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[Dmax3901]

I really don't think Eder is simple. He's actually a rather interesting guy - He's far from the big dumb fighter you'd expect. He's actually more cut out to be a cleric, but life has lead him on a different path. I very much like those types of subtle inversions to trope.

BTW - anyone here playing this type of game for the first time? I'm very interested in knowing what people with no IE background think

This is pretty much my first time with this sort of game. I've played games in the same vein (Torchlight, Path of Exile), but this definitely feels different. It's hard as balls, but I'm adapting. There's enough familiar here from other RPGs that I'm not too overwhelmed.

One thing I've noticed is how the story and world building is delivered very differently to other vast RPGs. I can't tell if it's complex or convoluted yet.

 

[Kadayi]

I thought that was Evil Lore when I was going through character creation (went Female Pale Elf Barbarian/Mystic however). Glad to know I wasn't mistaken.

 

[Rad-]

Does a monk's fists count as two weapon style?

Yes they do. You get the speed bonus.

 

[Chance Hale]

Hmm, maybe my performance issues are because my 780ti isn't working to full capacity. Alt tabbed out and it's only at 60 C. Anyone else had issues like this?

 

[Soph]

This game is cool, started it up yesterday... forgot to eat, sleep, pee and could finally get out of it due to sheer force of will when I died somewhat stupidly.

I played 8 hours, no breaks... I'm afraid to start it up again.

 

[Corpekata]

The Vulture backer NPC in the GAF inn sure seems like pleasant fellow.

 

[Kintaro]

I can't stop thinking about this game. =x I'm doing a run with made up characters based on my employees. It's hilarious.

Now I want to make a save for a normal playthrough. Can't decide on a class though. I am a Monk in one...Maybe a Guts style Barbarian?

<3 this game!

Edit: OMG You could probably do a great character like Dark Schneider from Bastard!! =D

 

[Corum]

Act 1 battle

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Any tips on how to kill Raedric? He keeps wiping the floor with me. I've got the 4 companions and 1 fighter with me.

 

[Cerity]

This game is cool, started it up yesterday... forgot to eat, sleep, pee and could finally get out of it due to sheer force of will when I died somewhat stupidly.

I played 8 hours, no breaks... I'm afraid to start it up again.

Pretty much my experience so far, when I take breaks I don't want to go back to it due to the sheer amounts of things to do and knowing the amount of time I can spend doing them.

 

[Se7enSword]

Can I use custom portrait in this?

Yes.

 

[JaseC]

nooooooo

The list is revenue-based (and also region-specific, although the top 10 is generally consistent), so it's possible GTAV is actually selling less copies.

 

[infi]

So where can you find a blunderbuss? Do they even appear in Act 1?

The only one I found so far was sold in Defiance Bay or whatever the big city is called,

So if My created character goes to the Goose and Fox and asks my bartender for a drink, will time and space collapse upon itself?

I'm asking for a friend

Heh, I just got to the Goose and Fox and Bishop told me the story of Erol of Levi.

 

[publicpwnerer]

Anyone else experiencing the bug with the spell cone / targeting graphics not showing the additional intelligence buff to it's range?

God that's pissing me off so much. Literally can't aim spells properly as it's only showing the base cone / targeting range, despite having 18 Intel.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Act 1 battle

Spoiler

Any tips on how to kill Raedric? He keeps wiping the floor with me. I've got the 4 companions and 1 fighter with me.

Aloths fan of flames was the star of that battle for me. If you can position your people before battle, and then get them grouped up with minimal friendly fire you can fire it off and hope you get a good roll.
Either way positioning and prioritization of targets is king. Take out the priest and the mage first if you can.

 

[questionmark]

How long do inn buffs last?

Till the next time you rest.

 

[texhnolyze]

Can I use custom portrait in this?

Yes.
Put your custom portrait in PillarsOfEternity_Data > data > art > gui > portraits > player > female/male. Then rename your custom portrait to one of the default portraits (backup it first). You'll also have to create a smaller version of your custom portrait.

 

[Chaos17]

I think so. Very first town. I found some stairs and went straight down with a party of 3. If I'm not supposed to be there that would make me feel so much better lol.

Located right next to "the tree"

You know that you can comeback later and do it when you're too weak ?
It's not an mmorpg (or Dragon age Inquisition) where you've to clean all the area before moving on.
Also, you only have a party of 3 ? Do you a favor and hire some mercenaries.
Your life will be easier.

Those specters in that ruin are weak to magic, so with mages is doable at low level but better get some levels because the none mages will have difficulties to hit them since they've high dodge.

 

[peakish]

I'm hesitant to create another adventurer since there'll be more actually written characters joining later on, but I sure could use a tank for the current boss fight (act 1,

Spoiler

Raedric

), heh. Having to initiate the fight with at least one character immediately being surrounded is tricky.

 

[EviLore]

Huh, 26 hours played in 2 days. That's unhealthy.

 

[Pinko Marx]

I'm hesitant to create another adventurer since there'll be more actually written characters joining later on, but I sure could use a tank for the current boss fight (act 1,

Spoiler

Raedric

), heh. Having to initiate the fight with at least one character immediately being surrounded is tricky.

You can just leave your mercenary when you get more characters. They can always rejoin too.

 

[Chance Hale]

Even with adaptive power set to maximum performance my card never goes over 65 degrees. Definitely something weird going on there.

No one else is having performance issues on the higher end while downsampling?

Till the next time you rest.

Nice, thanks!

 

[Anno]

I really don't think Eder is simple. He's actually a rather interesting guy - He's far from the big dumb fighter you'd expect. He's actually more cut out to be a cleric, but life has lead him on a different path. I very much like those types of subtle inversions to trope.

BTW - anyone here playing this type of game for the first time? I'm very interested in knowing what people with no IE background think

Agreed of Eder. It helps that I really like his voice acting, but I think he's actually quite interesting and well written. Garrus Vakarian was the last game companion that I felt was a trusted, reliable sidekick and friend, Eder might just be that in the end.

I have maybe five hours across all of the IE games and I honestly can't stop playing this. I feel like I came to those games too late in my life to appreciate them much, and I've always kinda disliked 2E D&D. I still want to go play through them on easy just so I can focus on the stories, but I feel it's going to be even harder after I sink an absurd number of hours into this. It's weird, it's basically a genre of game I knew I'd love if I could just find the right starting point, and here it is.

 

[goblin]

Act 2

Spoiler

I just got locked out of quests from the Crucible Knights because I was too friendly with the Dozen. This would never happen in a superior game like Skyrim

Spoiler

This happened to me, too. I actually really like locking out quests based on reputations, but in this case it felt a little weird because I'm a Hero to the Crucible Knights and I've killed multiple groups of Dozen around the city but apparently returning one guy's breastplate (in a way that also made the Knights happy) is enough to get me completely written off.

 

[Lingitiz]

Huh, 26 hours played in 2 days. That's unhealthy.

At 17 over here...at the point where I have to force myself to stop.

 

[exmachina64]

Huh, 26 hours played in 2 days. That's unhealthy.

I'm close at 20 hours.

I can't believe it's been that long already.

 

[sprinkles]

Act 1 battle

Spoiler

Any tips on how to kill Raedric? He keeps wiping the floor with me. I've got the 4 companions and 1 fighter with me.

Easy. Just

Spoiler

side with him and kill the stinking rebels threatening the peace.

 

[Soyongdori]

I missed my chance to recruit a random npc who was visiting my stronghold. Will he/she be back?

 

[vocab]

3.9 hours. I like it, but I'm not going in hard. Just not in the mood.

 

[Ozium]

I have the wizard companion but have yet to find another one, I've done the windmill argument quest and went in every house in town but can't find any.. I also saved the cook and I thought that would be one but so far it's not..

Where do I find a second companion I could have sworn people were saying you can find 2 in the first town...

also is it better to do the sidequest to the south or the one to the east first?

 

[sprinkles]

I have the wizard companion but have yet to find another one, I've done the windmill quest and went in every house in town but can't find any.. I also saved the cook and I thought that would be one but so far it's not..

Where do I find a second companion I could have sworn people were saying you can find 2 in the first town...

Spoiler

Check the burned down temple in the middle of the town. There's a guy downstairs who will tell you about your second companion.

 

[peakish]

You can just leave your mercenary when you get more characters. They can always rejoin too.

Yeah, I'm just cheap lol. No reason to hoard money though so I'm doing it Now to figure out whether my tank should to an Aumaua or Moon Godlike race, for their endurance restoration... 30 minutes of character creation incoming!

Easy. Just

Spoiler

side with him and kill the stinking rebels threatening the peace.

Spoiler

Totally gonna do this with a lawful attributed MC the next time, 'cause fuck that guy.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Yeah, I'm just cheap lol. No reason to hoard money though so I'm doing it Now to figure out whether my tank should to an Aumaua or Moon Godlike race, for their endurance restoration... 30 minutes of character creation incoming!

Or you can make him Evilore like I did my Rogue.

 

[Sevenfold]

At 17 over here...at the point where I have to force myself to stop.

18 hours in (seriously where did they go?) and it's a new day...

 

[Ozium]

Spoiler

Check the burned down temple in the middle of the town. There's a guy downstairs who will tell you about your second companion.

Thanks!

Spoiler

I was afraid of going down there because I thought it would be a dungeon that would own me before I found more people

 

[VoidVR]

16 hours in. Playing on hard. Running around Defiance Bay. The game is opening up really nicely and I'm loving every minute of it. Suddenly tons of quests and shit to do. This fucking game man.. I'm in rpg heaven.

 

[Philippo]

Is it me or friendly fire is in? If so, how can i disable it?

 

[Ozium]

Is it me or friendly fire is in? If so, how can i disable it?

don't target your allies.

for AOE attacks the red circle will hurt everyone including your allies, the yellow part only hits enemies

 

[Dr Dogg]

Well after 4 hours I've just got to Gilded Vale after a close call getting into a scrap without any weapon equipped and making a stupid wrong turn into a cave I should have known better after talking to that troubled dude down the road. There's just sooo much to read so far, I'm lapping up anything from item descriptions, bestiary entries, added lore entries and now I'm just stumbling on books too.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Thanks!

Spoiler

I was afraid of going down there because I thought it would be a dungeon that would own me before I found more people

Don't be afraid to explore. These types of games pretty much require it.

 

[Durante]

I honestly can't remember enjoying the opening hours of a game more than this one since, like, 1999 and Planescape: Torment. I've enjoyed this more than the opening hours of BG2.

I think this is true for me as well.

Is it me or friendly fire is in? If so, how can i disable it?

You can't.

 

[Violet_0]

Bounties are awesome. Fights are hard, rewards are great, and backtracking through zones you thought you cleared can bring up some interesting encounters.

Protip: In Defiance Bay (regarding noble families and theft)

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don't steal the gem and then refuse to give it to the Dameoval (Damovan? The D family). I mean, you can if you want, it felt right to me because the owner of the gem was an asshole and the Damowamodingdong family were all even worse, but working my way through the city zones, I feel like I've cut myself off from a bunch of quest, relationship, and power struggle stuff. Just a heads up.

yeah, not finishing the quest the "intended way" cuts you off from a questline (or maybe opens another? I dunno). Although I have to wonder how my super helpful, compassionate main character ended up working for a crime syndicate

 

[Durante]

Starting PoE up again for the third day, I just noticed how awesome the main theme is.

 

[Violet_0]

That speedy reload ability for the enchanter is fucking nuts, wow.

equip everyone with arbalests, blunderbusses and arquebus and mow down the enemy lines. I really like the sound effect of the arquebus

 

[HK-47]

Durante you change that back right now.

 

[Galileo]

The best part about the new attributes system is that it kind of resolves the combat-roleplaying dichotomy I've seen in other rpgs, meaning that you're no longer forced to choose between attributes that unlock extra dialogue options and attributes that make you proficient in combat (as every single one does both things)

Eder seems to be the most simple archetype to me but I'm expecting that to be turned on it's head eventually.

I'm liking him so far, I really think his "simplicity" is refreshing, a common soldier of humble birth instead of some kind of badass warrior belonging to a secret order.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Yes they do. You get the speed bonus.

Oh nice I missed this. Gotta make sure to pick that perk next level up.

 

[Wes]

Are there any pros to not leveling up your characters as soon as possible?

 

[JC Sera]

Ok I just finished the Derrin mission

Spoiler

fuck i think I'm gonna cry
Also havint the grieving mother in your party for that missions makes it worse

 

[Hayabusi]

Oh boy, didn't even survive the first trap..

And the german translation is unfortunately not really good, will have to switch to english probably.

Apart from that, good start!

 

[Gothos]

Are there any pros to not leveling up your characters as soon as possible?

Nope.

I missed my chance to recruit a random npc who was visiting my stronghold. Will he/she be back?

Don't worry, you can't recruit characters that visit the stronghold