Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity [BETA RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

[Monad]

Character sheet looks great to me. Though I'm not really as picky as some about that kind of stuff. As long as it's functional and has all of the necessary information what does it matter?

 

[Duraframe300]

Fucking hate Pallegina as a name.

Why?

 

[Infinitron]

Hey, none of you noticed that Intellect isn't the stat that affects damage.

 

[Duraframe300]

Hey, none of you noticed that Intellect isn't the stat that affects damage.

They also changed strength into might.

 

[tuluse]

Hey, none of you noticed that Intellect isn't the stat that affects damage.

Stamina and health are both derived from con too

 

[Hormalakh]

pallegina sounds like vagina, pelican, paladin-vagina, and other derivatives. Just call her victoria. Keep it simple.

all the other names have always evoked certain characteristics, sort of Shakespearean in their cretivitiy. forton and earth, strength. eder a sort of wispy, river-y sneaky yet solid name. aloth is straight up dark-elfish in quiality. i dunno where pallegina comes from.

 

[AN4RCHID]

:D Pallegina really is the Paladin? Sawyer has a sense of humor after all.

Hey, none of you noticed that Intellect isn't the stat that affects damage.

Wonder what Penetration and Interrupt are exactly. Looks like a big improvement overall.

 

[Duraframe300]

pallegina sounds like vagina, pelican, paladin-vagina, and other derivatives. Just call her victoria. Keep it simple.

Ha

I always find it funny how much people complain about them, because this shit is based on perception and for large parts of your fanbase an entirly different experience.

That said I'm not sure what meaning Sawyer is going for with Pallegina.

 

[Frusciante]

Looks so good. By far the most competently executed kickstarter project so far. Really hope its going to be as good as it looks right now.

What does ''most time in party'' refer to? It says The Devil of Caroc. Is this also a companion?

 

[AN4RCHID]

Josh, please describe the stats if possible. I don't know what concentration is, whether healing is based on spells/abilities that case healing, per-time unit healing for stamina/health or both, etc. is penetration different from the DT piercing? interrupt is what exactly, spell interruption?

Concentration is similar to Concentration in 3E/3.5 (somewhat similar to Poise in Dark Souls) but it is for everyone, not just spellcasters. Concentration prevents you from playing hit reactions when you take damage. If you cannot maintain Concentration, you will play a hit reaction and your attack/reload/spell is interrupted. We're still defining the system (in fact, I was messing around with the formulae before I sat down), but that's the general idea.


In the new scheme, Might affects damage/healing whether it's a single application or over time. Penetration is something we may or may not use in conjunction with an inherent Penetration value on weapons and other attacks that cause damage. I'm leaning toward "not" right now.

Concentration sounds fucking rad.

 

[Grunker]

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[Vault Dweller]

 

[Excidium]

Looks like shit. Reminds me of IE though, I guess that is the objective.

 

[Daedalos]

Holy shit... this looks like the real deal... :D!

Can't wait for dis to be finished

 

[J_C]

It is so beautiful. The UI, the big figthing area/ruin, it is a pleasure to my eyes. They won't mess this up, the game will be amazing, I feel it in my bones.

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

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Yes. Error 403.

 

[Xor]

I don't get all these people saying this will come out in 2015. The game is obviously nearing alpha level at this point (I think I originally calculated May based on that timetable spreadsheet a few updates ago).

 

[Hormalakh]

they've planned for a winter 2014 releaser, per the trailer.

 

[Monad]

Man you're just a hater to hate aren't you excidium?

 

[Excidium]

No, but if you think that UI is well-designed I have bad news.

 

[Monad]

Is there such a thing as a well designed UI in your world? Has there ever been one?

 

[Hormalakh]

i wonder if concentration and interrupt go hand in hand. that's actually a great idea to make your animations have an actual game mechanic incorporated as part of it. i'm glad he's taking such a close look at every fine detail. it should be fun.

 

[Ninjerk]

Just think of how this is going to influence what comes out of Japan in about 5 years.

 

[Xor]

they've planned for a winter 2014 releaser, per the trailer.

I think the estimate I made a while back based on that timetable spreadsheet was the alpha in May, beta in July, and release in October. Which isn't really winter, but I think what they actually meant was Q4 2014.

 

[Hormalakh]

Yes. Interrupt and Concentration are opposed.

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/64964-update-70-new-year-project-update/?p=1407744