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Divinity: Original Sin |OT| Sandbox RPG. Co-Op friendly. Bread.
- Thread starter Casimir
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At which level do the first two start? Maybe I can build them into something else.
Thanks. That's almost not doable then considering the wasted starting points on top. Maybe I'll double mage or something. Wanted an archer, but seems that won't happen. Won't take another warrior with me.
Atraveller
Banned
Someone gifted it to me during the sales, and I've been waiting for the full release, can anyone help me build up the hype?
It is if you are playing with a partner and not the AI. Let me explain why.
There's a basement in one of the houses that has a secret room. You can see the room but the switch to get into it is hidden. My friend and I couldn't find the switch so we had given up hope on getting in the room. Before we left I got an idea. Why not try to use telekinesis to lift my friend over the wall and put him on the other side? I lifted him and threw him over the wall. He ran around gathering the loot and then opened the door from the other side. As we were walking out of the room we noticed the switch and laughed.
You have to be on the same map, but the maps are gigantic. The dungeons and the town are on the same map. When combat start you both get in combat IF you're close, if you're too far for the fight you stay on real time movement while your partner fights. Your friend can even wait for you to enter the fight, even if you're on the other side of the map.
Two player coop in the main campaign but can be modded to 4 player coop.
The saves stay on the PC of the host, you enter their game.
Sir Garbageman
Member
I agree on both counts. So just to be clear when the game releases there will be no AI personality choices and only 2 henchmen available?
If that is the case I might wait a week or two before diving in and hope for an update patch. Really really bummed tbh.
There will be two AI personalities: Random and Loyal (which might as well be no personality, since you can just disable the feature from the get go to get the very same effect). There will be two COMPANIONS (that have names, a story, dialogue, a background, quests etc - a knight and a mage) and a few HENCHMEN (which are basically mindless soldiers for hire).
I'd bet it'll be really easy to change both companions to a basic rogue or ranger build with a mod. Might not fit their personality, but I'm sure it's possible for gameplay's sake. How would going double Lone Wolf solve that problem anyway? You'd still have just a warrior and a mage. Got something against class redundancy I guess?
No actual personalities is a bit of a bummer, but I was probably just going to have my partner agree with me in solo play anyway so I could see what I missed while in co-op.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The release date has been confirmed for a long time now. June 30.
Companions yes. Not sure about Henchmen.
foobarry81
Member
If you opted for a non-Steam / DRM free DVD, it might even take a few weeks before you get those.
Atraveller
Banned
Can a 750Ti do that?
Don't think so, my GTX670 can only get around 40-50FPS with max settings at 1080p, can drop lower when a lot of stuff is happening.
Maybe the final release will be more optimised though.
From the sounds of things, only 2 in at launch and more patched in later. There will be henchmen you can hire too, though.
Sir Garbageman
Member
Gotcha, still disappointing on both counts. I appreciate Larian being up front about it but still not ideal. I guess I will keep an eye on things and see when the scheduled patch to flesh out some of the systems is scheduled to drop.
I usually only play through large RPGs once so I have to wait two weeks to get my ideal experience I'd be willing to do so.
Ignore what I just said actually, game was running at 1440p not 1080p. Whoops.
At max I'm getting ~80 FPS now.
My CPU is an i7 860.
So, if we're only going to get the two companions, those of us who have played and know their classes, dos this effect the classes you're going to choose at the start?
The AI stuff doesn't really bother me as I didn't know much about it before I heard it was delayed, but the companion stuff is a little off-putting.
Especially as they said future patches and content updated may not work with current game saves.
Still super hyped, though, and doubt I'll be able to resist starting on Monday.
The AI stuff doesn't really bother me as I didn't know much about it before I heard it was delayed, but the companion stuff is a little off-putting.
Especially as they said future patches and content updated may not work with current game saves.
Still super hyped, though, and doubt I'll be able to resist starting on Monday.
I was under the impression all the physical releases were.
A bit longer than that I would assume. Larian is going on vacation for a bit after D:OS ships.
In my case, not really. I planned on a magic and thief combination, especially for my first run. It is probably a disappointment for those who wanted to roll a combination of warrior and magic, picking up a thief later on.
Since the game is classless, not really
Moff
Member
for me it does, I'll make one of the mains a rogue, because we get warrior/wizard companions. but it probably wont be such a big deal.
Nope, I'm going for Ranger+Cleric. I'm not really that fussed about personalities and companions, plus I'm sure people will make mods to address those things anyway.
From that Larian topic link on the previous page:
Easily a 100 hour game, that's all I wanted to know.
See, I wanted a Knight and Ranger combo, but after playing the Beta I'm not sure a Knight and Warrior combo is getting the most out of the party.
I might just run it anyway, but I'd have liked to be able to pick up a Wayfarer . Hopefully there will be a henchman for that, but I'll miss the companion dialogues.
Since the game is classless, not really
Stop being tricky!
I may mess around with my Knight a little and make him a Paladin type with some secondary heals, while my Warrior companion acts as my main melee. So you may be on to something...
Yeh, I'm sure I'll hardly notice it once my game is underway. The only thing that bothered me in the beta when using a Knight + Warrior was the lack of variety in the skillsets, but my party felt competent.
Well, I hope so! I have faith, and from what I've seen this game is set to be amazing. The way he put it definitely gives confidence, and I have no doubt they'll support this game.
As long as the quality remains consistent I'll be set, content updates in the future will make multiple playthroughs even better anyway!
Terra_Ex
Member
Certain features not being in at release doesn't really bother me too much (in this particular scenario) as I don't look at D:OS as a once and done game that I'll uninstall after completing. Based on what I've seen and the potential of the editor/modding there's scope here for more layers of content to being continually added into the main campaign (and brand new campaigns) to enrich the experience. I expect my first playthrough will be a great experience and subsequent runs with the new companions and mods even moreso.
Try not to get disheartened by it, you can see the effort that's gone into this game and if something hasn't made the cut for release, there's a reason for it; more AI personalities and companions are coming, as for dungeons, the community will waste no time in creating more of those. Even in their early videos, Larian have been keen to add more content and keep supporting D:OS well after release, providing it does well. Nothing to be overly concerned with imo, still very excited about the full release and I hope it goes well for them.
Try not to get disheartened by it, you can see the effort that's gone into this game and if something hasn't made the cut for release, there's a reason for it; more AI personalities and companions are coming, as for dungeons, the community will waste no time in creating more of those. Even in their early videos, Larian have been keen to add more content and keep supporting D:OS well after release, providing it does well. Nothing to be overly concerned with imo, still very excited about the full release and I hope it goes well for them.
So it's more like Demon's Souls or Dark Souls then where you pick what you want to know early on and go with that? Or more like a hybrid of Fallout and the Souls games in that you can pick some unique quirks for characters (haven't poked TOO heavily in the starting customization) but can mostly do whatever else beyond your starting template?Since the game is classless, not really
Sentenza
Gold Member
It's exactly like Dark Souls, in the sense that the initial class decides just your initial distribution of skills and stats, but then you can go anywhere from there.
Of course, like in Dark Souls, that doesn't mean that in terms of min-maxing you are advised to make your pick randomly.