Divinity: Original Sin 2 is an expansive RPG with an almost ridiculous number of interactive systems. That makes it amazing for long-time cRPG fans, but also pretty overwhelming for anybody coming. I'm partial to two handed weapons myself. The main difference between 2 handed and 1 is that 2 handed has a higher damage range. So, two handed would be 4-32 and one handed would be 10-20 for example. Any spells, items, or weapons you wish to use must be set to a specific button. You can set something to any of the four directions on the D-Pad as well as the A,X,Y, and B button. Merely hold down.
Beginner’s Guide to Pickpocketing
A quick guide on how stealing works in D:OS2.
1) Have one thief and make sure he is not as a part of a party when you steal (he is NOT chained so as to move together with others)
This is what trips you up – all npcs will notice that they have been pick-pocketed. The npc will turn to your party and if you are all “chained” together the “let me check your bags” will be triggered on all of your party.
To avoid this the thief goes alone and as soon as he is done have him run away a small distance, meanwhile let your other party members to be searched – since they are clean nothing will happen. Search only happens once so you won’t be asked again afterwards. Thief can even go and trade with the npc again (not the stolen items tho…)
2) To make it easy have one or more people from your party talk to the npc so they don’t walk around and don’t change the sight lines. This makes sneaking easier and pick-pocketing also as you have more time to see all of the items available.
3) If your party members have equipped stolen items, doesn’t matter who searches you, they will see that you have been up to no good. In this case they can almost always be bribed for a small amout (100-200) since they don’t care so much for other peoples items.
4) Enjoy the easy money, legendary loot from traders in Driftwood.