IA v6.2 discussion, random questions and thoughts Options

[critto]

So, the v6.1 is out. Most notable change is a step towards new platform, internal re-design and full (I hope) support for BG2EE. That means that IA should now install and play with any distribution of BG2:EE on any platform. I personally developed and tested it on Mac OS X, with the Beamdog's official distribution. Nicoper, whom I want to thank for helping me with testing and pushing this version out, did tests on Windows, although I have no idea which version exactly did he use.

Anyhow, with BG2:EE come two new good-aligned NPCs who are tweaked to be serious choices for a party member. To facilitate that we did a nice overhaul of the Monk class. It's kind of a beta so keep in mind that your experiences may vary. But should be fun nonetheless.

There is no new tactical content added to the BG2EE content, but the potential is there and, hopefully, we can explore it in the future builds.

There's also some miscellaneous stuff done here and there but the major things are listed above.

I took a liberty of assuming a different approach towards development, with shorter but faster releases. Hopefully, this will bring us towards IAv7 quicker. Afterwards, we'll see.

Enjoy and let me know what you think.

EDIT: this was converted into primary discussion thread for 6.2

This post has been edited by critto: May 24 2016, 11:35 AM

[Azoth]

Conster by himself is not a challenge but the Skeleton Lords are

SPOILER!

Power Word, Silence has a casting time of 1, so it hits him directly before his defense is up. He doesnt do much when silenced. The second wave of Skeleton Lords comes fast, even when Conster is already dead...

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These Skeleton Lords are really tough. They even hit -16AC when rolling a 4 and have 6 or more APR, so MI and Stoneskin is down very fast. Unfortunately i cannot kill them fast enough. Are there more than 4 waves? I think i need to postpone that fight

This post has been edited by Azoth: Jun 25 2015, 09:26 PM

[nicoper]

These Skeleton Lords are really tough. They even hit -16AC when rolling a 4 and have 6 or more APR, so MI and Stoneskin is down very fast. Unfortunately i cannot kill them fast enough. Are there more than 4 waves? I think i need to postpone that fight

for skeletons: (Could give better advice if I knew your party)
oils of resurgence (as critto also aid), take 2
summons (Bears if you can)
potions of defense or invulnerability (if you have RB or Kensaï)
Blunt weapons +2 or more of course

Try to focus on one skeleton at a time, this way it goes down fast, thern the other (kept occupied by summons)
Ideal tempo is to eliminate a wave before next one.

You can also fight them in the narrow corridor (between Dragon lair entry and room where Conster spawns) if you are overwhelmed (in close quarte it is a very bad thing)