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

[Sentinel]

Wanted to give it a pirate to check it out, newest version on TPB is from 09/2016. Sad!

Yeah that's a real Greek tragedy right there.

Hey, they're the ones potentially missing out on 20€. I'm certainly not gonna be buying it without testing it beforehand. Especially not early-access garbage.
Only pre-ordered PoE because I pirated the beta.

 

[Got bored and left]

So they need 165K in less than 3 hours to get to the crew. Seems unlikely but then I never thought they would get to 4 million.

PayPal is gonna count towards stretch goals, so I'd say they will get there.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Another update on the way, says Adam Brennecke.

my god they are slow! I wanna see the next fulvano mission before I go to bed! (it's almost midnight here)

 

[FreeKaner]

I'm glad they didn't give her a rapier because rapiers are NOT LIGHT and would be a bad pick for a nerdy women like her, or any woman for that matter.

What are you talking about? How is 1kg/2lb not light?

2.5lb average is heavy for a one-handed sword. It's not light for sword standards. However it doesn't require a lot of strength properly wield a sword, it's mostly about being physically fit and being skilled. In fact rapier is probably one of the better swords for a weaker person to use because there is much less parrying involved, as well as no half-swording which is basically wrestling in a way.

It's not lighter than the average short sword, but 1-1.1kg is definitely light (in absolute terms). 2.5lb is not heavy for a sword, though.
Also, a rapier doesn't need strength, but it requires a lot of wrist and doesn't offer much protection, so it's not the best weapon for a "nerdy woman". A light polearm would be much better overall, and also easier to use. In fact, something like a naginata would be a much better fit for her weeby design.

I think you are not aware how much swords weight in general, because 2.5lb is heavy for a one-handed sword, its weight is on the upwards weight of one-handed cavalry swords, let alone infantry ones. It's heavy.

 

[Morality Games]

... you guys need to bear in mind these are fantasy words. In this case, a fantasy world where "soul energy" can be harnessed to amplify physical power.

The range of possibilities with weapons increases exponentially under those theoretical conditions.

 

[fobia]

And you can put a metal alloy on weapons to make them faster (lighter)!

 

[Lacrymas]

You still need some standards, you can't hand-wave everything with "magic", at one point it's clear that you are a hack writer. To change fundamental physics you need to have done so from the ground up and it wouldn't affect only weapon weight.

 

[Morality Games]

You still need some standards, you can't hand-wave everything with "magic", at one point it's clear that you are a hack writer. To change fundamental physics you need to have done so from the ground up and it wouldn't affect only weapon weight.

I mean, I get that.

But monks, barbarians, etc, have no right to exist at this level of rigor and logic.

 

[Sizzle]

You still need some standards, you can't hand-wave everything with "magic", at one point it's clear that you are a hack writer. To change fundamental physics you need to have done so from the ground up and it wouldn't affect only weapon weight.

I mean, I get that.

But monks, barbarians, etc, have no right to exist at this level of rigor and logic.

Internal consistency is the key. Once you establish what magic (or, in PoE - souls) can and cannot do - it's much easier to build up a good framework of logic that seems plausible (even though we're talking about fantasy).

The issue with PoE1 was that that they didn't do this from the start (just look at the Watcher Vs Cipher confusion, which is even apparent in some quests), but it looks like they will for PoE2 (JS said it's a very high priority, and he, the person who developed most of the lore, is Lead Narrative Designer, so there should be fewer of hiccups like those).

 

[Infinitron]

Josh says they were also considering setting the game in The Living Lands.

 

[Hellion]

 

[Infinitron]

Josh says Fulvano islands aren't a sequential thing you have to go through. They're all over the place.

 

[Sigourn]

30 minutes, 10k in pledges, lel.

We won't reach 4.5M in Fig alone, that's for sure.

 

[Sizzle]

Josh says they were also considering setting the game in The Living Lands.

Looks like my prediction for PoE3 might still come true :D

 

[Alienman]

We need Fig Magic(®) STAT!

 

[Abu Antar]

We need Fig Magic(®) STAT!

The magic is over, no mana left.

 

[Irenaeus]

I'm getting a 404 now too, weird.

it was Aliens.

 

[Fry]

They have enough shit to do as it as. I think the Fulvano silliness has already entered Endless Paths territory.

 

[FreeKaner]

They have enough shit to do as it as. I think the Fulvano silliness has already entered Endless Paths territory.

I agree but damn I wish they could reach the crew goal, I am such a fucking sucker for ships.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Looks like they won't make 4.5 million. Lame. I'd swap that ship crew stretch goal for most of what they came up with this entire month.

 

[Urthor]

Carrie Patel: Well the important thing is that we're not writing dead baby world so we can add some more humor ingame.

 

[Sizzle]

They have enough shit to do as it as. I think the Fulvano silliness has already entered Endless Paths territory.

For TEP they had no idea - apart from MEGADUNGEON! - what they were gonna do with it (even the statue itself, the lynchpin of PoE2's events, was just a random "Wouldn't it look cool?" idea the artist had during the KS campaign), but this looks like they at least put some rudimentary thought into it beforehand.

 

[Starwars]

They might not reach 4.5mil with the Fig campaign but pretty sure they'll be able to reach it with paypal post-campaign.

 

[Alienman]

So the stretch goals will continue? (That is almost cheating).

 

[Abu Antar]

So the stretch goals will continue? (That is almost cheating).

Why? They'll probably have them running for another month or two.