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I do see the previews when they’re posted. My gripe is that lately there haven’t been any previews posted
Your Gripes With CoC2
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I do see the previews when they’re posted. My gripe is that lately there haven’t been any previews posted
Have some of the Tank Summons that don't have an shield equiped to nullify crit damage wear Choker of the Pain Slut to reduce crit damage intake, also Tanking Companion Sets that don't have equiped shields (or anything to simulate shielding) so to prevent crits have an modified version of the Choker of the Pain Slut wich has the libido component removed from it.
This will help greatly in boosting there Tanking ability as to survive an bit more.
Some Tank Summons could also benefit in gaining some more ward (probably adding an item or changing their current ones) so to survive better enemy parties composed mostly of magical damage.
And as last probably add the Warrior Class to some or all Summoned Tanks (probably more the ones that don't have a shield equipped), so to get the Tough Skin Perk wich helps an lot with the tanking,
Ex.'s:
This will help greatly in boosting there Tanking ability as to survive an bit more.
Some Tank Summons could also benefit in gaining some more ward (probably adding an item or changing their current ones) so to survive better enemy parties composed mostly of magical damage.
And as last probably add the Warrior Class to some or all Summoned Tanks (probably more the ones that don't have a shield equipped), so to get the Tough Skin Perk wich helps an lot with the tanking,
Ex.'s:
- Flame Knight -> Add Dominance, add Choker of the Pain Slut, change Breastplate to Dragonscale ("The wielder is immune to Burning." probably adds an nice touch to it's flame spirit nature aswell) and probably also add the Max HP +60 to it;
- Grungendyr -> Add Guarded Stance, change Overbear to an modified Flaming Bull's Bullrush (Boar Rush?, it does Crushing and Piercing Damage), add an modified Choker of the Pain Slut (Ghostly Neck?, damage after calculations does Psyhic Damage instead), add modified Panoply of the Holy City (Ghostly Hide, and hide can't be sundered aswell even though he's probably already immune to it);
- Bear -> Add Guarded Stance, change Overbear (still it's an nice pun) to an modified Flaming Bull's Bullrush (Bear Rush?, it does full Crushing Damage), add an modified Choker of the Pain Slut (Hairy Neck?), add modified Panoply of the Holy City (Thick Hide, and hide can't be sundered aswell) and probably change the Willpower allocation with the Cunning one to have slightly more magical damage protection.
- Alante -> Add modified Flaming Bull's Bullrush (Centaur Rush, it does full Crushing Damage) instead of Driving Thrust (it also syncs well with Centaur Trample), add Choker of the Pain Slut, change Cleaving Strikes for Tough Skin Perk.
- Stone Elemental (This Stone elemental is for Tanking the normal ones could also coexist aswell) -> Change 'Rocky Fist (mod. Rusty Knife)' to 'Right Rocky Fist (mod. Rusty Knife)', add modified Hoplon Shield (Left Rocky Fist (mod. Hoplon Shield )), add modified Hoplon Helm (Rocky Head), add modified Breastplate (Rocky Torso, with Sexiness going to Attack Power), add modified Shield Drive (Stone Drive), add Guarded Stance and remove Quake.
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Just an observation on Viviane's Shadow Mystic Companion Set.
I notices that the set is focused purely on damage and has nothing in the sorts of an debuff to apply on the target so her Set can have an synergy with her Twist The Knife Perk (as some other Companion Sets have, even if it is one on an cd so not to be dependant on others to trigger it).
An good way to possibly solve that was to differentiate both of her equipped Piercing Dagger with an 'Right Piercing Dagger' (Primary slot) and an 'Left Piercing Dagger' (offhand slot).
Than altering the Stats of the latter an bit so to include an 1 turn
Bleeding (wich would become 2 turns due to Lasting Casting) Combat Effect (in terms of adjusting the Stats you could maybe remove the current special Raw damage component as it is now because it will be dealt in the form of the bleed, and if needed more just adjuste some of the other Stats) into it (or even if it was an chance on hit effect so not to be permanently active) , and by so giving an small group support and Perk synergy in one change.
I notices that the set is focused purely on damage and has nothing in the sorts of an debuff to apply on the target so her Set can have an synergy with her Twist The Knife Perk (as some other Companion Sets have, even if it is one on an cd so not to be dependant on others to trigger it).
An good way to possibly solve that was to differentiate both of her equipped Piercing Dagger with an 'Right Piercing Dagger' (Primary slot) and an 'Left Piercing Dagger' (offhand slot).
Than altering the Stats of the latter an bit so to include an 1 turn
Bleeding (wich would become 2 turns due to Lasting Casting) Combat Effect (in terms of adjusting the Stats you could maybe remove the current special Raw damage component as it is now because it will be dealt in the form of the bleed, and if needed more just adjuste some of the other Stats) into it (or even if it was an chance on hit effect so not to be permanently active) , and by so giving an small group support and Perk synergy in one change.
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I like some others aswell, both some are indeed an bit underwhelming such as Azyrran's Lightbearer Set wich is heavily dependent on hitting the target due to Dawn Lance (even if she has an lower heal when an miss occures) and her big heal Floral Grace, as Argent Smite healing is an bit to weak to really help out.
When for example: against Charline wich really spells the death of her healings through the combinations of high evasion, Addling Beam that set Powers on cd and mixing in
Bleeding above all that, to powers that make the user immune to physical damage, enemies that use an alot of aoe like Frost Wyvern and the Vulperine Hunters wich deal an lot of damage in an short period of time aswell both in the Windy Peaks, etc. .Probably will write an piece later on how i'd imagine her to be sligtly better at healing.
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I like the ideia of healing through Dawn Lance to begin with, Floral Grace is also good yet the problem with the set resides with Argent Smite not complementig very well the set with it's low healing capacity as Dawn Lance sometimes alone doesn't do the trick if Floral Grace is on CD.
Thats why probably Shield of Light would do an better job with it's shielding capacity when
Bleeding or Corrupted Blood occurs (even though you lose potential offensive capability).
It could be the above or probably an change to Argent Smite to heal with scaling % that is not dependent on damage dealt or though directly scaling through spellpower instead so to heal better, consequently Smite Evil's healing would go up an notch aswell.
As last probably changing Floral Grace's periodic healing from heal to
Regeneration wich would be better in terms of countering
Bleeding or Corrupted Blood more efficiently.
Thats why probably Shield of Light would do an better job with it's shielding capacity when
Bleeding or Corrupted Blood occurs (even though you lose potential offensive capability).It could be the above or probably an change to Argent Smite to heal with scaling % that is not dependent on damage dealt or though directly scaling through spellpower instead so to heal better, consequently Smite Evil's healing would go up an notch aswell.
As last probably changing Floral Grace's periodic healing from heal to
Regeneration wich would be better in terms of countering
Bleeding or Corrupted Blood more efficiently.
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It's almost like sav could post previews of the progress on the main quest for his 15 dollar patreon supporters or something like that
Literally yes. Early access to future game content is the reward and it’s advertised as such. Where does it say that the only previews we get are “amusing fluff”
I'm deeply unsettled upon reaching the Alraune, beating her, and finding my only options are to sex her or murder her. It's totally ruined my first attempted playthrough of the game... I don't have any issue with these options existing, but how is there no other options for sexually reserved+peace-seeking characters after all these years? Like, it doesn't even require much effort? Literally a single "non-scene."
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A while ago a new option was added.
Cleanse the beehive before you tackle the Alraune, then pick "bring the bees in" or something like that while talking to Garth about going there.
Then you can have Azzy take care of the sexual part for you.
You can watch or not.
That's a really excellent thing to know, and thank you for sharing.
Even while posting, I was sure there was probably some obscure work-around I didn't know about, as there so often is in these games.
However, from the perspective of someone investing in/playing a game for the first time, this issue is still an abrupt and gripe-worthy ultimatum which can be solved without forcing a wiki-dive. For side content, "whatever goes" is a fine approach, but for (apparently) main story stuff like this I believe it should be as immediately accessible as possible just from a design standpoint.
If you clear the Centaur camp with the big Centaur still alive and sedated before you go to defeat the Alraune, you can call on him aswell to do the sexual part for you.
the winter wolf quest was AWSOME! But when it came time to get Gweyr to come back to her kids it feels just sad and unfair, too many npc characters focusing on one fact. It feels like they are placing blame in the wrong place to avoid addressing the uncomfortable truth.
for myself, personally, I think Gweyr was in the right. She was maybe too enthusiastic, but she did give them a chance to surrender and from the way it sounded she was going up against 20+ year old's who were willing to sacrifice a young girl for their own gain. Gweyr was by herself fighting people who were willing to kill her, she couldn't afford to show mercy, not if she wanted to 1, stay alive and 2, save the girl.
Also Sanders and the rest didn't even try to help her, had they been in the fray with her maybe it wouldn't have been as despite of a fight and they could have taken them alive.
Bringing her back didn't feel like a home coming like it should, I felt like and attack on the player characters choices.
P.S. gwyns reactions felt extra unreasonable, she had never even met her till now and her crying and breaking down over this, while perhaps in character, came across as childish and entitled.
for myself, personally, I think Gweyr was in the right. She was maybe too enthusiastic, but she did give them a chance to surrender and from the way it sounded she was going up against 20+ year old's who were willing to sacrifice a young girl for their own gain. Gweyr was by herself fighting people who were willing to kill her, she couldn't afford to show mercy, not if she wanted to 1, stay alive and 2, save the girl.
Also Sanders and the rest didn't even try to help her, had they been in the fray with her maybe it wouldn't have been as despite of a fight and they could have taken them alive.
Bringing her back didn't feel like a home coming like it should, I felt like and attack on the player characters choices.
P.S. gwyns reactions felt extra unreasonable, she had never even met her till now and her crying and breaking down over this, while perhaps in character, came across as childish and entitled.
That whole situation was indeed unfortunate.
Sanders couldn't act because of his paladin moral code. If he made a move against the cult, they threatened to kill the hostage. Hence his hands were tied.
Gweyr on the other hand had a different morality and had no hesitation to end the lives of each and every one of the cultists. If she could save the hostage too then that was a bonus, but ultimately she went in to eliminate the threat of the cult. The point being that one innocent life did not matter to Gweyr; which was not a choice that Sanders was willing to make.
You also have to keep in mind that it wasn't just a few people that Gweyr killed, but half of the entire village's youths. For a town like Hawkthorn this means most families would have been affected.
It is also pointed out that many of the youths appear to have been drugged and were not of their right minds when this all went down.
Yet Gweyr didn't hesitate, and butchered all of them.
It's not like Sanders doesn't blame himself. He does. He knows that he did nothing and had to let Gweyr commit a monstrous act and then take the fall. He projects a lot on Gweyr because she reminds him of what he failed to solve and had to unleash instead. Sanders was traumatised by what happened that night.
The reason she had to be sent away is quite clear. This act had put a huge target on her back from all the families of the youths she had killed. This by extension meant her family was at risk, hence her decision to leave.
By the time she returns, most of those families have left Hawkthorn over the years so there isn't anyone left to really hold a grudge. However the whole subject had been such a taboo in the town, that nobody spoke of that night. It makes sense then that her return would be met with some apprehension.
The whole thing with Gwyn is just weird, but honestly that whole family is just weird.
Sanders couldn't act because of his paladin moral code. If he made a move against the cult, they threatened to kill the hostage. Hence his hands were tied.
Gweyr on the other hand had a different morality and had no hesitation to end the lives of each and every one of the cultists. If she could save the hostage too then that was a bonus, but ultimately she went in to eliminate the threat of the cult. The point being that one innocent life did not matter to Gweyr; which was not a choice that Sanders was willing to make.
You also have to keep in mind that it wasn't just a few people that Gweyr killed, but half of the entire village's youths. For a town like Hawkthorn this means most families would have been affected.
It is also pointed out that many of the youths appear to have been drugged and were not of their right minds when this all went down.
Yet Gweyr didn't hesitate, and butchered all of them.
It's not like Sanders doesn't blame himself. He does. He knows that he did nothing and had to let Gweyr commit a monstrous act and then take the fall. He projects a lot on Gweyr because she reminds him of what he failed to solve and had to unleash instead. Sanders was traumatised by what happened that night.
The reason she had to be sent away is quite clear. This act had put a huge target on her back from all the families of the youths she had killed. This by extension meant her family was at risk, hence her decision to leave.
By the time she returns, most of those families have left Hawkthorn over the years so there isn't anyone left to really hold a grudge. However the whole subject had been such a taboo in the town, that nobody spoke of that night. It makes sense then that her return would be met with some apprehension.
The whole thing with Gwyn is just weird, but honestly that whole family is just weird.
That's why I said he was traumatised by those events. I mean that literally.
He experienced a crisis of faith, threw away the Dawnsword, and switched his faith to Velun.
Depending on what dialogue option you choose, he uncharacteristically explodes in anger if you say the situation was unfair to Gweyr. This is far from his normal self, showing how deeply that night affected him, even after all these years.
This whole quest chain shows that Sanders is not a perfect man.
Everyone shared a part of the blame for what happened that night. Sanders simply didn't deal with it well.
He experienced a crisis of faith, threw away the Dawnsword, and switched his faith to Velun.
Depending on what dialogue option you choose, he uncharacteristically explodes in anger if you say the situation was unfair to Gweyr. This is far from his normal self, showing how deeply that night affected him, even after all these years.
This whole quest chain shows that Sanders is not a perfect man.
Everyone shared a part of the blame for what happened that night. Sanders simply didn't deal with it well.
Yeah I know. I simply have quite a few opinions on sanders and almost none of them are positive so I'll take any opportunity to dunk on him
The sole person who deserves the most blame is Baroness Carmen as she could have prevented the whole situation by dealing with her cousin. Instead she have others do her job for her.
I definitely hear what your sayin, but I would postulate that once he saw her take action and still did nothing but watch he is still the major holder of responsibility here. As choosing not to risk the girls life is one thing but once a fight had started, there's only one course of action that would have allowed him to actively try to keep the "youth" alive while saving the girl, but he chose to stand be hind and watch.
but even at that your right once it was said and done no matter our opinions on the mater, Gweyr would have a target painted on her, but from the way I interpreted Sanders reaction he wasn't doing it to save her, even though he claims as much after the fact, he was angry and threw her to the proverbial wolves.
All of that said though my real problem lies in how it was handled when she came home. In spite of most of the affected family's having left she was still widely vilified upon her return. It just left me feeling like I had gotten the BAD END for the quest
and just to double down, let me say that I still enjoyed the quest line, ...until the end.
If it's because you gave them to her, it's because you gave her cursed artifacts that will negatively impact her down the line knowingly I guess. I'm a little fuzzy on what corruption is in universe but insofar as it's a morality meter that's the reason why.
Wanted to add an bit more about this but in reference to Dawn Lance.I like the ideia of healing through Dawn Lance to begin with, Floral Grace is also good yet the problem with the set resides with Argent Smite not complementig very well the set with it's low healing capacity as Dawn Lance sometimes alone doesn't do the trick if Floral Grace is on CD.
Thats why probably Shield of Light would do an better job with it's shielding capacity when
It could be the above or probably an change to Argent Smite to heal with scaling % that is not dependent on damage dealt or though directly scaling through spellpower instead so to heal better, consequently Smite Evil's healing would go up an notch aswell.
As last probably changing Floral Grace's periodic healing from heal to
As i kept testing her as the main healer against Charline but Dawn Lance as an At-Will just doesn't have the healing strenght to heal intense fights such as the latter and probably would also happen at the Khor'minos Colosseum final end boss fight.
I have 156 Armor and 134 Ward and the about 54 Evasion, while using the Dawnsword dual wielding with the Deflection Powers (it doesn't help also about the stance just bugging out by becoming stuck in the cd grey).
Azyrran's Lightbearer Set just can't keep up the necessary healing, mostly because of Dawn Lance being in simple terms to weak of an heal as other healers just manage fine.
Maybe if it were to be divided into two diferent healing parts within on healing ability:
1) With the weapon hit/miss healing part, if instead of only the direct scaling from Spellpower it would also include the final total damage value of the attack into the calculation with the hit/miss healing part.
(this would be the less relied on part, as because of different circumstances it could fluctuate a lot)
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2) An % of target max. health that scaled with spellpower aswell.
(this would be the more relied on part, as it is mostly an save source of healing without much fluctuation)
So it could be divided amongst both mechanism and function as one single healing ability wich would work in an good balance between the two of them, so to be able to heal properly well as an At-Will heal and in relation to the rest of her healing kit.
Or you could simply slap an % of target max. health that scaled with spellpower aswell to the hit or miss values (if need one could also tweak teh rest of her kit aswell to be more in balance with this or the rest to help compensate for how it is currently).
-- Or as an alterantive to all the above you could also add an moderate/strong shield effect to Dawn Lance wich could also solve it.
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Tested it some more but with the Choker of the Pain Slut equipped to reduce critical input and it goes an bit better, yet the overallhealing of Azyrran's Lightbearer Set special because of Dawn Lance still is an bit underwhelming in comparison to the other overall healing Companion Sets.
Probably with an added moderate/strong shield effect to Dawn Lance wich could also solve it.
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You are literally chucking a cursed grimoire from a powerful mage that went mad after discovering something she shouldn't and wrote an entire book considered "near-heretical" by mallachite priesthood at her like it's nothing, completely ignoring the dangers studying and using said magic may represent to her mental and physical integrity. Of course you'll get some asshole points for it
Corruption feels a bit weird imo, like it is part morality meter at times, part infection from coming into contact with other corrupted beings at others. And the two don't feel like they mix right at times.
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But here's the thing. If I recall correctly, I destroyed the Rimescore during the Howling in the Dark side-quest so I don't know how Cait even got the grimoire.
