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

Discussion in 'Obsidian Entertainment' started by One-and-a-half-Ivan, Jan 18, 2017.

  1. eXalted Cipher

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    Man, someone give Josh the green light for a historical RPG. He is just crazy about making one.
     
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  2. Sigourn Arcane

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    :slamdunk:
     
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  3. TheSentinel Arcane

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    page is offline though
     
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  4. Prime Junta Tinker Patron Vatnik

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    Hear hear.

    The one thing about him that rubs me the wrong way is that he's such an engineer about this shit. He's a very competent designer, he knows how to get shit done, he knows a lot about how most of his audience plays his games and what they want, he knows how to strike a pretty good :balance: between different groups of his players, making them roughly equally unhappy... but he might as well be making accounting software.

    I hope to God one day they'll let him make a game he's actually passionate about. He deserves it, and we deserve it.
     
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  5. vonAchdorf Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    Yes, in his GDC talk about PoE he said that PoE's system isn't what he personally likes, but what he thinks the majority of the target group would like / dislike the least.
     
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  6. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    Grab the Codex by the pussy Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker
    Works for me.

     
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  7. Lacrymas Arcane

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    If the AMA is still going on, it's about making the battlefield UI clearer and making it more obvious whether you are hitting targets or not, without having to stare at your combat log the entire battle. The health bars obstruct the view a lot, too.
     
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  8. Dreed Bremsstrahlunged Patron

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    Grab the Codex by the pussy Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker
    [​IMG]
    :M

    I hope the quest associated with the talking sword will be something like the black sword in Forge of Virtue for Ultima 7.
     
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  9. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    Grab the Codex by the pussy Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker
    Another update on the way, says Adam Brennecke.
     
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  10. TheSentinel Arcane

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    Must be something on my end then. Tried on Chromium with extensions disabled, get a 404. Tried on bloatfox with noscript disabled, get a 404. Odd.

    PS: Works now.
     
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  11. TheSentinel Arcane

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    AMA is over pal. Sorry.
     
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  12. Projas Information Superhighwayman Patron

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    Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
    Doesn't work for me either. On Firefox.
     
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  13. fobia Guest

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    Josh said there IS a chance the talking weapon will change it's shape. :incline:
     
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  14. Lacrymas Arcane

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    Did you ask whether they are going add filters to the combat log?
     
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  15. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    Grab the Codex by the pussy Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker
    I'm getting a 404 now too, weird.
     
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  16. Prime Junta Tinker Patron Vatnik

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  17. TheSentinel Arcane

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    Nope. I suggested it on their forums last year but I doubt anyone relevant read it. Certainly didn't bother replying to it.
    Don't really care to make another post there as I seriously doubt anyone will even acknowledge it, and thus I don't see the point. I'll just be lazy and suffer through the shit combat log in the final game.
     
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  18. Luckmann Arcane Zionist Agent

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    I regularly take steaming dumps on Sawyer, 'tis true, but this I agree with. I'd love to see what he could come up with if he just got to do his own thing. If it could avoid being a pile of marxist nonsense, it could probably end up pretty good, considering that he'd probably have a pretty good handle on how everything would work and fit together from start to finish, instead of having to try to make systems work that he's probably not happy with.

    I dunno, he seems pretty happy with his institutionally oppressed ironically pseudo-trans power fantasy, especially considering that she's making a return in PoE 2, instead of, I dunno, a worthwhile, interesting character.

    Show Spoiler
    Durance, Durance, Durance, Durance! :argh:
     
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  19. Rivmusique Arcane Patron

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    Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
    Pallegina was great. Sexy accent.
     
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  20. ArtB Cipher Patron

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    PC RPG Website of the Year, 2015 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
    Battle Brothers getting a lot of love in the stream :incline:
     
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  21. TheSentinel Arcane

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

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    Yeah that's a real Greek tragedy right there.
     
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  23. Fry Arcane

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    Aaaaand... investor funds are maxed out.
     
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  24. Sizzle Arcane

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    On the plus side, another Fulvano's Voyage destination has been unlocked (they should post it soon, I suppose).
     
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  25. oldmanpaco Master of Siestas

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    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.
     
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