Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

[Bonerbill]

a lot of you fags here have bad taste in characters.

 

[Beastro]

Grieving Mother is boring as fuck.

The baby...

The baby....

The baby.....

 

[eXalted]

If you're playing with a party, meh not really. It can give a small tactical advantage at times but is IMO not generally speaking worth it; put those points into Survival instead and get those sweet, sweet bonuses.

Alright, thanks. I really hate the move slower the whole game so you can find all the hidden stuff lazy approach. So nice that it can be tweaked with the IE Mod. Better than constantly toggling the stealth and fast modes.

 

[FreeKaner]

If you're playing with a party, meh not really. It can give a small tactical advantage at times but is IMO not generally speaking worth it; put those points into Survival instead and get those sweet, sweet bonuses.

Alright, thanks. I really hate the move slower the whole game so you can find all the hidden stuff lazy approach. So nice that it can be tweaked with the IE Mod. Better than constantly toggling the stealth and fast modes.

I am fairly confident detecting hidden objects is based on perception and mechanics, not stealth. It was something like PER/2 + Mechanics if I remember correctly.

 

[Haplo]

Mechanics, yes. But effective detection mechanics score is far higher in stealth (+search) mode. You'll only pass very easy detection checks out of stealth mode.

 

[FreeKaner]

Mechanics, yes. But effective detection mechanics score is far higher in stealth (+search) mode. You'll only pass very easy detection checks out of stealth mode.

Yes but your level of stealth has no effect on it. Wasn't eXalted asking about putting points in stealth? Just having a party member who puts all points in mechanics and scouts once in a while will find everything.

 

[Infinitron]

I am fairly confident detecting hidden objects is based on perception and mechanics, not stealth. It was something like PER/2 + Mechanics if I remember correctly.

Pretty sure it's just Mechanics

 

[Lacrymas]

Do companion paladins get any benefit from Deep Faith?

 

[Prime Junta]

Do companion paladins get any benefit from Deep Faith?

Yes. Their defences progress by level, as if their faith was... deepening.

 

[Grunker]

as if their faith was... deepening.

 

[Lacrymas]

Yes. Their defences progress by level, as if their faith was... deepening.

Oh, I meant Faith and Conviction, but I assume that's what you are talking about anyway? It increases their bonuses depending on level rather than disposition?

 

[Quillon]

I am fairly confident detecting hidden objects is based on perception and mechanics, not stealth. It was something like PER/2 + Mechanics if I remember correctly.

Pretty sure it's just Mechanics

Well they removed scouting effecting finding stuff but I think it still have a little effect as things were revealing without scouting for me(v3.05) but sometimes just as I entered scouting things were revealed. Someone in Obs forums said, scouting adds a little bonus to perception so this is why it happens

 

[Lacrymas]

Are there any good items from finding stuff or is it all little bonuses?

 

[Sizzle]

Are there any good items from finding stuff or is it all little bonuses?

There are some - especially in TWM - excellent items you can only find with sufficiently high mechanics

 

[Lacrymas]

There are some - especially in TWM - excellent items you can only find with sufficiently high mechanics

In TWM..... of course, how could I think otherwise ;d Now I'm debating with myself whether to continue my BG playthrough (I just began BG2) or play PoE now so I don't remember how vastly superior BG2 is (with SCS).

 

[Lacrymas]

Btw, here's something new and potentially helpful for some people -

 

[CptMace]

Mods fixed its vast superiority.

Kidding aside, the cool stuff is in TWN TWM yeah. And unfortunately, TWM essentially ruins the last part of the base game (which was already the weakest part...). I guess the good side of this is that you get to play through TWM at mid-level and can stop after you're done with it. Unless you want to unveil the story of the base game but spoiler alert, it's disappointing.

 

[Lacrymas]

Mods fixed its vast superiority.

I'm all for mods fixing PoE, too. :p

 

[Iznaliu]

I'm all for mods fixing PoE, too. :p

Make one if you can't find what you've looking for.

 

[Lacrymas]

I doubt PoE will inspire modders to mod it as extensively as BG1/2 (can you even mod it to the extent of SCS?), it doesn't have that "magic touch" to arouse nerd fervor. There's no waifu like Aerie either lol.

 

[eXalted]

As far as I know, it's very hard to mod ----> Unity.

The IE Mod uses some kind of DLL injections and shaeninigans.

 

[FreeKaner]

Are there any good items from finding stuff or is it all little bonuses?

There is tidebringer, a unique two-handed sword that is an enabler for a lot of builds. It's in the dragon cave in searing falls hidden behind 12 mechanics in a pile.

 

[Haplo]

Tidefall. And you need 10 mechanics (including tavern buffs and items, were you so lucky to find the +2 gloves).
It is indeed one of the top two-handers in the game and obtainable as soon as level 6 (if you can defeat its guardian and pass the mechanics check).

 

[cannondwarf]

Does anyone know if Armored Grace stacks fully with Durgan Steel on weapons/armor? I'll probably respec and take something else if most of the talent goes to waste

 

[Haplo]

I believe it stacks.. or it's an apples/oranges kind of bonus. Anyway should be worthwile to have both for heavier armor types.