Fix for honour mode for you as larian won't do it.

[GatyKahn]

The Reasons:

Reason one:

Tired of losing 50+ hours of progress and instantwhipe your save file because larian decided to put in some troll npc's that kill your whole party or stun lock it to oblivion just to drag out artificially the game time.


Reason two:

Want to play multiple honour mode runs, so you want to challange yourself and play different save files next towards eachother without overwriting the other?


Reason three

Tired of running around like a turtle because larian though why not slow the runs speed down by a 100%, = 2x longer gameplay.


Solution for one and two:

"i have gog so i think this is where steam saves the files as this is steam community'

1) go to your c drive:
2) to into this map: "C:\Users\Account name\Documents\Larian Studios\Divinity Original Sin 2\PlayerProfiles\Name\Savegames\Story"
3) Copy paste HonourMode to another location ( backup folder ) and put it in a map named "archer run or whatever you play
4) Died and save deleted, just copy it back and load the game up again.
5) Want to play another save? just replace the save with the save you want that you got stored in a backup folder

Solution Three:

Run speed mod get the 100%, you finally have normal movement speed.

https://www.nexusmods.com/divinityoriginalsin2/mods/18/?tab=files


Critizisme::

You can disagree with this all you want, and say honour mode with save files? why not play tactician?. Because you now won't be saving every 5 seconds just to make sure you have maximum progress.
You still lose progress as you won't back up the file every 5 seconds with smashing F5, it still makes death a noticible loss over tactician and keeps you on the edge more.

However it prevents you from losing weeks of progress that makes absolute zero sense and doesn't remotely make things more difficult just annoying.

My reasons to post this:

I decided to make this topic on gog and also on steam, because currently the game isn't in a fair state. It seems like the later parts are rushed which resulted in them pushing dumb stuff forwards that artificial prolongs your gameplay, this reverts that back and makes it in a interesting experience again.

Also not having multiple honour mode saves slots for different runs is something that is not acceptable in this day of age anymore.

What honour mode should be:

Encounters need to be hard, you need to play tactical to the point if it being a chess match that you can always win through logic and mastering the gameplay and not because a boss one shots you because reasons without warning. A brutal mode would be interesting. The game currently is way to easy at its core and i do think this game will find a nitch if they made a mode in it which makes the game incredible difficult.

[Tally]

TL;DR
"I suck at Honour mode and do not understand how some encounters work, thus I shall find ways to circumvent it!"

Who the ♥♥♥♥ are you to say what is acceptable or not in this day/age? The developer introduced this specific mod with a specific purpose. The only way to really lose your entire party is due to dumb decisions, for which only the person playing can be blamed.

Wanting a different mode is one thing, but stop complaining about Honour Mode just because you suck at it. It's akin to complaining about a "no bonfires no deaths" run in Dark Souls.

[Gin-chan]

Dude thats literally not even Honor mode anymore as the point of honor mode is basically gone when you can just reload from a save if anything goes wrong =-=.

[Tally]

It's "Tactician Mode But With Moving Your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Savefile Around Every Damn Time"

[kcnik]

Honour Mode is the ironman mode. Its meant to be the way it is now.

The solution to your second problem is simple: Create a new profile for every run. This keeps your saves from getting overwritten without the trouble of backing them up.

[GatyKahn]

Originally posted by Tally:

TL;DR
"I suck at Honour mode and do not understand how some encounters work, thus I shall find ways to circumvent it!"

Who the ♥♥♥♥ are you to say what is acceptable or not in this day/age? The developer introduced this specific mod with a specific purpose. The only way to really lose your entire party is due to dumb decisions, for which only the person playing can be blamed.

Wanting a different mode is one thing, but stop complaining about Honour Mode just because you suck at it. It's akin to complaining about a "no bonfires no deaths" run in Dark Souls.

Stepping in a boat get your whole group killed because reasons = git gud

I have a lot more examples like that, witch, curse grave guy etc, switch.

I have no clue what dark souls does or not, i don't like horror games never will and will never play one as result.

[Tally]

Originally posted by Gatygun:

Stepping in a boat get your whole group killed because reasons = git gud

I have a lot more examples like that, witch, curse grave guy etc, switch.

I have no clue what dark souls does or not, i don't like horror games never will and will never play one as result.

You are warned by at least one NPC about it (Jahan), the ferryman's voice and lines are extremely suspicious and obviously scream DANGER. The only way to die there is if you're literally spamming 1 through every dialogue or are incredibly ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dense (no offense).

It is also your fault for trying to engage an obvious boss enemy (The Witch) without using Examine on Honour Mode. And, the curse grave guy? What the heck is that, even? What "switch"? Be specific, please.

Dark Souls is a dark RPG, but it's a stretch to call it horror... Just that some of the monsters can be pretty creepy and it has some dark areas, but I had never once thought of it as horror.

[Gin-chan]

Originally posted by Gatygun:

I have no clue what dark souls does or not, i don't like horror games never will and will never play one as result.

Dark souls horror? Bwahahahahahahahahah XD.

[Pyromus]

Originally posted by Gatygun:

Originally posted by Tally:

TL;DR
"I suck at Honour mode and do not understand how some encounters work, thus I shall find ways to circumvent it!"

Who the ♥♥♥♥ are you to say what is acceptable or not in this day/age? The developer introduced this specific mod with a specific purpose. The only way to really lose your entire party is due to dumb decisions, for which only the person playing can be blamed.

Wanting a different mode is one thing, but stop complaining about Honour Mode just because you suck at it. It's akin to complaining about a "no bonfires no deaths" run in Dark Souls.

Stepping in a boat get your whole group killed because reasons = git gud

I have a lot more examples like that, witch, curse grave guy etc, switch.

I have no clue what dark souls does or not, i don't like horror games never will and will never play one as result.

If you were honestly foolish enough to step on that boat on honor mode without at least unchaining one character, then you shouldn't be playing honor mode. He casually mentions that he'd have no problem killing you with death fog and looting your corpse if you don't want to pay him upfront.

Yes, git gud at reading.




Witch, I assume you mean Alice, is a lvl 15 monster literally flying around in a field of fire. Maybe approach with caution. Especially since you'll likely encounter her at level 13 and below.

I have no idea what "curse grave guy" or "switch" means either. The best guess for curse grave is the graveyard guy who quizzes you and kills ONE party member if you answer wrong, but that honestly isn't going to cause a wipe, so I'm doubtful that's what you mean.

The game has 4 difficulty settings, and this is the top one. You aren't meant to do it the first play through.

[Applesauce]

Honor Mode does exactly what it says on the tin. It's Tactician plus iron man. If you're making backups of your Honor Mode save, then you're essentially playing Tactician and using the least efficient method to cheat for the Honor achievement. The number of times you press f5 is irrelevant. If you're creating backups to cheat Honor Mode, then you'll make a backup when you think there's an impending party wipe whenever you've made enough progress to not want to return to your prior backup. So you'll only ever lose progress to "unfair" wipes and you'll still complain about losing any progress at all because you think it was inherently unfair.

The game clearly indicates that Honor Mode is not intended for a blind playthrough. It's also clearly stated that Honor Mode is just iron man Tactician and that the only additional difficulty therefore comes from potentially losing dozens of hours of gameplay to one small mistake. Presumably you signed up for Honor Mode because that's what you wanted, otherwise you'd have played Tactician instead. Losing 50+ hours of gameplay is literally the appeal. Also, most people do not play Honor, therefore it was not remotely the developers' focus. They did not include any content to cause wipes in Honor Mode to artificially increase playtime. That is an absurd suggestion.

Part of the problem seems to be that you'd like to treat the game as though it's primary focus is tactical combat. The fundamental balance of combat in this game (i.e. exponential power/gear scaling by level) does not facilitate winning fights through logic and strategy. The game was designed to be a story-driven RPG and lore/story within the game warns players of all potential "unfair" wipe encounters mentioned here and in the other similar thread.

[Dragon]

Originally posted by Applesauce:

using the least efficient method to cheat for the Honor achievement.

Presumably you signed up for Honor Mode because that's what you wanted, otherwise you'd have played Tactician instead. Losing 50+ hours of gameplay is literally the appeal.

How is backing up saves in Honor mode "least efficient?" That's way more efficient than the default of having no backup. What would be a more efficient way than the OP's method?

Losing 50+ hours of gameplay is not "appealing," rather it is utterly moronic. Lots of people don't sign up for Honor mode for that. They sign up for the Achievement. And not to use every legal way (which backing up saves is; contrary to what you said, it's not technically a "cheat") possible to be successful at that goal would be foolish.

[Amroth]

There's more salt in this post than all of the Pacific combined.

[Applesauce]

Originally posted by Dragon:

Originally posted by Applesauce:

using the least efficient method to cheat for the Honor achievement.

Presumably you signed up for Honor Mode because that's what you wanted, otherwise you'd have played Tactician instead. Losing 50+ hours of gameplay is literally the appeal.

How is backing up saves in Honor mode "least efficient?" That's way more efficient than the default of having no backup. What would be a more efficient way than the OP's method?

Losing 50+ hours of gameplay is not "appealing," rather it is utterly moronic. Lots of people don't sign up for Honor mode for that. They sign up for the Achievement. And not to use every legal way (which backing up saves is; contrary to what you said, it's not technically a "cheat") possible to be successful at that goal wuld be foolish.

I said backing up saves was the least efficient method to cheat getting the Honor Mode achievement. A more efficient way of cheating would be downloading save files that will get you achievements after clicking through dialogue. I don't see how that's "technically" a cheat and backups aren't. If you backup your save, you have not completed the game on Honor Mode legitimately because you have circumvented the sole difference between Honor and Tactician...

In contrast, abusing mercs to avoid ever having your Honor file deleted is cheesing but not cheating.


I meant that specifically in reference to choosing to play Honor Mode blind, not to anyone who plays Honor Mode. I think most people playing Honor for the achievement have at least one previous playthrough and wouldn't lose a run to something like the ferry or Alice. I maintain that a blind Honor Mode playthrough is signing up for losing dozens of hours of gameplay and that you should not play Honor Mode blind if you're not okay with that.

[Dragon]

Originally posted by Applesauce:

A more efficient way of cheating would be downloading save files that will get you achievements after clicking through dialogue. I don't see how that's "technically" a cheat and backups aren't.

What you said there isn't technically a cheat either. Cheats are third-party programs that hack the game.

But from where would one download such save files? The OP has provided a practical method that anyone can use. So even if the method you described is more efficient in theory, in real-life practice, it's less efficient if the user has no means by which to implement it.

[Hobocop]

To be fair...you're asking for it if you play Honour Mode blind. Period. Responsibility is on the player to make the decision, not the devs to cater to your every whim because you didn't like the exact way they did their permadeath difficulty setting.

You could just as easily, you know, not savescum in Tactician difficulty, but nah, that would be taking responsibility for choosing how to play the game.

[Pyromus]

The title should be "Dumbed down the only unique thing on the hardest difficulty because I want to brag about an achievement that I didn't achieve"