Overused classes?
Papa_Lou
Member Posts: 263
Hey dudes.
I've always wanted to get into the whole Youtube let's play business, and I finally got it all figured out now that I have most of the right programs and equipment. I'm a bit of a noob to the BG series, having only played through it entirely once, so I thought it'd be fun to play through the series on Youtube, since it seems like everyone else who does so knows every nook and cranny of the game (not that there's anything wrong with that, just thought having a fresh face playing through the series could be interesting).
So, I was wondering if there are any classes that people would be interested in seeing played? I know a lot of people who do BG videos often go with a Paladin class. I wanted to do it with one that not many people see. Any suggestions?
I've always wanted to get into the whole Youtube let's play business, and I finally got it all figured out now that I have most of the right programs and equipment. I'm a bit of a noob to the BG series, having only played through it entirely once, so I thought it'd be fun to play through the series on Youtube, since it seems like everyone else who does so knows every nook and cranny of the game (not that there's anything wrong with that, just thought having a fresh face playing through the series could be interesting).
So, I was wondering if there are any classes that people would be interested in seeing played? I know a lot of people who do BG videos often go with a Paladin class. I wanted to do it with one that not many people see. Any suggestions?
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Do you have 2.0 though? If so, Shaman is definitely your best choice. Finding good shaman info is a bit on the hard side, and it's new and unique enough to be different.
The most underused class in the game among veterans is probably a Cleric/Thief, Druid, or Fighter/Druid. @Blackraven is the only person I know who has ever run a Cleric/Thief.
If you're counting EE stuff, then the Shaman would be the one class people understand the least.
One of the monk kits might also make an interesting play through.
If the game had provided a cleric of Mask kit (god of thieves) it would have been nice.
I've given it a lot of thought, and realized that playing a shaman was probably the best route to take if I wanted to do something new (for obvious reasons). I also wanted to try a monk and a dwarven defender, but that's what's fun about this series, I can try these classes at a later date.
I decided on a Half-Orc because I've already played a human, half-elves seem lame, and I found some portraits to use that I loved hahaha. I have a bit of a background figured out for him, and I'm hoping to record a video tomorrow. I'll definitely let you know how it goes!
I am thinking of buying bg2 EE now, just for the updated modding community projects, the full Imoen romance mod...
but is SCS as GOOD and fun as Tactics mod? I can't play vanilla BG 2 anymore anyway.
The fight with Irenicus in Hell is a good example of Tactics' strategy. Tactics adds a shadow dragon, CON-draining Beholder, Protection from Magic scroll-using fighter, and a stronger copy of Mordenkainen's Sword to the fight, and grants Irenicus permanent Improved Alacrity, infinite spells, and the ability to heal himself. The AI sees some improvement, but most of the difficulty comes from hurling new stuff at you.
The fight with Kangaxx the Demilich is a good example of SCS' strategy. Kangaxx's demilich form has its old immunities, but also has a full suite of spells, plus 100 magic resistance to cover level 0 effects that bypass demilich spell level immunities (he's supposed to be immune to all magic, after all), and he can cast a spell and use Trap the Soul in the same round. This is all normal for PnP demiliches. He uses buffing spells, but only to cover his normal vulnerabilities, and he chooses his spells intelligently. He will use Trap the Soul on your fighter, Minute Meteors on your thief, and use magic attacks, from Spell Thrust to Spellstrike, on your mage, all in the same round. It can get really complicated.
Tactics fights hard; SCS fights smart.
Still, I do liked the tactics cheating ways...allows me to rationalize MY cheating ways..
So i will soon buy...(before GOG sale ends) and I will still use a kensai sorcerer...if asked nicely, I will post instructions on how to make...
anyhu, i'd have to reinvent the procedure, which of course requires testing. sigh....
(this assumes EE keeper still works the same way as old shadowkeeper. )
Imoen romance mod was quite frankly the best romance mod i've ever played...with the POSSIBLE exception of Tashia.
music for imoen back then was great too...well, mirrabo did take off...sigh...
Having said that, it's a video game. I'm not here to judge you for what you do in a video game. I've even played the mod once, to see what the fuss was about. I found it pretty well written, but there were several moments when the mod gave me the option to be emotionally or physically abusive, and I found that way more disturbing than the incest.
Bhaal could turn himself into anything he wanted in order to create the Bhaalspawn. You've got all of the playable races, who knows how many more unplayable races, dragons, and in ToB you find a group of animal Bhaalspawn. Bhaal couldn't impregnate them all with the same form. If any genetic material was passed from him to the child, it would be as different as the rabbit is to the dragon.
Getting back on topic the obvious overused classes would be any F/M combo, or even the triple class F/M/T. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use the other triple class, F/M/C.
Honestly, though, I find that justification a bit flimsy. For a couple reasons, but most significantly, because the mod itself doesn't seem to buy it. The stance taken in the mod is basically "yes, it's incest, but we both love each other, so we're gonna do this anyway". Which I have mixed feelings about, but if you want to play it, you should be aware that the mod isn't going to go the "it's not really incest" route. Now, I don't care what your reasons are for being okay with the mod. I don't care if you excuse it as not really incest, or if you're willing to make an exception because it's consensual (unlike most real-life incest), or if you're just into that sort of thing. Whatever, fine by me. You should play the game the way you want to play it. But if you're considering using the Imoen romance mod, you should be aware that the mod is written as an incestuous relationship.