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I have started recently playing no reload playthroughs. I play with SCS Tactical and some Tweaks (for example PnP rules on armor effct on thief skills).
For the moment, this is not a great success to be honest ... I manage getting to Chapter 4 but have yet not managed to go through it. I play almost exclusively squishy halflings thieves.
But I have to admit that this is really addictive! I wonder if I should not try to do a reload witout SCS (but I love it so much ... this is really a game changer).
To play no reload is a brand new experience for me - it reminds me of the chills I had when I was playing DUngeon Master 35 years ago ....
And sometimes, I am not lucky ... when a lightning strike for example my PC and kill her right away ...
I do not play solo but take the first ability scores that I get and do not maximize HPs. Perhaps I am too ambitious and not realistic ?
I would welcome any tips !
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Rigel
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Other than that: don't feel bad about not succeeding at first. It takes many, many tries for most of us to get a success. To be honest, for a long time I didn't think I ever would, and to date I've only ever done it twice in BG1 - and that's with relatively benign SCS settings compared to a lot of players on here.
I think increasing the difficulty of your runs gradually is a good idea. No need to gimp character stats on your first tries, for instance. I also think your idea of playing some reload runs with SCS is a good idea. I believe this is especially true with BG2, which is imo much, much harder to do a no reload with than BG1. The problem with playing SCS for the first while is you really have no idea what you're facing. It's not realistic to expect success against unknown quantities like that. I'll speak for myself and say that I am literally incapable of completing a no reload run of BG2 with SCS. Now, if I completed a few 'training' runs with it I would increase the odds dramatically. The problem is, once you start no reload it's really hard to reload again, hahah. The struggle is real.
I have just started playing SCS and just in BG1 - it is another world (my first time in Ulcaster was epic ...) and I cannot imagine what it will be in BG2.
I will have a look at the two threads and will keep on training with my poor Halflings ...
On the other hand of course you might feel that your reason for playing is to get the adrenaline pumping by laying your PC's life on the line and seeing how far you can push before the inevitable 'one risk too many' triggers. That's an entirely reasonable way to play - no-reload doesn't have to mean you're seriously trying to complete the whole game ...
Killer for me is I always lose a much loved party member via my main or some other OP maxed out party member getting dire charmed and killing them!! You reap what you sow...
This. The important thing to remember - and something I almost lost sight of for a brief period when I was trying to keep up with the veterans in the play-through thread - is that it's all about having fun and playing the way you want.
As Grond0 said, really consider making a back-line main character, until at least you get one successful no-reload run in, if that's your goal. I'd add even skipping the TotSC content, I skipped it to achieve my first successful run.
As to the specifics of your post, make heavy use of potions. The game offers a decent amount of lightning resist, fire resist, etc type potions. As well as scrolls. Some of these have really long timers. If you're going into a fight where you know this is a risk, load up on protections. In fact, use the gold to buy decent amounts of protection items, such as those, potions of invisibility, healing potions. One thing players underestimate, I think, are the wide options in the stores for powerful consumable items. We normally avoid those, while saving up for elite gear, but those items can be critical in no-reload runs.