Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2: Capt. Asshole Island

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Oasx: Oct 11, 2006; Freshly Squeezed

Pet menagerie!

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:20

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# ? May 23, 2024 11:10

Aeonsim: Jan 18, 2015

New update Explorable world map, customisable ship, boarding fights, naval scripted encounters I really hope we get to 4million for the additional ships!

https://www.fig.co/campaigns/deadfire?update=277#updates

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:21

Captain Oblivious: Oct 12, 2007; I'm not like other posters

Basic Chunnel posted:

I would like my games to feature characters of real depth, and real human relationships. Real romance constitutes reverence for the code of the Bushido and formal respect between followers of the code of the Bushido, through which they demonstrate their deep love for the ideals of honor and duty, which are central to the code of the Bushido.

Whenever anyone thinks of a woman or sex, characters should shake their head silently at one another until the thought passes, to be replaced by thoughts of honor, duty, and the noble sacrifices made in the pursuit of said.

Get out of here Tsunetomo you hack, you've never been in a fight in your life :argh:

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:21

Fair Bear Maiden: Jun 17, 2013

There's no way they can reach $5 million for the 8th companion stretch goal.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:22

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Oasx posted:

Pet menagerie!

oh god all my dreams are coming true

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:22

Kith: Sep 17, 2009; You never learn anything
by doing it right.

Jadus posted:

Can you briefly outline your rogue spec that gives you such powerful damage?

My rogue consistently deals the most damage in the party with the majority being crits, but per hit damage is still in the 20-30 range (lvl 8, in WM).

Certainly! Keep in mind I'm level 16, though.

Hearth Orlan from Old Valia
Stats (after adjustments): 17 Might, 4 Constitution, 18 Dexterity, 19 Perception, 10 Intellect, 10 Resolve

Equipment:
Lead Spitter (Legendary Enchantment, Durgan Refined, Shocking Lash because GM uses Stormcaller and the Shock DR Reduction is nice)
Azalin's Helmet (+0.1 Crit Damage Multiplier)
Ramient of Wael's Eyes (Enchanted with +2 Might and Durgan Refined. The defense against charmed is important because it prevents Shotgun Rogue turning around and deleting someone)
Formal Footwear (+4 Dex)
Mantle of the Excavator (+4 Per)
Ryona's Vambraces (+3 Damage Reduction Bypass, really important if you're using a Blunderbuss)
Ring of Protection and Girdle of Eoten Constitution to prevent folding to stiff breezes

Key talents:
Ruffian spec
Marksman
Gunner
Dirty Fighting (+Vicious Fighting)
Deathblow
Bloody Slaughter (Blunderbusses actually deal damage in rapid sequence, so if the first few pellets reduce your target to low enough health for Bloody Slaughter to matter, the remaining pellets will benefit from it)
Penetrating Shot (that DR pierce tho. also an Attack Speed penalty doesn't really matter all that much for firearms, I've found)
A Paladin's Zealous Aura
A Chanter's Sure Handed Illa chant

Toss in any of the Strikes or Finishing Blow and you'll routinely deal 150 to 250 damage to whatever you end up shotgunning, more if you decide to abuse Backstab. I routinely hover around the 180 range and get well into the 200s when I'm fighting a boss that I'm dumping everything on. What really helps this build is having NPCs equipped with weapons that apply statuses that trigger Sneak Attack (like stuns), so you more or less bypass all of the setup that you'd normally need to do mid-fight. Of course, if you have multiple people throwing out statuses, you'll trigger Deathblow instead of Sneak Attack, and that'll make your damage output even more frightening.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:22

Mulva: Sep 13, 2011; It's about time for my once per decade ban for being a consistently terrible poster.

bitmap posted:

hah someone in here frickin called it about the steward being on the ship

I'm pretty sure we all did

Of course I did it on page 2 before anyone else :smug:

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:22

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

2house2fly posted:

New update, with a surprise revelation: you get a ship!!!!!!!!!

I thought they covered shipping in the Valentine's update

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:23

Basic Chunnel: Sep 21, 2010; Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

Furism posted:

I don't see the link between Bushido and "sex is bad" , what are you talking about?

Look guy, I'm not gonna be the one to explain the appeal of John Wick to you.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:24

2house2fly: Nov 14, 2012; You did a super job wrapping things up! And I'm not just saying that because I have to!

Steward Of Caed Nua

Ship customisation with possible implication of flying faction colours to change encounters

Upgrade cannons

Other ships as stretch goal

Overworld map interface

On-ship encounters

$5 million stretch goal is Ydwin, whoever that is, as a companion

They aren't exactly sure what the DLC will contain yet

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:24

Entropy238: Oct 21, 2010; Fallen Rib

I'm a bit confused about one of the extras. If I make a pledge and then go for "Pillars II DLC" it says "Early bird access to DLC for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire at a special Fig price". Am I buying the DLC itself or am I only buying early access or am I getting both? :confused:

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:25

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Fair Bear Maiden posted:

There's no way they can reach $5 million for the 8th companion stretch goal.

lol if you didn't immediately empty your savings account into your Fig pledge after reading "pet menagerie"

just lol

Seriously though if the $750k in Fig funding clears and they have a final day similar to their first day, they could get close. But it's definitely a long shot.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:26

Captain Oblivious: Oct 12, 2007; I'm not like other posters

Isn't Ydwin that adventurer lady from Twin Elms that people were bizarrely fixated on

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:27

Fair Bear Maiden: Jun 17, 2013

Ydwin is a sidekick that they apparently want to do as a full companion. Don't think she's from the originals.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:28

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Captain Oblivious posted:

Isn't Ydwin that adventurer lady from Twin Elms that people were bizarrely fixated on

That's Cwineth.

Ydwin is a Pale Elf that was created as a sidekick specifically for Pillars II.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:29

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

I'll be sad if the 4.0 goal isn't reached now. I will blame Ropekid, as it will be his fault that I had dreams.

Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Feb 22, 2017

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:29

Under the vegetable: Nov 2, 2004; by Smythe

Captain Oblivious posted:

Dragon Age Origins is the only Dragon Age with the weird rear end gift system you're referring to. That game came out almost a decade ago.

friendship tokens doesnt mean physical in-game items it means that you just pick the same "nice" dialogue options over and over again until the character decides you're a nice enough guy to have sex with.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:30

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Under the vegetable posted:

friendship tokens doesnt mean physical in-game items it means that you just pick the same "nice" dialogue options over and over again until the character decides you're a nice enough guy to have sex with.

That's the standard goon courting method though :confused:

Are you saying the advice I got in E/N is wrong??

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:33

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

Also model ship would be far superior to model statue

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:34

Fair Bear Maiden: Jun 17, 2013

I'm really excited for the changes to the world map. That's all.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:37

Octo1: May 7, 2009

Entropy238 posted:

I'm a bit confused about one of the extras. If I make a pledge and then go for "Pillars II DLC" it says "Early bird access to DLC for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire at a special Fig price". Am I buying the DLC itself or am I only buying early access or am I getting both?

It's for the DLC itself, you buy it now and get it for an extra low price. I don't think they're even considering public early access for DLC.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:47

CottonWolf: Jul 20, 2012; Good ideas generator

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

I'll be sad if the 4.0 goal isn't reached now. I will blame Ropekid, as it will be his fault that I had dreams.

The 5M goal too. Taunting us with things we can't have.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:47

derra: Dec 29, 2012

Octo1 posted:

It's for the DLC itself, you buy it now and get it for an extra low price. I don't think they're even considering public early access for DLC.

It's for all DLC they'll release as well.

I wouldn't know about hitting 5 mil, I only backed at the digital copy level because I see all this crowd funding as a cheap preorder, and I instantly added on the DLC today. I imagine there will be quite a few backers to do so as well.

derra fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Feb 22, 2017

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:49

Raygereio: Nov 12, 2012

at the 5 million stretch goal.
I know Urquhart said pledges made after the campaign ends will count towards the stretchgoals "for a while", which is good news for the people waiting until Obsidian sorts out pledging through paypall. But is reaching 5 million even remotely possible?

Ropekid: Any chance we could get a concept for the returning companions miniatures, like we got for the Od Nua statue?

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:52

CottonWolf: Jul 20, 2012; Good ideas generator

Raygereio posted:

at the 5 million stretch goal.
I know Urquhart said pledges made after the campaign ends will count towards the stretchgoals "for a while", which is good news for the people waiting until Obsidian sorts out pledging through paypall. But is reaching 5 million even remotely plausible?

I've lost track of how far the investment cap has been raised for the Fig funds at this point, but we're either just about at or just over 4M with the funds that haven't been funnelled in yet. So for 5M they need another million's worth of pledges in the last 2 days. Seems unlikely.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 19:55

Dolash: Oct 23, 2008; aNYWAY,
tHAT'S REALLY ALL THERE IS,
tO REPORT ON THE SUBJECT,
oF ME GETTING HURT,

I figure 5mil is just there for moonshot reasons so people will have something to aim for, since if they ran out of stretch goals during the last day rush some people might just shrug and go "eh, well, then maybe it doesn't matter if I pledge and I'll buy it when it comes out."

Also hope we make it to 3.75m or else our Chinese gonna be complicated af.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:00

mitochondritom: Oct 3, 2010

Litany Unheard posted:

That's Cwineth.

Ydwin is a Pale Elf that was created as a sidekick specifically for Pillars II.

Ydwin is a character in the Lords of the Eastern Reach board game. I guess he might have been a dev character or something.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:00

CottonWolf: Jul 20, 2012; Good ideas generator

mitochondritom posted:

Ydwin is a character in the Lords of the Eastern Reach board game. I guess he might have been a dev character or something.

Ydwin's female.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:03

Mr.Pibbleton: Feb 3, 2006; Aleuts rock, chummer.

The ship seems kinda obvious, who is Ydwin and I guess I'll upgrade my pledge for the DLC pass.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:04

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

It's really hard to gauge exactly when PoE2's funding will top out at considering the investor stuff is totally curtained to pretty much everyone. $5m could be totally ridiculous or it could be just around the corner, nobody (including Feargus/Obsidian if his previous comments still hold) really seems to know exactly how much has been raised in total save for the actual Fig beancounters.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:04

Kith: Sep 17, 2009; You never learn anything
by doing it right.

I see that loving around with the Nether Scroll will send you to new and interesting places.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:07

Avalerion: Oct 19, 2012

If we hit 3.5 I'll be happy. Grabbing the dlc too, figure if it will be story/quests or something white march style I'd end up getting it anyway.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:08

Buller: Nov 6, 2010

Get a bit of FTL vibe from the ship update.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:10

Wicked Them Beats: Apr 1, 2007; Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.

Prokhor Zakharov posted:

It's really hard to gauge exactly when PoE2's funding will top out at considering the investor stuff is totally curtained to pretty much everyone. $5m could be totally ridiculous or it could be just around the corner, nobody (including Feargus/Obsidian if his previous comments still hold) really seems to know exactly how much has been raised in total save for the actual Fig beancounters.

The real question is whether the Fig campaign will see the same pattern as Kickstarter campaigns usually do, with the big last minute rush. You often have as much pledged in the final day as the first.

And since our ship is named the Defiant, we should name our pet Captain Worf.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:12

bongwizzard: May 19, 2005; Then one day I meet a man,
He came to me and said,
"Hard work good and hard work fine,
but first take care of head"; Grimey Drawer

Basic Chunnel posted:

I would like my games to feature characters of real depth, and real human relationships. Real romance constitutes reverence for the code of the Bushido and formal respect between followers of the code of the Bushido, through which they demonstrate their deep love for the ideals of honor and duty, which are central to the code of the Bushido.

Whenever anyone thinks of a woman or sex, characters should shake their head silently at one another until the thought passes, to be replaced by thoughts of honor, duty, and the noble sacrifices made in the pursuit of said.

I just want to do stuff in games that I can't do in real life, like killing orcs and taking their gold. I have relationships/sex in real life so I have no interest in sitting at a desk and playing a simulation those things.

Under the vegetable posted:

christine love to add in turn based tactical grid combat to her vns

Someone in tfr tricked a bunch of into playing one of her games, iirc it ended with the PC, a teacher, having sex with one of his students.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:14

derra: Dec 29, 2012

Litany Unheard posted:

The real question is whether the Fig campaign will see the same pattern as Kickstarter campaigns usually do, with the big last minute rush. You often have as much pledged in the final day as the first.

And since our ship is named the Defiant, we should name our pet Captain Worf.

Lieutenant Wuff.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:15

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

I'm really surprised they aren't letting us name our ship ourselves.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:17

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

Litany Unheard posted:

The real question is whether the Fig campaign will see the same pattern as Kickstarter campaigns usually do, with the big last minute rush. You often have as much pledged in the final day as the first.

And since our ship is named the Defiant, we should name our pet Captain Worf.

Given his history with the company we should just call him Michael Dorn. Lil Dorn for short.

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:20

AriadneThread: Feb 17, 2011; The Devil sounds like smoke and honey. We cannot move. It is too beautiful.

bitmap posted:

hah someone in here frickin called it about the steward being on the ship

AriadneThread posted:

Aurubin posted:
Aww, does this mean that the nice lady in the statue/throne is gone? I've got it, you keep her phylactery or w/e in your pocket and she makes snarky comments. TURN THIS SHIP AROUND JOSH WE'VE GOT REWRITES TO MAKE!

we'll put her on the prow of the boat

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:20

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# ? May 23, 2024 11:10

AriadneThread: Feb 17, 2011; The Devil sounds like smoke and honey. We cannot move. It is too beautiful.

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

I'm really surprised they aren't letting us name our ship ourselves.

look, we know how that went for britain

# ? Feb 22, 2017 20:21

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