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Divinity: Original Sin 2 |OT| Dragons & Dungeon Mastering
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Sarcastic Poster
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I used a movenent speed mod in the first game just to cut down on length of time backtracking and it was sound. There's probably one out already for this.
Sanctuary
Member
Movement speed isn't the issue. It's the ultra zoomed in minimap, which makes it pretty much useless for navigation and not being able to look at the world map, point to anywhere and then focus in on that area and click the ground so that my party moves there. Like pretty much every other isometric CRPG ever besides Divinity.
I honestly assumed there something wrong with my game when I couldn't do that lol.
Ryzaki009
Member
Because I had the lovely time of being forced to cheese 2 archers because they'd rip through my armor (both physical and magical that was fun) in one turn before stunlocking me and then I'd die the enxt turn unable to do jack squat. That's not fun. Eventually I cheese the fight by spamming totems beforehand but I shouldn't have to do that.
? I've been playing for 16 hours and I haven't had a crash yet.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Man, I really love the game but I don't know what it is with Larian and brutal early game difficulty.
You are basically forced to do every sidequest available to even hope to have a chance in some of the encounters. The jump from Lvl 3 to Lvl 4 is especially brutal.
Personally, I don't mind but I imagine this might turn a bunch of people off.
You are basically forced to do every sidequest available to even hope to have a chance in some of the encounters. The jump from Lvl 3 to Lvl 4 is especially brutal.
Personally, I don't mind but I imagine this might turn a bunch of people off.
I recall D:OS (before the EE) was incredibly harsh with levels and stuff also. I wonder if this is a case where they will de-tune the difficulty over time and those who come to the game later (from sales or whatever) will never know the troubles.
I will say that I intend to play it on one of the easier modes based on what I'm hearing about the AI so far.
This is why I never finished the first...that first chapter took forever but I loved it,it was hard but I managed but at some point in the second act,there was a section I just could not beat and just gave up on it,unfortunatly...looks like its the same again...?
HelloNewman
Member
I'm having alot of fun with the elf chick she's super cool I thought she was really edgy in the alpha but she's super cool.
Yeah it needs some tuning or it's going to turn me off of future playthroughs. Unless there's some early game skills that let you bypass armor or something that I haven't found.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I'm playing on what is considered normal and I'm now at a point where I feel good about my team. I got my ass kicked so hard by pretty much every non-trash encounter so far, but since I hit lvl 4 things got considerably more manageable.
It kinda is, even tho I absolutely adore the game
The armor concept is just brutal. Especially early on when you are still just wearing rags.
Also I basically got used to fighting in Fire/Poison cause I feel like the enemies just constantly barf AoE spells.
I do wonder if playing as 4 Conjurers just breaks the game tho, since I finally got my Totem ability things got a lot more manageable (I didn't pick Totem at the beginning which was a big fucking mistake)
Chance Hale
Member
How brutal is tactician mode?
Yeah, early on is really hard. I came into the game with a lot of knowledge because I've played through the EA twice and going into tactician was insanely brutal. I gave up on it for now and started over on classic but now i'm at a point at level 6 where things mostly feel very easy at this point.
It is very brutal, much more so than tactician in DOS 1. It's just very difficult to cut through all of their armor (magic/physical) in order to do damage to them, even when you are at the same level as them. I imagine it gets easier with gear but I gave up on it around level 3-4.
It is very brutal, much more so than tactician in DOS 1. It's just very difficult to cut through all of their armor (magic/physical) in order to do damage to them, even when you are at the same level as them. I imagine it gets easier with gear but I gave up on it around level 3-4.
Tribes of Trusty
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Someday, I'll play the first one I bought 60 on PS4 for more than one hour, so I can get why everyone I know is raving about it.
Good to see a critically acclaimed Kickstarter game have a sequel
Good to see a critically acclaimed Kickstarter game have a sequel
Sanctuary
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It's pretty shitty apparently.
It's essentially a 50% stat inflation, where it kind of doesn't matter what your Wits are at, enemies almost always go first, hit way harder and take an eternity to kill (more armor too).
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I remember OS 1 being the same.
The first ~5 levels were just insanely brutal but things got way easier after that.
Geez, that sounds straight up broken.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
You and me both.
I'm sure there will be another one down the line but it'll probably take some time.
(I really don't like how seemingly random NPCs are the skill book vendors. You basically have to try and trade with every character to find out who sells what)
Sanctuary
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If it plays out like the first game, you'll be able to find a few more vendors of the same school types. They however don't always sell the same lower level spells. IMO they are all kind of junk anyway other than Haste and Peace of Mind. Necromancy and Hydrosophist seem to be the strongest in this game too in terms of direct manipulation. Necromancy by far. It also synergizes nicely with...everything.
I reloaded and pickpocketed.
Games you own don't appear in the top sellers lists on the main page. You have to click through to get to them. I assume that's the issue here. Though yeah it's kinda silly that coming out of EA doesn't get you in the notable new releases tab.
I've barely had any fights until now, but I'm thinking about restarting on classic now.
Alright, thanks guys - I figured there might be another vendor somewhere down the line, just hate that I've missed out at the start.
Reloading isn't worth it either because I'm like 6 hours ahead in-game from when it happened, not doing all that again!
This is my team so far:
You don't get them all that way, right?
I've tried killing/reloading to see and you only get 2 out of what they actually sell... D:
Sinh_Magnus
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I started various times in tactician,trying differents builds and such. After some hours I decided that I would definitely enjoyed the game much more in classic mode. I restarted and that is definitely the case. I feel they will patch it to make early game more balanced. This is only for singleplayer; maybe multiplayer is less frustrating and less punishing. The biggest problem for me is not the enhanced stats but also that it makes every enemy a sponge with high health and armor values, making combat tedious.
Sanctuary
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The trick is to have at least one item with +thievery and +scoundrel. Rings are the best since anyone can use them, and gloves or boots that don't have a higher requirement than 10 finesse works. You then have each character in your party steal by equipping those items. Of course, this is entirely reliant on you finding those items in the first place. Also, have one person in the group talk to the NPC you want to steal from to keep them locked in place. After one person has stolen, send them away a bit from the group so that the NPC can't search them when they want to search your party because they realize they've been robbed.
It's still early (just wiped out the Fort and am level 5), but so far Fane's undead hasn't actually been all that helpful. It also makes sense to give him Necromancy for self healing since poison isn't very reliable (unless your other Wizard attacks him with poison wands), and it's actually unsafe to make poison clouds for healing too against other casters since they can just blow them up.
GwyndolinCinder
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Favourite combo so far
- Raise dead body as a Bloated corpse
- Self destruct the bloated corpse
- Cast decay on an enemy in the blood
- Cast blood sucker
Undead/Necromancer really bring to life some new combos, which i though were clunky in EA.
Ya its ridiculous.
The AP boost is insane.
- Raise dead body as a Bloated corpse
- Self destruct the bloated corpse
- Cast decay on an enemy in the blood
- Cast blood sucker
Undead/Necromancer really bring to life some new combos, which i though were clunky in EA.
Ya its ridiculous.
The AP boost is insane.
Chance Hale
Member
Oh damn, won't bother then. Figured it'd be extra enemies and reworked encounters like the first.
I think it's that, too. Or at least better AI. Didn't enemies get a stat bump on Tactician in the first game too? Maybe I'm misremembering.
Twinsen343
Member
I'm getting crashes too.. what GPU do u have?
1070. I solved it by deleting all my saves. Make a manual one using your most recent save and delete the rest.
If you guys are wondering the characters you didn't recruit follow you to the new area after Act 1 even if you didn't recruit them in the first place.
Location:
Gareth is outside the Braccus Armoury (there should be a quest flag there) being assaulted by a bunch of magisters. The Braccus Armoury is located north of the Burning Pigs and quite a bit north of the camp/hideout. There is a Waypoint right where he is.
I'm trying to... How the HELL do you open the inventory with the controller????
MisterShine
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RT opens a wheel, choose inventory. There's also a controls option that shows key bind
I'm a pretty big fan of the armor system but I did play early access for a long enough period of time that maybe I just got used to it.
They were stronger but the stat difference wasn't too massive, perhaps a 10%-30% increase. The biggest difference was the enemy party composition and number of enemies, for instance the first fight in classic was 2 humans and in tactician was 2 humans + 2 summons.
Magic was super broken in the first game. Like halfway through the game you get access to a bunch of spells that you could spam over and over to win, even on Tactician.
This armor system makes it so that you have to use physical attacks now.
Lanrutcon
Member
Maybe I'll enjoy it more once I get armor like the enemies are wearing. I also get 50+ physical armor sets at level 3, right? Can't wait. I'm level 4, so I probably just haven't found a non-shitty trader yet.
Quest rewards and some loot will help. My hp rarely get dented anymore, armor stacks up pretty easily, but yeah you just have to have enough items to fill the slots.
The system seemed like an annoyance to me at first but it makes you have priorities and you can't cheese anything immediately with status effects.
Also pickpocket and steal stuff.
AnathemicOne
Banned
Okay I've finally escaped Fort Joy... but apparently that's not the end of the First Act! So exciting. At the Hollow Marshes now and met the undead vendor dude right on the bridge, wonder where I should go now. I still have Vault of Braccus Rex quest to do, hope I didn't miss it
TimeEffect
Member
Man, this game looks like a massive investment. How bogged down does it get, as RPGs always tend to get bogged down at some point
Lanrutcon
Member
Does pickpocket ever reset? It says I can't pickpocket people anymore.