Iwd 101

Mister Popo · Post by **Mister Popo** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 10:08 am

I'm playing through IWD I now for the first time round and I'm begining to notice I'm playing like my BG solo mage thief game.

I'm just constantly hiding in shadows, drawing enemies to my party one by one (in the case of BG this was drawing them into area of effect spells) or just backstabbing the hell out of them.

It works terribly well, but I would like to give the game some edge, as the fighting is what IWD makes IWD (the story is great, but its not submerging me in a other world, with BG 1 and 2 or IWD II I was reading a digital book, if somebody gets me.)

So how, I already discovered my druid as a nice shapeshifting tank, but I would like to 'master' the game so to speak.

BTW does anybody agree with me that Bards are really cool?

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 10:29 pm

See the sticky at the top of the page.

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 7:15 am

I'm currently playing the game with Rudar (co-op) and even though I'm not super impresed with the story, I think its better to multiplay this game then BG.
We use the same tactic you use and I would like some more full scale fights, but I'm enjoying it very muck anyway.

Bards suck in 2e edition ad&d rules.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 11:22 am

Having all your characters multiclassed to fighter helps a lot. It means that none of them have to rely on spells and instead can use ranged weapons well too.

Mister Popo · Post by **Mister Popo** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:43 pm

Originally posted by The Z
Having all your characters multiclassed to fighter helps a lot. It means that none of them have to rely on spells and instead can use ranged weapons well too.

Mmmmm, that's a good tactic.
I came to the conclusion that missile weapons are still to good, just like in BG I

@Rob-hin, don't know, what makes them better in 3ed, I just like his high lore, his Composite Longbow and his few spells(mostly I use just the fire arrows and magic missiles)

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 2:16 pm

Install HoW. Enemies rush you en masse and bards *truly* rock.

Mister Popo · Post by **Mister Popo** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 4:32 am

Originally posted by Gruntboy
Install HoW. Enemies rush you en masse and bards *truly* rock.

I have HoW installed but I'm not yet in it so to speak, I'm still in the towers of Severed Hand.

How come bards rock in HoW.

and should I install TotLM? What new's does it bring?

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 3:24 pm

Trials of the Luremaster brings you a major dungeoncrawl. Pretty good. Pretty tough, too.

One tip: don't wait with dual classing until level 13.

Mister Popo · Post by **Mister Popo** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:23 am

Originally posted by Xyx
One tip: don't wait with dual classing until level 13.

Should I Dualclass, it brings my exp. rate down and at the moment I have good weapons for everyone.

Or should I just dualclass my bard, thief and cleric.

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 2:48 pm

Originally posted by Mister Popo
Should I Dualclass, it brings my exp. rate down

This is not 3rd Edition. You do not receive a multiclass XP penalty. Rather, you get more levels for less XP when you dual (or multy) due to the fact that you pay for the levels of the second class as if they belonged to a separate character (that is, starting from 1, unlike 3rd Edition, which adds all levels together).

Mister Popo · Post by **Mister Popo** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 2:35 pm

Ahhh, it works with the BGII dualclass rules then, I thought it worked with BGI rules, in which it's not really recommended to dualclass in the early levels.

Mister Popo · Post by **Mister Popo** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 4:22 am

Damn, I can't get in Kaylessa's tower... The load screen comes up and then stops loading, I've downloaded the patch, rebooted and the like, but it doesn't help.

Has anybody got an idea?

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 10:59 am

Originally posted by Mister Popo

Has anybody got an idea?

Yes, it's a bug.

Have you installed any new software recently?

Mister Popo · Post by **Mister Popo** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 1:15 pm

Originally posted by Rob-hin
Yes, it's a bug.

Have you installed any new software recently?

Nope, but it's a shared computer (Hey, I need to do SOMEthing when I'm at my parents those few times a month), so should I be on the lookout for something?

Glad I now finaly know it's a bug

Could've just been a shiny rock or marble

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 3:57 pm

Originally posted by Mister Popo
Ahhh, it works with the BGII dualclass rules then, I thought it worked with BGI rules

Is there any difference?

Mister Popo · Post by **Mister Popo** » Mon Apr 21, 2003 7:48 am

Originally posted by Xyx
Is there any difference?

Sorry, my bad, I was a bit confused because of the huge diferences betweem 3ed D&D rules and 2nd.

IWD II has a totaly different system and I thought that this system was meant.

Sorry