============================================================================= ============================================================================= Game: Divinity II - Ego Draconis ============================================================================= ============================================================================= Welcome to this FAQ where I will point out and explain some aspects of the game Divinity II - Ego Draconis. This FAQ is not a "Go there, then there, then there to complete the main quest. Take these skills for uber pwnage." or a "There is the phat loot!" guide. 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Table of Contents: 1. Game Introduction 2. Character Generation 2.a The Classes 2.b The Stats 3. The Skills The Dragon Slayer Skills The Ranger Skills The Warrior Skills The Mage Skills The Priest Skills 4. The Dragontower 4a The Alchemist 4b The smith 4c The Skill trainer 4d The Necromancer 4e The Necromantic Minion 5. Tips 6. Contact 7. Version History 8. Frequently Asked Questions 9. Evaluation of the game 10. Final Words To find a specific Section just enter the whole name of it. Like, '1. Game Introduction' to find the Introduction section. ============================================================================= ========================1. Game Introduction================================= ============================================================================= Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis is a third person roleplaying game with action elements, lots of random generated loot like in Diablo 2, a base for yourself where you can upgrade your equipment and last but not least, the ability to transform into a dragon. This all combined with the intriguing storyline, and the very strange humor it sometimes displays makes it a good game. And so the story starts... You recently finished training on the Dragonslayer Academy and now you are ready to have the knowledge of the dragons imprented into your mind. Unfortunately has this the side effect that you forget everything you learned so far, but hey, you at least get nice blue glowing eyes and you are now a Dragon slayer. But then reports come in of a Dragon being sighted in a nearby village. After some investigation you meet that Dragon.. and from there it goes even further down the drain and in the end you have to save the world. ============================================================================= ========================2. Character Generation============================== ============================================================================= Character generation is rather easy. The name: Its rather unimportant, and the default 'Slayer' is not my first choice to be honest. You then select between a 'Male' character, or a 'Female' one. -Male- You get three hairsets, with two colors each. Then you can chose between five different faces, or rather beardstyles. You then get to chose between 4 voicesets -Female- You get to choose between five different hairstyles, and three different hair colors for those styles. Not that this influences a lot, because most of the time you will be wearing a helmet that covers your hair. After this you can chose one out of 4 different voicesets, which will only be used for combat cries at best, and mostly for deathcries. To round it off you got 7 different faces, plus another 3 who are just the same as before but are now with a scar over the eye. There are no classes at first, but once you have the Dragon memories imprinted you can chose between three teachers, to get some of your abilities back. However you can always learn whatever you want to make the character just how you like it. ============================================================================= ========================2.a The Classes====================================== ============================================================================= Warrior - He gets rough with the enemies and feels at home at the frontlines. Starting Equipment: Gawaines 'My first sword', Damage: 2 - 4 Starting Skil: Whirlwind. Stats: +3 Strength. Ranger - He takes the enemie apart from a distance with his trusty bow. Starting Equipment: Aravirs 'My First Bow', Damage: 1 - 3 Starting Skil: Poison Arrows. Stats: +3 Dexterity. Mage - Frail, weak, yet devastating with his magic. Starting Equipment: Alberiks 'My First Mace' Starting Skil: Fireball. Stats: +3 Intelligence. ============================================================================= ========================2.b The Stats======================================== ============================================================================= Not everyone might be used to the RPG system, so, here I shall explain the 5 different stats and their effects. Lifeforce: Each point Raises your HP. Willpower: Each point Raies your MP. Strength: It not only governs the damage you cause in melee, but also your HP regeneration and your Resistance to melee attacks. It further increases the 'Strong Body'. Dexterity It governs your Ranged Damaged and your Enhanced Reflexes. It also increases the Ranged Resistance. Intelligence: It governs the Magic damage you cause with your attack. Your MP regeneration and your Indominable Will and your Magic Resistance. Melee Resistance: Its in percentile and all the Melee damage is reduced by this. Ranged Resistance: The same as Melee Resistance, just for ranged Attacks. Magic Resistance: The same as Melee Resistance, just for magic. Strong Body: Its reduces the damage from skills like Bleeding Cut, Fireball, Firewall, Poison Arrows and Polymorph. Enhanced Reflexes: It governs the additional damage you cause when you score a critical hit. Indominable Will: It governs your resistance to Curse, Fear, Polymorph, Surprise Attack and Stunning Arrows. ============================================================================= ========================3. The Skills======================================== ============================================================================= What would an RPG without skills? Not so much of an RPG. There are several Skill Trees, Dragon Slayer, Ranger, Warrior, Mage, Priest. However, you don't need to buy lower level skills to unlock better skills, you can happily go through them as you please, all that you need is to meet the level requirements for a skill to be able to learn it. ========================The Dragon Slayer Skills============================= Expert Unarmed [Passive] Description: The unarmed skill enhances the damage you cause with your fists. Initial Rank: 1 Effect: +5%/15%/29%/... More damage with unarmed attacks. Expert One handed Weapons[Passive] Description: You cause more damage when wielding only a single hand weapon. Initial Rank: 1 Effect: +2%/5%/9%/... more damaged when wielding a one handed weapon. Expert Dual Wield [Passive] Description: This skill allows you to use two one handed weapons at the same time more efficiently. Initial Rank: 1 Effect: Main hand gets a +5%/7%/... damage bonus while the offhand gets a -50%/-35%/... damage malus, which later turns into positive numbers. Expert Sword and Shield [Passive] Description: This skill makes you more profficient when fighting with a sword and a shield at the same time. Initial Rank: 1 Effect: +0% damage, 5% Defense/7%damage, 8% Defense/... Expert Two hands [Passive] Description: This skill allows the use of Two handed weapons more effectively. Initial Rank: 1 Effect: +5%/15%/... More damage when using a two handed weapon. Mind Reading [Passive] Description: With this ability you can read the mind of your foes or other people, getting an extra advantage, knowing things they do, or even learning more from it. Initial Rank: 1 Effect: Mindreading costs 0%/15%/20%/25%/... less XP. Wisdom [Passive] Description: With this you learn quicker. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: +5%/7%/... more XP Open Locks [Passive] Description: You can pick locked Chests. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You can pick the locks of level 1/2/3/.. Chests. Stowing Description: The more ranks you have in it the more items you can have in your inventory at the same time. Initial Rank: 1 Effect: You can have 100/120/140/... Items in your inventory. ========================The Ranger Skills==================================== Poison Arrows Description: You shoot a Poisoned Arrow. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: For 10/10/... seconds you poison the enemy and cause 1/2/... damage per second. Evil Surprise Description: You shoot an arrow that causes no damage but instead decrease the enemies defenses. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: -30/-35/... Melee, -5/-10/... Ranged and Magic Defense. Strength of the Ranger [Passive] Description: Your arrows hurt more. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: +5%/10%/... more damage with your ranged attacks. Stunning Arrows Description: You shoot an arrow that stuns your enemy. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: 2/3/.. seconds stun. Sneakyness [Passive] Description: You are able to get closer to the enemy with your bow out. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You can get 14%/22%/.. closer to the enemy without being noticed. Potion Use [Passive] Description: Your potions are more effective. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: Your potions are 10%/20/%... more effective. Splitting Arrows Description: You are able to shoot several arrows at once to hurt multiple enemies. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You are able to shoot and hit 2/3/... enemies at the same time. Dodge [Passive] Description: You are able to dodge melee attacks more effectively. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: 10%/12%/14%/... chance to completely avoid a melee attack. Way of the Ranger Description: Those who were born to use Bow and Arrow get the best out of this skill. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: For 90/90/... seconds your ranged attacks cause 40%/44%/... more damage, furthermore your Ranged Defense rises by 50/53/... and a bonus of 50/53/... to enhanced reflexes. However your melee attacks suffer a -20%/-22%/... penalty, and your Melee Defense is lowered by 50/47/... ========================The Warrior Skills==================================== Whirlwind Description: You spin around and hit every enemy around you. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You cause 1/4/... extra damage and knock everyone back with a chance of 10%/13%/... Charge Attack Description: You charge at the enemy. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You cause 1/1.2/1.4 times more damage and stun the enemy with 30%/35%/40% probability. Jump Attack [Passive] Description: Your jump attacks are more devastating. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You cause 6/18/... More damage and the enemy is knocked back with a10%/20% chance. Death Attack Description: You are able to kill an enemy with one hit. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You can instantly slay your enemy when he is below 20%/24%/... HP. Defense Description: You are better at shielding yourself from harm. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You get bonus of 4/8/... to Melee and Ranged Defense, but -20%/-15%/... to Melee and Ranged damage. This lasts for 30/60/... Seconds. Battle Rage Description: You start Raging recklessly. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You get a bonus of 20%/30%/... to Melee attacks but suffer a -4/-12/.. to Melee Defense Life Drain [Passive] Description: You are able to leech the life from your enemies. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: With a 10%/12%/... chance you add 10%/13%/... of the damage you cause to your HP. Bleeding Cut [Passive] Description: Your hits have a chance to cause serious injuries. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: With a 10%/13%/15%/... chance you cause your enemy to bleed for 10/9/8/... seconds for additional 10%/13%/15%/... damage. Regenerate [Passive] Description: You heal your wounds much more quickly. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You heal 0.3%/0.35%/0.4%/... of your maximum health each second. Thousand cuts Description: You rapidly slash at a foe, causing massive damage. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You cause 1.1/1.2/... more damage and knock him over with a 20%/25%/... chance. Devastating Critical Description: You are better at striking that one vital spot. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: Your chance for a critical rises by 4%/8%/... Reflect Damage [Passive] Description: Whenever you are struck you retiliate. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You reflect 20%/24%/28%/36%/... of the damage you receive. ========================The Mage Skills====================================== Magic Missile Description: You shoot magic missiles at your enemy. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You shoot 1/2/... magic missiles that each cause 6/14/... damage Fireball Description: You shoot a fireball for massive damage. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: In a range of 5/5/5/... meters you cause 8/23/47/... damage and the enemy starts to burn with a chance of 1%/2%/3%/... Mana usage [Passive] Description: You are better at using your magic than others. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: Every ability or spell you use costs 90%/80%/70%/... less mana Confusion [Passive] Description: Enemies that are hit with your magic might get confused. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: 5%/7%/... chance to stun the enemy for 1/2/... seconds when they are hit by your spells. Rapid Magic Fire Description: You shoot magic rapidly at the enemy. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You shoot 3/3/... bolts of magic at an enemy, each one causes 12/16/... damage Mana Drain [Passive] Description: Your attacks drain the mana of your foes. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: With an 80%/81%/82%/... chance you drain 10%/12%14% of the caused damage as Mana. Destruction [Passive] Description: Your Magic attacks cause more damage. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: Your magic attacks cause 10%/20%/... more damage. Ring of Fire Description: You create a ring of searing heat around you. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You create a ring of fire for 5/5/.. seconds that causes 26/32/.. damage per second to everyone touching the flames. Heal Description: You channel the mana to heal your wounds. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: For 8/8/... seconds you heal yourself for 15/18/... damage per second. Way of the Battlemage Description: You boost your magic tremendously. Initial Rank: 0% Effect: You get a 20/30%/... Boni to your magic attacks but -20/-15/... to your Magic Resistance and Indominable Will. It lasts for 90/90/.. seconds. ========================The Priest Skills====================================== Raise Zombie Description: You raise a zombie to fight for you. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You raise a 1/4/7/11/14/... zombie to fight for you for 160/180/200/220/240/... seconds. Raise Ghost Description: You raise a zombie to fight and heal you. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You raise a 1/4/7/11/14/... Ghost to fight for you for 160/180/200/220/240/... seconds. Fear Description: You inspire fear in nearby foes. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You cause fear in creatures up to level 9/15/... in a range of 4/5/... meters for 10/12/.. seconds Embrace of the Shadows Description: You hide yourself with the shadows. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You turn yourself invisible for 10/15/... seconds, draining 9/9/... mana per second. Charm Description: You charm an enemy to make him fight for you. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: For 20/... seconds you charm 1/... foe up to level 13/... Master Summoner [Passive] Description: Your summoned creatures are stronger. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: Your sommoned creatures are 10%/15%/... stronger Curse Description: You curse your enemies. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: In 10/10/... Meters you curse all foes up to level 13/16/... who get a damage malus of -20%/-23%/... Their enhanced reflexes and indominable will are reduced by -20%/-23%/... for 20/25/... seconds. Inflict Blindness Description: You blind an enemy with your magic. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: For 60/80/... seconds you cause a foe up to level 20/23/... to be blind. Life Sacrifice Description: You sacrifice Health for Mana. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You sacrifice up to 10% of your maxmimum HP and get 2/2.5/3/... MP for each pont of life sacrificed. Master of the Herbs Description: You need less herbs to mix potions. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You need 15%/30%/... less herbs for potions. Summon Demon Description: You summon a demon to fight for you. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: You summon a demon of level 20/23/ for up to 200/220/... seconds to fight for you. Way of the Wise Wizard Description: You boost your arcane defenses, at the cost of the offense. Initial Rank: 0 Effect: 15/18/... to Magic Resistance and Indominatable Will, but -40/30/... to magic damage. It lasts 90/90/... seconds. ============================================================================= ============================================================================= ========================4. The Dragontower=================================== ============================================================================= Eventually you will receive your very own Dragon Tower, complete with an Alchemist, a smith, a skill trainer and a Necromancer. Each of them can be upgraded twice for cheaper potions, better enchantments, better skills, or a better Minion. It also comes with your own Bard, your own Dancer, three scavengers who will get you everything you want, with more or less success depending on their equipment, and your very own corpse trader. You can send the scavengers out to find stuff for you, like jewels or herbs, that you then can use to create Potions or enchant equipment. However you need to equip them with gear so that they success is more guarenteed. They can't die however, but if they are hurt to badly they refuse to go out until you send them to the alchemist to let them be healed. ========================4a The Alchemist===================================== How to: To upgrade the Alchemist just talk to him and he will give you a quest, fulfill that and you can perfom the upgrade. Level 1: The basic Alchemist. Nothing special about it. Level 2: Now you can ask your alchemist to brew yourself Superior potions of Strength/Dexterity/Intelligence without having to pay ingredients for them. Level 3: The Ingredient cost is reduced, all potions are much cheaper. ========================4b The Smith========================================= Level 1: The basic Smith, nothing special about him. Level 2: You have three choices: -Weapon -Armor -Trinkets Depending on what you chose it will be cheaper to enchant these items. Level 3: Same as level 2. ========================4c The skill Trainer================================= Here you can pay to enhance your skill past the original limit of 5 points. Level 1: You can raise your skill to 7 Level 2: You can raise your skill to 10 Level 3: You can raise your skill to 13 Note: I'm not to sure about these stats, but it does sound quite good. ========================4d The Necromancer=================================== Level 1: Your average Necromancer. Level 2: Depending on your Necromancer has your creature increased Magical Resistance or Physical Resistance. Level 3: The effects of Level 2 increase. You can also buy corpse parts which you can use to assamble your very own necromantic minion and shape it to your liking. ========================4e The Necromantic Minion============================ THe necromantic Minion, by collecting body parts of your slain enemies, which is sort of misleading since they are not really collected from your slain enemies but you can find them rather on corpses, in chests, or special enemies after killing them. You already have access to it far earlier than he Dragontower, but the true potential comes out with the Tower and the specialized Necromancer you choose. That doesn't means its bad at first, in fact is it quite vital. However the Corpse Part Trader that comes with the Tower makes creating your minion far more easier. When making your minion you have four options to chose from. The Head The head can either be purely cosmetic, or something you want, like a head of a goblin so the minion will at first throw fireballs at the enemy. Or a head that allos them to use devastating warrior abilities. Generally is the head useful for skills and save for that has no other use. My choice: Fresh Disgusting Head. Class: Fighter Skills: Charge Attack 9, Death Attack 9 The Torso The torso is mostly important for the Close Combat Resistance, Ranged Resistance and Magic resistance. Save for that no further use. My Choice: Perfect Goblin Torso Features: +100% Melee Resistance +100% Magic Resistance +130% Ranged Resistance The Arms THey not only govern the damage your creature causes with a hit, but also the additional HP it has. Some of the arms just give melee damage, others give purely health. So it is to your own choice to decide what you prefer and what is appropiate, a creature that will primarily attack with magic will most probably not need any melee damage. My Choice: Seamlessly cut of arm pieces. Features: +100% Melee Damage +100% Health The Legs They govern the Strong Body, Enhanced Reflexes, and the Indominable will of your creature. Again are there some legs that are more specialized in one aspect, but so lack other aspects. My Choice: Seamlessly cut of leg pieces. Features: +90% Strong Body +90% Enhanced Reflexes +90% Indominable Will Also note that the Minion will always be the same level as you, and level with you and so increase in power. The body parts are only there to enhance his abilities. My Level 34 Minion: Damage: 54-54+(27-27) Melee Resistance: 66% Ranged Resistance: 66% Magic Resistance: 66% Strong Body: 34% Enhanced Reflexes: 34% Indominable Will: 34% HP: 2736 ============================================================================= ==============================5.Tips========================================= ============================================================================= At first using Mindread is quite expansive, some people need more than 3000 Xp to read their mind. Often is it worth though because you can get Skillpoints from them this way. Or alternatively, quests, which in turn are worth XP too. Later on its not this important anymore since many enemies are worth 1000 XP, and so you easily get it in again. But at the start is it quite heavy. No matter what skills you opt to use, take Mana drain, especially when you are a melee oriented warrior. That way you never run out of mana. Summoning your Minion takes 50% if your maximum mana. You can't have more than one summon (Ghost/Zombie/Demon) out at a time. Charming your enemies works wonders, they have one less combatant and you have one more. The higher levels of it allow you to charm more enemies at the same time. Equipment plays an important role, always aim to have the best gear avaible. Since the items are generated randomly can you save and reload for maximum efficiency in getting the item you want. It does however take time. Always keep seperate saves, you may never know what lurks around the next tree. The Dragon Skill 'Summon Ally' doesn't work as described. At the highest level (5) should you be able to summon 3 level 32 Wyverns, but you are only to summon 1. Each further use of the ability will make the old Wyvern explode. Confused on how to reach the other platforms in the Dragontower? Press 'U' and you get a choice between the different platforms. If you press Q will you automatically transform into a dragon, if there is enough space. Once you leave the first level, the dale, will you not be able to come back. So do everything you can. The Dragonvoice is not always correct, with the right tactics you can beat even stronger foes than you should. If they are alone that is. ============================================================================= ===========================6. Contact======================================= ============================================================================= If you want to contact me then please send an Email to the following Address jannis1001 (AT) hotmail (dot) com Please put Divinity II - Ego Draconis into the subject line so it doesn't gets Marked as Spam or so that I don't overread it. ============================================================================= ===========================7. Version History================================ ============================================================================= 1.00 - First release of this FAQ. There is no other FAQ up at this point. So I made one. 1.01 - Added Neoseeker to the sites allowed to host the FAQ. Added cheats.de to the sites allowed to host the FAQ. Corrected some minor typos. Added another section for the Necromantic Minion. Added some more Q&A in the FAQ section. Added some more tips. 1.02 - Fixed more typos. Changed some Formatting. Allowed supercheats to host this FAQ. Added some more Q&A in the FAQ section. Added some more tips. 1.03 - Allowed MyFrag.com.au to host this FAQ. 1.04 - Corrected a little typo I made in the update section. Allowed gamershell.com to host this FAQ. ============================================================================= ===========================8. Frequently Asked Questions===================== ============================================================================= Q: Help! I can't find that tree in the south in the quest 'You sow what you seed' A: Its a bug to be honest. The map pointer should be further in the north, near the island in the middle of the sea. Q: What does that "15/18/..." mean you type in the skill effect section? A: It shows the varios effects of it of the skills, the first one is the first level, second level, third level, etc. As far as I could test it with my character. So "15/18.../ seconds" would mean that it lasts 15 seconds on the first level, 18 on the second level, and more then on the third. Q: You typed Damage 54-54+(27-27) when describing your encromantic minion, what does that mean? A: Weapons, and damage, can also cause magical damage which is displayed in extra blue numbers behind the normal physical damage. This only means my minion causes 54 physical damage with each hit, and 27 magical. Q: Will you write all the skill damages and effects up to maximum level? A: Doubtful, considering you can train your skills up to level 13, and you need Level 35 to be able to invest the 13th skillpoint into the skill then. Not only that but it will be a lot of work to write it all down, and if it should be changed in a future patch would it all be good for nothing. Q: I heard that there are Dragon abilities too? Why are they not in the skill list. A: There are overall 7 Dragon abilities and you get enough skillpoints to max 4 of them, and boost the rest to reasonable levels with equipment. I also didn't want to start a new game to find out what the first level of those skills does and then wait until I get my first point to see the second level of them, and so on. Q: Where can I find X? A: I don't know, this is not the reason for this FAQ. I just give a general layout of the game and offer some tips, not an exact guide of where to get what. ============================================================================= ===========================9. Evaluation of the game========================= ============================================================================= Graphics: The Graphics are quite nice and fluidly looking with a love for detail. Sometimes they are off though. Chasms of a castle that has been subject to rain for decades and there are edges that look razor sharp and ready to impale someone if they should fall onto it? Not really. The landscape is great though, and the sun glaring too. Difficulty: Tricky that. Often are battles either to easy or to hard. Very rarely is there anything inbetween. Fortunately you can always go to another place and level there slowly, until you feel ready. Gameplay: Turning into a dragon? Awesome! Flying around as a dragon. Double awesome. Not able to spit fire at ground enemies. Not so awesome. Ground anemies that become invisible when turning into a dragon? Boring. Having an undead pet that urinates everywhere, even in cutscenes? The best of all. Safe for that is the battle system quite stable, sometimes aiming is a bit tricky but you get the hang of it quickly. Bugs: In the time I played it I barely encountered any groundbreaking bugs. Occasionally will random baskets and scenery items, which you can destroy, move around over the floor as if moved by a ghost hand. Once I had to end the game via the task manager because the quest NPC who was supposed to open a door, got stuck behind me and couln't open it. The cutscene never ended because of that, but that was the only time I ever encountered something like this. Another time allowed a bug me to proceed further ahead, without displaying any enemies nor buildings, which caused me to kill a boss. After leaving and returning were the buildings and enemies all of a sudden there. But after I destroyed some of the buildings were the effects they displyed still there, and unfortunatley that meant that the barrier ahead would not disapear. Sadly did reloading the game did not fix it. But fortunately I could still pass using a teleporter. There is one massive gamebreaking bug at the end of the game though, after the end scene rolled and the credits played will the game simply freeze and lockup. Only via the task manager can the game be shut down. Fortunately is that the only gamebreaking bug, however if there is a new game+ then its quite severe. Overall: It is a good game with lots of fun, interesting quests, interesting characters and lots of possibilities for your character to be developed. Not to forget that there are various things throghout the game that are very amusing, like a book called 'The universe, life itself, and simply everything' (Hitchikers guide through Galaxy), or a feracious devastating Killer Rabbit (Monthy Pythons - The holy Grail). I am sure there are more eastereggs like these, that will make you laugh quite a lot. Only problem is that eventually you killed every foe, explored every cave, and there is just nothing to do anymore. Respawning enemies would've been fun. Another thing, the ending... I won't spoil anything, but it is quite a surprising ending. My guess is that there will be an expansion, or perhaps a third part of the series. But who knows. ============================================================================= ===========================10. Final Words=================================== ============================================================================= So here is my second FAQ. Sure been some time since I last wrote one. In either case, I did my best and might or might not update it. Depending on the feedback, demand, and what else. So long, dark_scourge