***Official Pillars of Eternity Thread***

[dcbone30]

I know there's a couple threads floating around so let's make an official one.





Official site: http://eternity.obsidian.net/

Wiki (gamepedia): http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.c..._Eternity_Wiki

Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/pillars-of-eternity 91/100 critic score 8.8/10 user score



Linking other threads but this title might be more visible. Some good chit chat and info in them either way.

Other threads:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...6933571&page=5
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...6874471&page=2

Great game. Easily one of the best I've bought in ages. I've rerolled about 5 times, I think I've settled on a Paladin now. Got to the tower and got wrekt by the shades. Gotta figure out a new strategy or just level up some. My current party is the chanter and wizard NPC's, my paladin and I made a druid. Seems ok so far but a bit lacking in healing, especially since druid has so many abilities but are only per rest at the moment vs per encounter.

[yomillzee]

in on 1st page

[HurpnDurp]

Closest I've played to a game like this is Dragon age origins. Will I enjoy this? (loved DA:O)

[Supadude]

Don't own the game yet, but in.

[Chupacabro]

Closest I've played to a game like this is Dragon age origins. Will I enjoy this? (loved DA:O)

I've never played any of the old Infinity Engine games like BG, Planescape Torment etc but I loved DA:O. I am absolutely loving this game.

[2RDEYE]

im so fukkin addicted rerolling on this game i wanna play all the classes cant decide on one

[CanadianSpartan]

Fuk the monk. Dropped it and rerolled a rogue. Kind of disappointed, want to play the monk since it's a pretty cool concept. But fuk is it ever lacking, it doesn't do anything good.
Just finished the first keep. I feel like any melee that isn't a tank just gets in the way. Playing on hard and using two tanks to block choke points. Ends up being either block the doorways so my back line is safe but my rogue stands and does nothing or let my rogue go by and get raped by the 4 people that can't engage on the tanks.

The way the skill system works in combat is really starting to rustle my jimmies. Casts per rest on the Wizards is driving me insane. brb 4 level 1 casts. Upgraded it to 5. But you can't be srs. Makes having the mage in hard mode kind of useless. Only 2 camps brb gota stop mid way through because no more camps, no more casts. Let's take 5min to run out back to town and then another 5 min back. About to replace him for a chanter or druid.

Closest I've played to a game like this is Dragon age origins. Will I enjoy this? (loved DA:O)

Good chance you would enjoy it. IMO DA:O > PoE
PoE feels really clunky, even though DA:O came out 10 years ago it is way more fluid in almost every aspect. From targeting, to skill casting, to AI, to graphics, to the dialog and voice overs; it's all very lack luster for a 2015 game.

That being said it is still a great game. It's a diamond in the rough, and after a few hours of playing it you wont care about how the polish is lacking.

[Archheretic]

I didn't like the game that much in the begining, but the more I play it the more I like it.
Its kinda like CanadianSpartan said, its rough and unpolished in some ways, but when you get used to it, then its a real good gaming experience.

A little tip to the guys rerolling all the time, you can hire companions that you can build from scratch in the tavern, so unless you feel like you have really messed up, its better to just make custom companions then starting all over again.

[Archheretic]

I feel like doing some changes to my party, but I can't really decide who to shift out.
My main is a rogue, I got a custom Paladin, Ranger and Cypher. I also got the premade Wizard and Priest (not met the Fighter).
I use the Paladin and the Ranger pet (bear) as tanks. My other custom made chars are kinda glassy, focusing on Might, Dex, Perception and in some cases Int.

I just met the Chanter, heard good things about chanters, but I really don't know who to shift out, I also want to test out a Barbarian since they look kinda awesome, and I got some "good" 2handers in my inventory.

I've heard a lot of complaints about wizard, but I find mine quite useful actually, I use very few spells on normal encounters, and he is very userful on my tough encounters.

[dcbone30]

The casts per rest/encounter mechanic follows a majority of modern and older d&d style tabletop games. It takes the herp Derp mana potion+cast cycle out of the picture and replaces it with a system where skill management is part of the tactics instead of just facerolling your skill bar.

Kind of like how Gandalf isn't just melting faces throughout the entire lotr series, he casts some here and there but sparingly. I like it because it makes my casters clutch in difficult situations.

Also are some of you bros playing the same game? The pre-rendered hand drawn backgrounds are pretty stunning IMO.

[Kumquatv1]

Still rolling with my monk. Still judo chopping bears. No ****s given. You stab me I will roundhouse you into a wall.


10/10

[dcbone30]

Still rolling with my monk. Still judo chopping bears. No ****s given. You stab me I will roundhouse you into a wall.


10/10

I rolled monk because of you brah! He was consistently stronger than everyone - bitch slapping for 10-15 dmg at like lvl 2. But I literally only used his special attacks once out of every 10 encounters because he was too dodgy when he actually got aggro from my heavies

[Kumquatv1]

I rolled monk because of you brah! He was consistently stronger than everyone - bitch slapping for 10-15 dmg at like lvl 2. But I literally only used his special attacks once out of every 10 encounters because he was too dodgy when he actually got aggro from my heavies

Yeah. My dex is so insane he barely gets touched but if they do manage to get off enough damage out comes the fists of fury.

[Holmbrah]

holy chit this game is long. been playing it atleast 6-8 hours everyday since release and i'm not done yet

[CanadianSpartan]

A little tip to the guys rerolling all the time, you can hire companions that you can build from scratch in the tavern, so unless you feel like you have really messed up, its better to just make custom companions then starting all over again.

This, I would also suggest waiting until you get 500g to hire a level 2 companion instead of level 1's. The leveling is a bit slow so if you can hold off on stacking the level 1s, you will notice it will be a much easier time to wait for the level 2 mercs instead of level 1s. You can get a fighter, priest, and wizard companion within the first few minutes of entering the first town. With that party of 4 you should be able to do most of the starting quests and get the 1k gold for 2 mercs.

I feel like doing some changes to my party, but I can't really decide who to shift out.
I just met the Chanter, heard good things about chanters, but I really don't know who to shift out, I also want to test out a Barbarian since they look kinda awesome, and I got some "good" 2handers in my inventory.
I've heard a lot of complaints about wizard, but I find mine quite useful actually, I use very few spells on normal encounters, and he is very userful on my tough encounters.

I know that feel. Looking at my party it looks like a nice composition. But I want to change it up, just don't know what to change out. I went rogue main, fighter tank, paladin off tank/off heals, custom priest, mage, custom ranger with mufasa. My buddy rolled an AoE barbarian and he said loves that. Just crushes in fights.
Just in exploring and stuff the wizard is fine. But I had a problem with him in the first castle. Putting my tanks in the doorway and having the rest of my crew chip the enemies down. Without using the mage skills very little damage was coming out against 5-6 enemies. In the mainfloor there were a solid 6-7 encounters of that many enemies who weren't weak. So as strong as the mage was there were many times I was like why couldn't I just stack 4 rangers back there.

Also are some of you bros playing the same game? The pre-rendered hand drawn backgrounds are pretty stunning IMO.

The backgrounds and avatars were done really nicely. But the characters and the animations are quite rough.

[Kumquatv1]

This, I would also suggest waiting until you get 500g to hire a level 2 companion instead of level 1's. The leveling is a bit slow so if you can hold off on stacking the level 1s, you will notice it will be a much easier time to wait for the level 2 mercs instead of level 1s. You can get a fighter, priest, and wizard companion within the first few minutes of entering the first town. With that party of 4 you should be able to do most of the starting quests and get the 1k gold for 2 mercs.


I know that feel. Looking at my party it looks like a nice composition. But I want to change it up, just don't know what to change out. I went rogue main, fighter tank, paladin off tank/off heals, custom priest, mage, custom ranger with mufasa. My buddy rolled an AoE barbarian and he said loves that. Just crushes in fights.
Just in exploring and stuff the wizard is fine. But I had a problem with him in the first castle. Putting my tanks in the doorway and having the rest of my crew chip the enemies down. Without using the mage skills very little damage was coming out against 5-6 enemies. In the mainfloor there were a solid 6-7 encounters of that many enemies who weren't weak. So as strong as the mage was there were many times I was like why couldn't I just stack 4 rangers back there.


The backgrounds and avatars were done really nicely. But the characters and the animations are quite rough.

Did I miss the Priest? I found the fighter and the mage.

[2RDEYE]

what do you guys think about the druid's spirit shift, thinking about rolling a druid cuz of that there wolf form.

[CanadianSpartan]

Did I miss the Priest? I found the fighter and the mage.

The priest is in a zone just south of the city. In Magran's Fork. If you go to that zone and follow the path down you will see a dude standing at a statue.

[Greek_kid]

The priest is in a zone just south of the city. In Magran's Fork. If you go to that zone and follow the path down you will see a dude standing at a statue.

Brah you playing this too? I just downloaded it lol, can not wait to be out of work XD... I think I am gonna stop working OT, and play this instead lool

[skinnybig2]

So have you guys bought this off of Steam or through box stores?

[CanadianSpartan]

Fuarkkkk just replaced my Wizard with the Chanter. Chanter is cool as hell. Still no idea how his chants really work, but it's fun as hell to watch the skills creep by. The chanter ally starts with a gun too, dat damage.

Brah you playing this too? I just downloaded it lol, can not wait to be out of work XD... I think I am gonna stop working OT, and play this instead lool

Lol yeah brah. Been playing Divinty: Original Sin with a buddy last few weeks. Been a pain in the ass to get him onto that game because he started playing this one, so thought I would pick it up too.
Good call, stop OT play PoE. Can't see how this can go wrong.
Oh in League Urgot is a top pick now brah. I know how much you love urgot, he gets played by pros and always banned now lul.

So have you guys bought this off of Steam or through box stores?

Got mine through Kinguin.eu
Games cheap as fuk on there, it's going for between 18 pounds - 25 pounds. So between 26-37 bucks USD. Where on steam it's almost 50.

[seanb1979]

my tank seems pretty much unkillable.. its also odd the priest doesnt get any actual heals yet? just buffs and debuffs

[CanadianSpartan]

my tank seems pretty much unkillable.. its also odd the priest doesnt get any actual heals yet? just buffs and debuffs

They do anything that increases/regenerates Endurance is a heal. How it works is that you have a Health bar and an Endurance bar. Endurance is your health per fight, Health is your total health. Say you have 70 endurance, that is the amount of damage you can take in a fight, and 300 health. At the end of the fight you may have 40 endurance. Your endurance will go back to 70 and your health will drop to 260.

So priests have a handful of skills to increase endurance. However the only way to regenerate health is to rest.

[seanb1979]

They do anything that increases/regenerates Endurance is a heal. How it works is that you have a Health bar and an Endurance bar. Endurance is your health per fight, Health is your total health. Say you have 70 endurance, that is the amount of damage you can take in a fight, and 300 health. At the end of the fight you may have 40 endurance. Your endurance will go back to 70 and your health will drop to 260.

So priests have a handful of skills to increase endurance. However the only way to regenerate health is to rest.

ah ok i didnt pay much attention to it, seemed a bit odd and definitely different than most games

[CanadianSpartan]

Shiett so I just realized/found out that weapon damage is standardized. Still seems to be a handful of unique/named weapons but seems to be a decent idea to enchant early. Damage spikes hard with enchants, just enchanted my rogues shiet, got a named stiletto to fine with +25% burning damage and added damage to spectres. Then upgraded a named sword to fine with +25% corrosive damage with added damage to people. Just rek **** now.

[everblue]

Buying the physical copy of the guide just for the art and lore

The only other game that has captivated me this much was Everquest back in 2001

[EpinephrineB]

so do you find loot/ pissening weapons/ sickening armors?

what's been your favorite part of the game so far? (without revealing too much of a spoiler)

waiting to pull the trigger on dis

[seanb1979]

my game is bugged due to a vanished ranger pet, awesome.. seems to be a huge bug affecting tons of people

[dcbone30]

Buying the physical copy of the guide just for the art and lore

The only other game that has captivated me this much was Everquest back in 2001

Aware me on where to get the physical copy.

my game is bugged due to a vanished ranger pet, awesome.. seems to be a huge bug affecting tons of people

Huge patch coming asap, I've posted the patch notes link.

"This patch is currently in test, and will be released as soon as is possible. Thank you everyone for your patience with us!"

https://forums.obsidian.net/blog/7/e...tch-notes-103/

edit: Also brahs who are hesitant to buy, cdkeys.com has Hero's Edition for $21. It's worth the $60 I paid imo

[stormyaus]

I accidentally finished the game.