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Post by Iakus on Aug 29, 2019 2:18:17 GMT
Eder: "You're gonna stay here. There's better ways to serve your god. You ca build something in his honor. A town. A temple. A good life. Maybe not a statue..."
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Post by Iakus on Sept 5, 2019 1:58:44 GMT
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Post by AnDromedary on Sept 5, 2019 21:49:49 GMT
Just got the first PoE in the humble RPG bundle, together with Tyranny and Deep Space Derelicts and a bunch of throwaway games for 5 bucks (finally a bundle that was interested in again). Started out with a human Paladin and played the intro sequence. Ended up throwing my sword away after 5 minutes and took the axe from my companion guide lady instead. Hmmmm, I always (back with BG and now here as well) found the half voiced half text dialogues weird. That really annoys the crap out of me. I really don't like reading long passages of text on the monitor during gaming (do enough of that at work). Maybe I should have gotten this for my tablet instead. But I doubt I'll play this very far anyway to be honest. It seems very generic right now. You have your usual races, the nationas are fairly standard (the old fallen one, the main empire, the colonies that got independent and the merchant state). Kinda glad I waited to get a REALLY good deal on this so I don't need to feel bad if PoE ends up no the PoS. Or is there anything truely innovative and super cool coming down the line in this, something where you'd say it's an absolute mus-see even if one is not that passionate about BG style games?
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Post by revelationeffect on Sept 6, 2019 4:33:52 GMT
Just got the first PoE in the humble RPG bundle, together with Tyranny and Deep Space Derelicts and a bunch of throwaway games for 5 bucks (finally a bundle that was interested in again). Started out with a human Paladin and played the intro sequence. Ended up throwing my sword away after 5 minutes and took the axe from my companion guide lady instead. Hmmmm, I always (back with BG and now here as well) found the half voiced half text dialogues weird. That really annoys the crap out of me. I really don't like reading long passages of text on the monitor during gaming (do enough of that at work). Maybe I should have gotten this for my tablet instead. But I doubt I'll play this very far anyway to be honest. It seems very generic right now. You have your usual races, the nationas are fairly standard (the old fallen one, the main empire, the colonies that got independent and the merchant state). Kinda glad I waited to get a REALLY good deal on this so I don't need to feel bad if PoE ends up no the PoS. Or is there anything truely innovative and super cool coming down the line in this, something where you'd say it's an absolute mus-see even if one is not that passionate about BG style games? It is in many ways intended to be a spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate, so the setting can seem a little generic in some ways in the first game, yes. It stands out by virtue of being both set in a Renaissance period and having a very interesting and provable system of reincarnation in place that has been experimented on using a hybrid of magic and science. As is typical with Obsidian they’ve thought through the implications of their setting much better than most other fantasy worlds. There are additionally some very interesting lore revelations towards the end of the game. That said I do prefer Tyranny out of the two and you are entirely out of luck with either of these games if you don’t want to read a lot of text (although Pillars 2 is fully voice acted and feels decidedly less generic in some ways due to being in a Polynesia-inspired setting, but skipping Pillars 1 would be fairly confusing as it is a direct sequel and Pillars 1 is itself a very sizable game).
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Post by AnDromedary on Sept 6, 2019 14:23:41 GMT
Just got the first PoE in the humble RPG bundle, together with Tyranny and Deep Space Derelicts and a bunch of throwaway games for 5 bucks (finally a bundle that was interested in again). Started out with a human Paladin and played the intro sequence. Ended up throwing my sword away after 5 minutes and took the axe from my companion guide lady instead. Hmmmm, I always (back with BG and now here as well) found the half voiced half text dialogues weird. That really annoys the crap out of me. I really don't like reading long passages of text on the monitor during gaming (do enough of that at work). Maybe I should have gotten this for my tablet instead. But I doubt I'll play this very far anyway to be honest. It seems very generic right now. You have your usual races, the nationas are fairly standard (the old fallen one, the main empire, the colonies that got independent and the merchant state). Kinda glad I waited to get a REALLY good deal on this so I don't need to feel bad if PoE ends up no the PoS. Or is there anything truely innovative and super cool coming down the line in this, something where you'd say it's an absolute mus-see even if one is not that passionate about BG style games? It is in many ways intended to be a spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate, so the setting can seem a little generic in some ways in the first game, yes. It stands out by virtue of being both set in a Renaissance period and having a very interesting and provable system of reincarnation in place that has been experimented on using a hybrid of magic and science. As is typical with Obsidian they’ve thought through the implications of their setting much better than most other fantasy worlds. There are additionally some very interesting lore revelations towards the end of the game. That said I do prefer Tyranny out of the two and you are entirely out of luck with either of these games if you don’t want to read a lot of text (although Pillars 2 is fully voice acted and feels decidedly less generic in some ways due to being in a Polynesia-inspired setting, but skipping Pillars 1 would be fairly confusing as it is a direct sequel and Pillars 1 is itself a very sizable game). Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, it’s not like I’m disappointed in the game or anything like that. I had a fairly good idea what it would be (and for that price, I just figured I’d give it a look anyway and I don’t regret buying the bundle at all). Well, let’s see. It does sound like I’d really have to force myself through the game. Maybe I’ll leave it for some long winter nights. Just really wish they had fully voiced it. It could have been like an interactive audio book (a bit like in CDProjects Thronebreaker, really liked their presentation through mostly audio). Anyway, if I get back to it, I’ll post my impressions.
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Post by Iakus on Sept 6, 2019 16:56:35 GMT
It is in many ways intended to be a spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate, so the setting can seem a little generic in some ways in the first game, yes. It stands out by virtue of being both set in a Renaissance period and having a very interesting and provable system of reincarnation in place that has been experimented on using a hybrid of magic and science. As is typical with Obsidian they’ve thought through the implications of their setting much better than most other fantasy worlds. There are additionally some very interesting lore revelations towards the end of the game. That said I do prefer Tyranny out of the two and you are entirely out of luck with either of these games if you don’t want to read a lot of text (although Pillars 2 is fully voice acted and feels decidedly less generic in some ways due to being in a Polynesia-inspired setting, but skipping Pillars 1 would be fairly confusing as it is a direct sequel and Pillars 1 is itself a very sizable game). Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, it’s not like I’m disappointed in the game or anything like that. I had a fairly good idea what it would be (and for that price, I just figured I’d give it a look anyway and I don’t regret buying the bundle at all). Well, let’s see. It does sound like I’d really have to force myself through the game. Maybe I’ll leave it for some long winter nights. Just really wish they had fully voiced it. It could have been like an interactive audio book (a bit like in CDProjects Thronebreaker, really liked their presentation through mostly audio). Anyway, if I get back to it, I’ll post my impressions. If it makes you feel better, Deadfire, the sequel, IS fully voiced.
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Post by revelationeffect on Sept 6, 2019 17:42:30 GMT
It is in many ways intended to be a spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate, so the setting can seem a little generic in some ways in the first game, yes. It stands out by virtue of being both set in a Renaissance period and having a very interesting and provable system of reincarnation in place that has been experimented on using a hybrid of magic and science. As is typical with Obsidian they’ve thought through the implications of their setting much better than most other fantasy worlds. There are additionally some very interesting lore revelations towards the end of the game. That said I do prefer Tyranny out of the two and you are entirely out of luck with either of these games if you don’t want to read a lot of text (although Pillars 2 is fully voice acted and feels decidedly less generic in some ways due to being in a Polynesia-inspired setting, but skipping Pillars 1 would be fairly confusing as it is a direct sequel and Pillars 1 is itself a very sizable game). Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, it’s not like I’m disappointed in the game or anything like that. I had a fairly good idea what it would be (and for that price, I just figured I’d give it a look anyway and I don’t regret buying the bundle at all). Well, let’s see. It does sound like I’d really have to force myself through the game. Maybe I’ll leave it for some long winter nights. Just really wish they had fully voiced it. It could have been like an interactive audio book (a bit like in CDProjects Thronebreaker, really liked their presentation through mostly audio). Anyway, if I get back to it, I’ll post my impressions. Yeah, afaik they didn't voice act the first game fully because they just didn't have the funds for it at the time, since voicing that much text gets expensive real quick. It is becoming increasingly common for cRPGs to be fully voiced, though, I'd say there's a good chance that DOS2 and POE2 may become trendsetters in that field and studios that have the funds may be increasingly willing to commit the resources.
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Post by Babar Guy on May 10, 2020 13:01:21 GMT
I'm thinking about restarting Deadfire after starting waaaay back when and then getting sidetracked for forever and eventually uninstalling to free up some space since I wasn't actively playing it. Spoilery question regarding companions Not really looking for specifics, but from what I gather there is an unavoidable point in the main quest where you have to side with one of the major factions present in the Deadfire Peninsula, yes? And a few of your companions have clear ties to one of these factions (Maia, Pallegina, Tekehu). Will two of these three leave no matter what, based on what faction I choose to support?
Like if I choose to side with the natives then Maia and Pallegina take off? Can they be swayed based on how well they like you in general, having completed quests for them or if you're pursuing a romance with them?
TL;DR: do the companions whose factions you don't support always leave at a certain point in the main quest, or can you convince them to stick with you even if you don't side with their faction?
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Post by azarhal on May 10, 2020 14:34:05 GMT
I'm thinking about restarting Deadfire after starting waaaay back when and then getting sidetracked for forever and eventually uninstalling to free up some space since I wasn't actively playing it. Spoilery question regarding companions Not really looking for specifics, but from what I gather there is an unavoidable point in the main quest where you have to side with one of the major factions present in the Deadfire Peninsula, yes? And a few of your companions have clear ties to one of these factions (Maia, Pallegina, Tekehu). Will two of these three leave no matter what, based on what faction I choose to support?
Like if I choose to side with the natives then Maia and Pallegina take off? Can they be swayed based on how well they like you in general, having completed quests for them or if you're pursuing a romance with them?
TL;DR: do the companions whose factions you don't support always leave at a certain point in the main quest, or can you convince them to stick with you even if you don't side with their faction? You can't convince them, because they don't leave if you are working for the factions. They leave because you do something against their own faction they don't agree with. This means, you can do each factions quest line all the way until the last one (and be careful accepting the last mission, it's taken as doing it in some cases).
Maia leaves if you do the last Valian Trading Company mission. Maia and Pallegina leave if you do the last Huana mission. Tekehu leaves if you do the last RDC mission, but you can refuse to do this one when it is given, allowing you to bypass the final mission for both Vailians and Huana and keep Maia apparently. Nobody leaves if you side with Pirates or do it alone (by either fully upgrading your ship or backstabbing the Pirates).
Pallegina might ditch you depending how you handle a VTC related side quest and I believe her personal quest too. Serafen ditch you if you support slavers.
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Post by The Biotic Trebuchet on May 13, 2020 19:42:45 GMT
Alright, i've been looking at these games (PoE definitive edition and dead fire) for some time now, undecided if it's worth the purchase. Now, with a sizeable discount from steam at hand, i want to gather feeling in how are these game for you, comparing it with... lets say DAO or the Divinity series? Combat, story, characters, etc...?
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Post by azarhal on May 13, 2020 21:35:34 GMT
Alright, i've been looking at these games (PoE definitive edition and dead fire) for some time now, undecided if it's worth the purchase. Now, with a sizeable discount from steam at hand, i want to gather feeling in how are these game for you, comparing it with... lets say DAO or the Divinity series? Combat, story, characters, etc...? It's more like BG1/BG2 than either DAO or Divinity, but with more choices&consequences that kinda became the norm with DAO. Deadfire has an official TB mode, POE1 doesn't. They have mods too on the Nexus, but I never bothered with them. POE1 has quite a bleak story (it's not devoid of funny things, but the region is just bleak). I personally liked it, especially the expac. Companions are cool to weird, they are well written. There is no romance. It has limited party AI. At lots of parts are clearly written to expose the new setting. Deadfire is a bit more upbeat and the main storyline is "thiner", the meat of the game is doing quests for various factions and exploring the Deadfire Islands. It improved a lot on POE1 mechanically. There are romances and you can import your POE1 saves (3 of the companions returns as companions, there are few cameos too). It has a more complex party AI than DAO with triggers and conditions. Combat depends a lots on how you like playing these type of games and your strategies. It's Real-Time with Pause not just real-time. Deadfire can kinda by real-time if you make some crazy AI scripting that auto-play everything but I haven't bothered and TB is TB. In all cases you can speed-up/slow-down the speed, that's kinda fun (it has a in-combat and out-of-combat setting too). I personally recommend them.
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Post by Hawke on May 14, 2020 10:30:48 GMT
Alright, i've been looking at these games (PoE definitive edition and dead fire) for some time now, undecided if it's worth the purchase. Now, with a sizeable discount from steam at hand, i want to gather feeling in how are these game for you, comparing it with... lets say DAO or the Divinity series? Combat, story, characters, etc...? Closer to DAO. The combat is RtwP and class-based. The story is closer to DAO as well, a somehow undesirable long-lasting event in a remote state that recently had claimed its independence. It is slightly dark. Deadfire, while taking place at an archipelago (with palm trees and sun), still is just as dark, story-wise. Somehow similar to DAII, especially certain faction quests and Neketaka. Gameplay mostly is the same as it is in PoE1. I'd recommend to purchase it on GOG, because of some changes in the last patch, but it is probably irrelevant for a new player.
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Post by Babar Guy on Jun 13, 2020 21:00:39 GMT
I've been toying around with doing an "evil" playthrough, playing like a Bleak Walker, Steel Garrote paladin, Priest of Skaen or Woedica. Do the available story companions support you being a ruthless bastard or scheming evil mastermind, or will they walk eventually? I've never tried being evil in POE 1 either, but everyone here seems to heavily skew towards being overall a decent person, so I'm thinking you'll eventually have to just create your own adventurers to get a full party if you want to fully live out your murderhobo fantasies? In Baldur's Gate/BG2 there's a much larger cast of characters to choose from, many of whom are outright evil so you don't have to be alone even though you're a psychopath
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Post by azarhal on Jun 13, 2020 21:55:11 GMT
I've been toying around with doing an "evil" playthrough, playing like a Bleak Walker, Steel Garrote paladin, Priest of Skaen or Woedica. Do the available story companions support you being a ruthless bastard or scheming evil mastermind, or will they walk eventually? I've never tried being evil in POE 1 either, but everyone here seems to heavily skew towards being overall a decent person, so I'm thinking you'll eventually have to just create your own adventurers to get a full party if you want to fully live out your murderhobo fantasies? In Baldur's Gate/BG2 there's a much larger cast of characters to choose from, many of whom are outright evil so you don't have to be alone even though you're a psychopath Companions only leave if you got after their factions directly toward the end, the only thing you get at negative 2 is a conversation apparently. Except Serafen, he doesn't like slavery so he might leave if you support it. They will comment negatively against anything they don't support, you can check their "personality" to see what that is. Note that Aloth pro/anti Leaden Key is different, pro Leaden Key might work better for an evil character. The sidekicks don't care thought and you can push Xoti toward becoming a serial killer...sorta.
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Post by Iakus on Jun 16, 2020 21:17:22 GMT
I've been toying around with doing an "evil" playthrough, playing like a Bleak Walker, Steel Garrote paladin, Priest of Skaen or Woedica. Do the available story companions support you being a ruthless bastard or scheming evil mastermind, or will they walk eventually? I've never tried being evil in POE 1 either, but everyone here seems to heavily skew towards being overall a decent person, so I'm thinking you'll eventually have to just create your own adventurers to get a full party if you want to fully live out your murderhobo fantasies? In Baldur's Gate/BG2 there's a much larger cast of characters to choose from, many of whom are outright evil so you don't have to be alone even though you're a psychopath Companions only leave if you got after their factions directly toward the end, the only thing you get at negative 2 is a conversation apparently. Except Serafen, he doesn't like slavery so he might leave if you support it. They will comment negatively against anything they don't support, you can check their "personality" to see what that is. Note that Aloth pro/anti Leaden Key is different, pro Leaden Key might work better for an evil character. The sidekicks don't care thought and you can push Xoti toward becoming a serial killer...sorta. Maia gets ROYALLY p*ssed if you killed Rana in POE1 and confess to her.
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Post by azarhal on Jun 16, 2020 21:28:50 GMT
Companions only leave if you got after their factions directly toward the end, the only thing you get at negative 2 is a conversation apparently. Except Serafen, he doesn't like slavery so he might leave if you support it. They will comment negatively against anything they don't support, you can check their "personality" to see what that is. Note that Aloth pro/anti Leaden Key is different, pro Leaden Key might work better for an evil character. The sidekicks don't care thought and you can push Xoti toward becoming a serial killer...sorta. Maia gets ROYALLY p*ssed if you killed Rana in POE1 and confess to her. But she stick around...she just stop talking to you for the entire game. Also, glare at you the entire game. But I like Maia and her brother so...I'm never trying this.
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Post by The Biotic Trebuchet on Jun 19, 2020 23:06:01 GMT
I'm in need of your collective experience. I'm pondering between throwing my weight behind the RDC or going solo to face Eothas (yep, PoEII), i did read that if you align with the RDC you get a submarine (sweet, isn't it?) but some say it's trash, can any of you confirm? And from the other side of the street, if i go my own way, do i need a Dhow ship to get pass the storm? is it worth the 100000 price tag?
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Post by Iakus on Jun 19, 2020 23:50:04 GMT
I'm in need of your collective experience. I'm pondering between throwing my weight behind the RDC or going solo to face Eothas (yep, PoEII), i did read that if you align with the RDC you get a submarine (sweet, isn't it?) but some say it's trash, can any of you confirm? And from the other side of the street, if i go my own way, do i need a Dhow ship to get pass the storm? is it worth the 100000 price tag? To go independent you do need the best upgrades for hull and sails at least. I don't know if the specific ship matters. But your ship can take damage along the way, so having skilled crew and a tough ship can definitely help. The submarine does help in that you don't have to worry about navigating the storm (you can just submerge)
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Post by azarhal on Jun 19, 2020 23:53:44 GMT
I'm in need of your collective experience. I'm pondering between throwing my weight behind the RDC or going solo to face Eothas (yep, PoEII), i did read that if you align with the RDC you get a submarine (sweet, isn't it?) but some say it's trash, can any of you confirm? And from the other side of the street, if i go my own way, do i need a Dhow ship to get pass the storm? is it worth the 100000 price tag? You don't need the Dhow ship, just the sail (dragonwings sail) and hull (blackwood hull) and a master helmsman. Saying that, I like the Dhow, but from what I remember it was cheaper than that. I know they increased the ship price in a patch but 35k to 100k seems like a big jump. I never tried the submarine. I wanted to do it but I never finished that PT because I got bored in Beast of Winter DLC. I'm not sure how it behave when boarding, but now that you can board all the time, it doesn't really matter what ship you use as most of the stats are for the turn-based ship combat.
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Post by The Biotic Trebuchet on Jun 20, 2020 7:22:46 GMT
Uhm... nice to see that i don't need the expensive ship to get through the storm. Now considering my pc is hanging with Maia, i think i might as well go full RDC on this one. I get a free ship and the liberty to spend those 100k on something else. On the other side, if the Rautai wouldn't be so cocky, they would be a perfect business partners... but looking at the bright side, their culture seems to be based heavily on the Rapa nui people and that place that they call "the rough country" sounds awfuly close to the atacama desert (a wasteland full of saltpeter and cooper), so they feel like being close to home. Oh but what is all this rambling? thanks for your inputs. Late edit: The expensive ship was the Junk, not the Dhow.
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Post by The Biotic Trebuchet on Aug 9, 2020 6:22:16 GMT
Another question! If i would start a new (second) playthrough, spending those Berath's blessing points, do these points refill if i would want to start a third playthrough or are these points spent forever?
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Post by azarhal on Aug 9, 2020 12:07:42 GMT
Another question! If i would start a new (second) playthrough, spending those Berath's blessing points, do these points refill if i would want to start a third playthrough or are these points spent forever? Neither. You have them for every new playthrough start and can spend them how you want. They are unlocked by unlocking certain achievements, so you can get more until you have all those achievements. With all DLCs and all achievements, the total points you can have is 83 which is one more than needed to unlock everything.
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Post by Iakus on Aug 10, 2020 19:26:26 GMT
Another question! If i would start a new (second) playthrough, spending those Berath's blessing points, do these points refill if i would want to start a third playthrough or are these points spent forever? They don't go away. I'm on my third run and you can use the points for every single subsequent game. It's PoE2's version of New Game +
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Post by azarhal on Nov 17, 2021 15:50:26 GMT
Context: Josh sing a song because a 12th person managed to beat Deadfire on the Ultimate challenge mode (aka all God Challenges, hardest difficulty, iron mode and you have to play solo all the way).
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