Infinity Gaia posted:

So how playable will this game be if I'm absolutely terrible at managing RTwP systems? I was always super into the plot and character development aspects of the old Infinity Engine games, but I could never get too far in them because I just couldn't handle the combat, it was either too overwhelming and generally impossible in real time or too finnicky with constant pausing, especially when it came to handling multiple characters cast times and movements and positioning and poo poo. Will easy mode be easy enough that a terrible player like me will be able to make it to the end of the game?

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Are there any chat options that unlock with *low* stats?

Basic Chunnel posted:

Eej posted:

Which of course is funny because guns coexisted with melee weapons for centuries and didn't completely supplant stabby things until relatively recently.

Man I still don't know if I want to make a gun psychic or a gun Paladin.

Oasx posted:

I normally play a Wizard in these type of games, but i also have a soft spot for the Monk who just kicks rear end with fists and kicks. So since there is a Wizard companion i will be playing a Monk. Though most of the classes sound really fun.

How is the party AI? The only real worry i have is that all the classes have so many cool abilities, that i hope i don't have to babysit my companions all the time.

Inspector Gesicht posted:

I'm wondering what the Dyrford equivalent of places like the Firewine Ruin be like. I can't wait to get lost in a maze and get my arse shot full of burning arrows by not-Kobolds.

Soapy_Bumslap posted:

I can't wait to wreck everything peasant style, all hatchet murders from top to bottom. Battle axes are for people with no self-confidence.

Roguelike posted:

Oh sure, now all the people are going blame me for getting druids and guns getting nerfed.

Captain Oblivious posted:

Baldur's Gate 2 romance is a strange game. The only winning move

Is not to play

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Going right from BG 1 to BG 2 makes the Jaheira romance incredibly weird. "Sure, foster-mom! Let's bang!"

FreudianSlippers posted:

Do any of the heads have really long wizard appropriate beards?

X_Toad posted:

A polish person is doing an unboxing of the game :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG3Ww3-IJQ

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.

Jackard posted:

N-no




Then, does this game have the equivalent of Irenicus dungeon?

Jackard posted:

What's goin on champs and champettes. Its ya boy PBat and welcumm, ta Pillars of Eternity

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Yeah, I'm pretty settled on a bleak walker gently caress YOU run as my second go through but I want to know the game cold first because otherwise I would get myself mega-killed I'm sure by taking challenges in the wrong order.



The one spoiler I really am hoping for is exactly where to go to get all the companions ASAP first thing pronto STAT etc.

Firstborn posted:

The dude on the right seriously looks like a recolored IWD2 portrait. I'm too lazy to find it, but if you messed around with that game I think you know the one.

Zombies' Downfall posted:

Traditional western RPGs that are decent have a really long tail in terms of sales. Unless PoE is just a shitshow at launch somehow it'll do fine even if it doesn't set charts on fire this week.

Autonomous Monster posted:

RPGCodex has a "Josh Sawyer and Fun - DISCUSS" thread

crazy sperg from that forum posted:

How can you claim to be relying on "past experiences" when in this case the past experience is the IE games? That's what backers paid for and wanted, an IE experience. Instead a certain egotistic designer (yes, you have to be a douche to insist that fans are not actually having fun with what they are having fun with) decides to reinvent the wheel / remake NWN2.

Did you have empirical evidence that players wanted an engagement sytem?
Did you have empirical evidence that players want to run around in combat rather than abstract/tactical movement like in the IE?

Why did you waste man hours creating animations and implementing ridiculous features that have nothing to do with IE style tactical gameplay?

Is there "empirical evidence" that players do not like interesting spells and hard counters, or are these the biases of a single madman allowed to run amok?

Tarezax posted:

Because Obsidian CHANGED things! And CHANGE is BAD!

...That's about the gist of it, I think.

Pwnstar posted:

RPG Codex seems to follow the philosophy that the more dense, unbalanced and impenetrable a system is then the better it is because it keeps out undesirables.

SunAndSpring posted:

I would strongly appreciate it if the keys would be sent out today.

Eej posted:

For Barbarians, does Intelligence affect the range of their cleaves and their aoe attacks that cleave? I'm kinda tempted to switch from Gun Paladin to Gentleman Barbarian for my first run.

cheesetriangles posted:

Heels or swords?

Illegal Username posted:

Dangerously sassy!

I think it was only during WW1 when the idea of fancier hat=tougher man finally died

sean10mm posted:

Oh god damnit I broke down and pre-ordered this poo poo, I don't even know when I'll have time to play this but just take all my money Obsidian

Hoboskins posted:

can anyone who played the beta tell me more about how wizard grimoires function? do you still have the ability to copy/research spells you come across into your books? Or is level up the only time you will get to learn new spells. Spoilerish but did anyone come across unique spells (as in ones inaccessible on level up) during their play through.

Is a gun toting wizard a viable build? My understanding is they have an inherent accuracy malice with weapons. Or do you need to stick with spell casting and beating up dudes with your magically charged telephone book.

Tabletops posted:

So I made a barbarian (18 might, 10 con, 18 dex, 17 int, 8 resolve, 8 perception). I intended do dual-wield and slice lots of dudes up, but the cleave AOE even with 17 int seems miniscule. most of the time It'll hit one additional mob but thats about it.

Problems with it is that she dies incredibly fast, and no monsters seem interested in killing Eredar first instead of everyone else in my party. So she just gets rocked by everything because her defenses aren't too hot.

Any ideas? I'm thinking of just rerolling, unless theres feats that increase the cleave range because right now it's just not worth it.