Playing without reloads

esquire · 08-03-2003, 04:36 PM

I have been playing my new game with no reloads and it has turned out to be quite a different game than usual! Usually when a character dies or several characters die in a fight I reload and do it again [img]tongue.gif[/img] this time however I just keep fighting until I have won... providing that my main character (half elf bountyhunter) is still standing. It brings up some complicated issues role playing wise... such as what equiptment to bring and what to leave behind when escaping. For example Minsc and Jaheira died while cleaning out the slaver ship (I know its an easy fight, don't ask

)... I had to leave some loot behind, visit the temple, and then sneak back into the ship to finish off the final room.

This will become more challenging when I find myself stuck in more remote places such as the beholder cult where there is no easy escape. It really makes you think about consequences and alters strategy..In this same game, Yoshimo already bit the dust in the circus tent, but I decided that he isn't worth the effort of resurecting... even though Jaheira could do it with a blink of an eye, I figure I'll just dump his corpse in a shallow grave and be done with him. Besides, Minsc is getting tired of lugging his body around and says it is really starting to smell, go figure.

My advice, play without reloading (on core rules ofcourse), it makes the game alot more interesting. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[ 08-03-2003, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: esquire ]

Xen · 08-03-2003, 04:43 PM

Hey I am playing On Insane,with Tactics,Ascension and I am in Chapter Six and haven ot reloaded yet! With a party.

pcgiant · 08-03-2003, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Xen:
Hey I am playing On Insane,with Tactics,Ascension and I am in Chapter Six and haven ot reloaded yet! With a party.

Show-off [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Ares · 08-03-2003, 08:56 PM

That's just a lot of time on his hands is all [img]smile.gif[/img]

Assassin · 08-03-2003, 10:47 PM

Wouldn't it suck if you got killed by the final boss of ToB in the final battle?

Pyrenk · 08-03-2003, 11:04 PM

~ToB End-Boss~ with Tactics is hard enough on Normal difficulty, let alone Insane.

[ 08-04-2003, 12:09 AM: Message edited by: Dundee Slaytern ]

True_Moose · 08-03-2003, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pyrenk:
*TOB end boss* with Tactics is hard enough on Normal difficulty, let alone Insane.

A) Some spoiler tags may be in order. Remember when you find out who the end boss is...at the very end.

B) I think you mean Ascension. AFAIK, Tactics doesn't affect ToB bosses. [img]smile.gif[/img]

JrKASperov · 08-04-2003, 05:36 AM

I just tried to start a no reloads game... But I gotImproved Illych, so no... I won't be able to do this until I get out of that creepy monsterly hard dungeon...(so far about 10 reloads on Illych alone and 3 on the Greater Otyugh)

I wonder if better equipped lvl15 parties are able to do it...

Pyrenk · 08-04-2003, 08:51 AM

Sorry about putting the bosses name =p I forgot that only the picture is on the back of the package ^.^

JrKASperov · 08-04-2003, 11:10 AM

Oh yeah! I have beaten him! Illyich and his party is dead

It did take about 50 reloads, so ehhm, I guess I'll play a 55 reloads game

08-03-2003, 04:36 PM	#1
esquire The Magister Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Canada Age: 46 Posts: 121	I have been playing my new game with no reloads and it has turned out to be quite a different game than usual! Usually when a character dies or several characters die in a fight I reload and do it again [img]tongue.gif[/img] this time however I just keep fighting until I have won... providing that my main character (half elf bountyhunter) is still standing. It brings up some complicated issues role playing wise... such as what equiptment to bring and what to leave behind when escaping. For example Minsc and Jaheira died while cleaning out the slaver ship (I know its an easy fight, don't ask )... I had to leave some loot behind, visit the temple, and then sneak back into the ship to finish off the final room. This will become more challenging when I find myself stuck in more remote places such as the beholder cult where there is no easy escape. It really makes you think about consequences and alters strategy..In this same game, Yoshimo already bit the dust in the circus tent, but I decided that he isn't worth the effort of resurecting... even though Jaheira could do it with a blink of an eye, I figure I'll just dump his corpse in a shallow grave and be done with him. Besides, Minsc is getting tired of lugging his body around and says it is really starting to smell, go figure. My advice, play without reloading (on core rules ofcourse), it makes the game alot more interesting. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] [ 08-03-2003, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: esquire ] __________________ <b><i>Without change, something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. ~Dune</b></i>

08-03-2003, 10:47 PM	#5
Assassin Symbol of Cyric Join Date: March 23, 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 1,134	Wouldn't it suck if you got killed by the final boss of ToB in the final battle? __________________ In The Terminator, Sarah Connor is told a speech by John Connor\'s father that John has given in the future. When John is born, Sarah tells John this speech, and John grows up to tell it in the future. So who wrote the speech?!

08-03-2003, 11:04 PM	#6
Pyrenk Symbol of Cyric Join Date: January 2, 2003 Location: Old Bethpage, Long Island Age: 36 Posts: 1,156	~ToB End-Boss~ with Tactics is hard enough on Normal difficulty, let alone Insane. [ 08-04-2003, 12:09 AM: Message edited by: Dundee Slaytern ] __________________

08-04-2003, 05:36 AM	#8
JrKASperov Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: July 16, 2003 Location: Wa\'eni\'n Age: 39 Posts: 1,701	I just tried to start a no reloads game... But I gotImproved Illych, so no... I won't be able to do this until I get out of that creepy monsterly hard dungeon...(so far about 10 reloads on Illych alone and 3 on the Greater Otyugh) I wonder if better equipped lvl15 parties are able to do it... __________________ God is in the rain.

08-04-2003, 08:51 AM	#9
Pyrenk Symbol of Cyric Join Date: January 2, 2003 Location: Old Bethpage, Long Island Age: 36 Posts: 1,156	Sorry about putting the bosses name =p I forgot that only the picture is on the back of the package ^.^ __________________

08-03-2003, 04:43 PM	#2
Xen Symbol of Moradin Join Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Slovenia,Ljubljana Age: 37 Posts: 8,554	Hey I am playing On Insane,with Tactics,Ascension and I am in Chapter Six and haven ot reloaded yet! With a party.

08-03-2003, 08:56 PM	#4
Ares Avatar Join Date: October 24, 2001 Location: Manetheren Age: 38 Posts: 556	That's just a lot of time on his hands is all [img]smile.gif[/img]

08-04-2003, 11:10 AM	#10
JrKASperov Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: July 16, 2003 Location: Wa\'eni\'n Age: 39 Posts: 1,701	Oh yeah! I have beaten him! Illyich and his party is dead It did take about 50 reloads, so ehhm, I guess I'll play a 55 reloads game __________________ God is in the rain.

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