Tyranny + Bastard's Wound Expansion Thread

[HeatEXTEND]

good start

Wasted on a shit game. Bummer.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Yeah, I really wish the solo route was more fleshed out, you just kill everyone and there is no alternatives iirc at all.

I think the only character I liked was Tunon. Magic is amazing with how customizable it is. Fights similar to PoE which had a lot of trash combat or something. Liked the story a lot more than PoE, it had some C&C which was cool. overall a lot more enjoyable than PoE1 which I dropped and didn't finish and probably 2 as well.

Fights in PoE gives no experience and lasts forever. Especially in the endless dungeons of od boredom.

In Tranny you sometimes level twice in a single encounter. How is that the same? Having fights mean nothing compared to levelling you up massively makes a huge difference to how boring or enjoyable it is.

 

[Lacrymas]

PoE has experience for combat. This is like the 15th time I say this.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

PoE has experience for combat. This is like the 15th time I say this.

Bestiary isn't the same as xp per kill.

 

[Lacrymas]

Why isn't it? The only difference is that at one point, the xp for a certain mob stops. Bosses who aren't humanoids always give xp because they are counted as different species. Concelhault is counted as lich for example, and he gives xp when you defeat him. PoE has enough mob types that you don't really stop gaining xp for combat until hitting cap. Maybe shadows are the only mobs which very quickly stop giving xp because they are numerous in the beginning if you do the Eothas temple.

 

[eXalted]

And you still max out your character levels 2/3 into the game. Why would you need even more EXP from mobs?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

would you need even more EXP from mobs?

Just ain't cricket.

 

[2house2fly]

I waited until the DLC came out to play Tyranny, it seems like it definitely improves the third act by giving you a little more to do. Just based on what I've seen people say about it who played base game only. One fatal flaw with the combat, iirc, was that combos weren't paced well to be able to use them with other abilities- I get more abilities than all my party members, so they run out of abilities and their only options are to do a combo or autoattack, but almost all the combos are party member+PC, so I have abilities I can use but I'm having to use a combo just so my party member is doing something. I'd have liked more party member+other party member combo attacks

 

[RaptorRex888]

Planning on finally doing a run of this, opting to go either independent or loyal. I'll see how it pans out.

 

[Butter]

Your mage characters should never be running out of things to do. You build for max spell slots and 19 Quickness, and the result is that once you've blown through your last spell, the first should be coming off cooldown.

 

[Haplo]

Your mage characters should never be running out of things to do. You build for max spell slots and 19 Quickness, and the result is that once you've blown through your last spell, the first should be coming off cooldown.

Which makes the combo moves AND all these cool artifacts you've gathered and empowered even more useless....

 

[Butter]

Your mage characters should never be running out of things to do. You build for max spell slots and 19 Quickness, and the result is that once you've blown through your last spell, the first should be coming off cooldown.

Which makes the combo moves AND all these cool artifacts you've gathered and empowered even more useless....

It's true. By the end of the game, you generally have twice as many actives as you can ever hope to use.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Butter]

random limited spoiler question:
Ill start soon my first and only playthrough. Does subterfuge come handy in dialogues or its only combat thing?

It's mostly a dialogue skill.

 

[Popiel]

Athletics is one of the other important dialogue skills for that matter, and Lore, but that's obvious.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Tigranes]

Combat is mostly a dumbed down & supereasy version of Pillars, so just go with whatever you think is most entertaining. If you're playing this, then you're playing for its laudable effort at a unique story/setting, at least in the first half.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Efe]

bump lore cos it enables more sigils = better spells and also used in conversation/quest. improve magic by using relevant magic staff and casting relevant spells

 

[DalekFlay]

You're putting more thought into character creation than Obsidian did.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Roguey]

never before skills with cooldowns were annoying me. It was ok in action games, didnt bother me in party based tb... but 4 party members in rtwp is getting on my nerves.
Amount of trash combat doesnt help it, Between 1/2 and 2/3 of encounters are against 2-3 dudes and should be just removed

Highly recommend setting up the AI of your party members to what suits your playstyle best so you don't have to fiddle with them too much.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Efe]

why even tank with verse?
dont you have barik or killsy?

 

[Butter]

why even tank with verse?
dont you have barik or killsy?

Know Your Enemy/Lethal Opening.