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[Draining Dragon]

Whenever you try to quiz him on things that are uncomfortable for him, he gets angry like Recon would. He is basically telling you to stop >implying or >projecting, you sick Watcher fak.

Not wholly unrelated: Durance is probably the funniest companion. Second favourite so far behind Bro-Kana. Though I only just reached Defiance Bay, so I haven't gotten all the peeps yet.

One of the things I like about Durance is his choice of deity. Magran, the goddess of war and fire, is also basically the goddess of firearms and explosives. That's easily the most badass portfolio I've ever seen for a deity, whether in mythology or fiction.

[Heimdall]

Still not very far in the game, just got to Gilded Vale after being brutally mauled by a bear, got the next episode of my Let's Play Up.

[Iakus]

Still not very far in the game, just got to Gilded Vale after being brutally mauled by a bear, got the next episode of my Let's Play Up.

Yeah that bear will mess you up if you go at it alone.  It's like, a Dragon Age bear 

[Farangbaa]

I have this weird OCD where I cannot allow myself too much... disagreement between what my character actually looks like and the portrait.

So I always end up adjusting the looks to the portrait

[Vortex13]

I have this weird OCD where I cannot allow myself too much... disagreement between what my character actually looks like and the portrait.

So I always end up adjusting the looks to the portrait

 

 

You too? 

[Draining Dragon]

I have this weird OCD where I cannot allow myself too much... disagreement between what my character actually looks like and the portrait.So I always end up adjusting the looks to the portrait

Same. It wasn't so bad in BG2 due to the paper dolls, but with high quality models, it's really irritating.

Fortunately, you can always download a portrait pack.

[Akrabra]

I wonder if we can add the portraits from BG and NWN, i really do like those better than the new ones. But yeah i always have to tweak my character to look alike the portrait, which meant i had to choose the ugly haircut on my elf  

[Ascendra]

I wonder if we can add the portraits from BG and NWN, i really do like those better than the new ones. But yeah i always have to tweak my character to look alike the portrait, which meant i had to choose the ugly haircut on my elf

 

Yes, we can. Im playing with a custom portrait (my avatar) and added several other custom portraits. 

You have to resize them via some image program (i use Photoshop), the big portraits are the same as BG size - 210x330 pixels, the small ones are 76x96 pixels. 

There are specific folders for the portraits, something like - C:\GOG Games\Pillars of Eternity\PillarsOfEternity_Data\data\art\gui\portraits\player\female for female, separate folder for male. Or your own path for the game (if you're using Steam). Its very easy, they are in a png format though, not bmp.

Unfortunately I didnt find a way to change portrait midgame, I dont think there is an option.

[Rawgrim]

I regret Cadegund was cut out of the game.

 

Really liked her concept

 

At least they let customers know what was cut, in good time. Unlike other developers who talks about cut content, as if it was still in the final game, two days before release.

[Vortex13]

Part of me really wishes PoE has MP, I had lots of fun playing Baulder's Gate 2 and Icewind Dale over LAN with my friends. It would be cool to run through the game with your gaming buddies.

[LinksOcarina]

I dunno about Path of the Damned.

Sometimes you just roflstomp over enemies becuase you get nice dicerolls. You reload, do the same battle because you thought it was a little too easy.

And there you go, your characters keep hitting the guy for 0.5 damage and you lose.

 

Welcome to nostaliga town, where your fate is only enhanced by stats, but not directly tied to it.

 

I was never a fan of this in RPG's, critical hit % chance is ok, but no glancing blows or pure misses based on luck, makes the game punishing to the point where even the best laid plans don't work because it boils down to an algorithm.

 

One example, a dungeon level where I was fighting in the Catacombs of Copperlane had about seven or eight enemies, plus a boss. Now normally I would place the front line guys on the side, to let my wizard character do a fireblast in their face when combat begins, while Aloth shoots out some oil slick to keep them busy. Fighters pincer on the side with support and healing. Problem is, the guys dropped me due to interrupts and three critical hits in a row so fast, I didn't get a chance to do some massive damage.

 

Fight went downhill from there, Eder has four guy on him in his guard stance but was not doing enough damage to keep them at bay, Aloth didn't last much longer, neither did Durance or Kana.

 

 

So I reloaded the fight, did it again, and this time I blasted them nicely, had the guys on me do mostly grazed hits, with Durance healing like a madman. Was able to whittle down the enemy and survive the fight, with three characters standing instead of a TPK. 

 

Looking back, I didn't really change my strategy too much, but I did check the diceroll logs, the differences were mostly there, along with order of abilities after the opening attack notwithstanding.

 

For me thats a mark against the game, also probably why i'll never do Tides of Iron and Path of the Damned, just not worth the hassle of frustration. 

[Akrabra]

Yes, we can. Im playing with a custom portrait (my avatar) and added several other custom portraits. 

You have to resize them via some image program (i use Photoshop), the big portraits are the same as BG size - 210x330 pixels, the small ones are 76x96 pixels. 

There are specific folders for the portraits, something like - C:\GOG Games\Pillars of Eternity\PillarsOfEternity_Data\data\art\gui\portraits\player\female for female, separate folder for male. Or your own path for the game (if you're using Steam). Its very easy, they are in a png format though, not bmp.

Unfortunately I didnt find a way to change portrait midgame, I dont think there is an option.

Awesome Thank you! Made my day and my next character very happy. 

[In Exile]

Yeah that bear will mess you up if you go at it alone. It's like, a Dragon Age bear

I found it relatively easy to solo (at least with a paladin and Wizard so far) on non-path of the dammed. All you need is the right combat build and some good dice rolls.

[Ascendra]

Same. It wasn't so bad in BG2 due to the paper dolls, but with high quality models, it's really irritating.

Fortunately, you can always download a portrait pack.

 

The thing that frustrates more is the color limitation. I can kind of get around the hair or face discrepancies, but the colors are very limiting. I know its done to provide visual distinctions between the races, and I know there can be so many different greys, dark browns or blues, still some more alterations would have been nice.

[Fast Jimmy]

The thing that frustrates more is the color limitation. I can kind of get around the hair or face discrepancies, but the colors are very limiting. I know its done to provide visual distinctions between the races, and I know there can be so many different greys, dark browns or blues, still some more alterations would have been nice.

Try playing as a Godlike. Not a single one of the portraits matches up with any of the face options. Which I could maybe understand if there were tons of face options, but there's not. Nature Godlike has three faces, one portrait. And that portrait does not match any of the three faces.

Really?

[Il Divo]

Try playing as a Godlike. Not a single one of the portraits matches up with any of the face options. Which I could maybe understand if there were tons of face options, but there's not. Nature Godlike has three faces, one portrait. And that portrait does not match any of the three faces.

Really?

 

Dealt with this exact issue as well as a Death Godlike. Still, I feel like this is something Obsidian can (and will) correct with relatively little effort. 

[LinksOcarina]

Try playing as a Godlike. Not a single one of the portraits matches up with any of the face options. Which I could maybe understand if there were tons of face options, but there's not. Nature Godlike has three faces, one portrait. And that portrait does not match any of the three faces.

Really?

 

I am more upset about the moon godlike and the Aumaua options for portraits. Although I love the lone male island Aumaua picture, very Samurai-like. 

[Zekka]

The game doesn't really look as appealing as Divinity. Downloading it now to play.

[Ascendra]

Try playing as a Godlike. Not a single one of the portraits matches up with any of the face options. Which I could maybe understand if there were tons of face options, but there's not. Nature Godlike has three faces, one portrait. And that portrait does not match any of the three faces.

Really?

 

I tried, yes, so I know the feeling. Im sure there are talented artists who will soon draw something very close to the models, or hopefully new head models will appear for the godlike. If people can insert new hair in Inquisition, Im sure Pillars wouldnt be a problem.

 

But I agree with everything said above, the portrait selection is severely lacking for some of the races. And the quality of some portraits is somehow worse than the others. Strange. Maybe they knew people will be inserting their own stuff anyway, since its so easy to find and do, so they did not really bother with this. I dont blame them to be honest.

[Ascendra]

The game doesn't really look as appealing as Divinity. Downloading it now to play.

 

Thats something I don't get. Whats so appealing about Divinity? I tried playing it, 4 times, and still couldnt get into the game. It has interesting concepts, sure, and I love Larian. I played Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity (terribad bugs and all), Ego Draconis and loved all. But Original Sin doesnt really get me.

 

Anyway, hope you like PoE, this game needs more supporters.

[Zekka]

Thats something I don't get. Whats so appealing about Divinity? I tried playing it, 4 times, and still couldnt get into the game. It has interesting concepts, sure, and I love Larian. I played Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity (terribad bugs and all), Ego Draconis and loved all. But Original Sin doesnt really get me.

 

Anyway, hope you like PoE, this game needs more supporters.

from the YouTube videos and the art style I've seen this game looks like a what you would expect from you usual D&D or isometric style RPG of old. It doesn't really have "style" and I haven't heard much about it to make it stand out.

 

Divinity probably has the best gameplay of any rpg I've played in the last couple of years. I particularly like all the options you get and how you can tackle combat in different ways. Gameplay is it's strongest focus.

Anyway, I was also going to get to Wasteland 2 too. If you have played that, is it good?

[Ascendra]

from the YouTube videos and the art style I've seen this game looks like a what you would expect from you usual D&D or isometric style RPG of old. It doesn't really have "style" and I haven't heard much about it to make it stand out.

 

Well, its specifically stated by the developers that it is a spiritual successor to the games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment. So the graphics and art are done in such style on purpose.

 

Divinity probably has the best gameplay of any rpg I've played in the last couple of years. I particularly like all the options you get and how you can tackle combat in different ways. Gameplay is it's strongest focus.

Anyway, I was also going to get to Wasteland 2 too. If you have played that, is it good?

 

I can understand the appeal even if I don't share it. For me it was unusually boring. But thats just personal taste, I guess good gameplay can't sustain me for too long, I need a story or companions or both to go on.

Wasteland I have tried yes, but I think I had problems with my screen resolution, the dialogues showed weird and I couldnt select some options since they were hidden off the screen, i couldnt even exit the dialogue as far as I recall, so I dropped it for a while. I thought it started quite good, had this Fallout vibe, but other than that I cant comment, since I didnt get past the first area. Maybe will try it sometime after Pillars.

[Draining Dragon]

Speaking of godlike, they don't seem to get as many reactions as they should. I've only had a few people comment on my fire godlike.

I find it especially odd that Durance hasn't commented. Aren't fire godlike said to be blessed by Magran?

[Akrabra]

Yeah Godlike beeing such a special circumstance as it is should be mentioned more i suppose. I think Godlike depends on which god that blesses you. As you said Fire Godlike is blessed by Magran. Avian Godlike is blessed by Hylea and so forth. I haven't created one yet. Will do so for my next character. 

[Rawgrim]

I seem to remember BG actually had a very limited choice for portraits, since most of them were used by NPCs in the game. If I remember correctly, that npc would get removed from the game (not the really important ones) if you used their portrait. I know Kivan disapeared if you used his portrait. So that pretty much left you with just a handful of options.