KickStarter Knights of the Chalice 2 Thread - Augury of Chaos

[JarlFrank]

can he at least add price or something?

I think Pierre has studied so much economics he thinks anything with a price has no real value.

KotC2 is priceless!

 

[Reinhardt]

oh boy i'll pirate it so hard tomorrow...

 

[Galdred]

oh boy i'll pirate it so hard tomorrow...

You want Pierre to keep eating roots while developing his next game?

 

[Reinhardt]

i'll buy it when i have the opportunity. right now this option is not available, or, at least, too hard.

 

[Joyvankek]

I just hope the game itself will be good.
Though it will be ironic if it will be cracked instantly, especially since Pierre decided not to release in on GOG.

 

[Serus]

oh boy i'll pirate it so hard tomorrow...

You want Pierre to keep eating roots while developing his next game?

Well, he made KOTC2 when eating roots for a long time so...

Spoiler

I am buying KotC2 tomorrow.

 

[almondblight]

I will wait until tomorrow so I can nab those Steam achievements.

I regret cheaping out on kickstarter and not getting the steam key (and that pdf guide). It's weird how valuable this platform feels. I don't even care for achievements.

Damn. I only just now realized that the intro tier is only for direct download from his site, and doesn't include a Steam key. I think this is the only Kickstarter I've ever seen where you pay one price for the game, but then have to pay extra to have the game on Steam.

 

[Pink Eye]

I just hope the game itself will be good.
Though it will be ironic if it will be cracked instantly, especially since Pierre decided not to release in on GOG.

What crack? The actual game doesn't have DRM dude. Pierre isn't some big studio who can even afford it. It might have that steam drm thingy though.

 

[Darth Canoli]

Damn. I only just now realized that the intro tier is only for direct download from his site, and doesn't include a Steam key. I think this is the only Kickstarter I've ever seen where you pay one price for the game, but then have to pay extra to have the game on Steam.

Why would you even want the game on steam?
Masochism?
Achievements?
I don't see one good reason not to prefer the direct download from Pierre's website.

And I just noticed my kickstarter tier includes a key as well ... Oh well, Gog it is then.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Though it will be ironic if it will be cracked instantly, especially since Pierre decided not to release in on GOG.

When he did that?
https://af.gog.com/en/game/knights_of_the_chalice_2?as=1649904300

 

[NJClaw]

I just hope the game itself will be good.
Though it will be ironic if it will be cracked instantly, especially since Pierre decided not to release in on GOG.

What crack? The actual game doesn't have DRM dude. Pierre isn't some big studio who can even afford it. It might have that steam drm thingy though.

I guess one could say Pierre cracked his own game on day 1, since everyone who backed it can download the installer from his site and redistribute it at will. The only reason to actually give him money is because he fucking deserves it.

 

[Abu Antar]

KotC2 will be on GOG. Why else would he ask me if I wanted GOG or Steam keys?

 

[Pink Eye]

Yeah. So you get your DRM free copies from both GoG and his website. Not sure about steam though. Some, if not most, games on steam have this gay DRM thingy where they force you into steam app even if you don't want to, meaning your game won't launch unless it goes through steam first. Which is kind of gay. Though those ones are usually easy to get cracked on day one - unless it has an additional layer like Denuvo or something else.

The only reason to actually give him money is because he fucking deserves it.

Yeppers. He deserves the money too for reading all my bug reports xd

 

[plem]

for those who played Augury of Chaos, should I do a full custom party or take the companions? do they have any special content or quests?

 

[Reinhardt]

companions are on top of your party, not replacing it

 

[plem]

Yeah. So you get your DRM free copies from both GoG and his website. Not sure about steam though. Some, if not most, games on steam have this gay DRM thingy where they force you into steam app even if you don't want to, meaning your game won't launch unless it goes through steam first. Which is kind of gay. Though those ones are usually easy to get cracked on day one - unless it has an additional layer like Denuvo or something else.

for most games, I think you can just initiate them via their .exe in their folders to avoid having to launch the app

 

[Jermu]

Does weapon finesse change grappling attempts to dexterity?

 

[plem]

companions are on top of your party, not replacing it

the steam page says there's 8 companions and a max of 9 party members though, so I'm wondering if it's doable to just make one custom and roll with the full roster. do you have access to them early on or only late game?

 

[Pink Eye]

Does weapon finesse change grappling attempts to dexterity?

I'm not sure. Searching through the Help Files leads to this query:

Does this answer your question?

I think you can just initiate them via their .exe in their folders to avoid having to launch the app

I remember trying that once when I had no internet due to circumstances but the game kept going through a steam check. Again you might be right. It might work on some games; but for me it didn't work in a particular game.

 

[Tacgnol]

I remember trying that once when I had no internet due to circumstances but the game kept going through a steam check. Again you might be right. It might work on some games; but for me it didn't work in a particular game.

it depends on whether they use SteamDRM, some games are unprotected and can be launched without the steam client running. Most just implement SteamDRM as it's basically a freebie if you're using the API anyway.

Whether Pierre has bothered? Who knows.

 

[NJClaw]

companions are on top of your party, not replacing it

the steam page says there's 8 companions and a max of 9 party members though, so I'm wondering if it's doable to just make one custom and roll with the full roster. do you have access to them early on or only late game?

I wouldn't try to play this game without a full custom party, especially on a first playthrough. Even with the game having been made easier and easier with each patch, this is still a nut-cracking experience. The companions we have seen so far are charming but extremely barebones, and there's no particular companion-unique content after you recruit them (right now, I can only think of a single example).

 

[Pink Eye]

Yep. You're going to need as many people as you can get. Especially when you get to late game content. Where you'll be facing a whole armada of high level spell casters plus dragons; the dragon enemies in this game are much tougher than the first game.

 

[plem]

the dragon enemies in this game are much tougher than the first game

that's a good thing honestly. by the end of KoTC1 I was getting dragons as random encounters, which is just silly even for a level 20 party.

I remember trying that once when I had no internet due to circumstances but the game kept going through a steam check. Again you might be right. It might work on some games; but for me it didn't work in a particular game.

it depends on whether they use SteamDRM, some games are unprotected and can be launched without the steam client running. Most just implement SteamDRM as it's basically a freebie if you're using the API anyway.

Whether Pierre has bothered? Who knows.

Pierre's a libertarian so probably (hopefully) no DRM

companions are on top of your party, not replacing it

the steam page says there's 8 companions and a max of 9 party members though, so I'm wondering if it's doable to just make one custom and roll with the full roster. do you have access to them early on or only late game?

I wouldn't try to play this game without a full custom party, especially on a first playthrough. Even with the game having been made easier and easier with each patch, this is still a nut-cracking experience. The companions we have seen so far are charming but extremely barebones, and there's no particular companion-unique content after you recruit them (right now, I can only think of a single example).

that's good to know, starting with 6 seems like the way to go. time for obsessive theory-crafting!

 

[Pink Eye]

by the end of KoTC1 I was getting dragons as random encounters, which is just silly even for a level 20 party.

Right? I hated how the random encounters worked in the first game. A whole group of lichs. Another group of red dragons just casually waltzing around. Good god, what celestial being is pooping these things out? In this game though. There's none of that random crap. All of the encounters are handcrafted.

 

[Jermu]

Am I missing something or is 90% of subraces worse than vanilla version? Guess it makes sense to have larger drawbacks otherwise it would be too easy to raise wanted ability scores.

Thanks for the tips think I have theorycrafted my first party (took multiple hours since I was not too familiar with feats and so on):

dwarf champion (shield)
mantis gladiator (4 light weapons)
cloudtop half giant samurai (2h weapon, reach maybe)
halfling earth druid
human stygian psionicist
elf wizard

Final question: does cleave work with whirlwind (or fast whirlwind)?