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Divinity: Original Sin |OT| Sandbox RPG. Co-Op friendly. Bread.
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Hybrid should be fine as long as you plan it properly.
Light hearted, often tongue in cheek, but well written. Hits of an epic overall story from early on.
brainzelda
Member
How does the full game download work? Do I have to download 10 gigs again, or is it a smaller patch (or none at all) for those with the early access installed?
Knight + Witch, both edited to my liking.
It was a 900 mb patch
sweetvar26
Member
I want this game but with all the backlog I have, didn't want to shell about $30-40.
Hopefully the next Steam sale.
Hopefully the next Steam sale.
926.8 MB
Why did you bought the game? It´s a cRPG with alot of text and no hand holding. The only advice i can give you now is to not buy Pillars of Eternity, there will be even more "quest lines and the other nonsense".
and still be far worse than a normal character. The price to be "below average" in 2 roles isn't good enough to not be "great at 1 role". The penalty system is just too limiting and you don't have enough stats to make a hybrid character any good.
For lvl 2 stuff you need 10 strength AND 10 int to make use of those skills / magic without penalty... that's like more than a few level, where as a pure fighter / wizard could have that EASILY AND a good amount of other stats (perceptions, speed or vitality).
Hari Seldon
Member
Does anyone have a link to the character creation guide and the combat guide youtube videos that were posted earlier in this thread? I remember seeing them when I couldn't watch and there is an amazing amount of posts in a thread about a hardcore PC RPG haha.
Edit: NVM Found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlC01uXKbE0
Edit: NVM Found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlC01uXKbE0
Hari Seldon
Member
How about Rogues? I figure steeling and general B&E activities should be pretty fun in a game like this. Should I roll a ranger or something and give him rogue skills?
For a SP game it doesn't matter in the slightest though. I tried it in the beta and it worked perfectly well for all the content I accessed.
That's what I did. The skills are modified by perception and dexterity which are both required for rogue and ranger, so either can use the stealing skils effectively.
can you not add it later?
Complistic
Member
What are some good class combos? I have very little experience in a game like this. Should probably stay clear of hybrids. At least for now.
Halp.
Halp.
I'm dying waiting for them to remove my friend's early access key from my account so that I may redeem my own copy of the game.
piratepwnsninja
Member
I mean, technically you are getting older each second you wait, so it's not untrue.
I'm at work....I totally meant to bring in Phantom Dust today for some analysis, but forgot it... Since I did and other things aren't working at the moment, I'm contemplating installing D:OS on my work PC... :\
I really hope for you that they don't depend on Valve to do that.
Last time I was waiting for Valve support I waited 4 days.
They explicitly say you can't.
brainzelda
Member
Since everyone is being so nice... I'll ask more questions.
1. Sometimes when I level some skills allow for skill-ups greater than 1, while others don't have the + symbol next to them (ie pyromaniac). Is that because certain skills are blocked from leveling until a certain character level, or are they stuck at 1 permanently?
2. Can I craft immediately (first town)? Is it super involved with forges, looms, etc. or is it drag and drop two things together?
3. How have people done with double Lone Wolf talent? My friend and I are debating going double Lone Wolf on our new start tonight and running 2 man. Can we do it or is it hard as hell?
1. Sometimes when I level some skills allow for skill-ups greater than 1, while others don't have the + symbol next to them (ie pyromaniac). Is that because certain skills are blocked from leveling until a certain character level, or are they stuck at 1 permanently?
2. Can I craft immediately (first town)? Is it super involved with forges, looms, etc. or is it drag and drop two things together?
3. How have people done with double Lone Wolf talent? My friend and I are debating going double Lone Wolf on our new start tonight and running 2 man. Can we do it or is it hard as hell?
Not everyone is interested in min-maxing. If he wants to play a battlemage because it's more fun, let him.
LurkerPrime
Member
If you move large items and expect people to get out of the way, think again.
The water barrel was nearly painted red...
The water barrel was nearly painted red...
Will take some time. They need to get every entry into the Steam database.
Sir Garbageman
Member
Could be totally off but just keeping up over the past few pages it seems like you should potentially avoid hybrid classes, rogue melee might be tough to set up properly and 2H melee seems to be more effective than sword and board.
Super insanely early but knights, mages and ranger specs seem to be receiving positive feedback so far.
Ohhh. crap. I have the same problem, but I just started playing. well, then.
Or use the built-in frame limiter function?
First time it costs +1 to level a skill.
Second +2.
Third +3.
You wont' see the +2 option until you actually have 2 points to invest.
Drag and drop for things like arrowheads + shafts, flour + water, etc... not sure if there's any more intricate crafting requiring workstations.
Should be fine, but you will lose a bit of utility. The game won't be impossible but each encoutner is kind of like a puzzle to solve, so with less utility it might become quite tricky at times.
Depends on what characters you want to take. If you're both going melee, for instance, you'll find it much harder than if you chose, say. Knight and Mage.
Remember, the two companions in the game have actual sotry interactions too, so you will miss out on conversatiosn and character interactions if you don't take them.
You can get both companions ~15 minutes after starting the game provided you know where they are.
TharpDaddy
Member
Was fairly in the dark about this game, only knew a little about it. Been hearing really good things on twitter today though so decided to wing it and grab it while it was still discounted on Steam. I love me some RPGs.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
word, had to stop for football, priorities
PoweredBySoy
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Oh, are there only 2 companions in the whole game? I know you get the first 2 in town, but just assumed there would be more available as the story progressed.
Fighter+Ranger, I literally love the elemental arrow. T_T
That was the idea but Larian ran out of time and/or money. They'll be patching in extra companions later.
PoweredBySoy
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And they're always the same class? I forget what they were, but could you spoiler their classes for me? I'd like my group to have variety and wouldn't want to double up on classes.
These companions are pretty much mandatory, correct? Otherwise the game is too hard?
PoweredBySoy
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So what are henchmen then? Just additional PC's but without dialogue and a background? Can you level up and equip henchmen all the same?
Ok sounds great. Will definitely stick with ranger then. I like the gameplay just way too much.
You can either go 2, 3, 4 sized party.
You have your two characters, and each one can hire a companion/henchman.
Each character can take a skill called Lone Wolf that buffs their stats at the cost of not being able to hire a compation/henchman.
I think the game will be perfectly playable with 2 or 3, as long as you cover enough bases with your power sets.
The two companions are
Mage (found in the libary)
Warrior (at the inn).
Companions will converse with you and contribute to the story.
Henchman are also available to hire, but they're silent. Apparently there are lots and every base is covered, so unless you really want access to the interactions Companions give, you'll be free to build your party however you want.
Sentenza
Gold Member
No, they aren't, but there isn't a single downside to use them except giving up to the lone wolf talent.
It's proof of an unfair and uncaring universe that I don't give a crap about football but can't play because of the backer code issue
