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Old 05-11-2003, 03:04 PM   #1
Armen
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not content with throwing away half my life with a party i'm also playing a F/M/T solo at the moment - its very good and i've learned a bit:

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i've pretty much followed the plot to outside cloakwood mines - you can't go straight to the ankheg fields to get some 'easy experience' - any successful hit kills you dead - wait a little bit

when you're relying on them you get to see the real power of arrows of biting

the boss tent in the bandit camp really is pretty easy by the time you get there

you can run away from wyverns

casting mirror image and prot' from evil and then strapping on your armour and wading in is very effective - i'm looking forward to blur - does PfE stack i wonder? - i'm really not sure whether to do the full swap to mage robe and change tactics or lug the armour round for the duration . . .

i now have the boots of speed and will be going on a lightning fast blitz of the south before heading back up to the plotline (don't want to leave anyone at my back!)

whooooooooshhh . . . . .
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Old 05-11-2003, 05:28 PM   #2
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Ah yes Armen, I remember it well. I solo'ed Fighter/Mage and had so much fun fighting while protected by Mirror Image - it really is a great protection spell. Now I'm doing it all over again in IWD, but that allows me Elven Chainmail which makes things so much easier with regard to swopping armour. I also played BG1 a party of two Bards which had the same kind of Magic and Arrows combination that I like. If I recall correctly the weapon selection for F/M/T could mean a lot of juggling with the inventory, but later on there is that nice Axe if you want to use it. Keep up the good work.
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Old 05-11-2003, 06:00 PM   #3
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yah i am currently on a fighter/thief, and just 4 hours of playing, i am now lvl 6/6 and i haven't hit the bandit camp yet i find its really easy to level if you go to the place where the sirines are, they give 2000 experience each and if your lvl 2/2 or more you should have no problem their, especially since its ure only char if they charm you they dont attack u, kinda gives u a breather instead of you banging ure head against the wall cuz ure char is slaughtering ure team [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 05-11-2003, 06:01 PM   #4
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Originally posted by Midget Gems:
If I recall correctly the weapon selection for F/M/T could mean a lot of juggling with the inventory, but later on there is that nice Axe if you want to use it. Keep up the good work.
that's work? great! yes i worked all weekend . . .

you're right though - only one weapon quick slot is a bit of a pain (its due to the M/T bit - losing the Fighter doesn't help) - just sailed through a couple of wilderness areas in the south - now where was that wand . . . ?
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Old 05-11-2003, 06:53 PM   #5
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yah i am currently on a fighter/thief, and just 4 hours of playing, i am now lvl 6/6
that's the only thing that's worrying me - i'm 5/5/6 already so only one more level per class under the expcap (my stealth is going to be poor)

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cheesy sirine tactic there they should have nailed you with their arrows of biting while you watched the pretty waves :
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Old 05-12-2003, 08:29 PM   #6
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thats the thing, wut they like to do is cast like 4 spells, and after that long if you have a plus 1 comp bow or something then u should get 4 or so hits in, which is usually enuff to almost kill them, and by that time they will hit u with a charm and u get a breather, and then it restarts, cuz they never run out of spells. it also helps if ure a fighter/mage/thief cuz u can summon some gay guys in front of you and she'll charm them, and if u summon something gay like gibberlings then the ones not charmed keep the ones that are busy while u pummel the single sirine. and sil is just to ez, u can land 3 nice arrow hits before she even talks to u, sry if thats cheap but it is effective.
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Old 05-18-2003, 10:47 AM   #7
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I guess when I have more time again, I'm gonna play as F/M/T as well. But I'm gonna remove the exp cap, because I'm evil. Mwahahaha!
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Old 05-19-2003, 11:44 AM   #8
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But I'm gonna remove the exp cap, because I'm evil. Mwahahaha!
I think that is fair

I got a dilemma: I just want to try a F/M/T single character, but I still have not finished the game with my 6 person party yet. I know if I start up a F/M/T now, I will either leave my current game or dump my new F/M/T after a while. Another dilemma is that I just want to try DSotSC. But I have heard that it is ridiculous difficult to do with a single character.

I probably end up playing DSotSC with a party of 6 members.

So many things to try - so little time to play

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Old 05-19-2003, 05:04 PM   #9
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I got a dilemma: I just want to try a F/M/T single character, but I still have not finished the game with my 6 person party yet. I know if I start up a F/M/T now, I will either leave my current game or dump my new F/M/T after a while.
it gets like that - once you get the boots of speed your solo whizzes around like a demon so if you've just got half an hour to an hour to spare you load him up and clear a map - i've hit the EXPcap now and i think i'll leave it in place although never getting improved invisibility is hard

my party has taken a back seat but i (should be) really busy with work and their next stop is durlag's tower which i'm scared to start
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