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Foo · 02-21-2002, 12:09 PM

After playing through all of the BG series, IWD, and Torment several times each, I decided to finally try playing SOA solo for the first time last week. All I can say is that the 'fever' is back in a big way!!! Even though I've done every quest in the game several times with a party of 5 or 6, there is nothing like doing it solo!

For my first solo char, i created a Kensai, and dualled over to Mage at level 12. Now, I'm in Chap 3, currently working for Bodhi. My char is 12/12, so I'm basically a Mage with tons of HPs. This makes some of the battles fairly challenging, but what soloing does is make you think more about all of the abilities that you have, and how you will face each encounter. I had never used the Cloak of the Sewers before, but boy is it useful now to be able to fight like a troll. I had never used 'Protection from Normal Weapons' either-why would a mage ever need that in a party as the fighters are the ones up front copping all the damage? Well, now that I'm the ONLY one doing the fighting, Prot from Normal Weapons is a HUGE help!! And these are just the first few things I've learned....

As far as thief skills, I don't miss them at all. I can either bash open (Belt of Hill Giant STR) or 'Knock' open locks. Remove Traps-who cares about the damage when youve got 157 HPs?? Pickpocket-well that might be nice for a couple of items, but is really quite useless in BGII. Set Traps-definitely a plus for a solo char, but I'd rather have a char that can kick their butts or use high-level magic to win battles, it's more fun anyway than simply setting lots of traps and letting them do the damage.

If you use a multi-classed char (like an F/M/T), you will be severely limiting the max level that you can achieve under the exp cap (3mill or 8mill if you have TOB), and thus you will not get the most out of your mage spells or TOB abilities (GWW, Summon Deva, etc)

On my next solo, I will use a Sorceror, as they can get incredbily powerful with high level spells such as Project Image, Simulacrum, Wish, Time Stop, and Improved Alacrity-most battles are over before they can even start!!

02-21-2002, 12:09 PM	#9
Foo Dungeon Master Join Date: February 11, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 72	After playing through all of the BG series, IWD, and Torment several times each, I decided to finally try playing SOA solo for the first time last week. All I can say is that the 'fever' is back in a big way!!! Even though I've done every quest in the game several times with a party of 5 or 6, there is nothing like doing it solo! For my first solo char, i created a Kensai, and dualled over to Mage at level 12. Now, I'm in Chap 3, currently working for Bodhi. My char is 12/12, so I'm basically a Mage with tons of HPs. This makes some of the battles fairly challenging, but what soloing does is make you think more about all of the abilities that you have, and how you will face each encounter. I had never used the Cloak of the Sewers before, but boy is it useful now to be able to fight like a troll. I had never used 'Protection from Normal Weapons' either-why would a mage ever need that in a party as the fighters are the ones up front copping all the damage? Well, now that I'm the ONLY one doing the fighting, Prot from Normal Weapons is a HUGE help!! And these are just the first few things I've learned.... As far as thief skills, I don't miss them at all. I can either bash open (Belt of Hill Giant STR) or 'Knock' open locks. Remove Traps-who cares about the damage when youve got 157 HPs?? Pickpocket-well that might be nice for a couple of items, but is really quite useless in BGII. Set Traps-definitely a plus for a solo char, but I'd rather have a char that can kick their butts or use high-level magic to win battles, it's more fun anyway than simply setting lots of traps and letting them do the damage. If you use a multi-classed char (like an F/M/T), you will be severely limiting the max level that you can achieve under the exp cap (3mill or 8mill if you have TOB), and thus you will not get the most out of your mage spells or TOB abilities (GWW, Summon Deva, etc) On my next solo, I will use a Sorceror, as they can get incredbily powerful with high level spells such as Project Image, Simulacrum, Wish, Time Stop, and Improved Alacrity-most battles are over before they can even start!!