Irobot82
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I believe if you backed at about the same level it took for the Wasteland 2 boxed copy you get the CE box, my boss got that one and it's just as impressive as Wastelands.
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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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I believe if you backed at about the same level it took for the Wasteland 2 boxed copy you get the CE box, my boss got that one and it's just as impressive as Wastelands.
CrunchyFrog
Member
So my box came in totes beat up and scratched. Who do I bark at to get a replacement because this shit is nanners. I'll post pics later when I can.
Paradox handles that stuff.
The best is like the Witcher 3, where you can optionally register it on gog or just play it 100% DRM-Free without online activations.
I ordered the normal boxed copy (cardboard box) and they sent it in a thin envelope.
When I took it out it looks like someone sat on my copy, Argh
Yeah, I figured Witcher 3 would come with a GOG key BUT not mandate you use it. I do wonder if it's basically a GOG installer though or something different, and if it'd take the same patches the GOG version does anyway.
A Black Falcon
Member
No, I am describing the $65 boxed copy of PoE, versus the $50 boxed copy of Wasteland 2.
I played the game a bit at release, liked it, but then I stopped when that bug with losing abilities were discovered.
If I were to resume my game now, are all the changes to classes, level up stats etc retroactive, or would it be best for me to start over? I'm only in the first town so it's not a huge deal.
If I were to resume my game now, are all the changes to classes, level up stats etc retroactive, or would it be best for me to start over? I'm only in the first town so it's not a huge deal.
Irobot82
Member
I see now, the WL2 box is indeed an old school PC box hearkening to my Ultima boxes. Wow, that's pretty cool.
flipswitch
Member
Can't remember if I asked this before, is this game in 2D or 3D? I'm guessing the backgrounds are 2D and characters are 3d?
Irobot82
Member
yeah, like the oldschool Infinity Engine games.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
How long until the PC E3 presser again?
Tomorrow, 5pm local I think, on Twitch.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
The White March, set in ICE.
Level cap, new companions, new skills. No gameplay.
Level cap, new companions, new skills. No gameplay.
OH FUCK YES
Dsyndrome
Member
Missed it, just new companions and new level cap? Is it just an update? Or is it that there's no gameplay with the announcement?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a05OrRrR2Q
Trailer here, for them what missed it. Not a huge amount of info, but Obsidian tweeted that we'd hear more this week.
Trailer here, for them what missed it. Not a huge amount of info, but Obsidian tweeted that we'd hear more this week.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
No gameplay. I'd be shocked if we didn't see anything over E3, though.
Irobot82
Member
Question,
On Obsidian's website there is artwork of the new expansion, Eder is smoking a pipe, you can see Sagani, Havaris and the two new characters Zahua and The Devil of Caroc. Anyone know how to dig into the website to snag that image? It would make a KILLER wallpaper and I'm hoping it's really in high def.
Josh Sawyer was on the TwitchTV live stream last night showing new gameplay. They've added companion AI and a bunch of other great features.
EDIT: Well duckroll did it in the Expansion thread. It's not high-res.
On Obsidian's website there is artwork of the new expansion, Eder is smoking a pipe, you can see Sagani, Havaris and the two new characters Zahua and The Devil of Caroc. Anyone know how to dig into the website to snag that image? It would make a KILLER wallpaper and I'm hoping it's really in high def.
Josh Sawyer was on the TwitchTV live stream last night showing new gameplay. They've added companion AI and a bunch of other great features.
EDIT: Well duckroll did it in the Expansion thread. It's not high-res.
Arulan posted the archived Twitch stream in the official PoE thread. I'll share it here, too.
AbsentMindedProf
Neo Member
I'm finally started playing through this, and I'm very pleased so far. However, I started with a priest character and I think I'm going to start over with a different class. Priests just aren't that fun to play, and seem to have minimal usefulness so far. I typically go with a ranger type character in role playing games, but I would like to try something different. Any suggestions for fun classes? Also, how much should I be focusing with skills when leveling up? Should I focus one just one or two, or can I spread the points out a little more. I'm excited to dive a little deeper into this game, it's been fun so far.
Josh Sawyer said it's unrelated to the main quest, if I understood correctly it pops up after you gain access to your stronghold.
After watching the stream, EVERYTHING JOSH SAID (and the gameplay shown) HYPES ME UP EVEN MORE. New areas, new companions, multi-class talents, improved targeting reticule, party AI - fuck yes.
I tried starting out with Ranger and found it to be too much micromanagement with the animals. I prefer a hands-off playstyle on Normal difficulty (which is honestly pretty easy).
If you like active play, Cipher, Druid or Wizard would probably be good.
If you prefer more passive play, Chanter, Barbarian and Fighter are good.
Monk can be tweaked in either direction based on whether you rely on wounds for abilities or for passives. Rogue is kind of in between.
Didn't use a Paladin much, but consensus here seemed to be that they're underpowered and boring.
Available companions will be one of each class other than (not plot spoiler or anything, some people just prefer to find out on their own)
Barbarian, Monk, and Rogue
Wizard, Fighter, and Priest
As far as skills go, focus each character in one skill with a few points in Athletics for just about everyone to stave off fatigue. Survival can be useful if you use lots of consumables, and Lore if you use scrolls. You'll absolutely want someone focused in Mechanics, everything else is less essential.
Shai-Tan
Banned
Cool - I was just wondering because I've only played up to Caed Nua so far and at the rate I play games I could just wait if it reflects back on the main game in any relevant way. Did they say the adventure is targetted for higher level characters?
Irobot82
Member
He also said that since people will come into the expansion at different points in the game you have the option for it to check your level and scale up enemy levels or leave it as is.
My MC is a Paladin and... yes, it's kinda boring. Not as useful as a tank as Edér, not enough powerful/fun spells like Aloth/Durance/Grieving Mother. I'm too far to quit, so I'll press on ahead. It's not that bad, anyway, I'm still having a lot of fun.
If I understood correctly, it checks your party level when you access the content (which you can do either mid-game or even right before the end) and if it's too high it asks you if you want the content to scale to your current level (lest you curbstomp everything).
So, if I haven't played the base game yet, I think at this point it's better to wait? Some of those changes seem like improvements that extend to the main game itself.
I think I'm the wrong kind of guy to answer that question to be honest - I've been playing since the very first Backer Beta, which was unstable as fuck, very rough around the edges, and made my PC wheeze like Walter White before getting chemo :lol
The base game has impoved a lot from the early days, both from a balance and UI perspective. I'd say give it a try because, hey - more people playing PoE is always a good thing. If you think you'd rather wait (a couple more months) for the expansion improvements, you're free to do so anyway
Paladin multi-class sounds awesome.
Denton
Member
I have not played the game yet, but reading latest codex review put a bit of a break on my desire to do so
http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=9952
(by vault dweller and grunker)
http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=9952
(by vault dweller and grunker)
I wouldn't worry so much of what Rpgcodex thinks to be honest.
I found the game to be very good. Perfect? Of course not, but well worth playing and well worth all the money I put into it on kickstarter.
hemtae
Member
That's their third review lol. I'm not sure what Obsidian put in that makes the Codex go crazy like it does but they just can't stop talking about it.
A big chunck of codexians have been notoriously synical about the game almost since it was announced on Kickstarter, and those reviewers seems to be among them. Their criticism of the combat essentially boils down to "it's not TB, therefore it sucks!".
Don't let one review turn you off.
Yeah, the majority of reviews I have read for Dungeons 2 would have put me off the game. Too bad for the reviewers I had already seen the game live.
Reviewers often suck, I only trust Total Biscuit and Jim Sterling nowadays. The rest seem cynical, jaded and unable to give games a fair chance. IGN's infamous "I couldnt imagine why anybody would prefer Football Manager 2009 to FIFA 09 or Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, 2/10 terrible" comes to mind.
Reviewers often suck, I only trust Total Biscuit and Jim Sterling nowadays. The rest seem cynical, jaded and unable to give games a fair chance. IGN's infamous "I couldnt imagine why anybody would prefer Football Manager 2009 to FIFA 09 or Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, 2/10 terrible" comes to mind.
Given how almost none of the infinity engine games are turn-based, and crpgs classics often aren't truly TB. I find complaints on TB to be very petty. I think the new Torment may actually suffer for being TB.