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Miscellany, Inc. => BG/PST/IWD Gameplay => Topic started by: Marauder on April 12, 2013, 09:06:40 AM

Title: Playing properly after ages
Post by: Marauder on April 12, 2013, 09:06:40 AM
Post-deployment I've been pretty bored, so I installed TuTu with various mods to make it more playable and challenging. ScS and so on. Ran a Berserker and his party through the game like that, all the way to TOB.

Then BG:EE came along, and that piqued an interest in multiplayer that quickly died again. But, it means the subject of a two-character run was brought up, and now I'm working on that. JESUS CHRIST I've died a lot of times! D:

Half-elf Cleric/Ranger
18/00, 18, 18, 4, 18, 8


Gnome Illusionist/Thief
16, 18, 16, 19, 3, 12

I struggled a bit between going kensai/mage on one char and cleric/thief on the other, but decided that this was the only way to leave a character with the armor capacity to act as a tank early in the game.

Juggling with six or seven level one spells against assassins and monsters has never been more terrifying.

Sleep is a huge help, as is Command. I rely on potions for healing for now, since they're plentiful when there's only two characters consuming them. But I'm still getting my ass kicked.
Title: Re: Playing properly after ages
Post by: Kulyok on April 12, 2013, 09:13:43 AM
Sounds like someone's having fun. :)  With BG2Tweaks, SCS, Rogue Rebalancing and various kit mods it's fun to play indeed. It's too bad BG1 NPC doesn't work on BG:EE yet, but I'm sure it will eventually - and anyway, since you're thinking about multiplayer, it's not that big an issue.

I've heard you shouldn't save/use quicksave too often in the wilderness, because monsters immediately respawn, and the game becomes more difficult. Not sure if it's true or not.
Title: Re: Playing properly after ages
Post by: Marauder on April 12, 2013, 09:18:29 AM
Ah, just to clarify, I'm not running BG:EE, merely that the release of BG:EE got my old BG buddies talking about it, waking my interest in a 'solo' run like this.

Just tried about seven times to beat the Xvart village. I never thought that place EVER posed a danger to ANYone, yet here we are. >.>



EDIT: My objective was to play once where the game forces me to use more or less all spells and potions that I'm given.