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.

[Raven]

I further agree that the IA teams that each player uses will become more similar as valid alternative classes are eliminated.

I don't understand this. I'm confident I could finish virtually all if not all of IA v5 with a party of six sorcerers, on Insane. Yes, it's an extreme example, and it would take extremely careful planning and spell selection. Some of the battles would take a very long time and a huge amount of patience.

The point is that I think the easiest (default) party to play the mod with is fairly well-defined. But it's incorrect to say that the possible parties are too similar.