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Divinity: Original Sin |OT| Sandbox RPG. Co-Op friendly. Bread.
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Review codes were only available yesterday, same day the game launched. It will take some days
Jag
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I initially said that I wasn't going to dig up that grave figuring I could go back and do it later. Now it won't let me (and I've saved), can someone let me know what I missed?
Could any of you guys who have played this game for some time now tell me how important is balance later on? I've been trying some different combinations of characters just at the beginning and I'm still having a hard time deciding what I should roll with.
I've tried a Cleric and a Ranger, but I don't know if there will be too much overlapping between my Cleric and one of the companions you get later on. For my first playthrough, I'd like to stick to single-class characters, so I've been toying with the idea of making a Rogue to complement my Ranger, so I have one character of each major archetype. How well do they hold up later on? Do I have to use Stealth all the time, or are they able to rely on backstabbing once the fight has started?
I've tried a Cleric and a Ranger, but I don't know if there will be too much overlapping between my Cleric and one of the companions you get later on. For my first playthrough, I'd like to stick to single-class characters, so I've been toying with the idea of making a Rogue to complement my Ranger, so I have one character of each major archetype. How well do they hold up later on? Do I have to use Stealth all the time, or are they able to rely on backstabbing once the fight has started?
It looks like in the beginning area, the character does the usual cartoon routine of disguising as a moving bush. Pretty funny
So after fiddling around with a ranger+knight yesterday, I decided I needed some magic so reroller mage+knight. After picking up Teleportation, I have to recommend it to fellow spellcasters. Sure, the cooldown sucks bigtime, but it's just so funny & rewarding to teleport enemies in hazards or "on top" of each other (they deal dmg in a small aoe). Also, I abuse it to piss off strong melee mobs by teleporting them far away as soon as they managed to reach me 
Speaking if which, it also works nicely with freezing spells. As a matter of fact, I just found out that you can actually freeze ppl that are wet with a single Biting Cold. I didn't realize this, because the tooltip only mentions doing that to chilled enemies. The downside seems to be that frozen enemies get a hefty dmg reduction though (my knight was doing less than half dmg), but at least it works great for CC.
Speaking if which, it also works nicely with freezing spells. As a matter of fact, I just found out that you can actually freeze ppl that are wet with a single Biting Cold. I didn't realize this, because the tooltip only mentions doing that to chilled enemies. The downside seems to be that frozen enemies get a hefty dmg reduction though (my knight was doing less than half dmg), but at least it works great for CC.
csquared587
Member
Im having an issue where all of the voices are extremely loud and sound like they have a ton of reverb on them. I don't remember it being like this the first time I loaded the game up, but now they all sound like gods talking to me. I have voices turned way low too.
GrandHarrier
Member
So uh. Using a poisoned dagger while an enemy is burning.
Yeah...
Shit gets crazy.
Yeah...
Shit gets crazy.
I noticed something similar after I turned voices off. Seems like the reverb might be considered to be a sound effect or ambient noise instead of a voice.
edit: I should clarify. After I turned voices down, I no longer heard them but I heard what sounded like reverb from the voice clips. Maybe I'm crazy. I'll play again to confirm.
edit edit: Confirmed. Voice reverb remains even when all channels are set to 0.
voodoopanda
Member
There's two issues which I think are glitches/bugs unless I'm missing something.
One, my character has a 7 perception, the "Hearing" stat on the character page reads 13, same as my character who has a 5 perception, but the tooltip says "Base 8, From Perception: +7" which is 15 not 13.
Two, my character has 3 points in Charisma but whenever the rock paper scissors thing pops up it says the charisma bonus is 0.
Are these known bugs/something wrong in my game/I'm reading things incorrectly?
One, my character has a 7 perception, the "Hearing" stat on the character page reads 13, same as my character who has a 5 perception, but the tooltip says "Base 8, From Perception: +7" which is 15 not 13.
Two, my character has 3 points in Charisma but whenever the rock paper scissors thing pops up it says the charisma bonus is 0.
Are these known bugs/something wrong in my game/I'm reading things incorrectly?
I'm starting to regret to not have used one. I have two wizards, a cleric (ugh) and a warrior. It sucks!
I'll mention it alongside Ultima, Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Wizardry, Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder, Fallout, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Baldur's Gate, and many more...
PoweredBySoy
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I don't know - to an extent maybe. Right now my group just turned level 3, and I'd like to get out and start doing some of these quests, but every time I try to leave town I encounter large groups of level 5 mobs. I mean, these fights aren't even close. The biggest problem is how often my characters *miss*. I don't think food is going to even help, and I have no idea how to level up any more in town.
I appreciate the "hardcore"ness of it, but at the same time it feels restricting, like I'm being forced into a certain playstyle in order to break through this "puzzle", which, to me, goes against the RP aspect.
F5 save-scumming to try and figure this out isn't fun either.
PoweredBySoy
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yes
I think it should be mentioned alongside Ultima 7 more than that
But really, it's its own thing.
Try to go west instead.
Try putting ambiant to 0 too.
Try using your first triangle. Amazing things will happen.
They are teleport pyramids, teleport!
Don't worry, I was stuck on that one for an hour as well. The subsequent "event" didn't help my mood.
Only npc I've murdered as well.
For me they run when you click far enough away from them....
Sentenza
Gold Member
You guys just made me realize that I completed his quest (deceiving him into thinking I killed the lady Orc) and I didn't even bother checking if the talisman was any good.
Did I miss much?
Another question... Someone find a way, ANY way, to unlock the magically locked warehouse at the harbour without starting a civil war with the guards?
I realize they don't seem important, but I don't like killing NPCs unless it's really necessary.
The captain or whoever it was standing at the door might have a key, I didn't have enough skill in pickpocket yet to go through his pockets.
I still hear it after putting every single audio channel to 0. It's a little creepy!
Yep and that's stupid compared to just toggling a button...
There is a rogue class, and there are rogue-ish skills like hiding in a conspicuously inconspicuous fashion (like the ridiculous vases in Dark Souls II or Snake's cardboard box).
There is and even assassin I think.
I'm stuck in the murder mystery-
I've dug up the grave. I've had the dog sniff the panties, I've found the knife and book and accused Esmeralda and she denied it. I don't know what to do. I think I'm supposed to talk to the mortician, when I first talked to him he got pissed at me then walked out of his shop. I can't find him anywhere
1) Talk to the doctor and Evelyn.
2) There's a third clue regarding Esmeralda (a love letter if I recall). Talk to her again after you find it, and you'll cause an event to trigger that furthers the plot.
2) There's a third clue regarding Esmeralda (a love letter if I recall). Talk to her again after you find it, and you'll cause an event to trigger that furthers the plot.