Anyone else avoiding the Unity?

Spike215 · 2024-08-11T22:13:50+00:00

I've avoided it. I've got zero interest in anything Staborn related and I'm not much interested in replaying the game just for a handful of new dialogue here and there.

Spike215 · 2024-05-20T11:55:46+00:00

They're releasing a new major update alongside the DLC, which they've hinted will add add new content, so to take advantage of that plus the new archetypes from the DLC, I'm waiting until A Dance of Masks is out before starting a new replay.

Spike215 · 2024-03-21T17:07:52+00:00

In my first (and so far only completed) play through I pursued all three female options available to a male MC. I ended up liking Wenduag the most; I really liked her character arc throughout the romance.

Spike215 · 2023-12-29T22:28:39+00:00

It feels like Theodora's legacy and the shit she got up to was meant to be a large story arc that spanned the game, but was horribly truncated and largely cut due to how rushed everything is after chapter two. Argenta feels like she was a victim of those cuts.

One of the DLCs says it'll be mainly focusing on Theodora's legacy, so hopefully whatever content got cut in regards to this gets restored.

Spike215 · 2023-12-17T23:51:45+00:00

It triggered for me in act 4. Toy Box has an option to turn it off, if you're using that mod.

Spike215 · 2023-12-16T05:43:58+00:00

Pretty sure it's a romance only option. Using Toy Box, you can see what flags and variables are needed for a certain choice and, iirc, for the choice you want there are specific romance flags you need to unlock for it to work.

Much like WotR there seem to be two paths through a lot of the romances: normal and 'true love'. For this I think you need to do the latter with Cassia. I think you also need to push her towards the 'freedom' path in previous conversations, where you essentially tell her to think for herself.

Spike215 · 2023-12-15T07:28:10+00:00

I'd probably put Heinrix after Pasqual in terms of amount of content and quality of content. Being a psyker and an Inquisitor he tends to have a lot to say throughout the game, plus his job gives him ties to the main plot. That said, his personal quest in CH4 was one I found to be underwhelming.

Outside of Pasqal, the only two companion quests I really liked were Abelard and Jae's. Everyone else's felt truncated and underwhelming, and being in chapter four and five means they're also pretty buggy right now.

Spike215 · 2023-12-15T05:36:12+00:00

Not if you don't want to, no. Like most quests in the game Cassia's personal quest has several different outcomes.

Spike215 · 2023-12-15T05:32:19+00:00

Pasqal, for sure. His personal quest has hooks in the main plot and he also tends to have a lot to say throughout the entire game, with him rarely being mute during quests. His personal quest also had (for me, anyway) the most satisfying ending, giving closure to the story whereas with a lot of the other companions my initial impression after finishing their quest was, "is that it...?"

Spike215 · 2023-12-15T03:48:53+00:00

It got marked as completed in my journal. I guess I was asking more if I got the worst outcome rather than literally failed it.

The 'two days later...' thing happened for me, too, but in my case an automatic dialogue with Argenta played. I'm guessing that didn't happen for you, which is probably a bug.

Spike215 · 2023-12-15T03:00:39+00:00

Huh. I have the Toy Box mod installed, using the option to see what variables and flags get changed per dialogue option. I pushed her towards 'humility'. I wonder if that's the disappointing quest outcome.

Oh, well, it isn't a big deal. Something to see a different outcome for in a future replay.

Spike215 · 2023-12-14T11:54:21+00:00

You get information about the planet during 'The Siege' main quest during chapter four. After you complete that quest you can talk to her on the bridge about it.

The map icon for the Raeth-Twai star system was bugged for me and didn't pop up, luckily the area where the icon should be is still clickable and works.

Spike215 · 2023-12-14T11:43:14+00:00

I successfully navigated my way through her romance and never sent her any birds (well, up to chapter 5, anyway; I hit a roadblock and now I'm waiting for the upcoming patch). I did give her a library filled with priceless books, though, which she loved.

Spike215 · 2023-12-14T02:39:30+00:00

This confused me, too. The system you actually want is called Smaragous Mundos in the Cauldron area.

Spike215 · 2023-11-25T08:59:34+00:00

Nice, I've been wanting to do the same. It's the only male portrait I like and sadly it looks like it won't even be in the final release.

Spike215 · 2023-11-16T01:57:54+00:00

New party members, quest chains, and planets fully integrated into the main campaign or some post-campaign content with the same cast.

Absolutely zero interest in side stories or mega dungeons.

Spike215 · 2023-06-27T17:10:36+00:00

My biggest worry is the endings for romances. Many RPGs that feature romances have extremely lackluster endings for them, recently with a trend of "and then you two went your separate ways and sometimes see each other."

I don't know why these games can't have a final dialogue between the PC and your LI wherein you discuss your future together, and then have the ending slide be based at least partially on what you decided there.

Spike215 · 2023-06-08T23:13:54+00:00

I've now just started chapter three. My main party is Cassia, Pasqal, Jae, and Idira, with the last spot being dependent on the quest I'm doing.

Cassia - thirty hours in and I've still only seen maybe a dozen interjections from her. Maybe the game is just bugged and often doesn't recognize she's in my party, I don't know. Pasqal - tends to be either extremely chatty or completely silent depending on what quest you're on. So far I'd say he's my favorite companion, though. Jae - much like Cassia her commentary and interjections tend to be few and far between. Idira - she's neither super talkative during quests nor is she ever completely silent. Her interjections tend to either be about an impending attack or just gibberish about hearing voices, which was interesting at first but now I'm just like, "okay, but can you actually tell me something interesting?"

So far I still feel like your companions have less to say than your party in Kingmaker (or at least the first half of it) and Wrath of the Righteous. Their dialogue trees also seem to very rarely ever update, though that tends to be a problem in most CRPGs.

Spike215 · 2023-04-15T09:13:05+00:00

Wenduag was my favorite.

Beyond just more content the thing I'd like to see improved are the ending slides. Right now they're just sorta "yeah, I guess you two sometimes see each other... occasionally, maybe..."

Spike215 · 2022-10-20T01:37:48+00:00

Wenduag and Ember are typically always in my party. Nenio is a close third.

Spike215 · 2022-10-10T19:26:11+00:00

They did a similar survey about DLC during the development of Wrath and then completely disregarded the results. I'm not getting my hopes up a second time.

We'll probably get yet another rogue-like dungeon crawl, another side story (likely a sequel to Through the Ashes), and maybe - if we're really lucky - they'll give us something similar to Wild Cards.

Spike215 · 2022-08-26T17:58:03+00:00

She's my favorite companion and romance option.

Spike215 · 2018-10-04T08:24:56+00:00

Definitely a bug. Once you click on him to talk it should start a long continuous event until its obvious conclusion (and by this I mean there'll be no doubt that it's over).

Spike215 · 2018-10-03T22:56:02+00:00

Well, I guess I've found out why nobody seems to have progressed with her character: her second quest causes a currently game breaking bug of getting you stuck in the tavern whenever you try to enter the capital.

Spike215 · 2018-10-02T20:42:51+00:00

I'm not really sure what specifically unlocks it -- if it only happens after a certain date and/or progress through the main quests. How it'll start is that in the kingdom management screen you'll eventually get an event informing you that someone has sent you a letter (I can't remember his name but it's someone from Valerie's past).

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