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bladedog · 05-12-2005, 07:33 AM

OK so I tried it. Took my 6-member 24+ level party back to the Monastry (accepting Wearboars comment) and replaced everyone. I replaced with replica's of the original party (I know that's not what is wanted here but I didn't have the time to think about new combinations).

Observations:
1) I screwed up the requirements for The Defiler and so my LIZ FIG couldn't use it straight off, but I soon sorted that. Also had the new sword from the umpani quest which has Sword 60 as a requirement, so that will stay in the backpack for a while longer.
2) I arrived at the beach with all buffs running, so when I had finished replacing they were all still there. This was very handy as you'll see in point 3.
3) All the monsters were at the level I had been when I entered the lower monastry!!!!!! That was dumb and I should have thought about it. I guess you need to replace all characters near a "transit point" between two areas so you can immediately move to a new area, presumably reseting the level modifiers etc in the process. Man did I need those buffs.
4) But, an encounter with 3 flesh-eating slimes was still over quite quickly, 2-3 rounds each. Lost the Mage to a ranged attack which got past the missile shield, but raised her again just in time. 48000+ exp each from one encounter is not to be sniffed at!!!!!
5) I didn't move too far. The buffs have all gone now, along with X-Ray, so I have no idea what I'm going to run into next. But so long as the hits don't land they may well survive.
6) All the quests that were complete before are still complete, so I'm not sure the idea of replacing in the T'Rang nest or wherever will help. As an example I still have all 3 items, so effectively could go straight to AP and complete the game!!!
7) Skills are not going up with use, because they are simply not being used. If the FIG's hit they are doing 40-60 damage each time. By contrast the spell casters are using daft low-level spells which are having no effect (except heal wounds).

From the breif time I have spent doing this I would have to say that whilst its entertaining to see what happens, I don't think its something I'd do as a long-term game plan. The only way to make it worthwhile for the second party, would be to do no quests at all, just fight random mobs and collect everything you might want, so that the second party could play the game through, but I'm not convinced I could be bothered to play the first party through properly knowing they were going to be dumped.

Good experiment though.

05-12-2005, 07:33 AM	#18
bladedog Dungeon Master Join Date: July 3, 2004 Location: UK Age: 55 Posts: 63	OK so I tried it. Took my 6-member 24+ level party back to the Monastry (accepting Wearboars comment) and replaced everyone. I replaced with replica's of the original party (I know that's not what is wanted here but I didn't have the time to think about new combinations). Observations: 1) I screwed up the requirements for The Defiler and so my LIZ FIG couldn't use it straight off, but I soon sorted that. Also had the new sword from the umpani quest which has Sword 60 as a requirement, so that will stay in the backpack for a while longer. 2) I arrived at the beach with all buffs running, so when I had finished replacing they were all still there. This was very handy as you'll see in point 3. 3) All the monsters were at the level I had been when I entered the lower monastry!!!!!! That was dumb and I should have thought about it. I guess you need to replace all characters near a "transit point" between two areas so you can immediately move to a new area, presumably reseting the level modifiers etc in the process. Man did I need those buffs. 4) But, an encounter with 3 flesh-eating slimes was still over quite quickly, 2-3 rounds each. Lost the Mage to a ranged attack which got past the missile shield, but raised her again just in time. 48000+ exp each from one encounter is not to be sniffed at!!!!! 5) I didn't move too far. The buffs have all gone now, along with X-Ray, so I have no idea what I'm going to run into next. But so long as the hits don't land they may well survive. 6) All the quests that were complete before are still complete, so I'm not sure the idea of replacing in the T'Rang nest or wherever will help. As an example I still have all 3 items, so effectively could go straight to AP and complete the game!!! 7) Skills are not going up with use, because they are simply not being used. If the FIG's hit they are doing 40-60 damage each time. By contrast the spell casters are using daft low-level spells which are having no effect (except heal wounds). From the breif time I have spent doing this I would have to say that whilst its entertaining to see what happens, I don't think its something I'd do as a long-term game plan. The only way to make it worthwhile for the second party, would be to do no quests at all, just fight random mobs and collect everything you might want, so that the second party could play the game through, but I'm not convinced I could be bothered to play the first party through properly knowing they were going to be dumped. Good experiment though.