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You're having a Baldur's Gate themed costume and pizza party in the Obsidian offices. Who dresses up as which NPC and what exactly is on a Bhaalspawn pizza?

This question needs to go to the top!

Do you guys think you'll ever do a more action oriented or 3d RPG along the lines of Dark Souls, Fallout, or Mass Effect?

EDIT: Added an extra example to appease the Obsidian Overlords!

I want us to do a Dark Souls-style game. Can you please edit your question to say "along the lines of Dark Souls or Bloodborne" so that it looks like Feargus has said "Absolutely!" to that? kthxbye

Now that would be something I'd love to see, especially from you guys. I'm imagining a Souls-like with a fully fleshed out and interactive world (Like diplomacy, factions, and stuff like that) and NPCS that you guys do so well.

EXACTLY. Can you tell them to promote me from waste disposal to game design, please? The trash cans... they're always full. It's... a curse.

Sorry, you must grind to level 7 in Custodial Engineering before they will let you transfer outside of the department.

Can I at least get a weapon repair kit for my mop!? It's almost out of durability!

You're in Waste Management? So what you're saying it is that you're the Tony Soprano of Irvine?

More like I have to SING soprano whenever Feargus demands.

When are we gonna see you guys get your hands on the Fallout Franchise again?

Zenimax owns the IP for Fallout, so that is entirely up to them. We'd love to do another Fallout game!

Thanks for the answer! New Vegas is the absolutely best game in the Fallout universe!

Thank you!

(P.S., I agree with you... or maybe Fallout 2. It's a toss up).

Will there be a romance option for the intelligent weapon?

This isn't that kind of game...

This is for Feargus:

What do we as consumers need to do to make your dream of a Film Noir RPG happen?

Seriously, this needs to be made!

Either Film Noir or 1920s Gangsters RPG. Dear lord....

Could the title please be NoirPG?

Do you think Stannis actually knew what obsidian was before Tarly told him?

He knew nothing, Jon Snow.

You guys have done a tremendous amount of good for the gaming world, so right up front I'd like to thank you for that. For my personal opinion I rank you guys right up there with Bioware in terms of games I consider to be ABSOLUTELY must have (And honestly, they've stumbled a bit lately).

Now obviously crowdfunding has recently been very very good for you guys, and it is leading to new opportunities to make games that maybe aren't the 'commercial schlock' that gets done so often. But it makes me wonder, what game have you guys wanted to make but never got a chance to do, and would these crowdfunding successes spur you to try again?

This is probably only me, but I REALLY want to make a wrestling RPG.

Can you smell what the (black and shiny) rock is cooking!?

Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire is surprisingly Obsidian's first opportunity to develop a sequel. What were some ideas you had for potential sequels to your past games?

Keep up the good work and I can't wait for Deadfire.

I wanted us to do a sequel to Alpha Protocol called Beta Contocol, just for the pun in the title. That was when I got my first demotion.

I've heard a few people suggest that you guys get another crack at a Spy RPG, but this time setting it in the Archer universe.

That would actually be amazing, holy balls.

Hello Obsidian! Fellow game dev from Montreal here :)

Do you plan on having a documentary made for Deadfire too? I watched Road to Eternity last week and I can't stress how interesting it was to see you guys go through the whole process. Certainly a lot of us would love another one. Love your passion, your dedication and can't wait to explore Deadfire.

Thanks for bringing CRPGs back!

Greetings. I don't know if we'll have a full documentary, but I think we have been recording some footage during development. Adam Brennecke may know more!

Summoning /u/adam_brennecke

Are you guys familiar with MrBtongues videos? He made one comparing New Vegas and Fallout 3 and talking about how creating an interconnected world where thought is put into the economy and politics of the world, how people get food and so on, makes the experience so much richer than just having a world where cool setpieces feel kind of randomly stitched together. He made another video about how choice and consequences is done right in games. He often uses your games as positive examples and his thoughts about game development seems to align pretty well with your own design philosophies.

What are your thoughs on his videos if you have seen them?

I have seen those videos and think they're very interesting, and that's all I'm gonna say about that.

Some questions brought over from /r/projecteternity:

• /u/rybicki asks: Can they do a kill/f*/marry on Eder, Aloth, and Pallegina?

• /u/terrygervais asks: I'd like to hear what everyone's personal headcanon Watcher is when they think about the game, particularly class and background. Does Josh imagine a Hearth Orlan Rogue former slave from the White that Wends ruling Caed Nua? Does Feargus see a Elf Cipher aristocrat from Aedyr hunting the Leaden Key across the Dyrwood? Thanks!

• /u/turanar asks: I guess it's a good time to ask this one, but i'm really interested on your feelings about this Fig campaign compared to the Kickstarter. Were you more prepared ? Did you enjoy it better or was it as stressful as before, did you have the stretch goal planned in advance, etc. And thanks for all the updates !

• /u/stonehack asks: @Adam, what do you think about adding a voice replay button in the dialog menu? Like clicking an arrow next to dialog with VO or just being able to click on the text for replay. @Josh, please make melee rangers work. Please? :D (modding poe 1 was a pain)

• /u/rudimentarycube asks: Will the additional subclasses include new Paladin orders and Priest deities? Been dying to know.

• /u/thatguar asks: Since you all work on the development of the game. Do you still find it fun to play?

• /u/shepperoni asks: Favorite companion from PoE1? Also, what music do you guys listen to while working on the game?

• /u/meowriowpeow asks: @Josh - Will your cat be a pet in the game?

• /u/dwarfdrugar asks: Will pledging after the campaign is over (with Paypal) have all the options and/or benefits of pledging right now?

• /u/beatspores asks: Question: High level scaling – how does it work for PoE 2? When I played with just a few characters high level scaling for some areas felt very hard. When playing CRPGs and having few party members the difficulty was offset by getting more experience per character. Do high level scaling in PoE 2 account for number of party members?

• /u/ericsimon23 asks: How will class-specific dialogue options work with multi-classing? Taking a single level in a second class qualifies you for all of that class's dialogue choices? Is there a possibility we'll see class dialogue options require different "power levels"?

• /u/thewarden898 asks: I'm very happy about the 3 returning companions (Eder, Aloth and Pallegina), and was wondering if we could get a bit of insight on them? I believe I read that it's been 5 years since PoE1. Thats a long time, have any other them radically changed? Does Eder approve of your adoption of the Orlan baby? Also, relationships. I'm stoked. Please tell more (if you can!)

Thanks for the AMA, What games are you guys enjoying at the moment?

I have gone and am playing Fallout: New Vegas and Dragon Age: Origins. I finished, finally, Bioshock Infinite about a month ago. I am trying to make time to play more Overwatch, there is a Brothers game that Josh keep on telling me I need to play. I also need to play Inside, and Uncharted 4.

Dude, Inside is great! Make sure you get the "real" ending.

No problem! I'm really digging Nioh at the moment, as I am an enormous From Software/action-RPG fan and I think Nioh does a lot of the formula correctly. I have really enjoyed Resident Evil 7 a lot, too. Since we started this campaign, I have gone back and re-played a bunch of Pillars of Eternity I, as well.

apologies if I've written this twice, new to Reddit .

Will we have Pirate sound tracks with the crew singing like on assassin's creed black flag?

Druken salior!

I don't believe Justin Bell, our composer, has any sea chanties planned -- but you never know. I will suggest it to him, as I actually think it's a great idea! Then again, what do I know, I clean toilets for a living.

Is there an Od Nua style megadungeon in PoE2?

Not this time, we decided to add a bunch of islands that Fulvano the explorer can discover, instead. It makes for a more varied adventuring experience.

What's it gonna take for you guys to make an Archer game? Someone's gotta be able to get Adam Reed and Obsidian in a room together.

Love this idea! Wish we knew the Archer guys.