Preview Pillars of Eternity: The White March E3 2015 Preview Roundup + Screenshots

[sser]

So happy they've decided to make it turn-based.

 

[Applypoison]

Interesting choice of title. Will there be a Social Justice kit for Warriors?

 

[Thonius]

Man, the snow is kinda shitty - they really should move out of god dammit California and see the world. Look at those roof! Who build roof like that?

 

[abnaxus]

 

[DeepOcean]

can robot be waifu

This is a Sawyer game, she is a robot that need no man.

 

[One-and-a-half-Ivan]

Oh baby, you're such a pretty thing
I can't wait to introduce you to the other members of my gang.
You don't need no wax job,
You're smooth enough for me.
If you need you oil changed,
I'll do it for you free.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

Backer without addon must buy this, right? I backed on fifty... no freebie?

 

[Infinitron]

Backer without addon must buy this, right? I backed on fifty... no freebie?

'fraid so, and both parts separately too. It'd be nice if they offered some kind of backer discount (which could also extend to those who bought a Champion or Royal Edition on Steam or whatever)

badler Anthony Davis

 

[jagged-jimmy]

I am fine with it though. A lot of kickstarter devs give out too much love. People gotta eat. I'll buy it.

Spoiler

at 75%

 

[Tigranes]

The boobs are made of adra, gais, duh

 

[Cynicus]

Boobie-bot? Obs, u r doin it rong.

Spoiler

Seriously, though, some of the tweaks they are making, such as individual stealth, are going in the right direction. I hope they amp up the creature AI.

 

[Blaine]

I hope they amp up the creature AI.

Any creature AI at all that expands upon "rush to crowd around tank(s) -> if can teleport, teleport behind character with lowest max HP -> focus-fire wizard if preparing devastating AoE" would be appreciated. I can't recall encountering any significant behavior other than that during my entire playthrough, although that was immediately post-release.

 

[Cynicus]

"rush to crowd around tank(s) -> if can teleport, teleport behind character with lowest max HP -> focus-fire wizard if preparing devastating AoE"

Yeah. "Bumrushing dogpile clusterfuck" is the phrase that kept entering my mind at the time. I don't actually think it was that bad, but it did seem like routine combat had a tendency toward the robotic. Since Sawyer's system is what it is and is unlikely to change significantly, I imagine the best way to try and add some spice would be to widen the variety of behaviors both within and between enemy types. It would be an interesting experiment if nothing else.