No you will not be able to explore all of the depths now. They are intended to be done throughout the entire game. The lower levels include some of the highest level and hardest enemies in the game.
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Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition |OT| The Pocket Plane
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Do you mean Arcane Assault? Because if so it should be foe-only. Anything in yellow when you target a spell won't hit your friends.
Hmm I think I found another bug. Is anyone else not getting injuries when a character gets knocked down? My characters have been knocked down multiple times never got any injuries, aren't they supposed to?
EDIT: Yeap tested on the pc version, you do get injuries normally while on the switch you don't, wonder if it's intentional.
EDIT: Yeap tested on the pc version, you do get injuries normally while on the switch you don't, wonder if it's intentional.
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Default length of a chanter's skeleton summon invocation is 12 seconds, apparently.
Yes and it isn't ticked, my pc version and the switch version have the exact same options yet there are no injuries on the switch.
Yeah they don't last very long because they're generally so powerful. For the first third of the game the phantom summon is at least as good as adding another character to your party temporarily.
Just wanted to say that i'm in the middle of act 2 at the moment on Switch and have so much fun. It feels so good to have such an epic journey with you all the time and I try to play every free minute I can afford. I probably would never finish this game if I couldn't play in handheld mode.
The loading times are annoying to be honest but orherwise it's a really good game.
The loading times are annoying to be honest but orherwise it's a really good game.
First time playing on switch but maybe that is something that difficulty affects? I am really enjoying this but a nice patch would make it pretty perfect.
Depending on what you're fighting there isn't always much of an animation on the enemy. But if you're hitting a human enemy then they should visibly fall over for a few seconds.
Played for an hour on the Switch.
I'm literally shocked because of how good it looks. This artstyle in native resolution, specially in handheld mode, looks insane. So detailed and sharp, it's extremely impressive. They need to keep this for the second game at all cost. I think sub native res would ruin so much about the graphics, I couldn't get myself to play it on the Switch then, this hour alone completely spoiled me.
Does anyone know how much more demanding the second game on the PC is and if it changed much graphically?
Only real critique so far is the stupid box at the lower right of the screen. How could this make it into the final game with real people playtesting the game? Not only is the text too big for this box and the box also too small, the complete text turns into hieroglyphics every few minutes for no reason and gets completely broken.
I also have no idea how to access it. It seems like it has a scroll bar and tabs but nothing works.
Just weird.
I'm literally shocked because of how good it looks. This artstyle in native resolution, specially in handheld mode, looks insane. So detailed and sharp, it's extremely impressive. They need to keep this for the second game at all cost. I think sub native res would ruin so much about the graphics, I couldn't get myself to play it on the Switch then, this hour alone completely spoiled me.
Does anyone know how much more demanding the second game on the PC is and if it changed much graphically?
Only real critique so far is the stupid box at the lower right of the screen. How could this make it into the final game with real people playtesting the game? Not only is the text too big for this box and the box also too small, the complete text turns into hieroglyphics every few minutes for no reason and gets completely broken.
I also have no idea how to access it. It seems like it has a scroll bar and tabs but nothing works.
Just weird.
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Deadfire is fair bit more demanding on PC than PoE, but it's substantially better looking. Much much better character models, animations and lighting. It's amazingly gorgeous. Loading times are a lot faster too. A few major hubs though can have a pretty big hit performance wise though regardless of hardware.
Really enjoying this, I really hope the sequel makes it to Switch too. As a lot of other people are saying there's no way I would have time to play this if it wasn't on a handheld.
I've noticed my played time is completely off, it seems if you rest the switch with the game open it counts towards time played. I'm on 96 hours or so already..
Just did the compass side quest and I think I'm about to do the last side quest I have in act 1. Should I be paying to hire party members or just recruiting people I meet? I only have Alotha at the moment and it feels like I need some more. I can't think of anyone I've missed except one guy who gave the Raedric's hold quest and then disappeared.
I've noticed my played time is completely off, it seems if you rest the switch with the game open it counts towards time played. I'm on 96 hours or so already..
Just did the compass side quest and I think I'm about to do the last side quest I have in act 1. Should I be paying to hire party members or just recruiting people I meet? I only have Alotha at the moment and it feels like I need some more. I can't think of anyone I've missed except one guy who gave the Raedric's hold quest and then disappeared.
There's another guy in Gilded Vale by the tree. And another in the middle of Magran's Fork.
Also if you've not been to Caed Nua yet, you can pick someone up there.
Oh thanks!
Well there were at least three skeletons so yeah probably overpowered.
Don't want to do anything today but play, aaaah
The skeletons aren't particularly damaging but it's three more bodies to tank reasonably well. Also if you're wizard is running Combusting Wounds then anything that attacks quickly or in large numbers is a solid DPS boost.
I haven't been using my Grimoire that much because of the sad casting counts, just Arcane Assault. Well, I got the level 2 blind spell, mirror image, and then I think one's corrosion or something. The chanter has the summon, I'll use that strategically because he can only cast one spell.
Yeah even on a skylake i7 and a gtx 1080 in the major city I get framerate dips in poe2.
That's a pretty wide open question. Can you narrow it down some? Like what general kind of character would you want to make?
Yeah I have a i7 5820 and 1080ti, most of it's good, some of it not so much. It's mostly a CPU issue. There are some workaround to boost performance. Special K in particular with altering the CPU threads and what not https://steamcommunity.com/app/560130/discussions/0/2572002906843374108/
With that I get a very solid 60fps 90% of the time but yeah Neketaka, mostly Queen's Berth, still can get pretty rough. Along with a couple other places.
Really curious to see how things go on Switch and the other consoles. I think the dramatically improved lighting system resulted in some performance issues as all those shadows and everything off pretty much every object really adds up. Especially in non-combat areas where the entire map is revealed the whole time.
Yeah I have a Gsync monitor so it's never really an issue but I imagine it will lead to some cutbacks for the console ports maybe. The game looks real nice though.
Well have not played a game like this in a while..... So I am wondering what type of character and party builds there are.
I think you get one of each class except two classes so go nuts. Also read it's hard to screw yourself over. And you can always respec.
It's pretty wide open. You can play melee tank wizards and priests, DPS fighters, shapeshifting focused melee druids...lots of stuff. It's basically impossible to create and unworkable build and you get lots of NPC friends to help round out whatever you go with for your own character.
The Endless Paths of Od Nua is largely my favorite part of the game. A really great dungeon with surprises and great challenges within. It is designed for you to keep chipping away at it as you progress though. Save it all for the endgame and the majority of it will be a cakewalk. Push through it early and you will hit a point where you will know its time to come back(and the rewards may make the story progression a bit too easy with all the xp and items you gain).
So its a bit tough to recommend when to visit, but players should. Plus it has some ties to the sequel.
Oh, awesome, I guess I'll see how deep I can go right now, thanks!
This thread inspired me to pick the game up on PC. Got the complete edition for £9.99 through CDkeys and I think RTWP is finally, finally clicking with me.
Whenever I played infinity games as a kid, I likely had everything on easiest and just dragged all my party to attack an enemy at a time.
But tried 3 or 4 times to get into Deadfire and just didn't. But I think the setting was holding me back. The archipelago stuff doesn't appeal to me at all, or just the flavour of the world. But PoE1 always looked way better to me. And as it happens, I'm getting on so much better with it now.
Whenever I played infinity games as a kid, I likely had everything on easiest and just dragged all my party to attack an enemy at a time.
But tried 3 or 4 times to get into Deadfire and just didn't. But I think the setting was holding me back. The archipelago stuff doesn't appeal to me at all, or just the flavour of the world. But PoE1 always looked way better to me. And as it happens, I'm getting on so much better with it now.
Switch patch is now in QA
The porting studio (Versus Evil) has been quiet on Discord (where they are really getting reamed by irritated customers) but have been responding to people on Twitter.
Looks like they are trying to get the patch out as quickly as possible. I really hope I see something soon, I'm starting to get crashes in docked mode. Someone on the discord mentioned that when they fully upgraded the stronghold they couldn't actually load into it without it crashing.
Looks like they are trying to get the patch out as quickly as possible. I really hope I see something soon, I'm starting to get crashes in docked mode. Someone on the discord mentioned that when they fully upgraded the stronghold they couldn't actually load into it without it crashing.
I hope we get a patch soon. Can't progress a quest because I can't move any longer after entering a specific house :(
I love the game but this and the random crashes are really annoying.
I love the game but this and the random crashes are really annoying.
So, word on the street is that this game is in very rough conditions. Graphical glitches, text glitches, equipment doesn't work, skills doesn't work, crashes, etc etc.
How terribly disappointing :/
Edit: and just above me Rakuyo is complaining about a quest impending glitch... and jred250 too, I didn't even read the thread before I posted, hahah, damn.
How terribly disappointing :/
Edit: and just above me Rakuyo is complaining about a quest impending glitch... and jred250 too, I didn't even read the thread before I posted, hahah, damn.
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I am on switch and the frequent text glitches and random crashes are really annoying. I am not sure if I will continue to play this game. The load times dont help either.
I also think I came across a bug on the "the bronze beneath the lake" quest :
I also think I came across a bug on the "the bronze beneath the lake" quest :
I am in the Stormwall Gorge cave. I am supposed to talk with two different stone heads. But I dont get the "prompt action" on one of the heads. So, I am not able to talk with both heads
If the update doesn't fix the abilities bug then I'm still keeping this on the back burner. Things get too hairy to just rely on swords and staves.
What abilities are effected? I noticed that knockdown doesn't seem to do anything, but I'm curious about what else might be.
I'd have to go back in to tell you specifics but I remember a few Cipher abilities not working.
"We might have the first patch ready by the time the game is a month old" isn't exactly a great thing to hear when a port is this busted. We're talking equipment not working, garbled text, skills not working, areas that crash regularly... Hard to blame someone for wanting out and maybe rebuying later on sale, though I doubt Nintendo would refund it at this point. Hopefully PoE2 is a better port than this.
Switch update released
First patch is online.
Very disappointed with this port. I'm glad they released the first patch and will still work on remaining issues, but because of the ridiculous state this game shipped, I will be waiting a while when POE2 comes out. Fool me once...
Next patch is in certification with Nintendo
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