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jesawyer.bsky.social • 66 days ago

tfw turn-based mode 10 years post-launch

In addition, a new Turn-Based Combat mode is in development for Pillars of Eternity coming later this year. More details on how to participate will be shared once it's available, so keep an eye on our socials and the Obsidian Discord server!
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zampach.bsky.social•66 days ago

Huge! Can’t wait to replay it forst time since launch. Crazy that it is 10 years already.

ursusderpus.bsky.social•66 days ago

Hell yeah

evinau.bsky.social•66 days ago

Hot damn. I've bounced off PoE a few times because I really, really do not like RTWP (I'm actually playing it right now, and to be fair, I've gotten a lot further than previous attempts, but I am having to push through the RTWP to enjoy the rest of the game). This is very welcome news.

sharlesdaviskendy.bsky.social•66 days ago

As someone who hates Real Time with Pause... Thank you so much.

mothmansbeard.bsky.social•66 days ago

I’ve been meaning to replay for a while but I always struggled with the live action combat so this is amazing to see!!

thewoodlandman.bsky.social•66 days ago

HELL YEAH

bananaoligarchy.bsky.social•66 days ago

Suddenly Durance's bad dex won't matter so much.

kaboissonneault.bsky.social•66 days ago

I loved the turn-based mode in Deadfire, but some bugs like guards treating bounties as a crime prevented me from using it. Deadfire would be perfect with some more maintenance!

bedwyr.bsky.social•66 days ago

The heck you say...

korl.is•66 days ago

Indoctrinated by the original Baldur's Gate I'll always have a soft spot for the real time with pause combat it launched with, but if I'm not mistaken you've spoken about wishing Pillars could have used turn-based? Cool that it's finally being realised!

vixolus.bsky.social•66 days ago

Played PoE (first crpg ever) after Avowed and have started PoE2 since.

I liked RTwP because it lets me breeze through fights on low difficulty, but turn based options are great and so cool to see Obsidian continue to support these games! Hell yeah

insanelybuff.bsky.social•66 days ago

thisll make me replay immediately

clert.bsky.social•66 days ago

👀👀👀

drtomt18.bsky.social•65 days ago

I think i jokingly asked you on Tumblr if this would happen someday.

jazzpomegranate.com•66 days ago

this was the main thing keeping me from playing so i guess it’s time to spin up lol

maddiequestions.bsky.social•66 days ago

ooh I hope I'm able to play when it comes out

ironmeanshadid.bsky.social•66 days ago

Just finished Avowed (just love it to bits) and planning on playing the PoE series that I never really got into. Perfect timing.

indigoscribbles.bsky.social•66 days ago

I'm currently playing PoE for my friend. there is no update that is "too late"

vyria.bsky.social•66 days ago

Wild that this work was done!

jebusgobson.bsky.social•66 days ago

This is actually so mean because I started my first new playthrough in seven years this past Sunday

numberoneashe.bsky.social•65 days ago

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

adaell.bsky.social•66 days ago

A great excuse to install it on the Steam Deck when the update drops!

masteratt.bsky.social•66 days ago

You absolute mad lads. I'm super pumped for this (one of those people who bounced off RTWP) and bought the expansions in anticipation / support.

upperthighs.bsky.social•65 days ago

Is this slightly different than deadfires turn based? Seems like it. Mostly by way of the spells firing in the same turn you try to cast them

gnomedcore.bsky.social•66 days ago

im an original backer and been replaying the game again and its a treat!! so happy you guys are still supporting it!

grant.from.golf•66 days ago

Dude hell yes!!! I much prefer the turn based style so I'm absolutely going to be firing this up when it's ready.

clay-tn.bsky.social•66 days ago

Wait....Turn Based mode...for Pillars 1?

.....GO ON

sovietjazz.bsky.social•66 days ago

This is great. Divinity 2 turn-pilled me and I’m not sure I can go back.

crcb.bsky.social•66 days ago

Welp, that's a replay guaran-damn-teed.

malderi.bsky.social•66 days ago

Excited for this, but can you share any details on that decision making process?

snaketm.bsky.social•66 days ago

This genuinely rules

crackleknacker.bsky.social•66 days ago

I’m on a big CRPG kick and bought POE1 really dreading RTWP because of cranky forum posts. Had to adjust to it but I’m so glad I did, recently started Deadfire and chose RTWP. This is a great update for onboarding people who would have been put off otherwise, but I’m way more into RTWP due to POE1.

jacenat.bsky.social•66 days ago

Pillars Tactics prototype. 😍😍

helacious.bsky.social•66 days ago

Please consider changing the round-based nature to something more akin to Final Fantasy X, based on a speed stat to better balance weapons and spell casting speed. PoE2's round based combat fucked over fast but weak weapons and spells.

wittgen.bsky.social•66 days ago

10 years?! I just withered into dust

toxicseasponge.bsky.social•66 days ago

is there any intention on patching the conosle version or is that still a ball ache because it was a port company that did it?

begemot.bsky.social•66 days ago

Better late than never!

boeroer.bsky.social•66 days ago

! Pillars of eTurnIty !

arkayne242.bsky.social•66 days ago

Actually very excited for this. I never completed the first one, mostly because of the lack of turn based mode.

jordanclock.bsky.social•65 days ago

What prompts a studio to put out patches for games so long after release? For a while now I've guessed that it was something for new hires to work on while learning your tools and processes, but that's just a stab in the dark.

kalidels.bsky.social•66 days ago

i know what this means.... (delusionally) pillars of eternity 3 announcement 2025!!!!!!!!!!!

dmarichalb.bsky.social•66 days ago

Been bothering my bf with wild theories about how this announcement will tie to PoE3 existing

erixperience.bsky.social•66 days ago

As a guy that gets overwhelmed by rtwp Im very into this

rileypresley.bsky.social•66 days ago

Huge!!! 😍😍😍

magnoliakeep.itch.io•66 days ago

Shit I might finally finish Pillars

radiation.bsky.social•66 days ago

Same !

wowitschris.bsky.social•66 days ago

combined with the new poe1 patch, i'm MAD because i was going to start a new deadfire run that was originally delayed by Avowed, but I guess i'll have to put it off AGAIN

boeroer.bsky.social•66 days ago

I'm probably not gonna play turn based, but I'm itching to try out the fixed One-Eyed Molina's Gold-Fingered Spike-Flinger *gasp* with a Chanter and bring him over to Deadfire as Wildrhymer with Spearcaster - should reach Ukaizo when PoE3 comes out, yeah!

hesster56.bsky.social•66 days ago

I will reinstall soon then.

thedevteam.itch.io•66 days ago

I understand it’s probably too early to share specifics, but can you share any general thoughts on how similar or different this will be to Deadfire’s turn-based mode? Interested to hear what you’ve learned since implementing it.

themilesturner.bsky.social•65 days ago

Ooh, I might go back to PoE when this drops. I picked it up along with Tyranny in a Steam sale, but I missed the classic CRPG era and I find the combat kind of a clusterfuck as a newbie

thelegendofmatt.bsky.social•65 days ago

This is AMAZING news! LOVED the turn based kombat in Deadfire.

danielzklein.bsky.social•66 days ago

My personal extremely stupid and unreasonable hill to die on in CRPGs is that real-time combat with pause as introduced in the first Baldur's Gate is the worst thing to ever happen to the genre. (I know I'm wrong). When turn based combat was added to PoE2 I bought it and played 172 hours of it.

sansnompersonne.bsky.social•66 days ago

You should try it with RTwP. Unlike BG1, the system was imagined for RTwP first.

danielzklein.bsky.social•65 days ago

I did and I hated it

danielzklein.bsky.social•66 days ago

I may finally get to play the first game! (I own it but bounced off it hard due to, you guessed it, real-time combat with pause) (I should write a blog post about why I hate it so much, not that you should give a shit ;P)

thetrin.bsky.social•66 days ago

I loved the turn based combat in Deadfire. Very excited to replay PoE1 with turn based combat when it comes out.

mrbaskerville.bsky.social•66 days ago

Nice, been thinking of returning to this game, turn based mode seals the deal. Just need to finish Skald first.

zwiftef.bsky.social•66 days ago

Pillars of Eternity Tactics would be turn based by default I guess?

ramblingondeck.bsky.social•66 days ago

Thank you

peajay.bsky.social•66 days ago

AYO????

ampersandrew-bsky.bsky.social•66 days ago

I was surprised how well it worked in Pillars 2. I thought "surely this won't be as good as the mode it was designed with". I started a new save to try it out and ended up playing the entire game over again.

How do you and your colleagues feel about RtwP in general these days?

samueltolbert.bsky.social•66 days ago

jonvirtes.bsky.social•66 days ago

That's a very long turn.

2house2fly.bsky.social•66 days ago

What da heck.

jmac-ai.bsky.social•66 days ago

Awesome!

Are there changes compared to how the post-launch Deadfire turn-based mode works? It's been some time, but this does look a little different based on my memory.

josh40.bsky.social•66 days ago

welp, time to play through both again using rtwp regardless 😂

grouchywarlock.bsky.social•66 days ago

Any idea whether it'll be toggleable or not? Love the idea of playing it turn based, but there's a lot of trash mobs on some of the wilderness maps that'd it probably take a while to take on one turn at a time

friedlaughemoji.bsky.social•66 days ago

I hope they can add feature like ( slowed reverb ) voice act for spell casting

jeraphiel.bsky.social•65 days ago

So excited for this as someone with preference for turn based. I never need a reason for a new PoE playthrough but this is a great one.

cheezecrpg.bsky.social•66 days ago

Oh there's actual footage hell yeah. Saw the announce post on forums and was stoked! Keen to hear details as they come.

drinkwithskeletons.bsky.social•66 days ago

Bonkers. I honestly don't have a preference for mode, I just like to manage my little team and will accept whatever format I can get in.

aphysicalchemist.bsky.social•66 days ago

T..t.ten years? I feel so weak suddenly, probably old age

monsterurby.bsky.social•66 days ago

Turn-based combat would push Pillars up into my top games of all time. As somebody who really struggles to micro-manage in real time, the combat system was the only major drawback for me in a game where I loved literally everything else.

I'm so very happy about this.

birdbathbeyond.bsky.social•66 days ago

Woah incredible

sapphicsludge.bsky.social•66 days ago

controller support too pretty please?

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