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Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

Desiderius

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Might = Depth
Int = Breadth
Dex = Velocity
Perception = Acceleration
Resolve = Friction/Resistance/Impedance
Con = Mass
 
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Desiderius

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Also, bear in mind that the link between INT and wizardry comes from Vancian magic - i.e. from the idea that you need high intelligence to be able to bind and outwit the entities that do the actual magic, to do research, and to keep the brain-bending spells in your memory till discharged.

Without those ideas, magic doesn't have any particular link to intelligence and it could just as easily be a natural ability (as with Gandalf, being an Aesir or whatever the term is, an entity naturally able to do magic) that a jock could have just as easily as a nerd.

Not that I'm particularly defending the idaea of the "muscle wizard", since I think that's a canard (the situation is as I posted earlier, Might was supposed to represent a generalized "puissance" that could be mental or physical) - but even the "muscle wizard" isn't that weird of an idea in and of itself, the only problem is that it would be OP (if you had both high martial ability AND high magic ability).

Action economy keeps that in check as long as high isn’t highest.
 

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Also muscle wizard is just one of possible builds. Damage wizard will go all in on Might, but debuff Wizard would probably prioritize int and a battlemage needs a different set of attributes altogether.
 

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I had to post-pone my Pillars play as real life got in the way but i just wanted to say i WILL play the game and there's nothing you guys can do to stop me.
 

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Planning to play PoE2 and I remembered I abandoned my PoE1 run many years ago so fuck it, might as well finish it and refresh the lore for the sequel run.

But goddamn these games are nasty for the "let's jump back after many years" type of run. Completely lost rn. What are these quests, how the fuck do I play a chanter again and jesus these sawyeresque stats are so autistic. Would be faster to start a fresh run.

Also have they nerfed the Path difficulty? Seems suspiciously easy.
 

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I had to post-pone my Pillars play as real life got in the way but i just wanted to say i WILL play the game and there's nothing you guys can do to stop me.

Far be it from us to try and dissuade you from wasting your time, energy and life playing that banal, derivative and generic piece of entertainment. Your life, your choices.
 

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I wasn't following the discussion, so why do you "have to" try? Certainly, nothing is absolutely bad and good things can be extracted even from POE, but that it will be worth the effort? Not likely.

Unless you are a "game historian" of sorts, who will play it out of some sense of diligence or "need", or you are of the opinion that most known RPGs should be played by those who like the genre, what else is there as a reason? To participate in discussions about RPGs?
 

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Everybody needs to get with the hot chick to realize she’s kind of vapid so that settling feels like enough.
 

Desiderius

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At least play a high Perception MC so you don’t miss out on what is there.
 

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I wasn't following the discussion, so why do you "have to" try? Certainly, nothing is absolutely bad and good things can be extracted even from POE, but that it will be worth the effort? Not likely.

Unless you are a "game historian" of sorts, who will play it out of some sense of diligence or "need", or you are of the opinion that most known RPGs should be played by those who like the genre, what else is there as a reason? To participate in discussions about RPGs?

I think it's more that there's an entire conversation people are having on the Codex i'm left out of.

I haven't followed the western RPG scene for a long, long time and i've pretty much ignored all the kickstarter releases and now it feels i don't even belong here lmao.

Lastly, i actually bought the game and that's annoying.

I can always stop playing it if i'm too bored.
 

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A small sitrep, why exactly are people hating on this game again? Been playing for about 6 hours now and it feels like a very loyal successor to the BG and IWD brands.

Granted, I've never been a hardcore fan of those, always been a blobber kind of guy (Wiz, MM, DM, EoB, this sort of stuff), but from a 10k feet view PoE does feel like a true spiritual successor of the old Infinity Engine RPGs.
 

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The first 6 hours of PoE has a higher word count than BG and IWD put together. That's really the biggest issue. They actually nailed the atmosphere.
 

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PoE has some issues, but it wasn't really deal-breaking for me. And as has been said many times, White March 1 and 2 as well as Deadfire are even better all around.
 

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PoE is ok but there is too much meaningless Loredump, feels like NPC arent people but living encyclopidas.

I am playing Deadfire atm and enjoy it, but the voiced dialogue is driving me insane. Why is there not a seperate slider for only dialogue voices????
 
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A small sitrep, why exactly are people hating on this game again? Been playing for about 6 hours now and it feels like a very loyal successor to the BG and IWD brands.

Granted, I've never been a hardcore fan of those, always been a blobber kind of guy (Wiz, MM, DM, EoB, this sort of stuff), but from a 10k feet view PoE does feel like a true spiritual successor of the old Infinity Engine RPGs.
Pillows starts off strong and is a slow decline to pure shit. I liked how bleak the first few areas are.
 

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Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
I agree the beginning is the best part of the base game. The judgement on the rest is far too harsh IMO, though. Also the expansions are the best content, by far.
 

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