Experience levels, Is there really that much to kill? Options

[Aledeth]

Hello everyone.

I just picked this mod up last week, and was QUITE suprised by how difficult it was.
Without an idea of what quests are designed to be done early, I got a very rude wake-up when I tried to do the Copper Coronet with my fresh-from-Irenicus's-dungeon party! Still, I survived, came here, read hints and such, and got stronger.

My party has about 1.75 Million XP per char, so most people are at level 12-13(10-11 for multi-classes). I have cleared all the unbuffed quests, the Copper Coronet and Slaver ship, the De'Arnise Hold, the Planar Prison, the Planar Sphere, the Unseeing Eye, the Windspear Hills (Haven't killed Firkraag or the other party yet), The 1st level of Watcher's Keep, and am in the process of killing the Shade Lord.

What is confusing me, is that I see other players having level 38 characters by the end of SOA.

My main question is, am I not getting enough XP for these quests, or is there really that much more to kill in the later chapters?

And, if I want to install the Tower Of Deception mod, can I uninstall IA, install ToD, re-install IA, and still use my current game, or is it better to install ToD on top of IA?

Thanks for making such an awesome (and tough!) mod Sikret.

This post has been edited by Aledeth: Oct 26 2007, 01:37 AM

[Sikret]

Welcome, Aledeth!

What is confusing me, is that I see other players having level 38 characters by the end of SOA.

My main question is, am I not getting enough XP for these quests, or is there really that much more to kill in the later chapters?

Yes, IA adds many new quests and encounters to the game; consequently, you can gain lots of xp before finishing the SOA portion of the game. To keep this phenomenon under control, new level progression tables (for all classes) have been designed and implemented into the next version of the mod.

And, if I want to install the Tower Of Deception mod, can I uninstall IA, install ToD, re-install IA, and still use my current game, or is it better to install ToD on top of IA?

As Valiant said, ToD and IA don't have any kind of conflict with each other and it is quite probable that you can install them in any order; nonetheless, I recommend to stay loyal to IA's general installation instructions according to which IA should always be the last mod installed. So, if I were in your position, I would uninstall IA, install ToD, and then I would install IA again.

Thanks for making such an awesome (and tough!) mod Sikret.

You are most welcome. I'm glad that you are enjoying it.

EDIT: Just noticed your post, Baronius. You are right, the order of installation doesn't affect or change ToD's difficulty.

This post has been edited by Sikret: Oct 26 2007, 04:33 PM