Fighter Solo?!?

Holy Knight Delita · 01-03-2002, 10:58 PM

Is it possible to Solo a fighter through the WHOLE game durlags tower and all. What i mean is will the Traps Kill Me or will i get to overwhelmed or what,

01-03-2002, 11:11 PM

I'm soloing a fighter/thief. Trouble with a pure fighter is it's just hack'n'slash with not too much diversity. I didn't want to use offensive magic, just protective magical items. At least with the thief abilities you can scout, detect and disarm traps. Sounds like a tall order going with a fighter alone...that's not to say it can't be done. Good luck.

Lemernis · 01-03-2002, 11:40 PM

It's definitely been done, although I haven't done so myself. I've read of players running over traps with the boots of speed. (I think you're even more speeded up with a potion of speed and boots of speed.)

It sounds like a lot of work to solo... The game gets wearying enough with six characters and a wide distribution of skills. I'm not sure how much fun it would be to just chop your way to the end (btw, isn't that basically what Diablo is?). I mean, I like finding clever resolutions to problems, and soloing certainly presents a lot of challenges that call for creative solutions. But the constant traveling to ID and sell stuff, etc., would bother me, I think. Also, one of the things I like most about the game is coordinating attacks against large numbers of enemies.

Having said that, I may try it eventually with a mage which I'm sure is brick hard to do. (Maybe cleric-mage would be smarter).

Iluvatar Oakenshield · 01-03-2002, 11:49 PM

I totally agree with you Lemernis. But you can also consider it this way: I requires a lot of planning/considering what items to take/what armour and how to approach enemies and stuff before being able to finish the game solo, that's an interisting type of play too...not?

I have talked to people on the old Developers Corner (original Interplay/Baldur's Gate messageboard-now closed

) who have played the full game solo with every possible character. Personally I have only did it with a fighter/thief and a Fighter/mage/thief, Of which the latter was the most fun (mirror image rules!)

Forzen- · 01-04-2002, 01:00 PM

Im accually soloing a paladin at the moment, and it is really fun.
Sure, some traps may be pretty annoing and so, but otherwise it is really easy. I can really recomend it. Great fun and all that. Just wait untill i get boots of speed, ill be unstoppable.

Lavindathar · 01-07-2002, 01:40 PM

But I wouldn't do it myself. What fun would it be?

If you was alive in the Realms, you wouldn't travel alone!! What fun would it be? Can you imagine Frodo travelling without Sam?

No fun I tell ye, bah.

But good luck anyway.

01-03-2002, 10:58 PM	#1
Holy Knight Delita Manshoon Join Date: December 4, 2001 Location: Michigan, United States Age: 38 Posts: 233	Is it possible to Solo a fighter through the WHOLE game durlags tower and all. What i mean is will the Traps Kill Me or will i get to overwhelmed or what, __________________ \"Me and you are caught up in the same flow... I\'m just swimming against it\" -Delita Hyral-<br />\"All mortal men are destined to die, but death cannot kill their names.\" -Icelandic Proverb-

01-03-2002, 11:40 PM	#3
Lemernis Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: July 8, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 611	It's definitely been done, although I haven't done so myself. I've read of players running over traps with the boots of speed. (I think you're even more speeded up with a potion of speed and boots of speed.) It sounds like a lot of work to solo... The game gets wearying enough with six characters and a wide distribution of skills. I'm not sure how much fun it would be to just chop your way to the end (btw, isn't that basically what Diablo is?). I mean, I like finding clever resolutions to problems, and soloing certainly presents a lot of challenges that call for creative solutions. But the constant traveling to ID and sell stuff, etc., would bother me, I think. Also, one of the things I like most about the game is coordinating attacks against large numbers of enemies. Having said that, I may try it eventually with a mage which I'm sure is brick hard to do. (Maybe cleric-mage would be smarter). __________________ Exodus: Shadows of the South

01-03-2002, 11:49 PM	#4
Iluvatar Oakenshield Manshoon Join Date: January 3, 2002 Location: The Mighty Netherlands Age: 46 Posts: 195	I totally agree with you Lemernis. But you can also consider it this way: I requires a lot of planning/considering what items to take/what armour and how to approach enemies and stuff before being able to finish the game solo, that's an interisting type of play too...not? I have talked to people on the old Developers Corner (original Interplay/Baldur's Gate messageboard-now closed ) who have played the full game solo with every possible character. Personally I have only did it with a fighter/thief and a Fighter/mage/thief, Of which the latter was the most fun (mirror image rules!) __________________ "Wherever she dwells I will bid a farewell sigh For she dwells with beauty - beauty that must die And deep inside me I will wait for her return To her enchanting, awe-inspiring flame I'll yearn O lust and rueful thought be mine, My soul enhanced, desires... Melancholy. My heart is thine." Schwadorf, Empyrium '97

01-07-2002, 01:40 PM	#6
Lavindathar Harper Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Lancs, England Age: 40 Posts: 4,729	But I wouldn't do it myself. What fun would it be? If you was alive in the Realms, you wouldn't travel alone!! What fun would it be? Can you imagine Frodo travelling without Sam? No fun I tell ye, bah. But good luck anyway. __________________ =@

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01-03-2002, 11:11 PM	#2
The Dark Guest Posts: n/a	I'm soloing a fighter/thief. Trouble with a pure fighter is it's just hack'n'slash with not too much diversity. I didn't want to use offensive magic, just protective magical items. At least with the thief abilities you can scout, detect and disarm traps. Sounds like a tall order going with a fighter alone...that's not to say it can't be done. Good luck.

01-04-2002, 01:00 PM	#5
Forzen- Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 4, 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 22	Im accually soloing a paladin at the moment, and it is really fun. Sure, some traps may be pretty annoing and so, but otherwise it is really easy. I can really recomend it. Great fun and all that. Just wait untill i get boots of speed, ill be unstoppable.

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