Although I started a new run through of this game a couple of weeks back, I think I might restart for the club playthrough. I haven't touched it for a little while either so it'll be good to look at some of the builds etc and see what'll work or not.
I'm intending to playthrough as Fane (one of my favourite characters from the game), using the Fextralife Eternal Warrior build. I'll have a think about who else I'll include in my party and what class/skills they'll have as I go along. Should be ready to dive in later tonight!
I also forgot to mention that there are some skills in the game that you can only get by crafting them - generally by combining 2 skill books from different skill trees - or occasionally an NPC will tell you how. There is a list of them here if you are interested. They can be very powerful and useful, so I would recommend them.
Although I started a new run through of this game a couple of weeks back, I think I might restart for the club playthrough. I haven't touched it for a little while either so it'll be good to look at some of the builds etc and see what'll work or not.
I'm intending to playthrough as Fane (one of my favourite characters from the game), using the Fextralife Eternal Warrior build. I'll have a think about who else I'll include in my party and what class/skills they'll have as I go along. Should be ready to dive in later tonight!
I also forgot to mention that there are some skills in the game that you can only get by crafting them - generally by combining 2 skill books from different skill trees - or occasionally an NPC will tell you how. There is a list of them here if you are interested. They can be very powerful and useful, so I would recommend them.
Yeah, there are some interesting crafting possibilities. You either need to experiment a lot or google
Example
boots & nails adds immunity to slipping
Okay, well, I made it past character selection and am at Fort Joy prison. Decided to go with a two member party - Fane & Lohse each with the lone wolf talent. Figure I'll go physical damage mostly following this guide slayer knight
I played more this afternoon. I swapped out Fane and brought in Lohse because I'm an idiot and can't remember that Fane is undead and healing spells hurt him. I keep casting restore on him and killing him in combat.
I got our party to Level 3 and outside of setting our party on fire in every battle because, well, stuff happens, things are going pretty well. I'm looking forward to getting out of Fort Joy so I can respec people. We're somewhat of a dysfunctional group. And yes, the setting ourselves on fire thing is part of this dysfunction.
People being on fire is pretty much the baseline for D:OS2 to be honest. Wait until it's cursed necrofire. Then it gets really interesting.
So made a good start last night. I’ve been taking it a little steadier and now my team: Me as Fane warrior build, The Prince as a fire-based battlemage, Loshe as a healer/summoner and the beast as a ranger/geomancer/poisoner (so I can help keep Fane on his feet) are pushing through. I’ve not played the definitive edition before and it feels a little more directed and a little less unexplained so far. Looking forward to exploring the whole island (including all the fort if I can) this time around.
I’ve somehow managed to build a team with no thieving skills though. Oops
Made it to level 4 last night before calling it an evening, will be venturing into the bowels of the prison next I think.
I'm in. Hoping to start soon.
I'm finishing up a couple of games before jumping full-on on this. Just reading about everyone else's exploits is making it hard go finish anything else hahaha.
My wife, my brother, and I are all in together. The ability of this game to let party members explore on their own or together as there's interest/need is just incredible. We've passed Fort Joy and are running into some greater challenges now.
Is there any kind of death penalty? We couldnt find one, resurrection seems to be fine.
Also is there a crafting guide that is not too spoilery? I'd like to learn about the system and what's possible so that I can explore it without just being told every recipe and the best things to do.
You can lose XP While you’re dead, and resurrection scrolls are very expensive early game (and scarce late game). So tread carefully!
I’m in guys ! I started this game after the holiday sale but am not really feeling my custom character. Was wondering if anyone had thoughts on the best premade character? Here are some of my ideas:
1. Fane as a necro
2. bin Mezhd as a ranger/summoner
3. Beast as a melee face wrecker
I think you can do what you will with the character, so I'm not sure the class is all that big of a deal. I suppose some of the innate skills would give an edge with some classes over others, but that's about it.
I'm enjoying Ifan as a cleric who I hope to add summoning.
I think Fane's story and character is rich, I just kept killing him by healing him.
I wasn't that interested in Beast, but after chatting with him at the boat on the island, I'm more intrigued.
Good point Godzilla. From what I’ve read Ifan makes the perfect summoner since summoning makes his wolf stronger.
Sorbicol wrote:You can lose XP While you’re dead
Are you sure about this one? I thought that would be the case, but I've had some deaths and killed enemies when someone was dead, and yet all my characters have the same XP points.
Now you've said that...... maybe not. I do know that you didn't gain any XP that the rest of your party earned while you were incapacitated, I would assume this is still the case. but then again I played the classic version, this is my first real run through of the Definitive edition.
Solid progress tonight. I'm playing on tactician's difficultly and yeah - planning out how and when you're going into combat changes from being useful to being outright essential. You need the range buffs for rangers and mages from having them up high if you can. This has been a learning curve as it took me a couple of encounters to figure out how to
Defeat Griff and his Cronies if you aren't prepared to give up the Lizard, and also the Arena of One.
Still I've also found a few more vendors than I remember there being before, and also some how managed to kill more than one of them - although not really intentionally. This has turned out to be very useful as they'll drop whatever skillbooks they were carrying, and also anything you've previously sold them - including any gold. So now I'm out of the courtyard and getting into the fort proper. I'm thinking I might go full psycho on the Magisters and give Orivand what for this run through, but we'll see.
Remember to chase up and complete each quest you come across. You tend to get little rewards at the end of them (I don't always remember that happening my original playthrough) and it makes a big difference.
This is on sale for AU$52.50 on the Switch eShop until 19/4, at least in Australia. I might get on board now after all.
Nintendo Switch eShop (UK) has 30% OFF£44.99
£31.49
Tempting. The PS4 would offer a better resolution with improved textures. It's not on sale, though, and I've got some free time right now.
Purchased! Downloading!
Haven’t started yet - hoping the controller interface for PC is better than the first game, because I’ll most likely be playing it on the couch.
I didn't realise this was being played for a game club until someone mentioned it in another thread. I started 2 months ago but put it on hold while I got up to speed with FFXIV and...Uni assignments. Not in that order, I swear...!
I'd just escaped the first section which was wonderful if a bit challenging! I might have to jump back in and join you all on this adventure. It's a marvelous game.
I took Fane as my starter character with the intent to make a cool necromancer. Though I'm starting to think I'd rather him as a summoner. Just having those extra bodies during combat is so helpful.
Yeah. So. I spent two hours on character creation. I was adding this, subtracting that, changing whatnot, and then went off to read or watch more on character creation. Ha! I somewhat regret the lost time that could've been spent actually playing. I also like digging into said intricacies, though, so it's not a total loss.
*still hasn't settled entirely on character creation*
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