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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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Mitch
Banned
IV drip. You could also hire someone to feed you. I'm sure there are services like that available somewhere...
Yep, fuck that bear.
arturo2666
Banned
decoyplatypus
Member
I did not try to fight that bear solo. I tried to sneak around that bear solo. It did not work.
Speaking of work, getting through today might be even worse than yesterday. Now I've got dungeons to clear and quests to complete. I am dying to get to the Adventurer's Hall so I can roll myself a rogue companion (if only until I find an adequate DPS replacement among Obsidian's companions).
Speaking of work, getting through today might be even worse than yesterday. Now I've got dungeons to clear and quests to complete. I am dying to get to the Adventurer's Hall so I can roll myself a rogue companion (if only until I find an adequate DPS replacement among Obsidian's companions).
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Downloaded and Installed the game yesterday evening/night. Once I get off work today I will have the weekend to create my character and start exploring the world.
Can't wait for this day to be over.
Can't wait for this day to be over.
I tried to play them before, I own BG2 and one or two other on gog.com - but somehow I wasn't up for it. Also didn't have the time...
I don't think I'll have time to play another 70 hour RPG until Torment comes along and after that I don't know... Let me finish this one first, it would be the longest story driven SP game I ever completed.
ghostlight_ross
Ghostlight
I'm loving this game at the moment. Reminds me of the games that made me fall in love with RPGs.
Just unlocked my stronghold but I'm going to head back to the first village and finish off some sidequests.
Just unlocked my stronghold but I'm going to head back to the first village and finish off some sidequests.
Chance Hale
Member
Around what level should I be before I tackle Raedric?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Yes. Yes, you can. But you should like, talk to people or something.
ha, I had some fun fights with my party of three against a whole horde of paladins and priests that heal said paladins and can nuke half the hp of my group with a single spell. Doorways are your friend. The only way I survived this (after a few tries) was to arm the tank with a certain magic life-stealing weapon and spamming the slick and phantom spells
Played a good 3 hours yesterday, I don't have the words to describe the experience , I felt like going back in time and playing a recent game at the same time .
The writing is so good , the music is outstanding and so is the atmosphere .
I told a friend about POE who never played any IE games but like D&D and he decided to get it yesterday and he's been enjoying the game a lot so far .
4 hours left before I can go back into this wonderful world .
The writing is so good , the music is outstanding and so is the atmosphere .
I told a friend about POE who never played any IE games but like D&D and he decided to get it yesterday and he's been enjoying the game a lot so far .
4 hours left before I can go back into this wonderful world .
I'm still really early, but I definitely need some skills. Swift Strikes is great, but if I'm alone I build up Wounds too fast, and if I'm in a party, I don't build them fast enough.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Is there any way to get g-sync to work with the game? I'm hovering between 20-40fps most time @1080p144Hz
Positioning and Mortification of the Souls should help..
CrichtonKicks
Member
Where was the key? I swear I've been all over the first floor and I can't find it.
If the description says "Foe AOE" then you don't have to worry about friendly fire. However if it says just AOE then friendly fire is a concern.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I really like how playing on hard makes pretty much every won battle feel like a meaningful victory. Also, I totally view door funneling as a legitimate strategy and intelligent use of space/mechanics, but I know some may disagree.
I was originally concerned that the the lack of combat XP would necessitate less focus on combat in general and thus less gear, but that's not the case at all. I've already found way more interesting loot than I would have with equal time spent in either Baldur's Gate. My fears have been totally abated on that front.
I was originally concerned that the the lack of combat XP would necessitate less focus on combat in general and thus less gear, but that's not the case at all. I've already found way more interesting loot than I would have with equal time spent in either Baldur's Gate. My fears have been totally abated on that front.
Chance Hale
Member
Jeez, the priest companion starts with more than a dozen spells. Kind of overwealming!
Shake Appeal
Member
I agree with you. Blocking the door with your fighter and sniping past him would work the same way in real life.
All fun and games until
two shades teleport past Eder and shred Aloth.
This is going to be the longest day at work ever, followed by the longest evening with friends watching basketball ever.
UncleSporky
Member
In all the auto-pause options, is there one that will just straight up pause when a character's turn is ready and it's time for them to choose their next ability? I feel like I saw everything BUT that.
Thus far I've kind of been like "well it looks like their attack is over, maybe I'll pause now and issue a new command" except they're already in the middle of an autoattack or something. Just kind of weird.
I wish it had a queue system like KOTOR.
Thus far I've kind of been like "well it looks like their attack is over, maybe I'll pause now and issue a new command" except they're already in the middle of an autoattack or something. Just kind of weird.
I wish it had a queue system like KOTOR.
I'd apply this to Bloodborne as well.
I have Pillars of Eternity installed and ready to go, but I'm too busy to play BB that I can't stop myself even for a second. Too many good games this year, damn it.
I'll be back to post my impressions/ask for advice from you pros in a week or so. Baldur's Gate 2 is one of my favourite games of all time so this is going to be a lot of nostalgia for me.
This is basically how I took out those damn wolves solo...had to use a potion though, haha.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Also, I looked at the credits and my name wasn't in the kickstarter section and I'm embarrassed to say that it kind of bothered me
You can/should have
by now as well, not just
.
You can/should have
Eder
Aloth
me neither, but I later found out you have to be in sneak mode to find traps and hidden objects and I guess it was one of those
CrichtonKicks
Member
One of the loading screen tips said you can queue orders with the shift key but I haven't tried it myself.
I've walked through the entire place in sneak mode and still no luck. I know others have just posted the solution but it's bothering me that I feel like I'm missing clues and/or the key. Might have to check out the strat guide.
Pilgrimzero
Member
My chanter who can summon a phantom beat the bear solo.
Shake Appeal
Member
Characters don't take turns; everything is purely frame/time based. Every action has a recovery time in frames, which is the little yellow bar that shrinks over their head. There is a queue system, too, it's just invisible. If you are autoattacking and select an ability, it should fire as soon as the character has recovered. You can see their next planned action in the circle over their head.
Also hold down tab in combat to get a better overview of what's happening.
Ya, it can be pretty hard to get the right balance in some encounters so that your monk is actually useful to the party.
Ya, I usually have him tank one or two guys. It just gets really problematic when you have units like
shades that just spawn new units on top of your casters and teleport to your backlines themselves and then ignore the monk
Are you talking about the bear
in the cave at the first forest area you go to? I thought there were two bears there, or is that just on hard?
Damn, that part took me like four tries and two hours to finish. Good luck.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Not a big problem for me, but I have three party members. Neat tip though: Get them to encounter you in the door. Use a few area spells etc. And one of my party members works really well as a tank.
Aloth, Edér, and Customa which I MADE MYSELF at the inn. Edér is a tank in defensive stance
Pilgrimzero
Member
I believe it was in secret spot you have to be in scout mode to see. I do t recall specifically which room.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Hah. I even like my current character but I am still already thinking about what I would want to make for another playthrough.
You can there's just no UI for it for some reason. Perhaps they'll patch it in.
well the problem as im using 2 wizard right now is that I need to sleep almost between each fight just to get enough points to still be able to combat, and with 2 firecamps, it doesn't help, I stopped going to the dungeon in the first city to do other quests and find magical weapons to fight the shadows
Imp the Dimp
Member
I have a question for later in the game - for the recruitable party members, including ones you can hire, are you able to put them in a party and then swap them out? Say I have 5 premade characters and I want to create a Rogue. Can I tell one to leave my party and then get him later?
UncleSporky
Member
I know there's no turns, but surely the game could pause and let me issue a new order the moment a character's action finishes. When the yellow bar finishes etc.