Sygma
Member
Regarding that
He's an undead using a shapeshifter mask so thats kinda normal he can't be affected by it. Which in turn makes one realise that if you use the shapeshift mask and go undead, you ll never be affected by deathfog either
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 |OT| Dragons & Dungeon Mastering
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Regarding that
decoyplatypus
Member
As a general matter:
1. Save often. If you lose two or three characters in a fight, reload and try a different approach. Later, when you're on firmer footing with combat and res scrolls, you can go back to riding out suboptimal results.
2. If a battle seems impossible, leave it for now and come back when you've gained some levels and found/bought better gear.
3. Use the environment to your advantage. Several early fights give you a chance to use height for extra damage/reduced risk from melee attackers. Try splitting your party and sneaking to get everyone in favorable position. If you know a fight will start after a conversation, split off the non-speaking party members to get them in position. The last thing you want is for ambush your entire party with one spell.
4. Focus on stealing enemies' turns and adding more for yourself. You'll notice that many skills have a negative status effect that will apply once the enemy is stripped of the relevant armor type. Very early in the game, you will have access to tentacle lash, chicken claw, and battering ram. The first prevents an enemy from using its weapon for a turn, the other two prevent enemies from doing much of anything for a turn. Getting an enemy off your back for even one turn is super valuable! To that end, you should try to get "teleport" on at least two party members. Early on, enemies don't have as many mobility spells, so simply teleporting them far away will buy you some time. You can also use this to deal with obnoxious snipers by bringing them down from their perches and right to your party.
You can also add to your turns by making someone in your party a summoner. One more character applying damage (and soaking it up, if the enemies focus on the summoned creature) is very powerful in the early game.
Wait when is that revealed, i totally killed him in the vault and neither got a mask of shapeshifting nor saw him as undead.
I restarted the game again because I'm a weirdo. I was in act 4 but I really rushed through act 3 and I honestly can't remember why. I think I accidentally found a way to skip past most of what you were supposed to do.
Anyway
This time I'm doing a Lone Wolf build on tactician with my custom character and Sebille. Lone Wolf is actually pretty fun.
Act 1 spoilers on things I'm trying with retrospect
Anyway
This time I'm doing a Lone Wolf build on tactician with my custom character and Sebille. Lone Wolf is actually pretty fun.
Act 1 spoilers on things I'm trying with retrospect
I'm trying to clear the entire island before I give the teleportation gloves to the guy who usually dies after he scams you. So far it seems like no matter what you do he dies in the middle of the forest if he makes it that far. I'm hoping for a better ending for him after I clear everything though!
Ryzaki009
Member
Nope definitely undead. The bleeding is probably just an over site but the decent looking skin most likely comes from a mask of the shapeshifter like Windego had.
If you kill him use spirit vision and talk to his spirit. He'll tell you what's up and you see his true form. (that said for some reason you eating him is completely ignored in the ending so ugh.)
If you kill him use spirit vision and talk to his spirit. He'll tell you what's up and you see his true form. (that said for some reason you eating him is completely ignored in the ending so ugh.)
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
Awesome stuff. are you guys aware of the controller issue where the left stick will just keep scrolling forever even tho you're not moving it (like it gets stuck in the right position), and the only way to stop it is to unplug and replugin the controller? sometimes it will happen like every 7 minutes, and sometimes it won't happen at all, it's wierd.
Infinite_Daremo
Member
Sounds like a deadzone issue
Deaf Spacker
Memb
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
its not a issue on my end. only game it happens in and im not the only one that has experienced it.
Sanctuary
Member
Other than the already given Warfare advice, talent wise you'll want The Pawn ASAP. After that, the rest can come in pretty much any order. All Skilled Up is useful, Far Man Out will increase the range of Backlash, Cloak and Dagger and Phoenix Dive and Menumonic might be useful if you find yourself running too low on memory slots (it's better than dumping points into MEM).
Don't be afraid to pick up skills from Warfare either such as Cripple (great AP spender), Battle Stomp and Phoenix Dive. You'll also want to spend 1 in Polymorph early on for Chameleon. Mainly for end of turn uses so you aren't targeted (Fane can do this twice). The best early game combo is Backlash > Rupture Tendons > Chicken (1 Poly). Chicken was changed today so that it only runs six meters now instead of the enemy running all across the screen, bleeding as it goes until it dies, so this combo is probably weaker. I'm not sure it is going to matter though. Chicken is still the best CC in the game and if the combo doesn't still kill it, it will be out of commission for two turns and mostly dead by the time you get back to it.
Your early ability distribution should be something like: 5+ Warfare, 2 Scoundrel, 1 Poly by the time you finish Act 1. Skill wise, Backlash, Cripple, Battle Stomp, Adrenaline, Cloak and Dagger, Rupture Tendons, Chameleon, Chicken and then Phoenix Dive. Sleeping Arms is great too against physical damage dealers if you have room for it.
thanks for the advices! i'll take that + the link posted earlier and see where it leads
spleenpoker
Member
What link is that if you don't mind posting?
Also struggling a little and some more info would be so useful
What the hell happened here lol. She disappeared from the game and reappeared in Kemm's house ENRAGED. This is Bethesda-tier stuff, Larian.
I don't buy for a second this area was properly beta-tested and played through. There are like 7 merchants in the town and most of them sells garbage. It's something anyone would have noticed asap.
I take that
Lucian's Tomb
You are correct. The game flags the point of no return if that's what's bothering you.
Prototype Viktor
Member
you haven't seen Loshe get down!
ha i went to check and it seems already downloaded and installed patch
Sygma
Member
Prototype Viktor
Member
that long ass list of fixes and it doesn't mention the Idol bug. i guess free infinite revives are still a thing maybe!
texhnolyze
Banned
That was actually an interesting fight. Tbf, I had to reload to revamp my strategy. But overall, I split my party into 4 directions and destroy them all asap.
Also, don't kill any of them if you can, just knock them down or charm or whatever.
True. There's no such thing as impossible encounters in this game. All we need is creativity and a new approach. And when we can finally overcome them, it feels so good.
That and the
boost from the Academy hasn't been fixed yet, which left my party to avoid respeccing since the end of Act III (entering the mirror cancels the boost, but the impression is that it should be permanent because it lasts after death or any other condition). Luckily I didn't really need to respec, but I would welcome the option to have clean portraits now and tweak 1-2 points.
Sygma
Member
Hah i just teleported him while he was talking to my elf. Like, way out of sight from everyone else. Cheese is a thing
Ryzaki009
Member
My lone wolf archer pretty much 2 rounded him (thx to Fane's time warp) it was hilarious. Did the same thing to the last boss. The wreckage.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Argh.
Ready to leave act 2, and one of the NPCs at 'camp' is suddenly MIA, and 'leaving' to go to the next act implies I'll lose him, even though I already did and finished his quest.
Larian plz.
Ready to leave act 2, and one of the NPCs at 'camp' is suddenly MIA, and 'leaving' to go to the next act implies I'll lose him, even though I already did and finished his quest.
Larian plz.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Argh.
Ready to leave act 2, and one of the NPCs at 'camp' is suddenly MIA, and 'leaving' to go to the next act implies I'll lose him, even though I already did and finished his quest.
Larian plz.
Is it
Garath
If its
Tarquin
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
What would you guys say was the hardest fight in the game on classic mode?
For me it was probably that arena fight with all the black mirrors in the consulate. That was just rough as hell on the CC. Multiple turns skipped, but this was probably my fault since I didn't realize what I actually had to do until things already started getting rough lol.
For me it was probably that arena fight with all the black mirrors in the consulate. That was just rough as hell on the CC. Multiple turns skipped, but this was probably my fault since I didn't realize what I actually had to do until things already started getting rough lol.
kitsunelaine
Banned
So should I just jump into this without playing the first game? Deciding on which to buy first. x_x;
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[TW]Stone
Tripwire Producer
Both are great, however #2 is a masterpiece
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
You can jump into this one without worrying at all about the 1st, there are some minor references here and there but they're more like nods at people who played the first. You'd probably get more out of the world from playing Divine Divinity over original sin 1 lol since that one is closer to DOS2 timeline wise but it's all mostly a stand alone affair.
You should probably start off with DOS2 first since it's a slightly more streamlined affair especially if you're not used to these kinds of games but if you ask me DOS1 is a much better over all game.
After taking a scenic tour of Germany courtesy of DHL, not the least of which involved going around in circles and sitting in international shipment processing for over a week, my collector's edition finally arrived in the US.
I have to say, it's a beautiful collector's edition.
I have to say, it's a beautiful collector's edition.
BrassDragon
Member
I still haven't finished... There. Is. So. Much. To. Do.
But coming up on the final battle now.
Prototype Viktor
Member
i'm at 119 hours and delaying finishing still
Dragon1893
Member
I get destroyed wherever I go, pretty close to dropping the game at this point. I'm obviously missing something since difficult rpgs like SMT and Souls are my favorite but I'm really losing my patience with this one.
Prototype Viktor
Member
how are you getting destroyed and where
and a even lesser important party set up?
LurkerPrime
Member
Not really much to go on here, but some general tips:
you'll want to fight enemies the same level as you, first and foremost. It makes a big difference. And early on, when first starting the game, you'll want to scavenge any equipment you can, too; craft, trade, or steal for it. Then it's a matter of using what you have to your advantage (skill synergies, like fire and oil, water and electricity, plus many more) and eliminating the enemy's advantages (ambush enemies, reposition to higher ground before fighting, lay down environmental effects beforehand, etc) to achieve victory.
And of course, recruit a full party. Only lone wolves are crazy enough to try anything different.
Prototype Viktor
Member
if you're still in act 1, get any and all equipment to fill your slots up. start fights going backwards if you have limited amount of range in your set up and create choke points. this will get you over the tutorial that is the entire Act 1
Bubble Metropolis
Member
I started this game a couple hours ago (The Red Prince) and some guy just randomly shot my cat. What the fuck.
Yea avoid the archers at the fort.
The patch has introduced a really annoying bug for me. Hover over item descriptions now flicker. It is especially annoying when trying to compare items.
Looks just like this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DivinityOr...sq6/new_bug_post_update_flickering_inventory/
Looks just like this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DivinityOr...sq6/new_bug_post_update_flickering_inventory/
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I've had the original game for two years but haven't gotten to it yet. Now, with a sequel that's supposedly better in almost every way, should I bother playing the original before getting to Original Sin 2?
Was in the same boat and just decided to go straight to Original Sin 2 and have no regrets.
texhnolyze
Banned
Yes! It even updates the preview of your portrait as you make changes to your character in the creator, which is incredibly satisfying.
Did the latest patch finally fix how taunt works with armor?
I assumed it was like the previous CRPGs including the first Divinity OS where you had to used illustration, so I thought I need to commissioned some illustration for my characters. Thankfully that wasn't the case this time!
Thanks for the answer folks.
Don't think so, it still says resisted by Physical Armor.
Taunting isn't helpful anyways. I had a tank taunt an archer who promptly teleported him somewhere far far away, because that counts as an attack.
texhnolyze
Banned
Not really. It only fixed how it works. Before, taunted enemies act like what you'd call 'confused', or maybe like charmed. With the new patch, taunt will work as intended.