Divinity:Original Sin 2

The_Valeyard · 21-11-2017 1:19pm

Hopefully a Steam Black Friday, Cyber Monday will put it on sale!

YouSavedMyLife · 21-11-2017 9:54pm

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Hopefully a Steam Black Friday, Cyber Monday will put it on sale!

Also banking on this before i pick this game up. At the very least we can guarantee it will be on the Christmas sale

Sephiroth_dude · 21-11-2017 11:07pm

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Hopefully a Steam Black Friday, Cyber Monday will put it on sale!

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Also banking on this before i pick this game up. At the very least we can guarantee it will be on the Christmas sale

Oh I'd love if there was!

Dave_The_Sheep · 22-11-2017 4:18pm

Finished it last night. Off to look at the DM mode now and then start the main campaign again with a different build setup.

The_Valeyard · 22-11-2017 9:09pm

Steam sale has 10% off.

Wonder if it will drop further.

ballyargus · 22-11-2017 9:14pm

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Steam sale has 10% off.

Wonder if it will drop further.

It's value for money even at full price. If you like this type of game then just go for it.

Cina · 23-11-2017 11:16am

Yeah I finished it a few weeks ago after an 80 hours playthrough and definitely see myself giving it another run soon enough with different characters and builds. A truly great game.

Moon54 · 23-11-2017 1:07pm

On sale on GOG.com now, also 10% off but it will give you €6.30 back in wallet funds due to regional pricing.
https://www.gog.com/game/divinity_original_sin_2

The_Valeyard · 23-11-2017 6:33pm

I bought the game.

Ill chat to the wife again in December.

YouSavedMyLife · 24-11-2017 10:07pm

Quick question about the game. Just bought it an I'm in the starting zone. The Fane character has access to fire and poison right off the bat. Now I know poison puddles can be ignited to make some sort of damage combo. The thing is when I set an enemy on fire and they are burning then I use his wands which do poison damage and I get two hits of poison from the wands and a tick of fire damage. Is this intended or am I missing something? Is it a case of the the combo mentioned above working in reverse?

Dave_The_Sheep · 25-11-2017 12:11am

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Quick question about the game. Just bought it an I'm in the starting zone. The Fane character has access to fire and poison right off the bat. Now I know poison puddles can be ignited to make some sort of damage combo. The thing is when I set an enemy on fire and they are burning then I use his wands which do poison damage and I get two hits of poison from the wands and a tick of fire damage. Is this intended or am I missing something? Is it a case of the the combo mentioned above working in reverse?

That's working as designed. Poison doesn't 'turn off' the burning, but reacts with it. This works particularly well on some undead who 'bleed' poison, which then reacts upon damage with the fire that's already there, leading to MORE damage/explosions.

YouSavedMyLife · 25-11-2017 12:36am

Wow, this game doesn't hold your hand. Running around Fort Joy scratching my head as to how to escape the place, the game seems totally open ended with multiple ways to do it. Coming to a "dead-end" in an NPCs dialogue who i know i essential to the plot because they have a marker on the mini map and me having to figure out how to progress this section further is pretty great.

The_Valeyard · 25-11-2017 10:06am

That Lalt button does come in very handy

YouSavedMyLife · 25-11-2017 3:10pm

Agreed with the LAlt being handy but i like how it doesn't show everything. I recall in Pillars you could toggle interactables and it would just show you everything you can get, all the time, its there....

I finally found out how to leave the Fort and was severely underleveled as i seemed to have taken a super shortcut skipping one big area and leaving alot of quests unfinished in the Fort (Why the need to finish them when im FREE) So i had to reload an old save and finish up quests. Seems i can't RP this game so much for the fear of being underleveled. Maybe i should RP a Paladin type character and help everyone...

SeantheMan · 27-11-2017 12:35pm

I killed everyone in the Fort before I left it for good.
1 piece of advice, make sure you're happy with your team before ye go off on the boat.
You can always respec characters too in case ye mess up their points/attributes.
I'm at the last act now....but seems to be a case that everyone is 2 levels above me...which makes a huge difference in this game.

YouSavedMyLife · 27-11-2017 1:37pm

When you say happy with Team you mean the actual characters? I think im towards the end of Fort Joy area and i left Beast, Loshe and a dead Sebille inside the Prison. I assume you mean they are unavailable for the rest of the game once you set sail?

SeantheMan · 27-11-2017 2:27pm

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

When you say happy with Team you mean the actual characters? I think im towards the end of Fort Joy area and i left Beast, Loshe and a dead Sebille inside the Prison. I assume you mean they are unavailable for the rest of the game once you set sail?

Yeah, all the Origin characters have their own backstorys etc....I made a custom character...as I thought that was what we were meant to do. Missed out on a lot of lore n stuff.

But yeah, be happy with the 3 you are gonna take on your journey, you can still change them atm...but yes...

once you set sail you can't change again

Sephiroth_dude · 27-11-2017 4:42pm

God damn this game calling my name constantly :pac:

Xenji · 27-11-2017 4:45pm

Finished Act 1 at the weekend and away now for a week, already suffering withdrawl.

YouSavedMyLife · 27-11-2017 10:58pm

SeantheMan wrote: »

Yeah, all the Origin characters have their own backstorys etc....I made a custom character...as I thought that was what we were meant to do. Missed out on a lot of lore n stuff.

But yeah, be happy with the 3 you are gonna take on your journey, you can still change them atm...but yes...
once you set sail you can't change again

Thanks. I restarted 3 times before i settles for a custom character. Playing as a character with a backstory and thoughts and feelings that are somewhat separate from me feels weird in a RPG like this where you choose all your lines of dialogue. Other RPGs like the Witcher where cutscenes are played before you and you dont get to choose all of Geralts lines feels ok...

YouSavedMyLife · 28-11-2017 6:23am

Oh. Its 5:30am....

Cina · 28-11-2017 10:42am

The game took me 78 hours to finish.

And then I watched the YouTube clip of the guy who did it in 38 minutes...

Dave_The_Sheep · 28-11-2017 11:24am

Cina wrote: »

The game took me 78 hours to finish.

And then I watched the YouTube clip of the guy who did it in 38 minutes...

What the ****.

13-12-2017 11:50am

Have to take a ton of days off at the end of the year... think I'll lock myself away with this for a while :pac:

I only got as far as the boat. I got caught up in rerolling my party.

ballyargus · 13-12-2017 12:01pm

I have over 200 hrs clocked up. Now I've left myself logged in most of the time so I've probably only played around half that. I'm only beginning bloodmoon isle. I've no idea how people have mowed through this in some of the times mentioned.

_Puma_ · 13-12-2017 12:03pm

Just finished my first play through last night after roughly 80 hours. Skipped a load of important quests too

The_Valeyard · 31-12-2017 11:25pm

Is this bugged or am I missing something?

Ill put the rest in spoiler tags not to annoy anyone.

So im the Fort Joy Dungeons and came across Kniles the Flenser.

I gave him some leg I was carrying and he gave me a face ripper in exchange for Fane.

After that he is too busy with the leg to "Notice" me?

People were telling me to expect a difficult battle? Ive escaped out the sewers anyhow, never actually getting to the castle levels.

Have I missed something or done something wrong?

Dave_The_Sheep · 01-01-2018 12:26am

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Is this bugged or am I missing something?

Ill put the rest in spoiler tags not to annoy anyone.
So im the Fort Joy Dungeons and came across Kniles the Flenser.

I gave him some leg I was carrying and he gave me a face ripper in exchange for Fane.

After that he is too busy with the leg to "Notice" me?

People were telling me to expect a difficult battle? Ive escaped out the sewers anyhow, never actually getting to the castle levels.

Have I missed something or done something wrong?

You've not done anything wrong, but to be fair - the people telling you that weren't necessarily wrong. I've never actually managed to avoid that particular fight. He's always turned on me. Good to see it's avoidable - and

heading out by the sewers

is pefectly OK!

01-01-2018 1:12pm

I've just reached Arx and think I'm a bit burned out on the game. Have really enjoyed it up to here but I think it's a bit too long tbh. I'll get back to it soon but other things have really taken over my attention.

YouSavedMyLife · 01-01-2018 3:35pm

Dallas Salmon Marinade wrote: »

I've just reached Arx and think I'm a bit burned out on the game. Have really enjoyed it up to here but I think it's a bit too long tbh. I'll get back to it soon but other things have really taken over my attention.

I'm in the same boat. I assume Arx is the 3rd zone which i am very close to as im almost finished in Driftwood. Haven't played in about a month but i still keep it installed as id hate to leave it unfinished.

Funny thing was, as i was playing i was thinking about all the other party set-ups and builds i would do on my second and third playthrough of the game :pac: No chance of that now as i can barely finish the first

Xenji · 01-01-2018 6:01pm

Finished in the Nameless Isle, it actually is very short compared to Act 1&2, but have burned myself out as well, not sure when I will come back to this.

02-01-2018 12:37pm

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

I'm in the same boat. I assume Arx is the 3rd zone which i am very close to as im almost finished in Driftwood. Haven't played in about a month but i still keep it installed as id hate to leave it unfinished.

Funny thing was, as i was playing i was thinking about all the other party set-ups and builds i would do on my second and third playthrough of the game :pac: No chance of that now as i can barely finish the first

I've got bad news for you, Arx is not the third map, there's another one before it. It's much smaller/less dense than Driftwood though which certainly seems to be the largest one.

Sephiroth_dude · 02-01-2018 7:22pm

Xenji wrote: »

Finished in the Nameless Isle, it actually is very short compared to Act 1&2, but have burned myself out as well, not sure when I will come back to this.

How many acts are in the game?

Dave_The_Sheep · 03-01-2018 12:57am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

How many acts are in the game?

Three, more or less. Act 2 is the longest though, by a good bit. 3 is fairly short in comparison, but it ties off nearly everything.

Four major areas though - Fort Joy, Reaper Coast, Nameless Isle and City of Arx.

24-01-2018 5:50pm

I got back into this game and I think I'm making progress in driftwood. New areas can be so daunting at first. I've definitely gone the wrong direction as I'm getting completely stomped in combat. I went another direction just to be sown up by a bunch of void-spider-scorpions. Finding it tough in this cave being separated.

The_Valeyard · 24-01-2018 9:23pm

im still just outside fort joy castle

Dave_The_Sheep · 24-01-2018 11:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I got back into this game and I think I'm making progress in driftwood. New areas can be so daunting at first. I've definitely gone the wrong direction as I'm getting completely stomped in combat. I went another direction just to be sown up by a bunch of void-spider-scorpions. Finding it tough in this cave being separated.

Not a spoiler as such, but ...

If you have them already, and you should, use the pyramids to get your people together again.

29-01-2018 1:11am

What are good talents to pick?

Dave_The_Sheep · 29-01-2018 3:50pm

In my few playthroughs with various people, I usually try to have one with Pet Pal, handy for some quests.

I'm no expert mind you, so take this as personal preference.

For my tank / two hander / dude who takes damage:
- comeback kid: free res when you die, basically.
- Opportunist - all the time. Requirement for melee characters for me - serious damage boost.
- Picture of Health - if you're investing in warfare, this one is a no brainer.
- Living Armor (sometimes) - keeps your magic armor up.

Mages:
- Far Out Man - increases the range at which you can fire off spells.
- Mnemonic - so you can memorise all the spells.
- Savage Sortilege - get crits on magic usage.

Ranger:
- Executioner: great for stringing together kill streaks from range.

I also often take All Skilled Up (+1 combat and 1 civil ability point) and Bigger and Better (+2 attribute points) if nothing else is tickling my fancy.

29-01-2018 4:16pm

Cheers, I haven't picked one talent yet... every time I see that long list it puts me off..

Dave_The_Sheep · 30-01-2018 2:09am

Ah, they really do improve a character's usefulness no end.

31-01-2018 1:51pm

I feel like I've lost my way a bit in Reeaper's Coast. I've been everywhere on the map. I have the 3 source points (and a few extra). I have a short list of quests to finish but none seem to get me out of the area.

Dave_The_Sheep · 01-02-2018 2:36pm

Have you gone to the Bloodmoon Island? Top left, all red. Through a sea of Deathfog.
There's also a reasonably large underground bit in the bottom right of the map, Blackpit mines I think it's called. That's a fairly large story point there, if I recall correctly?

01-02-2018 2:41pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Have you gone to the Bloodmoon Island? Top left, all red. Through a sea of Deathfog.
There's also a reasonably large underground bit in the bottom right of the map, Blackpit mines I think it's called. That's a fairly large story point there, if I recall correctly?

Yeah been to both those places. Haven't done everything on Bloodmoon island yet. The fight just before the blackpit mines was tough. The apprentice on the gallows didn't survive because he kept running around on necro fire and I couldn't heal him quick enough. No way am I doing that fight again!

Dave_The_Sheep · 01-02-2018 3:32pm

Weird, what quests have you left in your list?

01-02-2018 3:49pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Weird, what quests have you left in your list?

Quite a lot. I just realised I never went back to the boat. Surely that's how you get to the next area.

01-02-2018 8:29pm

Have around 15 open quests ... I'd like to move on though. Its annoying that there is no option to travel back to an area afterwards.

Dave_The_Sheep · 02-02-2018 12:38am

Some of them do carry over, but some obviously don't. Maybe a quick google might tell you which to finish off and which you can leave?

nozzferrahhtoo · 20-03-2018 4:17pm

Not much of a gamer so do not post on this forum often

About to read this thread from start to finish now, as me and two work mates just bought this game last night and installed it. Going to start tonight and pick our characters.

Think we are going to aim for having one Tank, one Mage type, and one roguey rangery type of some description. And I guess for the first (possibly only) playthrough we will go with origin characters. There is 6 origin characters right? Any of them truely boring or terrible? None of us seem THAT inclined to be the Dwarf but what is he like? In LOTR films the dwarfs are usually the focus of much of the humor so be sad to miss out on any good dialogue for not picking him.

Mage type will be me almost certainly. I take it there is an undead origin character, and a woman one that are both of this type. The other 4 not. Any strong pros and cons either way between those? I am reading playing undead is fun but just overall harder and more complex. So I might go for the easier option. But again fearing missing out the funnier dialogue and stories.

Anyway will start reading this thread now (which might answer some of these Qs) but thought I would make this post first as will be starting the game in about 4 hours.

bigphil2 · 19-07-2018 2:51pm

So the Definitive Edition of this is out next Month,i thought it was worth a Bump,plus maybe could move this thread to The General Gaming one? (dunno how to go about getting that done though)

Cant wait to play this again on the PS4,its fair to say Larian once again have gone all out on this update,which is freee if you own the pc version already

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