Ironworks Gaming Forum - Fighters should be banned from BG2

I could not agree more with you, Rikard !

Fighters are just one-dimensional and boring, so let's just ban them from the game. That should, of course, also include all the fighter kits. Their little petty magic and all certainly does not cover for their basic shortcomings.

But, come to think of it, why stop here ?

Mages, while they might be more fun to play, are just too bothersome. I mean, you have to spend too much time thinking about the spells you want to memorize each time before you rest. And all those complicated spells, counterspells and countercounterspells you have to know about to use the mage effectively. No, that sounds more like hard work than fun, when I really want to use my brain that much, I can always read a tabloid.
So let's just ban mages from the game, too.

And, applying any kind of scrutiny, are not all the priests classes and kits really rather awkward combinations of bad fighters and mages with less powerful spells ?
So, out they go. But wait, I really like the concept of the shapeshifter druid. The idea of turning yourself into a werewolf just has the right macho appeal for me. So, let's keep that kit.

What are we left with ? Ah, the thief kits.
They sure cannot fight properly, either, and backstabbing is just something for cowards as well as morally rotten and completely unacceptable. Same goes for for stealing and pickpocketing, of course. Detecting traps ? Are we not supposed to be heroes in this
game ? Any true man should just walk through
any traps there are - without even so much as raising an eyebrow. Setting traps ? What a silly concept ! You set a trap and then all there is left for you is to wait for the opposition to be kind enough to step right into it - well I can only hope you brought enough crossword puzzles to kill time. Who needs to detect illusions if they are not any mages to create them in the first
place ? I have to admit, though, that thieves
come quite handy with their 1oo%-chance to find secret door. Here is my suggestion about thieves: let's get rid of all the kits and just keep the true thief that should, of course, be limted to detecting hidden doors.

Bards ? What a most pitiful mixture of a sad excuse for a mage and a even sadder one for
a thief ! And their chants ? Let's get serious. After all, we are not in a boy's choire. Just out in the garbage where they belong.

So, we have got an, uhh, improved thief and the shapeshifter druid to play with. I have frequently read on this board, though, that
the werewolf form turns out to be a disappointent because of a bad thac0 and other shortcomings. I, therefore, suggest that the shapeshifter druid should not be allowed to shapeshift into a werewolf in order to spare us the disappointment.

After all the work is done, we have not only freed us of all the most imperfect classes, but we have also gained two new optimized classes ! That should make for a fun game, indeed.

So long,

Ramon