This is nuts. Also, until tomorrow I was absolutely sure that Eder is voiced by Troy Baker. Apparently he isn't. The actor is so good.
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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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BrokenFiction
Member
Wait, Eder isn't Troy Baker? Mind. Blown.
Except you can play Baldur's Gate / BG2 in coop.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
Why not? I think I remember BG and IWD had LAN co-op, if you so wanted.
It'd be nice if they consider it down the road, but I am not sure how far they are willing to go adding new stuff that were not mentioned during the Kickstarter. I don't even think they'll integrate Steam Workshop in the game (correct me if they have already said they will, please).
No, sadly co-op is out of scope for this game.
I should really get back there, it feels like I haven't been out of Defiance Bay for the last 15 hours of playing the game or so.
InquisitorAles
Member
So, there is now way to
convince Raedric to stop his madness without killing him? And i definitely not going to kill his cousin too
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
Sorry guys, it was justred, green, and blue.
Nice. Is the story any good at the second half of the game?
Also, how long did it take you?
Characters getting struck at certain points in the game, first triggered to me in the
Raedric Quest
Couldn't get rid of it no matter what (save, load, restart game, load again), not until I loaded a save file prior to that bug.
Story is pretty awesome in the second half, especially down the home stretch.
I'd say about 50 hours overall, factoring in reloads and the night I accidentally alt tabbed instead of quitting. But, I did sort of power through the second half, whereas I'm pretty sure I hit most everything in the first. I would guess around 70 for 100%, and probably at least 100 to do the same in Path of the Damned.
wolfhowwl
Banned
Were you playing on hard?
I'm 40 hours into the game and a long way from being done with Act 2
Constantly saving and reloading in areas where companions are picked up will apparently stack stat boosts on your characters. Don't double click to equip anything or else you will lose all racial/passive bonuses.
Been affected by both of these and kinda killed my desire to play.
Guess ill wait a bit for a patch.
How many save slots are there? I guess these could be worked around by saving every 10 minutes?
I am 30 hours in and considering to restart from new again, mostly because my Fire Godlike Monk doesn't appear to proc Fire Godlike passive (when Endurance is low).
So been progressing through the (Hard Difficulty) game with certain passives not functioning on my party characters, I need an achievement
(yeah may be not, sigh)
This is a PC game. There are no save slots.
At 98 it's getting a bit slow to open the save/load dialogue though, I'll have to archive some.
I find that completely insane. Not only is that passive not really important in the grand scheme of things, it will also get restored in a patch likely this week. Are you sure you are restarting because of that and not for other reasons?
As many as you want I presume.
It's pretty telling that I keep powering through the game in light of the bugs. It's really really damn good, I just hope they stomp these out fast.
Yeah. I did stop going in for backer soul stories and reading books (and sometimes, shamefully, even flavor text for weapons) pretty early though. Just had to get the game through my system quick one time so I could get back to being productive without that gnawing urge trying to get me to playWere you playing on hard?
I'm 40 hours into the game and a long way from being done with Act 2
looking forward to a more in-depth PotD run once bugs get sorted.I'm pretty sure Acts 3 and 4 were significantly shorter than 1 and 2 though. I feel like Defiance Bay alone was longer than either of them. So you might not actually be that far behind my pace, at least until that point. I probably finished Act 2 at around 35 hours.
Fuuuuck that reminds me, I never got (Od Nua)
the blade pieces from Od Nua forged. Damn, I really wanted to see how that'd turn out. Guess I'll have to save it for my total asshole fighter.
Cosmic Schwung
Member
I've just come across one under the stronghold. If you're a ranger you're animal companion can just disappear and if you try to leave the area the game won't let you since "you need to gather your party" which of course you can no longer do.
texhnolyze
Banned
I might want to check whether I'm affected with that stat boost bug later.
It is a critical (for me) to have certain functionality in the game for pure RP reasons, because I'd like to see certain interactions to happen in the game onscreen visually (its a strong visual feedback for me, like a Monk's handing glowing with fire with one of the passives).
The same way I dug the Monk's eye visual effect in Neverwinter Nights.
Edit: I can't wait until the patch is fixed and I am considering to keep a notepad next to me to write down every character passives as I switch between different sections/areas of the game, only saving when I enter the area and only saving again in the next.
Pinko Marx
Banned
No but I'm really curious as to every happens
IDKAboutThat
Member
Just DL'd, and it keeps giving me a white screen and nothing else. I'm verifying the cache with steam, but is this a common problem?
Yes the cipher. Got some permanent +stats from it (at work so can't check and cant remember what)
I posted this once before, but I was wondering if anyone has found a solution. Has anyone gotten past the bug in Act 2 where you're in the
. I'm really hoping there's a workaround as I'm now stuck after 14 hours of time spent playing.
temple of Woedica and you kill all of the hooded figures instead of learning the chants? I cannot progress the quest now and I've cleared the entire map. The link I found in regards to the bug is here: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/72996-i-think-im-stuck-never-far-from-the-queen/
Sevenfold
Member
First I've read of it. What are your specs?
GrandHarrier
Member
Class balance does feel really weird in this game. I'm curious to see if they give that any sort of priority or if it's just one of those things that won't get addressed.
Some classes really need some more active abilities. Once my Paladin has used both Flames of Devotion it's auto attack until the end of the fight. Some moves would probably be better served with cooldowns instead of per encounter charges.
Some classes really need some more active abilities. Once my Paladin has used both Flames of Devotion it's auto attack until the end of the fight. Some moves would probably be better served with cooldowns instead of per encounter charges.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Can you edit deflection/will/etc through the IE mod? I don't want to wait for a patch if I don't have to.
Edit: Looked it up, you can't.
Edit: Looked it up, you can't.
Crap, i've killed the spider but it's still there.
Thought I wouldn't bother playing until some of the more egregious bugs were patched, but I just can't stay away. So I'm deathly afraid of accidentally double-clicking and I check my party's stats every time I load up a save, but it's worth it.
I'd make backups of your saves too, just in case. The save corrupting bug kinda sucks.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Exactly like me. I was in the trade window, accidentally double-clicked instead of drag and drop which I know should not trigger the bug but still it made me go "fuck fuck fuck".
Lol, intense on so many levels, this game.
You should have a quest
to find the old watcher. Do that and talk to the Throne Lady thing again.
I just (ACT 2 spoilers)
murdered every one of them on sight and the game went smoothly, so it should work for you as well. Did you loot and read every thing there?
I got everything I think.
I looted every body and opened anything I could while sneaking around holding tab. A vision or some dialogue is supposed to trigger in that same room and it hasn't triggered. All the NPCs are dead on that map.
Act 1
Just beat
last night.
What a fight! Is the most intense shit I played so far. I just felt so powerful beating him and his minions (playing on hard without stat bugs).
But the best is the number of possibilities this mission had... are there more missions like this in the game? This is my favourite area so far.
Just beat
Raedric's keep
I was about to kill the animancer but her words seemed reasonable enough so I lied to her about helping her cause, freed the monk and entered to the throne to kill Raedric without having to kill the animancer or the priest.
I just lied about helping kill Kolsc so I could put in a defensive position in the center of the throne near Raedric, so his warriors couldn't get up and I could face all of them with my characters (the first 4 companions and my chanter). It ended up in a long but unique fight, spamming all I got. Ohh yiss
But the best is the number of possibilities this mission had... are there more missions like this in the game? This is my favourite area so far.
joshbob1985
Member
I think the barrier was down before I killed the spider. I think you need to have taken control of the stronghold by dealing with Maerwhatever.
Waaaait. So if I already equipped something by double clicking, I lost my bonuses and can only fix it by restarting from scratch? :<
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
because once the barrier is down monster will attack your stronghold from time to time, it is only removed after your ask the statue to do so
The easy workaround right now is to dismiss party members and re-add them. For your PC there's a manual workaround Durante posted around here but it might be easier just to wait for the patch.
Right now I'm doing two things: never double clicking to equip, and never saving and loading in areas where companions are picked up. It's a pain but I'll suffer through it till the next patch hits. Hopefully it retroactively fixes current saves.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Endless Path:
fuck those Ogres to hell
Sorry guys, it was justred, green, and blue.
DId you have any difficulties with the last boss? I found it to be rather impossible and had to turn god mode on.
I just turned god mode on and even then it took me like 10+ minutes of wailing on them to finally kill them. Seems like they heal up too.