ProfessorCirno posted:Durance is literally just any loving common-rear end dude who got jilted by a lady and never got over it. Oh wait, he also has magic powers, and racism. Yeah I'm starting to see why he's so popular. Yes. That's literally why he's popular. He's a huge rear end in a top hat and everyone in the party barely tolerates and fucks with him. It's a good dynamic.
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Also, the game never makes much of it, but the combination of his fanatical devotion to his goddess, combined with what a piece of poo poo he is, makes it delicious to imagine how undermined he must feel at the end when he finds out the gods are just things made by people
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Entropy238 posted:They definitely did more with the writing in the White March and patch content. There’s a bit more emotional weight to what’s going on and it doesn’t take itself as seriously as the main game does. Answering "[Lie] Yes." to "Are you real?" is possibly the best dialogue option in the game after "I KNEW IT!!!!" when finding out the Gods are super soul AIs as a Nihilist Philosopher. Hot take: Maybe the writing in Pillars of Eternity... is good? Hieronymous Alloy posted:Yeah the general model is like Cardinal Mazarin, not Jim Jones Durance does not have anywhere near the charisma required to be Jim Jones analogue. Though, I'd definitely play a game with where the representative priest was a psycho evil cult leader. Pillars is one of the few settings where you could do it, as a priests power is internal rather than directly tapped from a divine source. CottonWolf fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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Jan 12, 2018 18:54
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I love [Lie]Yes because it's literally true
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Jan 12, 2018 18:58
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Yeah. That's why it's such a good joke.
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 ????? 1 in the Gilded Vale 4 in Defiance Bay 1 in tree city 1 in Stalwart the gently caress am I missing
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Dyrford Village probably
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CottonWolf posted:is possibly the best dialogue option in the game after "I KNEW IT!!!!" when finding out the Gods are super soul AIs as a Nihilist Philosopher. Is this real?
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Jan 13, 2018 00:30
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Clever Spambot posted:Is this real? Yes
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Basic Chunnel posted:[Lie] Yes
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Clever Spambot posted:Is this real? 
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I didn't even know there was a subset of philosophies you could choose for that profession, let alone special dialogues for them. Fascinating.
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I think that's based on the questions you want sore at the beginning of the game. There is definitely one that sounds nihilist ish
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Jan 13, 2018 03:26
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I like at the start with Calisca if you are a nihilist and she asks why you came to the Dyrford and you can say "why do anything?" she's like "oh no, I'm not being drawn into this." One of the other dialogue options for why you left is "not believing in anything turned out to be extremely boring."
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Jan 13, 2018 07:07
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Wait so what actual for real priests are Durance similar to?
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Chairchucker posted:Wait so what actual for real priests are Durance similar to? The kind that carry a giant crucifix staff and scream at you when you're trying to get to class.
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Jan 13, 2018 07:49
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lol but no really
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Chairchucker posted:Wait so what actual for real priests are Durance similar to? Take your pick of martyred Saints. Same level of conviction, different ideologies. If a character literally has magic powers from faith, that faith should probably inform most aspects of their character. Durance actually lives up to that standard. Captain Oblivious fucked around with this message at 08:18 on Jan 13, 2018 |
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Jan 13, 2018 08:15
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Mmm yes who can forget the last words of Saint Stephen, "Father, they are a pack of fiery whores."
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Jan 13, 2018 08:20
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"Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest, this shall be the portion of their cup." - Minister Thomas Vincent, after the Great Fire of London. Also St. George straight up iced a dragon, that's pretty dope. Pwnstar fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Jan 13, 2018 |
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Jan 13, 2018 09:20
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Chairchucker posted:Wait so what actual for real priests are Durance similar to? Durance more or less a Flannery O'Connor homage, a grotesque and hateful man whose insistent blasphemy and hatred of Magran belies a deep yearning for her favor and redemption. Haze Motes was also an itinerant street preacher who hated and insulted everyone, fwiw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0pMmth5tDw Basic Chunnel fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Jan 13, 2018 |
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Making the big bad of the new Star Wars an emotionally stunted MRA, alt-right, school-shooting dweeb is extremely good actually.
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Chairchucker posted:Mmm yes who can forget the last words of Saint Stephen, "Father, they are a pack of fiery whores." Different ideologies, same level of conviction. This point has already been addressed, but you knew that.
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Chairchucker posted:Wait so what actual for real priests are Durance similar to? Saint Dunstan, so the story goes, once pulled the devil by the nose; with red-hot tongs, which made him roar, and could be heard ten miles or more.
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Pwnstar posted:I like at the start with Calisca if you are a nihilist and she asks why you came to the Dyrford and you can say "why do anything?" she's like "oh no, I'm not being drawn into this." One of the other dialogue options for why you left is "not believing in anything turned out to be extremely boring."  The opening dialogue with Calisca hides some real gems. I think my favourite is the self-made orphan one.
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I’m not 100% sure it requires taking option 2. I think I took option 3.
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Jan 13, 2018 20:09
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I'm about to go out of town for 3 months and have no ability to play POE so why am I sitting here thinking about starting my second playthrough? I liked my first run a lot, but I kinda brute forced the entire latter half of it rather than actually getting good at the game. I want to actually, uh, use magic this time I think
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Woo, beat the game in time for PoE2!  Wondering how PoE2 will gel with some of the endings I got though. Also you think pissing off Ondra by restoring Abydon was a good idea before spending the next game on a ship?
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It's probably not great. But assuming a) you're not going full build a throne from the skulls of the gods, and b) you didn't gently caress over the Galawain, Magran, Abydon trio at the end of Pillars, you've probably got Abydon on your side to give you some sort of cover.
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Samuel Clemens posted:the self-made orphan one. Wait, what?
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Is Pallegina a Kind Wayfarer in PoE2 if you screw up the exclusive trade deal but don't strengthen Dyrewood?
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has ropekid ever explained why he prefers his current system of dialogue checks? ie telling the player 'this is a strength check, and you do/don't meet it' rather than obfuscating it and not letting the player know its a check, or not telling the player the check threshold
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:has ropekid ever explained why he prefers his current system of dialogue checks? That's a option, you can have silent checks if you want.
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Dick Burglar posted:Wait, what?
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:has ropekid ever explained why he prefers his current system of dialogue checks? Iirc he said one time that when they obfuscated it it wasn't as clear to players that their stat choices were affecting their options, so they felt less feedback on those choices
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Reason #352 Why New Vegas Owns is the dialogue choices you get if you can't make once of those checks. So I like being able to see them. As well as knowing I can reload and quickly buff a stat to pass a certain check.  
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Pwnstar posted:Reason #352 Why New Vegas Owns is the dialogue choices you get if you can't make once of those checks. So I like being able to see them. As well as knowing I can reload and quickly buff a stat to pass a certain check. you like them because there aren't any consequences for building your character a certain way because you can guarantee you pass every check
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:you like them because there aren't any consequences for building your character a certain way because you can guarantee you pass every check Or if you wanna see what the different responses do, but not do an entire other play-through?
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:you like them because there aren't any consequences for building your character a certain way because you can guarantee you pass every check I like them because I would build my character / change equipment / eat food to pass the checks anyway but this way I don't have to play with a guide to figure out what the break points are for the cool fun things.
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