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Baros · 01-05-2003, 08:10 AM

I've used it for a solo game (my Assassin rocked at level 48 - I've got the level 50 patch) and got it installed for my current party game.

Some of the additional encounters are interesting, the addition of the theives from Baldur's Gate is nice. I particularly liked the idea of going to bust your guys out of jail - this works really well.

My biggest concerns are (in this order) - the additional XP gained is massive - the jails are full of 9000XP guards which, on a solo game especially, makes the levels fly by even quicker.

Kazumo almost singlehandedly ruined my solo game. Some of the potions are supposed to be difficult to get - there are limited numbers of Invisibility and speed (Master Theivery becomes irrelevant after a few level advances), but Kazumo keeps an infinate stock. Not having to worry about the number of potions of invisibility I could get made soloing especially easy.

Playing with TOB installed, this becomes less of a problem when you can get the Alchemy HLA, but it's still really unbalancing for something so early in the game (potentially).

01-05-2003, 08:10 AM	#2
Baros Manshoon Join Date: January 3, 2003 Location: Leeds, UK Age: 49 Posts: 171	I've used it for a solo game (my Assassin rocked at level 48 - I've got the level 50 patch) and got it installed for my current party game. Some of the additional encounters are interesting, the addition of the theives from Baldur's Gate is nice. I particularly liked the idea of going to bust your guys out of jail - this works really well. My biggest concerns are (in this order) - the additional XP gained is massive - the jails are full of 9000XP guards which, on a solo game especially, makes the levels fly by even quicker. Kazumo almost singlehandedly ruined my solo game. Some of the potions are supposed to be difficult to get - there are limited numbers of Invisibility and speed (Master Theivery becomes irrelevant after a few level advances), but Kazumo keeps an infinate stock. Not having to worry about the number of potions of invisibility I could get made soloing especially easy. Playing with TOB installed, this becomes less of a problem when you can get the Alchemy HLA, but it's still really unbalancing for something so early in the game (potentially).