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Drifter posted:I don't see that it's specifically available with an order, but for something like that I couldn't see why Obsidian just wouldn't have that up for free download from their website. It was part of the digital download plus. Just like all the other digital tidbits that will be uploaded within a week, it's a way for obsidian fans to give upfront support since everyone else will be waiting for a sale.
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I don't understand how a strategy guide would work unless post-release tuning is relatively minor. Something like changing how secondary stats are derived could throw a lot of things off, presumably
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Mar 21, 2015 20:45
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It's just a collector's item.
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Mar 21, 2015 20:46
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Ropekid, what are your thoughts on the strategy guide being practical or not?
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Mar 21, 2015 20:47
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I'm doing a collector's printing of the GameFAQs page at the public library computer center in KMart if anyone wants a picture of a copy.
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Mar 21, 2015 20:54
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I assume the Strategy Guide will have additional art, lore snippets and stuff to make it valuable even after patches have come out and walkthroughs are all over the internet.  Not that I'm going to buy one, I've already got a digital copy from backing the game and I didn't even want it. Fair Bear Maiden fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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Mar 21, 2015 20:58
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:I assume the Strategy Guide will have additional art, lore snippets and stuff to make it valuable even after patches have come out and walkthrough are all over the internet.
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Mar 21, 2015 21:19
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:I assume the Strategy Guide will have additional art, lore snippets and stuff to make it valuable even after patches have come out and walkthrough are all over the internet. Heh.  It'll have lots of screenshots, at least.
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I can't imagine a strategy guide being useful when ropekid is still making balance changes as of like yesterday.
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Mar 21, 2015 21:25
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For all the balance changes they did to dark souls the guide still has good maps and correct item locations in it.
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Mar 21, 2015 21:25
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Yeah, balance changes probably aren't gonna affect things like quest paths and the like all that much.
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Mar 21, 2015 21:26
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A polish person is doing an unboxing of the game : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG3Ww3-IJQ
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Mar 21, 2015 21:58
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X_Toad posted:A polish person is doing an unboxing of the game : Great, now I can never enjoy this game because somebody is playing it early. 
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Mar 21, 2015 22:04
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Does this game have slut-plate and boob armor? I must know before I pick genders
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Mar 21, 2015 22:05
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:Great, now I can never enjoy this game because somebody is playing it early. Retail edition uses Steam (backers will get DRM-free DVDs + digital copies on release) so that person probably can't play the game either.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:06
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GuyDudeBroMan posted:Does this game have slut-plate and boob armor? I must know before I pick genders No, it doesn't.
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Blotto Skorzany posted:No, it doesn't. Well, it does for male PCs. When they wear anything at all. Mostly the game is a bunch of NPCs with Giant Head Mode on, if you know what I mean.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:09
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GuyDudeBroMan posted:Does this game have slut-plate and boob armor? I must know before I pick genders Nah. Sorry, but I'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:12
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For people who've played Monk in the beta, do you find yourself using weapons or actually capitalizing on Transcendent Sufferings unarmed bonus more?
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:Retail edition uses Steam (backers will get DRM-free DVDs + digital copies on release) so that person probably can't play the game either. That doesn't stop the accursed beta testers! NOTHING STOPS THE BETA TESTERS! 
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X_Toad posted:A polish person is doing an unboxing of the game : Those are some nice thick books.
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xthetenth posted:Those are some nice thick books. Are normal customers/backers getting PDF copies of those guides? I used to require actual books for bathroom reading but now I live in the future
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Are normal customers/backers getting PDF copies of those guides? I used to require actual books for bathroom reading but now I live in the future I'm not sure what the second book is, but one seems to be the manual and every digital copy, has a digital manual.
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prometheus12345 posted:I'm not sure what the second book is, but one seems to be the manual and every digital copy, has a digital manual.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:50
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All gameplay-related information should be conveyed via Age of Empires 2-style laminated fold-out.
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UrbicaMortis posted:I feel that if you want a thick, pretty book about Pillars, the guidebook would make more sense: https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/28-219/Pillars-of-Eternity-Guidebook-Volume-One-HC The guide book is only about 110 pages, but it's pretty nice. Just got mine yesterday. Reading it slowly while I wait for Thursday.
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Airfoil posted:The guide book is only about 110 pages, but it's pretty nice. Just got mine yesterday. Reading it slowly while I wait for Thursday. where are these being sold? rope kid posted:The AoE and the duration of the Blinded affliction on surrounding targets have been lowered. me irl:  More seriously, have you had a chance to look at the Flanked/Phantom Foes thing? According to this thread here: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/71337-cipher-powers-need-to-be-tweaked-for-release/page-2 the Deflection element seems to stack with other Deflection debuffs after all, even though it . .shouldn't? Is this a bug or intended behavior? Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:where are these being sold? I saw one in the UK today at Fobidden Planet (Cambridge). It was £15 I think and hardbacked. I had a quick flip through, but was keen not to spoil anything for myself so I didn't read anything in detail.
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X_Toad posted:It felt like a "vanilla Warcraft 3" situation to me : one is a big manual that gives all the details about the game, including the lore, and the other one is a smaller manual that focuses on the gameplay side of things. The weird thing is that the german boxed version, only has one manual listed at the amazon page.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:where are these being sold? http://www.tfaw.com/Profile/Pillars-Of-Eternity-Guidebook-Volume-One-HC___466930 US-based. Probably pricey to ship internationally. US Amazon also has them, but they don't ship until the Airfoil fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:the Deflection element seems to stack with other Deflection debuffs after all, even though it . .shouldn't? Is this a bug or intended behavior? Is the "Flanked" condition a separate deflection related condition from others? Like, here's a spell that's -10 deflection, there's a spell that applies flanked, total -20 or whatever.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:
I thought debuffs stacked unless specifically mentioned otherwise. Why have the variety of fear or immobilize effects specify they overide each other or have eyestrike both blind and daze otherwise?
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KPC_Mammon posted:I thought debuffs stacked unless specifically mentioned otherwise. Why have the variety of fear or immobilize effects specify they overide each other or have eyestrike both blind and daze otherwise? Debuffs, yes, but what we *thought* happened -- based on the stacking rules -- was that if, for example, you had two debuffs that had overlapping effects, the sub effects didn't stack. So for example, looking at the afflictions list: http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Status_Effects, if a target is both Paralyzed and Prone, they'd have -40 Deflection, not -50 Deflection. Stacking of the deflection penalty is separate from stacking of the affliction status, basically. The -10 Deflection penalty from Flanked seems to be breaking this rule though, and stacking regardless, so confusion.
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Probably because flanked is such a tactically important condition. If most debuffs superseded it positioning would become meaningless. Edit: Offensively. It would still matter for aoe and defense, of course. KPC_Mammon fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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Hey rope kid! Some modern computer DnD game needs to have a world-hopping story using the awesome 3d gemstone laser teleport map. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMLCPPrq2Nw&t=990s Decided I needed to crosspost this here. 
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How are skills levelled up? Or are they fixed at char creation? How are abilities levelled up? How are talents levelled up? What sort of things do items buff? Skills, abilities or talents or a mixture? I'm confused by the levelling system as a whole, tbh, and how you feel you are progressing if you only get xp for quests.
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WastedJoker posted:I'm confused by the levelling system as a whole, tbh, and how you feel you are progressing if you only get xp for quests.
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WastedJoker posted:How are skills levelled up? Or are they fixed at char creation? There are tons of character creation/leveling videos on YouTube that answer your first few questions.
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X_Toad posted:Are you only familiar with the Elder Scrolls' games or something? Between those, various mmporg's and the passing of time, I am pretty unfamiliar with systems like this anymore. I've googled around but I'm left even more puzzled the more I read. Papercut posted:There are tons of character creation/leveling videos on YouTube that answer your first few questions. ohhhhh. I'll look there.
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WastedJoker posted:ohhhhh. I'll look there. I watched this guy's most recent videos on the classes I'm interested in to get an idea of the level progression and what skills/talents they have available: https://www.youtube.com/user/Respekk But basically, every level or other level you unlock skills and talents that you choose from (there is no "leveling" the skills/talents, you just unlock them), and you get stat points to distribute.
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