Turn-based combat mode in Deadfire

[aweigh]

anyway so does this mean they're also going to fix the writing via patch????????

 

[Kruno]

The writing can only be solved by Feargus taking up the role and re-doing all the writing from scratch in an attempt to defeat MCA at his own game.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

This might prove interesting.

 

[Ramnozack]

This is cool as fuck. I really do like a good RTWP like the old IE games or Pathfinder and I even enjoyed both Pillars games combat to a lesser extent, but I'm a slightly bigger fan of TB combat. Plus the fact their are releasing an entirely new combat system is fuckin bonkers. What other game has ever done something like that?

I wonder if they will let you switch up combat styles mid game like Arcanum or at all.

 

[aweigh]

Pretty sure it's gonna be a new game only thing.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Pretty sure it's gonna be a new game only thing.

this is correct from what I saw in the codebase, unless they change something

 

[purpleblob]

Is this even confirmed or are you guys getting excited over nothing?

 

[Agame]

anyway so does this mean they're also going to fix the writing via patch????????

 

[Safav Hamon]

I wonder if they will let you switch up combat styles mid game like Arcanum or at all.

You select an option at new game creation.

 

[Safav Hamon]

Is this even confirmed or are you guys getting excited over nothing?

Confirmed that it exists and is playable. Not that it will be patched into the game.

 

[Alpan]

How does Intellect and other duration increases work in TB, I wonder? Easy enough to imagine that seconds are converted to rounds, but not sure how they would convert a percentage duration increase to rounds without resulting in the dead stat point problem.

 

[CyberWhale]

TBH adding this as a free DLC would probably improve the dismal sales (read: even they are doing it, they're doing it to get grognard money)

 

[Safav Hamon]

How does Intellect and other duration increases work in TB, I wonder? Easy enough to imagine that seconds are converted to rounds, but not sure how they would convert a percentage duration increase to rounds without resulting in the dead stat point problem.

Round Intervals. Inspirations, Afflictions, and Status Effects can end mid-round.

 

[Safav Hamon]

Amazing news! The world's longest running PC gaming magazine (30 years) rated Deadfire RPG of the year.

 

[J_C]

Although I don't believe this will be good gameplay wise, it would be hilarious if it actually made a huge influx of new players, and everyone would love it. Then Feargus can smash his head into the wall for not making TB games from the beginning.

 

[purpleblob]

Confirmed that it exists and is playable. Not that it will be patched into the game.

... WTF is the point then?

 

[Safav Hamon]

It most likely will. This is a huge overhaul of the game systems, and not something a programmer could scrap together in a few days.

 

[Quillon]

Confirmed that it exists and is playable. Not that it will be patched into the game.

... WTF is the point then?

That they could decide to cancel further development on it & scrap it for some reason.

Also they are developing it on the PC build, in-house(as opposed to console port of the game) and some idiots think that it might not come to PC

 

[Soulstones]

Why bother with TB. Make it phase based, since it already is, tick every 1-2 seconds based on stats - watch TB fags assplode since phases are superior to TB in every way possible.
Market it with 'LIEK FORZEN SYNAPSE TEH SMASH HIT!'

 

[aweigh]

Reminder that console has always been the home of turn-based. It was PC that went RTwP; majority of RPGs on console are always turn-based.

 

[Safav Hamon]

I pray to god it sells better on consoles, so we can get a third game. Obsidian is finally finding its rhythm with the DLC.

 

[Safav Hamon]

Obsidian has leveled up a lot since March 26, 2015.

 

[Rahdulan]

I pray to god it sells better on consoles, so we can get a third game. Obsidian is finally finding its rhythm with the DLC.

I somehow doubt Microsoft bought Obsidian for them to waste further manpower on isometric RPGs with limited appeal compared to something like TOW. Either that or they're going to become Microsoft's Larian and try to corner that market.

 

[Safav Hamon]

Microsoft has gamepass now, so they are incentivized to add niche games.

 

[2house2fly]

Superior metric system.

the rtwp mode in the game uses metric as well