Info. regarding players' opinion: "Which Stonghold is hardest to acquire?"

[Larry_OHF]

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New Poll Posted Sunday, July 8, 2001, 09:43 | MageDragon We asked in BG2: Shadows of Amn, which Stronghold quest was the hardest to complete, and the wizard Stronghold won with 2230 votes. Here are the full results: Total votes: 6196 Answer Votes Percentage Paladin 1637 26.4% Ranger 325 5.2% Druid 256 4.1% Cleric 335 5.4% Wizard 2230 36% Thief 350 5.6% Bard 627 10.1% Fighter 436 7%

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[JR Jansen]

That's weird. I found that the wizard stronghold is the easiest, not to mention the shortest. I found the fighter stronghold the worst. Although i did not have done some like the ranger and paladin strongholds.

JR

Damned i lost cousin Jan's techno gloves

i found the hardest to be clerics, i came to do it when all party wher above level 17, and had to face 9 beholders and 3 gauths when going to get the doomsday rod thing. Which was not easy to say the least as i'd forgotten to get the claok of mirrors.

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[Sazerac]

I would have to admit, I'd agree with the poll results: Planar Sphere is by far the most difficult, although certainly doable at lower levels. To me it's more difficult because I keep getting LOST! LOL

I think it's probably easier for magic-users (it seems each stronghold quest is geared towards the role, which is a VERY good game design). I play a berserkr, so I got DeArnise, but that was a "doddle" to me, even with the Umbre Hulk situation and the final "boss". Ranger SH is easy, if you ignore the Shadow Dragon (of course there's MAJOR XP there), and I have not yet had occasion to try the Paladin quest, etc.

Curiosity: what makes the Paladin quest so tough, since it ranks second on the "difficulty" list?

[RudeDawg]

Originally posted by Sazerac: Ranger SH is easy, if you ignore the Shadow Dragon (of course there's MAJOR XP there), and I have not yet had occasion to try the Paladin quest, etc. Curiosity: what makes the Paladin quest so tough, since it ranks second on the "difficulty" list?

Two points...

Sazerac, the Ranger quest is not too difficult, but you have only completed 1/3 of it in your multiplay. The other 2 quests for the Stronghold are only offered to Rangers, and your rewards come after them.

And what makes the Paly quests so hard? 2 words... "Big Red"

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[Jeannada]

Cleric's not hard at all, i did it twice ( a 12 cleric and a 13 druid), the key is to send fire elementals on ahead. and have anomen turning undead to blast the shadows.
The druid one was interesting but the second time the Spirit of the grove told me to sleep in the grove it never visited.. what's the deal with that? It is a far way to go all that way just to rest , and then the spirit would'nt visit. hmm

[Beltrande, Master Archer]

I just wanted to say that the moondog figurine you get from the forest spirit in the ranger stronghold quest is an INCREDIBLE item!


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