Divine Epic Encounter SPOILERS Options

[rbeverjr]

I thought this encounter was hilarious – in a bad joke sort of way. After all, you must defeat it in order to face the final conflict. And there is no setting on the difficulty slider that is less than easy.

During this encounter you will face a Rakasha Prince god, a bunch of horrid and noble Rakasha (Rakashas love to cast Protection from Magic Weapons and Absolute Immunity, yee-hah), a supreme golem, two ultra golems, an elemental golem, a bunch of amber golems, and a coin golem or more. Topping this, the Rakasha Prince has a Repulse Field (or some Star Trek-like name). As near as I can tell, this power will strip you of your buffs (including hardiness), do a little damage, and has a chance of stunning you. Whooo-hooo! I think it may be an area effect power too. This power is in need of some nerfing as far as I’m concerned. The opposition is tough, but this power combined with the opposition is just wrong.

This is by far the toughest fight that I have ever faced in BG2. I am in awe of anyone who can win this battle. I am particularly impressed with someone who can do it on insane. I am absolutely dumbfounded now when considering that thetruth thinks he can win with a single fighter-mage!!!

OK, I struggled through some of the improved encounters in the beginning. Since then, I have had a few very tough battles: the Demon Prince wanting judgment day sword, The Horde in Watcher’s Keep (mostly because of the spell shield bug), and Yaga-Shura. Now, I have run into this brick wall. Please spoil me with detailed tactics to win this battle so I can finish spoiled but otherwise without cheating.

My crew is around levels 33-40: kensai, swashbuckler, inquisitor, stalker, mage-cleric multiclass, and sorceress. (I was ready to upgrade to v 4.3, but at this stage I’m just going to finish the game at v 4.2.)

PS With this encounter as just a prelude to the final conflict, I’m sorry that I may be pestering you experts for more help later on…

This post has been edited by rbeverjr: Jun 19 2007, 03:06 PM

[thetruth]

This is by far the toughest fight that I have ever faced in BG2.

Yes this is true.
It is the toughest battle of modded BG2.
Rbeverjr if you defeat the Prince everything else (Ascension included) would seem as a joke compared to this fight.

If you can't then it's not a problem since it is extremely difficult. You can even consider your IA game successfuly completed

I am absolutely dumbfounded now when considering that thetruth thinks he can win with a single fighter-mage!!!

Let thetruth to believe whatever he wants
He is not so reliable always.

(I just want first to try that battle solo before I exclude that possibility (for myself) . Though probably it's not doable. )

Now, I have run into this brick wall. Please spoil me with detailed tactics to win this battle so I can finish spoiled but otherwise without cheating.

My crew is around levels 33-40: kensai, swashbuckler, inquisitor, stalker, mage-cleric multiclass, and sorceress. (I was ready to upgrade to v 4.3, but at this stage I’m just going to finish the game at v 4.2.)

Before any heavy spoilers I would recommend to try it by yourself.

Anyway (slight SPOILERS)




1) If you your PC was a Mage class you would have a very powerful ally by your side (but anyway it is doable even without him with ... more reloads)

2) The weapons of IA can help a lot here. Read carefully their abilities and try different tactics (but then again even without them this battle is doable with ...even more reloads )

3) Set the difficulty to easier for the moment.

4) The help the Prince summons is not unlimited (they are just too many).
I had tried first to kill ALL of them and started fighting the Prince alone.
It just takes too much time.

5) The Prince nasty effects happen both when you hit him OR when he hits you.
But there is a way to get some help from the "items" you have collected through the game. Read carefully the battle text and look frequently at your characters sheet after the Prince has hit you for more info.

PS With this encounter as just a prelude to the final conflict, I’m sorry that I may be pestering you experts for more help later on…

No actually IA 4 finishes here.
But there are some plans for v 5. At the moment you have only the original ending or Ascension left.