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

[Hobo Elf]

George Ziets, Paladins (and not the mediocre healer, mediocre tank variety either thank fuck) and non-musical Bards. P. good update. Very close to upping my pledge.

 

[Grunker]

I have a feeling they won't use him as a stretch goal, he's not well known enough for that imho. I think they'll just annouce him as an added bonus.

Guess I was wrong.M:

OMG FLIP-FLIP LOL

 

[Digital Monocle]

Now shit's about to get real , 2.8 is already so close (including PP).
Will having 11 classes be hard to balance?

 

[Deleted member 7219]

George Ziets did excellent work on MotB. I'm just glad to see he's getting involved in another RPG, let alone an Obsidian one.

 

[Frusciante]

Screenshot coming on thursday. That's going to be interesting.

 

[Grunker]

George Ziets, Paladins (and not the mediocre healer, mediocre tank variety either thank fuck) and non-musical Bards. P. good update. Very close to upping my pledge.

If what they mean by "stringing together magical effects for prolonged periods" means something along the lines of "prepare spell-chains in advance and unleash them" that could lead to seriously interesting gameplay as you attempt to anticipate the needs of the coming encounter and shit goes badly when you chain 3x Ice Blast against the White Dragon diving at you!

Would be cool to see something like that.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Now shit's about to get real , 2.8 is already so close (including PP).
Will having 11 classes be hard to balance?

No, because they don't have to be equal in a 1v1 scenario. They will be balanced in a party, not individually. And that's the way it should be.

 

[Volrath]

The mayans are going to be right, aren't they?

 

[Grunker]

Now shit's about to get real , 2.8 is already so close (including PP).
Will having 11 classes be hard to balance?

No, because they don't have to be equal in a 1v1 scenario. They will be balanced in a party, not individually. And that's the way it should be.

Agree. The term "balanced" is hugely overrated in single-player games. It's already used in the wrong manner in gaming in general, but classes definetely do not need "tight balancing" in a single-player RPG.

And I'm a system-fag.

The mayans are going to be right, aren't they?

If this shit slips right at the end - Wasteland 2, Chaos Chronicles, Project Eternity - if it all fucks up and this, our last shot at glory, is ruined, I will... I willl... fuck man, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna go rage really hard on the Codex, man. Really hard!

 

[Jaesun]

The mayans are going to be right, aren't they?

At this point yeah. The world HAS to be ending in 2012.

 

[Gakkone]

Fucking George Ziets up in this bitch

 

[Infinitron]

I hope George gets to keep his job at Obsidian after this.

 

[Jasede]

Good news!


Jaesun fucking called it with his gay man senses. He must have developed a sixth sense by consuming healthy organic vegetables from the Broadway Farmer's Market in Seattle.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Fucking awesome, is all I'm gonna say on the subject.

 

[Jasede]

Also this should made into an emote.

 

[Semper]

I have a feeling they won't use him as a stretch goal, he's not well known enough for that imho. I think they'll just annouce him as an added bonus.

Guess I was wrong.M:

New update. 2.7 million brings the Paladin and Chanter classes. 2.8 million brings George Ziets in as a writer. Couldn't care less about the additional writer, but I really hope that it hits the 2.7 million mark (the paladin class sounds awesome!)

 

[Darth Roxor]

oh my

 

[HanoverF]

Need to get a Ziets bobblehead ready in anticipation. If I like the screenshot on Thursday I'm probably gonna be a

 

[Jasede]

Fuck that Ziets guy, PALADINS!!

^
another gem by forums.obsidian.net

 

[Hobo Elf]

Will having 11 classes be hard to balance?

No, because they don't have to be equal in a 1v1 scenario. They will be balanced in a party, not individually. And that's the way it should be.

Agree. The term "balanced" is hugely overrated in single-player games. It's already used in the wrong manner in gaming in general, but classes definetely do not need "tight balancing" in a single-player RPG.

And I'm a system-fag.

It's this new breed of MMOfags, I tell ya. They are all obsessed with being able to beat any 1v1 PvP scenario against anyone with any class. This has lead them to believe that every class should be equal in every way, aka tanky support dps.

 

[Grunker]

To be honest, I'm easily more excited because of two new classes than I am because of Ziets

(though I think the Chanter sounds more interesting and unique than the Paladin)

 

[Digital Monocle]

Those Bio-drones... What's next, they want rainbow spells and abilities to match Diablo 3? They do not understand that a quality writer is an important quality. I guess people love their Super mario and their Halo/Madden 2xxx :patriot:

 

[Fryjar]

I'm curious to see what their next stretch goals are, I feel like with about a week left in the campaign if they added something truly epic (nay, MAJESTIC) at 3 million it could get more money then these somewhat tepid $100,000 stretch goals.

Announcing Jason Manley as a stretch goal for 3 million and showing just one of his painted portraits from Icewind Dale would quadruple the funding speed.

 

[Infinitron]

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/61...ns-rewards-and-more/page__st__40#entry1231852

This update is arousing me, is this normal?

Yes.

 

[Jasede]

If modern RPGs were as good in their genres as Super Mario World was in its own we wouldn't need to decry them constantly on RPG Codex.