Eternity Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Pre-Release Thread [BETA RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Rev]

With Fig money. It has less than half the number of backers.

True, but investors are not counted as backers, and some of those who pledged for 1k $ or more decided to go for investments this time. It still wouldn't have the numbers of backers PoE and T:ToN had, but a bit more than the current number for sure.

 

[cannondwarf]

I will nag Obsidian until they add real longswords.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

The massive heads on Eder and Aloth are actually quite funny. Especially how they move around so quickly.

And fuck, I forgot how much I love seeing Obsidian people just chatting to each other.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Ship Crews

Ships alone are pretty awesome, of course, and customizing your ship is even more awesome -- but what about being able to hire and manage the crew of your ship? For the $4.5 million stretch goal, we are introducing just that! Find, hire, and manage a crew for your ship. Once hired, crew members can be assigned roles on the ship, and will play a role in the events and battles that you encounter at sea. Crew members can gain experience and improve at their roles over time. The crew's skills will improve how effective your ship is in combat situations, and the crew can be assigned to defend your ship in the case that you get boarded by a hostile force. If your crew's morale isn't maintained, their effectiveness will go down, and, if you are a truly terrible captain to them, mutiny can even occur. We are also introducing crew dilemmas that will allow you to take charge and be the captain when they look to you for guidance!

Livestream/AMA

Like I said:

- No crew system on the ship - I don't know if I'm happy or unhappy about that. A half-baked ship facebook game would be as bad as the stronghold facebook game, but on the other hand, you have cope with the thought that your companions function as part-time sailors, or... you are sailing on a ghost ship?

i remain suspicious this will feel unsatisfying ingame. And I expect it will be worse than the equivalent - the stronghold miniquests for companions, because if you ignore these minigames it will bite you in the ass - mutiny.

 

[cannondwarf]

Sawyer keeps ignoring me, fuck.

 

[Sentinel]

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5vzou1/we_are_obsidian_entertainment_purveyors_of_fine/

AMA is live

 

[Fairfax]

some of those who pledged for 1k $ or more decided to go for investments this time.

Very few. The "Fig Funds" are investment reservations from normal users (like my reservation as "rogu ey") and investments from a private offering for accredited investors. There's still no way public offering and no investor materials on Fig, which might be a first, actually.

 

[Lacrymas]

Someone ask about the battlefield UI...

 

[Infinitron]

Oh yeah. Two competitive milestones to look forward to now:

Torment's Kickstarter total: $4,188,927 (including Fig funds)
Divinity: Original Sin 2's Kickstarter total: $2,032,434 (regular pledges only)

Funding has now passed Torment.

Funding with regular pledges has now passed Divinity: Original Sin 2.

 

[Sentinel]

Someone ask about the battlefield UI...

What's the question?
Can't just go in there "hey I'm here to ask about the battlefield UI"

 

[cannondwarf]

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...dian_entertainment_purveyors_of_fine/de656gr/

My hopes are crushed.

 

[Fairfax]

First good news I've seen in a while:

One of the major things is that most of our game data is now in .xml format. It makes it much more human-readable and easier to edit. Adam Brennecke can probably say more about modding overall.

If it's truly most of the game data, it should be possible to restore per-rest magic, party of 6, and tweak the mechanics in general.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Very interesting to have one of the new narrative designers sit in the live stream answering questions.

A future Avellone/Ziets? It's a mystery! Time will tell.

 

[Abu Antar]

At this rate, there is a slight possibility of $4.5 mil. I didn't think it was possible. Fulvano's Voyage is a bit more interesting to me, though.

 

[Quillon]

Someone just claimed a Top Backer tier, I think. Nice

 

[Sizzle]

At this rate, there is a slight possibility of $4.5 mil. I didn't think it was possible. Fulvano's Voyage is a bit more interesting to me, though.

I'd say there's quite a good chance, actually.

These last few hours are when backers typically up their pledges - both to get those extra added goodies like the DLC, and to help reach those final stretchgoals.

 

[AwesomeButton]

I'm sold on the noir RPG (of course) but only if MCA is writing it. Nothing should be left to chance with a noir theme.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I'm sold on the noir RPG (of course) but only if MCA is writing it. Nothing should be left to chance with a noir theme.

MCA is too butthurt to go back to Obsidian.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Well, I mean that the setting doesn't guarantee by itself that the story will be interesting.

 

[prodigydancer]

Another goal reached. Enjoy your talking weapon.

At this rate, there is a slight possibility of $4.5 mil.

Unlikely. Only 70k till Fig funds cap.

 

[Sentinel]

some bioware fag asking about gay romances

 

[fobia]

Enserric! That was the shapechanging sword's name in HotU!
And I fucking forgot to ask on the AMA whether they're thinking about a similar approach to their talking weapon. -_-

 

[tripedal]

 

[Sentinel]

 

[Deleted member 7219]

That's a smart move from Feargus. Obsidian are hungry to make another Fallout game.