I will admit part of it is stubbornness on my part. I blame developers for coddling me for so long. It will take some time to adjust to a game where a warning about how dangerous an area/monster is is something to listen to and not just there to stroke your ego when you slaughter everything in the room because your guy is such a bad ass.
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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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I will admit part of it is stubbornness on my part. I blame developers for coddling me for so long. It will take some time to adjust to a game where a warning about how dangerous an area/monster is is something to listen to and not just there to stroke your ego when you slaughter everything in the room because your guy is such a bad ass.
We will all be better for it brother. Obsidian wants us to be strong and learn through failure. To succeed another day.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Just realized I spent half an hour trying to beat
. I'm calling it a night.
Raderic wearing the shitty disguise robes
Actually there are a lot of errors in the German version.
"Stichschaden (pierce damage)" is called "sticht Schaden". It's like if in English they called it "(he/she/it) pierces damage".
Also many weapons are called like their abilities. E.g. a Longsword with "Might +1" is actually called "Might +1" instead of "Longsword". This happened for like half the weapons I saw in the prologue.
The queen who was mentioned in the first chapter does have a name, but I don't get it, because it's just nonsense in the German version.
One of the status effects the rogue can inflict is translated differently, depending on what tool tip you're reading.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I've got analysis paralysis on the character creation screen.
Don't know what stats to allocate my Wizard. Maxed intellect probably, might is important, what about Resolve and Perception?
Don't know what stats to allocate my Wizard. Maxed intellect probably, might is important, what about Resolve and Perception?
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
There are a lot of dialogue options that require resolve, you may want to invest there if you want to have a diplomatic wizard.
What can you do early on to stop enemies from attacking your squishies? I pull with my tank and leave softer party members at a distance, but half the time mobs will break off and go smash something before I even know what's happening, and then when you try and run them away they keep getting stopped by more hits. How do I git gud.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Is there anything I can lower below 10 or is it not recommended?
I'm 16 might, 18 intellect, 14 resolve, 10 everything else. Just idling on the screen before I click next
texhnolyze
Banned
Finally bought the game and installing, I'll join you guys soon.
I'm rolling a paladin. I guess it'll be okay to aim for high might and resolve with average intelligence for both conversation and battle, right?
I'm rolling a paladin. I guess it'll be okay to aim for high might and resolve with average intelligence for both conversation and battle, right?
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Is there anything I can lower below 10 or is it not recommended?
I'm 16 might, 18 intellect, 14 resolve, 10 everything else. Just idling on the screen before I click next
Just an fyi, if you disable the game showing you chat/event ability checks that you aren't eligible for it goes a long way in not making you regret your build. I'm regretting some of my choices already, but after turning it off I feel a bit better.
Thanks! Was going for a
ranger
Since it's only XP for quests I would assume so.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Is there anything I can lower below 10 or is it not recommended?
I'm 16 might, 18 intellect, 14 resolve, 10 everything else. Just idling on the screen before I click next
Constitution if you want one under 10. With 8 you are a bit delicate, but a companion is like that, so it can't be bad.
I think I'll re-roll my Rogue. Any tips on stat allocation? Race? I was probably going to go with female Pale Elf or Human (IMO, the best looking races for females) from the Deadfire Archipelago, and go something like 18/10/18/12/10/10 (with a Human, for the sake of an example).
Should I spread my stats more, or should I go all the way in with my primary stats? (I could get MIG and DEX to 19 if I get two points off other stats.)
Should I spread my stats more, or should I go all the way in with my primary stats? (I could get MIG and DEX to 19 if I get two points off other stats.)
MickeyKnox
Member
Ok back from work, time to figuratively poopsock this thing.
They are definitely pretty strong, they don't seem quite as strong as in Baldur's Gate though. I went back to where you first run into them after a level and a new companion and realized the monk class is a blast when I kicked one of the bears across the room into a wall.
Krelian91
Member
I am having the same problem, only in Gilded Vale so far though. I think most people with a 32 bit OS are experiencing the problem.
Early on you're just not going to have a ton of options. Fighter you get early can engage up to 3 when he uses his defensive ability but if he's CCed by something like confused or prone, he's going to lose the engagement so you'll have to deal with them spinning off. If you haven't gotten the priest yet he has an ability called Halt that will stop an enemy in place.
I generally pull with him, he will engage at least 3, usually more will attack him too anyway if you leave them alone, even if they're not technically engaged. You can try boosting his saves so he doesn't get CCed as easily if they're breaking off too much.
Started on hard/expert, but I disabled the latter after seeing some of the options that got blocked out.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Any tips on making a smart but still tanky fighter?
Also, can you seriously not have your party members involved in conversations? That's super lame.
Also, can you seriously not have your party members involved in conversations? That's super lame.
They've interjected in a few of mine before. Unless you mean lead the conversation, then no, it always treats you like the PC is talking.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I get why they did that, but at least have the sense to flag the dialogue options that you don't have the stats for if you're going to have that mechanic. A bit annoying.
Hard is good difficulty, if you prepare and progress exploring the maps carefully.
Like you can have a rogue with Crossbow (or any hard hitting ranged weapon) scouting ahead, shoot the biggest among the bunch with the crossbow and then switch to daggers while the other characters can block the advancing enemies during that recovery time.
Hey, an actual achievement!i thought someone on the Codex was joking when they said there was an achievement for Triple Crown Solo. Was looking on the Steam page and its real. Holy shit lol Best of luck getting that 100% achievement hunters!
Tekomandor
Member
I'm loving these graphics:
Yeah I didn't get that Queen reference either in German. The longer I played, the more confusing the translation became so, although I wanted to really play that in German, I switched to English now.
Thats not an achievement. Thats either cry for help or lets find a glitch that makes us invulnerable.
Playing Hard (with all dialog indicators removed) with a very lackadaisically built character, as a personal experiment to look at how minmaxy this difficulty level is and how viable off-centre character builds can be. I've gone into the game largely blind, certainly in terms of following optimal builds and beta-established ways to game the combat and whatnot. Playing an Orlan Monk and tossed my stat points around rather willy nilly.
I'm looking for the combat to be challenging, deaths and maimings aplenty, yet beatable if I feel I handle things well. I'll consider Obsidian's balancing and design goal a success should that happen.
As an offtopic aside, my girlfriend came home from work yesterday evening with a surprise gift. A gods damned PS4 with Bloodborne. Suffice to say, my evening could be somewhat accurately summed up with the Futurama snu_snu.gif.
And who is the leader of the group?
I do, figured it would be much more immersive not to know which dialogue option depends on what (and it's a blast).
Rerolled last night after Gilded Vale to create a priest of Eothas, just to enjoy the extra dialogue options.
And I'm now pretending my piglet is all that remains of the Scattered God, Terry Pratchett's Small Gods style.
This game.