Pathfinder Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition - now with turn-based combat

[Desiderius]

That mage dude is kinda bro. He is more neutral then evil to be fair.

He sets up shop in a convenient location, I’ll give him that.

 

[Daidre]

He sets up shop in a convenient location, I’ll give him that.

It is a devious trap. Every item you sell to him added into his shop's JSON and slowly but unavoidably increases load times for the Throne Room.

 

[rashiakas]

Yeah those milliseconds sure gonna hurt.

 

[Desiderius]

Yeah those milliseconds sure gonna hurt.

Doesn’t matter if it’s picoseconds. If you’ve got yotta in the numerator shit’s gonna drag.

 

[biggestboss]

For some reason I was under the impression that Unity had slow JSON deserialization performance but I actually had it mixed up with Unity's BinaryFormatter class (which is slow).

https://jacksondunstan.com/articles/3294

TLDR:

I wonder if modern RPGs should just stop having persistent vendor inventories since PFK (and I assume POE) both use them and have loading time issues even though Unity supposedly is pretty quick with deserialization.

 

[Atchodas]

I wonder if modern RPGs should just stop having persistent vendor inventories since PFK (and I assume POE) both use them and have loading time issues even though Unity supposedly is pretty quick with deserialization.

DOS2 has similar issue that loading times get worse towards the end of the game (however not even close to PoE2 or PFKM) so yeh they definitely should think on improving this aspect since all bigger new cRPG releases has same issue

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

The levels are not randomly generated for the main campaign.

They only feel that way. Map #34, re-used for the 567th time, with template bandits/manticores, and Nyrissa blooming yet again.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Bloody hell! I think I am beginning to realize the full extend of Nyrissa's punishment.

I am in Lamashtu's pussy, and I just spoke with the gnome again. The gnome talks about how I have so much in common with Nyrissa. What the hell, what do I have in common with Nyrissa? Is he out of his mind?

Then it dawned on me.

Spoiler

Nyrissa "sought a Kingdom", and for this hybris she was punished by the Lantern King to destroy 1000 kingdoms. In other words, Nyrissa was tasked to seek atonement BY DESTROYING PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE HER, people who wanted to be kings! Metaphorically, she had to destroy herself a thousand times over!

In addition: at the end of Chapter 7 (and now I definitely have to play Ch7 again), the Lantern King made a remark to Nyrissa that she was too obedient (I do not remember his exact words). I think his point was that she did not deserve a kingdom, because she did not have the attitude required for the position.

Therefore, not only was Nyrissa tasked to destroy "herself" a thousand times over, but this also served to remind her *a thousand times over* that she did not deserve a kingdom!

Man, this game is turning into an all time favorite for me. So much stuff going on, it is insane. I do not think I have ever seen anything like it in a game before. I have trouble accepting that this game actually exists.

Ok, let me play the devil's advocate here. For the record, that part of Nyrissa's story is not the worst part of Shitmaker writing or anything (the fucking endless invasions of shit she sends your way would be), but I think you are overrating this part. So the Lantern King is a king, so why exactly is he punishing her? They are both feys, right? What is her exact hubris? And her behavior in general (bringing all the destruction and suffering she did to Stolen Lands over the eons) makes her a twat and not a true tragic character, who would just blow their brains out or something.

 

[Efe]

if you read the text that was presented to you in game and maybe try playing optional last chapter, then these questions would be answered without any room for error.

 

[Daedalos]

Ok so, anybody know why my pet leopard is having -2 dex debuff suddenly? It was after upgrading it to lvl 4 from the druid feat.

Before you get all self-rightous

Yes, I have fully rested, Yes I have cast restoration, yes I got the pet killed and rested.

Still -2 dex.

Halp?

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

Growing in size would be my guess.

 

[Pink Eye]

Very fooking weird. It doesn't even show in the UI that it's suffering from ability damage, like Amiri. It might be a size thing?
Enlarge inflicts a -2 penalty to Dexterity
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/e/enlarge-person/.

 

[Desiderius]

Ok so, anybody know why my pet leopard is having -2 dex debuff suddenly? It was after upgrading it to lvl 4 from the druid feat.

Before you get all self-rightous

Yes, I have fully rested, Yes I have cast restoration, yes I got the pet killed and rested.

Still -2 dex.

Halp?

Yep. Size. If you look at the icon for the companion ability on your Class page it will explain what you get with the larger size. Pretty sure that’s where it is.

BTW, this is why DEX-based melee is suboptimal in general.

 

[Daedalos]

But this isn't enlarge person. THis is a special companion based feat and skill. Leopard grows in strength not a spell. It also clearly says on the skills that it DOESNT get debuff only +2 dex +2con

the funny part is, it actually says it GETS +2 dex from the upgrade...

what the hell ?

 

[Daedalos]

Here is another picture

"A 4th level size becomes medium, dex +2 con +2... "

wtf?

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Looks like a bug, it just gave u -2 DEX instead of boosting it 2. Bad luck farmer.

 

[Alphard]

Does this game work on intel integrated gpu, and does it require micromanagement during fights?

 

[Trashos]

Spoiler

Bloody hell! I think I am beginning to realize the full extend of Nyrissa's punishment.

I am in Lamashtu's pussy, and I just spoke with the gnome again. The gnome talks about how I have so much in common with Nyrissa. What the hell, what do I have in common with Nyrissa? Is he out of his mind?

Then it dawned on me.

Spoiler

Nyrissa "sought a Kingdom", and for this hybris she was punished by the Lantern King to destroy 1000 kingdoms. In other words, Nyrissa was tasked to seek atonement BY DESTROYING PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE HER, people who wanted to be kings! Metaphorically, she had to destroy herself a thousand times over!

In addition: at the end of Chapter 7 (and now I definitely have to play Ch7 again), the Lantern King made a remark to Nyrissa that she was too obedient (I do not remember his exact words). I think his point was that she did not deserve a kingdom, because she did not have the attitude required for the position.

Therefore, not only was Nyrissa tasked to destroy "herself" a thousand times over, but this also served to remind her *a thousand times over* that she did not deserve a kingdom!

Man, this game is turning into an all time favorite for me. So much stuff going on, it is insane. I do not think I have ever seen anything like it in a game before. I have trouble accepting that this game actually exists.

Ok, let me play the devil's advocate here. For the record, that part of Nyrissa's story is not the worst part of Shitmaker writing or anything (the fucking endless invasions of shit she sends your way would be), but I think you are overrating this part. So the Lantern King is a king, so why exactly is he punishing her? They are both feys, right? What is her exact hubris? And her behavior in general (bringing all the destruction and suffering she did to Stolen Lands over the eons) makes her a twat and not a true tragic character, who would just blow their brains out or something.

The Lantern King is much higher up the hierarchy than Nyrissa. You will see towards the end.

I think that Nyrissa's hybris is partly similar to Irenicus' hybris in BG2:

Spoiler

Iirc, she wanted to become an Elder. Those are the fey's Gods. But you will have to let me get to her dream dungeon again, to make sure I remember this correctly.

But there is more to it, and it ties in with what you are mentioning at the end. To seek atonement, she was tasked by the Lantern King to destroy 1000 kingdoms. By being obedient and doing so, she proves that she does not deserve a kingdom, because real kings build kingdoms, they do not just destroy kingdoms.

What was her alternative? To disobey the Lantern King. Once you get to know what the Lantern King is, you will find out that this would also be hybris. The Lantern King is not evil iirc, but he is a prankster. He put Nyrissa in a position where she is damned if she does, and she is damned if she doesn't.

 

[Trashos]

does it require micromanagement during fights?

In lower difficulties, no. In middle and higher difficulties, yes.

 

[Pink Eye]

does it require micromanagement during fights?

In lower difficulties, no. In middle and higher difficulties, yes.

Not really. Just prebuff then auto attack. Maybe throw in a pause or two depending if you need to time to reorganize, or analyze the situation.

 

[Desiderius]

Looks like a bug, it just gave u -2 DEX instead of boosting it 2. Bad luck farmer.

As usual tooltip is wrong. All enlargement reduces DEX. Leopard still is decent, but gets the least from upgrade. I’ve got an Amiri with a Leopard, I’ll load up later to confirm.

What advantages are there to a non-Linzi diplomat?

Linzi's handiwork:

 

[Alphard]

Mmh. I'm shit at controlling multiple unites at the same time. Idk if it for me. About minimum spec, would it run on a intel notebook?

 

[Pink Eye]

Mmh. I'm shit at controlling multiple unites at the same time. Idk if it for me. About minimum spec, would it run on a intel notebook?

I have no idea. Surely you can post the full specifications of your laptop, right? Anyways, here are the minimium requirements to run the game:

• 
  Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    
  • OS: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
    
  • Processor: Intel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz
    
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
    
  • Storage: 30 GB available space
    
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

 

[Desiderius]

Mmh. I'm shit at controlling multiple unites at the same time. Idk if it for me. About minimum spec, would it run on a intel notebook?

It not that big of a deal. Set it to pause each round (or more often if you like), give each toon instructions, then let em go. Can even slow down time with v key.

 

[Alphard]

Mmh. I'm shit at controlling multiple unites at the same time. Idk if it for me. About minimum spec, would it run on a intel notebook?

I have no idea. Surely you can post the full specifications of your laptop, right? Anyways, here are the minimium requirements to run the game:

• 
  Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    
  • OS: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
    
  • Processor: Intel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz
    
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
    
  • Storage: 30 GB available space
    
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

I have a better proc than that for sure, and all other as well. I'm not sure about my graphic card. Need ro check tomorrow btw