Divinity Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

[unfairlight]

One of the most things about this game is that using a melee weapon to try to break down a door or item or just about anything will decrease it's durability and break it pretty fast, but using an archer or mage and their wand or bow will not damage their weapons at all. Fucking why?

 

[anvi]

One of the most things about this game is that using a melee weapon to try to break down a door or item or just about anything will decrease it's durability and break it pretty fast, but using an archer or mage and their wand or bow will not damage their weapons at all. Fucking why?

Magic

 

[Shadenuat]

I only want a way to name different backpacks. I have 4 of them in my inventory, 1 for books, 1 for keys, 1 for consumables and 1 for throwables. But every time I have to check which is which because they all only say "Backpack". LET ME NAME EM

There are different looking containers like wallets, some secrets and npcs give you.

 

[unfairlight]

I really wish you could kill that bitch who took 250 gold from you and smoked it at a drudanae den without having everyone fight for her. Oh well, I guess there's no one left alive there anymore anyway.

 

[Murk]

One of the most things about this game is that using a melee weapon to try to break down a door or item or just about anything will decrease it's durability and break it pretty fast, but using an archer or mage and their wand or bow will not damage their weapons at all. Fucking why?

Because you don't hit the door or object with the actual bow or wand?

 

[unfairlight]

One of the most things about this game is that using a melee weapon to try to break down a door or item or just about anything will decrease it's durability and break it pretty fast, but using an archer or mage and their wand or bow will not damage their weapons at all. Fucking why?

Because you don't hit the door or object with the actual bow or wand?

It makes sense that way, but bowstrings wear out too. It's just shit from a game design perspective.

 

[Tigranes]

It's been that way for every RPG with bashing and durability that I can think of. Must be the Adra arches

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

I really wish you could kill that bitch who took 250 gold from you and smoked it at a drudanae den without having everyone fight for her. Oh well, I guess there's no one left alive there anymore anyway.

You gave 250 gold (which is like 1/3rd the price of a really good skillbook) to random hobo without even getting a blowjob in return?

OT but:

Spoiler

You wouldn't even survive a month in India with your finances intact as it is Filled with improvised looking beggars (who actually work for the local mafia. Them beggars rarely get any of the alms you give. It all goes to the mafia bosses. The beggars are purposely starved and mutilated to generate pity in you to steal your jewgold.)

 

[V_K]

One of the most things about this game is that using a melee weapon to try to break down a door or item or just about anything will decrease it's durability and break it pretty fast, but using an archer or mage and their wand or bow will not damage their weapons at all. Fucking why?

Because you don't hit the door or object with the actual bow or wand?

If we are talking about realism, how do you even break a door with arrows? Not to mention having an infinite reserve of them (unless it's special arrows).

 

[Jimmious]

I see we did a full circle already, we blamed the game for too much "balancing" which led to the initiative system etc, and now we are discussing that bashing doors with bows in imbalanced?

 

[unfairlight]

I really wish you could kill that bitch who took 250 gold from you and smoked it at a drudanae den without having everyone fight for her. Oh well, I guess there's no one left alive there anymore anyway.

You gave 250 gold (which is like 1/3rd the price of a really good skillbook) to random hobo without even getting a blowjob in return?

OT but:

Spoiler

You wouldn't even survive a month in India with your finances intact as it is Filled with improvised looking beggars (who actually work for the local mafia. Them beggars rarely get any of the alms you give. It all goes to the mafia bosses. The beggars are purposely starved and mutilated to generate pity in you to steal your jewgold.)

I got money-cucked. I had about 10k gold with nothing to spend it on so I thought why not, maybe it would have lead to something in the future. Oh well, now she, that drudanae den and the people growing that drudanae are all dead.

One of the most things about this game is that using a melee weapon to try to break down a door or item or just about anything will decrease it's durability and break it pretty fast, but using an archer or mage and their wand or bow will not damage their weapons at all. Fucking why?

Because you don't hit the door or object with the actual bow or wand?

If we are talking about realism, how do you even break a door with arrows? Not to mention having an infinite reserve of them (unless it's special arrows).

That's my point. Realism is shit in a turn based RPG. Durability should be completely removed and shouldn't even be a thing because breaking down a door with magic and arrows costs nothing, but breaking down a door with a melee weapon costs you durability, and repairing a melee weapon costs you one hammer, and that costs you about 100 gold. There's no reason for this. This is just a god awful oversight.

 

[Jimmious]

Some do have different descriptions, and they are always in the same order. I just keep one for skill books and another for letters/documents that may be relevant later. Should start doing one for keys too, you can still them use them out of it right?

I believe you can use the keys yes. Although USUALLY the keys are used in the surrounding area where you find them so I put them in the backpack after that

 

[V_K]

I see we did a full circle already, we blamed the game for too much "balancing" which led to the initiative system etc, and now we are discussing that bashing doors with bows in imbalanced?

The problem with Larian games is not balance but coherence. They just pile the ideas they consider cool together and hope it to stick. There's no point in doing anything about balance as long as the game systems are the mess they are.

 

[Alienman]

I see we did a full circle already, we blamed the game for too much "balancing" which led to the initiative system etc, and now we are discussing that bashing doors with bows in imbalanced?

Define we.

 

[Jimmious]

I see we did a full circle already, we blamed the game for too much "balancing" which led to the initiative system etc, and now we are discussing that bashing doors with bows in imbalanced?

Define we.

Participants of the discussion

 

[Roguey]

Durability should be completely removed and shouldn't even be a thing because breaking down a door with magic and arrows costs nothing, but breaking down a door with a melee weapon costs you durability, and repairing a melee weapon costs you one hammer, and that costs you about 100 gold. There's no reason for this. This is just a god awful oversight.

It's working as designed. Don't use melee weapons to bash things.

(or if you must, use some trash weapon you've kept just for that purpose)

 

[Commissar Draco]

What the fuck?

Where you got this cool Dorf amour from Comrade?

 

[Murk]

Durability should be completely removed and shouldn't even be a thing because breaking down a door with magic and arrows costs nothing, but breaking down a door with a melee weapon costs you durability, and repairing a melee weapon costs you one hammer, and that costs you about 100 gold. There's no reason for this. This is just a god awful oversight.

It's working as designed. Don't use melee weapons to bash things.

(or if you must, use some trash weapon you've kept just for that purpose)

Or just double click the damn repair hammer. It's such a minuscule point, who cares?

 

[MWaser]

It's been that way for every RPG with bashing and durability that I can think of. Must be the Adra arches

I'm sure you can trace all the blame back to Arcanum.

 

[unfairlight]

What the fuck?

Where you got this cool Dorf amour from Comrade?

Standard metal physical damage armor. Plate boots, plate gloves, iron cuirass and pot helm, I think.

 

[Orma]

Finally finished the game in coop with RK47.

Heavy spoilers below;

Spoiler

One-shot him with the Rain of Arrows, and I became THE DIVINE. he got really butthurt that he didn't get to watch the ending

People who say that initiative doesn't matter, it literally makes you Divine

 

[Iznaliu]

I actually like the fact that you can only take 4 origin character past a certain point in the game. It has real consequences and makes you feel like a bad person when you run into parts of the story that are for that origin character and they are dead. It isn't like DA:O where you can make everyone have a happy ending some people are going to get screwed.

I'm rather surprised that Larian had the guts to actually pull that off; given how many complaints I'm seeing about it on Reddit, I wonder how long it will last.

 

[Anthedon]

I started another playthrough of the first game after finishing this one.

Combat is definitely less of a clusterfuck. Mostly due to no CC protection from armor. You can reliable disable a lot of enemies in turn number one (the initiative system plays a large part here too). The absence of cursed surfaces also makes it less chaotic. I don't remember if the number inflation gets as bad in the first game. There's already a noticeable difference in power between equipment even at lower levels, so that probably remains the same.

 

[Roguey]

I don't remember if the number inflation gets as bad in the first game.

It doesn't, the first option for the de-bloat mod is D:OS numbers.

Moderate Scaling: D:OS EE-like numbers, hopefully achieving vitality in the 1000s by end game (12 +16% vitality per level)

Reduced Number Bloat: Massively reduces numbers, down to about 500 base vitality at level 20 (10 + 10% vitality per level)

DND-like Scaling: Even more massive reduction numbers, granting 4 + 4% vitality per level, leading to around 200 vitality by level 20 (I think).

No Scaling: Vitality increases by virtually nothing on level up. It also virtually eliminates the penalty for equipping high level weapons. It definitely makes for a very different experience, where level difference is mostly a non-factor, which is pretty interesting.

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

OK,
In Driftwood

Spoiler

I got the second source point after eating the voidwoken heart from the undead dwarf traitor. Of course killed him.
Then i noticed that the companion I hired has three source points already unlocked.

So the Belgians are looking more and more as I play DOS2 further.

Also, those saying that plat artillery is the best,
1) doesn't work against undead (good to heal you if you undedad)
2) lack the versatility that Incarnate champ can get way more skills and versatility and damage types via infusions/surfaces
3) Costs source point. At this point I have to run back and forth to regen source. As used up all the purge charges in the wands and tyrant's helm.

At some point 3 will be mitigated I hops as, the Godwoken and all should be able to steal source right?

But have to say, other than incarnate/incarnate champion, artillery plant is the only summon that gets both magic and physical armor.

the cat, dragonling and condor get no armor.
Filthy arab's wolf and bone widow get only physical armor
Not sure about the oily blob or bloated corpses.