Viable party compositions, Topic split by Sikret Options

[rbeverjr]

I see that the wildmage is ending in the next version? Too bad. I am playing Xan as a wildmage (no hand of undoing, just improved chaos shield). He seems to be very effective. I'm really not interested in the rationale for just dumping the class; I don't agree. Even in IA, I think that the wildmage probably becomes the most powerful mage. Even so, he's not the most powerful class in IA, unlike the vanilla game. Furthermore, the wildsurges can be disasterous in the tough battles; so, you have advantages and disadvantages. While I am disappointed, I could and may just play a second sorcerer or perhaps a wizard in IA 5.1+. (Any chance of editing out "For the Needy" from Nalia?)

I agree that without PfMW the bard class may as well be dumped too. (At least, I consider there are better alternative classes in my game.) I further agree that the IA teams that each player uses will become more similar as valid alternative classes are eliminated.

Once 5.1 is done, I will have to carefully consider all the changes before I elect to play the new mod rather than sticking to 5.0.

[Sikret]

I can think of many possible party compositions for IA (any version) and can offer a long list of powerful (but different) parties (do you really want me to list them?). I don't think that players are playing the mod with similar parties and don't believe that it will be the case in the next version either.

Of course, to some extent, it may also depend on your criteria for calling two parties "similar" with each other.

Single class thieves (except Swashbucklers) and bards are not optimal characters (but still playable); wild mages are too risky. Everything else works fine provided that you compose a balanced party in general to cover every kind of needs you will have during the game.

This post has been edited by Sikret: Feb 10 2008, 11:08 PM