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The Undying Burden and Upright Captain's Belt are probably the two best belts in the game for main tank characters.

The first gives you +2 constitution, +1 athletics, reduced weapon damage as you lose health (which synergizes very well with the +2 con) and a second charge of Second Wind, which definitely never hurts a main tank.

Meanwhile, the second gives you +1 constitution, concentration, which is never bad, and most importantly: immunity to push and pull effects, being 1 of only 2 items in the game that has this effect, and the only one that a godlike can wear.

So, in your opinion, which one is better? Getting +2 constitution and a second charge of Second Wind is definitely pretty good, but the immunity to push and pull effects seem too good to pass on. Thoughts?

I want to get a ranged DPS for my party and I'm undecided between Maia and Ydwin. Maia seems like the obvious choice, with her insane combination of Might, Dexterity and Perception, coupled with her class giving her incredible passives like Marksman and Gunner and her subclass giving her increased range AND her Hawk companion, dealing insane damage. And that's without mentioning her possible multi classes, Scout (+rogue) for additional damage over time and passive damage with abilities like Deathblows or Geomancer (+Wizard) giving her the ridiculously powerful Essential Phantom. Give her Acina's Tricorn, Aegor's Swift Touch and keep her in her Sharpshooter garb and you have arguably the most broken ranged DPS in the game.

Ydwin, on the other hand, lacks the ranger+gunhawk bonuses Maia has and doesn't have *as great* stats, but compensates for it with an amazing class on her own: Cipher. Besides being a great support class, both by doing crowd control and by being the most reliable source of the Brilliant inspiration, Ydwin can also multiclass into rogue giving her the same advantages as Maia in that regard. It doesn't hurt that The Red Hand's double fire ability will fill her focus right up faster than I can notice. Give her the same gear as Maia and she's definitely a force to be reckoned with.

There's nothing preventing me from swapping one for the other when the situation demands it, but I really really like to keep the same chosen companions for the entire time, even when it's not the most optimal choice.

With all of that being said, what are your opinions? Which of these two characters will fulfill the role of ranged dps better?

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I'm thinking constitution/resolve > perception > intellect > dexterity > might, since I don't really need to deal that much damage (so might and dexterity aren't really that important) but constitution to have a ton of health and resolve to increase my deflection sound really important. Perception to be able to hit stuff and intellect for ability duration sounds nice as well.

How off am I?

I'm getting to the point where I do all the DLCs in my current run so I'm currently planning for the next one. I know I'll play a fire godlike swashbuckler as a tank, but I wanna know about the rest of the party. I want to avoid the more common companions and play with the least common ones.

For pillars, I was thinking about including Hiravias as a druid healer/aoe damage, Durance as a buffer (can't play Fire Godlike without this guy in my party), Maneha as an off tank and Sagani as a ranged dps, but I'm not sure what else I should include, although Aloth sounds very nice due to how busted mages are in Pillars and due to the fact I haven't included him in my current Deadfire party.

For Deadfire, I was thinking about ditching Xoti for Vatnir, and having him be my priest with theurge Tekehu being my main healer. I also wanna include Maia with The Red Hand because we all know how busted she gets, and I wanted to include Rekke as well, as my melee dps/off tank.

But I'm not sure if this composition will work and what class(es) I should pick for each. Pure ranger Maia? Geomancer? Scout? What about everyone else?

Any help is appreciated :)

Trying to build a party and I'm considering no Edér. But he can have pets, which can be useful for the party. How useful are pets on PotD?

I'm planning ahead for my next character and I wanna know how this feels for a main tank focused on grabbing and holding engagement, while still dealing decent damage. I know the classic Kapana Taga + Reckless Brigandine is the most optimal way to go, but I wanna try to diversify a bit.

So basically, my plans are:

Race: Fire Godlike
Class: Swashbuckler (Unbroken/Streetfighter)

No Helmet - Godlike restriction

Necklace: Claim and Refusal - Refusal Modal

Armor: One Dozen Stood = Enchantments: Protection of the Godhammer and Hold the Bridge (this one's important for engagement numbers)

Rings: Entonia Signet Ring + Chameleon's Touch

Boots: Rakhan Field Boots

Cape: Champion's Cape (There aren't really that many great capes in this game, and this one is pretty good for a godlike tank)

Gloves: Not sure about Gatecrashers or Woedica's Strangling Grap

Belt: Not sure between Undying Burden (more athletics, constitution and second wind use) or Maura's Grasping Belt (+1 engagement)

Weapons: Stalker's Patience + Magran's Blessing, Kapana Taga + Bronlar's Phalanx as a second set

Not sure regarding trinkets or pets yet.

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Well, that's about it for my gear. I'm gonna pick all the standard skills for a swashbuckler tank.

Thoughts on this improvised build?

After using GenAI early this year and with the recent Nazi fiasco, GOG decided that the best course of action to regain consumer trust was to... Steal a former artist's work and use it to train an AI to make a banner for them. Fucking disgusting.

Hey everyone, I'm planning ahead for my next character and I'd like it to be a "remastered" version of my first character, who was a fire godlike. On my first PoE run, I had my Fire Godlike Tank with the ability to cast some spells because I wanted to play a Battlemage on Deadfire. And So I did.

But since it was my first run and I was playing on Normal difficulty, I could afford to not min-max anything and still get results. I used Whispers of the Endless Paths + One Dozen Stood for the aesthetics alone, and I was quite pleased with that. However, I was not very efficient at all, most of my spells were offensive spells, which you might imagine is quite inefficient for a plate armor wearer, so I wasn't that great at anything, really.

My next run is going to be on PotD, which means I can't afford to do stuff for the aesthetics, I gotta go for efficiency first and foremost. Keeping the fire godlike is the one certainty I have for this run, but I'd very much enjoy having a tank or at least an off-tank and still be quite efficient. Swapping my class from Battlemage to Crusader is also negotiable, if it turns out to be the most necessary.

Any directions or instructions are greatly appreciated, cheers :)

Like, something that most players wouldn't normally choose, but that you feel is something you'd do if you were in the Watcher's shoes?

Me, personally: I'd >!ask Wael to try to stop Eothas from breaking the Wheel.!<It's not that I like or even agree with the gods, I just really dislike how Eothas up and decides to make a call that could doom Kith to oblivion if the real kith aren't up to his ideal version of them. I also hate how again, it's a god making a decision for kith and saying it's "for your own good". Very cool my guy, you're just like everyone else.

So, in my Watcher's shoes, I'd do anything to try to prevent it. Even if it meant temporarily aligning myself with a god.

>!We know it doesn't work, but!<then I'd do anything to repair what's been broken, helping kith guide themselves without the gods.

What about you?

I started playing Pillars of Eternity on 2024, my first character being a Fire Godlike Fighter (very original, I know). Since I always prioritize having fun over having a challenge, I always played on Normal mode to feel like I'm achieving something without feeling the game is actively cheating against me.

I played five characters this way: Fighter, Druid, Paladin, Barbarian and Priest. The game got progressively easier with each character, to the point that even the Bog dragons weren't much of a challenge on my last character. That's when I decided it was time to up the stakes.

Hard mode is another thing entirely. Sure, I'm still on PoE and the enemies don't get more stats, only more mobs, but I can already feel the difference. A party of 5 is weaker than a party of 8, regardless of how generic those additional 3 mobs are, and that makes combat a lot harder.

Now I understand the importance of priests and chanters. Everytime combat starts I'm buffing my party with all necessary prayers and buffs before using Salvation of Time. Goddamn what a difference it makes.

I'm at Raedric's Hold for the second time, at level 14, and I intend on finishing all Act 3 sidequests and Bounties before going to TWM2 and then finally beating the game. There's still a ways to go, and I'm excited for that, but I'm even more excited at the prospect of what Deadfire will bring to the table.

(Still don't use consumables besides potions and scrolls :D)

Edit: Forgot to mention I'm using upscaling whenever I'm queried about it, as well, so that's definitely a factor.

It's one of those items I'll never be able to get since I only learned about Deadfire years after its release. Any help would be appreciated =)

Hey everyone, I'm trying to level up my Belt of the Royal Deadfire Cannoneer and the second level says I have to take 100 damage from ranged enemies. But I've been taking damage from Ooze spits and Xaurip Skirmisher's arrows and nothing seems to work.

Am I doing something wrong? What counts as a ranged enemy?

Thanks for any help =)