Mungri Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) I know they have conversations and side plots and stuff, but Im a min maxer at heart and want to have full control over my whole groups builds. I didnt know I could do that with adventurers when I started playing, but now I know how! So I began making a full adventurer group: 1) Max deflection fighter tank 2) Max might + con barbarian 3) Ranged rogue main character just because all that trap XP in the first dungeon 4) I like mages. Also I had all of them take athletics as their main skill so less resting needed. Edited March 28, 2015 by Mungri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevBlue Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Seems to me like you're missing half the game this way. But if thats what you like.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIP-Clownboy Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 So just like NWN2. I was expecting this. But Kana owns with Pike and Shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryy Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Seems to me like you're missing half the game this way. But if thats what you like.... Such a backhanded comment. Wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueMenace Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Companions are working perfectly fine for me on Hard. No problems. You don't need to min/max them to be effective. Calibrating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeJunta Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Yeah I'm digging the companions too. They get the job done. If I graduate to PotD though I might want to make minmaxed ones. Tried playing BG2 with a minmaxed party at one point too. It was much more effective and much less fun. I have a project. It's a tabletop RPG. It's free. It's a work in progress. Find it here: www.brikoleur.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I understand wanting a powerful party (and sometimes I want one too, eventually, which is why I'm glad there *is* an Adventurer's Hall) but I also like imperfect companions. I think it's more interesting to go through a storied game where everyone isn't extra powerful. eg, I don't always want The Avengers. Which is probably why I always grabbed Xan. But on some replay I am going to be making that handpicked party... 1 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magrusaod Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I've been harsh about the premades elsewhere, and they are terrible for what I want out of them. However, it doesn't mean they are trash. Just not how I would build with the PC I am running now. With the conservative builds they have, you really need to just know what is coming at you through the game, and build a PC to fit the companions given to you. Which is the opposite way I would design a game like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kozzy Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I like the companions, but at the same time I do have a mix atm of ones of hired and created myself, and guys who wanted to join the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Moved to builds and strategies. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevBlue Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Seems to me like you're missing half the game this way. But if thats what you like.... Such a backhanded comment. Wow. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhymfaxe Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 The companions are built pretty badly yeah (too badly, ****ty stats don't make characters more interesting sorry Obsidian), and the character interactions are honestly not the end of the world as far as I've been able to see so far (lvl 5). I'm sticking with them though (on hard), but lack of tanky characters is a problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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