how to play elite without completing 3x??

norman1nz · Post by **norman1nz** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:41 am

Hi folks,
I am a great fan of this series - I completed the orig DS, DSLOA, and just recently DS2 mercinary (but missed several secondary quests..)
And after what must be altogether WEEKS of playing I want to complete it to 100%.
I've found a couple of walkthroughs which I'm going to have to use and I want to do this as Elite difficulty... But I'm not too keen on having to complete the exact same game again on Veteran first.

Getting to the point - does anybody have a saved game folder [or link to one] at the end of Veteran that could be downloaded and used to skip the middle man?

Thanks.
BTW: Is there any real difference between merc / vet / elite apart from being able to have a larger hihger level party (therefore attracting more / higher level mobs)?

swcarter · Post by **swcarter** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:00 pm

[QUOTE=norman1nz]
BTW: Is there any real difference between merc / vet / elite apart from being able to have a larger hihger level party (therefore attracting more / higher level mobs)?[/QUOTE]
Nope.

SWC

norman1nz · Post by **norman1nz** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:27 pm

[QUOTE=swcarter]Nope.
[/QUOTE]
Ok then I definitely dont wana complete it 3x

[QUOTE=norman1nz]anybody have a saved game folder [or link to one] at the end of Veteran that could be downloaded [/QUOTE]
I'm guessing here that a save file could be loaded onto another PC...

Killer Koala · Post by **Killer Koala** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:36 am

[QUOTE=norman1nz]Getting to the point - does anybody have a saved game folder [or link to one] at the end of Veteran that could be downloaded and used to skip the middle man?

Thanks.
BTW: Is there any real difference between merc / vet / elite apart from being able to have a larger hihger level party (therefore attracting more / higher level mobs)?[/QUOTE]It'd be better to use your own party on Elite difficulty, then take someone else's party. It's kind of cheating your way to the top.

As for the differences between difficulties, you do get a larger party plus there are higher level weapons, armor and spells and much stronger and more resistant mobs. As for the story, nothing changes in the difficulty levels.

norman1nz · Post by **norman1nz** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:27 am

[QUOTE=Killer Koala]It'd be better to use your own party on Elite difficulty, then take someone else's party. It's kind of cheating your way to the top.
[/QUOTE]

That may be how you look at it - but personally I dont want to play the same game with same monsters and storyline 3 times..

I'm only going to play it once more, and thats why I want to do it completely for the last time..
But i'd like my last game to to most difficult so as to make it more intersting, plus have the 6 characters for more of a change.

also the party I started off with was based on my strategy for the original DS - have a warrior up front, and a healer, and the rest bowmen. But after compelting it I've found that bowmen are probly the least useful and combat mage most useful. But it's too late to change - unless I start again - or use somebody else's save file (therefore more variety

)

yea my 2c

anyways... does anyone have a completed save game they'd like to share - help a brother out

Killer Koala · Post by **Killer Koala** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:19 am

[QUOTE=norman1nz]But after compelting it I've found that bowmen are probly the least useful and combat mage most useful. But it's too late to change - unless I start again - or use somebody else's save file (therefore more variety

)[/QUOTE]It's never too late to change! If you don't like your bowman, put him in the inn and take a combat mage with you. You can swap your characters around to take any variety of classes with you in any of the 3 difficulties.

norman1nz · Post by **norman1nz** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:37 pm

[QUOTE=Killer Koala]It's never too late to change! If you don't like your bowman, put him in the inn and take a combat mage with you. You can swap your characters around to take any variety of classes with you in any of the 3 difficulties.[/QUOTE]

hm yea i tried that but they were at really low level

- and i believe if their levels are too far behind they only receive a fraction of the experiene points... making it take even longer to get them up to scratch

Krow · Post by **Krow** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:48 pm

My wife and I play on our LAN together. We just bought the game a short time ago. Our second game together, it took us 3 days to get to Elite level. I'm sure you can do it in no time flat.

Killer Koala · Post by **Killer Koala** » Wed May 10, 2006 8:46 am

[QUOTE=norman1nz]hm yea i tried that but they were at really low level

- and i believe if their levels are too far behind they only receive a fraction of the experiene points... making it take even longer to get them up to scratch

[/QUOTE]Ahh, in that case, they will auto-upgrade if your main character is 20 levels or more above that character. In the meantime, get a pet until you reach 20 levels above the character you need at the inn.

Valerian · Post by **Valerian** » Fri May 12, 2006 11:32 pm

[QUOTE=Killer Koala]Ahh, in that case, they will auto-upgrade if your main character is 20 levels or more above that character. In the meantime, get a pet until you reach 20 levels above the character you need at the inn.[/QUOTE]

So if I add level 12 Vix to my party and I'm level 36, he will suddenly be level 36?

Valerian · Post by **Valerian** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:24 pm

I'm happy to report that adding level 12 Vix to my party suddenly made him level 39, which is the lowest level of the other three in the party.

Killer Koala · Post by **Killer Koala** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:03 am

[QUOTE=Valerian]I'm happy to report that adding level 12 Vix to my party suddenly made him level 39, which is the lowest level of the other three in the party.[/QUOTE]
So you must have been level 41 at the time. They will auto-upgrade to 2 levels below your main character when you are 20+ levels above them.

blubbber · Post by **blubbber** » Fri May 19, 2006 2:25 am

Ah

This game is so easy thou, you only need at most 2 character to sweep though it. Besides it only takes less then 3 weeks to go through all three difficulty.