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Post by bichii2 on Dec 30, 2023 0:50:28 GMT
Also in act 1 I never went to the mountain pass area. I play it roll play so I don't think like it's a computer game and "I need to explore every inch of the map". I get told by the druid leader that the mountain pass is far too dangerous and to reach moon rise via the underground route through the goblin camp. So I took his advice and at that point I was on normal difficulty and thinking it was very hard so I would listen to the druid man.
Again en route to moon rise everything was pretty tough and I would speak to people and take advise on what characters said and not just think "every inch of this black space on a map must be uncovered". I'm thinking fuck that area where my rouge just rolled a perception check and told me it's a large ambush and we are already low on spells and supplies. I'll go around the trap and make my way to the last light inn asap.
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Post by askew on Dec 30, 2023 16:25:31 GMT
Oh, these Dark Justiciar Orbs are fucking annoying.
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Post by bichii2 on Dec 30, 2023 16:28:18 GMT
Yes they are.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 30, 2023 16:29:59 GMT
I now have the game. I'm looking forward to all the sex.
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Post by dasbooter on Dec 30, 2023 18:17:37 GMT
I fought Balthazar in Shadowfell. Killed him easily enough but the adds were annoying. Thank fuck for Shadowheart because everyone apart from her was dead for a good few turns and even she was barely hanging on on 1hp. Could not have been closer to a total defeat. Any time I rezzed someone they got instantly sent to sleep by enemy mages, then shot to death.
Then we went on to storm the ground floor of Moonrise in a chaotic clusterfuck where everyone - good and bad - was slipping on a big patch of ice. Karlach dropped her weapon and ran away and my elemental summons went crazy and attacked the Harpers.
Good times.
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Post by RobEG on Dec 31, 2023 0:27:29 GMT
Good progress is now happening. The steel watch have been disabled, gondians freed (well, some of them anyway), Oskar rescued and Thrumbo freed from mystic carrion (at least I think he is). I think House of Grief next before venturing into the sewers in search of Orin (and hopefully lae’zel) . Act 3 has been a bit overwhelming at times with the amount of stuff to do, but I’ve been steadily ticking stuff off and think I’m nearly done. |
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Post by RobEG on Jan 1, 2024 23:08:22 GMT
Edging closer to the finish line now. I know I’ve made no secret of the fact I’m no fan of wyll, mainly because I find him really irritating, but I had to bring him along for the fight against Ansur as it was his storyline. Turns out he’s a bit of a chocolate teapot in combat too. Although I haven’t put much thought into his upgrades as I’ve barely used him so it could be my fault. I still had him in my party when I inadvertently started the confrontation with Gortash . Managed to get through it but it would have been a hell of a lot easier with Astarion or Gale. I think it’s now just House of Grief, House of Hope then on to the sewers to deal with Orin. |
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Post by rhaegyr on Jan 2, 2024 12:55:27 GMT
Had a 12-hour session on this with two friends over the Christmas break and it was glorious.
We're still in Act 1 and haven't even found Halsin yet - every time you try to start a quest/thread you end up pulling on about twenty different threads and completely forget what you set out to do in the first place!
I think we set off to find Halsin and ended up fighting a giant spider down a well, had a run-in with Auntie Ethel, found (and set off) the Goblin Camp after a sleep potion didn't work on my half-elf, got a visit by the Devil (nearly sold our souls - it seemed fun), fell into the Underdark, discovered the Myconids (and stopped an uprising), recruited Karlach, rescued a gnome tied to a windmill, found something that looks like the Necronomicon and most likely a ton of other stuff I can't remember.
Didn't get anywhere near Halsin but had an absolute blast all the same. Fantastic stuff.
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Post by apollo on Jan 2, 2024 14:29:39 GMT
FYI: don't record or screenshot with xbox auto upload with any "naked camp time fun" (or bear fucking scenes) or xbox will ban you for a year
it sounds like its automated
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Post by bichii2 on Jan 2, 2024 16:12:15 GMT
Just did a battle where I could have traded in shadowheart. Like how the fuck would that have been possible on normal? The battle starts with you surrounded with id guess at least 20 enemies, most of which can make you blind and leave you in darkness.
I beat it by only putting one character in the room at the start then dashing for a few turns out then used the doorway with knives and two moonbeams and roots on the floor. Still only barely won after god knows how long.
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Post by RobEG on Jan 2, 2024 17:42:15 GMT
I still feel like maybe you are doing something wrong. Sure there are some tough battles, but I think the only one I've really thought, I don't know if this is even possible, is the one in the Last Light Inn - trying to save Isobel . I'm far from an expert, and some have taken a few goes, but generally I've not felt frustrated or thought it was too hard or unfair. On normal this is. |
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Post by bichii2 on Jan 2, 2024 17:46:20 GMT
Interesting, that battle was pretty easy for me. Some of these later ones are mental in comparison. My current best plan, except for abusing choke points, is summon things. With my team I can have 4 or 5 half decent summons to take some attention from the 20 enemies with 3 attacks each.
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Post by harrypalmer on Jan 2, 2024 18:37:10 GMT
I think you’re probably under levelled or something. That fight is hard as nails though.
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Post by Chopsen on Jan 2, 2024 19:53:21 GMT
Last Light Inn was fairly non-taxing ime. First play-through didn't even break my stride and second time felt a bit tougher but I just got gale to lock the doors and turned everybody's attention on the Fist guy.
I think a lot of how these battles go down depends on initiative rolls and how successful early big attacks are.
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Post by bichii2 on Jan 2, 2024 20:00:50 GMT
Yeah the big devil boss in act 2 I nearly killed before he had a turn. Next time he appeared and didn't vanish I killed him. Just had to set up a surprise attack combo after I reloaded it.
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Post by bichii2 on Jan 3, 2024 0:37:38 GMT
Just got a new outfit for shadowheart and she looks stunning in it. We still haven't had sex yet, I tried to get her involved in a four way with drow siblings but she wanted to save our first time to be just us two. Fair enough so I left her at the bar and went off with them.
No idea how big act 3 is but I did the main shadowheart quest here and now I'm in the steel foundry. My main four have all got decent gear now. Our main weapons and shields are all purple or gold and some of the armour as well.
I've told squid boy I'm going to decapitate him asap and I've got the "special" hammer from my homie to sort that out when the time comes.
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Post by Tuffty on Jan 3, 2024 1:49:52 GMT
So I don't know why I thought this but I arrived in Act 3 in Rivington thinking this was gonna be the main area. Already spent about 4 hrs just doing side quests, talking to people. Now I'm in the lower city and...fuck. There's...a lot more.
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Post by alastair on Jan 3, 2024 12:55:08 GMT
I think you’re probably under levelled or something. That fight is hard as nails though. I've said this before.  |
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Post by RobEG on Jan 3, 2024 22:52:24 GMT
I’m looking forward to Bichii’s thoughts on House of Grief.
Fucking hell.
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Post by bichii2 on Jan 3, 2024 23:54:45 GMT
This fucking game. I did all the two+ hour bs mission at the foundry with the watchers to make ballkash dick face easier (apparently) to then have a 55 min battle that I lost. I killed all the fucking main enemies but no the little cunt fucks at the end finished me off. There were two little pricks left with cross bows even though I'd killed every god enemy and everything else major but ran out of decent moves after an hour of battle! Now I've got to reload the cunt and do the usual boring fucking strat of getting one character to enter the room then just fucking box everything else into a door way choke point. Zzzzzzzz.
The whole game outside of combat 10/10
The combat and inventory system 3/10
Oh and there is a severe lack of dodging combat considering my character is apparently good at charm and deception etc etc.
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Post by bichii2 on Jan 3, 2024 23:57:03 GMT
I’m looking forward to Bichii’s thoughts on House of Grief. Fucking hell. Did that yesterday. Was hard but see my post above. I won it by the same zzzz tactic, get one character in there then lure everything into one doorway. Still was a bitch but I just managed it second time (after I realised first attempt that the same bs strat was needed.) |
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Post by bichii2 on Jan 3, 2024 23:59:22 GMT
Oh and what's the fucking point in any heals in this game? All the potions are pathetic, the spell heals are pathetic and the group heals are pathetic. I think even level 5-6 spells heal UPTO like 40 damage on a character that has maybe 200 health and loads of later enemies can easily out damage that. Sorry I'm drunk and angry and unhappy.
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Post by ekz on Jan 4, 2024 1:06:55 GMT
What level are you?
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Post by muddyfunster on Jan 4, 2024 9:04:34 GMT
Yeah the big devil boss in act 2 I nearly killed before he had a turn. Next time he appeared and didn't vanish I killed him. Just had to set up a surprise attack combo after I reloaded it. Just done this myself at the first attempt and he never even got a turn. I ambushed them when I happened to flank around and saw they were setup to ambush me. Now realise I probably have spoken with him first but he didn't exactly look peaceful. I wouldn't say I'm finding the combat easy in this, it requires a bit of thought but I haven't been close to losing a fight in quite a while now (not since the pack of beast things in the cave in Act1). Maybe because I'm generally at the same level as the mobs, maybe because I've used guides to help with the companion builds (not changing their class or anything major, just what skills to pick and rebalancing their stats slightly). Shadowheart's Mass Healing Wind is what I mostly use. Coming up on 100 hrs now and it's the best RPG I've ever played. Sensational stuff. I know it's been compared to Starfield a lot and they are very different, but what I will say is that whilst I perhaps enjoyed the first 40hrs of Starfield more, that really dropped off at that midgame point whereas this just keeps getting better. So much more engaging. |
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Post by harrypalmer on Jan 4, 2024 9:14:24 GMT
Oh and what's the fucking point in any heals in this game? All the potions are pathetic, the spell heals are pathetic and the group heals are pathetic. I think even level 5-6 spells heal UPTO like 40 damage on a character that has maybe 200 health and loads of later enemies can easily out damage that. Sorry I'm drunk and angry and unhappy. Given you're playing on easy I just can't help but feel you're massively under levelled! Healing spells and potions should be doing the business at this point. I also had access to spells and attacks that absolutely decimated enemies. Fights were tough though and I often had to have multiple attempts. Choke points are pretty OP but often each fight had an optimal approach which wasn't that, at least with how my party was setup. By the end I was kinda done with the combat because encounters were quite easy but very long, and a mistake or bit of bad luck would see me having to restart, so I kind of see where you're coming from there. But I was never particularly frustrated with the tools at my disposal, I felt powerful as fuck, but some techniques are definitely way better than others. I think this is one occasion where your speed run approach has bitten you in the ass, as it's not a game you can rush through. I think you're approach of just going with the most appropriate course of action and dealing with failure is admirable though! I wish I had the discipline to do that, I was reloading and looking at guides the whole time really. |
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Post by zephro on Jan 4, 2024 9:37:58 GMT
Healing in D&D is generally underwhelming.
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Post by alastair on Jan 4, 2024 10:35:44 GMT
Healing in D&D is generally underwhelming. Because short rests will heal a lot. And long rests heal completely... |
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Post by alastair on Jan 4, 2024 10:37:05 GMT
This fucking game. I did all the two+ hour bs mission at the foundry with the watchers to make ballkash dick face easier (apparently) to then have a 55 min battle that I lost. I killed all the fucking main enemies but no the little cunt fucks at the end finished me off. There were two little pricks left with cross bows even though I'd killed every god enemy and everything else major but ran out of decent moves after an hour of battle! Now I've got to reload the cunt and do the usual boring fucking strat of getting one character to enter the room then just fucking box everything else into a door way choke point. Zzzzzzzz. The whole game outside of combat 10/10 The combat and inventory system 3/10 Oh and there is a severe lack of dodging combat considering my character is apparently good at charm and deception etc etc. Revan's combat skills 1/10 Seriously, how did you take an hour over a battle?? |
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Post by alastair on Jan 4, 2024 10:41:13 GMT
I did the Ansur fight last night in two turns (but many re-tries!!) Perilous Stakes is soooo overpowered!  |
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Post by salaman on Jan 4, 2024 11:22:52 GMT
I've yet to cheese a fight by luring everyone through a door/choke point.
If that's your only option something's not right.
Maybe watch a YouTuber/streamer do a fight you just did for some ideas for different approaches?
You also seem to lack party members that have multiple attacks, as you keep complaining about enemies getting in multiple attacks and out-damaging you.
I have Lae'zel who gets multiple hits + the option of action surge.
I changed Astarion based on a build guide someone posted here. I think it was 3 levels fighter + the rest rogue which also gives him multiple attacks and action surge.
Those 2 can dish out some damage on their turn.
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