water_wendi
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Did you throw it during a choose-your-own-adventure style cutscene?
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Pillars of Eternity |OT| You must gather your party before venturing forth.
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Did you throw it during a choose-your-own-adventure style cutscene?
Did you choose to save Hoden by throwing your weapon?
Cause you threw your weapon and now it's gone.
exmachina64
Banned
Obsidian was having none of it. I remember in the early threads people wanted a dungeon for banned patrons below the inn.
Well fuck me. well heodan can gimme one of his daggers and he can have one of the bows i found, dunno if it's any good
It's the best RPG I've played in years. I was caught up with BB until this came out and I haven't touched that game since.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
+1 to this.
It's made combat more fun for me personally now that I can actually follow what's going on.
publicpwnerer
Member
Durante, I read you're playing a Rogue right? (Or at least have one). Just wondering what's your weapon setup and if you struggle against armored foes, particularly groups of them. EDIT: I was using firearms / crossbows (For opening salvos), however my characters "Quick Switch" talent bugged out.
My initial save from launch was with a Rogue, and I utterly destroyed enemies via applying status effects and getting the awesome damage bonuses from the Rogue passive. However, later on I struggled against armored foes, hitting a miserable 1-10 damage per swing....moreso on the lower end of that scale.
This was using a Sabre / Stiletto btw. Have you ran into similar problems?
My initial save from launch was with a Rogue, and I utterly destroyed enemies via applying status effects and getting the awesome damage bonuses from the Rogue passive. However, later on I struggled against armored foes, hitting a miserable 1-10 damage per swing....moreso on the lower end of that scale.
This was using a Sabre / Stiletto btw. Have you ran into similar problems?
No spoilers pls but is Heodan one of the party members who stays with you for the game??
Single-handed weapons just aren't that good against heavily armored targets because their DR is too high.If you're doing 4 base damage after DR, even multipliers don't help that much.
I warned you all.
I have two fine stilletos on my main character rogue and he does fine when behind an enemy doing sneak attacks. I don't think you have to be exactly behind them to get them. I took Dirty Fighting and Deep Wounds
as rogue talents and Wepon Focus: Noble and Two Wepon Style as Offensie skills. Head on I only go for robe wearers like mages and priests, as you will get wrecked by fighters.
How could someone possibly answer that without spoiling it?
Because Joshua Eric Sawyer believes in mechanical balance above realism
But really, I can't even get too angry about it considering how great PoE is.
I built a rogue as an adventurer at the very beginning and I was using her until just now. However, I only used an arbalest with her pretty much. Combined with the "Sure-Handed Ila Nocked Her Arrows with Speed" chant it was pretty damn effective, and easily my highest damage per hit in the party, so no problem with high DR.
ah ok kool, but if you save the weapon thing during that first choose-ur-own-adventure, then he's one of the main Party Members in the game??
Sir Garbageman
Member
Thoughts on companions so far? Any standouts? Any disappointments? I've recruited all but one, can't decide on my final squad.
Main character is a Wizard, AOE nuker. Definites I think are: Eder for tanking, Durance for buffs and heals. and probably Kana Rua for off-tanking / buffs.
Thinking for the last two going with Grieving Mother for debuffs and Sagani for damage.
Recommendations?
Also, are shields worth it? Should all tanks just rock the heaviest armors and shields I can find?
Main character is a Wizard, AOE nuker. Definites I think are: Eder for tanking, Durance for buffs and heals. and probably Kana Rua for off-tanking / buffs.
Thinking for the last two going with Grieving Mother for debuffs and Sagani for damage.
Recommendations?
Also, are shields worth it? Should all tanks just rock the heaviest armors and shields I can find?
Just beat a boss that was giving me trouble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1Emb7Jyks
Of the companions I found so far, the ones I'll definitely keep are Eder and Kana Rua, because I like their characters. And the one I'll definitely drop the second someone better shows up is Aloth, not only is he redundant with my main class-wise, I also don't like him
As for shields, I find the deflection very valuable for a tank.
Later:
Sagani: "How's the hand?"
Edér: "Turning purple. Might have to cut it off."
Sagani: "I warned you not to pet him.
Edér: "If I'm not supposed to pet him, why is he so soft?"
Edér: "Turning purple. Might have to cut it off."
Sagani: "I warned you not to pet him.
Edér: "If I'm not supposed to pet him, why is he so soft?"
Reasonable question.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Anyone?
Completed a few fortress upgrades. Such a cool aspect of the game, but the location itself looks surprisingly barren, not a single soul in sight. Looks strange, especially since event descriptions mention patrols, defenders, etc (not to mention that someone's repairing all those buildings I pay money for). Wouldn't hurt to place a few NPCs there. Or will they appear later on (not counting merchants and such)?
I'll just level with you since you likely already have the answer.
He dies really early in with no way to save him
Murder. She Wrote
Member
So my chanter is a plate wearing two handed weilding mofo with 9 might, does that make any sense? Because that's what he will be for the rest of the game.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Can chanters only have one invocation summon out at a time, or can I have one of each level? Like say, a level 1 phantom and a level 2 wurm summon?
I remember someone saying they couldn't have both levle 1 summons out at once so I am worried about taking a level 2 summon.
I remember someone saying they couldn't have both levle 1 summons out at once so I am worried about taking a level 2 summon.
Murder. She Wrote
Member
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I hope we can otherwise we're stuck with useless spells
Well the cone Paralyze AoE seems like a really good level 2 invo, but I'd want my first to be wurm summons assuming I can have both them and the phantom out for fights that last 7+ phrases.
His Majesty
Banned
Durance is really starting to grow on me, so is Eder.
Whaaat oh man I shouldn't have asked here then
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
My chanter has 13 might and so far I've been flail+shield, but I I like to keep my options open. I'm thinking about sticking a good 21hander on him if I find one, or even a gun.
Only one.I hope we can otherwise we're stuck with useless spells
If you try a level 1 summon while a level 2 is out the level 2 fades away.
Learned that the hard way.
To be fair, after you get 2 level 2 incantations you probably don't even have time to use your level 1s anymore.
Just use your more effective summon and for the second level 2 invocation take something that you can spam every 4 phrases (either the Charm or the Paralyze if you don't have high Might, I imagine).
For that reason I'm probably not gonna take both summons at level 2, I'll stick with the Wurms only (although I took the Wisps on Kana Rua).
Ok, gotta ask - any good tips for (Act I, Watcher quest)
pls halp me GAF, you're my only hope.
taking down Maerwald? I enter to his room, have a LENGTHY conversation, lots of info, then he decides to attack me as soon as it's over. And I get #rekt because he has a pretty nasty buff that makes most of my attacks useless? Which spell can I use to bypass that buff? It's a shame that I get crushed, because I don't have any desire to repeat that lengthy conversation again and again
pls halp me GAF, you're my only hope.
I don't like the masteries.
I could always find a better weapon and 6 accuracy doesn't seem worth the tradeoff for now.
It also depends on the class, however.
The Yo Tornado
Member
Going through The Endless Paths atm, and Fampyrs can go straight to hell.
Just needed to get that off my chest. Rolled a Monk for my first run and I'm having a blast so far.
Just needed to get that off my chest. Rolled a Monk for my first run and I'm having a blast so far.
recruit mercenaries.
You know that cheating mean to do something was not meant by default to use in the a game ?
Which is not the case and damn if it was really cheating those mercenaries would come fully equiped with the lastest gears of our level and not some crap.
I had to level up from scratch 2 mercenaies from level 1 level 3 and damn that took me some time and sweat.
So, personally, I don't think that's cheating also they will come in handy when you will have the stronhold sub missions.
But you've the right to stick to the main story and wait to have recruited your full party.
Just don't use the word cheating where there is no cheat.
I think it makes more sense to assign weapontypes to characters because you're capable of enchanting basic stuff into something that's as strong as most things you find outside of the very best of the best, and with the amount of characters and two weapon sets each, it means that you'll almost always be able to make use of what you find, just not on your player character.
They really are the worst.
No way to scale the first wall with a priest is there? or did I miss something? I want dat loot
You'll get items that help with that sort of stuff.
Because Joshua Eric Sawyer believes in mechanical balance above realism
But really, I can't even get too angry about it considering how great PoE is.
It's not a big deal at the end of the day. But they take care with so many of the mechanics to keep them consistent it's a real shame they just said fuck it with crafting. Maybe you have to pay the blacksmith or a mage to assemble these items... Plenty of ways to do it and not be over "gamey."
EDIT: I mean, come on I need a grappling hook to scale a wall but I don't even need a hammer or any knowledge on smithing to make a sword?
His Majesty
Banned
No way to scale the first wall with a priest is there? or did I miss something? I want dat loot
You need to pass an athletics skill check or use a grappling hook I think.
Chance Hale
Member
Has anyone found out whether quests are time sensitive at all yet? For example if I have a quest to go find someone in a dungeon and have to leave to heal/resupply am I going to come back to find them dead where they might have lived if I stayed?
No way to scale the first wall with a priest is there? or did I miss something? I want dat loot
If you're talking about the body above the wolves pack in the field zone before the village
You need points in attlethics if don't have then recruit the blondy at the first village. He will do the job.
Coming back later in a zone that you couldn't do before isn't a crime in rpgs.
Also, if you fear that the quest as timer, you should not fear since usually the quest will tell you if it's the case like in Baldur's gate.
Unless the devs made the mistake to not do so.
I'm playing a melee cipher and I like it a lot. Forewarning though, cipher is pretty squishy, especially at lower levels. I use her as a striker/mezzer. She starts by casting, then goes in after the front line fighters are already engaged.