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Best line up of Party?

Brucepp12Brucepp12 Member Posts: 45
in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Just wanted to get everyones opinion on which charachters are in your party?
I purchased all 4 DLC charachters so please include them.
Alignment doesnt matter so much my charachter is nuetral.

Also how many members do you keep in your party? is 6 too many or should i try to keep my party full?
thanks guys.

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  • WebShamanWebShaman Member Posts: 490
    edited February 2014
    Lemme see...

    I have my Archer (Charname)
    Dorn
    Jaheira
    Viconia
    Neera
    Hexxat

    I have been toying with dumping Jaheira for Rasaad, but I haven't been able to bring myself to do it - Jaheira is just too good!

    If only I could keep that Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity from BG! Then I would have Dorna again!

    And then...well, just look at my party!

    I call it a harem!

    Good thing I have a Cleric and a Druidess! Restoration and Heal, heal, heal! I mean...I get level drained, bloodsucked, blown-up, tortured, and ravished all in one night! Then I get to spend a few hours in Jaheira's loving arms...and get scolded from that sharp tongue of hers!

    Ah, BGIIEE!!! After a night like that, killing liches is a push-over!

    Twisted Rune, indeed! You don't know what twisted is!

    Can you see why my Archer fell?
  • HeindrichHeindrich Member, Moderator Posts: 2,959
    This is a really open ended question...

    What class is your character? What kinda play style do u enjoy? Even if you got a neutral character, you kinda have to pick between Good and Evil, or you'd run the risk of infighting and a lot of reputation management.

    The game is 'designed' for a full party of 6, and given that so many quests in BG 2 are linked to specific characters, I'd recommend that you use a full party to experience as much as possible.
  • tennisgolfbolltennisgolfboll Member Posts: 457
    My favorite party is:

    Berserker gnome/dwarf (chaotic good)
    Aerie (romanced if gnome)
    Keldorn
  • tennisgolfbolltennisgolfboll Member Posts: 457
    Or

    dwarf berserker
    korgan
    anomen
    keldorn
  • tennisgolfbolltennisgolfboll Member Posts: 457
    I like melee alot
  • JLeeJLee Member Posts: 650
    edited February 2014
    Keldorn, Korgan, and Mazzy form a mutual appreciation society and make a solid foundation for your ranged/melee needs.

    Jan adds frivolity and wit to the group. Some people love him and some don't, but he is interesting and is definitely worthy of a slot. He has lots of banters with almost everybody and is very useful.

    Even though some NPCs fight, they can be quite entertaining. Just try a bunch out and see who you like. No worries, you'll get around to all of them eventually :)
  • Brucepp12Brucepp12 Member Posts: 45
    Heindrich said:

    This is a really open ended question...

    What class is your character? What kinda play style do u enjoy? Even if you got a neutral character, you kinda have to pick between Good and Evil, or you'd run the risk of infighting and a lot of reputation management.

    The game is 'designed' for a full party of 6, and given that so many quests in BG 2 are linked to specific characters, I'd recommend that you use a full party to experience as much as possible.

    Very True Sorry I have an Elven Fighter Mage. Right now My party consists of:
    Korgan
    Hexxat
    Jaheira
    Viconia
    Dorn

    Everyone is only level 2 right. Anything wrong with my set up?
  • tennisgolfbolltennisgolfboll Member Posts: 457
    There are no right and wrongs if you have fun
  • tennisgolfbolltennisgolfboll Member Posts: 457
    I think korgan is fantastic. So fun and useful. Viconia is great cleric. You could beat the game with just those two so dont worry
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    edited February 2014
    You can have whoever you want in your party. The "perfect party" is not a thing, and you can do whatever suits your playstyle or desired level of npc interaction. Just pick up the people that seem interesting to you, and don't worry about power gaming. You don't do that until you know all the NPC's and items.
  • golingarfgolingarf Member Posts: 157
    I don't think anyone knows the right answer to this question. My inclination is to go with a PC mage plus as many mages as I can get, and maybe a fighter or two to protect them. The party that took me through BG2 the first time was a conjurer plus Aerie, Imoen, Nalia, Minsc, and Keldorn. I think that was pretty good for an all good aligned party.

    For an evil party your choices are basically made for you: you get Edwin, Viconia, Dorn, Korgan, and Hexxat, and that makes quite a good party. Edwin is severely overpowered and Viconia is pretty far from legal as well.

    If you want a really specific powergaming answer, assuming a lineup of 6, you could go with:

    (non-evil party, if you reload) Aerie, Haer'Dalis, Imoen, Neera, Jaheira.
    (for a no-reload replace Neera with Nalia.)

    (mixed party) Edwin, Viconia, Imoen, Aerie, Jaheira.

    PC should be a conjurer, gnome illusionist, sorcerer (though it pains me to mention them), F/M, F/M/T, F/M/C, or dual class Fighter->Mage or Cleric->Mage (with kits of course).
  • golingarfgolingarf Member Posts: 157
    WebShaman said:

    Lemme see...

    I have my Archer (Charname)
    Dorn
    Jaheira
    Viconia
    Neera
    Hexxat

    ...

    I call it a harem!

    So you're going with Dorn then?
  • HeindrichHeindrich Member, Moderator Posts: 2,959
    Brucepp12 said:


    Very True Sorry I have an Elven Fighter Mage. Right now My party consists of:
    Korgan
    Hexxat
    Jaheira
    Viconia
    Dorn

    Everyone is only level 2 right. Anything wrong with my set up?

    lv 2? You sure? This is BG 2:EE... everyone starts off around lv8-9... do u mean lv12?

    Anyway yes the party looks fine. As other players have said, there is no right answer to your question. All the NPCs are perfectly capable, and the evil characters are particularly powerful.

    If I were to make a recommendation, since your party is mostly evil, why not drop Jaheira, I can't see how she can tolerate such company :P.

    Replace her with another arcane caster, Edwin is the most powerful pure spellcaster in the game. Your current party's weakness is a lack of high level arcane magic. Since you don't have Keldorn, you're gonna find being out-gunned in the 'magic arms race' of defence vs penetration pretty frustrating.

    F/M is powerful, but spell progression is painfully slow, so is usually better as a secondary caster behind a dual-class or specialist mage.
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    fyi, I'm far from an expert at this game, and I also believe this question to be subjective. Yet I will still try and answer it.
    Edwin stands out as the best mage, due to the sheer number of spells he can learn (becomes very useful at high levels), and Keldorn's special abilities really separates him from the pack. Since they are not entirely compatible I'd say in order to get the "maximized power gamers wet dream" of a party you'd need to build it around those two and whatever your main character is. However, Neera can be a good replacement for Edwin (I only recently found out how useful Reckless Dweomer is.
  • Stasis_SwordStasis_Sword Member Posts: 91
    I would say the most important questions are:
    1). Does you party cover the roles (fighter, mage, cleric, thief)? Yes
    2). Any party conflicts (people who will kill each other)? No
    3). Are you happy? Is someone annoying you? Do you feel you're lacking something?
  • Brucepp12Brucepp12 Member Posts: 45
    Heindrich said:

    Brucepp12 said:


    Very True Sorry I have an Elven Fighter Mage. Right now My party consists of:
    Korgan
    Hexxat
    Jaheira
    Viconia
    Dorn

    Everyone is only level 2 right. Anything wrong with my set up?

    lv 2? You sure? This is BG 2:EE... everyone starts off around lv8-9... do u mean lv12?

    Anyway yes the party looks fine. As other players have said, there is no right answer to your question. All the NPCs are perfectly capable, and the evil characters are particularly powerful.

    If I were to make a recommendation, since your party is mostly evil, why not drop Jaheira, I can't see how she can tolerate such company :P.

    Replace her with another arcane caster, Edwin is the most powerful pure spellcaster in the game. Your current party's weakness is a lack of high level arcane magic. Since you don't have Keldorn, you're gonna find being out-gunned in the 'magic arms race' of defence vs penetration pretty frustrating.

    F/M is powerful, but spell progression is painfully slow, so is usually better as a secondary caster behind a dual-class or specialist mage.
    Haha ur right everyones level 8/9
  • CoutelierCoutelier Member Posts: 1,282
    I just tend to pick NPC's I like or who I feel will get along, like Aerie and Minsc and Imoen (even though Imoen has no banters in the game, it's no stretch to imagine her being all sisterish to Aerie). But gameplay wise, I've never had any serious problems with any mix of NPC's; I can always adapt my strategy to whoever I've got. I suppose if were to make a party entirely of single class thieves that might be a challenge... or not. Never tried it.
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    I once mad a Temple of Elemental Evil party of 8 bards! XD
  • SerpionSerpion Member Posts: 67
    edited February 2014
    IMHO:


    CHARNAME - Berserker ->Mage
    Edwin (best mage)
    Viconia (good cleric with 65% MR!)
    Neera (wild mages overpowered in usual game)
    Keldron (inquisitor kit is insane, also good armor and weapon)
    Jaheira (fighter/druid is very good kit, also Silver Pin is very good item)
    or
    Rasaad (Rasaad better in ToB)


    Ehm... i miss thief. Propbably Jan janson is best choice instead someone.
  • LesseLesse Member Posts: 81
    I liked my sorceress's party a lot, really:

    Sansa (my elven, CN sorceress)
    Keldorn
    Anomen (I might have cheated with SK for a second pair of dex gauntlets...I still feel bad about that)
    Jaheria
    Rasaad
    Jan

    So 2 bible bashers, one cute as hell monk having a bit of a theological crisis, a nagging Harper and 2 slightly eccentric mage types.
  • TheMadVikingTheMadViking Member Posts: 35
    Charname (kensai --> thief or kensai/berserker --> mage)
    Minsc
    Jaheira
    Imoen
    Aerie
    Valygar (shifting to Sarevok(dual) in TOB)

    Strong fighting, Strong Healing, and a lot of magic. What's not to like :-)
  • knight1337knight1337 Member Posts: 32
    Elf Fighter/Mage or Gnome Fighter/Illusionist multiclass
    Minsc
    Jaheira
    Yoshimo->Imoen

    Only 4 people, level up faster and less annoying micromanaging
  • ifupaulineifupauline Member Posts: 405
    I don't think there is such a thing as s best party but I can give you my favorite class to play.

    * kensai dual thief for tremendous backstab damage.

    * cleric/mage is the funniest caster because of robe of vecna and amulet of power, those instant group healing are awesome.

    * fighter/cleric, killing machine.

    * Archer, killing machine.

    * berzeker dual druid or fighter/druid
  • MusignyMusigny Member Posts: 1,027
    @Serpion
    You cannot keep both Viconia and Keldorn in your team.
  • SerpionSerpion Member Posts: 67
    Musigny said:

    @Serpion
    You cannot keep both Viconia and Keldorn in your team.

    Nope, you can! At leas in vannila bg2 :) It's very easy at fact. If you got confrontation between Keldron and Viconia then load last quick save then drop and pickup Keldron back to party. I got two or three times of this, and after it Keldron no longer confront to Viconia.
  • jackjackjackjack Member Posts: 3,251
    That seems like a bug - I wouldn't be surprised if it's been fixed.
  • knight1337knight1337 Member Posts: 32
    If you want to play with 4 DLC members:

    PC Cleric/Ranger multiclass with Flail/Warhammer/Mace
    Dorn
    Hexxat
    Neera
    Rasaad
  • JazJaz Member Posts: 9
    my "go-to" parties...

    good:
    Charname
    Jaheira
    Keldorn
    Valygar
    Jan/Imoen
    Aerie

    evil:
    Charname
    Korgan
    Viconia
    Edwin
    Jan/Imoen
  • Brucepp12Brucepp12 Member Posts: 45
    is Korn a weak NPC?
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