Raven Darkholme

Well I just repeated what I said before but clarified what was unclear in my post before. So both of you are right but just in different circumstances.

Sounds cool to me. Idk if Nalrend would be ideal for this, due to them having high hp or too easy compared to WM2 bounties. Or one could jut take the ogres outside Nalrends cave with upscaled Act 3. Or you could be extreme and take Brynlod.

A solo chanter has more damage compared to a chanter in party just because of the way the chant works being a DoT and having to stack. Solo fights take longer that favors the chanter. His dps increases with time. And the bigger AoE matters more solo, too.

I've got to disagree with Boroer here and agree with Kaylon. The chanter deals damage to slowly compared to a barbarian. Dragon thrashed is really awesome when you get it at level 9 and go up against high dr targets, a barb will look lost then. But as soon as you get to crit frequently the dps of the barb will be much higher. Let's not forget, that stacking takes time, too and before stacking dragon trash does not ignore armor. Before the chanters insane dps kicks in, at high level many fights will be over. As said before that's different at lower levels on 9 to say 12 the chanter is the king of the castle.

Oh, wait. Guess I mixed it up. :D

Yes, but you don't get her scales... Which are twice as awesome if you duplicate a weapon you used them on.

Well everybody except rogue and fighter have "caster" damage output. The cipher and chanter probably have highest overall output and the chanter isn't even really a caster. Paladin with SA is crazy too and not at all a caster, sure you need level 13, but let's be honest you can avoid any harder fights till then by just doing quests and some of the bounties.

21-33 is like Bittercut on a cipher.

I don't think any of the classes except rogues are too far off each other in power.

It's not that I never rest, I just don't like having to rest for my abilities. I use chanter heal for all, on harder fights moonwell scrolls, potions for end reg but also a lot of vital essence potions (during the Brynlod bounty GM used 4 of those, lol.) No I don't like and use a a priest, I had Durance in my first party ever when PoE comes out, maybe that's the reason I dislike them, *wink*. Prayer against I only use fear for dragons or the deathguards in Crägholdt, I don't need the others, since my paladin's defense is so absurdly high and if one of my companions gets charmed Sacred Immolation instantly reverses that since I have Aegis. (Mindweb sadfly only confers my will defense, which is quite low around 140 but the extra def the pala has against charm and the likes is made up by Aegis, righteous soul and that belt from WM2 which gives +20 to almost anything) The same way I admit that a wizard is very strong I know goes for the priest, too. But let's be real why need a more powerful party if everything is already a breeze? Having to reload once because I misjudged an encounter is not a proble for me and it happens rarely enough. If I used damage shield chant instead of dragon trash I probably would never need to reload but fights also would take slightly longer. My main weak point is at combat start when GM needs to build 80 focus, but since I got twin sting it's gotten a lot easier since I have 2 chances to get it without having to melee. Once I go mindweb the encounter where I had to reload hasn't happened yet. Let's keep in mind this is only 3 chars in the party, if I had my dream composition of 2 chanters and ciphers and a barbarian + my pala I'd still be as rest independent and unstoppable.

Even though wizard is powerful it's just quite tedious. Ofc I can't compare myself to others, but I've learned the less effort I have to put into doing damage, the more damage I will do. That's why cipher and chanter are so good for me personally. And that's why I never use items like ring of searing flames, it's per rest and I have to remember to use it.

Pf, high defense tank + mindweb and you can melee dragons with 3 con.

Yeah, right now the bestiary is often wrong, and even tho you didn't upscale I just wanted to mention that upscaled enemies don't have adjusted stats in the bestiary. (even though PotD gets adjusted.

If you trigger it with AoE damage it's quite good.

Well you do get 3 1st level invocations, I always take phantom first, then white worms.

It is tricky to hit, but I can assure you it works. Once you've gotten used to it you will always hit. Best if enemies are behind the corpses or on top.

Ok thx.

Hm, wanted to try solo barb for some time, you think soloing Bog dragons would work with a barb?

Chanter gets the Dragon Thrashed at lvl 9. Sacred Immolation comes at lvl 13. Not really the same time (if it's those abilites that you're talking about). Yea, on level 9 the chanter is just way stronger than any other class, especially if you actually upscale WM and Act 3 and go there with level 9 which is asap as it can be upscaled. Chanter with high enough In to stack dragon chant just burns thru high dr targets as if they were made of butter, Only weapons to ignore DR at that point are Tidefall and Persitance, but using them on single target has much less effect than the chants AoE.

Idk for me it kinda ruins my gaming experience if I go through all the trouble getting the loot I want early and then find tons of duplicates later.

Nothing is ebtirely random when coded by humans.

Huh, I've never played Jade Empire. Is it hard to get to run on modern PCs? If not I might give it a go. You can get it on GoG and Steam. Some people say it's a clone of Kotor but I don't like Space Games too much so I can't confirm. (Didn't even play ME)

I found the story more interesting than PoE even in BG 1. Iron Trone, Assassins, a murdered foster father think it was well done, but ofc 2 was a lot better. The plot in Candlekeep, you going to jail, then being arrested again in Baldur's Gate itself, it was all pretty awesome. As you said Durlags was very well done, too and so was werewolf island. Last chapter was slightly rushed but still alright. Well I can only repeat what others said it might sadly be this game is not for you. People like me wished for a game exactly like this, isometric graphics and all. There's not many games I prefer to BG one of them was Jade Empire. Awesome story and the choices you could make were so many and interesting.

It's good fun for Act 1, but I never abused it after Act 1 and these days I find myself trying to avoid it. There's so many locations in the game by now you will find what you need eventually.

As to the cipher, I find him less difficult as soon as you understand what each power does and how much focus your likely to gain per second. Sure you've got to put some work in, but that's true for almost every game. As to Skyrim: I didn't find the beginning to well handled, since you don't know a reason why you got caught or anything about your char, you just discover at some point you are "dragonborn", but apart from that you never learn anything about yourself. It's quite similar in PoE. I personally much preferred the Baldur's Gate story. Slack83er, did you play BG? You might find it more interesting, but because the game has similar combat you might feel drawn back to PoE after.