The stronghold, at the very least. It was a major problem in the first game to have your base of operations be a thing that you had to return to with travel time, so it’s a significant course correction to have it come with you.

Sure but that’s a mechanics improvement that people aren’t going to realise because they never bought the game… because an Age of Sail / Pirates setting has never been popular in CRPGs. They should have stuck with high fantasy.

Having a turn-based mode as an option is always welcome especially with large parties but again… people need to play the game to get a feel for any potential improvements there. They didn’t buy it, didn’t play it, and still didn’t do either when turn-based was added.

Larian had zero reason to change a winning formula so I’m not sure why that factors in your mind? Literally a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

I agree that budget isn’t the defining difference, the setting is. DOS2 starts you off on a ship then dumps you on a tropical island. Did it suffer? No… because their game is clearly not a Pirates (Age of Sail) game. You even see a shot of the characters on a big ship during the trailer but then go straight back to combat on land.

There are many discussions on this particular issue and John absolutely refuses to acknowledge it because he likes the setting.

PoE2 actively addressed every criticism I had from the first game

Which of those issues you criticised are highlighted in the game trailers and ads that were run?

People buy games based on impressions, some people do research and watch streams but most CRPG buyers are going to avoid spoilers.

Half of the game trailer on Steam is ship, ship combat, upgrade your ship.

The sales numbers really say the rest. PoE as a setting died and there won’t be a third entry.

There’s a decent Post Mortem by Josh Sawyer but he still just doesn’t hit on the Age of Sail being an unpopular setting for this kind of game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xChOXFJ83

In my defence your comment was a little too realistic…

I didn’t like the gunpowder in PoE1 but could overlook it.

I absolutely hated the initial impression I got that PoE2 was an Age of Sail sort of setting. I wanted more in depth Castle and town building with story not to trade it in for a leaky ship.

It was never a mechanics or art or story thing for me… because I have never bought it and I’m hardly alone there.

I’m simply not interested in ships, guns and naval settings in RPGs.

A bilingual (EN/FR) general-purpose instance located in eastern Canada!

Seems the instance you posted to isn’t hosted in the shithole known as Merica.

He’s not wrong, I wouldn’t be particularly interested in any further Pillars of Eternity games or spinoffs with the direction that PoE2 took.

It seems they still don’t really understand what their audience wants.

It is a joke but there’s a hint of truth in there.

I’m definitely not struggling in life if that helps

Why does every single ADHD meme feel like a personal attack?

How many of those societies have undergone an industrial revolution?

There are 3 rocks on the bottom line of the F and only two on the top, he could already finish it but only by angling them in slightly and having a sharp |> sorta deal🤓

9070 xt is targeted at the 5070 ti

9070 is targeted at the 5070

Leith is telling furphies.

Where did China import that coal from? Australia. (Not only Australia but that’s not the point)

Australia isn’t doing its part, new coal mines were approved last year and exports are at an all time high.

Australians are, per capita, some of the worst GHG emitters on the planet.

The intermediaries care. This is very obvious.

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I had a 7900xtx briefly but a fan died and they refunded the card rather than fix the fan.

They haven’t really been available since then due to stock issues.

It definitely seemed like the better option than the 4080.

Try leaving a technically correct comment first.

Nah we have white eggs here too.

1080ti has had the longest useful lifespan of any GPU ever.

Im still running mine but Im likely to buy a 5090 very soon as Im making the leap to 4k gaming and vr from 2k.

The key signs of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) required for diagnosis include:

• Growth deficiency or failure to thrive: slow fetal growth low birth weight or height, small head circumference (microcephaly)[14][a]
• Congenital malformations of lips: short palpebral fissurelengths, smooth philtrum, and thin upper lip

I played ice hockey with a young bloke who had FAS and he was an absolute mess. Zero impulse control, low intelligence and addicted to anything he could get his hands on.

Some of his behaviour would have earned another person a beating but everyone knew and tried… correcting his behaviour a bit more gently.

His dad was clearly making an effort but it was ruining both their lives and he had divorced.

Young bloke ended up offing himself.

On an equally depressing note, once you know what to look for you see FAS fairly regularly in porn.