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Geathaa · 04-24-2002, 10:16 AM

First of all: Great game, I will play through it again with a different party at a higher difficulty level. Still, there are a few things that could have made this great game even better:
1) Offensive damage-dealing magic is almost useless.
That is most true in the last part of the game. Any monster has magic resistances of at least 90 in any magic realm, so even a Nuclear Blast at maximum power level deals only 20-30 damage. Thats a real joke considering that monsters also have 300 hp and more and that a Nuke(7) drains my mage of half his fire spellpoints. I found it always far more effecient to beat monsters in close combat. I would have preferred some monsters that are nearly immune to physical attacks (like the adamant slimes) but vulnerable to magic.
2) No character improvement beyond level 21
Besides getting more hp, reaching a new level beyond level 21 or so isn´t very exciting any more. All relevant skills were at over 75 and couldn´t be raised further manually, magic users besides bishops have all important spells. The reasonable thing to do at this level would have been to change class, but the harsh restrictions makes this pointless, too...
3) More interaction and reaction from NPCs
He Li in the Arnika Inn is the only NPC that reacts on your progress in the game. NPCs react if you complete quests you received from them, of course. But after having disarmed the bomb in the savants tower, for example, I would have liked to tell the people in Arnika: "Don´t worry, the bomb is disarmed." Or Bela to show any reaction. Like saying: "Hey, you disarmed the bomb. Now let´s go to Ascension Peak" I also found it dusturbing that killing Al-Sedexus didn´t affect my relation with the Rapax templars.
4) What about critical hits ??
Near the end of the game, my ranger did hardly any critical hits any more, in spite of having ranged weapons, bows and eagle eye at over 100. Even my bard ( equipped with a bow that does KILL 5% ) did significantly more critical hits. And my ninja was the greatest disappointment of all...

04-24-2002, 10:16 AM	#1
Geathaa Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 25, 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 23	First of all: Great game, I will play through it again with a different party at a higher difficulty level. Still, there are a few things that could have made this great game even better: 1) Offensive damage-dealing magic is almost useless. That is most true in the last part of the game. Any monster has magic resistances of at least 90 in any magic realm, so even a Nuclear Blast at maximum power level deals only 20-30 damage. Thats a real joke considering that monsters also have 300 hp and more and that a Nuke(7) drains my mage of half his fire spellpoints. I found it always far more effecient to beat monsters in close combat. I would have preferred some monsters that are nearly immune to physical attacks (like the adamant slimes) but vulnerable to magic. 2) No character improvement beyond level 21 Besides getting more hp, reaching a new level beyond level 21 or so isn´t very exciting any more. All relevant skills were at over 75 and couldn´t be raised further manually, magic users besides bishops have all important spells. The reasonable thing to do at this level would have been to change class, but the harsh restrictions makes this pointless, too... 3) More interaction and reaction from NPCs He Li in the Arnika Inn is the only NPC that reacts on your progress in the game. NPCs react if you complete quests you received from them, of course. But after having disarmed the bomb in the savants tower, for example, I would have liked to tell the people in Arnika: "Don´t worry, the bomb is disarmed." Or Bela to show any reaction. Like saying: "Hey, you disarmed the bomb. Now let´s go to Ascension Peak" I also found it dusturbing that killing Al-Sedexus didn´t affect my relation with the Rapax templars. 4) What about critical hits ?? Near the end of the game, my ranger did hardly any critical hits any more, in spite of having ranged weapons, bows and eagle eye at over 100. Even my bard ( equipped with a bow that does KILL 5% ) did significantly more critical hits. And my ninja was the greatest disappointment of all...