Soloing: which quests and when?

Big Red · 01-20-2002, 05:59 PM

When all you soloists say that you solo a game, do you do most of the quests or just enough that you can get to the last battle and win?

Surely you must reach the XP limit quite easily without doing lots of the quests. So do you just do those that have other rewards, such as +5 weaponry or crom faeyr pieces, and leave out lots of others, or do you try to kill all the big bad guys (dragons, liches, etc) because if you don't then you haven't really beaten the game?

I'm currently having a great time soloing a cleric/mage. I think I'm currently about lvl 14/13 with about 2.7m XP and haven't even left Athkatla yet, but there are only a couple of loose ends to tidy up there.

I'm itching to get a bag of holding: should I head for spellhold now or should I wait longer and become a bit more godlike (closer to 8m XP)?

To put it another way, which quests do you (and not do) both before and after going to Spellhold, and when do you do Watcher's Keep?
And do you have any particular reasons for doing so?

(Hope some of this rambling makes sense)

01-20-2002, 07:34 PM

I do all enemies and all quests. I carry the NPC weaponless (so they can have no input and their char record will show no kills whilst mine shows 100%) I finish their quest, drop them and move on.

eb · 01-21-2002, 02:58 AM

I am soloing an Fighter/Mage/Thief lvl 20/19/24
I got recently out of Whatcher´s Keep and boy it was hard when you are soloing.

I think i reloaded about 200 times.

Well lets put it like this...
I use of course XPcap
And i have done all the quests you can do if you are soloing. The only guy i have been brought with me is Valygar for the Planar Sphere quest.
So i have killed Kangraxx, Firkraag and the other 2 Dragons.
The dragons i have killed without any problem at all don´t think i have reloaded one time with those guys.
Kangraxx was very difficult because i took him direct after i got out of Underdark and then i had lvl 14/13/17 or something.
I had never a problem of my inventory being full. If you played it threw once before your soloing you should know what items u need and when so i use a bookshelf in the Adventures Mart to put items i don´t need for the time. Thats until i get my little Bag of Holding.

Hope i have helped.

Sir Exxon · 01-21-2002, 09:18 AM

Well, the trick with soloing is to do all the quests you can get, so you get in the higher levels quicker. If you just do some quests, and doesnt care about the others, you'll soon find out that soloing can be tough.

see ya!

01-21-2002, 02:58 AM	#3
eb Manshoon Join Date: January 8, 2002 Location: Lidköping, Sweden Posts: 216	I am soloing an Fighter/Mage/Thief lvl 20/19/24 I got recently out of Whatcher´s Keep and boy it was hard when you are soloing. I think i reloaded about 200 times. Well lets put it like this... I use of course XPcap And i have done all the quests you can do if you are soloing. The only guy i have been brought with me is Valygar for the Planar Sphere quest. So i have killed Kangraxx, Firkraag and the other 2 Dragons. The dragons i have killed without any problem at all don´t think i have reloaded one time with those guys. Kangraxx was very difficult because i took him direct after i got out of Underdark and then i had lvl 14/13/17 or something. I had never a problem of my inventory being full. If you played it threw once before your soloing you should know what items u need and when so i use a bookshelf in the Adventures Mart to put items i don´t need for the time. Thats until i get my little Bag of Holding. Hope i have helped. __________________ Don´t mess with the powerful mage. <p>Good Luck & Have Fun /:tgestar2:eb:tgestar2:

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01-20-2002, 05:59 PM	#1
Big Red Dungeon Master Join Date: March 20, 2001 Location: Peterborough, UK Posts: 63	When all you soloists say that you solo a game, do you do most of the quests or just enough that you can get to the last battle and win? Surely you must reach the XP limit quite easily without doing lots of the quests. So do you just do those that have other rewards, such as +5 weaponry or crom faeyr pieces, and leave out lots of others, or do you try to kill all the big bad guys (dragons, liches, etc) because if you don't then you haven't really beaten the game? I'm currently having a great time soloing a cleric/mage. I think I'm currently about lvl 14/13 with about 2.7m XP and haven't even left Athkatla yet, but there are only a couple of loose ends to tidy up there. I'm itching to get a bag of holding: should I head for spellhold now or should I wait longer and become a bit more godlike (closer to 8m XP)? To put it another way, which quests do you (and not do) both before and after going to Spellhold, and when do you do Watcher's Keep? And do you have any particular reasons for doing so? (Hope some of this rambling makes sense)

01-20-2002, 07:34 PM	#2
The Dark Guest Posts: n/a	I do all enemies and all quests. I carry the NPC weaponless (so they can have no input and their char record will show no kills whilst mine shows 100%) I finish their quest, drop them and move on.

01-21-2002, 09:18 AM	#4
Sir Exxon Zartan Join Date: October 15, 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Age: 35 Posts: 5,367	Well, the trick with soloing is to do all the quests you can get, so you get in the higher levels quicker. If you just do some quests, and doesnt care about the others, you'll soon find out that soloing can be tough. see ya!

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