Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

[ArchAngel]

Surely he liked Serpent in the Staglands more, the grog's choice.

Sensuki has not yet played SitS.

 

[Roguey]

Nobody expects the banthas in position xD

Sensuki has not yet played SitS.

Whaaaaaaaaa

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Pillars gave him PTSD

 

[Infinitron]

Come on Roguey, the fact that you haven't played this is as just as "Whaaaaaaaaaa".

 

[Athelas]

Fittingly enough, PTSD can be interpreted as referring to 'PoE traumatic stress disorder'.

 

[Roguey]

Come on Roguey, the fact that you haven't played this is as just as "Whaaaaaaaaaa".

If someone is aware that I prefer to play games when they're more-or-less fully patched, it's not so strange.

 

[Ulrox]

If someone is aware that I prefer to play games when they're more-or-less fully patched, it's not so strange.

Or, you're just using this as an excuse to not play pillars at all, because doing so would be too painful on your pride - showing how wrong you were in reguards to Josh Sawyer for instance. At this point it's at 2.0 - you can start playing now, you dont need to wait longer, if you wait any longer, divinity original sin 2 will have launched and then the whole pillars franchise will be in a grave somewhere because nobody will care at all, unless obsidian magically figures out how to make an IE game, which I doubt.

 

[Rake]

Oh, all right.

We all knew this wouldn't be a MotB, but how disappointing it is to see that my Honest Hearts prediction was right on the money.



Haha that's Josh all right. He hates unrealistic ott characters. Joshua Graham part 2.

Yeah. For all those who was " Obsidian's games are better when they are expansions. There is a good chance for a new MotB. Don't lose hope"
MotB my ass. As if Sawyer is cappable of producing something as good.
Having said that, i WAS hoping for the expansion to have better story/characters than the main game, but it seems i was overly optimistic. Sawyer ganna Sawyer.
My last hope before i dismiss Obsidian altogether is for Saywer to become part of their MMO/AAA teams, and to be completely uninvolved in their new kickstarter. Not even as a minor part of the team.

 

[Irenaeus II]

if you’re the sort who laments that it’s not as action-packed as Twitcher 3

Those are disgusting people

 

[LizardWizard]

As if Sawyer
Sawyer ganna Sawyer.
is for Saywer .

 

[Irenaeus II]

If someone is aware that I prefer to play games when they're more-or-less fully patched, it's not so strange.

Makes sense to me. Hope you enjoy PoE when you finally play it. Honest

 

[CptMace]

Don't know if it's from 2.0 or before, but the combat feels much better in the second half of the base game.

Upgraded one of these soulbound weapons before going back to the base game content though, holy hell was I not surprised to see the second bonus I got from it... (supposedly, this kind of shit takes time to unlock).

Spoiler

So long for the "they took into account the criticism regarding itemization".
That shit, on a normal situation of Acc ~ Defense, means you have 2.5% chance to proc something that, itself, has 50% chance (again, with Acc ~ Defense) to actually do something.
And even if you meet that situation that occurs less than 2% of your swings, for the sake of balance probably, it's like a crit from any arbalest (with less damage) on a tiny area of effect.
T'is a weapon for wizard, monk or druid. Don't know for the monk but, iirc wizards and druids have shit base Acc. (In addition to having absolutely no reason to try to man up and fight on the frontline).

Don't worry about its overpowerness though, it's only once per rest.

 

[Volrath]

Yeah. For all those who was " Obsidian's games are better when they are expansions. There is a good chance for a new MotB. Don't lose hope"
MotB my ass. As if Sawyer is cappable of producing something as good.
Having said that, i WAS hoping for the expansion to have better story/characters than the main game, but it seems i was overly optimistic. Sawyer ganna Sawyer.
My last hope before i dismiss Obsidian altogether is for Saywer to become part of their MMO/AAA teams, and to be completely uninvolved in their new kickstarter. Not even as a minor part of the team.

Show me the place where Sawyer touched you

 

[Fairfax]

Old Watcher quest glitched after talking to Maerwald (again, just like pre 1.05), my saves are too old and this time there's no IEMod to fix it. Fucking hell, Obsidian, this is the main fucking quest, not a minor bug.

 

[Excidium II]

Don't know if it's from 2.0 or before, but the combat feels much better in the second half of the base game.

Upgraded one of these soulbound weapons before going back to the base game content though, holy hell was I not surprised to see the second bonus I got from it... (supposedly, this kind of shit takes time to unlock).

Spoiler

So long for the "they took into account the criticism regarding itemization".
That shit, on a normal situation of Acc ~ Defense, means you have 2.5% chance to proc something that, itself, has 50% chance (again, with Acc ~ Defense) to actually do something.
And even if you meet that situation that occurs less than 2% of your swings, for the sake of balance probably, it's like a crit from any arbalest (with less damage) on a tiny area of effect.
T'is a weapon for wizard, monk or druid. Don't know for the monk but, iirc wizards and druids have shit base Acc. (In addition to having absolutely no reason to try to man up and fight on the frontline).

Don't worry about its overpowerness though, it's only once per rest.

You know it's also going to proc when it's least useful like on your last hit after downing a huge pack.

inb4 degenerate gameplay of unequipping soulbound weapon to avoid wasting special skill on trash mobs.

 

[Infinitron]

Is that actually degenerate? Just a more incentivized case of picking the right weapon for the job.

What weapon type is that? If it's a fast weapon, you are going to see that proc in effect pretty quick.

 

[CptMace]

It's a quarterstaff = slow weapon.
Even if it was a fast weapon Infinitron, what would be the use of that proc for a wizard or a druid.

It's even more stupid because the first unlocked ability of the weapon is useful for the three concerned classes, it's an instant shell you can cast to shield yourself up to 200 points of any damage for the price of being stuck during its activity (ie an urgency button which is good in permadeath mode). So why do we have this as a second weapon trait

 

[Infinitron]

It's a quarterstaff = slow weapon.
Even if it was a fast weapon Infinitron, what would be the use of that proc for a wizard or a druid.

it's even more stupid because the first unlocked ability of the weapon is useful for the three concerned classes, it's an instant shell you can cast to shield yourself up to 200 points of any damage. So why do we have this as a second weapon trait

Ah, so it sounds like a "Staff of the Magi" type thing; not meant to actually be used in combat most of the time, but rather for its abilities.

Maybe the 5% is too low. There's plenty of ways to buff your Accuracy at these high levels though

 

[CptMace]

Not maybe, it surely is too low. Or the effect is not badass enough. It's either one of these, but as it is now, it's a proc that very rarely occurs (for it's very situational) and has little effect when it actually does.
I was expecting something that suits the concerned classes more, just like the first ability which not only is useful but although exclusive since, if i'm not mistaken, it's an ability that only a certain type of enemy, or a certain enemy, posses. Unlike the maw which is a druid spell, or an equivalent.

 

[tdphys]

Not maybe, it surely is too low. Or the effect is not badass enough. It's either one of these, but as it is now, it's a proc that very rarely occurs (for it's very situational) and has little effect when it actually does.
I was expecting something that suits the concerned classes more, just like the first ability which not only is useful but although exclusive since, if i'm not mistaken, it's an ability that only a certain type of enemy, or a certain enemy, posses. Unlike the maw which is a druid spell, or an equivalent.

I think any per rest/encounter ability on random procing weapons stuff is totally ridiculous. The whole point of per/rest/encounter is to be able to strategize use of resources.... which is totally pointless when it's a random proc.

 

[Irenaeus II]

I think any per rest/encounter ability on random procing weapons stuff is totally ridiculous. The whole point of per/rest/encounter is to be able to strategize use of resources.... which is totally pointless when it's a random proc.

Agree.

 

[AetherVagrant]

Fuck, i dont even know why i bought it. I woke up to see it was released, splurged the button, and realized it doesnt even have a fucking story. its like the quest to get Shale from Dragon Age, but dragged on over 10 hours of trash combat. and at least Shale was hilarious once you got him. creepy village protecting a secret : check. secret is related to ancient technology...check. buncha fighting and dungeons to recover some lame object that by the time you acquire it, it doesnt fucking even matter to your character or the world at large: check.
does finding the forge make the other towns get different weapons and materials? no. Does anything change anything? no.
morrowind, dragon age, and skyrim expansions are already 10x better than this, which they should have no right to be.

 

[Excidium II]

Fuck, i dont even know why i bought it. I woke up to see it was released, splurged the button, and realized it doesnt even have a fucking story. its like the quest to get Shale from Dragon Age, but dragged on over 10 hours of trash combat. and at least Shale was hilarious once you got him. creepy village protecting a secret : check. secret is related to ancient technology...check. buncha fighting and dungeons to recover some lame object that by the time you acquire it, it doesnt fucking even matter to your character or the world at large: check.
does finding the forge make the other towns get different weapons and materials? no. Does anything change anything? no.
morrowind, dragon age, and skyrim expansions are already 10x better than this, which they should have no right to be.

lol sounds terribru. Also isn't shale a girl?

 

[Bubbles]

I hope part 2 will implement autoresolve for trash fights.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Fuck you for making me google wtf is shale from dragon age

Apparently, it's The Thing

 

[Bubbles]

morrowind, [...] and skyrim expansions are already 10x better than this, which they should have no right to be.

Well, the expansions for those two games also had significantly more effort put into them than this one. It's pretty clear that The White March was done by the C-team while most of the staff worked on Armored Warfare and tha Pathfinder game.