Solo... Party?

[Imrahil]

This post contains some ***ITEM SPOILERS***, but nothing major...
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Just for fun I made a party out of all the classes suggested as "the best to solo with." They pretty much eased through most of the game, but it was still kinda fun. Here's what I wound up with (through ToB & with 1 item cheat - I cheated in Blackrazor right after Chateau Irenicus just 'cause I'd never actually used it before)...

Fighter/Mage/Thief - Blackrazor & Dagger of the Stars
Kensai-->Mage - Celestial Fury & Sanchuudoku
Ranger/Cleric - Flail of Ages & Crom Faeyr
Swashbuckler - Short Sword of Mask & Quietus
Sorcerer - Firetooth/Staff of the Magi
[NPC slot] --> eventually Soulafein - Improved Daystar & Defender of Easthaven

Most of my games I play for a challenge or to try to experience something I've never played before, but occasionally I like to play a dominating party that eases past everything & this was one of the latter. If you're ever having a bad day & need to release some tension, try this party out. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I wound up using no missile weapons (other than Firetooth & that was when my Sorcerer couldn't be bothered with wasting spells [img]smile.gif[/img] ) & eventually my spells took a backseat (other than buffing) to the amazing melee power I could dish out. Still, every once in a while it was fun to send 4 Fireballs at a gang of enemies or have 2 Thieves running around setting traps.

Some of the weapons could be improved, but I figured I was so far ahead of the power curve to start with I'd try some weapons I almost never use (Dagger of the Stars). Still, any suggestions on improving these guys would be welcome, as I might like to revive this experiment from time to time. It was a lot of fun to try out once, but combining all the best solo classes into a group produced pretty much the results you'd expect it to.

- Imrahil

[Leslie]

I also made myself a dualwielding powergaming party:

Kensai/Mage (Katanas of course)
Ranger/Cleric (Flails)
Fighter/Thief (Pitchwife, Quietus, Carsomyr - he, he)
Solaufein (Upg. Daystar, Crom)
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Blade (Scimitars, Axes - but mostly IMPROVED BARD SONG)

(only 5 of them, they level up faster)

That's how you can improve your characters !
Check the stats for the imp. bard song - it HELPS !

I didn't play for a while, but they are ready at the seals in the 5. level of WK. And I intend to open them all at once.

[Rataxes]

Holy f... Blackrazor straight out of Irenicus Dungeon, no wonder you had an easy time

[Xero279]

Originally posted by Rataxes: Holy f... Blackrazor straight out of Irenicus Dungeon, no wonder you had an easy time

ya i know! thats what im saying haha [img]graemlins/chaos.gif[/img]

Xero

[Gangrell]

And I thought giving my character Lilarcor the first time was too much [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img]

"Murder, death, kill! Murder, death, kill! Mwuahaha!"

[Imrahil]

Originally posted by Rataxes: Holy f... Blackrazor straight out of Irenicus Dungeon, no wonder you had an easy time

Yeah, yeah... I understand what you're saying & I'd never recommend anyone first-timing it do that, but I just wanted to try it out. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I just didn't feel like starting a "hey, I wanna use Blackrazor" game & a "hey, I wanna try all the best Solo classes" game separately, so I combined them [img]smile.gif[/img] . I've only got so much time to try "hey, I wanna try X" games, after all...

Maybe I shouldn't have even mentioned my little cheat, but I felt a pang of guilt by leaving it out. Maybe it detracted from my overall point, though - the point was how much fun it was cruising through with all the Solo classes combined in one party (plus, now I need to plan out a few "excessive challange" parties - hmm... all Bards? just to counter the ease of using those classes).

Still, ignoring my excessive cheat, I'm pointing out a "near-perfect" party & wondering what improvements towards "perfect" could be made.

- Imrahil