Misc. Questions on Difficulty, Party Composition, and Spell Selection Options

[nataben1314]

It seems as though, judging from another and not having actually played the mod yet (waiting for v4), that mages are now in a situation where they are used almost totally for dispelling, immuning other characters, and creating summons. Would those in the know (esp. sikret/thetruth) agree with that? I'm not trying to imply that this is necessarily a negative if true, I'm just interested for the sake of future spell and party selection

Speaking of party selection, do you think I'd be making things too hard for myself to make a party of single-class characters? I've always disliked multiclasses unless soloing, and am not too keen on having a party full of five fighter/x's and one ranger/cleric.

And on difficulty, I wonder if it would be possible to make a rough difficulty guide for the quests of chapters 2 and/or 6? What I envision is something like e.g. "windspear hills: level 9-13 minimum" or whatever. With all the new content its difficult for me to know which are the easier quests and which are the ones best left to chapter 6. And for a player of my (low) skill level, it is difficult to determine if you are losing a fight due to wrong tactics, or due to the fact that you're simply too low of a level for that fight. So a general quest difficulty guide (at least for chapters 2/6 where the game is not very linear, and maybe a minimum avg. level before going off to spellhold) would likely save me much frustration and/or lots of me making HELP threads

thanks, and I can't wait until v4.

[Sikret]

Hi, nataben!

I believe that the answer to some of the questions you asked (ex: Multi or dual characters) really depend on the player's style. Nonetheless, in addition to those valuable hints thetruth gave to you, I will also make my attempt to make some (hopefully) helpful points:

1- In order to see more new content during the game either choose a ranger or a mage/sorcerer protagonist. If you want to choose a ranger, I recommend not to choose an Archer. Choose either a kitless ranger or a stalker or a ranger/cleric. And if you want to choose a different class and then dual to mage, I recommend against choosing a dual-class Kensai-mage. A dual class Berserker-mage or a dual-class Swashbuckler-mage are just fine. Single class mage or sorcerer is fine too. A wild mage is also excellent.

2- Having a powerful Berserker in the party is also a very brilliant idea (for the enrage ability); since Korgan is evil and will leave your party when you reach a high reputation (and you need high reputation to see some of the new quests); so if you want a berserker, I may recommend starting a multi-player game and making a custom Berserker, though note that the berserker should not be your protagonist if you want to see more new content in the game (see above).

3- Having at least one powerful mage is still a must. So, if your main PC is not a mage, you should either make a custom mage for your party or to have Nalia (playing a mageless party and waiting for Imoen is too risky).

4- If you have Auramaster Druid kit v5, then you need to have Cernd in your party as well. Auramasters are very effective and powerful druids.

5- Keldorn and Valygar are also recommended additions to your party. The former for his excellent dispel magics and the latter for his powerful kit and his excellent improved items.

6- As for which quest should be done earlier and which later, I have already given a list of the easier quests here. As thetruth said, if you find a battle too difficult for your party, you can simply reload the game and postpone it to a later stage of the game (though thetruth has done all of the chapter 2 quests in chapter 2 during testing the mod, it's not easy or recommended for everyone to do so.)

Cheers