Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

[Hagashager]

I've played through PoE1 multiple times and I have never -- not once, not ever, not a single time -- even equipped two grimoires, let alone swapped between them.

Yes, in PoE  ONE.

You can learn spells in PoE 1 and add them to your own grimoire.

You cannot do that in PoE TWO. In the second game spells are locked to their specific grimoires. There're certain unique spells that are only in a specific grimoire. The closest you can get to learning new spells in PoE 2 is during level up you can make certain spells into special abilities.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Personally, i found the concept intriguing. I made a custom wizard character to keep in the inn with very low combat stats that is pretty much my personal "scholar" from which Aloth can learn some spells. I also have an enemy grimoire around since i don't have a lot gold to spend so i figured if i want to use the spells (before i get Aloth to learn it latern on) i can switch around before combat.

I don't know how useful this is once you have enough gold to just make Aloth learn all the spells but it's an interesting mechanic that adds a bit of realism if anything.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Unique spells that you can only find on a map is hardly a new concept, but in any case it's huge incline compared to first game.

 

[Lacrymas]

PoE1 also had unique spells you could find only by exploring.

 

[Hagashager]

You're missing the point, though IHaveHugeNick has been enough of an insulting jackass with me in this thread I'm convinced he's deliberately playing dumb to piss me off.

Finding unique spells isn't the problem. Being forced to use multiple grimoires in battle is. It'd be neat to find unique spells in the overworld that you can copy to your own book.

That's how it works in the first game.

 

[Haplo]

Noone's forcing you to use different unique spells and swap grimoires, though.

 

[Hagashager]

Fair enough.

 

[Lacrymas]

The system isn't complex enough for it to force you to use more than 1 grimoire. Most spells are worthless.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Soy: spend hours carefully picking the best grimoire for each fight
Goy: annihilate basically every endgame encounter with one cast of empowered Witling Wind and move on