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

I'm not finding bonus Interrupt to be very useful. I'm going to try a few more characters but basically, I'm gonna ignore it I think.

 

I like muscle wizards, I played one in P&P (custom system where it was viable). I would however love to have an option to create a powerful (as in high damage) wizard that has low might, and that is something PoE will not provide, AFAIK. Not a big problem - I can always LARP that magic in PoE is like ki in Dragon Ball - you increase your potential by physical training.

This clashes a bit with the soul-powered magic lore, though.

 

If you want a pussy healer use a cleric, i want my muscle wizard full of anabolics.

 

Healing spells don't heal for much at all atm, you can use a healing potion to fully heal yourself, or cast a healing spell that heals fucking nothing.

 

Lol, so defensive magic is more about buffs i guess?

 

I bet it would be different if he was your healer:

 

Buffs? Lol. You cast offensive spells bro. Like, all the time.

 

>gayjournalist
>playing a game for 2 weeks to review it
Right.

What really looks like a paint over job is this, and it's horrible:


And generally speaking most human white male portraits are utter shit (they look so gay, and I just don't want to roleplay a gay character, simple as that). Is it because they're all based on some backers' pictures? Ugh, so bad...

With unit collision removed, there's literally no chance of engagement ever going away.

 

You're just jelly of their boyish good looks.

Could you clarify what you mean by this?

 

Not sure if you're referring to the spirit of AD&D or PoE here? I always interpreted the "spirit" (not always the execution) of AD&D as having various ways to play a wizard. But although I've had illusionists and summoners in various games, I've probably used necromancers and evokers more often. From what I've seen of other people playing, damage-dealing wizards seem to be the most common focus.

If you're talking about the spirit of PoE though, I guess that's different.

 

LOLz, so no might wizard is not viable at all?
What happened with Josh's ideal of "you can't fuck up your build"?

 

You can't if you play on a low difficulty

 

It might not be exactly what you want, but you can make a high intellect, high dex wizard who specializes in large AoE spells and spells that do damage over time.

 

I play DotA and I used to play competitive games, so of course I have different definitions of viable.

 

So i've just read the whole thread at obsidian forums.
I don't know maybe JES thinks getting 5 companions killed in a fight but winning the fight is good enough result.

 

I call it a good GMed encounter!

 

It's pretty rare to get killed in PoE, usually just knocked out.

 

But your endurance gets lower and lower each time a PC gets knocked down doesn't it? Until you rest i guess. Anyways, if getting killed its rare, thats why JES thinks everything works fine right, its just a matter of not getting the whole party KO'd.

 

Nevermind. I mistakingly thought the no collision applied to everyone.

 

Well, there is collision for the player characters, it's just the 3d model instead of the selection circle.

So when can we expect the new IE mod to go with this build?

 

No endurance regens to max after every fight. Health gets lower and that determines along with per day abilities when you rest.

 

I'm working on it right now and taking short breaks every 5 other minutes to read the forum or do whatever I can come up with just not to do the mod. So at this pace, I'd say in 10 hours.

 

Ah ok, its what i thought, i just constantly switch between health and endurance in my mind.