Just finished Baldur's Gate 2 ( wall of text )
Sanxis
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Well I must say from the start it was a wonderful adventure . I've had so much fun finishing it . As a person who started playing rpgs with Morrowind in my younger days , I thought D&D video games were confusing or boring but I've realized how wrong I was back then .
Both SoA and ToB had excellent environments and gameplay . The only places I did not like were Irenicus Dungeon , Yaga Shura's lair and Wild Magic rooms in Watcher's Keep . I always play magic based characters in games but playing as mage is awesome in this game . This is what I always wanted , casting powerful spells while chanting , also time stop ! This is why Skyrim magic sucks . I've finished that game + dlcs with only spamming fireballs on expert. I prefer Morrowind over Skyshit . More freedom and casting failures and skills . You can just levitate and rain fire from sky or frost , lightning , poison . Whatever.
My party was good enough to defeat everyone until I got to Melissan . Here is the funny thing : I had ascension installed and was playing on hard difficulty since the beginning . So I was surprised at when I closed the first pool but almost had no injury on my party members , and the last 2 pools were no problem for me but when she resurrected five bhaalspawns that made me lol ( I've forgot to add , Irenicus and Bodhi were easy as pie , I laughed when the summoned golem one shotted Imoen in slayer form ) . On my first try I focused on Melissan more than bhaalspawns and made a huge mistake in the heat of the battle . Casted time stop , lol I knew she was immune to it but I forgot it that time so she killed Keldorn and Sarevok . I resurrected them later but they could not wear their armor . Anyway there was only 1 bhaalspawn left I think it was Illasera but she did not attack me so I ignored her , Minsc tanked Melissan for 20 minutes straight with healing potions ( before that + 5 min fighting bhaalspawns ) . She restored herself to full health 3 times , spammed divine shield , absolute immunity and the other spells every 5 sec so I used all of my spell strike wands . I was like wtf she is not dying then I saw the last bhaalspawn in the corner I thought she may be the reason why this witch is not dying . When I killed the bhaalspawn I understood finally . In case you are wondering I did not read any tactics about ascension . I've learned it by experience which is cool . I knew it made boss harder but still surprised me . After that I've defeated Melissan with armorless Keldorn
. Of course I did not enjoy this so I've loaded game again before the last fight . Then It only took 5 min ( including time spent while paused ) to defeat all the bhaalspawns and Melissan without lowering difficulty from Hard . In the end I was happy but I got the evil ending because of the responses I gave to Solar in the past . I was chaotic good by the way . One last thing about ascension , dat Balthazar ( and his lunar stances ) ! I killed him for the xp in the city and he was kinda pain in the ass on the last fight ...
Anyway I want to start over again but this time solo powergaming . Neutral or evil pragmatist character. I'm thinking about playing conjurer or sorcerer . If I want to play kensai/mage or fighter/mage when should I dual or multi class and which one is stronger ? I love casting more than melee fighting in the end , this time I want to be the one who wears the robe of vecna instead of Edwin . What do you guys think about this ? I'm also going to play with quest mods this time .
One last thing , I love stealing but it is tiresome when I steal anything then the page goes up and I have to scroll everytime ( hey there 20x potion of healing , 15x +3 bullet ) . Is there any mod or way to make it stay on the current page after successfully stealing from merchants ?
Both SoA and ToB had excellent environments and gameplay . The only places I did not like were Irenicus Dungeon , Yaga Shura's lair and Wild Magic rooms in Watcher's Keep . I always play magic based characters in games but playing as mage is awesome in this game . This is what I always wanted , casting powerful spells while chanting , also time stop ! This is why Skyrim magic sucks . I've finished that game + dlcs with only spamming fireballs on expert. I prefer Morrowind over Skyshit . More freedom and casting failures and skills . You can just levitate and rain fire from sky or frost , lightning , poison . Whatever.
My party was good enough to defeat everyone until I got to Melissan . Here is the funny thing : I had ascension installed and was playing on hard difficulty since the beginning . So I was surprised at when I closed the first pool but almost had no injury on my party members , and the last 2 pools were no problem for me but when she resurrected five bhaalspawns that made me lol ( I've forgot to add , Irenicus and Bodhi were easy as pie , I laughed when the summoned golem one shotted Imoen in slayer form ) . On my first try I focused on Melissan more than bhaalspawns and made a huge mistake in the heat of the battle . Casted time stop , lol I knew she was immune to it but I forgot it that time so she killed Keldorn and Sarevok . I resurrected them later but they could not wear their armor . Anyway there was only 1 bhaalspawn left I think it was Illasera but she did not attack me so I ignored her , Minsc tanked Melissan for 20 minutes straight with healing potions ( before that + 5 min fighting bhaalspawns ) . She restored herself to full health 3 times , spammed divine shield , absolute immunity and the other spells every 5 sec so I used all of my spell strike wands . I was like wtf she is not dying then I saw the last bhaalspawn in the corner I thought she may be the reason why this witch is not dying . When I killed the bhaalspawn I understood finally . In case you are wondering I did not read any tactics about ascension . I've learned it by experience which is cool . I knew it made boss harder but still surprised me . After that I've defeated Melissan with armorless Keldorn
. Of course I did not enjoy this so I've loaded game again before the last fight . Then It only took 5 min ( including time spent while paused ) to defeat all the bhaalspawns and Melissan without lowering difficulty from Hard . In the end I was happy but I got the evil ending because of the responses I gave to Solar in the past . I was chaotic good by the way . One last thing about ascension , dat Balthazar ( and his lunar stances ) ! I killed him for the xp in the city and he was kinda pain in the ass on the last fight ... Anyway I want to start over again but this time solo powergaming . Neutral or evil pragmatist character. I'm thinking about playing conjurer or sorcerer . If I want to play kensai/mage or fighter/mage when should I dual or multi class and which one is stronger ? I love casting more than melee fighting in the end , this time I want to be the one who wears the robe of vecna instead of Edwin . What do you guys think about this ? I'm also going to play with quest mods this time .
One last thing , I love stealing but it is tiresome when I steal anything then the page goes up and I have to scroll everytime ( hey there 20x potion of healing , 15x +3 bullet ) . Is there any mod or way to make it stay on the current page after successfully stealing from merchants ?
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Honestly, even though you're Power gaming, Sorc is possibly the utterly strongest class you can roll with. The game might get boring. Maybe you could spice it up a bit by going with the Dragon Disciple kit or do a Cleric/Mage to make things interesting.
You are quite a skilled player, btw, beating ascension on hard is no slouch. Now install scs mod with its hardest parts and have fun!