Solo XP Problem

[Lord]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Since you say you got the EXP cap remover to work, your EXP shouldn't be a problem. For a player who's "exported this character like 10 times," as you say, you should know the game well enough to be able to blitz your way to the Dex Tome with only the bare minimum of fuss. I have had speed-runs where my PC (Fighter) hit the Bandit Camp when he was still Level 1. By the same token, you should have all the enemies memorized, the locations of important items on the back of your hand, the positions and types of all of the Traps at the tip of your tongue. So, yes, a Solo Fighter can go through the game. And Thieves can't Dispel Magic either.

About remembering the items, I am having trouble remembering if the tome for dexterity is the one under CK or the one in the Thieve's Guild (I think the latter is right). If it's the latter, then it would be no problem to become a thief.

I remember many of the dangerous traps, but the problem would be opening chests. Some important chests (like the one in the Bandit Camp that contains the documents) are trapped, and it would help to be able to disarm them. No point in taking useless damage. Plus there are some very nice items that are in locked chests.

I know thieve's can't Dispel Magic...not unless you have BGT installed, which I don't.

My character currently has almost 158,000 as a fighter, so the next level won't come for quite some time. I think he'd be at level 9 by the time I got the tome, but I can deal with it [img]smile.gif[/img] .

BTW, how could you possibly get to the Bandit Camp still at level 1? Just completing the Nashkell Mines and Cloakwood Mines would easily get you a few levels. Even if you skipped just about every creature on the way and only fought Mulahey and Daevornean (spelling???), you would easily make at least one level.

[Faceman]

You can open almost any chest on BG1 with brute force. Keep some Fire, Cloud and Storm Giant Potions with you, that should do it.

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Lord: I remember many of the dangerous traps, but the problem would be opening chests. Some important chests (like the one in the Bandit Camp that contains the documents) are trapped, and it would help to be able to disarm them. No point in taking useless damage.

So just know what kind of Trap it is. The Bandit Camp chest, for example, is Lightning Bolt. Now how would a Fighter counteract that?

BTW, how could you possibly get to the Bandit Camp still at level 1? Just completing the Nashkell Mines and Cloakwood Mines would easily get you a few levels.

It's a combination of
1) Not giving in to the compulsion to completely clear out every screen you go through
2) Having 6 party members to spread out the EXP
3) Knowledge of some really sneaky tricks
4) And, of course, being incredibly skilled.

On another speed run, I recruited Minsc (as well as some other folks), did the Nashkel Mines, Nimbul, and Tranzig. We got to the Bandit Camp, killed the only person on the entire map who was Hostile to us (Tazok), got the Letters, went to the Cloakwood, recruited Coran, completed Coran's quest, and *then* zipped back South again so fast that we were only one screen away from the Gnoll Stronghold when Minsc started complaining that Dynaheir was in dire peril. And after we saved Dynaheir, we returned to the Bandit Camp and made everyone Hostile to us this time. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Lord]

[quote]Originally posted by SixOfSpades:

Originally posted by Lord: [qb]2) Having 6 party members to spread out the EXP

Now I gotcha . I thought this was a solo run you were talking about.
And BTW, how would a fighter counteract lightning bolt? Use the boots for 50% electricity resistance???

[Nerull]

Or potion of absorbtion.