Soloing?

Angelus · Post by **Angelus** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 2:01 pm

I know a lot of people went solo through BG2.
Did anyone go solo in BG1?
Is it theoreticaly possible?

sigurd · Post by **sigurd** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 4:32 pm

maybe as a mage, with lots of summon spells. Cant see anyone who wont use summoning kill Sarevok and Company without cheats..

Angelus · Post by **Angelus** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 4:38 pm

A mage, but he starts with what? About 4 HP and a thac0 of 20? I don't think he would make it halfway across the first map?

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 4:58 pm

It's been a while...but I did solo it on my third time thru BG1 'not ToSC'.. (Imported from the first and second time )

My opinion is it's a lot harder to solo BG1. (Unless you export/import)

Angelus · Post by **Angelus** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 5:22 pm

@Weasel: 3 Times? Did you remove the XP cap for that? Your char. was a paladin I seem to remember?

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 5:48 pm

@Angelus...with the cap and your right it was a Paladin. I admit I was after the books

...(Didn't know about CLUAConsole at the time

)

I ended up going thru BG1 3 times...then three more after I bought ToSC.

sigurd · Post by **sigurd** » Tue Apr 03, 2001 4:36 am

Ok, if you play it through without superstats, which some people dont consider cheating, then it is quite impossible. i can see a dual fighter/mage do it, maybe a mage too, with luck.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 11:37 am

Ha Ha take imoen down south (not sure were but 1, 2 down left on the map and down a bit tet imoen to kiss the siren(resulting in imoen dying) and the siren will suck up to you then kill it (other chose is to summen an ogre mage get lots of exp either way JUST for you and siren ez to beat and the "run around whilt imoen shoots at the enemy" trick works well in BG1

[ 04-09-2001: Message edited by: craig ]

Manveru · Post by **Manveru** » Tue Apr 10, 2001 2:57 am

I went through BG1 many times alone (discussion about soloing and overpowered characters) with cleric PC, so I thing all classes could do it without problems. It is even easier to do it with other clases in BG1 than in BG2 - there are no instant death spells, contingency seqencers etc.

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Tue Apr 10, 2001 3:10 am

I went through with a solo Thief. I had exported him from previous games, but it was still solo.

Once he had Shadow Armour and Short Sword of Backstabbing +3 things got a little easier.

That thief became my assassin in BG2... twas a grand adventure.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Apr 10, 2001 3:10 am

Yeah - and once you get Boots of Speed - you can always run for cover

sigurd · Post by **sigurd** » Wed Apr 11, 2001 1:42 am

Ok, did anyone solo without exporting/importing characters?

Whether you think it is cheating to have all stats 25 or not is your oppinion, i just rephrased the question

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Wed Apr 11, 2001 6:27 pm

Don't get me wrong, I didn't get all 25 for my stats... that's just kinda crap. Defeats the whole point. I went through with the same character twice. Hence getting 20 for dexterity. But that's as high as I went.

Solo has its advantages, especially as a thief. Sneak all the time... but the party has it's fun too.

I remember creating a complete multiplayer party... 1 ranger, 1 paladin, 1 fighter, 1 thief, 2 mages (opposite schools so I could have all magic)

Was fun!

Much more than soloing too.

Hazim ibn Gorion · Post by **Hazim ibn Gorion** » Sat May 05, 2001 12:41 pm

I soloed it with a paladin, from scratch, using tomes but honestly (no stats higher than 19). It was pretty difficult at first, but things smoothed out after about level 3. As for the final fight, it was not too bad. Load up on every potion in the book and pound on Sarevok and only Sarevok. I was down to single digit HP at the end, but he still fell before me.

Actually, the single toughest moment in the whole game was getting past those lightning traps with skeleton warriors in the thieves' maze.

At game's end I had full plate +1, Spiderbane, morning star +1, long bow of marksmanship, boots of speed, ring of fire protection, ring of energy, shield amulet, gauntlets of weapon expertise, helm of balduran, cloak of balduran, and a handsome aresenal of arrows. Makes for a seriously tough paladin, even with the experience cap.

Loreth · Post by **Loreth** » Sat May 05, 2001 2:17 pm

I have soloed once in BG1 with an elven fighter/mage/thief.

Beginning stats were (92 total):
STR10, DEX19, CON17, INT18, WIS10, CHA18

It was quite easy actually. I used the composite long bow +1, lots of spells and healing potions.

TVDinna · Post by **TVDinna** » Mon May 07, 2001 3:29 pm

I soloed most of the game with my fighter, I just stocked up on alot of healing potions etc. I also had all my skill points into bows since bows were really good then. I remember getting criticals for over 40 with bows.
After a while I got bored and added a mage, then I made a complete party.
There are very few mages, and they didn't have many powerful spells.

Anglachel · Post by **Anglachel** » Tue May 08, 2001 11:45 am

I soloed a Elven F/T thru BG w/o cheating in any way. One great trick for tough battles is using a Prot. from Magic scroll and arrows of detenation. Thats how I beat Sarevok.

ki-master · Post by **ki-master** » Fri Jun 01, 2001 6:14 am

Offcourse it's possible but I think it's really no fun.

]RiPPeR[ · Post by **]RiPPeR[** » Sun Jun 03, 2001 1:30 pm

i never thought soloing bg1 without capkill was possible, anyone have tried it with a mage? it looks impossible in the begginning it may get better in the middle of the game since you will have maxed the xp cap but when you reach chapter4/5 it will be impossible, and in the battle with sarevok? a level 7 mage against sarevokand his party of level 9 + mages tasok , sarevok alone would be impossible because of his magic resistance 100%

velvetfreak · Post by **velvetfreak** » Mon Jun 04, 2001 10:14 pm

My favourite tactic in BG1 was to solo all the way up to about Cloakwood (Ch 4). It was harder but the rest of the game became much easier and more enjoyable as a result - the protagonist levelled up heaps by that point, and you could pick and choose where you wanted to explore instead of crawling all over the Sword Coast in a desperate quest for XPs. These games were shorter as a result - 40 to 50 game days as opposed to 90 - 100.