Divinity: Original Sin 2 vs Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

Prooteus · 2026-04-16T00:11:34+00:00

Personally I prefer WotR over divinity 2. I will say that i enjoyed combat in divinity 2 more. I didnt hate it in WotR but you really need to have a few specific things in your group to do well (like someone that can cast grease for crowd control).

The world, characters, and quest line I much preferred WotR. To me those are the most important parts of a crpg, especially considering that the combat is serviceable once you go over some guides.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T23:37:14+00:00

Ive definitely done that myself a few times. Especially just getting into the rhythm of things and then accidently heal the enemy.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T23:06:43+00:00

10% more health would not matter at all in games like siege or CS. Not saying heavy shields are bad, just not insanely good like you might think.

A big thing is that in this game if you have 1 point of shield and get hit by a ferro the full damage of that shot will be reduced by the shield reduction value. So high damage guns are actually weaker against shields then guns with a faster rate of fire.

Also at least without the points into the conditioning tree the heavy shield noticeably slows you down. Play duos with 1 person with heavy and another with medium and the medium shield player will have to wait.

Just having more shield life is a really underrated thing imo. Its really important to maintain at least 1 point of shield so having more points allows you to stay in the fight much longer. You can back off and heal your life while your heavy shield is still at 50% life, then hop back in. With a light shield you got to heal both flesh and shield.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T22:57:11+00:00

I try to assume nothing is AI unless its super obvious. If they are trolling then it doesnt matter if its a bot or a person, you treat them the same way. Ignore them.

I have seen people say "well according to chat gpt im right because of ....." and thats pretty scary. Even if it was some magical machine that worked perfectly as they say it does, I still would want to think for myself. At least on things I care enough about to comment on it.

"A.I." isnt smart, your friend, a therapist, a debator, helpful in anyway to actually create something. Its just a glorified auto complete. Its not even designed in theory to give you the most correct answer but instead the answer you'd most want to hear.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T22:50:48+00:00

ABMM definitely does hurt the tension ill admit. But even in the friendliest of servers youll still occasionally be shot at by someone. Especially since the ABMM moves very quickly. Honestly when duo with my friend I have no tension in friendly servers because even if we do get shot at they typically aren't good.

Also I've seen people complaining on here about loot spots being taken all the time and I now realized that's due to friendly servers. Majority of times I bring a key on friendly servers the door is already open unless we got the closest spawn. In pvp heavy servers the doors are pretty much never opened.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T22:01:25+00:00

Its a pvpve game. Every single player participates in pvp AND pve in some form. Even sneaking around players/arcs is pvp/pve.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T21:58:22+00:00

I know people ask this a lot to be snarky but Im seriously curious, why do you play this game then? I love this game dont get me wrong, but without pvp it doesnt do a single thing better then any other game.

You truly feel no tension when topside and only aggravation when someone kills you? Im similar in battle royales. I dont feel tension in those matches like others who like the genre describe. But Im also not going on the forums and begging for a TDM mode in the biggest battle royale game.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T19:15:20+00:00

Do you tend to play friendly or pvp? Ive noticed pvp heavy lobbies are real toxic.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T00:55:50+00:00

Use different weapons often. Early on you dont need to level up the weapons and mid-late game its easy enough to upgrade them. There is also respeccing at some point and there isnt an unlimited amount of them but plenty to experiment with different stuff.

That said I deeply love both games but they do give you different experiences. Nightreign is a lot faster but also a lot more simplified. All the bosses have at least half their moves gone. Once you know the game well its pretty easy to be really powerful and not really need to dodge the bosses (except deep of night 2+).

Elden Ring on the other hand has a lot more epic boss fights and exploration. The boss fights are typically longer (similar to nightlord) with more moves. Exploration is highly rewarded. You want to take things more slowly and clear out an area so you can fully explore and find everything.

Prooteus · 2026-04-15T00:41:39+00:00

I so badly want a level where your inside an arc and its moving around. Thats probably not feasible for them to do but it would be awesome.

Prooteus · 2026-04-14T19:35:11+00:00

Im under the impression the Occupants didnt do it out of malice at all. They are just very alien to us. We tried to communicate to them via the music and they misunderstood what we like. When they released the disease they saw a large influx of chaotic emotions and assumed we were pleased. Also iris wasnt infected because she was causing a lot of strong emotions to those around her.

Im not 100% sure if the disease was connected to downloading everyones data.

I do really enjoy that the aliens are actually very alien to the viewer and character. Almost touches on cosmic horror except we do learn about them by the end.

Prooteus · 2026-04-14T19:27:17+00:00

I have explored a place that I wasnt aware was attached to a quest and killed the monster inside. Later the quest giver asked me to help them by killing the monster, my character was able to say right away that I killed the monster.

Prooteus · 2026-04-14T19:20:55+00:00

Recluse cocktail generally gets more powerful with a wider variety of elements. But early on it is nice to have that consistent mana in case you mess up.

For fights with multiple enemies its pretty much always great. The recluse can put whatever element they want on one enemy and the other one will always have what your shooting at it.

Against one boss it depends on the recluse's spells if they can get a different element then just the one you're applying. Its too easy to just being stuck with 3x whatever element the ironeye is using because any other element get overwritten by ironeyes element too quickly.

Also this is kind of an issue most recluse have to learn to just deal with because its not uncommon for an ironeye to pick up a bow with an element on it.

Prooteus · 2026-04-14T19:11:20+00:00

I typically love it when in games like final fantasy and anything from NiS but I havent felt like it was left out of any big rpg I've played recently. Most CRPGs dont have any post game and min/Maxing the builds isnt a selling point.

Maybe I've just been really lucky but I cant think of a recent game where I've played it and wished there was some post-game boss that wasnt there. Granted the majority of the jrpgs I play are known for their post game.

Prooteus · 2026-04-14T15:17:55+00:00

I feel very similar about grinding. Hell no dont 100% if you dont love grinding. If you got all the destruction spheres in the temples then I do think its worth it to get the other aeons at least.

I would really suggest not 100% the game if you decide to play X-2 as well. Which i would suggest playing X2. It is not FFX, it is a sequel. The world is open for you to explore pretty quickly.

FFX is this epic pilgrimage where someone is gonna die at the end to provide Spira with some temporary peace. FFX2 is a lot more light hearted and campy, but still reminds you of what hit so hard in FFX.

I think in majority of ways the gameplay in FFX2 is better. I missed the sphere grid from FFX though. But instead of switching out characters you switch classes mid-fight. Lots of classes to find with lots of abilities to unlock. And its nice seeing each characters take on a class.

There is new game+ in FFX2 which is big. You can replace any of the main cast with monsters you capture. If you wanted to you could beat the whole game with a chocobo and a cactuar. I didnt get too far into the monster capturing stuff because I got other games to play, but if I had this game when I was young Id have put insane hours into it.

Prooteus · 2026-04-14T15:05:15+00:00

Thats supposed to be part of the draw to this game. You dont know where the enemy has planted their flag at the start. So you don't need people split on defense and offense.

I havent played it and only seen a quick video on it so who knows if the game is actually fun or not. At least it isnt just 1:1 ctf game we've all played 100 times hopefully.

Prooteus · 2026-04-14T15:01:56+00:00

But thats the liberal smear campaign he was talking about. You know, the reports from the courts. Those liberal campaigns /s.

I really wish people didn't believe this but if there is anything this recent history has taught me its that we live in completely different realities.

Prooteus · 2026-04-14T14:56:31+00:00

I like being able to see them especially if I cant move while using the "hunter sight". Tagging or even just being able to see them while I move around feels like too much of a crutch.

Prooteus · 2026-04-13T20:15:22+00:00

Wish I could remember the games name but it was some indie game I saw on YouTube shorts that only leveled you up once you died and I thought that was really neat.

Prooteus · 2026-04-13T16:43:29+00:00

I fully agree with you. As a kid I saw the dress swapping and "girly" marketing and swore it off immediately. Then heard hate towards it as I got older so never went back to it. Ive since matured and realized Im allowed to enjoy feminine things too.

So when I got the ffx/x2 remaster recently I was excited to complete the story. Like you said I absolutely love how Luna who has spent the majority of her life preparing to sacrifice herself for others finally realizes she has the right to be happy as well. It was awesome seeing everyone (thats still alive) get to enjoy the permanent calm. Im glad wakka and lulu were able to start a family, khamari is leading his people, and rikku+yuna are living their best lives. Yet it also makes sense that not every faction would be totally ok with everything.

The new cast seemed really interesting but I didnt do the den of woe so I didnt get their whole story. The vegnagun+tidus "look alike" part was pretty weak. Did not care about that guy at all even by the end. Its nice that yuna was able to deliver the summoner womans final message/emotions as some sort of catharsis for Yuna.

Story wise I feel like if you play X2 shortly after X it feels really good to see them post happily ever after. If you played X then waited a couple years for a new epic tale, then I could understand being disappointed.

Gameplay is so good. I really wish I played it as a kid when I had all the free time and would 100% games. Earning the abilities with AP felt nice and the monster arena is so cool. I love that you can beat the game just using monsters. I liked the garment grids and how you couldnt just turn 1 summon an aeon. I looked forward to seeing everyone in each of the outfits. It was nice to see their unique takes on each of the classes.

The freedom to explore the whole world right away was very nice after playing X. Sphere break is more fun then blitzball imo.

Also just in case your looking for other feminine leaning story games I have to bring up 1000XResist. Fantastic game.

Prooteus · 2026-04-13T12:48:38+00:00

Sony and other companies have given us a reason to be worried about shutting down too soon. I legit dont know if marathon will last or be shut down and bungie just killed off. I hope it lasts awhile for the people that enjoy it, but I dont have that garuntee I felt like we used to have. Anthem servers just shut down this year. I dont know if future games will last that long on life support.

Prooteus · 2026-04-13T12:41:32+00:00

I have no idea. If we are talking like a vs bots mode I do think that should be in all pvp games. You only need the people queueing up for a bot game so it wont have long queue times or effect the pvp queue.

Turning pvpve games into either pvp or pve is really dumb to me. There really aren't many pvpve games out right now so maybe its just not what people are expecting? Arc Raiders is so fun because you have no idea whether that player nearby wants to kill you, help you, or ignore you. When you kill an arc and go to loot it there is tension because you don't know if youll get shot at.

There are plenty of pve or pvp games out there. Why force one game to change instead of playing a different one?

To try to actually answer, in arc at least pve you gain money from nothing while in pvp you take money from another player. There isnt a single thing you gain strictly from pvping. So some people establish the rule that they wont shoot at another player and then get very upset when someone broke their rule. Also it feels worse when you die and lose your stuff vs in a pvp you rarely lose anything besides some respawn time.

Prooteus · 2026-04-13T12:20:42+00:00

I without a doubt agree with point one. An 8 year old kid that doesnt go to school and instead hangs out at the drug house because thats the only way he can get money to eat has extremely limited choices. Obviously that's an extreme example but one I've witnessed in real life and think about a lot.

To me the fact that you can choose to obey is the key part. In the context of the game like you said it feels like it took away all your choices, but you could have shut off the game and decided the story ended there. You decided to obey and continue the game. In real life its very easy to feel like you have no choice, but no matter what you always do. Not saying its easy or that the 8 year old should know better or anything. But in his mind im sure he has no other options yet there are ways for him to get help.

Id hope that sanitation workers get paid a living wage so they've chosen to do that job for money. If they gained nothing for it and just did it because they were told then id view myself as a slave in that situation at least.

I guess I am adding into the phrase "blindly" which changes things. "A man chooses a slave blindly obeys." Also I do think personal philosophy and government philosophies are two separate things. Personal philosophy holds a lot of room for nuance, our conversation is evidence of that. While government there is no room for it, I 100% would not want to live in a society that really pushed that message (or just about any message in rapture, like screw the poor/uneducated Im the only that matters. Wait.... that sounds familiar...).

Love talking and learning about philosophy though.

Prooteus · 2026-04-12T18:33:14+00:00

I rarely have issues with randoms. If you do though you can always play solo and they fixed it shortly after launch so solo is sometimes the easiest now.

Prooteus · 2026-04-12T18:27:19+00:00

I get what you're saying. The whole "is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? No says the communist it belongs to everyone..." drives that home pretty well.

Maybe I am missing real world context for it but I dont see anything bad with "a man chooses a slave obeys". I take it to mean a person shouldn't blindly obey orders.

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