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

[Aledeth]

Thanks for the quick responses everyone!

It looks like I will be able to install ToD on top of IA without serious issues then. Good to know, cause I'd rather not have to start over again to play it.

Now on a different topic: When is a good time to go to SpellHold?

And to Sikret: Do you plan to increase the difficulty of the Guarded Compound in the Temple district? That whole building was really easy compared to most of the other improved battles.

[Sikret]

Now on a different topic: When is a good time to go to SpellHold?

The best time is when your main PC (if single class) is above level 12 but below 15.

And to Sikret: Do you plan to increase the difficulty of the Guarded Compound in the Temple district? That whole building was really easy compared to most of the other improved battles.

Guarded Compound is already improved in the current version of IA (see the related document in the mod's readme), and it's improved even further in the forthcoming IA v5 (see the pinned progress report topic).

Cheers