LastSoloer

Well, he looks for a nice doorway... xD True... That was my first option but I was afraid of going for it... But how about open spaces? Some enemies you cant pull one by one or into a corner, Im afraid you will have difficulties there. Try to go shield + one handed weap with draining. Still he has no tankyness ability as far as I know. GL anyway!

Im doing it with my Druid I created a thread for it... I thought of Chanter but his skills really seem like a support to me, idk how good he can perform vs big number of enemies.

Per is also a defensive skill, putting it to 3 and not being able to wear any big armour can be pretty bad in the advanced stages of the game. You obviously need Mig Rs and Int so maybe not capping dex is the way to go. I want to make a cypher for another run, idk if Ironman or solo, so I've been wondering how to build one too.

No, lol the idea was to solo the game. I just hired the Chanter for 2 reasons, cuz I love bards and because he specifically said that we could go along since we had the same pruporses. The other companions I met were more general. Plus the conversation with them are so cool even when you say you dont need them :D Talking about food I use it its abasic. Every time before a fight, those small points in endurance and constitution can save the day, since my build is arround tanking and throwing HoT while my enemies die to my aoe spells. What I fear most is if I will be able to solo the "Bosses". The Queen Spider wasnt a problem but I dont know if I will be able to kill the big mobs, we'll see! I've having so much fun so far and its so satisfying to play a solo Character in this game. Maybe there could be an XP boost when you play alone or with fewer companions in your party. Idk if they are willing to add such thing or if they prefer to prevent solo characters to become way too powerfull by raising his lvl faster. But the fact that I cannot do Stronghold's Task with my remaining companions since I have none, it will make me earn less xp overall.

Nope, game is perfect like it is in this sense, if you want it to be easier low the difficulty but dont give useless feedback.

I just registred and I would like to share my solo XP on PoE. I saw this other post where the OP claimed that he had a big difficulty soloing the game. Well, I want now to share my own experience. WHen I got the game I wanted to play a Wizard class. I tend to play this class. THe early game was kind of frustrating due to the fact that first companion you can hire is nothing else but another damn wizard... HOwdy! This, far from being banal, its a huge impediment in the Wizard progress early game. So I decided to reroll, and try to go solo since I really didnt like the combat system with my first game party ( 2 wizards 1 priest, terrible). Here is my character, now he is lvl 6: Druid Race Fire Godlike Stats ( Base ) Mig 18 Con 18 Dex 8 + 1 ( Godlike) Per 8 Int 14 + 1 ( Godlike) Rest 9 ( I expected to get bonus on this stat but so far no good items) Druids Animal Form : Bear The idea was this, to be tanky, to heal a lot and to damage my enemies with the Fire Godlike race ability ( Under 50% endurance deals fire damage to enemies ). The Bear form is just a great defense to hold with low hp while getting HP from the multiple HoT the Druid has. The Godlike race is also good to get that +1 intelligence boost that helps on the AoE spells, the main dps source on this Druid build. My tactic is to pull packs of enemies towards me and cast my aoe spells and then clean up with mele attacks in 1vs3 situations where my HoT make me very hard to be killed. So far I have completed Act 1, I know is not much but I have done several quest that people tend to have probles with a entire 6 man party and I soloed without much trouble. I only had another member in party for a short time in Caed Nua with the Bard for roleplay purpose since both went heading to the same direction and wanted the same goal, to find a man. I emptied almost the entire Raedric's Hold without facing Raedric's for same reasons ( Roleplay) but instead I killed SPOILER ALERT his brother pretty easily. I find the Druid a great class to solo, I dont know if I will find much more difficulties above. Im at Defiance Bay and I have already explored ahead killing multiple stacks of enemies in Wooden Plains and Stormwall Gorge. Also I have done several quest with the Crucible Knights ( SPOILER ALERT Up to the defense of the Crucible Keep from the forge Knights) with also needs in my opinon a decent build, solo or not, to face such quests and clearing those locations. I would like to read opinions, also try to avoid spoiling me as much as you can but I would want to know if game turns much harder later on or if I have a chance of completing the game with a solo character. Thanks for your time.