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

[Maculo]

I am a little surprised by the April 3rd release date. At the same, PoE2 beta is far more stable than the PoE1 beta. I remember PoE1 beta being far less stable and with more crashes, weird glitches, and combat issues (targeting, immortal summons, etc.). I still foresee Obsidian needing a 2.0 or 3.0 to sort out the decisions on wounds, resting, and stats.

Unless I missed an update, I dislike the fact that you can only get wounds from being knocked out, traps, or (mis)adventure panels. I still believe certain abilities should produce wounds, such as the Titan min-boss throw. I think that could solve the issue with resting being trivial. I do not know how hard (or impossible) that would be to mod in. Additionally, modding in more restrictions on food (quantities, costs, etc.).

 

[Lacrymas]

Wounds are pathetic, you only start worrying about them when you have 3 already and I've never had 3 in the beta ever. My PotD run ended with 3 characters with 1 wound each and that's only from the last fight. Since resting is virtually unlimited, it's kind of pointless to give more incentive to rest, it's vestigial and "just there". It's so inconsequential I'm flabbergasted.

So unless Sawyer has came up with solution to everything already, this won't be ready to play on release, hell, this probably won't be even ready to play by summer.

I'm pretty sure major changes in the vein of 1.0 -> 2.0 -> 3.0 won't happen until release. At most they'll tweak the numbers of spells and abilities, maybe change a few cast times for some spells and that's it. At this point in time, it's not that bad of an idea, they really don't have time to make sweeping changes to the whole system and the combat is essentially serviceable as is. Changes need to be made, but it's going to be playable and maybe a tiny little bit enjoyable at release either way.

 

[fantadomat]

Do they have a new resting system?

 

[2house2fly]

I'd think a relic of a saint should be found by exploring, not handed out like candy just because.

Load up the xml file and mod the "St" out of the name and description

 

[Lacrymas]

Load up the xml file and mod the "St" out of the name and description

Why not make my own game if we follow that logic? I'd love that actually, give me a call when you are ready to dance, Obsidian.

 

[Quillon]

Saints are defined more clearly in Vol. II of the Guidebook (coming soon). They are individuals revered by the laity of different religions for their exemplary character and actions. Thaos would not be considered a saint because no one really knows he exists/who he is.

What is important to note is that sainthood is a popular conception. It is not conferred by the word of god nor by a religious authority's process and proclamation.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/s...rid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=381#post480657986

 

[Sensuki]

The new game's models are much more complex

More complex means even less likely to be optimized for performance

 

[frajaq]

Not sure what are you guys are panicking about. 2 months is plenty of time and Obsidian didn't have a buggy release since FNV.

Oh how soon we forget that horrible bug in PoE 1 launch where taking off certain equipment that gave bonuses crippled the character forever

I remember being really pissed off at having to restart because my main PC was basically fucked

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Oh how soon we forget that horrible bug in PoE 1 launch where taking off certain equipment that gave bonuses crippled the character forever

I remember being really pissed off at having to restart because my main PC was basically fucked

Lmao dude, if you actually had to restart, it's not because of bugs, it's because you're shit.

 

[Sentinel]

Or that bug where Raedric's Hold would crash your game and render your save forever fucked.

 

[fantadomat]

Can i have 20 cats on my ship?

 

[Jenkem]

We should be able to keep Orlans as pets. Put that Orlan baby to use!

 

[Sizzle]

We should be able to keep Orlans as pets. Put that Orlan baby to use!

Someone has to swab the decks :D

 

[Sentinel]

Will Justin Bell manage to topple this?

Spoiler

It's what I'm most curious about.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Someone has to swab the decks :D

I vote for Tim Cain - he already swabs the dicks, so how different decks can be.

 

[fantadomat]

We should be able to keep Orlans as pets. Put that Orlan baby to use!

But,but what about all the black people? Who is going to water my sugar plantation?

 

[Infinitron]

Wonder if there'll be a Fig update today.

Apparently the 2 bestiary gifs contain codes: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/95782-worldofeternity-funny-business-speculation/

BtF6nW w6Pd2u

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/95782-worldofeternity-funny-business-speculation/?p=1973053

The new string is "SHbEXB" by the way.

So in orded is BtF6nW w6Pd2u SHbEXB, six characters each.

Huh, the first of these was a GOG key for Trine 3. Coincidence? None of the others are GOG keys.

 

[Sentinel]

Trine RPG incoming.

 

[Urthor]

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/coming-soon/pc/date?page=1

So April 3 is two weeks after Ni No Kuni 2 and 1 week after Far Cry 5, but on the flipside it's well before E3 and should sail in clear winds Public relations wise. I reckon that first week of March would have been slightly better for sales but it's a question of whether the game is done in time (nope FF15 is out first week of March) . Overall April 3's a pretty good release date sales wise, Far Cry 5 is pretty big but the audience overlap won't be large.

Probably can't use the Tyranny excuse for this game of "it was released before Christmas." It's make sales at an acceptable percentage of Pillars of Eternity 1 or the RTWP experiment is dead time.

 

[Gremius]

Great news, aside from the ones about the DLCs.
I wanted just one good and big expansion, possibly post-ending or at least accessible from the main menu, instead of content like TWM which, even if it's very good, destroys the balance of the game and force me to reload an old save (which will have overleveled PCs) or start a new game and play for hours before I can even begin the DLC.
They pretty much already said they were going in this direction, but it's still pretty disappointing, considering the survey they did just months ago and how people react to it (aka we want big expansions, not many small DLCs).

I want a fucking MotB, not Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Roads.

@ObsidianEric

We are aware that players didn't like the White March story being in the middle when it was released so long after Pillars I came out. We're taking that into account for our DLC plan for Pillars II.

More AMA here

 

[Sentinel]

cut ending confirmed

 

[Urthor]

Wait is Eric Fenstermakre back at Obsidian? Or is that a different Eric

I don't see why they need to cut in DLC when they can easily just have a post game "yo sail your boat over the horizon to our generic DLC area, unlike the previous game where there was a hard ending." They have probably just made the ending more accommodating to DLCs, which probably ruled out all sorts of twist endings when you think about it.

 

[Sentinel]

that's Eric from the PR team

 

[Quillon]

More AMA here

He says backer keys for Deadfire should be available now, which were sent out just before release in the case for PoE1. I guess he's not informed well?

 

[MicoSelva]

If you want to pre-order the game (which you shouldn't, but I know the reality), GreenManGaming has it cheaper than Steam or GOG (at least for me), with additional 20% off, if you use voucher code "PAYDAY" during checkout.

The voucher code should work for everyone, but who the hell knows.