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Divinity: Original Sin 2 |OT| Dragons & Dungeon Mastering
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If you won you can remove your collar by someone in the area above.
If you are playing online you can duel each other.
Trickster
Member
Aha, that's been my source of confusion, the speech option for it still appears even if you play solo, so I figured I was doing something wrong
As for the spoilered part, is that only for the main character, or your compaions as well ?
Playing the game with 3 others, only the main one who finished the quest. Rest of us was able to a little more down the line at another camp.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Placing rupture on an enemy (which causes pierce damage when they move) followed by chicken = dead enemy. Those chickens run really, really far.
FWIW, OS2 has the same controller interface so you can still use it when you get back to it.
There's actually a key hidden under a box on the ship right at the beginning of the game.
And, yeah, I love that stuff too. It's that Ultima influence coming through. They did the same stuff in Divine Divinity.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
The more I think about this game, the more I feel like the Original Sin series is really an evolution of the cRPG genre. Most cRPGs, even the newer batch are very static. Your interactions with the world is basically only through combat and dialogue boxes (which is fine btw.).
Original Sin (both games), meanwhile, feels much more organic, simply by the way it let's you manipulate the environment even outside of battles. You can use so many spells to get around problems (or create them) it's super refreshing. In some way it feels like somebody turned Gothic 2 games into a cRPG.
There are some odd choices in Original Sin 2 (some sidequests feel kinda incomplete like
) but otherwise I'm so much into the game, it kinda hurts. I'm already planning my second playthrough after only 8ish hours in.
Original Sin (both games), meanwhile, feels much more organic, simply by the way it let's you manipulate the environment even outside of battles. You can use so many spells to get around problems (or create them) it's super refreshing. In some way it feels like somebody turned Gothic 2 games into a cRPG.
There are some odd choices in Original Sin 2 (some sidequests feel kinda incomplete like
the one where you have to look for the friend of the Dog
Trying to play this game and realizing just how important the right team chemistry is. If you aren't filling rolls to a tee and optimizing like a maniac, you're gonna get wrecked because by many enemy parties that do.
Also, am I seeing things or do enemies have no cooldowns on abilities?
Also, am I seeing things or do enemies have no cooldowns on abilities?
CrichtonKicks
Member
Uh...the Gothic games *are* CRPGs.
But, yeah, I wish more devs had gone down this path. I know I'm a broken record but its the Ultima series that started these type of interactions and Larian are huge fans of Ultima.
There was a time when I thought Bethesda would pick up that baton but their world interaction stuff hasn't progressed at all beyond what they put in Oblivion.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I kinda disagree that you need to optimize that much. Pretty much every character in my party hse at least some points in magic, even the tank. Not sure if you meant that tho.
I'm pretty certain they do have cooldowns.
Probably depends on one's definition of cRPG. To me it always meant party based and stats heavy games with cooldowns and class abilities. Also probably with a top-down view. Might not be the "official" definition tho.
MisterShine
Member
From what I've heard from people using the editor, enemies play by the same rules players do in combat. They can have different talents and skills like we can though, so they might have an ability that refreshes their cooldowns. I know there is one in the polymorph tree.
I read somewhere that if I dismiss any companion while in
they will disappear from my save altogether. Is this true? Do I have to decide from now which ones I want in my party for the rest of the game? I want to swap out the Red Prince and Ifan for Lohse and the Beast.
Fort Joy (before escaping)
Yep. I mean its not important but maybe reload.
If you mean while you're still there, then nope, not for me! I dismissed a character, and then saw him chilling in a little camp later.
The Illiterati
Member
No, they will return to their starting areas in the Fort Joy region. I've been swapping them around as I haven't escaped yet. I don't know how it works later.
Jay Shadow
Member
I learned that harsh lesson in early access
bobnowhere
Member
So it looks like I just finished act 1. Easy GOTY for me so far. Takes the outstanding mechanics of DOS1 and improves them and adds a far more cohesive story with fantastic characters rivalling anthing obsidian could muster.
That final battle was something, did it pretty easy in the end with Sebille using adrenaline and flesh sacrifice to hit three full critical backstabs in one turn almost killing
in one go and then the
. Thankfully the rest of the
Also the source power Dome of Protection is pretty OP, just sit your party under it and laugh off most of the attacks.
That final battle was something, did it pretty easy in the end with Sebille using adrenaline and flesh sacrifice to hit three full critical backstabs in one turn almost killing
the Bishop
Worm finished him off!
magisters helped me with the worm first before I picked them off.
Also the source power Dome of Protection is pretty OP, just sit your party under it and laugh off most of the attacks.
The Illiterati
Member
So how many people talked down Migos instead of killing him? I loved that this was possible! Is there
And then I took the further steps of
I got the
tag. I wonder how often you can get this in the game?
Is there yarrow flower in multiple areas? I just found one so far.
reuniting him with his daughter.
Hero
spleenpoker
Member
I know this has been asked many times but now that everyone's sunk their teeth into the game and hopefully gotten far enough, I have a question. That's if people haven't been rerolling constantly!
Can I skip straight to DOS2? Or will I miss things like the finer details of the world, where they assume you're already knowledgeable about them/it from DOS1 or is it that far removed?
Thanks
Can I skip straight to DOS2? Or will I miss things like the finer details of the world, where they assume you're already knowledgeable about them/it from DOS1 or is it that far removed?
Thanks
NoblesseOblige
Banned
How well did they deliver on this? I wanted to love D:OS1 but the lame 'humor' kept turning me off. I don't require grimdark bleakness, but I just don't care for how goofball it was. It felt like a half-arse parody of the genre. Like it were trying to be CRPG's Munchkin, but gave up halfway towards that goal.
Two things that I have to ask if I'm the only one suffering from:
One, party members are having a really hard time pathing through harmful surfaces outside of combat. If there's oil in a hallway and I click through it, the person I'm controlling will go while everyone else stays on the far side of the oil. Then I have to juggle them all through one by one until everyone's across. Super annoying. Is there a setting to change this?
Two, the UI (and hotbar in particular) can be incredibly wonky in combat. Sometimes a turn will start with Attack toggled on, so I'll end up attacking a teammate instead of moving to their side. Button presses don't register frequently enough for me to be mad about the number of times I've clicked a skill and ended up running to an enemy instead of casting at them. Some self cast skills require you click on yourself, others don't, so I'm always iffy that I'm gonna press the wrong button at the wrong time, etc. There are a bunch of things like this, and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to them. Am I doing something wrong, or are things just wonky at the moment?
Also, waypoint markers disappear from my map at random.
One, party members are having a really hard time pathing through harmful surfaces outside of combat. If there's oil in a hallway and I click through it, the person I'm controlling will go while everyone else stays on the far side of the oil. Then I have to juggle them all through one by one until everyone's across. Super annoying. Is there a setting to change this?
Two, the UI (and hotbar in particular) can be incredibly wonky in combat. Sometimes a turn will start with Attack toggled on, so I'll end up attacking a teammate instead of moving to their side. Button presses don't register frequently enough for me to be mad about the number of times I've clicked a skill and ended up running to an enemy instead of casting at them. Some self cast skills require you click on yourself, others don't, so I'm always iffy that I'm gonna press the wrong button at the wrong time, etc. There are a bunch of things like this, and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to them. Am I doing something wrong, or are things just wonky at the moment?
Also, waypoint markers disappear from my map at random.
The Illiterati
Member
Storywise you can skip to D:OS 2. Gameplay wise if you haven't played the first, I wouldn't skip it. Its often harder to go back once you've played a sequel, and the first is absolutely amazing. 2 will still be here waiting.
Speaking only for act 1. There hasn't been much humor at all in the main quests. There are some npcs for sidequests and animals usually have some humor elements to them, but yeah I think it's WAY toned down so far. And from what we've heard act 2 gets much darker as well.
The Illiterati
Member
The game is definitely not as jokey and goofy as the first. It feels very noticeably different. There's still moments of lightness and the graphics are thankfully bright and colorful, but the tone of writing and story is much more serious. I think you'd be pleased with the difference.
It really does. I think they did a great job with act one honestly. It felt more rewarding to explore (because game literally rewards you with tons of good items if you look for them), writing and gameplay has been much better than act 1 in DOS1. DOS1 act 1 was both it's strength AND weakness depending whether you like being overwhelmed or not. Act 1 in this game ease new players in a lot better into the game without constraining you. It was great.
Also did that and felt pretty good afterwards.
It's also pretty awesome how you can save
Stingtail
just killing the assassin he sends after Stingtail
Joe Spangle
Member
Much like the first game im finding myself constantly over-encumbered. Anyone have any tips on what things i should be discarding?
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Good, glad to hear. I plan on giving D:OS1 another shot before I jump into 2, but if they toned down the slapstick then I'm really excited to get into 2. The DM mode I am especially interested in.
Someone managing to
on first encounter at Reaper's Island. Wonder what the story consequences are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Vwn1zRXM4
defeat Dallis
You also get that tag if you
don't rat out that dreamer lizard and then kill Griff and his friends.
Prototype Viktor
Member
straight merk'd him
only saved him the 1st time in the Early Access version
there's a bunch of fights you can avoid i.e. the one from the pigs or slugs in Act 1
Ryzaki009
Member
Ninja'd but yeah the wall isn't important there's a bridge past the boxes just walk on past. There's a lot of cute little illusions in this dungeon.
I did, the lizard on the beach?
bobnowhere
Member
Yeah he won't give anything, log shows the first quests didn't progress.
Oh well, not a big loss.
Edit: Actually seem it is a bit of a loss, I no longer have a rogue in my team that does crazy damage, ffs
Oh wait, Ifan is a ranged class similar I hope.
CrichtonKicks
Member
So, uh, there seems to be a bug in the buying screen. This may only happen in the console interface because it has a direct buy option instead of having to barter but I am frequently seeing zero gold deducted from my balance when making purchases.
Am I missing something here? Also, is there a sell all wares button in the console interface? I can't find it for the life of me.
Am I missing something here? Also, is there a sell all wares button in the console interface? I can't find it for the life of me.
The Illiterati
Member
Can someone give a dumbed down explanation of how to properly use a rogue like Sebille? I want to backstab and then vanish but I seem to leave her exposed to crossfire or she ends up taking more heat than my tank.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Chameleon only takes one AP. So you can use the auto back stab ability or just manually position yourself. Just make sure that at the end of the turn you have at least 1 AP left and then you can turn invisible.
exmachina64
Banned
Is Bishop Alexander in Fort Joy?
Prototype Viktor
Member
The Illiterati
Member
Does she need one point in Poly and to also find the skillbook?
CrichtonKicks
Member
Oh crap, yeah. I forgot that Chameleon is on the poly tree and not a rogue ability.