I complained about this earlier in the thread. This ruined his character for me.
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TYRANNY |OT| Sometimes, Evil Wins [Tiers For Fears]
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Sanctuary
Member
I had a similar complaint, but it actually gets discussed more than once in the game. So while it seems unrealistic, there is a reason behind it (one of which was an assumption I mentioned).
I'll have to beat the game (get all of his convos) to see why, I guess.
The reason it seems that way may be because they are splitting their experience between fewer skills.
In Lethian's Crossing.
Sanctuary
Member
Hurray for game stopping bugs. At the end of Act 1, and Vendrian's Well Citadel is not available, but that's where I am supposed to go.
Spoke with everyone, and searched around the five currently available maps to see if it somehow triggered the location somehow. Nope, game broke.
I'm supposed to meet the Disfavored there to help them take the Citadel. Aaaaand my other quest is to help the Oathbreakers defend against the siege...
Spoke with everyone, and searched around the five currently available maps to see if it somehow triggered the location somehow. Nope, game broke.
Patch Notes (CONTAINS SPOILERS):
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/was-there-a-patch.983000/#post-22110444
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/was-there-a-patch.983000/#post-22110444
I guess we're the exception. Game worked very well before I got stuck.
Nah, she's just enjoying the show.
Same. I love to micromanage every fight.
Which is why I usually hate playing Bioware games.
I did this after 5 hours. That made a big difference for my enjoyment of the game.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I actually strongly dislike micromanaging, but I did this anyway; Party AI is so stupid, I ended up having to do MORE micromanaging or else lose battles.
decoyplatypus
Member
LMAO Kills-in-Shadows playing "rut-mate-slaughter" with my party.
Was this found in a secret stash or something?Holy crap! Just found this early in Act 1. Best Archer/Caster head piece in the game?
superseohyun
Member
.......
Sanctuary
Member
Yes, in a hidden crate next to a stack of blue crates at the NW side of
Echocall Crossing
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Ok, I think I finally fully understand how the Reputation Bar works.
It goes from Tiers 0-6.
To unlock the ability to reach Tier 2, you need a minor boost, which you get the first time you receive any sort of reputation gain.
Tier 3 needs and average boost, Tier 4 a major boost and Tier 5-6 a very major boost. It doesn't matter when you get the boost, just the fact you got it. So to max any bar, you need to get a very major reputation boost at some point in the game.
It goes from Tiers 0-6.
To unlock the ability to reach Tier 2, you need a minor boost, which you get the first time you receive any sort of reputation gain.
Tier 3 needs and average boost, Tier 4 a major boost and Tier 5-6 a very major boost. It doesn't matter when you get the boost, just the fact you got it. So to max any bar, you need to get a very major reputation boost at some point in the game.
LurkerPrime
Member
Sounds correct.
The favor gates are a way to prevent middle-of-the-road characters from being misinterpreted as closely-aligned (or maligned) with that faction; it's a really smart addition to reputation systems.
robotzombie
Member
anyone know of any current deals on this game before I just buy it straight off of steam?
Man the game took a deep nosedive after Act 1. After the debacle with the sages and the unsatisfying solution to the libary, I was pleased that I could actually
, even tho it was never to be heard of again.
Now I'm in the at the
Now that I speak with the leader, EVERY SINGLE CHOICE leads to killing them. For the umpteenth time. It's tiring. There are no 'options' it's "kill kill kill kill". It doesn't feel like you have any say in how you want to accomplish things, the game forces you to follow one-single-option.
I dunno why they chose this very linear approach. Maybe they over-commited and there were too many paths to branch things out. But this is a far cry from other cRPGs or even its own Act 1. This is Fallout 4 all over again - just with more words.
save the baby
Now I'm in the at the
beasttribe in the stonesea and need safe passage. I freed the captured beast and freed the prisoners in return.
I dunno why they chose this very linear approach. Maybe they over-commited and there were too many paths to branch things out. But this is a far cry from other cRPGs or even its own Act 1. This is Fallout 4 all over again - just with more words.
Basileus777
Member
They lock you into a route super early in the game. And it leads to a feeling of being railroaded at times in Act 2.
Moff
Member
Killing who? The beast tribe? I didn't have to do that. Maybe you made a wrong choice earlier.
Basileus777
Member
If you side with the disfavored you're locked out of choices later on.
My team steamrolled that fucker on the first try.
I found most off the fights in Act 1 way more challenging. In part because only Lantry had--only 2--spells until the last fight.
Yeah. The best you can do I think is resort back to anarchy if you do not like your path.
Finished the game. Act III was super short, but I kinda liked it. Still sad that some options are out of your reach. I got Belden to Favor 5
Even tho I only immersed myself as a Soldier who is in a war and it's "serve or die", I tried to be fair and true to my position - stand for justice. That wasn't sadly possible in Act II and it remains my biggest gripe as posted above. Some resolutions just don't make sense and offer no alternative. It felt very out of place compared to the early game.
In the end
Overall It was 'good'. I absolutely love the world and situation you are thrown in, but Act II's railroads dragged it down greatly. It had the potential to be among the best cRPGs of all time, but couldn't keep up. Still, I think it's better than PoE - for the setting alone. In retrospect, that game was kinda shallow and forgettable (it's still pretty good).
and I still couldn't make him join me.
Even tho I only immersed myself as a Soldier who is in a war and it's "serve or die", I tried to be fair and true to my position - stand for justice. That wasn't sadly possible in Act II and it remains my biggest gripe as posted above. Some resolutions just don't make sense and offer no alternative. It felt very out of place compared to the early game.
In the end
I took over the Tiers as ruler (even tho I actually didn't want to play a person of power), since Ashe isn't fit as a ruler (he's more a commander) and Tunon didn't seem to want to. I'm a bit sad that I couldn't simply say "Hey I Kyros, it's yours, don't mind me, I did it in your name", but that would rule out that open ending so I understand.
Overall It was 'good'. I absolutely love the world and situation you are thrown in, but Act II's railroads dragged it down greatly. It had the potential to be among the best cRPGs of all time, but couldn't keep up. Still, I think it's better than PoE - for the setting alone. In retrospect, that game was kinda shallow and forgettable (it's still pretty good).
The railroading in Act 2 is indeed unfortunate, but that is not my issue with it. I think a better job could have been done with allowing the player to define some of his/her reasoning.
The Anarchist path does this at times. It allows you to essentially eliminate everything, but most of the time, there is at least a logical througline as to why certain characters would choose to do this. I just think that the writer could have a better job expanding that.
Still, I blame that more on budget than anything else. Seems to me that the writers wanted to manage the absurd permutations possible after all the choices in Act 1 and the conquest.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Am I doing something wrong in Lethian's crossing?
I can't seem to get the sealed door in the Oldwalls to open, so I only have 2 of the charcoal rubbings for the Spire. Based on some googling there's supposed to be some helmet ceremony or something and a quest to go into the Oldwalls? I've been all through Lethian's Crossing and talked to everyone I can find and that hasn't happened.
Durrzerker
Banned
Man the dialogue in this game doesn't fuck around.
Minor early spoilers: https://i.gyazo.com/1123cac7f850b9a5abf34914d4586333.png
Minor early spoilers: https://i.gyazo.com/1123cac7f850b9a5abf34914d4586333.png
I beat Shivershank to death, didn't appreciate his rape comments.
I think you're not supposed to do Lethian's Crossing first, I had the same issue. If I remember correctly you have to
go see Tunon in the Bastard City
unlock the helm quest
the voices of Nerat/Graven Ashe
I just googled every puzzle solution, right when I found them, even if I had all the drawings. The puzzle takes WAAAAAY to long and if you fuck up even 1 point you have to redo everything. Combine that with the atrocious loading times, and you can BET I won't run around in search for the missing piece. Fuck that.
You could figure out the puzzle with only two pieces. I never bothered to search for the third one. I just looked at the pattern and figured it out.
Yup that's what I did, it's pretty easy with 2 rubbings since all the patterns are symmetrical.
robotzombie
Member
Just started and one quick question, you can find hidden items in stealth mode right? Does that mean I should literally be crawling around all the time just in hopes of finding something?
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I've talked to Tunon and Ashe, neither gave me any quest about a helm.
You could, but that is kind of an over the top way to do it. You'll find that if your skill / party members' skill are high enough for a particular hidden object, the will identify it at a certain proximity when you are running by them. I just do that, but in areas that I suspect something, like traps or other odd things, then going into scout mode can enhance the odds of finding those things.
Sanctuary
Member
You're supposed to talk to
the people in the Forge, who tell you about the ceremony.
Aside from abilities that trigger from stealth, I've found zero use for scouting mode. My subterfuge hasn't let me down yet regarding finding and detecting traps and hidden items.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Yeah I dunno, I've talked to all the forgebound folks numerous times. One of them (the leader I think?) looks like has a conversation option that should lead to a quest (asking about a problem) but he just says "oh don't worry about it" and there's no further dialog options to push it.
robotzombie
Member
Thanks guys,
as of the start of the game, my subterfuge is only 29, is that decent enough? I pumped that and lore as much as I could when creating my character
as of the start of the game, my subterfuge is only 29, is that decent enough? I pumped that and lore as much as I could when creating my character
You should have another quest given to you by Ashe, I had the
Burning Library
That's a decent number for the start of the game.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Every time I hit "continue" on the start screen the game crashes while loading. Is this a known issue? I can play the game just fine if I manually load my last save but pressing Continue freezes the game for some reason.
I get a long ass loading time but I have had zero crashes.