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I remember reading comments about people doing Windspear hills quest... there is a man in the coronet-inn who wanted you to help him get rid of ogre-bandit-troll invasion... the comments on Windspear hills seems to make it look like a difficult quest.

I was wondering should i tackle it now at CH.2?
i can finish the dryad quest of ch1 and help that lord guy...

but is it as hard as it has been made out to be from what little i caught from others comments or can i go for it?

i also finished ridding the Keep of trolls so i have a good amount of fire arrows and poison arrows left to deal with trolls

no need for big details of windspear, but i need your opinion on whether i should gun them or not right now.

What's your party's average level?

Depends on the level and composition of your party, along with the tactics you use.
One thing to be aware of, though....

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is that the final boss you meet in that area gives you the opportunity to challenge him at a later date.

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my levels are around 7-9 i think (multi/dual class included)

1 priest
1 armored warrior
1 monk
1 archer

.... so... should i go meet the mistress at the graveyard instead or go gun-ho for windspear hills and help mr-rich and the dryads ?

That's completely up to you. The encounters at Windspear (and most other areas) scale in difficulty to match your party level. All the same, I never do Windspear Hills right off the bat. I typically do one or two other quests first, then do that one. With your party, I'd certainly wait a couple of levels before I do that quest.

What class is your character? The cleric I assume since it is listed first but regardless I would do your stronghold quest first and then go to the Windspear area.

DaemonJ wrote:What class is your character? The cleric I assume since it is listed first but regardless I would do your stronghold quest first and then go to the Windspear area.

Or maybe consider Nalia's Keep?
For a low level party it is quite a bit easier than Windspear. The Thieve's Guild quest isn't especially difficult either

probe53 wrote:I remember reading comments about people doing Windspear hills quest... there is a man in the coronet-inn who wanted you to help him get rid of ogre-bandit-troll invasion... the comments on Windspear hills seems to make it look like a difficult quest.

I was wondering should i tackle it now at CH.2?
i can finish the dryad quest of ch1 and help that lord guy...

but is it as hard as it has been made out to be from what little i caught from others comments or can i go for it?

i also finished ridding the Keep of trolls so i have a good amount of fire arrows and poison arrows left to deal with trolls

no need for big details of windspear, but i need your opinion on whether i should gun them or not right now.

yep, strongholds done...
so its just what to do next... which is windspear or else..

my main is a warrior, not cleric..

probe53 wrote:yep, strongholds done...
so its just what to do next... which is windspear or else..

my main is a warrior, not cleric..

I would recommend leaving the Windspear hills one until later, the area itself isn't so tough, you could handle that OK, and finish the Driad mini quest, but the dungeon that you need to sort out eventually is very tough. How about the Trademeet quest(s),

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which you can start by talking to a guy in the gate district

. In fact I'd suggest you thoroughly explore Athkatla first, you could definitely do with a magic user of some description and a thief IMO, or maybe a multi-class MU/thief.

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I'd suggest Jan Jansen in the government district.

probe53 wrote:my levels are around 7-9 i think (multi/dual class included)

1 priest
1 armored warrior
1 monk
1 archer

.... so... should i go meet the mistress at the graveyard instead or go gun-ho for windspear hills and help mr-rich and the dryads ?

I think you should do some more quests before you meet the mistress at the Graveyard. In addition to the major quests (the Keep, Windspear Hills, Trademeet, Umar Hills, etc.) there are also many things you can do around Athkatla. Here are some suggestions:

Enter the Circus Tent in Waukeen's Promenade. Visit the upper floor of the Den of Seven Vales.

Loot the tombs in the Graveyard District, including the Lower Tombs. Look for opportunities to gain experience by talking to people while you're there.

Visit the back rooms of the Copper Coronet and the sewers below.

Go the Shadow Thief guild hall in the Docks District BEFORE you meet the mistress in the Graveyard.

Visit the Bridge District and look for quests.

Go to the Government District and look for people who need help.

Do some exploring in the City Gates area. Talk to people you meet.

Visit the Temple District and look for quests.

Visit the playhouse in the basement of the Five Flagons Inn in the Bridge District. (Save this one for last, or do it right before or right after you go to Windspear Hills.)

You don't have to do all of those things before you meet the mistress in the graveyard. I like to save some of the major sidequests for Chapter Six (after I have left Athkatla to rescue Imoen). When you're higher in level, the game adds extra traps and monsters to the areas you visit to make them more challenging, so in the end, you get more experience. Chapter Six is pretty short if you don't have any sidequests left to do, and the game is completely linear past Chapter Two if there aren't any sidequests left to do. Sidequests are a nice break from the main path, in my opinion.

I think you should also consider adding a Mage to your party. Many of the enemies you will meet use protection spells, and a Mage can dispel them quickly so your warriors can make the kill. Mages can also soften up your enemies with spells that weaken them or paralyze them, and at higher levels, Mages can cast deadly spells that can kill entire groups of enemies all at once.

You should also consider adding a Thief to your party. You'll need to get past a lot of locks and traps throughout the game. Also, if you have a Thief, you have a better chance of spotting hidden doors. For example, there are hidden doors in some of the taverns and inns.

Just not to be completely off-topic i would agree with the other posters and suggest tackling that quest a bit later in the game, maybe when you get around level 12.. Uh what i wanted to ask though, is are you using a mod of some sorts? Or playing with a MP party? That's because you said the protagonist is a warrior, and that you also have a monk in the party. And (spoiler)

i don't recall any playable monk npc's in this game.

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to tackle the final encounter in windspear hills early on (level 8-9) you need to have a good grasp of mage spells from levels 5 and below as you will not be able to "tank" that encounter without any buffs/debuffs. Since you don't know what your facing, I'm going to assume it's your first time through and therefore I would reccomend doing it as late as possible level 15 or so, unless as mentioned before you know how to use mage spells properly