the spell does slightly less damage I think, it's still good
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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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the spell does slightly less damage I think, it's still good
Also correcting what I posted earlier, solo XP does seem slightly boosted compared to before the patch and hotfix, but only for certain quests/areas. I still haven't hit level 4 expert solo potd yet, but I'm gradually learning from people who are actually good at this so I may eventually learn their crazy tactics.
kamineko
Does his best thinking in the flying car
Still use it. Definitely worth it to me
It's still fucking good. I was worried about the "nerf" too, but it seems to have gone from "why would you ever use anything else" to "still the best crowd attack option for Ciphers".
If you get the proper rings and talents, right now I have 10 level 1, 7 level 2, 10 level 3 casts on Aloth. A few level 1 spells are still good, although minor MM is kinda meh. Thrust still does decent damage even when it's per encounter, slick is still good, chill fog lasts a long time and all that.
I kinda wish maybe wizard spells should scale even better with INT for duration/aoe, but otherwise I'm still happy with them. Just bring a few other grimoires to cover other spells. Per encounter level 1/2 spells don't seem like a lot but they can be if you do stuff like get the elemental damage talents. Hiraviras with 2 fire damage talents casting sunbeam (small aoe fire damage + blind level 1 spell) for example does pretty respectable damage.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
On that note, I kind of wish elemental damage was balanced a little better- someone on another forum counted how many enemies were weak to certain elements, and in both number of types weak to it and number of enemies
came out waaay ahead of anything else but Raw.
Burn I don't know why I'm spoiling this but maybe someone cares
Could've used that when the Od Nua final boss murderized my bear so hard that Bonded Grief stay with me for like 10 hours afterwards even after the pet came back to life.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Perhaps in numbers of monstrous enemies but if you are to consider Kith into the equation im surprised that
Corrode
Wasn't Pillars getting Anti-Aliasing settings we could view and change? there is a Graphics setting slider that I don't think was there before, setting it to full didn't seem to do anything.
Turning off NVIDIA FXAA just makes the game look clearer again but characters still look like a jagged mess.
Turning off NVIDIA FXAA just makes the game look clearer again but characters still look like a jagged mess.
LurkerPrime
Member
They've backed away so hard from the Ranger concept that I dunno why they're even bothering now. IIRC it was initially a shared health/endurance pool, to a big debuff when the pet's lost, to... unequipping the pet.
One of the most annoying things about experimenting with some fights is when there's a conversation of like 12 pages you have to sit through before you can fight.
It's not like you can just spam enter or '1' either, since the
requires multiple numbers.
It's not like you can just spam enter or '1' either, since the
conversation with Maerwald
What they should do is set up the animal companions to have the attributes they have in the wild, then they become a whole lot more useful by default.
The animals have the same base attributes of 10 across the board for some reason (Yet the NPC Ranger companion's animal has stats basically like an enemy Wolf)
A regular Wolf's attributes look like this.
Mig 11
Con 14
Dex 16
Per 15
Int 9
Res 10
Ranger's Wolf attributes
Mig 10
Con 10
Dex 10
Per 10
Int 10
Res 10
LurkerPrime
Member
Well, their stats do increase as the ranger gains levels. But aside from that, the ranger's companion aspect of the game feels really half-baked. No hot-key to select them, and they exist solely to engage one enemy and then die because their defenses are garbage. But the drawback of losing them is so slight that it doesn't even matter...
Really weird. I wonder how much Obsidian struggled with them, because it seems like a lot to me.
It's strange, but I don't see the harm in them making the Ranger pets statistically Identical to their wild counter parts, there's no real reason why they can't, then the Ranger finally becomes a force to be reckoned with, and then make them nearly useless when their animal dies.
EDIT: Oh I see.
LurkerPrime
Member
My posts are only finalized five minutes after going live. I give GAF Early Access to my thoughts.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
Even counting that though there's a few elements that lack a lot of coverage. It's not a big deal but it be nice in an expansion if there were more things that resisted it (especially as you can't swap out talents).
Question about the finale of the Endless Paths:
So I went back down there to test something out on an old save, and noticed afterwards Kana had a little dialogue box- clicked on it and... he had nothing new to talk about. What's he supposed to say there?
Been saying this since day 1. Doesn't matter of the AA is set to 2 or 16... nothing happens.
Can you link to the thread? Kinda curious to see how the numbers shaped up for all the other elements.
Oh i forgot to mention I found the companions to be just awesome. Some of them really blew me away just how much I liked them and it really puts to shame a lot of companions in other games.
Anyway I guess it is time to go check out Bloodborne and give Obsidian time to hopefully fix my issue before i do another playthrough.
Anyway I guess it is time to go check out Bloodborne and give Obsidian time to hopefully fix my issue before i do another playthrough.
Just like in NWN2!
So after testing it out, the Animal companion doesn't really get stronger.
It's attributes stay at 10 all the way to level 12 and the only growth it has is in the default Health and endurance per level everything gains.
Yes you technically make them stronger in some ways through talents, but that doesn't change the fact I feel like that's completely pointless if they don't give the animals the stats they're suppose to have to begin with and THEN build on top of that.
Then the companions would be really good and actually sometimes devastating at later levels.
Shake Appeal
Member
I love this game. That is all.
You can save right before the battle starts.
I'll try that, thanks. I thought it instantly happened as soon as the conversation ended, unless there's a trick to spamming escape first.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
It's the something awful thread, so god knows if the paywall's up.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...rid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=296#post443600321
There's the link if you can see it.
I might have checked something in options, but after the conversation ends, it auto-pauses and then I'm allowed to save.
Damn you Obsidian. This is what you've made me do.
Well bye for the next 100 hours.
hemtae
Member
Damn you Obsidian. This is what you've made me do.
http://www.gibberlings3.net/scs/
The pinnacle of rtwp combat for me.
Probably the best mod of it's kind... but... buffing for every single encounter is not fun at all.
How annoying. With the Disappointer value nerf, I can only get 2241 cp strait out of the opening. In order to get enough cp to hire a full custom team I'll have to find some low xp loot areas.
Weird that the wolf companion didn't get its stats fixed when Sagani's fox(wolf) did. It's only the wolf that has straight 10s, though. Plus, the companion does get bonuses to damage, accuracy, and DR just through leveling (no talents needed).
Weird that the wolf companion didn't get its stats fixed when Sagani's fox(wolf) did. It's only the wolf that has straight 10s, though. Plus, the companion does get bonuses to damage, accuracy, and DR just through leveling (no talents needed).
Shake Appeal
Member
decoyplatypus
Member
Reached the bottom of Od Nua.
I flipped to my B-team for the end of Act 2. It was fun figuring out new tactics to take advantage of wildly different skill sets. I am glad Eternity makes it easy to bring benched party members up to speed. I also think it's a good sign that people have called so many different classes "invaluable." About the only ones I haven't heard people raving about are barbs, monks, and paladins.
This ... is going to take some thought.
I flipped to my B-team for the end of Act 2. It was fun figuring out new tactics to take advantage of wildly different skill sets. I am glad Eternity makes it easy to bring benched party members up to speed. I also think it's a good sign that people have called so many different classes "invaluable." About the only ones I haven't heard people raving about are barbs, monks, and paladins.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
i love my Barbarian. That feeling when you do an auto-attack and each swing hits like 10 guys for 20+ damage each is amazing.
MadLaughter
Member
Hey guys, I got a couple companions that I'm having trouble using, and I'm looking for some tips. The Cipher and the Druid. What sort of gear should I be using, how should I be using the shifting ability, melee or ranged, what spells are worthwhile and which ones should I avoid? They're getting wrecked left and right.
decoyplatypus
Member
Cool! I'll have to take one for a test drive.
For cipher, blunderbuss is pretty damned good because it (1) keeps her at range and (2) builds up a lot of focus with each shot. Put her in some light armor to keep her recovery time down.
I'm still figuring out how best to deploy Hiravias. Right now he's in medium armor and dual-wielding, but that's because I thought it fit his personality - not because it's especially effective.
I got the blunderbuss after giving him 500cp for his troubles
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
I just couldn't beat the Adra Dragon, so I decided to follow the peaceful solution. Meh.
I've done all quests except Durance's. I just don't know what else to do,
.
Apart from that all other quests and bounties are done. My party is all level 12, I've saved at the Twin Elms inn where tomorrow I'll take stock of my equipment and finalize everyone's weapons and armor, and then I'll go and jump in the hole.
I've done all quests except Durance's. I just don't know what else to do,
I am at the point where I have to convince him Magran betrayed all of the people of the Dyrwood by helping them create the Godhammer? Something like that. He's not up for a chat though
Apart from that all other quests and bounties are done. My party is all level 12, I've saved at the Twin Elms inn where tomorrow I'll take stock of my equipment and finalize everyone's weapons and armor, and then I'll go and jump in the hole.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
This game. haha.
piratepwnsninja
Member
Hmm...my chanter voice is suddenly a female one when getting into combat instead of male.
hemtae
Member
I use a blunderbuss and light armor for the Cipher. Blunderbuss for focus building and light armor to get off the mind waves as quick as possible.
For the Druid, I use light armor and whatever weapon. Light armor only because I'm not sure if the DR stays during the shapeshift and when things start going bad, I fire off as many AoE as I can. Otherwise, I shapeshift send him to the front line to engage something then have my rogue kill the weakened stuff after mind wave tears through them.
It's been going pretty well for me on hard.
That's strange, maybe he decided on a change of lifestyle?
But in all seriousness it makes me wonder, since the lockpicking bug was apparently some voice related issue for created companion characters.
Did the voice change after the update? Or just randomly out of no where while playing?