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Divinity: Original Sin 2 |OT| Dragons & Dungeon Mastering
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Bonus range from standing on high ground.
woohoo just became champion of fort joy arena!
but i have no idea where to go for most of my quests
Is there more than just one battle in the Arena?
the_firewithin
Member
i just did the one but it looked like afterwards you could challenge whoever you have in your party it seems judging from some dialogue options
GenericBadGuy
Member
I'm having trouble getting started because I don't know how to build the party role-playing wise. I was going to be a goody-two-shoes cleric but all the recruitable origin characters don't seem to mesh with that whatsoever. Everyone either cares nothing for others or has murder as N origin objective. I get attitude loss even from the start on the boat. I hear you can just recruit random Joe's, but then you completely miss out on those storylines. Thinking I'll restart as a more neutral character, unless folks further in the game can spoiler-free explain how these characters work out.
woohoo just became champion of fort joy arena!
but i have no idea where to go for most of my quests
Go speak to
the blacksmith now you "the one"
Sanctuary
Member
Nah, because physical damage dealers do a lot more damage per attack than casters do. The difference in the early to mid levels is massive. Right now the best spells are those that don't have armor restrictions, and those are the kinds of spells that can be put to good use by physical damage dealers...
But in any case I agree with a post above, having 4 characters attack a single enemy is a bad tactic
No it isn't. Ever play an RTS? The AI in this game loves to do that as much as possible too. Regardless, right now the system seems to be very devisive. A whole lot of people are ranting about it on the Steam forum too.
Manac0r
Member
Just wow... so glad I held out for release day. Have just spent the last 6 hours having one of the best adventures in a long time. This is scratching an itch I never knew I had.
Love the tone and the writing, at least what I have experienced, is half decent.
I only ever put an hour into the first one, do you think it would be worth a play through after this? Or has the second spoilt me in terms of quality?
Love the little random side quests that you oraganically fall into.
Love the tone and the writing, at least what I have experienced, is half decent.
I only ever put an hour into the first one, do you think it would be worth a play through after this? Or has the second spoilt me in terms of quality?
Love the little random side quests that you oraganically fall into.
Snapshot King
Member
How easy is it to make garbage or unwinnable party combinations? Reading through this thread before starting a character is confusing as hell.
My exact reason for lowering the difficulty to explorer mode. I have 2 days a week where I have time to play games. Don´t want to waste half of that time struggling with fights. I remember spending an hour on "simpler" fights in Original Sin 1 and it was great, but unfortunately I don´t have that kinda time any more. Still love the game.
Prototype Viktor
Member
dam that 95% accuracy and missing someone knocked down
Manac0r
Member
You make a great point.. my gaming is weekends only now so I may drop down to explorer too... I was enjoying the challenge but am wary of hitting any time blockades.
Prototype Viktor
Member
anyone know what the Atrophy effect does?
Executioner used to be busted when you got +2 AP for EVERY kill during a turn instead of just the first one, but I'm still finding it pretty useful.
Atrophy makes it so the afflicted character can't attack with their weapon or use any skills requiring the weapon.
It's the Melee version of Silence.
Prototype Viktor
Member
k k
MisterShine
Member
Play on Explorer, make whatever party you want. It's not so easy that you'll stroll through fights but you will be able to win with pretty much any combination of classes.
I have Executioner on my Inquisitor and Pawn on my Rogue. That's a great combo I think because my rogue sneaks around picking off ranged, but my inq charges in and fights the big guys.
Think about what is best for that character
I prefer Pawn for melee guys.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Elemental Arrowhead and blood = so long your physical armor dummy enemys
In the second act on classic some enemies have 500 armor and 1000 magic armor you will need something better than this
Prototype Viktor
Member
In the second act on classic some enemies have 500 armor and 1000 magic armor you will need something better than this
that's where them crits gonna come in, my range is only to soften em up til my 2 melee come in and bowl over shit
Just makes you want to punch the screen, lol.
A Frizard?
So stuck haha, i wound up using (minor spoilers about the first hour or so of the game )
the teleport gloves to teleport my entire team outside of fort joy, un-noticed. I would teleport 3 people, then switch the gloves to someone else, and teleport the last guy, etc, did this for about 15 minutes and got everyone on the other side. But now i cant beat the fights in the marsh, and all i do is get attacked as soon as i port back into fort joy. I think i might need to restart?
Lanrutcon
Member
Use your stealth dude to go find a teleport point outside the city. Just stealth/invisibility passed everything.
Prototype Viktor
Member
i assume you took your collar off? if so you ain't going back without fighting
Because 80% of the time it works 100% of the time.
Pyros_Eien
Member
They nerfed rogues a decent bit but mine owns now. Forget about Throwing Knife it's basically garbage now, and Chloroform is only slightly useful I find versus just attacking again and killing them. I use Chicken Claw instead if I want to CC since it's a phys roll and lasts 2turns(the chicken runs away too which is good quite often). The lvl 2 scoundrel skills you get are pretty nice though especially Sawtooth that does good damage.
What I do is I buff haste with one of my mage instead, I generally open the fight with my high wits support mage with the aoe magic armor over turn thing, encourage(+1 all stats human racial), Haste on Sebille and Clear Mind on Sebille too if I don't have anything better(gives her one more finesse and 3wits, gives her a bit better initiative since she has 0 otherwise).
Then on Sebille turn, I move closer(0AP movement with The Pawn, with Haste and Scoundrel speed I can move the equivalent of like almost 3AP on my mages for free), Flesh Sacrifice(go to 6AP), Backlash on something, the spam some backstabs with Adrenaline if one more hit is enough to kill(otherwise I don't use it and just wait next turn) and with the left over AP I either chameleon, cast wings for next turn movement or use Flurry on last attack instead of a normal backstab if I need just a bit more dmg.
She kills archers/mages in one turn most of the time so far. It wasn't really the case at the early levels though because of bad weapons, as soon as I got decent weapons(one of the boss drops a couple of unique daggers) she became my main source of damage. The 3 others pale in comparison to her damage output in general situations(although teleporting 2 idiots on top of another then doing Impale > Fireball will beat it but it creates a huge mess and requires 2 turns setup with both my mages and stuff, it's great fun though).
bonesmccoy
Banned
Getting my ass handed to me by Griff, frogs, everyone.
Nope, collar still on. I think im just going to restart. Also, another question. Is there no global chat server anymore? It just tells me "global chat server has been disconnected " It was good to get in the chat and be able to find people to play with. All the multiplayer games ive joined at of people trying to play with their friends and i get asked to leave.
Sanctuary
Member
How about someone standing up right after you knock them down, even when it's not their turn yet?
Also, it's probably already been stated, but get your Wits up. It's far more important than pumping up your primary stat as high as it will go. Get it to 12 - 13 early on. It makes a huge difference, since most of the fights are "Haha fuck you" ambush fights and the enemies typically all go first (aside from Ifran).
Lanrutcon
Member
Gotta go explore more. You can get to level 4 by questing and exploring. The "get out of the fort quest" has like, 5 ways you can complete it. At least 1 of those involves no combat whatsoever.
For Griff you can actually do something
I was using Ifan, I don't know if it's possible with someone else, but you can hit on Butter, the girl above him, and she will help you in the battle.
Otherwise, before starting the fight, simply unlink one or two characters and make them talk to the other npcs, they will not participate in the battle until you break the dialog
Edit: you can also heal the elf in the cage beforehand and lockpick it or teleport him outside, he will aid you as well, but remember to prevent him from dying
Otherwise, before starting the fight, simply unlink one or two characters and make them talk to the other npcs, they will not participate in the battle until you break the dialog
Edit: you can also heal the elf in the cage beforehand and lockpick it or teleport him outside, he will aid you as well, but remember to prevent him from dying
JoeyJungle
Banned
Quick question about this game, does it have the same camera setup as the first one? I got really annoyed by the dynamic camera in the first game, because outside of certain scenes where it zoomed out a lot, it always seemed so zoomed in that it was uncomfortable.
Lanrutcon
Member
There's a specific companion that engages with her.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Same camera.
Ah all right, I've mostly been just using the first 3 companions I've found. I guess I'll start swapping them out.
Edit: Also I am getting a lot of quests stuck in my log. For instance, I've done the oranges/Griff quest with the imprisoned Elf, but since I recently talked to a rat that told me a nearby lizard smelled like oranges, the log acts like it hasn't progressed past that point.
Also I got a key for the "Beast" quest but I'm not sure if I already opened the door or not. Quest log seems to think I haven't. Hope it isn't stalled.
LurkerPrime
Member
Man the story in this gets super interesting, and it's superbly written. I'm dying to see what it's like for other characters--this is partly because it feels remarkably personalised playing as Fane, such that I can't imagine it as anyone else. Bravo, Larian.
Really curious to see where it goes.
I have the answer.
Really curious to see where it goes.
I have the answer.
...Ok, I didn't actually use it. But I've no doubt it's the answer.
His Majesty
Banned
doing p well
doing p well
Good lord, that's 25K higher than yesterday and like 50K more than the first one ever got. Unbelievable success for Larian!