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

[Volourn]

"With D&D's extreme specialization this results in monty haul loot."

No.

I had a campaign go on for 2-3 years and we never got a weapon over +2. So, why do you bullshitz?


P.S. if you think POE won't be 'monty haul' compared to pnp you are an idiot. Every single CRPG ever created is monty haul. Every single one. Period.


I just think Sawyer is lawyer and doesn't want to think about things so he takes the easy way out that fixes nothing.

 

[Roguey]

I mean who really cares?

I'd guess the people who care are the players who make choices that, due to design's carelessness, lead to frustrating, dead-end gameplay experiences.

"I had a campaign go on for 2-3 years and we never got a weapon over +2. So, why do you bullshitz?"

A campaign that was custom-tailored to your players, rather than a set amount of content that had to accommodate countless potential build possibilities, hmm why would these two things be different

 

[Volourn]

"A campaign that was custom-tailored to your players, rather than a set amount of content that had to accommodate countless potential build possibilities, hmm why would these two things be different"

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! My 'hero' Josh who is a professional can't do better than some random pnp dm. FFS

 

[dukeofwhales]

Speaking of weapon swapping, one of the things I liked about IWD2 was how characters switch both weapon slots at once, so that characters using a shield or dual-wielding could equip a bow or 2H weapon without opening the inventory screen. I'm sure that by now, this feature is a no-brainer, but it took until the final IE game to include it.

Too bad if you wanted to use that shield with two different weapons though, because you had to go to your inventory and manually switch them over. I'm sure PoE will have proper loadouts though, and that was just something that got thrown in the too hard basket at the end of the super short development cycle though.

 

[Excidium]

They should just let you set your own weapon sets like any sane person

 

[Sensuki]

I asked about some of the weapons we don't know about yet:

Like pikes, quarterstaves can attack from a greater distance. Hatchets grant a small amount of bonus Deflection, and battle axes do more damage on a Crit.

Apparently there's an enchantment cap on items. Probably can't chuck anything on it once it reaches Superb quality ?

Upgrading costs ingredients and, more importantly, money. You can keep upgrading an individual item. It will just cost a bunch of money and eventually you will hit the enchantment cap.

 

[buzz]

Logic Artists (<who?>),

can you just kill yourself please?

 

[Lhynn]

They should just let you set your own weapon sets like any sane person

Its probably gonna get modded in.

 

[Excidium]

If such a basic thing needs to be modded I lose all hope in Obsidian

 

[Goegoff]

Upgrading costs ingredients and, more importantly, money. You can keep upgrading an individual item. It will just cost a bunch of money and eventually you will hit the enchantment cap.

Sounds rather Dark-Soulish.

 

[Sensuki]

Does the the deflection bonus of a hatchet stack with shields or a second hatchet?

Yes, though two hatchets do not have the Deflection bonus of even a small shield. The cost of carrying a shield is an overall reduced attack rate, so weapon type bonuses tend to be minor.

 

[Infinitron]

If such a basic thing needs to be modded I lose all hope in Obsidian

What is "setting your own weapon set" and what's so "basic" about something that I've never seen in any CRPG?

 

[Lhynn]

If such a basic thing needs to be modded I lose all hope in Obsidian

He just doesnt want you fucking up in his game Exci, he does this for you...

 

[Athelas]

If such a basic thing needs to be modded I lose all hope in Obsidian

What is "setting your own weapon set" and what's so "basic" about something that I've never seen in any CRPG?

That should tell you something about the sad state of cRPG's.

 

[felipepepe]

Honestly, I recall weapon sets as something from games like Diablo...

 

[Volourn]

"Sounds rather Dark-Soulish."

Sounds like nearly every RPG that allows you to enchant your own weapons.


And,a s for weapon sets, it's not new. FFS NWN had them. In fact, you could have like as manyw eapon sets as you want if you could carry the equipment (and with the ridiculous over the top too much inventory space you get) that's quite a lot to the max of your quick slots.

IE weapon slots were okay but that had some lame limitations. ie. If you had a weapon and shield or two weapon set you couldn't have a bow or two handed weapon in a quick weapon slot (or vice versa). L A M E

 

[Infinitron]

Wait, weapon sets == weapon slots in the UI? Is that what you were talking about, Excidium?

 

[tuluse]

Wait, weapon sets == weapon slots in the UI? Is that what you were talking about, Excidium?

I think he means groups of items you switch between. Diablo 2 did that, you had two sets you could switch. Blackguards does it too.

 

[Arkeus]

Wait, weapon sets == weapon slots in the UI? Is that what you were talking about, Excidium?

I think he means groups of items you switch between. Diablo 2 did that, you had two sets you could switch. Blackguards does it too.

...IWD2 and DA:O also did that.

 

[Volourn]

"I think he means groups of items you switch between. Diablo 2 did that, you had two sets you could switch. Blackguards does it too."

So does NWN. You cans witch weapons just by clicking a quick slot. Youc an easily go LS/SS to M/C to W/SH to LB and abck again with one button press. Weapon sets. Not new.

 

[Infinitron]

Wait, weapon sets == weapon slots in the UI? Is that what you were talking about, Excidium?

I think he means groups of items you switch between. Diablo 2 did that, you had two sets you could switch. Blackguards does it too.

Oh, okay, I thought he was talking about the weapon proficiency system. Like something that would let you make your own custom proficiency "set".

 

[Lhynn]

Wait, weapon sets == weapon slots in the UI? Is that what you were talking about, Excidium?

I think he means groups of items you switch between. Diablo 2 did that, you had two sets you could switch. Blackguards does it too.

Oh, okay, I thought he was talking about the weapon proficiency system. Like something that would let you make your own custom proficiency "set".

And you are right, he is.

you have several weapon proficiency groups in PoE, Excidium is wondering why doenst they let us create our custom weapon group.

 

[Sensuki]

PE has weapon sets like Icewind Dale 2.

 

[Excidium]

Wait, weapon sets == weapon slots in the UI? Is that what you were talking about, Excidium?

I think he means groups of items you switch between. Diablo 2 did that, you had two sets you could switch. Blackguards does it too.

Yep

 

[Roguey]

I hope this will be on console

nay

No entertaining the possibility of a console port here, unlike those clowns at inXile and Larian.

Of course turn-based games are hypothetically much easier to port than rtwp.