Labadal said:

Matt Chatt interviews Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart.

They talk about Pillarts of Eternity, South Park and other stuff. We can expect a release date announcement for Pillars of Eternity in a few weeks. I'm guessing late next month. I thought the interview was worth a listen, so check it out if you are a fan of Obsidian.

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Grayman said:

Fergus saying a shipping game may be announced in the next few weeks and that the game will be out this year. I am surprised. Good for them getting it out this "soon" if it comes to pass.

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Hey, everyone. I just wanted to let you know that your Pillars of Eternity team is hard at work fixing up the game based on the bugs you have been reporting. I can't give you an exact date, but we would really like to release the patch next week, if possible.

We have been focusing on save/load, pathfinding, AI, and class fixes.

When we get the exacts nailed down we will let you guys know.

Thanks for all of the hard work you guys have put into helping us with the beta. The extra eyes are invaluable!

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Labadal said:

Matt Chatt interviews Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart.

They talk about Pillarts of Eternity, South Park and other stuff. We can expect a release date announcement for Pillars of Eternity in a few weeks. I'm guessing late next month. I thought the interview was worth a listen, so check it out if you are a fan of Obsidian.

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In this segment, Feargus talks about his early days, starting off as a Quality Assurance guy and flying up the ranks to full-fledged producer. We chat about the Shattered Steel game, Baldur's Gate (a name that Feargus came up with!), and a bit about Fallout.

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Arulan said:

Companions information from the game files. This doesn't necessarily guarantee these are the final companions though.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...uccessfully-ended.93694/page-111#post-3465922

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Kana Rua, male aumaua chanter
Sagani, female dwarf ranger
Aloth, male elf wizard
The Grieving Mother, female cipher
Pallegina, female godlike paladin
Eder, male human rogue
Durance, male fighter
Hiravias, male orlan priest

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aborath said:

Cool, thanks for posting that. Hopefully they've each got a healthy amount of dialogue.

I wonder why they don't just push the Pax build out to backers in an update.

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Josh Sawyer said:

That chart is a little out of date. I made it a few months ago. Two-handed weapons, one-handed weapons wielded alone, and one-handed weapons with shields now all have +50% Recovery Time. Dual-wielding has the fastest attack rate (even faster when used with two fast weapons like stilettos or rapiers

The advantages of each combat style are:

Dual-Wield: Fastest attack rate.
1H Weapon + Shield: +15/+20/+25 Deflection bonus.*
1H Weapon + No Off Hand: +15 Accuracy bonus.
2H Weapon: Highest per-hit damage.

* Larger shields inflict commensurate Accuracy penalties..

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Arulan said:

Updated recovery times:

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stupei said:

Still no word on the beta build for Mac, huh?

They said it was coming. :\

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Josh Sawyer said:

These are the RAW, though I don't currently have the constants handy:

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Here are the basic mechanics for Interrupt (modified from the attack's Base Interrupt) and Concentration (derived from a constant Base Concentration), which are two opposed values used for determining if someone plays a hit reaction when they take damage. It comes down to a comparison of an Interrupt value (from the attack and attacker's stats) vs. the defenders' Concentration values (from the defender's stats) with a random percentile roll.

A hit reaction always stops movement, cooldown timer, reloading, and all other actions. Movement, cooldowns and reloads do not reset but are simply paused and resumed. All other actions (attacks, spells, abilities, etc.) are stopped and must be restarted from the beginning.

In general, these values do not scale tremendously over the course of the game. They also are generally applied based on the speed and area of effect of the attack. A fast AoE will have a miniscule Base Interrupt. A slow single-target attack will have a high Base Interrupt.

The general rule is this: the slower the attack, the higher the Base Interrupt. The more targets it affects, the lower the Base Interrupt.

Interrupt Scale:
[None]
Weakest
Weaker
Weak
Average
Strong
Stronger
Strongest

These names are associated with constants. If the constant is adjusted for "Stronger", it will automatically affect everything set to have a Stronger interrupt.

Every Attack can have an Interrupt value, though it should be set to [None] unless damage is part of the attack. Note that even if damage is not, in the final tally, applied to the target, it can still be interrupted. However, the attacker must at least score a Graze. The formula for calculating interrupt follows:

Interrupt = Base Interrupt * (1 + [{Perception * 3}/100])

The attack roll can further modify this value. The final result increases by 50% if the attack was a Crit and is cut to 50% if the attack was a Graze. Additionally, a Disengagement Attack automatically increases the final result by 50%. A Disengagement Attack that Crits would increase the result by 50%, then that result by 50%.

For example, let's say someone attacks with a Sword. The Sword has an Average Base Interrupt. We've defined Average to be 40. The attacker has a Perception of 15. Interrupt = 40 * (1 + [{15*3}/100]) or Interrupt = 40 * 1.45, so Interrupt = 58.

Concentration = Base Concentration * (1 + [{Resolve * 3}/100])

Base Concentration is a constant. Let's say it's 50, assuming we want a lower number of Average attacks to call a hit reaction (we may not, which is why this is a constant we can tune). The defender's Resolve is 18. Concentration = 50 * (1 + [{18*3}/100]) or Concentration = 50 * 1.54, so Concentration = 77.

To call a hit reaction, the percentile roll needs to be 51 or higher. The roll is 1-100 + Interrupt - Concentration. In this case, it's 1-100 + 58 - 77. It's kinda hard to call a reaction (only on 70 or higher), but it wouldn't be rare.

Now let's say with the same characters an attacker is using Stilettos with Weak Base Interrupt. We define Weak as being 30, so the Interrupt is 44 (43.5). With a compared 77 Concentration, the roll now needs to be an 84 or higher to call an Interrupt!

If the attacker really wants to call an reaction, he or she may use a Morning Star, which has a Strong Base Interrupt (50). This results in a 77 Interrupt, which exactly matches the 77 Concentration. A roll of 51 or higher (half of all Hits) will call a reaction. On a Crit, the Interrupt is increased to 116 (115.5), meaning even a roll of 12 would call a reaction! A Crit Disengagement Attack would do it every single time, though obvious those attacks have to be provoked.

Magical weapons can have a special property (called Superior Interruption) that bumps their set/listed Base Interrupt rating up by one category. E.g., a Stiletto would be set to Weak but be bumped to Average.
Magical items (of any sort, but usually armor) and spells/abilities can have a special property, called Interrupting, that adds to the modifier normally calculated from Perception. This adds directly into the percentage increase of the Base Interrupt. Conversely, they can have a property called Concentrating that specifically adds to the modifier normally calculated from Resolve.

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Arulan said:

Companions information from the game files. This doesn't necessarily guarantee these are the final companions though.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...uccessfully-ended.93694/page-111#post-3465922

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Kana Rua, male aumaua chanter
Sagani, female dwarf ranger
Aloth, male elf wizard
The Grieving Mother, female cipher
Pallegina, female godlike paladin
Eder, male human rogue
Durance, male fighter
Hiravias, male orlan priest

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Sothpaw said:

Jesus Christ what does it take to get a dwarven fighter npc nowadays.

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Altazor said:

I assume it's "cliché" and "players want something new"

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Sothpaw said:

Well they are wrong!

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Sothpaw said:

Jesus Christ what does it take to get a dwarven fighter npc nowadays. Surprised no

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monk

or

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barbar

, but a nice spread overall.

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Kimaka said:

Patch is live. Updating on Steam right now.

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Arulan said:

You'll be able to hire a Dwarven Fighter (I'm almost completely positive there aren't restrictions on those) or create one as your PC but I know what you mean. I'm assuming they wanted to go for something a bit more uncommon, a

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female Dwarven ranger

could be interesting though.

Assuming the list is true, which it appears to be I'm having some difficulty deciding what my PC should ultimately be while picking (from the basic knowledge we have) interesting companions to compliment my party. For instance I was originally very interested in playing a

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Cipher

but

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The Grieving Mother

companion sounds very interesting. I've also been playing with the thought of creating two player-created characters and the rest companions.

Has anyone roughly decided on their party composition?

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~Kinggi~ said:

Jesus christ if you thought GAF was bad, rpgcodex is a vapid wasteland of haters. I've never seen such a dissatisfied and critical group of haters in a gaming forum. Not to mention all the shitty language they use on top of it.

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~Kinggi~ said:

Jesus christ if you thought GAF was bad, rpgcodex is a vapid wasteland of haters. I've never seen such a dissatisfied and critical group of haters in a gaming forum. Not to mention all the shitty language they use on top of it.

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• Items disappearing on save/load and transitions has been fixed
• Fixed a problem where quests/tasks are lost when loading while in a game
• Saving games no longer causes the zoom in/out feature to function improperly
• Currency, Quest items, Crafting items, and Camping Supplies are no longer placed in the inventory after loading a game
• Status icons no longer revert to temp icons and text after loading a game

• Adventurers can now be hired at levels above level 1
• Characters no longer get stuck in attack or casting animation loops
• Health values are no longer the same for all classes
• Deep Wounds effect is no longer dealing large amounts of damage
• Paladin's Zealous Charge is no longer slowing/rooting characters after saving
• Fix to an issue where weapons would occasionally disappear on start of new game on slower machines.
• Wizard, Cipher, and Chanter receive talents at level 3 and 6 now
• Party member responsiveness has been improved
• New icons for first level spells
• Added new hairstyles
• Added new portraits
• Pathfinding is more accurate
• Improved pathing around creatures
• Scene transitions are more tolerant when switching scenes
• Added fades to transitions
• Fixed issues with ambient map levels being set too high
• PC being knocked unconscious will not end the game.
• Fixed maximum health issues on level up
• Many other spell/ability fixes (too numerous to list)

• Shops should have correct pricing now
• Items and loot bags no longer appear on the ground randomly
• Dropped loot no longer reappears after being looted
• The Skull Key can now be used to open the entrance to Temple of Skaen
• Added "page" system to the stash to improve performance when there are hundreds of items in the stash

• Inventory is no longer acting as though it is full when it is not
• Main menu options text is no longer disappearing
• Fixed a problem where players would lose control when closing the stash while holding a stashed item
• The Continue button loads the newest save now
• Right clicking portraits no longer moves the selected character
• Turning the HUD off and invoking a menu no longer locks the HUD as invisible
• Opening and closing the map quickly no longer allows you to see the entire area without fog
• Added UI indicator for Fast and Slow modes
• Updated look and feel of selection circles
• Added new death screen art
• The area map should match the look of the area
• Fixed mixed glyph issue with dynamic fonts. This was causing text to look LiKe It wAs MiXIng SiZEs
• Added scroll speed options in the settings
• Control mapping is now saved

• SFX are no longer looping in slow motion, while pausing, or when knockdown is played

• Formations are now spaced properly/evenly
• Water no longer becomes black between 5 and 7 am
• Pace in the back of Dyrford Tavern is no longer translucent
• Added SetZoomRange console command

• Dead party members will rejoin the party after transitions and save/load

• Problem with AI instruction sets where sometimes enemies will stop attacking
• Charmed/Dominated creatures will attack themselves

• Cannot cancel Character Creation, Level Up, or Adventurer Creation
• Character Creation buttons can have a significant delay when clicked
• Steps can be skipped in Character Creation

Zeliard said:

Patch notes:

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hemtae said:

Well if there are was a time to nitpick and voice general displeasure, the beta is the time to do it. Plus the RPGCodex loves C&C which isn't present in the beta for obvious reasons.

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Altazor said:

as Mr. Burns would say: excellent

They fixed one of the main bugs I had in my (admittedly short) playthrough: my paladin was stuck if I didn't have Zealous Charge activated. Now it's fixed, hooray! (I reported the bug at the official forum and the dev reply was that it was caused by a bug with the save function; basically, if you saved your game with ZC activated)

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Altazor said:

sorry, what's C&C? I doubt it's Command and Conquer, so I had to ask

As for the nitpick and displeasure comment... well, yes, but there's a certain way to do it, IMHO. And pestering the devs with inane comments or just complaining because "this isn't what I thought it was and I DON'T LIKE IT" don't seem to me like a helpful way of telling the devs how to refine the game. Just my 2 cents, though.

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~Kinggi~ said:

C&C is castles and crusades, it has different rule sets and shit, i dont know details.

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Zeliard said:

I can't tell if Kinggi is trolling or not but C&C in an RPG context means choice and consequence.

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