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

[Parabalus]

I played ranged cipher in PoE1 and not sure whether to continue that style as straight Ascendant or Ascendant/Assassin, hard to tell how easy it will be to fill up full focus as solo class, especially later when max focus goes way up.

Wasnt' cipher nerfed in POE1 and further nerfed in POE2?

It got nerfed pretty hard then buffed back up, it's good (and fun) in the last 3.07 version. Problem is all spellcasters are per encounter now so they got nerfed since they have to build up spells.

This is the list of known issues sent with the review copies, in case they aren't fixed by the time the game is unlocked:

(list)

Most of the bugs are negligible but there is some serious bugs like reverting to lower level,fucked up quests or being attacked because of bad scripting. It sounds pretty bad to me,more potentially game breaking bugs than PoE1.

PoE1 on release had attributes stacking on reload and save games bloating to 100+ mb leading to 5 min load times, this looks like a walk in the park.

 

[Frusciante]

What will happen if you multiclass the most OP class with the most SHIT class?

There are no real shit classes

 

[AwesomeButton]

I played ranged cipher in PoE1 and not sure whether to continue that style as straight Ascendant or Ascendant/Assassin, hard to tell how easy it will be to fill up full focus as solo class, especially later when max focus goes way up.

Wasnt' cipher nerfed in POE1 and further nerfed in POE2?

It got nerfed pretty hard then buffed back up, it's good (and fun) in the last 3.07 version. Problem is all spellcasters are per encounter now so they got nerfed since they have to build up spells.

This is the list of known issues sent with the review copies, in case they aren't fixed by the time the game is unlocked:

(list)

Most of the bugs are negligible but there is some serious bugs like reverting to lower level,fucked up quests or being attacked because of bad scripting. It sounds pretty bad to me,more potentially game breaking bugs than PoE1.

PoE1 on release had attributes stacking on reload and save games bloating to 100+ mb leading to 5 min load times, this looks like a walk in the park.

The way I understand the bug description, the reverting to lower level may happen if you open and travel on the world map from down below. If you return to the deck before you use the world map, you should be fine.

 

[Mazisky]

What about having to renounce the best class abilities when going multiclass? isn't that a huge issue?

Chanters for example, don't have access to dragons.

 

[fobia]

Nobody knows until now. I mean the game isn't even released, so whether those late game abilities or the lost abilities in general are better than the synergies multiclassing offers remains to be seen.

 

[Otterz]

There are no real shit classes

Rogues and Rangers would like to disagree with this statement.

 

[Parabalus]

Is Iovara (elf-ghost in PoE1) and what you do with her mentioned in Deadfire at all?

What about having to renounce the best class abilities when going multiclass? isn't that a huge issue?

Chanters for example, don't have access to dragons.

Yeah, it's a hard choice, single classes also got buffed so they have the same skill amount as multis and get higher power levels faster. The high lvl abilities use the same resource pool as lower ones on non ex-Vancians, and cost more, so they might not even be that good.

I'll probably go multi since the game is (allegedly) undertuned and this way you get double the class interactions .

 

[you know what time it is]

Are rangers still autoshot bots?

 

[Kem0sabe]

From those that played the beta, leva scaling or no?

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

From those that played the beta, leva scaling or no?

Level scaling is an optional setting; can choose to turn it on or off, but obviously it’s balanced for non scaled.

 

[Kem0sabe]

From those that played the beta, leva scaling or no?

Level scaling is an optional setting; can choose to turn it on or off, but obviously it’s balanced for non scaled.

Do you prefer it with scaling option on or off? the game being very open, worried a lot of the encounters will become trivial.

 

[Ziggy]

pretty sure you could only upscale too

any ideas for a good skaen priest multiclass? thinking fighter to keep it simple

 

[Doktor Best]

Gamestar published their POE2 review, they gave it 92%

 

[Quillon]

Gamestar published their POE2 review, they gave it 92%

Not even a 100%? Its gonna be shit I tell you, the shit!

 

[Bohrain]

In terms of maxing damage dealth, is the marginal utility of extra raw damage from might superior to extra accuracy or action speed from perception and dexterity respectively?

 

[Kem0sabe]

 

[Parabalus]

In terms of maxing damage dealth, is the marginal utility of extra raw damage from might superior to extra accuracy or action speed from perception and dexterity respectively?

You will likely need spreadsheets for a conclusive answer.

MIG in PoE2 is multiplicative, rather than PoE1's additive, so it's now stronger on classes that already have +% dmg mods, so I'm guessing it'll beat the others for raw damage, DEX being closer than PER.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

"Pillars of Eternity is a RPG voiced by the members of Critical Role which is hosted be Geek & Sundry" ... goes on to talk about Matthew Mercer and CR. What the acutal fuck. This is the most retarded review I ever saw.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

So, is ranged ranger/rogue going to be good as a main character?

 

[Dodo1610]

So, is ranged ranger/rogue going to be good as a main character?

It really doesn't matter the game is balanced that every combination is viable, it really just up to personal preference.

 

[Lacrymas]

pretty sure you could only upscale too

any ideas for a good skaen priest multiclass? thinking fighter to keep it simple

I'm thinking of going Skaen/Devoted (one-handed axes), I tried stilettos and they are shit without the Sneak Attack bonus. You also don't need to specialize in stilettos or clubs anymore, they gutted the entire Skaen Priest. Skaen/Rogue is the obvious multi-class, but it's such a waste because their abilities overlap a lot. The Priests are very underutilized and underdeveloped, they could've been used to create a triple-class-like character, but Obs' refusal (or maybe laziness or they don't care?) to give the subclasses unique passives destroyed this very interesting potential.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

Everything is worse but I play it anyways.

 

[Iznaliu]

Is Iovara (elf-ghost in PoE1) and what you do with her mentioned in Deadfire at all?

Yeah, it's a hard choice, single classes also got buffed so they have the same skill amount as multis and get higher power levels faster. The high lvl abilities use the same resource pool as lower ones on non ex-Vancians, and cost more, so they might not even be that good.

I'll probably go multi since the game is (allegedly) undertuned and this way you get double the class interactions .

She's mentioned in the intro at least, though I would not be surprised if she doesn't pop up again.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

"Pillars of Eternity is a RPG voiced by the members of Critical Role which is hosted be Geek & Sundry" ... goes on to talk about Matthew Mercer and CR. What the acutal fuck. This is the most retarded review I ever saw.

I should have seen that thumbnail as a warning. Now I'm going to be haunted by gay furry stuff for a month on recommended videos.

 

[Ziggy]

I'm thinking of going Skaen/Devoted (one-handed axes)

i considered devoted but not sure if the bonus is worth it, the numerical values are not even specified in the class description and im not trudging through hours of nerd commando's probably outdated beta videos to see if it's any good, so just regular fighter, no subclass whatsoever