[Feature] Move gauntlets of ogre strength to earlier in the game
Kore
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These gauntlets are a powerful force in the game, but I think they should be available sooner in the game since they are an even more powerful tool for customising your party the way that you like. Like the Gauntlets of Dexterity, these are very important for making certain NPCs better than lacklustre. Khalid and Jaheria for example need them to be reasonable in melee.
They should be moved into a dungeon that can be reached early on, but would need a reasonably advanced party to clear, something like Nashkel Mines or a party of similar strength to Sendai, Delgod and Alexander. The trials for getting Bracers of Archery and Gauntlets of Dex are pretty small, and I like this.
PS: On a similar note, have we discussed moving NPCs only available late in the game to earlier yet?
They should be moved into a dungeon that can be reached early on, but would need a reasonably advanced party to clear, something like Nashkel Mines or a party of similar strength to Sendai, Delgod and Alexander. The trials for getting Bracers of Archery and Gauntlets of Dex are pretty small, and I like this.
PS: On a similar note, have we discussed moving NPCs only available late in the game to earlier yet?
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Moving powerful items into earlier instances (just like moving NPCs the same way) would detract from that experience, in my opinion.
This change wouldn't make the game easier anyway per se, since those characters that would benefit from it could be replaced by more powerful characters like Sharteel, Viconia or Yeslick instead. It just allows more flexibility with who you choose for your party.
You should be able to play with the characters as they are.
I think its a bit of a fallacy to think that characters are only functional if they have high stats (kind of the thing that makes me also disagree with one of the suggestions for buffing Monks, aka, giving them the same STR benefits that the warrior classes get).
Yeah, we probably all have the tendency to min/max stats at character creation, but a Fighter with 15 STR isn't the end of the world.
Maybe it's a good thing that the gauntlets are holed up in the Gate otherwise Nexlit might get him hands on them and he would then become a force to be reckoned with!