Soloing the full saga - F/M/T or F/M?
Yespur
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Heya!
Having recentlY soloed IWE I’m now planning a solo playthrough of the full EE saga on insane difficulty.
My plan was to use a F/M/T character, but now I’m having some doubts. Thing is, with my (strongly) preferred playstyle I don’t use the things that make the Thief part so powerful - I never use stealth (and thus backstabs) or traps. With this constrain in mind I’m wondering if an Elven F/M or Gnomish F/I would not be a much better choice.
What would I miss out on if I skip the Thief? I.e are there locked doors and chests I will not be able to either bash or cast Knock on? I realize I’ll lose some XP from this, but I’m a bit of a completionist and don’t want to leave areas and chests unexplored just because I can’t open them.
One main reason I planned the F/M/T was the Use Any Item high level ability, but I also have the feeling it’s not as useful as I remember it, especially for a F/M/T.
Any thoughts, insights or advice very welcome!
Having recentlY soloed IWE I’m now planning a solo playthrough of the full EE saga on insane difficulty.
My plan was to use a F/M/T character, but now I’m having some doubts. Thing is, with my (strongly) preferred playstyle I don’t use the things that make the Thief part so powerful - I never use stealth (and thus backstabs) or traps. With this constrain in mind I’m wondering if an Elven F/M or Gnomish F/I would not be a much better choice.
What would I miss out on if I skip the Thief? I.e are there locked doors and chests I will not be able to either bash or cast Knock on? I realize I’ll lose some XP from this, but I’m a bit of a completionist and don’t want to leave areas and chests unexplored just because I can’t open them.
One main reason I planned the F/M/T was the Use Any Item high level ability, but I also have the feeling it’s not as useful as I remember it, especially for a F/M/T.
Any thoughts, insights or advice very welcome!
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There's also an exploit where you can have your familiar (rabbit, ferret or cat) pickpocket potions and/or wands and use them from their quickslots. If you don't mind cheating a bit...
OP said he didn't care about stealth and traps so he won't mind that the Blade doesn't have those built in from the start. Being true neutral will help out with locks as mentioned before plus the Blade will get Use Any Item and Offensive/Defensive Spins which are great for soloing, not to mention fast-leveling. It's a strong option.
Never soloed all the way with neither FM nor FMT, so not sure my advice amounts to much though The furthest I've taken a FMT was through SOD and an F/I gnome up to maybe halfway through SoA.
Good luck, hope you get a great run whatever character you end up choosing.