Are you going to continue this series? I just started the first game after restarting Deadfire many times. I am playing melee cipher there and continuing that on Deadfire once I'm done. Your PotD guide helped me understand the mechanics SO WELL.
Please continue these Videos mate! You are my goto as far as learning obscure mechanics I'm unsure about and how they interact with things. I've beaten the first one on Path of the Damned/Iron Mode but It's been a long while. Any chance we could get an indepth guide about the specific mechanics/debuffs/stats etc in this game? Thanks mate, Great Vid!
Look foward to seeing your builds. You always have a unique look at thing that alot of other gaming youtubers seem to miss. I used to think the Demon Path was one of the worst in wotr; but you showed me wrong.
I recommend everyone play with, at least, a couple mods. The Community Patch and Everyone's Two Cents are a must. Other mods can make the game more fun. Faster Deadfire speeds things up for both your party and the enemies. Better Figurines makes them like the original game for once per rest uses. Spoils of Caed Nua makes some of the items from the original game available from various places in Deadfire. Enhanced User Interface makes some QoL improvements for the GUI. More Durable Prepared Meals makes food more useful. Overall, its a fantastic game that didn't get enough attention likely because of lack of marketing.
Thanks for all the suggestions! I don't have much experience with Deadfire mods, certainly looking foward to the faster mod, as I really wish we could fast foward not only exploration but battles too!
I've played deadfire like 2 years ago and did only 1 playthrough, coz i was lacking knowledge of the game etc. Now I'm looking forward to play with some of your builds in this game after I'm done with my 7th pathfinder playthrough
I think the reason why those "anchored" abilities like Ectopsychic Echo are annoying to use is because of the isometric layout. Because our brains aren't used to living in an isometric world (we live in a world with perspective), it always feels a bit weird trying to get the enemy mobs in line, because the "lines" aren't targeting the mobs in line as the brain expects them to :) Some grognards are dead set on the isometric view being definitive of CRPGs but I think that's just a historical and technological artifact from the past (probably partly to do with the "painted" backgrounds), and I actually much prefer the normal perspective of the Pathfinder games. Still, one can't deny the jewel-like beauty of the "painted" background approach, especially in this game, where it's reached a peak of perfection (though the 3-d modeling is getting pretty close with the Owlcat games). Hope you do more vids for Deadfire, it's a great game that I think didn't get a fair shake when it first came out. It's got tons of content and the gameplay is actually really fun IMHO. Plus, playing around with the AI conditionals, especially with the mod that gives you more of them, is a lot of fun too - I actually have extensive AI conditionals based on the "all-in-one" mod on Nexus, trimmed down and tailored to each character, and it's really fun to play the game "as" one character (micromanaging), while letting the other characters do their thing and enjoying the spectacle of antics you've built into their brains. It actually feels more like you're the main character giving occasional orders (in pause) - which is a different approach from the idea of micromanaging 5 or 6 characters. And a good AI conditional setup - a sort of "wind 'em up and watch 'em go" type of thing - works pretty well even on PoTD, except for the very toughest fights.
Looking forward to the series. Cipher is a great class; but their "magic" resource mechanics are a bit wonky. I find that it's rarely worth using any of the high level abilities. The high level abilities effects just don't justify the amount of time it takes to build up the energy to use them. The lower level abilities are plenty strong, and you can cast them relatively quickly and frequently compare to the higher level ones.
My 2 cents on 2 of the spells you dislike :) I'm currently playing POE1, so things may be a bit different in POE2, but ... For the charm, I'm quite in favor of the ennemies not being considered ennemies any more for other AOE spells (and do not cast an AOE buff spell either when an ennemy is charmed ;) ). He is a friend now so. I think it is a nice balance. Also if you attack a charmed ennemy he will be back as a full ennemy so AOE spells would break the charm. Also the level 1 charm is extremely useful to counter charm/domination from ennemies. When Eder (or the main tank) is charmed/dominated I cast this level 1 charm, it is cheap and while you do not get the control back, at least he will start attacking ennemies again and not your party. Then Silent Scream, I do not use for the damage. The damage is just a little bonus but for the stun. The main target is stunned, which means it can't act at all, can't attack, can't cast spell, etc ... so you can focus on other ennemies or just constinue hammering that ennemy without fear ( :) ). I use it primarily for that and as soon as you have this spell it is extremely useful to disable the more annoying ennemis on a group (as in : stun an ennemy who can charm your character for example).
I just started playing POE 1 on my laptop since the loading screens on wotr on my ps4 are killing me in act 4 so im taking a break to play poe 1 and deadfire and tyranny since my laptop can run them without lagging or load screen times being crazy. Had to reset it to factory settings and download nothing except these games though lol. Unfortunately its not good enough to run wotr though. Maybe saving for a ps5 and playing it on there will be a bit faster... but for now poe 1 as a cipher moon godlike is amazing. I forgot how great these stories are. They remind me of wheel of time. Does moon godlike work for your ascendant cipher build? Or when i import my character to poe 2 should i turn them into nature. Not sure if thats possible with the lore but i could justify it as while i was in a coma my body changed or something.
@@leninthebeaniesouhacker.2459 I could. I have played some of it, but I'm just not much of a fan of being forced to solo when every single enemy comes with a party or a pack. Also kinda hate how Initiative/alpha strike heavy it is, basically if you don't act in the first round, you're toast. Certainly a very meaty game with tons of content, however.
Ascendant with SoT is a cute gimmick. Sadly the way enemy hp and defenses are designed in deadfire, cipher powers are incredibly mediocre, they were MUCH better in poe1 where a boss would have less hp than some random mob in deadfire and the AoE powers oneshot most mobs. In Deadfire the Soul Blade just spamming SA is much more effective than an Ascendant, ofc you don't need to be effective to have fun and the game has many ways you can play it.
It can be very useful, but I prefer to leave it to SOLO runs. 1. The spell slot regen can be great, but also dangerous due to the HP cost, which means you kinda have to dump MIGHT and increase CON. Also, for around mid to late game, you'll have more than enough slots to handle all encounters, unless you are soloing. Lastly, it's somewhat annoying that you are "blocked" from casting the no recovery time usual Buff sequence for Wizards: Infuse with Vital Essence > Fleet Foot/ Alacrity > Spirit Shield > Merciless Gaze, because it will mess up your slots and regen from Blood Mage is random. 2. There are some Empower specific Wizard Gear in the game, that will serve no purpose for you.
@@king47801 Definitely! Although I prefer Cipher because I also tend to use Xoti & Tekehu with Aloth, so the only thing that's missing is a Cipher caster wise. However I have played as Wizard with Aloth and it was amazing too, because Wizards have very powerful spells for damage, debuff & CC. I'll soon post my Best Story Party Guide!
@@cRPGBro i know i want them, and i know a youtuber named isnation that'd love them because he's eventually gonna play poe 2, after he's done with underrail and poe 1
I always burn out on this game, also only certain classes are viable for the monster bosses like giant spider. Enjoyed first game alot just felt this one the best character wasnt in this one the perverted priest and the 3 factions are boring. Always struggled with stats in this aswell as how armour worked as heavy army sucked.
While it is true the superbosses require some rather specific setups, I find it's not really a problem for the rest of the game. I also prefer the characters in the first Pillars and it is true Heavy Armor can be rather disappointing due to big Recovery Time penalies. But at least just a single tank is often enough, I just go with Robes for no penalty with everyone else.
I have tried many setups but have come to find I prefer him as pure Fighter if only for much faster access to the tanking abilities I need, since my mostly full caster party has enough area damage/CC as is.
@@cRPGBro Muito legal! Importante fazer o conteúdo em inglês, né, pra manter uma audiência mais ampla. Na minha época de "streamer", a maior parte da audiência era estrangeira também. Agora que tenho pouco tempo pra jogar, resolvi voltar às origens, com RPGs, e achei seu canal. Keep up the good work! Abração!
Are you going to continue this series? I just started the first game after restarting Deadfire many times. I am playing melee cipher there and continuing that on Deadfire once I'm done. Your PotD guide helped me understand the mechanics SO WELL.
Returned to this game to kill time, forgot how good it is. Nice to find those 5.0 videos.
Deadfire can be really fun gameplay wise!
we need more from this series! continue making them please.
another nice one man, its great seeing more content for deadfire and especially updated ones
Thanks, mate!
Looking foward to making more updated Deadfire guides.
Really looking forward to this!
More Deadfire content coming very soon 😁
Please continue these Videos mate! You are my goto as far as learning obscure mechanics I'm unsure about and how they interact with things. I've beaten the first one on Path of the Damned/Iron Mode but It's been a long while. Any chance we could get an indepth guide about the specific mechanics/debuffs/stats etc in this game?
Thanks mate, Great Vid!
From WOTR to Deadfire, I hope you make more cool videos)
Thanks, friend!
I really enjoy Deadfire, especially gameplay and exploration wise.
Looking forward to see your vids for the mage class.
Thanks!
Wizard is my second favorite besides Cipher, although roleplay wise certainly my fave.
Look foward to seeing your builds. You always have a unique look at thing that alot of other gaming youtubers seem to miss. I used to think the Demon Path was one of the worst in wotr; but you showed me wrong.
Thanks, mate!
I also thought Demon was disappointing before actually trying it out.
Great great content, thanks for the tips, I cannot wait to see more classes covered, will you do more? And if yes only spellcaster classes?
Thank you!
I was a bit divided on more Deadfire content as I didn't know if there was much of an audience for it still.
I recommend everyone play with, at least, a couple mods. The Community Patch and Everyone's Two Cents are a must. Other mods can make the game more fun. Faster Deadfire speeds things up for both your party and the enemies. Better Figurines makes them like the original game for once per rest uses. Spoils of Caed Nua makes some of the items from the original game available from various places in Deadfire. Enhanced User Interface makes some QoL improvements for the GUI. More Durable Prepared Meals makes food more useful.
Overall, its a fantastic game that didn't get enough attention likely because of lack of marketing.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
I don't have much experience with Deadfire mods, certainly looking foward to the faster mod, as I really wish we could fast foward not only exploration but battles too!
I love your vids
Thank you!
Awesome video. I would love to see something similar with Druid and Wizard spells.
I've played deadfire like 2 years ago and did only 1 playthrough, coz i was lacking knowledge of the game etc. Now I'm looking forward to play with some of your builds in this game after I'm done with my 7th pathfinder playthrough
Nice!
And hopefully more Pathfinder runs are coming for you too as the Enhanced Edition releases next month 😁
Waiting for an higher difficulty at bg3 or the last pathfinder dlc. So will give this game a try! Thanks for the guide.
Have fun!
I really enjoy Deadfire gameplay wise.
More PoE builds anytime soon?
5:33 his tekehu setup
More POE 1 and 2 builds please Amazing games.
I think the reason why those "anchored" abilities like Ectopsychic Echo are annoying to use is because of the isometric layout. Because our brains aren't used to living in an isometric world (we live in a world with perspective), it always feels a bit weird trying to get the enemy mobs in line, because the "lines" aren't targeting the mobs in line as the brain expects them to :) Some grognards are dead set on the isometric view being definitive of CRPGs but I think that's just a historical and technological artifact from the past (probably partly to do with the "painted" backgrounds), and I actually much prefer the normal perspective of the Pathfinder games. Still, one can't deny the jewel-like beauty of the "painted" background approach, especially in this game, where it's reached a peak of perfection (though the 3-d modeling is getting pretty close with the Owlcat games).
Hope you do more vids for Deadfire, it's a great game that I think didn't get a fair shake when it first came out. It's got tons of content and the gameplay is actually really fun IMHO. Plus, playing around with the AI conditionals, especially with the mod that gives you more of them, is a lot of fun too - I actually have extensive AI conditionals based on the "all-in-one" mod on Nexus, trimmed down and tailored to each character, and it's really fun to play the game "as" one character (micromanaging), while letting the other characters do their thing and enjoying the spectacle of antics you've built into their brains. It actually feels more like you're the main character giving occasional orders (in pause) - which is a different approach from the idea of micromanaging 5 or 6 characters. And a good AI conditional setup - a sort of "wind 'em up and watch 'em go" type of thing - works pretty well even on PoTD, except for the very toughest fights.
Looking forward to the series.
Cipher is a great class; but their "magic" resource mechanics are a bit wonky. I find that it's rarely worth using any of the high level abilities. The high level abilities effects just don't justify the amount of time it takes to build up the energy to use them. The lower level abilities are plenty strong, and you can cast them relatively quickly and frequently compare to the higher level ones.
That's why I'm going with Cipher Ascendant Build next, it has pretty much infinite casting with complete ease 😁
My favorite subclass in the game even.
Do you plan on covering companions too? Thanks!
Definitely!
I just want to start with the best spells for caster classes as to not have to repeat it later on every build.
My 2 cents on 2 of the spells you dislike :) I'm currently playing POE1, so things may be a bit different in POE2, but ... For the charm, I'm quite in favor of the ennemies not being considered ennemies any more for other AOE spells (and do not cast an AOE buff spell either when an ennemy is charmed ;) ). He is a friend now so. I think it is a nice balance. Also if you attack a charmed ennemy he will be back as a full ennemy so AOE spells would break the charm. Also the level 1 charm is extremely useful to counter charm/domination from ennemies. When Eder (or the main tank) is charmed/dominated I cast this level 1 charm, it is cheap and while you do not get the control back, at least he will start attacking ennemies again and not your party. Then Silent Scream, I do not use for the damage. The damage is just a little bonus but for the stun. The main target is stunned, which means it can't act at all, can't attack, can't cast spell, etc ... so you can focus on other ennemies or just constinue hammering that ennemy without fear ( :) ). I use it primarily for that and as soon as you have this spell it is extremely useful to disable the more annoying ennemis on a group (as in : stun an ennemy who can charm your character for example).
Cipher actually had more powerful spells overall in the first Pillars.
Many were nerfed for Deadfire 😁
I just started playing POE 1 on my laptop since the loading screens on wotr on my ps4 are killing me in act 4 so im taking a break to play poe 1 and deadfire and tyranny since my laptop can run them without lagging or load screen times being crazy. Had to reset it to factory settings and download nothing except these games though lol. Unfortunately its not good enough to run wotr though. Maybe saving for a ps5 and playing it on there will be a bit faster... but for now poe 1 as a cipher moon godlike is amazing. I forgot how great these stories are. They remind me of wheel of time. Does moon godlike work for your ascendant cipher build? Or when i import my character to poe 2 should i turn them into nature. Not sure if thats possible with the lore but i could justify it as while i was in a coma my body changed or something.
i'd love to see poe 2 builds
Builds coming next, with Ascendant Cipher first for dem OP infinite spells!
@@cRPGBro tomorrow?
@@leninthebeaniesouhacker.2459 Either later today or tomorrow!
@@cRPGBro could you also cover underrail too at some point? it's a great game and it's final update has been released in quite a while
@@leninthebeaniesouhacker.2459 I could.
I have played some of it, but I'm just not much of a fan of being forced to solo when every single enemy comes with a party or a pack.
Also kinda hate how Initiative/alpha strike heavy it is, basically if you don't act in the first round, you're toast.
Certainly a very meaty game with tons of content, however.
Ascendant with SoT is a cute gimmick.
Sadly the way enemy hp and defenses are designed in deadfire, cipher powers are incredibly mediocre, they were MUCH better in poe1 where a boss would have less hp than some random mob in deadfire and the AoE powers oneshot most mobs.
In Deadfire the Soul Blade just spamming SA is much more effective than an Ascendant, ofc you don't need to be effective to have fun and the game has many ways you can play it.
What do you think about the blood mage class ?
It can be very useful, but I prefer to leave it to SOLO runs.
1. The spell slot regen can be great, but also dangerous due to the HP cost, which means you kinda have to dump MIGHT and increase CON.
Also, for around mid to late game, you'll have more than enough slots to handle all encounters, unless you are soloing.
Lastly, it's somewhat annoying that you are "blocked" from casting the no recovery time usual Buff sequence for Wizards: Infuse with Vital Essence > Fleet Foot/ Alacrity > Spirit Shield > Merciless Gaze, because it will mess up your slots and regen from Blood Mage is random.
2. There are some Empower specific Wizard Gear in the game, that will serve no purpose for you.
Thanks for responding back would you recommend making a mage or using aloth?
@@king47801 Definitely!
Although I prefer Cipher because I also tend to use Xoti & Tekehu with Aloth, so the only thing that's missing is a Cipher caster wise.
However I have played as Wizard with Aloth and it was amazing too, because Wizards have very powerful spells for damage, debuff & CC.
I'll soon post my Best Story Party Guide!
@@cRPGBro great advice but wouldn’t you need a tank or tanks to take the pressure off of ur spell casters ?
If only free superbosses were available in base game. Once you hit certain levels the game becomes trivial-ish even with an unoptimized party on PoTD.
That is true, but to be fair, you can achieve 20 at the end by just doing non DLC content.
when are you gonna come back to poe 2? after the other mythic paths guide?
Perhaps so, I was wondering if there was much interest left for Deadfire videos 😃
@@cRPGBro i know i want them, and i know a youtuber named isnation that'd love them because he's eventually gonna play poe 2, after he's done with underrail and poe 1
É uma pena que esse jogo não tem tradução :( me dá preguiça ler muito texto em inglês kkk
Devo jogar é o Baldur's Gate 3 que saiu tradução já
Brother, Deadfire tem tradução para português do Brasil sim 😁
É so escolher no próprio menu do jogo.
@@cRPGBro Não sabia o.o vou testar agora então obrigado!
I always burn out on this game, also only certain classes are viable for the monster bosses like giant spider. Enjoyed first game alot just felt this one the best character wasnt in this one the perverted priest and the 3 factions are boring. Always struggled with stats in this aswell as how armour worked as heavy army sucked.
While it is true the superbosses require some rather specific setups, I find it's not really a problem for the rest of the game.
I also prefer the characters in the first Pillars and it is true Heavy Armor can be rather disappointing due to big Recovery Time penalies.
But at least just a single tank is often enough, I just go with Robes for no penalty with everyone else.
@@cRPGBro I mean graphically still looks good. Shame the main story was so short.
@@cRPGBro Durance...something about a disagreement with the voice actor?
how do you build edér? solo fighter or swashbuckler?
I have tried many setups but have come to find I prefer him as pure Fighter if only for much faster access to the tanking abilities I need, since my mostly full caster party has enough area damage/CC as is.
@@cRPGBro thanks
Seu sotaque é de brasileiro. É isso mesmo? :)
Sim! 😁
@@cRPGBro Muito legal! Importante fazer o conteúdo em inglês, né, pra manter uma audiência mais ampla. Na minha época de "streamer", a maior parte da audiência era estrangeira também. Agora que tenho pouco tempo pra jogar, resolvi voltar às origens, com RPGs, e achei seu canal. Keep up the good work! Abração!
@@cogumerlimgaming9803 Valeu cara! Interessante saber isso do streaming.
RPG sempre foi meu estilo favorito de jogos.
Chu chu 😂
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