Eternity Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pre-DLC Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

[pomenitul]

I'm kind of shocked at how reasonable this thread has been so far. What the fuck is going on?

 

[Belegarsson]

I'm kind of shocked at how reasonable this thread has been so far. What the fuck is going on?

It's the codex's honeymoon phase just like DOS2, give it 2-3 weeks and people will dig deep enough to shit on it. Meanwhile, enjoy your stay and the game

 

[2house2fly]

good thing the god of balance still enforces the "combat only" on abilities. wouldn't want anyone to have any kind of fun by actually preparing an ambush in the non sawyer-sanctioned manner. setting down a moonwell before combat begins in earnest? DAS SEIN NEIN BALANCIERT!

Since there are combat and non-combat spells this will probably be moddable

 

[unfairlight]

I do find it quite funny, that obsidian chose to make the watcher into basically a pirate.

They are not the first.

But it has at least some explanation: "With that eyepatch you look like a pirate, lets send you on mission between pirates."

I'm kinda amazed that Risen 2 still looks pretty damn good. Draw distance isn't the best but the art design overall I think was really well done. I think I might buy it and replay it after the Steam summer sale. It arguably looks better than Elex, but Elex was also lower budget I think.

 

[Maculo]

I'm kind of shocked at how reasonable this thread has been so far. What the fuck is going on?

I would wait until more people finish the critical path. I think it is fair to say that PoE2 has improved on many fronts, but I predict that the main story, UI, and ship combat will constitute the largest hangups for many Codexers.

 

[Shadenuat]

Remember they claim the AI has been redone from the bottom up.

Well with the cool lightning and shadows effects I often still fail to realise what exactly good just happened from AI side after party gets some massive damage. While the effects themselves are better, the overall combat pacing and status effects still often turn everything into total clusterfuck. My default speed in combat is 0, with speed 1 for the end of combat, and others I don't even use. Speed 1 would have been solid after some reworking and making effects like death animations more fluid and reminds me of actual standard IE speed.

Naturally I micro every character's round like in TB game, before select>left click when enemies are close to dead.

The rogues work well - aside from the fact that I'm not sure there is any way to counter them reliably, except packing good defence or just blocking enemies in a tight space. Ranged enemies seem to just lock onto something lightly armored and shoot it at all times. Melees idk, I just tend CC'ing them to death and don't allow 'em much space. Casters... idk. Sometimes they figure out something but they're not and never will be SCS casters.

 

[ArchAngel]

Yeah the buff descriptions are a maze. I think they figured most casuals don’t want to work with numbers or specifics anyway. Then you have Attribute Resistances, but you don’t know what debuffs those resistances defend against until you open another window. At least it’s all there.

Such decline to complain about stuff like this. If you played BG and didn't know D&D rules you had to get your game book you got with a game and read how stuff works there, there was no ingame explanation what is a Save vs Wands and how it works exactly.

 

[Darth Roxor]

oh dear

 

[Infinitron]

Lol somebody should report that as a bug and make badler's head explode

 

[Maculo]

Darth Roxor is playing a human ranger? I half expected an Orlan barbarian or fighter.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

So you prefer a fake plot urgency that doesn't actually mean anything when you're playing the game? :galaxybrain:

This isn't such a binary issue though, have plot urgency or not have it. Plot urgency is always fake by the definition. The world may be on fire, but I can just save the game. The world will be still there, waiting, if I decide to play again 5 years later.

But you can, and should, aim to create an illusion of urgency that doesn't have the player stretch his suspense of disbelief too much.

And so far I gotta say Deadfire pulls that of well. The plot so far is an investigation, and that's a solid way to keep pulling the player towards the main plot without forcing things onto him.

 

[Daedalos]

Man I tried to best that underground ruin cave shit in Neketaka, shits brutal at lvl 7 ;x

I like the challenges.

Also, ship combat is kind of retarded and unneeded

 

[Space Satan]

WHY SO MUCH NIGGERS?
I can't feel empathy for, like, half of PoEII population because they are fucking niggers!

 

[Once more unto the Codex]

WHY SO MUCH NIGGERS?
I can't feel empathy for, like, half of PoEII population because they are fucking niggers!

Dumbfuck walks into a bar in Guangzhou: WHY SO MUCH SLANT EYE?

 

[Prime Junta]

Oo sea shanties! Guess my crew is happy.



Kinda ironic that the shanties recorded by a bunch of guys who can't sing have tons more atmosphere than the fully orchestrated stuff.

Edit: found a better one

 

[Darth Roxor]

relevant

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Lacrymas

Looks like orchestration for the first game has been done by someone else. YouTube credits Ryan Humphrey. Deadfire soundtrack credits Justin Bell for everything.

So there you have it.

 

[Pizzashoes]

WHY SO MUCH NIGGERS?
I can't feel empathy for, like, half of PoEII population because they are fucking niggers!

I'm trying to weaken all the native monster races and then let the Vailians swoop in and take control. Divide and conquer. Actually, maybe I'll try to weaken the Vailians, too. The Aedyran Empire will rise to prominence again.

 

[fantadomat]

Hahahahaha love it when a game lets you to pickpocket someone's head.

 

[fantadomat]

I'm getting pretty annoying that I'm losing -15 morale for working with an injury every few seconds despite the fact that I have no injuries on my characters or on my crew. Fuck...

It is not you mate,it is one of your crew. You have to take them from their job and put them in space down right. It is in the ship management inventory.

 

[Maculo]

How is the Orlan companion? I have not run into him just yet. Of all the companions, I thought he would potentially be the most annoying.

 

[Prime Junta]

How is the Orlan companion? I have not run into him just yet. Of all the companions, I thought he would potentially be the most annoying.

He's pretty cool actually. Practical-minded and down-to-earth. For a pirate anyway.

 

[Mazisky]

Game is fun, ship combat is boring and unneeded. Is there a way to skip it at all? Don't wanna leave many quests involving attacking ships.

 

[Seethe]

Man I tried to best that underground ruin cave shit in Neketaka, shits brutal at lvl 7 ;x

I like the challenges.

Also, ship combat is kind of retarded and unneeded

I was expecting to actually see the damn ship in battle. It feels like one of those cheap browser games.

 

[Parabalus]

You can get permadeath on yourself or on your companions (with no prior wounds) if an enemy uses a chunking spell/power .

Finally found a unique war bow - it shoots 3 ice projectiles, with more and in an AoE on crits, looks cool af . It's available really early too

Spoiler

woods west of Neketaka

Anyone found a unique hunting bow or soulbound ranged?

Game is fun, ship combat is boring and unneeded. Is there a way to skip it at all? Don't wanna leave many quests involving attacking ships.

Just press 1 repeatedly, then when <70 meters press 3 to board. Enemy will fiddle around, rarely will they even shoot.