Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

[Haplo]

I disagree with the Int effectiveness assessment. Duration is one thing (although doubling short base durations is not bad at all), but more important is the aoe radius. Very important in a game which constantly throws hordes of enemies your way. It's even the most important stats for many Barbarian builds (Carnage aoe range + Frenzy duration). And for wizards its doubly important, as not only does it increase the duration and aoes of their spells, but many of their spells have friendly fire. Well, not so in the Intelligence enlarged aoe ring. So with Int you can position huge aoes, safe for your comrades.

Dex affects action speed, so is hardly a dump stat either, except maybe for dual-wielders which can get near 0 Recovery easily anyway. I'd say it's particularly important for casters though, especially ones without Deleterous Alacricity of Motion (I don't count pots).

 

[Iznaliu]

They're not changing everything, just making a few significant quality-of-life tweaks.

I don't think Jason Liang was implying that they were changing everything; he was merely saying that they should change everything.

 

[Prime Junta]

There have been slapfights about DEX here. Some people (TM) claim that DEX is the no-brainer pump stat for everyone except pure tanks, because it translates directly to attack speed and therefore damage.

I've often run with builds that trade off DEX for PER and have been happy with the results. Crits are noice, whether we're talking DD or status effects.

I'm also with Haplo on the importance of INT wizards, druids, and barbarians and (to a lesser extent) priests. In the tougher fights durations become super important, equally for buffs, CC, and hazards, and a barb with a shitty Carnage radius is just a sub-par fighter.

High-DEX, low-INT ciphers do work pretty well though since the faster attack rate ----> faster Focus build-up ----> more frequent casting makes up for the shorter durations. This trade-off doesn't work for wizards and druids, moreso as casts are rest-limited. (insert about P2DF)

 

[Reinhardt]

Sooooo... Is there any level cap remover for PoE? My party is lvl 15 after finishing act 2. I still have WM2 to finish - only cleared mines, didn't even set foot in Cragholdt, lots of bounties and such, but it's just not fun.

Slower exp progression would be even better, but i guess it's too late for this.

 

[CptMace]

There is none. A level 16 party is already godlike anyay, more bonii to accuracy and defenses would trivialize the game even more.

 

[Reinhardt]

more bonii to accuracy and defenses would trivialize the game even more.

I don't think you can trivialize it even more. I can kill everything already. It's just i don't want to read walls of text for the sake of reading walls of text.

 

[Lacrymas]

Then don't read them. PoE gets really boring around level 9ish due to how overpowered you are, depending on the party composition. I recommend getting rid of the Priest and Cipher if you have any of those.

 

[Reinhardt]

if you have any of those.

It's too late.

 

[Lacrymas]

It's too late.

Why? You can get rid of them easily.

 

[Lacrymas]

Not if his PC is one....

Ah, unless you mean

Spoiler

Yeah, actually, I didn't think of the possibility that his PC could be either one. Your suggestion is good, too.

 

[Haplo]

I recommend getting rid of the Priest and Cipher if you have any of those.

Eh, at level 9+ I've found the Wizard more impactful then the Cipher. Early on, sure, Cipher's unlimited casts are a great boon, but later Wizard spell spam was more valuable - when it actually counts.

 

[Lacrymas]

Eh, at level 9+ I've found the Wizard more impactful then the Cipher. Early on, sure, Cipher's unlimited casts are a great boon, but later Wizard spell spam was more valuable - when it actually counts.

I don't think the Wizard has an IWIN button in the same crazily overpowered vein as Amplified Wave. Then Defensive Mindweb. Since he's level 15 he already has access to Defensive Mindweb, making everything after that even more of a waste of time snoozefest.

 

[Reinhardt]

Since he's level 15 he already has access to Defensive Mindweb

This. But i don't even needed it, because

Amplified Wave

is more than enough.

Why? You can get rid of them easily.

Because not much of the game left. Yes, i hope WM2 can provide some good fights, but main game i think i've already won with whatever. No level scaling can fix it.

 

[Reinhardt]

I think, i will start over and this time i will take only females in my party. And will use ie mod with slower xp progression.

 

[Lacrymas]

Yes, i hope WM2 can provide some good fights, but main game i think i've already won with whatever. No level scaling can fix it.

WM2 fights are the best in the entire game. You brute force through them, though, because lol Amplified Wave and Defensive Mindweb + the entire Priest class.

 

[Reinhardt]

But first i need some animu portraits. At least for Maneha and Devil...

 

[Iznaliu]

But first i need some animu portraits. At least for Maneha and Devil...

The infestation is creeping further and further into the places of refuge. At the end of it, I will be stuck up a tower, staring at hordes of catgirls fucking each other below while the Codex cheers.

 

[Jason Liang]

... wait so I won the thread?

 

[Iznaliu]

... wait so I won the thread?

 

[Reinhardt]

Just tried to get to Devil at level 6. It didn't go well.

 

[gunman]

Guys, I just reinstalled first time after the addition of "Deadfire pack" and something is wrong with the graphics. First I cannot zoom to a very close level as before. Second, character portraits, some UI elements and even the landscape seems blurry and more ugly than I remember. Don't tell me they changed the graphic shader like it was the case with BG Turd Edition when they uglified it in the patch 2.0 !
It also seem more sluggish on the lowest quality setting.

 

[aweigh]

Someone else was having blurry graphics / blurry text over on the Torment 2 thread... might hold a clue and turn out to be something driver-related. FWIW I recently re-installed PoE w/ DLCs (incl. Deadfire) bringig it up to 3.07 patch version, obviously a pirated edition, had zero graphical troubles and performed better than before.

(I never bought the DLC).

 

[Citizen]

Guys, I just reinstalled first time after the addition of "Deadfire pack" and something is wrong with the graphics. First I cannot zoom to a very close level as before. Second, character portraits, some UI elements and even the landscape seems blurry and more ugly than I remember. Don't tell me they changed the graphic shader like it was the case with BG Turd Edition when they uglified it in the patch 2.0 !
It also seem more sluggish on the lowest quality setting.

I had similar problem with some older games - FXAA made UI and text blurry. Maybe you just have it turned on in the videocard settings.

 

[gunman]

Something was definitely changed with game, because they changed the zoom min/max values. I had to use the console to unlock closer zoom as it was allowed before. You can see in the opening scene with the caravan campfire, before, when the conversation initiated, it was zoomed in.

 

[Immortal]

Sawyer Dindu Nuffin.. !!

Sawyer wanted 150 maps and refused to give in. This was one of the reasons why the game was behind schedule in 2014 and had to be delayed.

Good thing we had those 30 extra maps. What would the game of been without Forest 2A filled with bears and goblins.