PoE2 Pillars of Eternity 2 officially adding turn based option

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https://www.pcgamesn.com/pillars-of-eternity-2/pillars-of-eternity-2-turn-based
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire players are no strangers to choice. But when you boot up the game from January 24 onwards, your first decision will come even before character creation – real-time or turn-based?

Since the inception of the series, Pillars has been firmly rooted in the wonderfully messy but deeply tactical real-time and pause paradigm of the Infinity Engine games. That wasn’t a decision the dev team made, so much as a duty they fulfilled to nostalgia-driven Kickstarter backers. Now, though, Deadfire is fully playable in a new turn-based mode. It’s the most fundamental and far-reaching change Obsidian has made to any of its games after release.
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Cool! More reasons to replay in 2019.

I also wonder if that's not a "test run" for a third game being turn-based from the get go too.
 
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Oh wow - this is an awesome development. This game just jumped onto my "most anticipated" list for this year…(since I haven't played it yet)
I will play turn-based from the getgo for my first playthrough.

Here is a video from Obsidian/Josh Sawyer about the new turn-based mode - it's in beta right now, so they want player feedback to tweak it in later patches...

https://youtu.be/1d77jrDn0co
 
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I can smell smell many people here peeing their pants now.
 
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Believe it or not, there will be people complaining about this sooner or later. I saw some amusing posts even here where people seemed to be against adding a turn-based combat to this game...lol. It reminded me of gamers who on forums would make the silliest responses when someone would ask for a "walk" mode in these types of games, they would literally be pissed off and/or indignant that someone suggested it, even though it wouldn't affect their gaming experience at all.
 
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Terry said:
The question then becomes how will all the trash mob encounters be delt with?
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TB is getting its own encounter balancing, which is probably why it's going to be in "beta" for a little while.
 
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Good news! I'm looking forward to firing it up in turn based mode.
 
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Arkadia7 said:
Believe it or not, there will be people complaining about this sooner or later. I saw some amusing posts even here where people seemed to be against adding a turn-based combat to this game…lol. It reminded me of gamers who on forums would make the silliest responses when someone would ask for a "walk" mode in these types of games, they would literally be pissed off and/or indignant that someone suggested it, even though it wouldn't affect their gaming experience at all.
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It's only half silly.
When the devs work on a feature you won't use, these occupied ressources can't work on a feature you would like to use. So it might actually affect their gaming experience indirectly.
 
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Bloody awesome and a really interesting move.
 
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I would have been REALLY happy six months ago but now the Tower of Time has spoiled me with it's slow-on-space. I want even more than that, though, I want dial-a-speed! Let me hold down the control key and zip my mouse wheel up or down to change the speed of the game. A good, strong turn down and it stops. Move it a tiny bit up and it creeps forward so I can see how the tactics are playing out and make any emergency changes I need. Then slowly increase speed as confidence increases. Crank it to max when the outcome is obvious.

Still, turn based is definitely a Good Thing. It's releasing in beta mode so I'll be holding off for a few months to let it finish cooking.
 
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I was very much enjoying Tower of Time before I paused it to jump into Shining in the Darkness. When I complete Shining, I will be right back to finish exploring that tower and dealing with all the nasties!!
 
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I like the idea. Of course, it has to be executed well, but I'm optimistic.

Zloth said:
I would have been REALLY happy six months ago but now the Tower of Time has spoiled me with it's slow-on-space. I want even more than that, though, I want dial-a-speed! Let me hold down the control key and zip my mouse wheel up or down to change the speed of the game. A good, strong turn down and it stops. Move it a tiny bit up and it creeps forward so I can see how the tactics are playing out and make any emergency changes I need. Then slowly increase speed as confidence increases. Crank it to max when the outcome is obvious.

Still, turn based is definitely a Good Thing. It's releasing in beta mode so I'll be holding off for a few months to let it finish cooking.
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IE Mod for the first game has an option to slow the game even further in combat, or to speed it up even more when exploring. I wonder if similar mod will be available for Deadfire.
 
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