ilkramil

Hey everyone, I just picked up KOTOR II recently and now I'm currently on Onderon. As of right now I have Keira, Atton, Bao`dur, T3, Handmaiden, Visas, and Mandalore (I used the auto level feature to level them up). The problem I'm having is that I'm a little overwhelmed with the character choices to group with and there are more group members that I'll be getting later on it seems. Also, the whole influence thing is new to me. I'm currently playing a DS lvl 14 Sentinel. So here are my questions: 1) Which characters are best to group with? Keira seems to be a must have to progress through the story, Atton is boring to me, Bao`dur looks cool (not too sure if he's a decent fighter, he has plenty of skills, but I'm a Sentinel), T3 has tons of skills that I mostly already excel in, Handmaiden has pretty cool melee combat abilities, Visas..I'm not too sure about, Mandalore seems lame. 2) Which characters do I need to group with or spend time talking to to get bonuses to my character or help progression in the game? 3) If I start over, I want to lvl the characters on my own without the auto-leveler. How should I build each character properly stat/skill wise to use their true potential. For example, which characters are best for melee, blasters, or lightsabers? 4) How can I get people to fall to the Darkside with me without hurting influence. For example, how can I get Keira's influence to gain while pulling her down to the darkside? When I talk to her, I lose influence, but gain DS points...how do I gain influence and DS points? I've checked gamefaqs and read some of the guides, but would like more indepth advise. Any KOTORII Pro's out there that can help me?

could anyone list them please? I just bought a new widescreen monitor that supports 1680x1050.

As the topic states, could someone list the supported screen resolutions for KOTORII PC version? 1680x1050 in particular. Thanks!