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Divinity: Original Sin |OT| Sandbox RPG. Co-Op friendly. Bread.
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As long as you distract the enemies with a melee character you should be okay. But you might have to restart some encounters.
hemtae
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Turn based but from what I heard I expect it to be more like XCOM or Shadowrun Returns than this.
Warm is the opposite of the Wet status. If you're wet, an effect that would normally just "chill" you (slowed down) will freeze you immediately. Further, you're 10% more resistant to Fire attacks but 20% less resistant to air (electro) attacks. Warm is the same for the Burning effect and Hydro attacks.
That sounds awesome too.
Actually I play Divinity kind of like Xcom. I use two main ranged character, one Wizard and one Witch and summon in my minions in front of me as far as possible to initiate battle. So I usually have a really wide field and retreat when necessary.
I really adore the way this game handles combat and how it just naturally initiates and how seamlessly the turn base fighting kicks in, even while your coop buddy may be running around town or whatever only to show up and join you mid battle. Major props to them for figuring all this out.
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Pet Pal helps.
There's a button on the wall that opens a passage. It's behind some meat.
hemtae
Member
Pet Pal will tell you everything you need to do.
She does seem oddly fond of ham though.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Where do you buy more geomancer spells?
Enchanter vendor in the town market. Edit: Scratch that. Arhu, upstairs from the captain's room.
I think there's a smelly coat and smelly scarf. They all have smelly in the name.
I think where you buy Witchcraft books. 2nd floor of the inn.
That's hydro and aero.
Smelly XXX (jacket, socks, trunks(?))
LurkerPrime
Member
There is actually also a Smelly
Ring (which is in the inventory of the Mayor and requires a ridiculous high lockpicket skill, if it can actually be stollen)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Cool, thank you.
The actual encounter design is great as well, on top of the strong core combat mechanics. Environmental triggers fit seamlessly into the scene, certain combat scenarios throw a nice mix of different enemy types at you, there are often natural chokepoints and various other bits of positioning to exploit, and so on.
It's also notable that mobs stronger than you on paper can still be defeated through intelligent tactical play, even on Hard. And the lack of level scaling is also of course a wonderful thing, both for combat and for exploration.
Yeah. I just had a scenario with a bunch of wizards, archers and boars and I backed up around a bend up a hill so the distance guys couldn't hit me and I threw oil amd fire all the way up the hill behind me. Then rushed them with my knight when they were weakened after coming through the flames. The strategy worked. Awesome fight.
Holy Order Sol
Member
Cheese vendor is this game's Pork Bun Guy.
Not enough crafting skill, probably.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Every now and then, as a rule I have, I allow myself a save scum once every month.
It's like a little treat, from the RPG Fairy Godmother.
LurkerPrime
Member
These Kickstarter-inspired henchmen names are killing my zen.
I demand moar companions.
I demand moar companions.
LurkerPrime
Member
Do what you want. There are multiple difficulty options, a respec somewhere in the game, and companions/henchmen to fill in the gap in your party.
You'll be fine, no matter what you choose.
That said, you need the Pet Talk trait. Get it and be merry.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Got buried earlier, anybody know where I can buy the resurrection skill book? The potion merchant in the market didn't seem to have it.
ok so question about initiative.. I thought I remember reading there was a way to queue actions in combat...? So if my fighter goes before my witch, can I say queue my fighter's charge, THEN cast my witch's oath of consecration, after which my queued fighter attack executes with the oath applied? Or am I wrong and the character HAS TO execute all of their actions on their turn?
Not make or break.. I just thought I remembered reading that.
combat is so friggin sublime in this game. had they JUST released a brainless dungeon crawler with this combat engine, I almost believe all of the sites would have still graded that game highly just for the beauty of the rules engine.. that they actually have a fully interactive world and full blown RPG system on top of that. This game just never stops to amaze me. It almost feels like I'm right in the middle of "Oh man... I remember when [insert game] launched.. It was so unbelievable and mind blowing at the time. We hadn't seen anything like it in nearly forever.." etc etc. One of those anecdotes like Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, etc.
Damn.
Not make or break.. I just thought I remembered reading that.
combat is so friggin sublime in this game. had they JUST released a brainless dungeon crawler with this combat engine, I almost believe all of the sites would have still graded that game highly just for the beauty of the rules engine.. that they actually have a fully interactive world and full blown RPG system on top of that. This game just never stops to amaze me. It almost feels like I'm right in the middle of "Oh man... I remember when [insert game] launched.. It was so unbelievable and mind blowing at the time. We hadn't seen anything like it in nearly forever.." etc etc. One of those anecdotes like Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, etc.
Damn.
Wheelatron
Member
I think the queueing works like: left click to attack, and then shift-left click to automatically attack again when the first animation finishes
LurkerPrime
Member
I recall a loading screen tip saying something hold "hold shift to queue up actions," but that might have been for out-of-combat movement only. I don't know how worthwhile it could possibly be in tactical combat.
And yeah, Larian said they aimed for a sort of "D&D adventure" with this game, and they abso-friggin'-lutely achieved it. Everything has come together to create a wholly sublime game, and so far, I'd go so far as to say a modern-day classic.
Need more than one?
It certainly looks that way. The best part is how it comes with such a brilliant editor. On day one, even! The other top-tier party-based RPGs aren't as friendly to modders (even though some great mods have been released).
I thought you said playing hybrid characters was majorly gimping yourself.
yep, 3
Cloudius12
Member
When in combat, you can delay your current character's turn by clicking the button on the far right. One of them is flee, the other is delay. This puts you at the end after everyone else.
Tawney Bomb
Member
So just able to start this, but was wondering if the DLC was worth the $9.99 or are the items not that great?
hemtae
Member
In the marketplace near the entrance to the healer's place. Sometimes her tent can hide her.
Hence my desire for a character editor.^^
Like I said, I want an Archer companion, since one isn't available yet, I made him into one. I don't want to miss out of his story (or more like the story of a companion in general),
Since he was already level 3 and a full mage, once he had enough dex it was surprisingly effective to still have access to teleport , rain and heal. However, it's not enough for more than that. Missing int takes its toll for the effectiveness of his spells and the missing points for a spell school does as well, making any non-low-level-spell unusable. Even on my pure mage, not focusing on a single spell school makes some spells unusable around level 7. (Strong regeneration requires a school level of 3(!) already). I wanted to focus on Witchcraft, Hydro and Aero, but that seems to have to wait for a bit and I'll only go for Hydro and Aero for now. Summoning Skeet warrior seems to be very bad. The Elementals are way better since their normal attacks aren't blocked by armor and they have a skill to boot. The warrior does more damage, but physical which ends up being less oevrall. No skills either. I already have the level 10 armored warrior which does have a skill, but dunno if that's worth to spec so heavily into witchcraft. Seems the +50% damage buff will be the only thing I'll be using for now. Later you get way more skill points, so maybe I'll invest then into it.
I learned that having a variety of cheeses makes you popular from this game. Life lesson learned.
I wish your inventory view allowed to see more items
I just run with Scarlett and im not big on swapping characters unless a specific skill is required or I need him/her to equip a specific item
which ends up with scarlett hogging shit. and I have a looot of stuff. scrolling is annoying
I just run with Scarlett and im not big on swapping characters unless a specific skill is required or I need him/her to equip a specific item
which ends up with scarlett hogging shit. and I have a looot of stuff. scrolling is annoying
I've pushed all before I found it as well. It's located
at the south side (so not on the platform with all the switches) in the very corner left to the stairs leading down