The annoying noob strikes back!

[Raven Darkholme]

If you tank you absolutely need a shield at low levels.

How about you put hatchet and small shield in your 2nd weapon slot until you have your ranged weapon and more companions to tank for you?

[Boeroer]

Normal wolves are very strong compared to young ones. It's a common thing to die when you get attacked by more than one in the early game. That's no flaw of your character. Also, by any means - try to avoid wild boars in Magran's Fork - they will obliterate you.

[Raven Darkholme]

Normal wolves are very strong compared to young ones. It's a common thing to die when you get attacked by more than one in the early game. That's no flaw of your character. Also, by any means - try to avoid wild boars in Magran's Fork - they will obliterate you.

The fun times Durance had, when I dragged those to him with my solo pala.

Sadly he didn't survive.

[Raven Darkholme]

Nah he was meant to help me but I think he tanked one or two hits before dieing.^^

I survived tho. :D

[Slack83er]

I figured there was nothing wrong with the MC... It was just a "trial" to see what came out of that build. I didn't even bring Eder... I just have to decide if I play Aumaua or Orlan. Orlan can start right away with 19 PER and crits often, but I can't find a proper BG for him...maybe mercenary... Aumaua has the 3rd weapon slot, which in the very beginning is quite useless. But looking a little forward and lore-wise it's the one that appeals to me the most because of the pirate BG (weapons such as the blunderbuss or stilettos are pirate-y) I tried to pick the Bleak Walkers but they are somehow too "cruel" oriented for my style of play... Guildpact seems more "moderate" to me... whaddaya think guys? 

 

Also one last thing: As Ben stated in his very first post about the cheetah build, scores are as follows: 14 8 8 19 14 14. 

With the Aumaua they change, and I don't know if it's better to take RES at 16 or MIG at 15 or INT at 15... which one matters the most?

[Raven Darkholme]

Int is best.

And Goldpacts are cool my last pally was also Goldpact.

[Slack83er]

So int it will be. Do goldpact go well with pirate flavor? They're sort of.. Mercenaries? With regard to shield... This mc is awfully slow when one handed... With a shield I'm going to tank maybe, but hit once in a long while... I don't know if it's the right way... Perhaps better to have Eder do it?

 

P.s. The aumaua has the 3rd weapon slot. Does a pistol go in it in due time? Or another melee for pierce resistant enemies? Is it gonna be useful?

Edited August 13, 2016 by Slack83er

[Raven Darkholme]

As to shield that's why I said use another weapon slot, if Eder can tank it's better but if you draw aggro you need more def in low level.

Goldpacts do everything for money, yes mercenaries.

[Slack83er]

For conqueror I shall choose a different bg in char creation? Mercenary? Or still the Deadfire and raider? Can't recall sorry... 

Hehe I know that bad pistol... sounds like an Easter Egg of sorts...

[DreamWayfarer]

You must choose "explorer", I think. And Island Aumana make great Paladins, since you can use Flames of Devotion with a gun, switch, repeat, and then go melee.

[Slack83er]

Ah, the cold-blooded conquerors it is? Then I choose the options where they conquered my land... there's no mention to being hired to conquer something though...

 

What about this:  "I was a blade for hire."

        "I've never been good at anything else, but I need to go where there's work that pays."

[Boeroer]

The Disappointer pistol can be enchanted with any quality enchantment (like Accurate I/II, Damaging I/II, Fine, Exceptional and so on) and thus looses it's disappointing "terrible" enchantment - it gets overwritten with the new quality. After any quality enchantment it will be like a normal pistol which you enchanted - but with a unique name. I recommend the Fine or Accurate I enchantments because pistols - like all guns - already have an ACC malus which makes it hard to hit with them in the early game. It's a way to get a working pistol really early. With FoD you might hit reliably.

 

But honestly I always sell it to Heodan.

Edited August 13, 2016 by Boeroer

[Slack83er]

But honestly I always sell it to Heodan.

Lol After all the big instructions.... Ok, I'm off to play now... let's see what comes out of this pala!

[Loren Tyr]

Yeah, just put an Accurate 1 enchantment on The Disappointer, you can get that very quickly. All the supplies you need can be found in Valewood. Though you do need some Mechanics skill to find the Turquoise, so you may need to grab an NPC and come back to get them if your own character is putting his skill points elsewhere (you probably need to come back anyway unless you have very high Athletics).

[Slack83er]

Any updates on our Paladin? How are things going?

No luck atm. I just can't feel the mc "mine", I can't really enjoy this game. Other npcs are very dull, the AI is almost unnoticeable... I don't know what to do.. I don't like to take decisions for six characters... I just want to think of mine... I figured every npc had his own personality, but here, it's just numbers and abilities... Very disappointed atm...

[Boeroer]

Maybe you should have dived into the game head first instead of trying out all kinds of stuff.

[Slack83er]

You're right Boeroer... What can I say... I believed the game to be somewhat similar to... let's say Dragon Age Inquisition... there you can think of your MC alone, the others are indeed part of your group, but "think with their own mind".... Here they just stand there idle doing nothing or at best they slam, crash or hit....

[Raven Darkholme]

This is normal for crpgs tho, Baldur's Gate was exactly the same.

Many people didn't like DA I personally never played it but if it doesn't reward you for microing your group then I prolly wouldn't either.

[Slack83er]

It doesn't, Raven, so don't try it..

Anyway, I don't want to micro my group at all. I want to micro my own Mc. I wish to impersonate ONE character, not six.... It's obviously my opinion, it's not intended to be a supreme law....

[Raven Darkholme]

Solo.^^

[Raven Darkholme]

6 chanters = 0 micro.^^

[Slack83er]

Guys, I'm not arguing about party members, I'm just complaining (in a somewhat silly way, admittedly) about the fact that this game requires me to manoeuver six different characters, while I like to only handle mine, and let the others act as they were "instructed" by the devs..

[Boeroer]

Then play the game solo. It works perfectly well. It's more difficult of course, but not too difficult. You just need to acknowledge that you can't win every fight on every map you're on - and focus more on the quests.

Edited August 15, 2016 by Boeroer

[Slack83er]

So I tell you what happened... I was doing Magran's crossroad (or something like that, can't remember the name) with my party, composed by me, Eder, Aloth, and finally durance, found along the way. We find some foes, and I order to attack.. I handle my own toon, with his attacks. Eder does nothing except attacking. I figured he'd use some prones, but nothing. Durance just waves his staff, not a single spell cast. Same for the Mage. Just scepter but not a single spell cast... I want them to run on their own, without my orders...

[Slack83er]

But will they use spells or anything else?

Edited August 15, 2016 by Slack83er