20 BASICS TO KNOW BEFORE PLAYING | DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN 2

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In this video, I talk about 20 basics every player must know before starting DOS2. These points range from how the combat works to basic character knowledge and what Divinity: Original Sin 2 is.

Timestamps:
0:27 - 1. What is DOS2?
1:14 - 2. Build Presets
2:44 - 3. Tanks are not a reliable class
3:05 - 4. Custom vs. Origin Characters
3:31 - 5. Dedicated Supports are BAD Overall
3:57 - 6. Lone Wolf and 4-Man Parties, avoid solo or 3-man parties
4:33 - 7. "Re-spec" Characters
4:53 - 8. Bedrolls!
5:29 - 9. Save Often, Don't Trust Autosaves!
6:06 - 10. Scrolls, not the Elder Kind
6:51 - 11. Beware of Weapon Levels
7:32 - 12. Craft without Recipes
8:10 - 13. Loremaster Uses
9:04 - 14. Carve Your Own Path, Do What You Want
9:26 - 15. Missing XP is Fine, but not Too Much
10:12 - 16. Your Campaign Won't "Lock" With Certain Decisions
10:32 - 17. Choose Your Favorite 4 Origins Before Act 2
11:03 - 18. Round-Robin Combat and Initiative
12:09 - 19. Armour System and Crowd Control
13:41 - 20. Fort Joy Simulator is Real, Don't Be Afraid to Restart

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All music included in this video is attributed to Jagex Ltd. and their subsidiaries that helped create the soundtracks. I own none of the music and do not hold licenses to it.
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Sea Shanty 2
Harmony
Autumn Voyage
Baroque
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[XYVTN]

I've gotten into it after BG3 and I have restarted at least 10 times by now and I haven't even made it out of Fort Joy. Its crazy out here.

[MaxMan]

You're a legend. This is the first guide video for this game that actually simply explained things. Very useful thank you!

[Xenolation]

On my third time trying this game. Never made out out of fort joy. This time This is the one.

[jf]

Some good tips. I watched this guy do a play through and he was set on his main character being a tank. Needless to say he kept getting annoyed that it wasn’t working the enemies never went after him he kept saying I need some way to make them attack my tank. Poor guy nobody in chat told him that tank build is about the only build that’s not really viable. Warfare has a provoke skill but I’m not sure that really does much. About not being afraid to start over if you’re only on act 1 I couldn’t help it I kept wanting to try different build combinations and try all the skills and talents I had two different profiles all save slots filled up with teams I’ve been through the first act more than 30 times that may be a bit much but i just really enjoy this game.

[assassinshadow]

for the 18, I wanna add the extra thing:
1: when u summon totem or incarnate, it will instantly have its turn after u, but after that it's turn like normal, which usually be last
2: when characters or enemies join the fight after it has begun, they will be the last to move, include those who r resusrected in same turn (the exception r some script event happens in a fight, or when delay character hasnt move yet)
how to take advantage of that? a character in the battle will move last by delay the turn, and another with high inititive (even better if it's glass canon character) will join the fight after everyone but the delay character move, and that newly-joined character will also take a move next turn
the other application is character revival, when reviving a death one, they will be put in last line, which make them the priority target for enemies since they usually will have little to no armour left, so instead, we could have character that cast the resurrection scrool delay turn

also to mention something: constitution (or HP) in this game is not that necessary, the physical/magical armour is much more important since it prevents CC
there is only few important things that for putting point in constitution, 1 is if u intent to use shield; and 2 is with unstable talent

[cmopkzy]

One tiny tip
When you reload, loot from chests often changes so keep that in mind if you find something really cool and then decide to reload

[vietfox]

A couple of things:
Some scrolls cost you less AP compared to normal skills, like Decaying Touch.
If you are going for max exp to make things easier make sure you go for it in act 1 and 2. Exp is not that important in the remaining acts.

[louie]

tks dude ! this is extremely helpful !!!

[RH-gzor]

Went from D4 to this game and wow it's a drastic change lol. D4 is just pure combat and DoS2 feels like I spent a whole session in dialogue. Nice world building & feeling immersive but can burn you out and make your play sessions shorter but love opening up this game and seeing where the exploration takes me.

[DisintX]

I just want to mention for people like me who absolutley hates the controller. Well guys, borrow a controller from a friend, this is changing the experince of the game totally, it makes it less clunky and the controls are so easy. Me having almost 0 experience with the controller, I finally found use for it. Just try with any controller and you will see what I mean. And thank you very much for the video. Great work! Appreciated.

[rikkwolfe]

New sub here, beauty neck beard, best info for me ive found since i got the game. the preset tip was perfect

[ThomasMuehler]

This was super helpful! I don't know too much about this game. But this helped a lot.

[willemkehamstra]

I'm on my millionth playthrough and instead of starting over again I made a lone wolf pt on the side plus another with the rest of the cast so to speak. That way when I'm a bit burned out on my main pt I just load one of the others and proceed with those.

This is my first crpg and only my second ever game so it's been a wild ride and a steep learning curve but I love this game so much. Finally at the end of act 2 on my main pt

[Makaber]

That helped me a lot, thanks for the guide!

[_n_l_]

Thx for the video. I like your name. In German it would be written with „ü“ instead of „u“: „Lebensmüde“ which means being tired of life. But I guess you know that already 😄

[AdriixA]

Where can we get the image you used for the video miniature? 😍

[Upsideround]

Finally left fort joy and restarted again... and again

[victorhugo-rfpy]

I on act 2 and never sleep before lmao

[georgedimi]

Yeah I lost so much progress not saving xD

[jyyyb]

You do need to do everything otherwise you’ll be under levelled