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Well, I finished the challenges tonight and will begin the final battles with Melissan tommorow...I want wait for my son. This trilogy has been far and away the coolest game I have played and can't wait to start a new game and try different classes etc. The following are some random thoughts about my experience...
Toughest Bhallspawn...
1 - Sendai...she is the only one who really gave me fits. Both times I finished off her clones I was out of spells to get rid of her protections and had a tough time beating her. Amazingly, when I got up the next morning Stone had beaten her on the second try. A note about my son who has been playing the game with me, he is 5 (yeah, I know...he is probably to young, but he really enjoys the game and is getting VERY good at it. As soon as he learns to read he won't need me for anything on the game! LOL).
2 - Abazigal...there is a huge dropoff...at least for me...after Sendai. He was tough, but he went quickly.
3 - Yagu Shura...the only problem I had with him was with the Fire Giants who kept coming in and the damn archers. LOL Again, not that difficult.
4 - Illasera - Not difficult at all...in fact, I was surprised to learn she was one of the 5
5 - Balthazar - I am not sure if it was b/c of the HLA's or what, but he was dead in about 30 seconds. Getting to him by fighting 15 or so monks and mercenaries outside the monastary was more difficult.
Toughest SoA battles...
1 - Kangaxx...and I didn't fight him til after the Underdark. He was a royal pain. Finally had to resort to casting protection from Undead right b/f he turned to the demi-lich (after about 10 tries prior!)
2 - The final encounter with Irenicus in Hell. He was like the energizer bunny...he just kept regenerating and regenerating.
3 - The demon in the underdark...didn't use Chaotic Command or protection from evil...made the battle very tough...most of my party was scared the majority of the time. lol
4 - The Shadow Dragon...my first dragon battle...fun but challenging.
We have played the game on normal difficulty, i defintely want to increase it next time. There were many facets of the game that we learned "on the fly" such as certian spells to use and the advantages of certain armor and weapons.
For the majority of the game I have used Jaheira, Mincsc (and Boo), Airee, Anomen and Imoen. Jaheira, Minsc and Imoen were also in our party throughout BG I. I also want to try new NPC's next time around as well as some of the available mods. My problems is I am partial to the NPC's I have and don't switch much...Stone on the other hand wants to switch constantly. lol
Anyway, I just wanted to share some thoughts since I have enjoyed and taken advantage of much of the knowledge on this board when we ran into roadblocks.
Peace, John.
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