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[Moff]

So I'm stuck. I've completed nearly all of the Cyceal quests that I know about, but can't progress the Councilor's murder quest. The last significant development was the mortician being arrested for being complicit in the murder, but when I go to the Legion HQ, he's not there. All of the suspects that I talk to (including Aureus) just give me old dialogue. According to a quest guide, Evelyn is supposed to go missing from the healer's house at some point, but she has yet to do so. Anyone know what I might've missed?

you need to find three clues and then talk to the prime suspect, the councillors wife, that will make evelyn disappear. if she is still there I guess thats a bug.

 

[Klyka]

So I'm stuck. I've completed nearly all of the Cyceal quests that I know about, but can't progress the Councilor's murder quest. The last significant development was the mortician being arrested for being complicit in the murder, but when I go to the Legion HQ, he's not there. All of the suspects that I talk to (including Aureus) just give me old dialogue. According to a quest guide, Evelyn is supposed to go missing from the healer's house at some point, but she has yet to do so. Anyone know what I might've missed?

the prime suspect is esmeralda. you should look around her house a bit.

 

[d1rtn4p]

Curious as to any strategies people used for the fight with the

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undead outside of the cave.

Reason I ask is because I think I'm hitting a wall. There's no undead left to kill on the map and I think I've completed all the quests I can. My rogue and wizard are level 4, and I'm getting my ass handed to me...It's not even a close fight.

 

[_Clash_]

Eventually, everyone ends up mage.

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If you know what's good for you.

No, in all honesty, everyone in my party is versed in at least one level of Hydrophology in order to get access to healing spells.

My party set up:
Lady Sherlock is my Knight. She has an Ice Elemental summon as well as Ice Shard for long range, when close combat is not an option.
Shakespeare is a Wayfarer, and has evolved into being my crowd controller with both Spider and Fire Elemental summons. I opted out of a staff in favor of a crossbow, and the juxtaposition of magic and a long range physical weapon works great. I gave him a point in Marksman so I could give him Ricochet and Mute.

I swapped out the two other party members as soon as I could for a Ranger and a Witch as soon as I could.
Neresa is my Witch, and she's my assault. She has a Fire summon and all of the offensive Fire and Air spells. While Shakespeare and Sherlock both have offensive spells, Neresa is decked out with the heavy duty Area of Effect shit.
Gaereoga is my Ranger, and my status effect defensive guy. He has Mute, Cure, and a bunch of other skills dedicated to either stopping or starting status problems.

I can see my party looking a lot like this.

 

[Moff]

Curious as to any strategies people used for the fight with the

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undead outside of the cave.

Reason I ask is because I think I'm hitting a wall. There's no undead left to kill on the map and I think I've completed all the quests I can. My rogue and wizard are level 4, and I'm getting my ass handed to me...It's not even a close fight.

not sure what you mean, what cave? and what map? after clearing the whole first map you would be about level 10...

generally, if you are the same level as your enemies, you should be able to win that fight.

 

[Klyka]

Curious as to any strategies people used for the fight with the

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undead outside of the cave.

Reason I ask is because I think I'm hitting a wall. There's no undead left to kill on the map and I think I've completed all the quests I can. My rogue and wizard are level 4, and I'm getting my ass handed to me...It's not even a close fight.

mate you should be higher than lvl 4. there's tons of quests and fights. I was lvl 4 when i left the town for the first time and am now lvl 5 1/2 a bit later after clearing the lighthouse and surrounding area.

 

[EVOL 100%]

Wow, Black cove is annoying as hell.

 

[aborath]

Yes.

You could try a cheap cooling plate in the meantime. My old XPS gaming laptop used to overheat, so I bought a cooling plate and a small desktop fan to point at it and it solved the issue.



How did they break the game?

I steal every single thing I can, and I still need gold for arrows, skill books, scrolls, potions, etc...

the prime suspect is esmeralda. you should look around her house a bit.

Thanks for the replies, folks. I snooped around her place a bit just after posting that. I thought that I needed to find the mortician to advance the quest, not realizing that I had skipped an entire portion of Esmeralda's house.

 

[Sarcasm]

Is esmeralda the one in the bathroom?

 

[d1rtn4p]

mate you should be higher than lvl 4. there's tons of quests and fights. I was lvl 4 when i left the town for the first time and am now lvl 5 1/2 a bit later after clearing the lighthouse and surrounding area.

That's what I wanted to know...thanks for the help.

 

[Birathen]

Is esmeralda the one in the bathroom?

If you meen the one in the town hall no, Esmeralda lives in Esmeraldas shop. Unless Im mixing names up :3

 

[lordfuzzybutt]

Is esmeralda the one in the bathroom?

It's Cecilia, but is it just me or that girl stays in the tub all the goddamn time?

 

[Fuz]

Is there a storage chest somewhere?


I'm a hoarder.

 

[Sentenza]

Is there a storage chest somewhere?


I'm a hoarder.

Anywhere you want one to to be.
Just drag a chest or a barrel where you want your storage and you are done.

 

[nonadventurer]

You unlock a room with two storage chests in your homestead at one point towards the end of Act I (or a bit earlier depending on your style of exploration).

 

[MrCompletely]

Is there a storage chest somewhere?


I'm a hoarder.

You will unlock an area do the homestead with empty chests, bookshelves, and beds.

 

[Easy_D]

I love the world they've built. The tone is light hearted, tongue in cheek at times, and legitimately funny (especially if you take the Pet Pal talent and converse with animals). It never takes itself too seriously, and it never feels too dramatic, but the story is interesting and characters seem unique and make the somewhat generic setting feel fresh.

I don't think this will have the best story we've ever seen, but the world building and setting are really great.

You can choose a starting class, then reset all stats and build whatever you want. Customisation in terms of builds is extremely in depth.

Appearance customisation is decent, not the most in depth I've seen but there are a good amount of varied options. Gear changes appearance, and you can dye it.

You customise both main characters. If you want to play co-op, your partner can join at the creation screen so you both get to build your characters.

That's great to hear, it's exactly why I fell in love with Divinity 2 (+ expansion). The tone they set was amazing. Similarily, Divinity 2 allowed you to mind-read people (which more often than not, resulted in something funny)

 

[Moff]

It's Cecilia, but is it just me or that girl stays in the tub all the goddamn time?

she actually got out of the tub after I talked to her

 

[cheezcake]

Started and played for 6 hours straight today, so gooooood

Currently stuck on trying to solve the Mysterious Murder quest, hopefully i'll get there soon

 

[lordfuzzybutt]

she actually got out of the tub after I talked to her

I mean before you can get in. I peaked in and she's there all the time.

 

[Antiwhippy]

So am I the only who cheesed the

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dietmar

fight by taking out the mob one at a time and then fleeing to a nearby bed? >_> <_<

 

[Birathen]

So am I the only who cheesed the

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dietmar

fight by taking out the mob one at a time and then fleeing to a nearby bed? >_> <_<

You can start a fight, flee and then return and the encounter doesnt reset?

 

[Antiwhippy]

You can start a fight, flee and then return and the encounter doesnt reset?

It does, but those who died stay dead. Enemy injuries heal though.

 

[helloresolven]

I cheesed the hell out of

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braccus rex

.

how:

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set up vase fence such that only he & the skeleton baron could come and fight me, which i proceeded to run outside of the door and hide in the corner, since I could rain -> lightning stun trap them in the doorway. Then I just sat back with my archer and pinged the other two bosses to death.

 

[aborath]

Started and played for 6 hours straight today, so gooooood

Currently stuck on trying to solve the Mysterious Murder quest, hopefully i'll get there soon

Bleh, right when I thought I'd finally solved it: I'm back to being stuck.

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Presented the book to the Duke, Septimus, Esmerelda, and Aureus. All of them dismissed it. I even went to the dungeon and spoke to the mortician, but he wasn't helpful.

Really not sure where to go from here. I hope I didn't bug the quest by doing things out of order. Not sure I'd have it in me to play through all of this again, even thought I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

 

[Fuz]

Anywhere you want one to to be.
Just drag a chest or a barrel where you want your storage and you are done.

So, I guess any container doesn't ever lose what's inside of it once loaded.

You unlock a room with two storage chests in your homestead at one point towards the end of Act I (or a bit earlier depending on your style of exploration).

You will unlock an area do the homestead with empty chests, bookshelves, and beds.

Thanks fellas.

 

[Santiako]

So now that I'm level 10, my best strategy is to buff my already beastly melee character and let him wreck havoc. He absolutely destroys everything.

 

[hemtae]

Bleh, right when I thought I'd finally solved it: I'm back to being stuck.

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Presented the book to the Duke, Septimus, Esmerelda, and Aureus. All of them dismissed it. I even went to the dungeon and spoke to the mortician, but he wasn't helpful.

Really not sure where to go from here. I hope I didn't bug the quest by doing things out of order. Not sure I'd have it in me to play through all of this again, even thought I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

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There's other things you can confront Esmeralda with. Also Pet Pal will help quite a bit

 

[Froli]

Can you save anytime? If that is the case...that will solve your problems with the random loot being useless

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save when the boss you are fighting has very low hp, kill it, if it drops crap reload. This way there is a high chance of getting Legendary drops

It seems cheesy if this works lol

 

[Shahadan]

All these

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switches

at the bottom of the

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Cove

x_x

I thought it was fun actually. Maybe I'm a secret masochist.

 

[NIN90]

Bleh, right when I thought I'd finally solved it: I'm back to being stuck.

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Presented the book to the Duke, Septimus, Esmerelda, and Aureus. All of them dismissed it. I even went to the dungeon and spoke to the mortician, but he wasn't helpful.

Really not sure where to go from here. I hope I didn't bug the quest by doing things out of order. Not sure I'd have it in me to play through all of this again, even thought I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

Hint:

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Did you look through Esmeralda's basement?

 

[Birathen]

It does, but those who died stay dead. Enemy injuries heal though.

That.. Is handy to know Thank you for that intel

 

[Durante]

So now that I'm level 10, my best strategy is to buff my already beastly melee character and let him wreck havoc. He absolutely destroys everything.

Yeah, buffs are amazing in this game.

Not quite Infinity Engine Haste level, but almost.

 

[Santiako]

Yeah, buffs are amazing in this game.

Not quite Infinity Engine Haste level, but almost.

First turn Oath of Desecration and Wildfire on my Roderick is almost almost Haste level.

 

[Shahadan]

I love Wildfire, especially since it can backfire when you have Warm status or are near lava.

 

[Durante]

First turn Oath of Desecration and Wildfire on my Roderick is almost almost Haste level.

That, plus fortify.

 

[Santiako]

I love Wildfire, especially since it can bachfire when you have Warm status or are near lava.

I usually walk my guy over fire on purpose so I can trigger the What a Rush talent, I only heal him if he gets too close to death.

 

[aborath]

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There's other things you can confront Esmeralda with. Also Pet Pal will help quite a bit

*slaps forhead* of course,

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I didn't pick up Pet Pal until I hit level 3, and I never got around to going back to the cemetery to speak with the dog

.

 

[Sarcasm]

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There's other things you can confront Esmeralda with. Also Pet Pal will help quite a bit

I am confused

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the dog got all happy about the nurse's smelly stuff so I can't smell other items..but its not the nurse?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Setting up pool and electricity chokepoints is so much fun!

 

[hemtae]

I am confused

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the dog got all happy about the nurse's smelly stuff so I can't smell other items..but its not the nurse?

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What makes you think it isn't? If you go with the Esmeralda route she also points the finger at Evelyn.

 

[Spookie]

Oh man the switch room in the caves is fucking great:

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I pushed the exotic switch and got put back at the start of the map, the flavour text from my character had me rolling

 

[Chaos17]

Why elementals have more aggro than my warrior ? xD

 

[Moff]

what exactly determines the aggro anyway?

 

[aborath]

Is there a way to lower the AP cost of crossbows?

 

[Chaos17]

what exactly determines the aggro anyway?

Dunmo but the ennemies always focus the elementals and don't even care about my warrior, lol.

 

[Zukuu]

Why elementals have more aggro than my warrior ? xD

I do think that is intentional or they just go for the squishiest target in range. Elementals are very bad tanks sadly. I think the Spider is actually the best level <10 summon for that purpose. lol

 

[Sentenza]

So, I guess any container doesn't ever lose what's inside of it once loaded..

For what I noticed so far, absolutely not.
Of course, just to be sure I avoided leaving too valuable stuff into them. But the game seems to keep track of items indefinitely.

 

[Chaos17]

I do think that is intentional or they just go for the squishiest target in range. Elementals are very bad tanks sadly. I think the Spider is actually the best level <10 summon for that purpose. lol

Need an aggro skill on my warrior, I feel so usuelles when the enemy ignore me and move toward my mages, lol.

 

[Zukuu]

Need an aggro skill on my warrior, I feel so usuelles when the enemy ignore me and move toward my mages, lol.

Plant him next to him and have the trait "Opportunist". You'll love that they ignore you.