Solo?

Jerion · Post by **Jerion** » Sun Apr 07, 2002 8:56 am

The subject sais it all...well is it possible to solo on BG1?
And what class? Suggestions?

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Sun Apr 07, 2002 9:43 am

Yes, it is possible to solo BG1, even Durlag's Tower. I just finished a fighter-thief solo - check here for details.

Xan deVir · Post by **Xan deVir** » Sun Apr 07, 2002 9:45 am

that's just my personal opinion but, the easiest class to solo is a fighter with a bow, a very difficult will be a thief - I play as a thief in my me&immie bg1-to-tob project and it's difficult and a single thief will be even harder to play... you better avoid soloing a mage btw...

Jerion · Post by **Jerion** » Sun Apr 07, 2002 9:49 am

How much * should i spend on that and this weapon?

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Sun Apr 07, 2002 12:50 pm

For weapons???? what class you are dousn't mind, go for bows (so don't solo a cleric or a mage).

And warhammers (blunt) is a good idea cause the warhammer+2 is very powerfull against armour!

Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:12 pm

Mage is one of the best solos

Magery gets to be one of the less difficult and more fun solo games after the first two chapters...

Easier than a thief.

warto · Post by **warto** » Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:27 pm

Yeah, with a solo mage you're totally helpless until level 3, after that there is little that can stop you.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:36 pm

No way a level 3 mage can beat 5 bandit's at the same time.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:39 pm

if you want to solo a mage class try the fighter/mage or the thief mage (gnome, so you're an illusionist, and this way get an extra spell per level)

warto · Post by **warto** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 2:27 am

Originally posted by Stilgar
No way a level 3 mage can beat 5 bandit's at the same time.

Sure he can:
Mirror Image, sleep, blind and missle weapons is all you need to beat a lot of things.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 3:48 am

Yeah but the powerfull sling+1 is no match for the Longbow of Marksmanship

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 10:51 am

Sure, but a mage doesn't (have to) rely on his weapons as much as most other classes...

warto · Post by **warto** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 11:39 am

And it totally depends on the type of mage too. I would say an Illusionists and Conjurers are the least difficult to solo, while Necromancers and Enchanters are almost friggin impossible, for these reasons :
Necros cant learn mirror image or invis
Enchanters cant learn magic missle

Baldursgate Fan · Post by **Baldursgate Fan** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 11:17 pm

How about an F/M/T-multi solo?

Negotiating the initial stages will be tough for sure (until you level up some), but if you are planning to take it all the way to ToB (solo), this is one of the most powerful uber characters you can get.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 6:28 am

The only problem with either the Fighter or Mage solo classes is the lack of Thieving ability (obviously) in BG there is a large requirement for a Thief, i think that the dual f/t is a good combination.

MuDvAyNe0305 · Post by **MuDvAyNe0305** » Thu Apr 11, 2002 2:18 pm

Solo Thief

Well a couple of days ago I just started to play Baldur's Gate again. I decided to take my first shot at solo'ing the whole series. I Have played this game many times with many different classes and now I'm going back to my favorite class the Thief. I got to character creation, and make a elven thief.

So far my Thief is lv.2 with the following stats:
Str:14
Dex:19
Con:14
Int:12
Wis:12
Cha:14

(The above stats are without the tomes)

The thief's strongest abilities at the moment are Stealth and Lockpicking, As soon as he goes up his next level I will put 15 of the points into Find Traps and 5 into Pickpockets, He will still end up with rather high abilities once he reaches the cap.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Fri Apr 12, 2002 4:39 am

Remove the ex cap, you have a hard time soloing with the excap on!

Skuld · Post by **Skuld** » Sat Apr 13, 2002 8:21 pm

An XP cap remover is absolutely necessary for soloing. I've gone through with a Bard and a Thief/Mage, but now I'm going with a Fighter/Thief and it's almost easy.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Sun Apr 14, 2002 1:20 pm

It depends, a single class character can reacht level 16 if i'm, not mistaken.
And a level 16mage is almost unstoppable.

But when you solo you usually solo a multi class, and thus level 8of each class.