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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
- Thread starter EviLore
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I had my
Cipher charm one of the statues and used every summon spell/summon object I had.
Eudaemonium
Member
I loved that character.
She's currently sailing off abroad for merry adventures.
Btw
do you actually miss anything for not killing her? Gear wise. Or is it only a moral choice?
justsomeguy
Member
Early in the game, the number of Wizard spells feels limiting but there are ways to increase the number of spells you can cast
- keep an eye out at vendors and from some mobs for ring of wizardry. You can pick one up at the start of act 2 at one of the first vendors you come to.
Suffice to say that you don't feel overly constrained after a while. Be sure to make use of Aloth's per-encounter AoE ability.
Moff
Member
well like every boss enemy in the game, with a wizard and petrification it's easy, made it in the first try
I have Petrification (Gaze of the Adragan) on Aloth, but I only have 3 uses of it. What strategy did you use?
Imp the Dimp
Member
Is this game on Baldur's Gate 2/PST level?
Shake Appeal
Member
No, but it's the closest thing you will get to those games in 2015.
Feels superior to Baldurs Gate 1, but its not BG2.
PS:T is another level of everything. The writing in that game is still unparallaled
justsomeguy
Member
I really wish I could get PS:T to run acceptably on my i7:920 / R9 270. Yet unbelievably it runs at about 5 fps. It's ridiculous.
What, how?
Imp the Dimp
Member
I see. I consider New Vegas the best modern WRPG. Is it on a similar level?
justsomeguy
Member
I have no idea. I've added all the patches you're supposed to need to get it to run and use acceleration, but no luck.
Makes no sense to me, it's very frustrating.
Moff
Member
yes that's the one
honestly no strategy required, the spell doesnt just immobilize enemies, it also makes them take 4x damage.
cast it on the adds first, nuke them away, cast it on the boss, nuke him away
Schaulustiger
Neo Member
It's comparable to the setting books in D&D. You won't find anything about the actual game story or companions in the Guidebook. Instead, it's a history of the world Eora. If you're a sucker for the game's lore and want to know more about the world's history, the races and the pantheon, it's well worth its money. It contains a lot of information that the Strategy Guide does not have.
Shake Appeal
Member
I prefer PoE, but I hated base Fallout 3, so it was hard for New Vegas to overcome that.
Finally finished the game.
Kind of want to do a second run in Expert Mode, I feel I missed most of the stuff for not knowing the world well enough. All the revelations in Act IV were interesting.
My PC was a Cipher since it felt adequate for a Watcher, but I might do a second run with a Rogue, I heard they were imba.
I didn't finish Kana's, Sagani and Hiravias sidequests
Kind of want to do a second run in Expert Mode, I feel I missed most of the stuff for not knowing the world well enough. All the revelations in Act IV were interesting.
My PC was a Cipher since it felt adequate for a Watcher, but I might do a second run with a Rogue, I heard they were imba.
I didn't finish Kana's, Sagani and Hiravias sidequests
dreamstation
Member
That I am. Thanks mate, just ordered it now!
Shake Appeal
Member
Sagani's is the most substantial. I liked some of the available responses to hers and Kana's in thematic terms.I didn't finish Kana's, Sagani and Hiravias sidequests
Got myself spoilered but I guess so. Some sidequests were really unsatisfying (e.g Eder)
I'm in the mood for either finally playing Mask of the Betrayer (NWN2) correctly or either doing a replay in Expert. Can't decide which, Help me GAF
cleveridea
Member
so I wanna make a Driud
Any attributes I should be using?
thinking of just maximizing Might and having a high will/intelligence
Any attributes I should be using?
thinking of just maximizing Might and having a high will/intelligence
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
It does seem kind of long considering what's being loaded. Even with an SSD it takes a good while.
I gotta say, I'm having trouble really getting into the game. I've played about 3.5 hours or so, have a party of 4 now and am just about to journey to the fort.
So far, I can't really say the story has been very interesting at all, except for the weird stuff going on at that village near the beginning, but nothing really came of that (yet). Combat has been, I dunno... boring so far? I'm really hoping it picks up later on, because early on it seems like you can either just auto-attack an encounter down or you have no hope of winning with little reason to use abilities.
Combine not really gaining experience from battle encounters (of which there are tons), and the fact that there hasn't been any interesting loot so far, and I almost feel like I'm being punished for exploring the environments with interspersed bouts of pure monotony.
Really hoping this game manages to pick up soon and get its claws into me. I love the visuals and some of the background lore seems interesting from the books and such I've read in game. I also backed it on Kickstarter at a pretty decent amount of money.
Did anyone else feel kind of lukewarm on the game in the early bits and later find it really engrossing?
Irobot82
Member
I actually really enjoyed Eder's. I thought it's conclusion was fantastic. I understood it's purpose. Kana's I feel like I missed something.
Shake Appeal
Member
All the sidequests are vaguely similar, and they tie thematically to the overarching plot. They're meant to be "disappointing," because
. The whole game is obsessed with legacy, with the wounds the past inflicts on the present, and with how you can move forward.
Kana
Eder
Sagani
Durance
You can do this with most if not all of the characters' sidequests. The overarching thrust is that for a world where your present is supposedly strongly linked to your past — your literal legacy in the soul — you have a lot of room to find your own way and impose your own meaning on the world.
the characters don't find the clarity or release or closure they're looking for, but come to understand that it's okay and there is still meaning in the search — and in the choices they make
What does it mean if the narrative your life is based on, or the thing you're searching for, is elusive or illusory? What do you do with that knowledge?
Kana
can't find the historical justification he's looking for, because the tablet is dust and the past is closed to him. But he is still able to find and impose his own meaning on the past — with your help and input.
Eder
will never know what motivated his brother and the past is closed to him. But he is still able to find meaning in the search — and his own choices — with your help and input.
Sagani
can't complete her mission because the person she's looking for is in fact a dying animal. But she is still able to find a way to tell the story of his soul — and find her own meaning in her mission — with your help and input.
Durance
discovers that the justification he had for blowing up a god and his army was false, that he had been totally deceived. But he is still able to find a way to forge ahead and impose meaning on his past and present — with your help and input.
You can do this with most if not all of the characters' sidequests. The overarching thrust is that for a world where your present is supposedly strongly linked to your past — your literal legacy in the soul — you have a lot of room to find your own way and impose your own meaning on the world.
The past may be written, the gods may be concotions, the stories we were told may not be true, but we don't have to let those things define us. We can say what the world is and what it means for us.
wolfhowwl
Banned
More the opposite. I lost steam after completing Act II and ended up feeling that perhaps less would have been more.
Irobot82
Member
Ok I understood this part
what I didn't understand is why was the guy a zombies and what was the purpose of the elementals? Did he make them?
Shake Appeal
Member
The Engwithans
were basically monsters. They slaughtered thousands upon thousands of slaves in their quest to unlock the secrets of souls and advance their version of animancy. The blights you fight on that level are all ancient, tortured leftovers from Engwithan soul experiments. Kana (and others in the world) think of Engwithans as this noble advanced society of yore, but in truth they were dominating butchers who imposed order on the world through atrocity. Kana's task is to reconcile that knowledge with his sense of the importance of the tablet for his own people's past and present. In my game, at least, he came to understand that he — and Rauatai — didn't need to look to the past to make a better, more peaceful future for themselves. If anything, the Engwithans were the ultimate example of why they should forge a new path.
Same here. Act II was enjoyable but by the time I started rolling into Act III I've been drained. Struggling to keep going.
I think the loading times are really starting to bug me. There are so many areas I want to explore, but there seems to be excessive loading in every area, every building.
Moff
Member
I don't mind that they didnt have closure. I got that, that's not why they were disappointing. they were disappointing because the did not feel fleshed out but short and flat. I mean maybe I did something wrong, but pallagina had only 1 conversation and the quest was over. and many others had only textboxes, too. with durance it worked because it was very well written and had strong ties to the lore and backstory, and because durance was an interesting character.
grieving mother felt very short, too, and it really hurt that I knew in advance what avellone wanted to do, because I'm pretty sure I know what it would have been, basically making a little playable level instead of the last dialogue/text box. and that would have made that quest so much better and satisfying. but like that it just felt flat.
that's why I liked saganis quest the most. It didnt have closure either, but it felt long, fleshed out and had just a beautiful ending.
justsomeguy
Member
Beautiful write -up, shake appeal. Thanks man.
Well, I made it to the Skaen Temple with my Rogue (who, for the record, is rather Cruel). Turns out
will notice our... potential, and offer us to
.
If you decide to
.
If you decide to
... Let's just say you are in for some very dark humor, especially with Durance in your party.
the pool of blood
sacrifice one of our companions in exchange for power (a very small permanent boost though; said boost will vary depending on who you sacrifice)
If you decide to
sacrifice someone, your companions will react in horror, though they won't know that you are responsible for that person's death
If you decide to
sacrifice Grieving Mother
Irobot82
Member
Woah that's deep. Thanks for better explaining that one for me.
AntiFacebook
Member
Does anyone have any tips for fighting the spirit of
in endless path level 14?
He or his minions just keep paralyzing my entire party.
Od Nua
He or his minions just keep paralyzing my entire party.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Okay, starting my second (seventh?) run. My Real run.
You get a total of six talents, right? One every two levels?
You get a total of six talents, right? One every two levels?
Stevey
Member
To enchant, you inspect the item and there's an enchant button.
hemtae
Member
There's a few in the OP. Sensuki does a decent job explaining the mechanics of the game and what happens during combat.
I'm an idiot, thanks. And as it turns out those mats I was talking about... are used for enchanting.
AntiFacebook
Member
I'm in act 3, will I be able to
?
How do I get to Twin Elms? I've tried every exit in every map,and couldn't reach it(or any other of the grayed out maps in the east)
go back to defiance bay later
How do I get to Twin Elms? I've tried every exit in every map,and couldn't reach it(or any other of the grayed out maps in the east)
Terra_Ex
Member
Yes.
I have a question about ranged rogues.
If I'm always attacking at range, does attacking from stealth do any good? I'm not very far in, just got out of the tutorial ruins and have my first level up and am trying to decide whether I want to invest in stealth or not. If attacking at range from stealth doesn't do any good, then it seems like stealth won't be that useful.
If I'm always attacking at range, does attacking from stealth do any good? I'm not very far in, just got out of the tutorial ruins and have my first level up and am trying to decide whether I want to invest in stealth or not. If attacking at range from stealth doesn't do any good, then it seems like stealth won't be that useful.