Eternity Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire + DLC Thread - now with turn-based combat!

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

Question about Sissak in Forgotten Sanctum:
Apparently I should be able to resolve this peacefully if I give him the Warden Contract. I do have this contract, but I can't give it to him, only say that I might look for it, which leads to fighting him
Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

Nobody has got any idea about this?

So I do have to fight them spiders?

 

[entr0py]

Question about Sissak in Forgotten Sanctum:
Apparently I should be able to resolve this peacefully if I give him the Warden Contract. I do have this contract, but I can't give it to him, only say that I might look for it, which leads to fighting him
Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

Nobody has got any idea about this?

So I do have to fight them spiders?

It was some time but I clearly remember I was able to do it the peaceful way. However you have to pick the right dialogue choices and pass the speech checks in order to be able to give him the contract. I chose to fight them though as its a fun fight against some pretty strong cipher enemies. Don't remember if they dropped anything good, maaaaybe a unique?

 

[Roguey]

Sawyer's text on gamer bushido

This is the dumbest assortment of words put together I have yet seen.

Do you have a problem?

 

[TT1]

AwesomeButton do you know how can I remove an item from the game?

Specifically, I want to mod this item out of the game: https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Sasha's_Singing_Scimitar

Open the items.gamedata (its a xml file) find the entry and delete it.

Of course, backup this file somewhere in case of anything goes wrong.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Lacrymas]

Now that the business with DF is over, what is their next RPG project?

 

[Quillon]

Remnants of PoE team will whip out a quick sequel and Josh will see how long he can stay employed while not actually doing anything.

 

[Lacrymas]

I'd probably make an expansion that focuses on the events after the Eothas business, now dealing the factions and their struggles with each other, peppered with who you chose to support in the main game. Or maybe make that the next game, reuse part of the map, make a reasonable amount of new maps and focus on the factions. I don't think PoE is going to be a successful franchise whatever they do, soooo.

 

[Safav Hamon]

All Pillars of Eternity 3 needs to be successful is co-op, day one console ports, and turn based designed from scratch. A better story would help too.

Given how fast they created the expansions for Deadfire with only a small inexperienced team, they could probably develop a sequel in two years.

 

[vortex]

and turn based designed from scratch.

 

[Quillon]

Given how fast they created the expansions for Deadfire with only a small inexperienced team, they could probably develop a sequel in two years.

Given how good WMs were Deadfire was gonna be epic too. What they do with expansions that are small and focused doesn't apply when it comes to making a full game.

 

[Efe]

poe 3 will be like spellforce, a rts/rpg mix.

 

[aweigh]

i enjoyed iron-manning PoE 1, had some fun doing that. I believe the farthest I got was right before entering the elf village, elm's oak i think it was called, i accidentally aggroed some witch-type enemies that could stunlock me with that druid storm spell and that was it for me.

i haven't tried iron-manning PoE 2 mostly because I think the flow fo the game is ruined by the tedious ship-sailing and the overly-big / overly-boring walking around inside Neketaka. Imagine doing 3 hours of Neketaka running around only to get ganked by a random ship-encounter while sailing, lmao.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

I generally don't understand iron man for games like these at all. It can can be, and often is, fun for h'n's and blobbers, but to go through tons of exposition, inane writing and your gay companion no.6 approves/disapproves just to enter combat after x hours and die sounds stupid af.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

. Imagine doing 3 hours of Neketaka running around only to get ganked by a random ship-encounter while sailing, lmao.

Imagine actually losing a ship fight.

 

[Sharpedge]

I did Iron man PoE 2 before that ultimate stuff was added in, not doing a full game escort quest though just for the sake of completing the challenge. Escort quests are the quests I like the least in games and that challenge to keep the child alive is pretty much just that. Why anyone would think that particular challenge is entertaining is beyond me.

 

[Imrahil]

AwesomeButton do you know how can I remove an item from the game?

Specifically, I want to mod this item out of the game: https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Sasha's_Singing_Scimitar

Out of pure curiosity, why do you want to delete that item? Completely your right of course. I've never actually used it. Seems a half decent Chanter weapon. But now I'm fascinated that I've missed something interesting about it.

 

[RaptorRex888]

How much gamer cred gamer bushido gamer honour gamer fuel do I get for playing on story mode?

 

[Prime Junta]

How much gamer cred gamer bushido gamer honour gamer fuel do I get for playing on story mode?

When somebody asked Miyamoto Musashi how he fought over 900 duels and never lost, he answered “I only fight weaker opponents.”

So that would make you Musashi tier.

 

[LESS T_T]

Another visit to Poland: http://digitaldragons.pl/programme/speakers/josh-sawyer/

Josh Sawyer
Obsidian Entertainment

Breaking the Mold: RPG Evolution and Paradigm Shifts in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Speech Description

This post-mortem of Deadfire will examine the assumptions the team made between the first game and the sequel, how expectations changed through the public beta, and what lessons they learned after the game was released. The talk will focus on narrative design, combat design, the ship combat system, and the decision to fully voice all dialogue. The end of the post-mortem will deal with post-launch support, including patches, features, and other DLC content.

15:00-15:45, May 27th.

 

[Lacrymas]

Post-mortem is a curiously apt word.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

Another visit to Poland: http://digitaldragons.pl/programme/speakers/josh-sawyer/

Josh Sawyer
Obsidian Entertainment

Breaking the Mold: RPG Evolution and Paradigm Shifts in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Speech Description

This post-mortem of Deadfire will examine the assumptions the team made between the first game and the sequel, how expectations changed through the public beta, and what lessons they learned after the game was released. The talk will focus on narrative design, combat design, the ship combat system, and the decision to fully voice all dialogue. The end of the post-mortem will deal with post-launch support, including patches, features, and other DLC content.

15:00-15:45, May 27th.

Too cute! Please tell me they twitch stream these talks!

 

[Infinitron]

Too cute! Please tell me they twitch stream these talks!

I don't think so, but a video will be published on their YouTube channel eventually: https://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalDragonsKrakow/videos

 

[Sailor Woedica]

I hope the thing they learned the most in their post-mortem is that people love their companions and systematic relationship meters aren't as cute as deep, evolving companion quests!

 

[vortex]

I hope they learned how to write better villains and their motivations.