[Psycho]

I played a bard-gadgy duo once... even a solo bard... no problem.

* keep your level as low as possible... this prevents running into the more difficult monsters.

* For my solo games, I start off with the char I want, switch to a rogue on level 2 (stealth + backstabbing, double damage), and stayed like this until reaching Arnika. You need your stealth if you want to get to Arnika alive... you'll need to defend during fights to get your stamina back up.

* To defeat Gregor at lvl2... buy all the long range ammo you can, get in the door until Gregor starts moving and back up leaving a small gap to the room. Gregor will come over, but gets stuck in the opening... fire away.
If you get low on stamina, defend for 2 rounds-fire-defend for 2 rounds-... if you fall unconcious or defend for more then 3 rounds Gregor will leave.
Make sure you do this on expert difficulty.This way you can raise your ranged combat,bow/trowing/modern weapon skill up to 30 easily in just one fight.

* On Arnika Road, you might have to run past some enemies... you don't want to lvl up, because your weapons are to weak to take on high lvl mobs.
Once you reach Arnika, get a decent weapon, change back to your class and use some lvl ups... spare some. The random monsters lvls are set when you enter an area... lvl up after entering, not before.

These tips should make the first part of the game a bit easier... it's still hard, but you won't have to reload 200x before reaching Arnika.

Good luck...

Signed,
One sick Psycho

[ 12-21-2002, 08:33 AM: Message edited by: Psycho ]