kind of disappointed (Major Spoilers)

jack828 · Post by **jack828** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:39 am

I just finished this game for the first time a couple of days ago and i must say I'm kind of disappointed at the end. In the lair of poquelin i lost both my mage and cleric and i thought i would be in trouble to get to the end of the game. But not so. My other four party members had a really easy time getting to the end and killing the demon. I played on the normal difficulty and would have expected more resistance of the big bad of the game. I had a lot more trouble with the dragon in hearth of winter. Anyone else feel like this when they first played?

my party was:
paladin
rogue
cleric
fighter
mage
ranger

anyway, I'm off to start Icewind Dale 2

Crenshinibon · Post by **Crenshinibon** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:35 am

Well, that's because you did HoW first, the experience bonuses of which completely unbalance the first IWD.

Did you try TotL as well?

jack828 · Post by **jack828** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:42 am

no I didn't try Totlm. Is it worth playing?

If How makes the game unbalanced doesn't that mean that if you play through the normal game first your battle with the dragon will be much to easy?

One last question: Is dual classing worth it? As you can see above i didn't bother with it. Doesn't it make the game even easier? once my characters had gained a few levels I never had any real trouble expect for the Yxonmei battle and the one at the end of HOW

Crenshinibon · Post by **Crenshinibon** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:59 am

HoW doesn't unbalance either of the expansions as the monsters and fights are much harder, but it does so to the original campaign which was meant to be completed at a much lower level.

The TotL expansion is mainly hack and slash, just like most of IWD, but there are new items, monsters as well as puzzles to be found.

Dual classing loses its' luster with the expansion, though it was very powerful with the original IWD.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:15 am

@jack828,
for future reference, please place a spoiler tag in your thread titles if they reveal significant plot developments. I know this is an old game but there are always people who may not have played it.

Thanks,
Dragon Wench, forum moderator

jack828 · Post by **jack828** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:40 pm

I'm very sorry! I'll never do it again!

Artemis458 · Post by **Artemis458** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:38 pm

any particular reason you played HOW first?

I remember struggling agaist poquelin, got wiped out on first attempt, reloaded and won narrowly on second attempt, as for the dragon, as impressive as he looks, he didnt seem to have much bite and I killed him and his minions on first attempt.

jack828 · Post by **jack828** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:03 pm

the barbarian told me that my party could only get to How once they were level 9 so once they were i went to hearth of winter, no other reason really.