Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

 

[Infinitron]

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/86041-when-is-the-next-patch-coming-out/?p=1814558

To update you on this. Assuming nothing goes wrong, we should have our 3.03 patch up for Beta by this week.

 

[adddeed]

Which of these two ways would be more fun to replay the game. Solo on Easy setting, or Full party on Hard?

 

[Ninjerk]

Solo on PotD

 

[adddeed]

Nah I don't like when games artificially buff enemies for higher settings making them damage sponges. I like how in Pillars Easy-Med-Hard only changes mob composition instead.

 

[Ninjerk]

Ironically, you are going to get the opposite effect that you intend by sticking to your dichotomy there. In Solo PotD, enemies aren't just "artificially" made into damage sponges. You have to actually plan your character to not just deal damage, but especially to avoid cascading defense failures to advance (there's also a trolly little xaurip on the bridge map that ended a couple of Triple Crown runs for me because he was quite simply unavoidable without approaching the bridge map from unconventional sides on the map). Quite simply, it requires you interface fully with all of the game mechanics far more meaningfully than a difficulty mode that "artificially" weakens enemies to the point of triviality or leaves it up to party presence.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Nah I don't like when games artificially buff enemies for higher settings making them damage sponges.

It doesn't feel like they are buffed at all. If you are not very overleveled, combat will feel 'normal' on PotD.

 

[Roguey]

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/82442-when-can-we-expect-the-novella/#entry1814730

The plan is to release the novella along side our 3.03 patch. Sorry it took us so long.

Sounds like they're crossing the ts and dotting the i's.

Sking,

can you either confirm or deny that 3.03 is going to be the last patch for this game?

Haha, oh... you.

Or not..?

(If they put this one up on their site I'm still playing it anyway, barring sudden game-ruining bugs)

 

[Infinitron]

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/86041-when-is-the-next-patch-coming-out/?p=1815053

Hey guys/gals,

More updates. I found a few significant issues with our build today. We've fixed them and are now compiling another build. We are hoping for a Beta update later today, but we may be forced to delay until early next week.

Sorry peeps

-Sking

 

[Dux]

I haven't played PoE yet but the time is drawing near for a playthrough. Here's my question, though: is it worth waiting until I get The White March expansion? I haven't bought it yet and I'm still unsure about it. The reason I'm unsure is because I don't exactly love Icewind Dale. I mean, I can appreciate that game on some levels but largely I'm just indifferent about it. Additionally, I absolutely LOATHE Icewind Dale II. I've heard that The White March share some characteristics with the Icewind Dale series. So, should I buy it or no? Does it add something to the story that I would miss out on by just playing the base game?

 

[Prime Junta]

I haven't played PoE yet but the time is drawing near for a playthrough. Here's my question, though: is it worth waiting until I get The White March expansion? I haven't bought it yet and I'm still unsure about it. The reason I'm unsure is because I don't exactly love Icewind Dale. I mean, I can appreciate that game on some levels but largely I'm just indifferent about it. Additionally, I absolutely LOATHE Icewind Dale II. I've heard that The White March share some characteristics with the Icewind Dale series. So, should I buy it or no? Does it add something to the story that I would miss out on by just playing the base game?

I say go with the base game and play some way into Chapter 2. If you decide by then that you like it, buy the expansions and jump into them. If you decide you don't like it, the expansions are unlikely to change your mind about it and you'll save a few bucks.

 

[Sizzle]

Does it add something to the story that I would miss out on by just playing the base game?

It expands a bit on the themes present in the original, but I wouldn't call it essential. Still, it's better than the base game in several ways - harder encounters, better use of your Witcher abilities in quests, more skill (and even spell and feat) checks, more CYOA screens.

But, like Prime Junta said, try to play the base game (with the latest patch - it changed quite a lot of things for the better), if you like it, odds are you'll like TWM as well. And, except that both of them take place in a snow-covered land, it really isn't that similar to Icewind Dale.

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

Witcher abilities

 

[Sizzle]

Witcher abilities

 

[Dux]

I say go with the base game and play some way into Chapter 2. If you decide by then that you like it, buy the expansions and jump into them. If you decide you don't like it, the expansions are unlikely to change your mind about it and you'll save a few bucks.

It expands a bit on the themes present in the original, but I wouldn't call it essential. Still, it's better than the base game in several ways - harder encounters, better use of your Witcher abilities in quests, more skill (and even spell and feat) checks, more CYOA screens.

But, like Prime Junta said, try to play the base game (with the latest patch - it changed quite a lot of things for the better), if you like it, odds are you'll like TWM as well. And, except that both of them take place in a snow-covered land, it really isn't that similar to Icewind Dale.

Thanks for the sage advice. I feel less hesitant about the expansion now. If PoE manages to intrigue me, I'll buy it.

 

[Bubbles]

New beta patch: https://forums.obsidian.net/blog/7/entry-193-update-notes-303/

Update Notes: 3.03
Posted by BAdler , in Patch Notes 01 June 2016 · 264 views

Here are the update notes for Update 3.03.

General

• Enemies no longer gain increased shield Deflection and Reflex bonuses when you and save and load in a creature's area.
• Improved the performance of snow footprint VFX.
• Biography now correctly updates after collecting springberries.
• Characters no longer slide across the ground when commanded to move when getting up from prone.

Spells and Abilities

• Chanter buffs and heals now affect the chanter.
• Combusting Wounds now correctly adds damage.
• Shadowing Beyond and the Strike abilities now correctly gain a bonus from Backstab.
• Druids can now use Second Wind and Outlander’s Frenzy when spiritshifted.
• Unbending now gives the correct amount of health.

Areas

• Fixed an issue where NPCs would not turn hostile after some conversations.
• Ogres no longer become hostile after transitioning out and back in the Russetwood cave.
• Sul no longer attacks her own pride.
• Nesta now despawns if the Tax Evasion quest is resolved by returning to the town immediately.
• NPCs no longer become hostile when saving and loading in Noonfrost.

Items

• Mourning Gloves no longer give permanent buffs.
• Spell Striking Weapons no longer proc twice on crits.
• Combusting Wounds granted by Spellholding now correctly rolls to hit.
• Executioner’s Hood Accuracy bonus now applies correctly in all situations.
• The item Snef’s Folly will no longer disappear after transitioning.

Rogue

• Riposte: In addition to triggering on 20% of Misses, it should also trigger on 30% of Grazes.
• Escape: Using Escape should give the rogue a temporary (base 10s) boost to Deflection and Reflexes (+25).
• Adept Evasion: It should be changed to convert 75% of Reflex Grazes to Misses and 50% of Reflex Hits to Grazes.
• Fearsome Strike: Affliction durations increased to base 15s.
• Smoke Cloud: Increase the AoE radius by 33% and the Distracted duration by 50%.
• Withering Strike damage increased to +50%.
• Shadow Step can now be canceled early, and grants a 20% damage boost.

Barbarian

• Barbaric Yell and Barbaric Shout should be set to zero recovery.
• Thick-Skinned: Increase bonuses to +3 (from +2).
• Heart of Fury: Switch to 1/Encounter.
• Echoing Shout: Switch to Foe-only.
• One Stands Alone now triggers when enemies are nearby, instead of only being triggers when the barbarian is engaged.

One-Handed Style

• One-Handed Style: Change to the Graze to Hit conversion (30%) to a Hit to Crit conversion (15%).
• One-Handed Style: No longer works while using a shield.

Enemies no longer gain increased shield Deflection and Reflex bonuses when you and save and load in a creature's area.

Chanter buffs and heals now affect the chanter.

NPCs no longer become hostile when saving and loading in Noonfrost.

Mourning Gloves no longer give permanent buffs.

Spell Striking Weapons no longer proc twice on crits.

The item Snef’s Folly will no longer disappear after transitioning.

One-Handed Style: No longer works while using a shield.

Heart of Fury: Switch to 1/Encounter.

One Stands Alone now triggers when enemies are nearby, instead of only being triggers when the barbarian is engaged.

lol

 

[Roguey]

Rogues and barbarians got buffs, and they fixed the gamebreaking bug. Hyped.

 

[Atchodas]

• Riposte: In addition to triggering on 20% of Misses, it should also trigger on 30% of Grazes.
• Escape: Using Escape should give the rogue a temporary (base 10s) boost to Deflection and Reflexes (+25).

Finally , now rogue with Bashing Shield will be a thing

 

[Infinitron]

http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/145308870511/poe-has-effects-that-give-you-a-chance-to-go

melnorme asked: PoE has effects that give you a % chance to go from Miss to Graze, or Graze to Hit, or Hit to Crit. Those effects aren't intuitive as they might seem - they suffer from diminishing returns in a very direct way. It may actually be worth reducing your Accuracy to benefit from them more. Now I'm not against that, but looking at your past decisions I'm surprised you didn't substitute them with an effect that gives you all three at once (ie, a % chance to go up from one level of hitting to the next).

All of those effects were designed for players who like to fiddle with math. Of the three “upgrade” effects, only Miss to Graze regularly sees diminishing returns. You need a 35 point Accuracy advantage to start chipping away at Graze to Hit. If you have that big of an advantage, you’re doing pretty well and you probably have a good handle on what’s going on, mathematically.

 

[prodigydancer]

• One-Handed Style: Change to the Graze to Hit conversion (30%) to a Hit to Crit conversion (15%).
• One-Handed Style: No longer works while using a shield.

I'm not sure if I support these changes. Basically, it's yet another "Mental Binding is OP so let's nerf cipher focus generation" arbitrary nerf that does little to solve the problem at hand. Sword-and-board builds may be a little OP due to high Def but they're also boring as hell which to me looks like a fair tradeoff. Nerfing OHS doesn't address high Def at all and on its own OHS has always been inferior to DW. Change from graze->hit to hit->crit makes sense for a high Acc weapon style but 15% chance? Pff.

 

[Roguey]

http://steamspy.com/app/291650

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This is bullshit, Absurdian Paradox. Information wants to be free. RIP SteamSpy

 

[LESS T_T]

Absurdian.

It's Paradoxical.

 

[Infinitron]

http://steamspy.com/app/291650

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This is bullshit, Absurdian. Information wants to be free. RIP SteamSpy

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[Roguey]

What's the last number you saw?

It kept going slightly over and under 700,000.

 

[LESS T_T]

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