Vuki's experience with IA V5.0, Using a special party composition Options

[Vuki]

I started a new party because I was a little bit tired and bored with the previous one. My previous party was a usual IA party: sorcerer protagonist + barbarian + blade + ranger->cleric (dual) + cleric/mage (multi) + monk. I will surely continue my old game later on but at the moment I concentrate on the new party. Ok, so this is the new party composation (and their current statistics):

Protagonist: Lothar, a half-elf Vagrant: Chaotic Good; lvl 9th; Axe++, Flail++, Club++, two-weapon style+++
Barbie, the half-ork barbarian (he is a male! ): Chaotic Good; lvl 9th; 2H Sword++, Spear+, Quater Staff++, 2H weapon style++
Ince, the Inquisitor: Lawful Good; lvl 9th; 2H Sword++, Halberd++, Quater Staff+, 2H weapon style++
Rancle, the Ranger->Cleric (dual class): Neutral Good; lvl 7/9th; War Hammer++, Club++, Flail++, Mace++, Quater Staff+, two-weapon style+++
Berti, the Berserker->Thief (dual): Chaotic Neutral; lvl 9/10th; Long Sword++, Scimitar+, Short Sword+, Dagger+, Club++, Dart+, two-weapon style+++
Cernd, the Auramaster: True Neutral; lvl 11th; Scimitar+, Dagger+, Quater Staff+, Sling+

Yes, there is no arcane caster at all! And there will be no arcane caster in the future as well. I will replace sometimes Cernd with other NPCs to trigger their quest but not arcane caster NPC. That was my intention from the beginning and it is a concept and not an accident.

I think in a lot of cases it will make my life harder but some battles will be easier. Also I do not have to prebuff as much because I am not able to do as much prebuff as with an arcane caster. Life is good.

I will write here my experience with this party as I advance in the game. I will update my second post here (so, not this one). I will write it from the viewpoint of Lothar. Btw, I have no idea how I was able to find such a name. Lothar. In the other cases I think the naming logic is clear.

Ps. Sorry for my not so good English! I hope it would be still enjoyable.

Update:
Part 1 is finished
Part 2 is finished
Part 3 is finished
Part 4 is partially entered

This post has been edited by Vuki: Sep 1 2008, 09:33 AM

[Shadan]

Imho Ranger7>Cleric dual is better than Anoman. But you need a single class or early dual class cleric, that is sure.

[Vuki]

Imho Ranger7>Cleric dual is better than Anoman. But you need a single class or early dual class cleric, that is sure.

I agree, but I have already advanced a bit in the game and I am too lazy to restart. Or do you know any way to import newly created character to the game? Is it possible to modify Anomen to be a custom character? Rename it by SK, modify class and XP (it should be reduced because he has more XP). Will the game identify him as not Anomen? Could it cause problem?

[Raven]

Imho Ranger7>Cleric dual is better than Anoman. But you need a single class or early dual class cleric, that is sure.

I agree, but I have already advanced a bit in the game and I am too lazy to restart. Or do you know any way to import newly created character to the game? Is it possible to modify Anomen to be a custom character? Rename it by SK, modify class and XP (it should be reduced because he has more XP). Will the game identify him as not Anomen? Could it cause problem?

It's not a good idea to modify Anomen's class by SK or some other means.

You can however add a new character by kicking Anomen out, then saving the game and moving your save from the save folder to the mpsave folder, starting the game in multiplayer mode and creating a character to fill that sixth slot. Once the character's made and the game loaded I'd recommend saving it then transfering that save back from mpsave to save and continuing in single player.

This post has been edited by Raven: Jun 30 2009, 05:33 PM

Reason for edit: missing word