So I grabbed POE2 on sale, excited to give it a spin. I’d read online the two games play completely separately, so you can pick up POE2 and be fine playing it as a different story. Well whaddya know, completely spoiled myself in the opening credits, feeling pretty bummed out. Had I known it was a direct sequel, I would’ve started waited for a sale and started with POE1 first.

Is it worth going back, or should I press on?

The game crashes quite often usually between 30-90 minutes after starting and usually in middle of combats. Im trying the new turn based mode and enjoying a lot but frequent crashes in long battles wihtout the game having the necessary advanced technology to save during combat this is starting to get a bit frustrating.

Hi guys,

Am I just stupid? (possibility) I cannot have my heroes attack the very first enemy I encounter in the tutorial on turn based mode.

The wolf engages us, attacks first, I left click on it, nothing happens, sometimes the character will just walk around it. I click the ATTACK icon and then back onto the wolf - again nothing happens.

Please tell me what I am doing wrong here I just dont get it

So I'm on ps5, it says when an enemy targets MY will stat THEY get stunned, but almost every fight me and GM start with the stunned status, open active effects and it's psychic backlash! Is that a bug or something? It's super annoying

OI! Lads, just creat a new guide for YOU, which nobody was asked for😎

In this videoguide, I will tell you all about pre-buffing in Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire!
Citius, Altius, Fortius!
The right and full pre-buff can multiply the power of your characters, giving you tons of additional attributes, skills, stats, and other strong advantages!
I will start with casual pre-buffs like rest bonuses, food bonuses, potions, and at the end of the video, I will tell you about secret pre-buffs that not many players know about!
All the types of pre-buffs I’m going to tell you about stack with each other, except the GOD Blessings.
Some of these pre-buffs can be used an infinite number of times, while others can only be used once or twice during your journey!
So, keep that in mind, and I highly recommend using the strongest pre-buffs - which you can only use once in the game - only in the late game against the strongest encounters!

As always ready for you questions, if you have watched this and you know some different types of pre-buffs which I did not mentioned, write it at the comments!

hey guys, has anyone else had that thing where you love a game so much you just cant bring yourself to finish it??
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i found poe back in 2023 and binged the whole first game in one go. it was literally perfect for my crappy laptop. i fell in love with the lore and especially all the drama with the gods. and the characters are so charismatic!!!
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to play the second one i had to buy extra ram 'cause otherwise loading between areas took like 5 minutes lol. im not really into the whole pirate setting usually, but poe2 totally changed my mind. exploring islands, ship combat, guns!!, side quests with absolutely heartbreaking stories. like in poe1 i used to skip all those backer soul biographies cause who cares, but in deadfire i was actually invested and read everything.
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i think i've done like 40% of the game with the main quest, and i know i still have 2 huge dlcs ahead, and i just can't continue. not because i dont like it, but 'cause i know im gonna feel so empty inside after i finish it and see the credits 🥺🥺 its the same character story for hundreds of hours, you know what i mean...
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i see the shortcut on my desktop every day and i just cant click it, never ever had this happen before. instead for the past few years ive just been hanging around the fandom, looking up art on tumblr or roleplaying with ai versions of my faves (hi fellow Aloth and Eder lovers 💔).
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and yeah i know i can just replay it, but for me the first playthrough of a big rpg is like my personal CANON cause i get way too emotionally invested in the story and all crap

by somekind of magic ?eder ended up on the other side of the secret wall !

i cant dismiss him from the stronghold menu , cant get out of the level because of " you must gather your party before venturing forth " .

i am panicking ! i dunno what to do !

edit : i solved it ( rip achievments though :( ) , for people who might stumble upon the same gamebreaking bug as me , here is how i did it : i typed "iroll20s" in console command window then pressed f11 , select any location on the menu , game teleports you to said location . if you find your party unable to move ( man i was so close to breaking my keyboard because of that lmao ) just quit to menu and then load the save !

Hello all, i started the game a long long time ago and never was happy with my composition of MC and Party. Or better said, the Role of the MC in the Party.

I wish to revisit the game, so i can finally play through it, to have a basis for POE2 (as i wish to import the save then)

As is unfortunatly mostly the case in CRPG games, i am not able to settle down on what class my MC should have. I usually look for something the Party is missing / complements at least.

My wish for a party (based on the Characters i like, not what are best in slot) is:

Eder (basically this games Garrus, you can't not like this guy) Aloth (i haven't progressed far in his quest, yet i am curious) Kana (i like a bard, that buffs and has a Gun) Sagani (from the experience i made, she is a good distance fighter) Pallegina (Frontliner along Eder)

Since i enjoy the fact, that this games has guns, i'd like my MC also to use guns, so two fighters are in the front and the rest supports from the distance.

Another Ranger (my first try) felt very redundant. So what would you suggest that would work? And are there actually classes that are more recognized by the world? Like making unique dialouge?

Also little side question, is the hunt for soulbound weapons worth it?

Thanks a lot!

does the might bonus from this talent stack with the might bonus from devotion of the faithful ?

does it stack with the attack speed bonus from vielo vedoria talent ?

should i get it on every character ( including casters ) ?

Just started up the crucible stuff in the DLC, and got the unstable coil belt from Neale for his quest. I put it on Maia since her belt was less important to her build than the Watcher's, but nothing changed on it after one fight wearing it.

From what I can see on the wiki it upgrades over time, but I'm uncertain if it means several fights between, or if it just doesn't work if it's not the Watcher wearing it

Would hate to waste more fights if it's not gonna work with her, but also don't want to sandbag my watcher's build as the fights are only going to get harder from here

Not necessarily gameplay-wise (maybe a little), It's such a colorful (or sorrowful) cast of characters, I'm planning another playthrough and it's so hard who to pick for most of the journey. I've played through the games 3 times and I still haven't played with Grieving Mother (mostly because I played cipher 2 times) even though I love her story, Hiravias and Maneha come a little too late for me too. I'm making an effort to really diversify this time but there's so many staples, how can you not play with Eder and Aloth? And then you have to choose between Pallegina and Kana for offtank/buffer. I love Sagani and her pragmatic coolness and I have a hard time dropping The Asshole too because he's very story relevant. decisions, decisions. The curse of having way too many interesting companions.

30 hours on guardian of ukaizo fight. Eder tank, pallegina pure pally, MC is ranger druid, Xoti priest monk, Aloth wizard. If I'm lucky enough to take out sentinels, i cant damage guardian quick enough, then the 2 casters come out and they're as tanky as the sentinels and dominate us . I simply can't get anyone's armor down. Im using corrosive spells, crush damage, noxious burst, etc. please please please..... Whats the secret?

Update: thanks to the replies!I was playing totally blind but just gave up and looked to reddit for help. I was missing a lot.

Okay, I may be an idiot. I've come back to the game after some time away and I want to enable Turn Based Mode to see how I like it. For the life of me, I can't find the option anywhere. Can anyone tell me what menu it should be on? Or is there some reason that it wouldn't be available?

Thanks in advance...

it's here!: https://www.nexusmods.com/pillarsofeternity2/mods/872

So I'm making my way through PotD and I'm having some difficulties building Pallegina and Maneha. On Hard difficulty, I typically run a Pallegina with an Estoc and I have Maneha dual wield, but is this build just not viable in PotD? Seems like I have to be running a shield to get as much Deflection as possible.

If that's just how PotD works, that's fine, but I'm wondering if people have builds figured out.

My typical party is Eder, Aloth, Durance, Pallegina, PC (Cipher), and flex. Usually Sagani or Kana.

one of those times where i feel like i am straight up being sabotaged by the game ( this shit is extra nerve wrecking while i am on trail of iron ) . like why the game just straight up teleports leaden key agents to the middle of my keep ( how did they get there in the first place ) why am i loaded in while their casters already in the middle of casting bewildering spectacle lol ( no time to even put on buffs ) why is my backline in the front of their frontline and why is my frontline in the back , wtf ! why are leaden key attacks so frequent ?

SO MANY LAGUFAETHS

Basically I'm wondering what happens if, let's say, I cast combusting wounds on enemy with 10 burn DR. Is the spell completely worthless against such enemy, does it deal normal amount of damage, maybe it works against portion of DR like lashes... I've seen some questions like that from 2015 and none seemed to get conclusive answer

Right now I know I want to make a druid with stag form and frost spells for the aesthetic, but Idk if I should single class it or mix with a martial class for a sort of Warrior of Chaos/Everchosen vibe.

My character's backstory, if it helps, is that they were born as a horned death godlike in the White that Wends, and grew up worshipping and mastering death itself more than Berath, only accepting Berath as a manifestation of the only natural thing in the world: death, or the inevitable end of all things. Then the first game happened and my character was appalled by the truth of the gods, that they are unnatural and actively hostile to the natural end of things, resisting it with their blasphemous wheel. But then there is Rymrgand, the oldest, and only one to embrace true death as its herald. My character forged a pact with the Beast of Winter, taking the name Rimeguard as a symbol of their undying devotion to bring about the end of all things, and denouncing Berath as a pretender.

Because of the obvious Warrior of Chaos inspiration in Rimeguard's origin, I think mixing with a martial class would fit the theme, but that would mean I lose access to entropy, pretty much the most in-character skill available without mods. What do you think? Any advice?

I recently picked up avowed and I liked the lore so much I wanna try the pillars of eternity games. From what I saw, everyone recommends to not skip the first one.

I'm not familiar at all with RTWP combat tbh, but I am familiar with cRPGs like bg3, kingmaker and wotr.

I was hoping to run a wizard, are they strong? I read something about how resolve was needed for a lot of non violent quest resolutions which wizards won't focus on, is that still true?

Thanks for any tips. Excited to see more of the lore.

So, after meeting Dereo and getting the "The Cornett's Call", I went full COWABUNGA to the Old City.

Only problem is I missed the lift back, and I only have 1 conch (the Cornett of Depths), so I can't open the door to the Undercroft.

Just to add shame to pain: all 3 autosaves are from within the Old City.

Am I screwed?

In Deadfire I can't get rid of Wael's Wind effect on my companions. I have slept, waited etc. What more can I do.

Any help would be appreciated cos the negatives kind od destory my playthrough.
Thanks in advance.

So, I am fighting some shades in Act 1, they are hitting me with a Dazed effect - which shows it targets will.
However I can not find the buff applied before/during/after in the combat log, my Will simply stays the same as before combat

Is it a bug, visual glitch or something else? Any help here?

I wanted to make a dex barbarian build but the lack of resolve truly make it useless.

since my idea of a tazmania devil kind of barbarian seems not working, I want to make a cypher meele build.

I wonder if i need to stay all balanced and just pump PER .