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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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Pinko Marx
Banned
Rogue, Monk, and (I think) Barbarian do not have companions associated with them.
you'll like the second floor
hemtae
Member
That is the second floor I think unless we're talking about different things.
the first Skuldr king is on the first floor, there's another larger group with two of them on the second floor (in the temple below the first town)
Nethack had this and it was kind of funny, though I never really made use of beartraps.
JoeyJungle
Banned
Thanks, I thought that the
girl at least was going to be a permanent party member.
I was totally going to do this if I didn't ask here first.
Though I think if you get to the end of the tunnel, and then rest before stepping outside, she disappears without dying in the fire. I wonder if she can really be saved?
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Sir Garbageman
Member
How does companion XP work for those characters you haven't recruited yet? I have recruited two so far. If I do a ton of sidequesting / exploring will companions I pick up down the road be under leveled or do they scale?
Pinko Marx
Banned
One problem I have with the game is targeting spells. Sometimes I'll think I'm clicking on an enemy with a skill, and wind up clicking elsewhere, only to unpause and eat like 5 Attack of Opportunity to my char and die.
try being killed in one hit. Got my sweet revenge shortly afterwards, though
boybrushdRED
Member
asus xonar series soundcard?
terrisus
Member
Running it via onboard sound.
Confidence Man
Member
Maybe I'm an idiot, but how do I drop an item from my inventory?
bobnowhere
Member
Turned me into giblets, will go back later with friends!
Put about 3+ hours in. Haven't had this much gaming enjoyment in years. It's hitting all the fuzzy spots. It's extremely familiar, like an old friend, yet also new and refreshing. The mechanics seem solid, and the story and dialogue are top notch so far. Haven't found myself clicking through dialogue and just absorbing it all in.
Still considering making a new character though. Started with a rather generic fighter, not sure how I feel about it. Think I need something with a little more depth these days.
Still considering making a new character though. Started with a rather generic fighter, not sure how I feel about it. Think I need something with a little more depth these days.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
You know what else is cool about Pillars of Eternity? The credits. Namely, you can fast forward, slow down or pause the credits. I was just looking through to see if I recognized any of the voice actors and its just sort of cool to be able to pause them or fast forward.
Little details!
Little details!
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Man, playing a Rogue is......interesting. Trying to get that stealth hit (and often kill) then quickly getting back before the rest of the gang can murder me so my party members can catch up, luring enemies away from groups....it's definitely not how I usually play those type of games. Glad I picked the class.
I almost feel like I'm cheating sometimes
I almost feel like I'm cheating sometimes
Felix Lighter
Member
Something screwy going on with this game and my steam profile. I've played for several hours but it doesn't show up under recent activity and I'm not 100% sure but I suspect that achievements aren't unlocking. Maybe I haven't reached one yet but I would have figured the backer achievement would have unlocked by now.
Edit: In fact it doesn't show up in my list of games under my profile, though it's obviously in my game library. Weird.
Edit: In fact it doesn't show up in my list of games under my profile, though it's obviously in my game library. Weird.
glad I checked the options menu due to my anal retentiveness when starting a new game, you can have it set to auto-pause for a variety of options, only 1 of which is checked by default..
I left most of them alone but clicked auto-pause for low health or low endurance
still unsure if I should select the option that lets you know how your dialogue choices will influence things (or something similar)
I left most of them alone but clicked auto-pause for low health or low endurance
still unsure if I should select the option that lets you know how your dialogue choices will influence things (or something similar)
You get the back achievement right after character creation. Sounds like its messed up.
I always suffer from this. I think I'll just tough it out though. Eventually I can round out my party. Otherwise I'll be replaying the first few hours of the game over and over and never get anywhere.
Plus it's a reason to come back to the game every so often.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Need some help on a puzzle in the temple below the first town:
I feel like I'm missing some sort of clues on the bell puzzle. I think I've searched the entire upper floor but so far I've just found one note that indicates that you shouldn't select the larger bell first. The guy in the temple said I should check out the Rector's room for clues but I don't know which one that is.
Murder. She Wrote
Member
I did the right one, big middle one, left one, and then right one again. I just guessed :x
Felix Lighter
Member
Yeah, it seems to be messed up. Ugh. At least it plays without issue.
Yup, this is the same issue. It's like the game isn't tied to my profile but it's in my library.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Well, while I have my main PC down (Chanter), I'm on my third restart because I can never quite get my adventurers right.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Anybody else here playing a Rogue? I'm curious how you play compared to my rogue. What's your tactic so far? (I'm level 3 right now, start over since I didn't really like Cipher)
Next to the big tree in the middle of the town where you talk to the ....special Dwarf lady there is a melee guy you can recruit
You can get the fighter companion
by sleeping in the inn, then going to the tree in town, talking to corpse and then the guy next to the tree.
Shake Appeal
Member
I love my rogue. No rerolling here.
I open with a ranged Blinding Strike from my crossbow, then hide behind Eder if a group is coming. I use Eder's modal ability to tie up the group and either my own talents or Aloth's spells to add more status effects (Blinded, Hobble, Prone, etc.) that grant Sneak Attack. Then I flank Eder's targets until they are dead. If something goes wrong, I use his shoves to knock over the enemy that's engaging me so I can get away.
My build is just attacking with rapier/stiletto really fast. I took the Two Weapon Style talent on my first level-up.
So I just never played either of the BG games or PT. Just wasn't a PC gamer outside of EverQuest during those days, got my D&D fix from our personal campaigns. Fast forward a decade and a half and I'm absolutely floored by this game. Only six hours in, but I just adore the combat and all that there is to see outside of it. The classes are complex and interesting, the voice acting and writing and exquisite, and the world is just top notch. This game seriously looks better than anything I can really think of. Can't wait until I get home tomorrow and can go hard all weekend.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I do like it as well, it just still feels weird to me. I need to invest more in abilities to inflict the Sneak Attack bonus, at the time my strategy is very hit and run like which can't work very long I imagine
Yeah, they really chose the dumbest looking head variant for the (death) godlike portrait. Head 3 all the way.
Murder. She Wrote
Member
I haven't gotten that far in, but no npc has really commented on me being a godlike :c and I hate that I had no choice in portrait, hell even the Imgur album didn't have anything. Not liking my portrait is bugging me.
I have this problem too, but the backer achievement is unlocked for me.
Shake Appeal
Member
As soon as Aloth levelled up, I took Slicken and whichever spell he has that drops Blindness on a group for a looong time. Those two are both effective at giving the Rogue lots of targets.
That's really been the only thing I haven't liked so far. I'm running as a Death Godlike and not a single person has made a comment about it.
Dalibor_San
Member
Quick question guys,what is currently the more efficient stats to invest in for a Warrior,I realise that Obsidian designed it so it is hard to mess up a character,however some of these are weird.
I'm assuming, Might would be very important to a Warrior, yet no star is next to it, while Perception,Resolve and Constitution have stars next to them,what would actually be more useful for a Warrior in this case, Should I ignore Intellect?
Thanks.(D&D stats are a bit easier, I'm sure this is easy too but just not used to them)
I'm assuming, Might would be very important to a Warrior, yet no star is next to it, while Perception,Resolve and Constitution have stars next to them,what would actually be more useful for a Warrior in this case, Should I ignore Intellect?
Thanks.(D&D stats are a bit easier, I'm sure this is easy too but just not used to them)
metalhead79
Neo Member
This game....good god....I'm hooked.
I wasn't going to get it because I dislike playing with mouse and keyboard. I got hit by the hype train yesterday and pre-purchased. I'm so glad I did. I grew up on cRPGs like Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate.
I wasn't going to get it because I dislike playing with mouse and keyboard. I got hit by the hype train yesterday and pre-purchased. I'm so glad I did. I grew up on cRPGs like Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate.
loving the game so far, a few hours in now.
the writing/story vibe is a little underwhelming so far. guess it really went all in on the Baldur's Gate spiritual successor stuff... a lot more caricature-y and less serious than I expected. And the voice acting and music has that shrill fantasy vibe to it and everyone speaks in that weird indistinguishable accent that all fantasy-land people speak in. I hate that. terrible descriptions, I know... the best way to put it is that it's more NWN2 OC than MOTB.
but seriously this game is awesome I'm so happy it exists, I'm just nitpicking.
the writing/story vibe is a little underwhelming so far. guess it really went all in on the Baldur's Gate spiritual successor stuff... a lot more caricature-y and less serious than I expected. And the voice acting and music has that shrill fantasy vibe to it and everyone speaks in that weird indistinguishable accent that all fantasy-land people speak in. I hate that. terrible descriptions, I know... the best way to put it is that it's more NWN2 OC than MOTB.
where's my existential brooding dammit!
also, the "let's team up for adventures after a bar fight!" is literally how you picked up like half of your annoying, shitty companions in NWN2 OC.
but seriously this game is awesome I'm so happy it exists, I'm just nitpicking.