For the experienced players: Initially I planned to include stuff like AP economy, importance of mobility, skill investments, damage formulas, prebuffs, talents etc. But I've figured that, although these concepts are definitely important and even essential, it would be too confusing for new players to grasp all of this in 1 go. So after trying to get into beginner's shoes, I've decided to split those important concepts into 2 or more videos. Yes, I could have mentioned that beginners can focus on certain things and completely ignore other things, but please understand that it's their 1st experience. So I'd ask you to refrain yourselves from telling new guys exact steps and tricks on how to make this game trivial and easy. Those type of things of min-maxing would be discussed in the next "Advanced guide". I might be wrong tho. Thank you for your understanding. Edit: Video with Advanced tips is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IyRzZF8tCoI.html Skill combos video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y-FuhVB2UDs.html Video about death traps for Honour guide is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AvJXRG7DVj4.html
@@bradthomas1027 If you mean controlling 1 character only then solo runs are the thing for sure. Especially when you understand mechanics well. With that said, If it's your 1st playthrough I'd recommend to go with a 4 man party. You'll understand the lore better + this is how the game was intendent to play, imo. But if there's too much micromanagement, then you can do duo characters and each of them can have "Lone Wolf" talent.
Very helpful. I wish you would have elaborated even a little bit on why delaying your turn is a useful tool, being a beginners guide, I'm here because I'm clueless about everything 😆
The delay turn thing is a bit complicated for new players and I'd like not to steer you in a certain direction during your 1st playthrough as much as possible. With that said it's explained in the "advanced guide" video Edit: here's the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IyRzZF8tCoI.html
Excellent video. I wish you could/would do one for console UI as on XBox I have no clue how to reproduce most of those quality of life mouse clicks. I ended up subscribing. I like your humor, you tone and energy.
Persuasion also one of the most important civil ability imo, you could skip a hard battle with it and also helps with lot of quests....oh and also don't unequip armors near npcs if you're an undead unit lol, cause they all become hostile to your party.
Yeah initially Persuasion was in the script, but then I realized that it's okay for some beginners not to use best strats. On top of that, if they skip some fights, they might miss on some unique content, cause some fights are not ordinary.
I decided to re-buy this game because I originally got it on the ps4 don't remember how (maybe it was a monthly free game) but seeing it on PC the QoL just looks so much better I couldn't resist, so I payed $45 on steam, but it's almost definitely worth it's price.
Are you joking?! There's a damn trade button?! I'm 80 hours in and I thought you could only trade with people who had "trade" as a dialogue option. I kept seeing a tooltip saying that most NPC's will trade with you but I thought they were making stuff up.
I'm the same, but people were asking too many questions on the stream, so I had to do something about it. Besides, I just wanted to share the experience and leave something behind.
If you can sumon an incarnate, send them off to start a fight for you. Take the guys your fighting out of there element and save your action points untill they come to you
I disagree with Lucky charm. you don't need it, just give every member in your party thievery and you will always have lots of gold and good items, it is so much better than finding random rare loot, just steal everything you want. trust me. that said, some gear you come accross will have lucky charm on it, just don't waste skill points on it though
There's nothing wrong with having 1 character maxing lucky charm. Sure you can go do as much stealing as you want, but having a chance to find extra gear is always better than not having it. Besides without lucky charm you will be locked with items of your level. You won't find any high lvl gear early on without lucky charm, with a few exceptions of course.
Depends on a difficulty you're playing. But as a rule of thumb trying to do both magic and phys damage on 1 character especially on your first playthrough will work in early act 1, but it will fall off hard later on
Been waiting for this game to go on sale again and it finally did! Been looking for beginner tips for a couple weeks, this is the best one I’ve seen. Straight to the point and explained enough so someone who has never played can understand it. Thank you!
This game is way harder than BG3 bro. Some rando just asked me where do Chinchillas. I answered and he got mad and whooped my ass, like, 100 HP and 50 armor?! Goddaaaamn, bro, I'm not even on the highest difficulty xD
It's sometimes crazy. Im bg3, there's quite a few npcs that are commoners or just weaker than your average bad guys. Here, I arrived at act 2, got into a fight with some guards and the whole town went to attack me. Each npc knew spells, skills and had as much health as me. This game definitely doesn't fuck around.
As much as I want to like this game, I think BG3 spoiled me in terms of game mechanics and build freedom. Nearly all guides I see for dos2 make it clear that to succeed you really just need 4 damage dealers or you are gonna have the bad time. They say tanks and healers are a waste when you need as much damage as possible. It makes sense with the way the armor system and AP works but to me that really kinda takes a way a lot of the fun of party composition. Maybe in a year or two I’ll come back and try again but for now, it’s not the game for me
I get it, it's hard not to compare these games. For me it was the same with coming back to dos1 after dos2. But despite that all 3 games are great in my opinion
Well the game are most certainly different. No dice rolls for the most part, no cinematics, no bear scene etc. so it depends on your preferences. Personally tho, dos2 is one of my favorite games of all times.
Well they're made by the same studio.. they play the same. Just you'd be going backwards in terms of mechanics which isn't a bad thing. If you liked BG3 you'll obviously like divinity. It's like saying you Loved Mario bros wonder on switch and asking if you'll like super Mario bros 3 on gameboy advance .. same company. They play similar. You'll still like it.
I would like to see some kind of explanation for why not to use the organization bundle. Like i get the gist of that it doesn't do what it says on the tin but every time i see this advice i get more and more curious as to what it actually does.
I'm just gonna copy it from my reply under another video: "The idea behind this giftbag is great, the execution in my opinion is horrible. You have to "get used to it" in order to benefit from it. Add to this inability to easily bail out of this gift bag if you don't like it and you'll have a lot of frustrated people as a result. It's nice that it helps you. Sadly overwhelming majority of people I talked to about this "qol" mod said they absolutely hate it. (especially people on consoles). I think so too. Was it like 20+ specialized bags for each character? Unnecessary separation of weapons on blunt/sharp or armor on boot+belts then helmets+gloves etc. Navigating between all this mess becomes even worse than without them. (Especially with a controller). Or when your items are placed in those bags, you can't access them while trading with a merchant. You gotta close the window, open the bag, add the item to wares and then open vendoring window again. And then the cherry on top is not being able to easily get rid off those bags if you wanna stop this circus."
this is really helpful. Im so used to CC getting applied near the start of battle for control, but having to remove shields before it takes effects changes a lot of strategies
This was so much to take in, i’ve tried this and wasteland 3 and PoE but got so overwhelmed and quit early on. I keep trying this genre but its so much to learn and ao difficult that i get frustrated and continously give up. Is it just a me problem? Everyone around me seems to get into these games easily but i struggle to comprehend everything
It's understandable, a few of my friends don't get the genre either, so it's ok. I guess if you really want to get into crpgs and turned-based games, then the rule of thumb is to just keep playing on easy difficulties until you slowly grasp the basic concepts.
If you're still in act 1, then you can find one pretty close to the beach. Before entering fort joy you might spot the broken bridge with the campfire on it. It's the same place where you find a shovel.
Yo, I wouldn't recommend going through your first playthrough with mods. The game is really good even without them. Besides mods turn off all achievements and you need to download some script extenders to bring them back. For your 2nd playthrough you might play with mods. btw I'm currently working on my last dos2 video before bg3 and it will be about mods
This was great! I'm 80h into the game (few restarts) and learned quite a bit. I've been looking for a video exactly like this one fo a while. Please make more videos on Divinity! I'd love a video like this for the first divinity game!
Thanks, dude. Glad that it helped. There will be an advanced guide with way more complex concepts. Might do another video about things to remember in each act. Another video about all skills and my own tier list of those skills. A lot of ideas, yep. About the divinity original sin 1 tho: haven't played that game in 6 years or so. Have to think about it.
Good info. I have to start again. It was tricky to get used to the gameplay. Sudden fights out of nowhere. And then it says "you don't seem to be doing well, try fleeing" but then you can't cause the enemys are right there 🤷♂️
Jumping skills like Tactical Retreat or Cloak and Dagger might help to disengage quickly and escape when you need it. + You can use teleportation to throw opponents away for the same effect, but it's hard to do if there are multiple enemies around you.
Solo runs are much more demanding, I wouldn't recommend doing it during your 1st playthrough. But if you want to do this anyways, then go with a Lone wolf talent and focus either on physical or magical damage. You can also watch an advanced guide from my dos2 video guides. Just keep in mind that the advanced guide will spoil a lot of mechanics and will show you the "bones and muscles" of this game. It's up to you.
I mean you can pull it off, don't listen snobs like me telling you how to play. Just keep in mind it can be difficult, based on the difficulty settings, builds, setups etc. You do you, man.
@@Nazatur lol it’s all good man I’m gunna keep going I just thought it was funny cause I had just looked up best builds for Beast battlemage and they all were like “do anything but that” 🤣 helpful video regardless!
this video probably just saved me from quitting this game in act 1. i'm totally new to this particular kind of RPG and feel much less overwhelmed now. thanks!
I just wish there was a good place to find builds. I know that Fextralife has a playlist of some builds, but many people are saying that they are outdated or too weak (cant confirm cause I will be playing the game for the first time tomorrow). I just want a good "no magic" build but all the definitive edition builds i've found use magic to some extent....
I wouldn't be worried if I were you. And honestly going through your 1st playthrough without following a specific guide is also a good experience. But if you're still interested then Sin Tee has good guides, keep in mind that they are sort of min-maxed.
i heard game give you a lot of freedom to play how you like. But it seems you need to focus on certain perks... that's sucks a lot that is the only way to be efficient. I assume for more fun and freedome i should choose easy mode :/
Well yes and no. You'll feel the game being more restrictive on highest difficulties. That's where you "efficiency" is more important. I've noticed that the main reason a lot of people quit is because they screw up their builds in act 1. They don't fancy the idea to restart, so I had to steer new players' playstyle a little bit: don't try to do both magic and phys damage with a single character and that there's a retraining option if you actually screwed up your build. tldr: the game is still a lot of fun, so try it
Well you do use a lot of skills to deplete armor, it's just the ones which apply hard CC like stun, knockdown etc. should be used after the armor depletion. Cause otherwise you'll have a system like in dos1, when CC was chance based.
By using a Resurrection Scroll on a corpse/dead party member portrait, just be in range. Either buy them from traders or craft it by combining 3 ingredients: a sheet of paper, a water essence and a life essence
That is true, but hey dos2 modding community is great. There's a lot of cool mods to spice up your playthroughs or to completely change the feeling of the game.
