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

[Cynic]

Environment looks incredible

 

[Visperas]

Mmmmm... I'm no architect but in an arch, whenever it falls down, aren't the keystones first to fall?

Like this...?

 

[Cynic]

Who cares about that shit it looks cool.

 

[Athelas]

Adra: the all-purpose plot hole cementer.

 

[Roguey]

~Balance~

Currently, items and spells do not stack with each other. The exception to this are rings, because they are Special and Fancy. Potions do stack with other effects, but consuming a potion terminates ongoing effects from a potion currently in effect.

e: In the character sheet, we will show suppressed effects in italics so you can see what is being stomped by other items/spells.

Awesome. Is this to prevent potion spam/superbuffing?

Potion spam should be less of an issue since you will play an animation to consume one (which can be interrupted, like other actions -- but does not provoke an attack as it does in D&D). It does allow you to have one pre-buff (and I do plan to tune potions to be fairly strong), but if you just keep slamming potions one after another, you're canceling the ones that came before with no real benefit.

Since long-term buffs can only be cast during combat, this sounds like a great incentive to encourage the use of potions. He just keeps fixing the failures of D&D-derived crpgs.

 

[Excidium]

That is p. good. One thing I hate in many CRPGs is the preparation fest before battle.

 

[Sensuki]

I enjoy it

So to me this is lame as.

 

[hiver]

best one yet.


- ah, the rogues are ninja-comando front line troops. they could have told us that right away.

 

[Sensuki]

Hey look! one new tree model.

That's pretty good for a pre-paintover pass ?

 

[Grunker]

e: In the character sheet, we will show suppressed effects in italics so you can see what is being stomped by other items/spells.

shit like this makes me believe in the sawyer

at least he is thorough

 

[Surf Solar]

That Arda stuff is so mighty and magic- stuffs that it can even make stones and rocks fly.

 

[Sensuki]

That's already been explained I think (and yes it's not a bug). The short version: The Engwythans knew how to magically shape stone, and no one knows how they did it.

 

[Surf Solar]

What? There's an explanation for obvious oversights on the render like this? :D

 

[Alex]

What? There's an explanation for obvious oversights on the render like this? :D

I wonder if they will explain all the wonky mechanics they mentioned as well. Maybe the world was created between law and chaos by the gods of Balance.

 

[SCO]

if there is any kind of Moorcock homage i will have a psychotic episode

 

[J_C]

That Arda stuff is so mighty and magic- stuffs that it can even make stones and rocks fly.

You see, this picture was taken when the stone was just falling down. They captured that moment when it was in the air. 1 second later it would be on the ground. :D

 

[Hormalakh]

I bet you this latest image is just josh trolling the hell out of the grogs. I find it to be quite hilarious

 

[imweasel]

What? There's an explanation for obvious oversights on the render like this? :D

Obsidian can fix anything if the narrative supports it, because anything goes in a fantasy world™.
I.e. Arda does "decay", only very slowly. The closer to mother earth (elves are tree huggers or somthin') the slower the decay. That would explain why the keystones fall out leaving half of the arch standing.

Same goes for the floating stone, they can either fix it or make up some more fantasy bullshit.

Hey look! one new tree model.

That's pretty good for a pre-paintover pass ?

They seem to have more models and also improved them too. They were a bit meh, but I am really digging the trees now.

 

[hiver]

well, its not exactly half of an arch. More like the lowest fifth or fourth, still standing.
I can give that a pass if the whole is interesting and this is. Nice textures, crisp, sharp, detailed. I like the overall feel it gives as a mysterious fantasy temple ruin.

 

[Witiko]

ITT: Clueless Baldur's Gate AD&D 2e fans are waking up to the fact that they have backed a 4e CRPG, which has mechanics-wise next to nothing in common with their beloved Bhaalspawn saga.

 

[Infinitron]

I do get a kick out of the people in that thread who think that a game where mages couldn't hold swords had more "class flexibility".

 

[tuluse]

ITT: Clueless Baldur's Gate AD&D 2e fans are waking up to the fact that they have backed a 4e CRPG, which has mechanics-wise next to nothing in common with their beloved Bhaalspawn saga.

It's a 3E/4E hybrid and it looks like Josh is trying to take the best from each while adding his own flair to it.

I do think there are too many base classes personally. I would have had fewer that you would specialize with advancement options (and maybe sub/prestige classes).

 

[Witiko]

mages couldn't hold swords

Fighter / Mage dual / multi-class?

I do think there are too many base classes personally. I would have had fewer that you would specialize with advancement options (and maybe sub/prestige classes).

Not sure if there was any announcement as far as class kits / subclasses / prestige classes are concerned, but we may get the option to multiclass:

Bonus question: Are you considering multiclassing?

Answer: Bonus questions are cheating…but yes, we are considering adding multi-classing to the game. A better way to put this answer is that we are not ruling them out at this time. If they work well with our final system, we will offer them.

 

[Infinitron]

mages couldn't hold swords

Fighter / Mage dual / multi-class?

That doesn't count. I'm talking about one class. When you multiclass or dual class, you're no longer that class.

I do think there are too many base classes personally. I would have had fewer that you would specialize with advancement options (and maybe sub/prestige classes).

Not sure if there was any announcement as far as class kits / subclasses / prestige classes are concerned, but we may get the option to multiclass:

Bonus question: Are you considering multiclassing?

Answer: Bonus questions are cheating…but yes, we are considering adding multi-classing to the game. A better way to put this answer is that we are not ruling them out at this time. If they work well with our final system, we will offer them.

Source: Reddit Q&A with Tim Cain

That's extremely out of date information. The game will have no multiclassing.

 

[Scruffy]