Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

[Starwars]

Kind of a shame that you didn't go into the White March a bit earlier, there are some fun fights early on there if you are lower level. But yeah, should still be some good fights if I remember it correctly.

 

[Projas]

That's pretty overleveled for White March. Unless you are gonna use the scaling.

 

[Lacrymas]

I'm level 8. Isn't White March 7-ish?

 

[Projas]

Yeah, my bad. I read "level 10 of Caed Nua" as you being level 10 at Caed Nua.

 

[Lacrymas]

I wanted to finish as much of Od Nua as I could before tackling White March, I cleared level 11 just now and I think it's time for WM. It's giving me the option to scale it, though, by how much does it scale?

 

[Projas]

It should be by 33%. Doing it at level 8 without scaling should be fine though, I think.

 

[cannondwarf]

Prepare your anus for the Lagufaeth then

 

[Lacrymas]

I scaled it since my main char is level 9, literally got to that in the last fight on the 11th floor of Od Nua.

 

[AwesomeButton]

I thought the Engwithan teaching has an intellect or lore check to be successful. I don't remember the quest itself in details. But I didn't remember successfully speaking to the vampires in Od Nua either.

 

[Lacrymas]

I spoke to the orlan slave in Stalwart, I'm disappointed that I didn't have a special response due to my own former slave status OR as a priest of Skaen. Also, what's up with the excessive amounts of VO lol.

 

[Sizzle]

I thought the Engwithan teaching has an intellect or lore check to be successful. I don't remember the quest itself in details. But I didn't remember successfully speaking to the vampires in Od Nua either.

Nope, you learn it from Icantha during the course of the Undying Heritage quest.

And you can only talk to the vampire (as well as read the wall carvings in Clîaban Rilag and Lle a Rhemen) in Od Nua if you finished that quest beforehand.

 

[almondblight]

I spoke to the orlan slave in Stalwart, I'm disappointed that I didn't have a special response due to my own former slave status OR as a priest of Skaen. Also, what's up with the excessive amounts of VO lol.

I play without the voice overs because I've found the voice acting to be between "meh" and "bad." For example, the first guy that talks to you when you enter Gilded Vale seems to have at least a somewhat understandable position when you just read the text, but when you listen to him talk he's acting like a cartoonish villain.

 

[Iznaliu]

And you can only talk to the vampire (as well as read the wall carvings in Clîaban Rilag and Lle a Rhemen) in Od Nua if you finished that quest beforehand.

Does the vampire sparkle?

 

[Haplo]

I scaled it since my main char is level 9, literally got to that in the last fight on the 11th floor of Od Nua.

Well, scaled WM1 at level 9/8... I think I did the same. Should be good fun!
One small hint: even though the Battery is recommended to be tackled last, there is an exterior area that can be easily explored early.

 

[Parabalus]

Damn, spiritshifted Hiravias is insane. Even with his shitty attributes, because his Staelgar form has higher base dmg than normal, he just runs around mauling people for 150-200 a pop with no recovery. With Wildstrike talents+belt and fire chant he ends up doing more than half of his damage as lash.

 

[Lacrymas]

I play without the voice overs because I've found the voice acting to be between "meh" and "bad." For example, the first guy that talks to you when you enter Gilded Vale seems to have at least a somewhat understandable position when you just read the text, but when you listen to him talk he's acting like a cartoonish villain.

The VO is uniformly terrible tbh, they are just speaking their lines rather than going in-character so it all sounds artificial. Not that there's any character to go into, but whatevs. Even the protagonist and adventurer voice sets are absolutely awful, I hate the way half of them speak. The "sinister" voice set I chose for my character sounds like an ancient, shriveled lady, a stereotypical old witch; the paladin's voice I chose sounds like Ashley from Mass Effect, I think it's the exact same voice actress and it's kinda cringey; the barbarian sounds like he's choking on rocks stuck in his throat (or a dick). It seems 90% of NPCs in Stalwart are voiced, so it's even worse.

 

[Prime Junta]

The lady doing the VO for the protag has an awful, awful S.

 

[Parabalus]

They could have added all their VO from NWN2, those were pretty okayish if very stereotypical.

Finished TWM2 at level 9 and got the tempered ending, always managed to muck that one up before but I finally got it.

Still have to decide whom to sacrifice to the blood pool, who do you guys think is least likely to make a cameo in Deadfire?
At the end of PoE you also have a rather impressive set of earned talents, I wonder how much of those they will honor in the sequel.

 

[Sizzle]

Still have to decide whom to sacrifice to the blood pool, who do you guys think is least likely to make a cameo in Deadfire?

Grieving Mother is the one I least expect to make an appearance.

At the end of PoE you also have a rather impressive set of earned talents, I wonder how much of those they will honor in the sequel.

They really should. It's like a little bonus for all the people that are importing their characters over from PoE1. None of these are too OP, but they are nice, the player earned them and should continue making use of them in the sequel.

 

[Lacrymas]

They said some of the talents will make an appearance, but they might be different.

 

[Sannom]

Probably, yeah. Kind of how the ring of Arcane Might changed effects between BG1 and BG2, when twice the number of 1st level spells didn't seem that impressive anymore.

 

[Lacrymas]

I most expect Sagani to make a cameo, since we are near Naasitaq anyway (if not literally go there), she's the most useful sacrifice, though. Durance, Grieving Mother, probably all of WM's companions (I'm certain the Devil won't) and probably Hiravias I don't expect to have cameos.

 

[Quillon]

I expect Durance cameo, he's too related not to make one tho depends if Obs wanna continue an MCA character and if Eric is writing anything other than Eder, otherwise him being one of the returning companions could have been a no brainer. Sagani cameo depends on their DLC plans; if they'll make Naasitaq DLC there won't be any need to see her in the base game.

 

[Sizzle]

I most expect Sagani to make a cameo, since we are near Naasitaq anyway (if not literally go there)

I expect Naasitaq to be a DLC (though that would be a little too reminiscent of TWM, so they might not go in that direction because of that), if not a full expansion, and Sagani to be a recruitable NPC there.

she's the most useful sacrifice, though.

:D

Durance, Grieving Mother, probably all of WM's companions (I'm certain the Devil won't) and probably Hiravias I don't expect to have cameos.

Agreed. They could potentially pop up, put there really isn't a reason for any of them to.

 

[Lacrymas]

Outside Sagani, Durance is the most likely and the most logical one to come back due to Eothas (he might feel he didn't finish his job, and I'll be the first one to help him do it, I like my dead characters staying dead), but I'm 99% certain he won't because of MCA's departure. Unless someone is willing to desiccate and butcher his character, of course.