Dungeon Siege II .... anyone

[Qiote]

Game crashed....took a break..came back..went to play and all my saved games went missing.................found a Dungeon Siege II folder in "my documents".....saved games seem to be there.....

PROBLEM.......clicking a "saved" icon (or any other icon for that matter) gives a window stating that Windows needs to know what program created it..........it suggests a link that will identify the type of program....I go there and it tells me it CAN"T identify the program and that none exhists in its data base.............or any other for that matter............

Based on the replies to my post on another forum, other folks encountered this problem, but, no suggestions as to what is going on........or how to fix it....

I have three level 54 Mages..........really don't want to start again.....even if I did...this might happen again...I need to know how to play a saved game...............ANYBODY..........any suggestions...........anything............thanks

[armageddon272]

Perhaps....saving the folder....and.....reinstalling the game...and sut/pasting the save files.....into the new sae file..?

[Qiote]

Thanks for the reply............tried that.........no luck.............I'm gonna get an external hard drive and save to it......if it happens again (after I start the game AGAIN) I will not be in this fix.............thanks

[Cloudbringer]

How did you find the game, if you ever got it running again, that is?

I've heard they completely changed it from the original DS and made it harder for beginning characters to survive as well as messing with the skills available.

[Luvian]

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: How did you find the game, if you ever got it running again, that is? I've heard they completely changed it from the original DS and made it harder for beginning characters to survive as well as messing with the skills available.

I personally liked it way more than the first one.

It'S basically the same engine, but upgraded. The graphics are way better, you have less garbage spells like in the first one. There are way more pets. You have item sets. You have dialogs choices. Characters get skills points so there is more customization.

Before, there was no difference between two level 20 Combat Mages, not you can have one specialized in fire magic, summon... You also get finishing skills that slowly charge up as you fight, that are based on the regullar skills you took. A character that invested points in dual wielding might get a frenzy skill, an healer might get a skill that make the party invincible for a couple of seconds...

[Cloudbringer]

But is it really hard to get the beginning char through the early part of the game without constantly dying? And how hard is it to keep track of the new skill system and do they make much difference in the early stages or do you have to be a whopping high level for them to matter?

[Luvian]

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: But is it really hard to get the beginning char through the early part of the game without constantly dying? And how hard is it to keep track of the new skill system and do they make much difference in the early stages or do you have to be a whopping high level for them to matter?

It wasn't hard for me. I didn't die at all before I was well into the game and got careless. Some of the later bosses can be really challenging, but they are doable and really fun.

For your main character, I recommend that at first you level him/her as a melee character. Like all games, your hero usually get the most of the attantion, so it's a good idea to make sure he can handle it. At least long enough for you to get a big brute to take the beating for you. This game is like any other rpg and need a balanced party. You wouldn't go off in dungeon and dragons without a priest and a warrior, it's the same here. A team full of mages might seem very powerfull, but they'd be vurnerable. A team full of warriors would lack healing.

One of the new feature that I realy like in this game is auto casting. Each character has two slot in their spellbook. Spells that you put in those will be auto used by the character when needed. Put an healing spell, and the character will automatically heal when needed. Put a buff, and he'll keep recasting it when it expire. This mean you can put your mage on his attack spell, and he'll still heal/buff without you having to tell him. Every characters with a level or two of nature magic can use some healing, so I recommend you give at lesat 2-3 characters some auto cast healing spells, and you'll do just fine. Personally, I had a specialised nature mage, and a combat mage with some nature magic learned, and they were able to handle most of the healing. At worse, I sometimes had to run away and use a potion or two.

The new skill system is much like Diablo II, and can be ignored if you want. Every level, you get one skill point. You can open the skill tab, and put that point in one of the skill trees. At the first level there is going to be only 2-3 skills available, as you raise in level more becomes available. It's easy to handle. Those skills are all passive. Only the "finishing skills" are activable. So a mage skill might be one that raise your mana pool by 5%, or give your lightning spell a 10% chance per points to ark and hit a second target. Or some chance for your frost spells to freeze the ennemy. They are usefull from the start and becomes better as you level.

[ 12-15-2005, 11:24 AM: Message edited by: Luvian ]

[Cloudbringer]

Ok then, sounds like they changed alot from the first version but it might be worth picking up and trying sometime. [img]smile.gif[/img] Thanks for the overview!

[bakrus]

well... i have finished the game at mercenary level with my main character on LVL 45 ranger/elemental mage, and now i`ve almost finished the game on veteran level... fun game but i`ve found out if i keep completing every single task i will be higher LVL at the end of the game but then it`s getting alot boring when i do so........... and thats not good=( cause i like this game , and it`s one of the top three rpg games of 2005 on my list ..

so one tip: don`t complete all of the secondary games before you complete the game if you really want to try a party of six members!!!!! because it`s 90% chance you will begin play another game or just think it`s boring! if you are afraid for not get enough LVL ups and think it will get diffecult: then just slay some creatures over again sometimes to be be sure=)=) but remember: you must be LVL 40 to get on veteran level.....


so i`m going to lay the game on ice for about a year to get the dungeon siege 2 feeling again=)


PS: hope there will come a expension game for DS2.. look out for one and Please tell me when it will be released=)