time
Makes me so happy to hear. They really deserve the success and seeing support for games like this with tons of heart and soul poured into the game without microtransactions shoved in makes me hopeful for the future.
His Majesty
Banned
52k concurrent players right now, damn that's nice to see, ten times as much as the new Dishonored game
The first one had 22k players maximum at launch.
Aja
Neo Member
So. My ISPcame thru and fixed my internet problem but.... I'm restarting like a crazy person. Man there is TOO many choices and I have no clue which ones are good enough!
Fane with the inquisitor build? You guys think it's ok? I will never make progress in this game because of all the options!
Fane with the inquisitor build? You guys think it's ok? I will never make progress in this game because of all the options!
I'm on my (edit fifth reload now of the
fight.
Am I just not supposed to do this fight? We're both lvl 4 but his group completes annihilates me, and whenever I think for a second that I have finally gotten down their armors, they just regain it. This is just infuriatingly punishing. I feel like I am about to give up and just set down the difficulty level to Explorer, but then it will feel like a defeat and I am not playing the game "properly" and might as well not do it at all. I know this is supposed to be hardcore old-school RPG but come-the-fuck-on throw me a goddamn bone.
I try to "prepare" as much as I can but the A.I just throws everything back in my face. Blood lying around shocks my group (but never them) whenever my air spell thrower casts anything. Oil leads to the A.I just extending the field and then lighting it on fire. Water just annoys everyone.
Too late for that right now.
fifth reload now of the
High Judge Orviand
Am I just not supposed to do this fight? We're both lvl 4 but his group completes annihilates me, and whenever I think for a second that I have finally gotten down their armors, they just regain it. This is just infuriatingly punishing. I feel like I am about to give up and just set down the difficulty level to Explorer, but then it will feel like a defeat and I am not playing the game "properly" and might as well not do it at all. I know this is supposed to be hardcore old-school RPG but come-the-fuck-on throw me a goddamn bone.
But even when scavenging as much armor as I can from around the Fort I still have minimal amounts as compared to the enemy who then proceeds to break through mine in an instant, often on just the first turn, while my magic user is basically useless cause her spells does nothing until she gets to throw maybe 4 or more.
They really shouldn't make fights then this hard before lvl 8.
I try to "prepare" as much as I can but the A.I just throws everything back in my face. Blood lying around shocks my group (but never them) whenever my air spell thrower casts anything. Oil leads to the A.I just extending the field and then lighting it on fire. Water just annoys everyone.
Too late for that right now.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Mm why?
Sarcastic Poster
Member
Fuck, I went with the default builds for the companions and now three of us have geomancer. Respec better not be too far.
So I just loaded my save and my character seems to be missing their items, Also can't find them in the inventory.. ?
Side note, where do I get res scrolls from? I can't find an NPC with them and one of my guys is dead
Nevermind, Noticed the card guy took them all. That's why!
Side note, where do I get res scrolls from? I can't find an NPC with them and one of my guys is dead
Nevermind, Noticed the card guy took them all. That's why!
Sinh_Magnus
Member
Since I restarted the game like four times already trying different builds and tactician mode, I went without noticing with a random name for my character in the last (and probably) chosen run. "Sandor" could have been worse haha.
His Majesty
Banned
For people who didn't play the enhanced edition of D:OS 1, you can hold the use button to create an AOE loot region. I remember that some people only discovered that late into the game back then.
Pyros_Eien
Member
Never heard of that, what's the use button though? Is that only on a Gamepad?
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
Zéro crash so far for me, 3 hours in. I hope they will fix you're issue fast.
My relatively modest PC handle the game in ultra like a charm, so i can say that it's very well optimized or I am very lucky
fluffydelusions
Member
No crashes for me after ~18 hours
Wait wait. Just saw the bit about a more mature storyline in the OP.
I liked the first one, but when the enemies got goofy, the game lost me entirely. Are you telling me they grounded (for lack of a better term) the game and its lore more?
If so, going to look at getting this for the weekend.
I liked the first one, but when the enemies got goofy, the game lost me entirely. Are you telling me they grounded (for lack of a better term) the game and its lore more?
If so, going to look at getting this for the weekend.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Just had a crash myself c:
His Majesty
Banned
Yeah it's only for controllers.
He didn't even fight me because I gave him something ;(
I was scared about the things in the cages so I went with that but the room seemed designed for a fun fight
GwyndolinCinder
Member
When you a skeleton but someone refers to piercing your flesh 🤔
Sinh_Magnus
Member
I'm prone to do this, do I have to take care when making a lot of quicksaves, or when being constantly quicksaving and quickloading?
I've probably made well over 500 of those by now and haven't had a single crash or freeze. Weird. I'm probably lucky
Sanctuary
Member
Is there a way to move around the map easier? I know fast travel exists, but that's not the issue. The issue is, the maps can be pretty dense, and while you can drop markers and waypoints, it's still extremely annoying to move around towards specific places. Unless I'm missing something, you can't simply bring up the world map and then click on an area to view that area. It only allows you to make markers and notes.
Stevey
Member
So when I first installed it, it asked me if I wanted to send information-like crash reports and stuff.
I agreed, but now every time I launch the game it hangs for 10 or so seconds then says it cant connect to their servers, I close the dialogue box and it launches.
Is there any way to reverse this option?
I agreed, but now every time I launch the game it hangs for 10 or so seconds then says it cant connect to their servers, I close the dialogue box and it launches.
Is there any way to reverse this option?