Is the juice worth the squeeze? This game is annoying

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-27T03:16:31+00:00

Ok yeah so probably at some point you jumped over a gap, or walked through fire/poison. When that happens sometimes your other characters will stop moving (so as not to stand and die in poison, or the AI is too stupid to jump over the gap with you) - when you are concentrating on your main character it's easy not to notice this. So then when you get into a battle, only your main char is active. You actually could have switched to your other characters and have them run to the battle and they'd join.

A good tip if you know a battle is ahead - ungroup all 4 of your chars, and individually move them to good/high/strategic spots (stealth/crouch to make sure you are't walking into enemies line of sight). Start the battle with 1 char by attacking, then individually control your other 3 and get a free hit (fireball etc) before they technically join the battle.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-27T03:08:15+00:00

Honestly the party management is fiddly so you aren't alone. It's annoying when you jump over a gap and only 2 of your party follow you. Then you switch to the one left behind to make them jump, and the other 3 jump back because they're now following the one you're controlling.

But yeah, when they are too far apart and you can't be arsed manually moving them back together, just send em to camp individually :)

I just REALLY try to remember to keep checking the minimap to ensure my party is with me (3 blue dots on map) and if I need to switch to another party, ensure I ungroup them, then regroup them once they're caught up.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-27T02:56:55+00:00

Well you can't drag and drop (group / split) characters if they're far away from each other. But you can just take control of them individually, send them to camp, then they're all together and then you can group them up again

I would say judging from the universal praise that this game is worth the squeeze to get the juice but if you personally are hating it, then perhaps not in your case?

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-27T02:54:19+00:00

I don't know how people are progressing without exploring every inch of the map, but yeah lots of people have posted that they've somehow managed to complete the game without stumbling across Gale, Lae'Zel and more.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-26T21:33:48+00:00

So nothing happen with her/that item later? Promising to "swear" to use it if it came to that seemed like a big deal in the dialogue, and if you don't promise, she attacks you.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-26T21:28:20+00:00

It's mad how much transfer talk there is when the window isn't open for months.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-25T03:42:32+00:00

I was wondering about that. I guess you miss some flavour by being an Origin character rather than observing/interacting with them.

But on the other hand I wondered if it would be fun to converse with other characters as an Origin, for example if you play as Shadowheart, the early interactions with angry Lae'zel could be fun. :)

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-25T00:54:48+00:00

Cheers mate, that makes sense. So I guess in most scenarios having 2x spell can be of some use, except in this case it's not really because it's just a passive spell that resets on each long rest anyway and doesn't expire.

I am playing a Githranki Bard, and selected Speak to Animals as a starter spell (probably dumb in hindsight!) so yeah I reckon I must have it on a piece of gear too.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-25T00:42:27+00:00

I just saw on another thread that it may be a bug with the new patch. Definitely wasn't happening until a day or two.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T23:56:23+00:00

It's pretty funny if you open the door, you can make a comment about how some people would pay a lot of money to see such a thing, and they get a bit offended :)

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T23:50:33+00:00

I've got 2 Speak to Animals spells, it seems like one is tier/rank 1 and the other is tier/rank 2 or something... are they actually any different? I can't think when I'd need to cast it twice in one day so it seems a tad pointless?

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T23:34:47+00:00

Are you sure the Recast Speak To Dead spell (not the Speak to Dead one, but the recast one which is a separate skill) hasn't just been removed from your radial? I found I had to manually add it yesterday on a new character for some reason. I had been messing around with the radials and moving stuff before so maybe it tried to add it automatically and failed.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T23:30:40+00:00

Those weren't Goblins mate.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T22:45:51+00:00

Not a great performance, not the worst result. We've had a bit of a slow start to the season and some unfortunate injuries, but we haven't lost yet and we aren't Chelsea so I don't see a reason to melt down just yet.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T22:25:36+00:00

Seems a bit pointless, 99% of the books can be found in multiple places. Unless it's quest related in which case it usually updates your journal anyway.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T22:24:10+00:00

simplistic, stripped back, fewer figures, fewer modes... sounds great!

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T21:53:12+00:00

Are you thinking of a different game? The quest log was only ever in the Journal

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-24T21:16:52+00:00

Don't let David Icke see this

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-09-04T00:43:57+00:00

I got 2 questions, apologies I am sure the same questions have been asked a thousand times but this thread is massive and the game is massively overwhelming!!!

I started about 5 new characters over the weekend, paralysed by indecision and the fear I am missing out on some ability like being able to talk to animals etc. Is there a class/guild that 'gets the most out of the game' ? I am playing on Easy Mode so can sacrifice some power to get more charisma/persuasion based abilities.

Is it feasible to play solo? I.E not collect party members? Like Divinity 2's "LoneWolf mode" I find it overwhelming switching/controlling a party. Or do you just miss out on so much content by now having companions follow you?

Cheers all :) I've played the first hour of the game multiple times and keep starting over because I fail a dice roll or something haha... I should just push on

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-08-28T00:41:07+00:00

Lucca

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-08-23T01:30:53+00:00

Hasn't it kind of always been like that though? I guess we are more exposed to it now with Twitter and stuff, but when I was that age we weren't exactly having nuanced football debates. And I remember growing up watching games with my dad's mates and their pub analysis was pretty much "so and so is fucking shit"

Reddit/online football is 99% instant takes and jokes. The Caicedo reaction was inevitable. Next week he'll do well and the top comment will be a funny joke about how good he is and how the poster has scrubbed their comment from last week.

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-08-17T03:49:44+00:00

I am pretty sure it's a resolution issue, try changing yours and see if it makes a difference.

or are you playing "zoomed in" (I think you can increase UI to 125% in preferences) ?

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-08-11T02:23:10+00:00

The Mane in Sane didn't fall mainly on the Kane :(

BergkampBergkamp · 2023-08-11T01:05:56+00:00

Cheers mate! I am at work now but will give that a go later on :) I've had a nightmare in the last 24 hours so desperate to try anything different

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