I dont know what kind of character to make. I have been playing for months but i can never beat the first level. Maybe it is because I am not using a good class or I am not choosing good stats or proficiencies. I dont know what I am doing wrong. Please help!

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

<font color= "silver"><h5> OK, For the class, i think maybe a paladin, a mage or a fighter mage. Others will say that u should start off with a Fighter if ur a newby, but i disagree- u dont get any useful abilities, ur game will just be hack n slash.
As for porficences- put as many points into the longsword as u can, u will find many useful long swords throughout ur adventures. With stats- get them as high as possible, excpt charisma, early in the game you will find an item which improves charisma greatly. Ignore the Charisma Bit if ur a paladin because they have a realy high mimimum for this. Also- NEVER have anything (execpt charisma) under about 12- u will be killed to easily.</font></h6>
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I have tried all sorts of magic users but the spells just dont seem to be able to kill any monsters. Then if i fight in melee combat i might get one or two hits before my health gets too low and i have to run away. Maybe my battle strategies are not right??? btw i am soloing cuz i heard it was a lot of fun

Thanks so much!

first

look at your personality, see yourself in their shoes, which one is the most comfy and cool looking for you?

im serious, of course after all, it is a roleplaying game ;)

generally soloing is for people who have gone through the game with plenty of different parties and dont have any new way of replaying

try playing with a party, you need buddies to help you out sometimes [img]smile.gif[/img]

Woah... dude... ...

Most of the soloists you see in this forum have played with parties beforehand. I personally have played with a party about a dozen times. I have played a happy-go-lucky party, a good party, an evil party, an all-female party, role-played Robin Hood and his merry men( and woman), etc... ...

Soloing is usually done by those who already know the game inside out, those who need more of a challenge or are just bored with having parties already.

I recommend that you try a party first, before trying soloing. Having a party is fun too, especially the first time round, because of all the NPC interactions. [img]smile.gif[/img]

First time through I would not solo because you will loose a lot of the depth built in to the game. The key to survival is to rest often and hit that q key all the time. A fighter or mage is probably the easiest characters to play just make sure you roll until you get good stats.

I tend to agree with the other guys... I haven't soloed through BG2 yet, and I didn't solo through BG1 until I'd played through it about seven or eight times...

personally, I would go for a mage as your character, but that's just me [img]smile.gif[/img]

What you tried soloing at the start? MAD. Ive played bg1 for an ages and i cant even solo through that. As for starting bg2 soloing with a mage.. *Winces*