BGEE too easy even on insane
Altair
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I just finished BGEE with a solo Fighter/Mage/Thief on Insane difficulty and although I really love this game I was dissapointed by the lack of challenge, even with a lone character (so with 6...). The only fight I found somewhat difficult was the last one against Sarevok (I got him by running around from him for about 10 mn, killing him slowly with magic arrows). I did not use any cheat nor XP cap remover (so my levels were 6/6/7 at the end). Is there a way that Overhaul could possibly add a level of difficulty in a later patch? Thanks!
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@SandmanCCL completed a solo hard core run with a Bard I believe. So ya chances are you'll be waiting for the modding community.
and hopefully they didn't make the game less challenging intentionally?
Do a solo Monk, a thief kit or something to that effect for more challenge. Or even a Sorcerer.
If you want a challenge throughout BG1+2 yet still have quite a punch packed in the character, I would say go Swashbuckler or Blade. Maybe even an Assassin. Should be good fun throughout the series.
If you just want it to be balls-to-the-wall hard, just go Wizard Slayer with bad stats, like @Suiboon mentioned.
Since I even ma arse kicked by kobold normal difficulty.
If it was easy for you, just play it hardcore: http://www.playithardcore.com/pihwiki/index.php?title=Baldur's_Gate
All that utility packed into one character makes for a preeeetty unbalanced experience since you level so fast solo. That was the first class I ever did solo back in the day and I remember flying through the game without issue.
"difficulty is a joke! i can defeat any party by going in/out of a room, splitting them up and taking them one by one""
"game is dumb! i can kite any enemy for 5 hours and eventually kill them with missile weapons, do something!"
"omg, i pwned Drizzt blocking him with invisible party members! make him harder!!!!"
Exploits, exploits, exploits. If you really want the game to be hard, stop exploiting it. Fight the battles as they were intented, without using cheap tactics and strategies. This pretty much means:
- No pre-buffing (for most battles)
- No casting outside of your enemies LoS
- No multiple thief traps
- No opening a door, casting cloudkill, closing door (BG2)
And many more. If the game is easy, most likely it is because YOU are exploiting your way into making it easy
The "exploits" you're using right now have been known for just as long.