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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
- Thread starter EviLore
- Start date
Two hours down, countless to go.
Playing on hard, even though I have next to zero experience with IE or NnD rules!
Game is beautiful, music is great, reading this much is going to ruin my eyes this week, but totally worth it. Now I just have to wait for the weekend proper to start!
Playing on hard, even though I have next to zero experience with IE or NnD rules!
Game is beautiful, music is great, reading this much is going to ruin my eyes this week, but totally worth it. Now I just have to wait for the weekend proper to start!
CrunchyFrog
Member
Has anyone tried the dev commentary yet? A game as huge as this I don't know when I'd ever get around to a second playthrough anytime soon, so if it's not too intrusive or revealing/spoilery I'd like to leave it on.
firebricks3
Member
Anyone see a bug where when the tutorial scrolls close that noise it makes plays over and over and over. Also, is hard mode the way to go here?
Yeah I think I just figured out this game isn't playing around when a simple trap that in most games aren't even a slight annoyance just gave one of my guys a near death experience. I think I might need to hire an adventurer to fill out some gaps in my party. And I am playing on normal.
Also I am very happy this game seems to be selling like hotcakes on Steam. Obsidian must be very happy and between this and Skylines Paradox is having a very good month I would think.
Also I am very happy this game seems to be selling like hotcakes on Steam. Obsidian must be very happy and between this and Skylines Paradox is having a very good month I would think.
There's a switch in Graphics settings for it. A user was having the same issue, switched it on and it appeared to fix it for him.
Probably not, but I'd keep dreaming while you can. By the time you wake up Torment should be out.
UncleSporky
Member
Haha so creating a character, I look at rogue and the description says something about them being used as shock troops, and "shock" is in red...hover over it and it starts talking about damage types like burn, shock, freeze...
I don't think that's what it means, guys.
They probably just did a search all text -> add tooltip if it's got a dictionary entry.
I don't think that's what it means, guys.
They probably just did a search all text -> add tooltip if it's got a dictionary entry.0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
Banned
So this is evil's genre. Did not realize.
I like it as a tanking class.
Just sit there until Phantom eats everything alive.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Bought in support. Thank you TC for the OT. Success and beyond for the devs.
Shake Appeal
Member
This is the game.
smudge
Member
Was in the dark about this release and feel bad for now knowing about it earlier. Picked it up as soon as I saw this OT but only had time for about an hour tonight.
After replaying BG1&2 in the Enhanced versions, this engine feels great. Love the music and the new setting.
Rolled a Elf Ranger because I'm boring, but will likely start again with a priest once I have a feel for things.
After replaying BG1&2 in the Enhanced versions, this engine feels great. Love the music and the new setting.
Rolled a Elf Ranger because I'm boring, but will likely start again with a priest once I have a feel for things.
Jest Chillin
Member
General Question for any who can answer.. can you pool your points when you level? As in save points from level up to level up to afford the rising cost of stats (Stealth, Athletics, Lore, etc..)?
I think the last time if felt like a champ, because I beat a room full of low level spiders was long ago.
Having a blast so far. Especially the parts wandering around and getting killed encounters.
Having a blast so far. Especially the parts wandering around and getting killed encounters.
So there is a cave with a bear, so what? *get's instantly killed with one crit from said bear*
It keeps bugging out on me at random :/ Some times after conversation then after some battle etc. and I need go toggle it off and on to get it working again. Slight annoyance that I expect to get patched relatively soon, not game breaking bug.
Yeah seems like it's just a tank.
Yes. In the beta I usually had one point left over at every level up and I just stored it for next level up.
Unmoses
Member
Didn't know what to expect, but hoped for the best.. Stayed away from the backer's beta just to come at it fresh.. Soooo good.. In fact, perfect so far, though I'm only at the vale so far.
Trying a monk, curious about monk damage and armor/weapons vs light/fists.. haven't read anything.. oh well, fun to try..
Thanks Obsidian, may this light the path for good devs to work on labors of love for fans sans corporate board meetings and pilfering good will
Trying a monk, curious about monk damage and armor/weapons vs light/fists.. haven't read anything.. oh well, fun to try..
Thanks Obsidian, may this light the path for good devs to work on labors of love for fans sans corporate board meetings and pilfering good will
Yeah. despite fixing the root issue, it still bugs out every now and again. At least it's usable now!
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
So anyone has the bug where the info scrolls for items appear to be blocked by the lower half of the screen and cant be read?
I cant get them to work right.
I cant get them to work right.
Fedora Royale
Member
This. So much.
So I've just played for about 2 hours. 30 minutes spent in character creation before just going fuck it and rolling a human monk. 17-16-11-10-12-12. Not sure if that's even the right way to go but so far I've been breezing through the combat encounters on Normal (Hard mode and above will be for later playthroughs). Don't really have too much of an idea of what's going on behind the scenes yet but that's because I've tried to go in as fresh as possible. Need to start reading up about the systems. About to set out for the Gilded Vale and just capped it off there. So good. I really wish I'd booked some time off work so I could just dive back in. That'll have to be it until tomorrow.
While it's early days still it seems to be everything I wanted and longed for. Feels like the late 90s again.
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There should be an icon by your character portrait that shows you. Failing that it's on the character screen listed under "Active Effects".
While it's early days still it seems to be everything I wanted and longed for. Feels like the late 90s again.
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There should be an icon by your character portrait that shows you. Failing that it's on the character screen listed under "Active Effects".
installing now
all I'm gonna do is make my way to the GAF inn and then complain about the rest of the game without having played it
should be fun!
(what will actually happen is that I spend an hour in the character creator, play for an hour and then decide to reroll my dude a few times)
edit: a lot of people are playing on Hard, is that recommended? I haven't played a CRPG since Ultima 4
all I'm gonna do is make my way to the GAF inn and then complain about the rest of the game without having played it
should be fun!
(what will actually happen is that I spend an hour in the character creator, play for an hour and then decide to reroll my dude a few times)
edit: a lot of people are playing on Hard, is that recommended? I haven't played a CRPG since Ultima 4
Really? What a bummer. I am so used to having custom markers in Big World Project mod.
LurkerPrime
Member
That's unfortunate. At least you can make custom journal entries in the notes section, something these games have direly needed for decades.
Fast/slow speeds, the notes, and stuff like the stash and text cinematics are all fantastic advances by Obsidian. I think they've set the new bar for CRPGs' featuresets.
One thing I do have to say, having just started Dark Souls for the first time ever two days ago, is that the in-UI hover tips and explanations are here clear, precise, and plentiful, and therefore super awesome and helpful. Nailing something like that is so important for a smooth experience.
Jest Chillin
Member
Thank you Sir Dude. You are a Gentleman and a Scholar.
AegisScott
Neo Member
I feel like the first areas are almost too hard
The area right after the town is like anytime you step off the path, you die. Wolves, bandits, rogue paladins. But then you get to the Compass and you can curb stomp all the little Kobold-y guys. It feels kind of all over the place for me.
texhnolyze
Banned
I'm with you.
The game was released at 11 PM last night, and it's still early in the morning right now preparing for work. It's going to be a long day..