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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. TheSentinel Arcane

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    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.
     
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  2. 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
    PayPal is gonna count towards stretch goals, so I'd say they will get there.
     
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  3. Feyd Rautha Cipher Patron

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

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    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.
     
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  5. Morality Games Arcane Patron

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    PC RPG Website of the Year, 2015 Codex 2016 - The Age of Grimoire Serpent in the Staglands Bubbles In Memoria A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
    ... 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.
     
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  6. fobia Guest

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

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    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.
     
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  8. Morality Games Arcane Patron

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    I mean, I get that.

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

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    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).
     
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  10. 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
    Josh says they were also considering setting the game in The Living Lands.
     
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  11. Hellion Cipher

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  12. Infinitron I post news Patron

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

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    30 minutes, 10k in pledges, lel.

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

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    Looks like my prediction for PoE3 might still come true :D
     
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  15. Alienman Arcane Patron

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    Codex 2016 - The Age of Grimoire Make the Codex Great Again! Grab the Codex by the pussy Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2
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    Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
    The magic is over, no mana left.
     
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  17. Irenaeus Self-Ejected Patron Dumbfuck Repressed Homosexual The Real Fanboy

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    it was Aliens.
     
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  18. Fry Arcane

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    They have enough shit to do as it as. I think the Fulvano silliness has already entered Endless Paths territory. :?
     
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  19. FreeKaner Prophet of the Dumpsterfire

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

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    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.
     
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  21. Urthor Liturgist Patron

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    Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
    Carrie Patel: Well the important thing is that we're not writing dead baby world so we can add some more humor ingame.
     
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  22. Sizzle Arcane

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    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.
     
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  23. Starwars Arcane

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

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    So the stretch goals will continue? (That is almost cheating).
     
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  25. Abu Antar Tweet, tweet Patron

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    Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
    Why? They'll probably have them running for another month or two.
     
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