Pillars of Eternity Beta Discussion [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Infinitron]

Just Lyric Suite doing a drive-by in GRPG, nothing to see here folks

 

[Sensuki]

BTW if any of you guys have any critiques about the character or armor models, feel free to PM me your critiques and I will "relay" the information to the relevant party

Dimitri's after stuff that's out of proportion/looks bad etc etc

Dimitri br0ness :

Right now I am adding more hair variants (male & female) and facial hair, after which will do a polish on Godlike heads based on some forum feedback. It should be in the next update.

Apparently a lot of the calf sizes and muscle sizes are a bit off, be as critical as you like.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Just Lyric Suite doing a drive-by in GRPG, nothing to see here folks

Right on, scum fags.

 

[Duraframe300]

Holy shit, this is the biggest Codex meltdown since the announcement of Obsidian's South Park game.

Nope, Wasteland 2 thread at its lowest point was still worse. Although that seemingly came from fewer people. More concentrated.

Yeah, but for the occassional super breakdown like mrakvampire currently has its not that interesting.

 

[Gord]

After excessive playing of the D:OS beta all I can add here is not to take balancing issues and bugs/glitches too much to heart this early in the beta (unless maybe you, say, more or less predicted a feature-complete, bug-free, smooth beta, which might or might not be embarrassing) - they should be reported and discussed of course, but they aren't necessarily an indication of the final product quality.
More fundamental issues (of which there seem to be some) are a different beast of course, but even then it's sometimes hard to tell what will happen during the beta phase.


P.S.: It's really a pity that we don't get a Volly vs Roguey battle in this thread. So sad that the latter is refusing to partake in the discussions here...

 

[Onholyservicebound]

What a train wreck.

I wish I had a brain like yours, life would be a lot easier if I could rely on internet forums to make my judgements for me.

Cry more, buttfag.

I'm not going to lose any sleep over the fact that you're a retard.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

P.S.: It's really a pity that we don't get a Volly vs Roguey battle in this thread. So sad that the latter is refusing to partake in the discussions here...

I think Roguey prefers dishing it out to taking it... and was hoping things would be looking a bit better at this stage compared to Larian/Inxile who he relentlessly mocked

This isn't an inXile/Larian beta. The goal sounds like a release candidate-quality demo for getting UI and systems feedback. Once we're in August, it's nothing but testing and polishing from here on out with no additional content creation.

 

[Athelas]

That's technically...true - they're not making anymore content, just fixing bugs. There just are A LOT of bugs.

The current speed of combat appears to be very different from the more slower-paced E3 demo, by the way. Or maybe that's just me.

 

[Grotesque]

I already gave my extra WL2 Steam keys away to my non-Codex RPG-playing friends, so who wants this? The recipient will be randomly selected, although a known history of chowing down on Josh's trouser dragon a little too hard is a disqualifying factor, so bear that in mind.

Edit" How much you spent on Wasteland 2 Torment so they gave you a free beta key?

 

[bonescraper]

First of all, nobody will actually use 3 int on a spellcaster so it's pointless to make it viable.

That's cute. I don't know how much it affects spell duration, but judging by that AoE difference alone, i probably wouldn't raise it above 3.

I think most of you people without beta access have some major misconceptions about attributes in this game. So, for future reference:

Strength Might: +2% per point.

Constitution: +2% per point

Dexterity: +1 per point

Perception: +3% per point

Intellect: +5% per point

Resolve: +3% per point

With that being known. Can spells miss? If not, Dexterity and Perception (and possibly Intellect) confirmed as dump stats for mages.

 

[Infinitron]

I already gave my extra WL2 Steam keys away to my non-Codex RPG-playing friends, so who wants this? The recipient will be randomly selected, although a known history of chowing down on Josh's trouser dragon a little too hard is a disqualifying factor, so bear that in mind.

How much you spent on Wasteland 2 so they gave you a free beta key?

I think you need take a closer look at the first sentence in that email

and the last paragraph here: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...-update-54-release-date-september-19th.93736/

With that being known. Can spells miss?

Yes. Spells are subject to missing, damage threshold, and every single mechanic that affects standard attacks.

P.S. You're still talking about the game

 

[Grunker]

P.S. You're still talking about the game

yeah but he's doing it, indifferent-like

 

[bonescraper]

P.S. You're still talking about the game

And you're still a pretentious shitslurper.

 

[DosBuster]

Why did I spend $25 on this.. not saying anything against the quality of the game of course! Minus the combat issues, I really like the writing! Just.. I should of waited.

 

[purpleblob]

Hey guys, just want to say thanks for all the info and great job, especially Sensuki. Hope you guys help fix this game before the release. It's the only game I'm looking forward to.

 

[Harold]

While I was playing the backer beta, Josh Sawyer broke into my house, raped my girlfriend, killed my dog and pissed on my carpet. But it's not like I give a fuck or anything, I'm just sayin', you know.

 

[Sensuki]

Guys, for those of you that are playing. Can you please answer some questions for me:

In the Dyrford Crossing EXTERIOR (not the cave or the dungeon under the statue) is there anything but a few hostile encounters with beetles? Are there any corpses to loot? Any hidden stashes? Did you meet any neutral NPCs?

 

[msxyz]

Obsidian went too far with the gameplay mechanics and tried to reinvent the wheel. Too bad their innovation came up in the form of a square wheel!

Even if nobody expected them to follow too closely the 2nd and 3rd edition D&D, at least they should have studied more closely the strenght of the miriads of D20 system perfcted in the last thirty years.

At this point, as a backer, I'd rather have the game pushed back one year rather than playing it with this half assed implementation.

 

[Infinitron]

Guys, for those of you that are playing. Can you please answer some questions for me:

In the Dyrford Crossing EXTERIOR (not the cave or the dungeon under the statue) is there anything but a few hostile encounters with beetles? Are there any corpses to loot? Any hidden stashes? Did you meet any neutral NPCs?

Shouldn't you know this? Did you give your account to somebody from Obsidian?

 

[Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

How long is beta?

 

[Sensuki]

No, it would just save me having to roll a character and play it again myself.

From memory there was literally nothing in the exterior but some beetle encounters. That's horrible / lazy area design for a Wilderness Area.

If that's the case, my next suggestion thread will be about that and how much more varied the BG1 Wilderness areas were encounter wise.

 

[Ulminati]

At this point, as a backer, I'd rather have the game pushed back one year rather than playing it with this half assed implementation.

Another 12 monts and 1200 pages of Roguey fellating Josh? Please, God, no.

 

[MasterSmithFandango]

Obsidian went too far with the gameplay mechanics and tried to reinvent the wheel. Too bad their innovation came up in the form of a square wheel!

Even if nobody expected them to follow too closely the 2nd and 3rd edition D&D, at least they should have studied more closely the strenght of the miriads of D20 system perfcted in the last thirty years.

At this point, as a backer, I'd rather have the game pushed back one year rather than playing it with this half assed implementation.

This is not the first wheel-based incident with Obsidian.

They will never learn.

 

[bonescraper]

With that being known. Can spells miss?

Yes. Spells are subject to missing, damage threshold, and every single mechanic that affects standard attacks. Consistency!

You haven't played the beta, yet you're pulling shit out of your ass. Again. You can't miss in this game. Like, at all.

This is my amazing test wizard.

Shit accuracy or bad roll means lower damage (graze). But my high Might (20) seems to compensate for low Dexterity (3). Dat BALANCE! You truly can't make a shit build, even if you wanted to. You can raise your attributes blindfolded. Wow. Such design. So ballanced.

 

[Infinitron]

You can miss, graze, hit, or critical hit.

Missing and critting are relatively rare.

You truly can't make a shit build, even if you wanted to.

Yeah, dude, that's kind of the point. That's been a design goal since day 1.