I've basically been hoarding ingredients for the last 20 hours, so the more shit I can make (and then sell or use), the better. My inventory is a goddamn nightmare.
Crafting 5 allows you to use elemental Essences on weapons. That alone gives you about a 20 percent boost in weapon effectiveness (The damage boost is good, the status effect proc is better). If a weapon is magical/rare/legendary and already has a elemental damage buff, the boost from the Essence STACKS on top of the weapon's existing damage (even from a different element). Madora has always had some two-handed weapon with both Earth and Fire or Air and Water damage tacked onto it in my party since I hit crafting 5.
You can also tack a Ruby onto armor and helmets, giving you +15 or 20 percent to all resists. The helmet buff is slightly less (I think it's 10 percent, with 15 percent in later levels). Still combined with the Man-At-Arms talent that gives you a bunch of resists and the base +15% resists from full plate armor, your tank can be a walking god that takes no element damage.
There are a large variety of rings and necklaces you can make to fill in open jewelry slots. I like the Lucky Rabbit Foot ring, personally (bonus movement and speed). You combine Pixie Dust (the weaver sells this... craftable, too, with a Mortar and Pestle and a Skull and Stardust Herb) with a Lucky Rabbit's Foot, then combine it with a Jeweller's Kit: Ring.
You can also combine two branches to make a staff. At Crafting 5, the water staff (element is random when crafting) gives a bonus to Intelligence. The earth staff gives a bonus to Lucky Charm, if you want a staff to equip when "looting" as opposed to in combat.
Blacksmithing allows you to improve existing metal weapons and armor on Forges and Whetstones. At Blacksmithing 5, the weapon damage boost from a whetstone (permanent, by the way) is obscenely good (something like plus 20 or 25 percent). Reforging armor removes the movement penalty and grants a movement bonus. You're going to have Blacksmithing anyway because you need to repair your shit.
Improving armor/weapons also boosts the sale value. If a metal weapon is below your level, you can scrap the metal from it at a furnace, then reforge it to make a weapon of your level that sells better.
There are a lot more things you can do with crafting, like building Skillbooks instead of paying for them or tacking on Nails onto any Boot item to make them immune to slipping. It is basically a 2 level investment (3 point) on Jahan for each skill to break the game wide open (assuming you get 2 pieces of +Blacksmithing and +Crafting gear, which is pretty easy to get from my experience).
I need to pick a build and go with it. I keep restarting/creating other saves to try different things.
I think I'm finally going to settle with a ranger/naughty deeds/crafting guy and then a witch/geomancer/pyro type, with Madora to cleave crap in half and Jahan for teleporting and air and water hijinks. And maybe branch out enough so everyone has summons.
I need to pick a build and go with it. I keep restarting/creating other saves to try different things.
I think I'm finally going to settle with a ranger/naughty deeds/crafting guy and then a witch/geomancer/pyro type, with Madora to cleave crap in half and Jahan for teleporting and air and water hijinks. And maybe branch out enough so everyone has summons.
I'd go pure Ranger, personally (all points into Expert Marksman at the start). You can use gear to make up the points for Dirty Deeds. Crafting can be dumped onto Jahan (who is tailor made for it, pretty much). Even if you don't use Jahan as an adventuring partner, you can just dump him in the Hall of Heroes and rehire him any time you need some crafting done.
Expert Marksman 5 and Quickdraw talent is SO good. Go for that first.
I need to pick a build and go with it. I keep restarting/creating other saves to try different things.
I think I'm finally going to settle with a ranger/naughty deeds/crafting guy and then a witch/geomancer/pyro type, with Madora to cleave crap in half and Jahan for teleporting and air and water hijinks. And maybe branch out enough so everyone has summons.
I'd go pure Ranger, personally (all points into Expert Marksman at the start). You can use gear to make up the points for Dirty Deeds. Crafting can be dumped onto Jahan (who is tailor made for it, pretty much). Even if you don't use Jahan as an adventuring partner, you can just dump him in the Hall of Heroes and rehire him any time you need some crafting done.
Expert Marksman 5 and Quickdraw talent is SO good. Go for that first.
That's the plan, I just used Scientist to get a point in BS/Crafting to hold me over
A friend linked me to the relevant part of Nexus Mods, and sure enough there's a dozen mods for this already. Roughly half of them are various sexy outfit or nude mods, as expected.
I'm about to enter the source temple in the phantom forest
How much more game is there? It's kinda wearing out its welcome, and I wonder if I should just power through to the end tonight, or put it away for awhile instead.
I'm about to enter the source temple in the phantom forest
How much more game is there? It's kinda wearing out its welcome, and I wonder if I should just power through to the end tonight, or put it away for awhile instead.
Not long really, just the source temple and then like 20 minutes of story stuff.
We just released the first official patch for Divinity:Original Sin which introduces the concept of AI personalities.
During character creation, you can now select a specific personality for your characters. When a personality is active the AI will automatically make dialogue choices (based on its personality) for the avatar that isn't selected.
In addition to this, we've made a lot of improvements as well as bug fixes and balancing changes.
You'll also notice that you can now publish to Steam Workshop using the Divinity Engine Toolkit.
Here's the full list of changes:
- Save games are packed and compressed now
- Fixed issues when saving to a network drive
- Fixed unique drops over multiple sessions
- Fixed several tooltips
- Optimized syncing of action states
- Fixed leadership critical chance (didn't work)
- Changed leadership icon
- Better savegame error handling + a lot of sanity checks
- Levelswap error handling for levelcache
- 5% instead of 10%/warriorlore for Weather The Storm talent
- Raged lowers your chance to hit by 25%, but you don't lose dexterity anymore.
- Fixed issue where characters could sometimes stay in a closed dialog
- Dialog banter filter in the combat log
- Fixed trade autobalancer
- Unlearning a skill will cancel it if you were casting it at the same time
- Fixed issue with inventory tabs, sometimes resulting in missing icons in the UI
- Fixed issue where certain henchman were free
- Cannot hire same henchman twice
- Henchman will start with the Staff of Magus skill now
- Added more AI personalities
- Fixed a lot of issues where players were crashing after a level swap or after loading of a savegame
- Added 5.1 Audio on cutscenes
- Added video volume slider
- Reduced cloud artefacts
- Play movies before loading
- Small fix for getting quality preset from settings
- Sort display modes correctly
- Use dropdown for V-sync options + vsync tripple buffered is on in default settings
- Fixed memory leak in character creation.
- Fixed combat and chat log settings not being saved when quiting the game through Alt+F4 or closing the game window
- Added close buttons to the combat and chat log windows
- You can now rotate your characters during character creation using the left and right arrow keys
- Fixed stuttering in the texture streamer
- Seriously limitted amount of traffic sent during player movement and when executing certain actions.
- Fixed crash when texture detail is set too low (only possible through editing config file)
- No skill casting while a skillstate is busy (causing double skill casting)
- Fixed wrong trait names in combat log
- Changed default value of stored dialog amount from 10 to 50
- Fixed loading of formations
- Check talent requirements in character creation
- No combine in trade UI
- Fixed issues with crafting
- Fixed double Quick-Save issue when spamming Quick-Save button
- Less jitter in following
- Fixed telekinesis beam showing when moving items from inventory to inventory
- Use, repair, identify and equip items in context menu in picked-up containers and backpacks
- Repair and identify in context menu in containers
- Fixed crash when level swapping when overhead text is showing
- Sort on item type in inventory
- Reenabled hints for German and French
- Fixed crash when sitting on an invalid item
Divinity Engine Toolkit
- Fixed stability issues in certain preview panels
- Fixed uploading to the Steam workshop
- Fixed issues when trying to mod the story files
Design
-Changed the name of the rock that moves away by pressing the secret button at the start of DAF_InnerSanctum from Hanneman's Axe to Rock. Also changed the stats of the rock because it was breakable from Gen_Stone_Indestructible to QUEST_Item.
-Changed the Enlightened Amulet object stat properties, set unique to 1 and also set the inventory override to MISC.
-Changed the voice of Mikhail Solomatin a trader in the Silverglen tavern from female to male
-Removed greeting voices from the wardens
-Created a new script for the Shrike (added on top of the rest with a higher priority) so the Shrike summons a higher level enemy (Shadows_Caster_B) when he's alone
-Void Dragon modified so the Void Dragon summons not level 10 but level 20 creatures
-Added Balberith to the IsNotMessingAround database
-Added Root Template Shadows_Caster_B, set Scale to 1.3
-Modified portrait for Root Templates Orc_Ghost_Female and Orc_Ghost_Male; those guys are summoned by Braogg Spiritchaser in the Dark Forest
-Set BloodSurfaceType to None for Orcs_Ghost_Female and Orcs_Ghost_Male, set HitFX to FX_GP_Hit_Jellyfish_A_Medium so it looks ghosty
-Modified portrait for Undead_FireSkeleton_Axeman, Undead_FireSkeleton_Warrior, Undead_FireSkeleton_Ranger
-Modified portrait for Template Animals_Cat_Slain
-Added Shadows_Grunt_B, to be summoned by the Void Dragon in HOM
-Replaced Goblin Tanks' Equipment to Goblins_Tank_A_Strong
-Changed equipment of elemental rock ice
-Renamed Raazen Ax'aroth to Raalzen Ax'aroth to match what's written in the story
-Set BloodSurfaceType for AnguishDemon_Slave_01-04 to None, set HitFX to FX_GP_Hit_Jellyfish_A_Medium
-Set Grutilda and DreadOrc_Grutilda to IsBoss
-Set level of landmines around Immaculate fort to 20, set Perception requirement to 11
-Dark Forest, rotated Cliff_Common_E_094 to fix display bug
-Dark Forest, fixed ground texture bug in Hunter's Edge inn
-Slightly decreased Shrike's walking speed
-Made Death Princess and the Shrike non-teleportable
-Moved LTS_Coal_Basket_F_076 and LTS_Coal_Basket_F_077 in Homestead to fix display bug (base of final flight of stairs right before the end fight in HOM)
-Increased level, Body Building, Will Power of Shadows_Caster_A_Strong & Shadows_Mage_A_Strong
-Increased HOM_Shrike's Body Building & Will Power to 10
-Set Sight Range of DAF_Orc_FemaleBossDouble to default instead of -4
-Gave DAF_RatKing_SlainCat a Constitution of 7 (instead of _Ghost's 4). Ingame, the cat now has CON 16 (instead of CON 9)
-Gave Norok 10 Will Power, 10 Body Building(removed all immunities)
Reverted Balberith's slaves' Dex back to _Ghost's base, increased Constitution to 6 (instead of _Ghost's 4). Ingame, slaves now have CON 15 (instead of CON 13)
-Gave Grutilda_Dread 15 Action Points at start, increased Speed to 8 (instead of base's 6)
-Decreased Constitution of HOM_Astarte and HOM_Astarte_SecondFight from 6 to 5, removed Vitality boost (130% > 100%)
-Increased DAF_Orc_Warrior's speed to 6, base initiative to 10
I-ncreased Sight Range of Cyseal_Council_Soldier_Helping_Arhu to 2 (overriding _Base's -2), otherwise sometimes they would not come to the player's aid in battle. Now has Sight Range 22.50, had before Sight Range 14.50
-Modified healthbar color of all Shield skills
-Boreas's tiny elemental rocks xp gain set to None
-Added Shadows_Grunt_A_Strong for the root template Shadows_Grunt_B, to be summoned by the Void Dragon in HOM
-Increased the level of _Shadows_Caster_A_Strong to 20
-Increased Action Points cost of _Goblins_Tank_A to 3
-Increased Action Points cost of _Goblins_Tank_A_Strong to 5
-Increased damage of _Cyseal_BC_CrabSummoner to 8
-Increased damage of _Undead_Skeleton_Grunt_Boss to 8
-Increased damage of _DAF_DemonBoss to 8, decreased attack's Action Point Cost to 4
-Increased damage of _DAF_Norok to 8
-Boreas's tiny elemental rocks now inflict proper secondary status
-DAF_PhantomForest_Ghost_Poacher_03 now has a proper character icon.
-Adjusted DAF_ImmaFort_Goblin_Boss's Equipment
-Added new spell, Summon_ShadowCasterEF (uses only old assets incl. name & spells)
-Set Phoenix Dive's DamageOnJump to Yes, Damage to 0
-Decreased Action Point cost of EnemyPoisonHailAttack from 7 to 5, increased cooldown from 2 to 3, increased damage from 5 to 6, dmg multiplier from 40 to 60
-Set Damage of Cone_Enemy_WaterSpit to 7, Multiplier to 100
-Set Damage of Cone_Enemy_WaterSpitSmaller to 5, Multiplier to 60
-Tweaked WellCraftedArrow's StatsDescriptionParams
-Set Damage of AttenberahKillingSpell to 12, Multiplier to 200, DamageType to None (otherwise people buff the Apprentice with a Water Shield and it absorbs the damage)
-Changed the way Zombie Jake behaves after Evelyn's fight to prevent any damage inflicted on him
-Force-remove the players from dialog before starting Astarte's last speech
-Changed the condition to enter the village, every amulet works now
-Change lock level of the door to the starstone in the trial dungeon to 99
-Added check for Grutilda's dialog before talking to her to prevent dialog overlap
-Remove wander of timfred in troll cave to prevent weird behavior, he used to end up relaxing with the trolls deep in the cave
-Added the achievment fixes even if the quest doesn't open or close while it's relevent
-Changed the alignment of Frederick from Good to Neutral to prevent him from joining every fight
-Changed blood cage so that it doesn't automatically place items inside itself if you have the Tenebrium ability. Also Brandon leaves the blood cage with you instead of taking it when the quest is complete
-Changed Bertia's attitude from +25 to -25 when you keep the sheep
-Fixed the timing at the goblin totem that could freeze the village due to disabling display text while winning the trial
-Gave treasure to Hunter's edge residence / made poker player one combat group
-Making sure the fabulous flag is on to prevent bug when turning the quest in
-Removed poison cloud from mushrooms to prevent permanent explosion
-Fixed Shrike fight setup restarting after savegame load
-Arhu attitude loop fix. To fix performance drop.
-Fixed elemental statue dialog issue
-Henchman trader fix for 2 players talking to him
-Added sound event for Cyseal Orc ship arrival on beach
-Added savegame fix for missing companion dialogs.
-Fixed no valid dialog node in HOM_Icara when talking to her after finding the hidden family but not accepting the druid quest yet.
-Made sure speaker boxes in source temple are called 'Trial Statue'
-Homestead guys don't respond to drawn weapons
-No speakergreeting for teller of secrets
-CharmedOrc in cyseal no greetingvoice
-Start Fun with Funghi quest if you find Maradino's spell
-Norok journal update only after he's killed
-Bugfix: Pincer had 2 diferent voices
-Fix Bicky Bomb Voice asserts
-Remove Bicky Bomb Voice asserts in Luculla Mines
-Cancel JAH_Truth if is Balberith killed
-Blocker fix: Parallel dungeon pendants
-Scale scraps can be crafted with Metal Armor
-Intestines can be crafted to create poison/poisoned food/poisoned arrowheads
-Strong sinews can be crafted to bowstrings
-Crafting scrolls now works with elemental essence like the cards say (e.g. fire essence + paper = blank fire scroll)
-The seller of secrets now only has 1 ability book and 1 stat book instead of regenerating those
-Summoned Skeleton now uses correct animation for his 2H sword
-Changed impact of Soulsap so that it doesn't lower Specializations anymore
Kickstarter
-Added missing people to credits.
-Fix for messages in a bottle not showing.
-Added missing kickstarter rewards.
Mac specific
- Black stripes fixed in Black Cove
- Fake fullscreen mouse dragging corruption is fixed
So I started the game with a Shadowblade and Wayfarer. I've played RPG's before but never ended up getting into the more traditional BG2/NWN games. Any good guides or tips you guys have?
I have to collect 12 blood/star stones to gain entry to the last dungeon. Checked a list thereof. I think I got them all, I guess I must have missed one. I don't know which one. I guess I'll watch the ending on youtube.
The oldschool *zero handholding* approach was refreshing at first, tedious sometime inbetween, and now it's simply become annoying. I don't think I can be bothered to backtrack through the whole game and figure out what I missed. It's a shame, but I realized that I expect a certain amount of streamlining, lest I feel like a game is wasting my time.
I need a fix of Dragon's Teeth right now. Can't be dealing with this nonesense.
I have to collect 12 blood/star stones to gain entry to the last dungeon. Checked a list thereof. I think I got them all, I guess I must have missed one. I don't know which one. I guess I'll watch the ending on youtube.
The oldschool *zero handholding* approach was refreshing at first, tedious sometime inbetween, and now it's simply become annoying. I don't think I can be bothered to backtrack through the whole game and figure out what I missed. It's a shame, but I realized that I expect a certain amount of streamlining, lest I feel like a game is wasting my time.
I need a fix of Dragon's Teeth right now. Can't be dealing with this nonesense.
There are at least 15 (edit: 16) stones in the game and you only need 12.
Did you use any blood stones you might be carrying around? I had a few in my bag when I reached the door I had forgotten to break open for that delicious souljuice.
I have to collect 12 blood/star stones to gain entry to the last dungeon. Checked a list thereof. I think I got them all, I guess I must have missed one. I don't know which one. I guess I'll watch the ending on youtube.
The oldschool *zero handholding* approach was refreshing at first, tedious sometime inbetween, and now it's simply become annoying. I don't think I can be bothered to backtrack through the whole game and figure out what I missed. It's a shame, but I realized that I expect a certain amount of streamlining, lest I feel like a game is wasting my time.
I need a fix of Dragon's Teeth right now. Can't be dealing with this nonesense.
The secret to enjoying old school games is to make a genuine effort to figure these things out. But if you get to the point where you aren't having fun anymore, there's no shame in finding a hint online.
I have to collect 12 blood/star stones to gain entry to the last dungeon. Checked a list thereof. I think I got them all, I guess I must have missed one. I don't know which one. I guess I'll watch the ending on youtube.
The oldschool *zero handholding* approach was refreshing at first, tedious sometime inbetween, and now it's simply become annoying. I don't think I can be bothered to backtrack through the whole game and figure out what I missed. It's a shame, but I realized that I expect a certain amount of streamlining, lest I feel like a game is wasting my time.
I need a fix of Dragon's Teeth right now. Can't be dealing with this nonesense.
The secret to enjoying old school games is to make a genuine effort to figure these things out. But if you get to the point where you aren't having fun anymore, there's no shame in finding a hint online.
I wish I had gone finding some hints online earlier. The flow of the game's plot really suffers when you trigger
the attack to the End of the Time very early and then do not resolve it until very late - I've gone from lvl 12 or so to lvl 18 with no new portals opening because of that. Just spent like two hours hopping in and out of the home plane, checking out the lore and seeing all the useful stuff now available when it's too late to matter much.
I didn't do it on purpose, just seems it is really easy to break the intended progression. On one hand the freedom is nice, but on the other this game also demonstrates why all the big AAA-games usually limit player's freedom.
This game has no freedom, it's a purely linear game that allows you to peek into the later stuff. I'm not sure how I feel about that....other than I love the game anyways.
I have to collect 12 blood/star stones to gain entry to the last dungeon. Checked a list thereof. I think I got them all, I guess I must have missed one. I don't know which one. I guess I'll watch the ending on youtube.
The oldschool *zero handholding* approach was refreshing at first, tedious sometime inbetween, and now it's simply become annoying. I don't think I can be bothered to backtrack through the whole game and figure out what I missed. It's a shame, but I realized that I expect a certain amount of streamlining, lest I feel like a game is wasting my time.
I need a fix of Dragon's Teeth right now. Can't be dealing with this nonesense.
The secret to enjoying old school games is to make a genuine effort to figure these things out. But if you get to the point where you aren't having fun anymore, there's no shame in finding a hint online.
Aye sure. It's just not 1988 anymore, when it took me like a half a year to figure out that I had to *take a deep breath* to solve some underwater puzzle in Space Quest 1, and I was okay with it being that way. These days, I lose my patience with a game much more quickly. Don't get me wrong, I love the game overall - it just expects a lot of the player, and that all the time. I mean with all the character build experiments I spent like 100 hours on Original Sin. I just reached my breaking point in regards to the game making me feel lost. I've got more exciting ways to waste my time than doing hours of internet research on how to get things done. The game is great, and I love that it exists, but my fascination with its brand of freedom finally wore thin.
I think I hit my breaking point when the game asked me to flee from some Death Knights, and I naturally fled the way I came. Distracting the fiends with my summons, popping invisibility as needed, clearing lava with Tornados, making my way all the way to the quicktravel waypoint I came from... and it didn't work. Of course I had to flee in the other direction, where an exit is hidden behind some breakable stuff. It's not like the lava wasn't an obvious hint, and it's crazy that it actually let me do all the things I did, but really, if the game wants me to do something specific, I'd rather have it tell me what and where and how, rather than keeping it vague.
btw. I missed Maradino's Lair and its Blood Stone, which is an easy thing to miss. I guess I'll finish it eventually. Right now I just have to take a break.
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This game is absolutely completely fantastic and a vindication of everything I have been saying about why RPGs should invest more in turn based combat for anything remotely tactical. It makes me so happy on every conceivable level.
I am so pleased to see a resurgence in Turn Based games as well.
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So I've found what SEEMS to be a little crafting area in the starting city, with a Furnace, Anvil, Bellows and Whetstone, but I can't seem to do anything with them. Do I just drag weapons to be upgraded to the whetstone in any specific way?
So far I've made some pizza dough, and put buckets on my head.
So I've found what SEEMS to be a little crafting area in the starting city, with a Furnace, Anvil, Bellows and Whetstone, but I can't seem to do anything with them. Do I just drag weapons to be upgraded to the whetstone in any specific way?
Yeah, for most crafting you just drag one item over the other. It's a bit clunky. You need Blacksmithing 2 to use whetstones - it seems to give around +20% damage permanently to any bladed(?) weapon. There's long lists of crafting recipes, I never bothered with anything else besides whetstones. It also increases the value of the item, so if you have a bunch of blades you are planning to sell and feel like that extra 10% gold makes a difference, you can hone them all.
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So I've found what SEEMS to be a little crafting area in the starting city, with a Furnace, Anvil, Bellows and Whetstone, but I can't seem to do anything with them. Do I just drag weapons to be upgraded to the whetstone in any specific way?
Yeah, for most crafting you just drag one item over the other. It's a bit clunky. You need Blacksmithing 2 to use whetstones - it seems to give around +20% damage permanently to any bladed(?) weapon. There's long lists of crafting recipes, I never bothered with anything else besides whetstones. It also increases the value of the item, so if you have a bunch of blades you are planning to sell and feel like that extra 10% gold makes a difference, you can hone them all.
So whetstones are an item in the environment that isn't consumed, as opposed to an item you can put in your inventory that gets used up?
Just checking, as I found the aforementioned crafting area, and the 'whetstone' is pretty huge and definitely not something I can pick up. (Unless I need more than 10 Strength).
So I've found what SEEMS to be a little crafting area in the starting city, with a Furnace, Anvil, Bellows and Whetstone, but I can't seem to do anything with them. Do I just drag weapons to be upgraded to the whetstone in any specific way?
Yeah, for most crafting you just drag one item over the other. It's a bit clunky. You need Blacksmithing 2 to use whetstones - it seems to give around +20% damage permanently to any bladed(?) weapon. There's long lists of crafting recipes, I never bothered with anything else besides whetstones. It also increases the value of the item, so if you have a bunch of blades you are planning to sell and feel like that extra 10% gold makes a difference, you can hone them all.
So whetstones are an item in the environment that isn't consumed, as opposed to an item you can put in your inventory that gets used up?
There's both kinds in the game and they do the same thing.
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Thanks for the answers, I must have somehow been 'doing it wrong' last night.
It was close to 2am though. I stopped and went to bed.
Finished the game. Oh man, that end fight was looooooooong. I'm sure some people who min/max break the game and hit for one billion every time they swing can do it fast but for me it took forever. I was afraid my weapons break mid-fight even though I had repaired them before starting it. Then I started being afraid I fall asleep before I'm done - though at least you can save during the fight.
It's been a hell of a journey, despite the flaws the game clearly has. My GOTY 2014 most likely, especially if they keep on patching the game.
This game is absolutely completely fantastic and a vindication of everything I have been saying about why RPGs should invest more in turn based combat for anything remotely tactical. It makes me so happy on every conceivable level.
I am so pleased to see a resurgence in Turn Based games as well.
We can only hope that turn based games catch on enough for more people to invest in making them. Divinity is still the top seller on steam.
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It's official. Madora is amazing.
"Hold on, y'all, what's what.... purring saaahnd? MAAAAHND CONTROL VAAAHBRASHUNS! Don't be sedoooced, com-raaayds!"
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Holy ****! Nice.
It is pretty comical. I expect I'll be nerfed into the ground before I get halfway through and have to reroll again, but until then, HAW.
I think I'm finally going to settle with a ranger/naughty deeds/crafting guy and then a witch/geomancer/pyro type, with Madora to cleave crap in half and Jahan for teleporting and air and water hijinks. And maybe branch out enough so everyone has summons.
Expert Marksman 5 and Quickdraw talent is SO good. Go for that first.
It doesn't freakin' work. Like, you can't build any scripts, or establish what triggers do.
Really disappointed.
Jup. First I heard of it. Must be something At The End of Time.
That's the plan, I just used Scientist to get a point in BS/Crafting to hold me over
How much more game is there? It's kinda wearing out its welcome, and I wonder if I should just power through to the end tonight, or put it away for awhile instead.
Steam: CavilatRest
YESSSSS!!!
NOOOOOOO!
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Poor Madora. No longer will you passively heal from all elemental damage.
The oldschool *zero handholding* approach was refreshing at first, tedious sometime inbetween, and now it's simply become annoying. I don't think I can be bothered to backtrack through the whole game and figure out what I missed. It's a shame, but I realized that I expect a certain amount of streamlining, lest I feel like a game is wasting my time.
I need a fix of Dragon's Teeth right now. Can't be dealing with this nonesense.
Did you use any blood stones you might be carrying around? I had a few in my bag when I reached the door I had forgotten to break open for that delicious souljuice.
*edit* OK NERDS I'M GOING IN
Steam: adamjnet
Critical Failures - Havenhold Campaign • August St. Cloud (Human Ranger)
You can now change hotbars with R and F! No more clicking that tiny annoying arrow!
I think there are also more - I'm sure there were only 3 last time, now it's 1-9.
Could be my imagination, though, since I missed the fact that you could change hotbars at all for about 16 hours...
The secret to enjoying old school games is to make a genuine effort to figure these things out. But if you get to the point where you aren't having fun anymore, there's no shame in finding a hint online.
I wish I had gone finding some hints online earlier. The flow of the game's plot really suffers when you trigger
I didn't do it on purpose, just seems it is really easy to break the intended progression. On one hand the freedom is nice, but on the other this game also demonstrates why all the big AAA-games usually limit player's freedom.
Aye sure. It's just not 1988 anymore, when it took me like a half a year to figure out that I had to *take a deep breath* to solve some underwater puzzle in Space Quest 1, and I was okay with it being that way. These days, I lose my patience with a game much more quickly. Don't get me wrong, I love the game overall - it just expects a lot of the player, and that all the time. I mean with all the character build experiments I spent like 100 hours on Original Sin. I just reached my breaking point in regards to the game making me feel lost. I've got more exciting ways to waste my time than doing hours of internet research on how to get things done. The game is great, and I love that it exists, but my fascination with its brand of freedom finally wore thin.
btw. I missed Maradino's Lair and its Blood Stone, which is an easy thing to miss. I guess I'll finish it eventually. Right now I just have to take a break.
I am so pleased to see a resurgence in Turn Based games as well.
So far I've made some pizza dough, and put buckets on my head.
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
Yeah, for most crafting you just drag one item over the other. It's a bit clunky. You need Blacksmithing 2 to use whetstones - it seems to give around +20% damage permanently to any bladed(?) weapon. There's long lists of crafting recipes, I never bothered with anything else besides whetstones. It also increases the value of the item, so if you have a bunch of blades you are planning to sell and feel like that extra 10% gold makes a difference, you can hone them all.
Just checking, as I found the aforementioned crafting area, and the 'whetstone' is pretty huge and definitely not something I can pick up. (Unless I need more than 10 Strength).
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
There's both kinds in the game and they do the same thing.
It was close to 2am though. I stopped and went to bed.
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
It's been a hell of a journey, despite the flaws the game clearly has. My GOTY 2014 most likely, especially if they keep on patching the game.
We can only hope that turn based games catch on enough for more people to invest in making them. Divinity is still the top seller on steam.
"Hold on, y'all, what's what.... purring saaahnd? MAAAAHND CONTROL VAAAHBRASHUNS! Don't be sedoooced, com-raaayds!"
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991