Pillars of Eternity Beta Discussion [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Infinitron]

New 2.5Gb patch on Steam.

Not new: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ta-release-thread.93694/page-223#post-3560803

 

[Sensuki]

Okay final Pillars of Eternity area map tally is 160 maps, 158 areas (two areas have a different state). There is possibly one missing - I see houses for a Twin Elms related area, but no exterior listed which is odd.

There are 13 Wilderness Areas (including the two from the beta).

Twin Elms the "Big City" isn't really a Big City.

 

[Bester]

Did someone finish the beta? Do you have to fight a dragon at some point? Cause there's a dragon in the game files now (or was it always there?). I wanna try to spawn him, but if he's already in the game, that'd be a giant waste of time.

 

[Sensuki]

Originally there was supposed to be one in the Dyrford Crossing - there's a segment in the PE First Look video from December 2013 of the party fighting a Drake in that area.

Logically, it could be related to the Drake Egg quest, checking the script for that quest (in the dialogue files) might reveal that answer.

 

[Sensuki]

Cadegund got a gender swap and was changed to Durance - Male Human Priest

 

[Duraframe300]

Cadegund got a gender swap and was changed to Durance - Male Human Priest

That they did this just strikes me as really weird. Apart from boobplate incident Cadegund was probably the best received character initially.

 

[Athelas]

Why are you getting upset? It's not as if this game has any romances.

Is he still supposed to be a priest of the god of war/fire? I do think that would've worked better juxtaposed with a female character.

 

[Duraframe300]

Sensuki Gotta say though, you get a bit too much a laugh out of these names. While an intentional joke may be in there Durance is a perfectly usable name. Pallegina is way worse in that regard.

 

[Sensuki]

None of the others have that effect - Hiravias, Grieving Mother, Aloth, Sagani and Eder are all sensible.

Why are you getting upset?.

What Duraframe said, she was the best received character out of all of the originals. I think she had the best design.

 

[Athelas]

We barely saw anything of her to begin with. We know way more about Pallegina and Eder.

 

[Jedi Exile]

Is there a way to walk yet?

Nope. They probably forgot to add this option. At least they fixed stealth - it is much better now.

How does one fix stealth? One is curious.

Did I use the wrong expression? I was talking about the animation.

 

[Sensuki]

We barely saw anything of her to begin with. We know way more about Pallegina and Eder.

You joined in 2013. That's why. Cadegund was the most spoken about character up until the first two NPC reveals. Then Josh started only talking about Pallegina and Eder. I liked her art design and her character concept more than any of the others.

 

[Duraframe300]

I'm not sure I prefer Hi Ravi as and Sloth as names. But, ok.

 

[Delterius]

I'm not sure I prefer Hi Ravi as and Sloth as names. But, ok.

I'd need you to explain the Hi Ravi joke and isn't Sloth quite a stretch?

 

[Duraframe300]

I'm not sure I prefer Hi Ravi as and Sloth as names. But, ok.

I'd need you to explain the Hi Ravi joke and isn't Sloth quite a stretch?

Arguably, so is Endurance.

And compared to both these names Durance has the benefit of somewhat existing

 

[Copper]

Well, you could also argue that sawyer was just making a (lame) Magic Flute reference with Pallegina / Papageno/Papagena, so even that name exists. I doubt Pallegina is a flighty free spirit though, more one of those tired 'strong' women like Aveline, from the quotes leaked so far.

 

[Sensuki]

Durance has the benefit of somewhat existing

Oh wow that is actually an RL name of some sort ... okay then fair enough.

 

[Duraframe300]

Well, you could also argue that sawyer was just making a (lame) Magic Flute reference with Pallegina / Papageno/Papagena, so even that name exists. I doubt Pallegina is a flighty free spirit though, more one of those tired 'strong' women like Aveline, from the quotes leaked so far.

Bit of a stretch too, but maybe.

I still only hear BallsVagina considering palle is a slang for testicles in italian IIRC.

And I'm not joking here.

 

[Sensuki]

Ah I see what they've done. You get one class ability every 2 levels now instead of every level as a non-caster class ... lol

dat illusion

Now as a non-caster, you'll only have 6 abilities at Level 12 instead of 12 ... great ...

 

[Sensuki]

 

[Athelas]

'Sensuki vs the Beetles' has a better ring to it.

 

[Sensuki]

I will be doing some more of those. Just wanted to demonstrate the reason why this fight is a bit harder - that Monk guy does bullshit damage, he does like 100 damage a hit if he has any wounds at all.

 

[Sensuki]

 

[Bester]

Lol, they managed to bring over the same bug from the IE games. After the fight, the fighter's selection circle is stuck in "selected mode" or how would do you call it.

 

[Sensuki]

Yeah although that only occured every so often in the IE games, I think it was caused by a friendly character being disabled when casting a buff on an ally or something.