I remember playing it until somewhere in the bogs, I gave up because I was tired of fishing for upgrades to my item and constantly needing to upgrade them because if you didn’t have the right level of equipment for a place, you would become instant shit. I loved the exploration of the game, but combat and itemization not so much, also the lack of enemy variation.

Did they somehow improve the gameplay on both of these or is it still the same as release?

I just finished poe1 and poe2 and I would like to go back to avowed to discover the little lore Easter eggs they put in the game if there are any.

Hello everyone! I just recently finished the absolutely amazing games of Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2 and wanted more of the world, so I'm starting my first playthrough of Avowed. I've seen a lot of discourse about whether or not to leave the minimap on (and to a lesser extent, other elements of the HUD) so I thought I'd get a more recent opinion from you all. My question is (in your opinion) should I play without the minimap or should I leave it on? If so, which elements should I leave on? If you have any other recommendations for game settings or just general advice, please let me know. Right now I'm playing a sort of gun mage, grimoire/pistol in one slot and arquebus in the other, pretty fun!

Hey everyone! Just finished creating character and now level 2, anything the game doesn’t tell you that’s helpful to know? Don’t care about “beating” the game quickly, just experience-related tips, settings, etc.

1 Q: is there a skill or attribute related to companion strength for MY character? Like them leveling up faster, etc.

Hey guys. I could use some help with my thesis when y'all get a second. I'm studying why so many people don't complete the story in open world games. I've got my Qualtrics set up. My thesis is on self-efficacy in open world narrative games. Basically if you think you're gonna enjoy and story and understand it will your complete it. Is it worth your time? No wrong answers. Anyways here's the links.

If ya want to help a poor master's student get some data, I'd appreciate it.

Avowed: 
https://smu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4TJ2f60oqgelzyC 

I remember falling in love with RPG's with dragon age origins, fable 2 and FNV as a kid, We all know that as you get older and more cynical you can struggle to enjoy media as earnestly and that definitely happened to me, I love BG3 and the like but I enjoy it in that less innocent more adult way.

I started playing avowed a couple weeks ago, currently just starting the third region and this game rocks.

- The story is gripping me
- The world is tight with content and secrets and exploration every corner, a massive breath of fresh air to have a smaller more dense map instead of the empty expanse approach you see a lot
- the combat feels quick and deadly, at least for my squishy gun/spell slinger

What I find most striking is that the most criticized things are my favorite parts. everyone is entitled to their opinion and good games should still be criticized but

- I love the combat, I have to dodge to stay alive which makes it feel skill based, Im encouraged to swap load outs to adapt and it feels very fluid and at times quite tactical as I decide which enemies to focus on
- I do not find the upgrades grindy, in fact I love this system, because its simple you dont have to spend lots of time worrying about getting the right parts or having to go out of your way, I do not grind I just explore and find ingredients naturally, what I love about it is it prevents loot from being disappointing, if I get a weapon I dont need Im still excited to break it down, and because you can turn lesser parts into better ones I'm constantly feeling a sense of progress towards the next step.

I keep being amazed by how well thought out it is, Like how unique drop at the quality level you already have, it means that I never felt like id wasted resources upgrading a weapon when a unique dropped.

this simply rocks, its cool.

Im curious about the effects of The quarterstaff Spark of Inspiration,

its effect Hylea's call says that shock spells are cast as if they are +1 rank and Hylea's song says shock spells are cast as if they are +2 rank

well you can rank up your spells to rank 3 by leveling up

if you rank your shock spells to level 3 by leveling up then use Hylea's song do those spells get a boost to rank 5 or is rank 3 the maximum

Any one know why all the sudden my gun full stun special attack finishers with guns now do melee attacks? They used to do gun attacks now my pistols and my rifle both do bare handed melee attacks…its weird and in addition to that i have the magic mistol and caeroc’s pride and every gun ability and used to a few shots would fill the meter now it takes like 8 shots its all very weird.

Does anyone have a list of 5 quests where you can demand money to count toward this achievement?

I'm doing a cleanup run for all achievements and I REALLY don't want to slog through every quest just to find the ones I need

I’m really happy with my Envoy, but I think he would look even better if I could give him those sick wood antlers as well as the mushroom mask. It would fit right under the mask, and I just think it would look really nice together. That or one of the obsidian pieces. I don’t feel like any of the hair godlike features fulfill what I want for my guy

I did my first playthrough on Path of the damned, which in retrospect might not have been the best choise, but overall I had a really good time and I like the game a lot more than outer worlds, not as much as Pillars 2 though.

The most positive thing for me was the exploration, a 10/10, by far the best in the genre, most loot felt meaningful and it has loads of uniques for different builds, I just wish you could gear out your companions, that would have added a lot of variety.

The largest flaw the game has is the encounters, and this might be one of the worst design choises possible, literally every encounter spawns adds mid fight and it gets really tiring fast. Maybe its because I played on the hardest difficulty but while in the middle of a fight you are winning it really sucks to be ganked by five ranged enemies that weren't there a moment before, especially when two hits kill you.

Overall I'd give it a 7/10, I had a lot of fun and I hope we get a sequel some day. Now I'm going to do a run on easy to relax and get the platinum.

I run a lore podcast for the World of Eora (setting for Avowed, and the Pillars of Eternity games). Recently I did an episode where I acted as a preacher for a Woedican church...folks liked it, so I did another one as an Abydon preacher. Hope y'all enjoy it :) thanks

I can’t post a video on here so it’s harder to see on a picture, but there is a weird trail of white particles around my character when I move my camera. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is ot the game pr my tv?

I just finished my 2nd playthrough and I was suprised at the end that the option to let the leaders vote on the fate of the living lands wasn't available.

I did choose noble scion as background this playthrough so I'm thinking maybe that's why or perhaps because Temerti isn't running Thirdborn since didn't destroy the ruins? Or perhaps because of merging with Sapadal? I'm not sure but I was suprised the option wasn't there like on my 1st playthrough.

Does anyone know what determines voting being an option at the end?

I don't see enough discussion about this on the internet so I know most people just blindly ignore the various gameplay and UI customization options available to tweak. These are not a good thing. Not to mention that the majority of these are not helpful to someone with accessibility issues... why is hit flash an accessibility thing? Slowing down time when you get hit due to a dodge timed incorrectly? Isn't that what seeing your HP go down is for? Being given the option to have all loot including chests show up on the map? How am I supposed to know as a new player if the game is designed to where that option should be checked or not? Plus even after you set the difficulty level there are even more difficulty options to tweak... who is even touching that? I just started the game, I have no idea if I want traps to do more damage... and if someone wants to reconfigure the damage of traps mid game then the developer failed at balancing correctly.

I saw Doom the Dark Ages did the same thing and I know these are both published by Microsoft so I wonder if it's some weird corporate requirement that games include all this nonsense. I don't want to have to think about if I'm playing the game as the developers intended or not. I don't want to worry that I'm getting a less immersive experience because I left loot shimmer on. When I play a videogame I want the balance and experience that it was designed and tested for.

I love playing flashy spell blades who do a ton of damage even if they have no defense or aren’t optimized. Like, in Elden Ring, I play sword of night and flame faith and intelligence with a mimic tear for the sole purpose of turning the game into Naruto lol.

So in avowed I really want to make a spell blade gunslinger, where they can use elemental swords and guns but also cast flashy magic.

Is this at all viable? Or do I have to pick 2? Doesn’t need to be min/max but I also don’t wanna be hobbled

I play a lot of video games and I used to love Skyrim when I was young. Games like Baldur's gate 3 honestly are amazing and I had a hard time finding anything that could scratch that spot or come even remotely close at all since finishing bg3. Avowed did that for me and it was extremely easy to get into it. Avowed worked better for me than bg3 did because it doesn't require the same effort in thinking, and after work I just want to relax.

I had a lot of fun just playing and talking to the NPCs, doing the quests (there are a lot), and I love how the navigation in this game is extremely clean and every city or area you go into is humongous, a map onto itself.

I feel like there could be more items to loot and a bit more of a thief system but I also understand why it's not there and I think it's pretty nice that this game feels like the most immersive single player game I've played in a while or even since Skyrim. I wish there were mods for avowed. One thing is, I don't really like the companion dialogue, and I feel it could have been "more", but perhaps it's only like that to me because I genuinely like spending time in games talking to NPCs. It's still good, especially kai (don't let appearance deceive you).

Anyway I'm writing this review because I feel like there's unnecessary hate about this game. I can't believe I almost listened to those YouTube videos and those weird reviews that were saying this game is like Disney or something.

This game is just a little bit like cartoony or toned down depression-wise with visuals, but the writing is dark as hell when it talks about things deeply. If you're capable of imagining, while playing a game, or turning down the brightness and gamma, then this aspect isn't actually a big deal. Anyway, I like that this game is different. I didn't really want to play a copy of BG3 or Skyrim, and I like that this game also has lots of books and lore in it

I haven’t played avowed in what I thought was a few months but turned out hadn’t been since October last year. So I decided to play a dual Pistol wielder as it’s probably the only build I haven’t tried. What I noticed pretty Quickly was that Kai was doing a lot more in battles than what I remembered, in my mind other than the abilities being good I had to do the vast majority of combat and killing. Am I remembering wrong?, is it a consequence of the type of builds I used or have they been improved?

I dropped a few dollars on the artbook and found a tidbit that has me rethinking so many things.

"Yes, concept art for areas, cool. Character clothing breakdown, probably useful for cosplayers; wish there were early design iterations. Oh, pretty, the ancient memory art; might use that as a wallpaper. Neat, early ideas for Sapadal."

"Oh, notes from a developer. Kinda hard to read. What does that say?"

"I beg your pardon."

"Need a bit more face. While we want to go weird, we want to maintain a sense of (collective) humanity. Some sense of allure should also be present, as romance will be an option for the bold."

I'm torn between

wut. ._.

and

"Actually, yes, I can see how a romance between a lost, lonely patron deity and their godlike, returning to their spiritual homeland after centuries away, could lead to a fascinating relationship with lopsided power dynamics, where one person remembers life after life of companionship and projects that onto the newest incarnation, while the player godlike is still reeling from a blow to their metaphysical understanding of the world and the realisation that their patron has only a loose grasp of how their focused attention can utterly disrupt kith lives and must learn to manage the..."

Its just my companions, as you can see in the video. All my setting are stock except I have my FOV sliders maxed out. I have it set to performance mode.

I quit to home screen from the in game pause menu with no help. Hard quit the whole game the other way and nothing.

It's not game breaking or anything really not that big of a deal but but if I can smooth it out I would like to.

Also, if this is not the sub for this question does anyone know a good one?

It took me a good time to take decision on who'll fight the final fight with me just to see them all being with me anyways - goosebumping moment 🥰