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Durge finale I highly recommend romancing laezel and resisting the entire game until the very end and doing the bhaal control ending. She gets SO mad
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Mr. Lobe posted:Did you never play Castlevania 3? Switching to Alucard to turn into a bat was the best thing about having him as a companion in that game. Any vampire worth their fangs and velvet cape must know that trick I do not appreciate being called out like this.
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Professor Beetus posted:I played a lot of Castlevania 3 as a kid and if Cazador had my reflexes he'd be hosed Never managed to swap out in time while falling down a pit?
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Mr. Lobe posted:Never managed to swap out in time while falling down a pit? I would say my success rate was probably around 10%. Absolutely gently caress whoever came up with that falling block climb up the castle, total sadist
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OK I just did the House of Grief for the first time and I finally found the answer to how huge and annoying a slog a fight has to be for me to say screw it, reload to just before it starts, and send Karlach back to camp to fetch all those smokepowder and oil barrels I've been hoarding the whole game without ever using.
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Entropic posted:OK I just did the House of Grief for the first time and I finally found the answer to how huge and annoying a slog a fight has to be for me to say screw it, reload to just before it starts, and send Karlach back to camp to fetch all those smokepowder and oil barrels I've been hoarding the whole game without ever using. Chain lightning is your friend in this fight. Unlike say a fireball; the aoe radius is huge
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You can also just convince the receptionist to lead an uprising then stand outside while they kill each other.
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I lucked out with my rogue being immune to blindness and Wyll being a devilsight monster so I ended up having the advantage in the dark while bardstarion and Lae'zel brutally murdered anyone that wandered out of the clouds.
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The Lord Bude posted:Chain lightning is your friend in this fight. Unlike say a fireball; the aoe radius is huge Gale Misty Steps up to the top of the bowl and up-casts Lighting to level 6, annihilating two or three mooks and taking a big chunk out of the boss. Lae’zel mops up anyone next to Gale that he did not manage to connect to Mystra’s Wi-Fi. Tav/Durge/Origin does whatever they do best. You do all of this as your opener because of course you took Alert.
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One character as a straight Hunter build, with Bloodlust and Haste Use Volley to kill all the spellcasters, maybe a shot on Viconia Easy-peasy
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Entropic posted:OK I just did the House of Grief for the first time and I finally found the answer to how huge and annoying a slog a fight has to be for me to say screw it, reload to just before it starts, and send Karlach back to camp to fetch all those smokepowder and oil barrels I've been hoarding the whole game without ever using. Now you’re thinking like a gamer.
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Okay I see how Warlock becomes kind of OP near endgame. I just did 287 damage in a turn. Eldritch blast triggering bloodlust elixir, second eldritch blast, quickspell flinger to cast a third eldritch blast as a bonus action, action surge for a fourth. About 1.5 of those blasts targeting enemies in the Phalar Aluve Shriek field, which is currently bugged to apply the agonizing blast/gregarious caster bonus to the thunder damage. So instead of 1d4 bonus, it's 1d4+12. That's how I found out that if you kill Lorroakan and all his buddies before anyone else has a chance to go Aylin just feels tired of killing stuff.
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Lategame fight problem So I triggered the fight vs Gortash in his room at the top of the fortress, killed him, his guards, and like 3-4 steel watchers that were in the room with him. However, the encounter seems to be glitched and I'm now in combat with like 30 mobs in the room below me, problem is they're bugged and cannot path up to me, and I cannot figure out a way to get out of combat with them since they're so many(like 25+ I think). Any ideas? It was a rather long fight on tactitian, I guess if I have to reload the save I can just lower the difficulty to easy but I'd rather not
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Slider posted:Lategame fight problem So I triggered the fight vs Gortash in his room at the top of the fortress, killed him, his guards, and like 3-4 steel watchers that were in the room with him. However, the encounter seems to be glitched and I'm now in combat with like 30 mobs in the room below me, problem is they're bugged and cannot path up to me, and I cannot figure out a way to get out of combat with them since they're so many(like 25+ I think). Any ideas? It was a rather long fight on tactitian, I guess if I have to reload the save I can just lower the difficulty to easy but I'd rather not Go out the back exit and keep moving until you get away from them? It'll take a while, but...
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Feb 7, 2024 09:23
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Man, the finale kinda sucks and goes on forever.
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Slider posted:Lategame fight problem So I triggered the fight vs Gortash in his room at the top of the fortress, killed him, his guards, and like 3-4 steel watchers that were in the room with him. However, the encounter seems to be glitched and I'm now in combat with like 30 mobs in the room below me, problem is they're bugged and cannot path up to me, and I cannot figure out a way to get out of combat with them since they're so many(like 25+ I think). Any ideas? It was a rather long fight on tactitian, I guess if I have to reload the save I can just lower the difficulty to easy but I'd rather not You can go around the west side of the building and climb all the way to the top level without having to fight anyone.
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I'm glad that there's no achievement for 100%ing Iron Throne because after multiple reloads this run there are halflings that run where they need to go except two floors under it. I'm going to count that as 100% because they had more than enough move speed to get to safety, their pathing just repeatedly bugged.
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Feb 7, 2024 13:05
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I just did the Iron Throne on this run and Duke Ravengard ate it because all the little spiders megacrit him, this is even with healing him up to almost full before their turn came up. I'm not too broken up about it since Wyll is coming along with me and Karlach to Avernus. Didn't have Shadowheart this time around to cast Sanctuary.
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Feb 7, 2024 13:07
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Oh I didn't think about doing Sanctuary with Shadowheart but that would have helped except for her being way slower than everyone else even with boots of speed so she didn't get there in time. I got lucky and he had like 6hp left, I used my warlock's repelling blast to knock the others away so their deathsplosions/fire wouldn't do anything. I even chucked speed potions at the feet of 4 of the halflings that decided they yearned for death, waste of two speed potions.
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Man, the finale kinda sucks and goes on forever. I enjoyed act 3 on my rogue because I played like Jack Bauer just getting poo poo done and disregarding the human cost. Act 3 seems like a slog if you're some goody idiot hero doing every mission for no reason.
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Feb 7, 2024 13:24
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Shadowheart's mostly been a benchwarmer this time around minus the odd Cazador fight where Daylight really comes in handy so her job is to wear all the stupid-looking mismatched gear at camp.
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Iron Throne! If you press tab NPCs that are following / chained to you they can use consumables that aren’t inside containers from the party inventory screen. The noblestalk mushroom removes charmed conditions and is a full heal. Globe of Invulnerability, Invisiblility, Haste, Speed Potions, or Blink. All useful for a clutch escape.
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Feb 7, 2024 13:38
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Despite being dumb as bricks the Gondian NPCs will also make use of stuff like Arcane Gate if you have a Wizard in your party. You can also upcast Longstrider prior to the encounter to give everyone 3m more movement speed.
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In my case there was one particular gondian that just would not take the ladder no matter what I did. I ended up sending my good friend Orpheus back down specifically to gate his dumb rear end back to the sub
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Feb 7, 2024 13:48
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I’ve already posted 200 km/h Astarion but there is also that Elf potion you can get from Moonrise towers. Not the half elf one! That gives you 10m more movement speed and that adds up when you use multipliers like Dash and Haste.
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The big thing in the Iron Throne is to not block the ladder with your own guys, that'll gently caress the NPC pathing up good.
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OK finished the Creche in Act 1. So... anything else I need to do before heading in to Act 2? I'm pretty sure I've done everything except I stole the githyanki egg but I'm not going to give it to that woman... not sure what I'm going to do yet but we'll see. I spoiled the ending of quest for myself and Lae'zel's keeping it, just not sure if I'm going to kill her or try one of the other tricks. Oh and also I didn't do the parasite clearing machine in the creche yet... I know it doesn't actually work and you need to pass a lot of checks to avoid getting permanent debuffs so I'm going to be a dick and save scum my way through the rolls because it's my game godammit. What I've done (probably forgot some things there's so much content): Top-side: Killed the hag Killed the Harpies Killed the spider matriarch Freed the grove/druids Got Withers from the crypt/whatever Did Waukeen's Rest cleared out the goblin camp made the sussur dagger made friends with the Zhentarims and maybe stole a few things from them without them noticing Underdark: Did the wizard tower Killed gut and made spaw happy Got the herb that makes Shart remember stuff for later on Freed the gnomes Did the adamantine forge Got the cursed amulet near the forge Mountain pass: Started the egg quest but still need to "finish" it Killed the eagles for the blue jay (but lmao I had already dug up the chest reward) Visited the astral plane and told Vlakaath to get hosed Cleared out the creche Got the Blood of Lathandrin Got the egg Jesus that's a lot, and it's not even everything I've done... I've got like 60-70 hours (probably more I can't remember) at least just in act 1... I don't think I've missed anything so I dunno. I feel like I've been very thorough, but there's so much stuff scattered around this game I have no idea if I've missed anything. Maybe a better question: is there anything I should definitely go back for before advancing? I don't remember if I'm locked out of Act 1 locations yet (I thought that was act 3 that locked you out?), but I guess I'll at least visit a few vendors to make sure I've bought everything I want, and also offload junk to run down their gold. I think I've asked this before, but I should be using the underdark to go to moonrise towers, right? Halsin is a big fan, but I've read it's easier to get to the last light inn from that entrance. I'll probably do everything there anyhow, but I'd like to get to a safe spot sooner rather than later... Also: I don't make a habit of looting campsites. Should I be? I dunno if there's anything important that you miss outside a few health potions or trinkets, but I've noticed that each area has a unique campsite and unique crates/etc. Black Noise posted:I’ve already posted 200 km/h Astarion but there is also that Elf potion you can get from Moonrise towers. Not the half elf one! That gives you 10m more movement speed and that adds up when you use multipliers like Dash and Haste. Boots of speed gives you click heels, which doubles your movement speed, and it's a bonus action not a regular action. It's no haste, but it costs almost nothing. I discovered that this is an outstanding thing on Lae'zel. Didn't think I'd get much use out of those boots, but it makes a significant difference for melee characters, especially at the start of battle when everyone is far away and you need to get in position, and at the end when you have to mop up all the ranged assholes who are scattered about plinking away.
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Based on your summary you've missed some stuff on the first map and the Underdark, but that's Okay and makes replays worth exploring!
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Yeah I know gave them to the Wizard so they could get the Arcane Gate up. Expeditious retreat is concentration but also fills the void of giving your martials a way to close distances with bonus actions quickly if they aren’t concentrating on anything.
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Gort posted:The big thing in the Iron Throne is to not block the ladder with your own guys, that'll gently caress the NPC pathing up good. Yeah, I accidentally blocked the ladder on the last turn with Shadowheart but enough of them had already gotten out that I was like "good enough, definitely not reloading this mess AGAIN" I get people wanting an achievement for 100%ing that quest but Larian are smart, if there WAS one more people would drive themselves crazy trying to do it and/or be screaming at the devs constantly to fix the suicidal civilian AI and you know what, nobody needs that in their day
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JBP posted:I enjoyed act 3 on my rogue because I played like Jack Bauer just getting poo poo done and disregarding the human cost. Act 3 seems like a slog if you're some goody idiot hero doing every mission for no reason. Yeah, I feel like it's not the intention that you do everything (I've never put the clown back together or done the fireworks factory, and I won't do the ghost Manor again), but that rubs up against this being a fun video game.
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Dallan Invictus posted:Yeah, I accidentally blocked the ladder on the last turn with Shadowheart but enough of them had already gotten out that I was like "good enough, definitely not reloading this mess AGAIN" On my solo run I was going to get all of them minus one but the one lagging behind went first and ran to the base of the ladder, dooming like six people. So I went from the "almost all" trigger to the "barely any" level, I think I just got Ravengard, Omeluum, and the two in the first room (luckily the one required for the main gondian). I believe all it meant was when I freed the gondians they just said "gently caress this city there is nothing for us here" and left, so I didn't get their support in the final battle.
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I got this for Christmas from a friend and I've been slowly poking through Act 1 and...it feels like everything is kicking my rear end. I'm on normal difficulty, but my quest are like 'Go get your rear end kicked by the people chasing karlach who have 1 to 2 levels on you' or 'Get your rear end kicked by a bunch of gnolls hounding guards in a cave who have 1 to 2 levels on you' and 'go deal with a Hag who has 2 levels on you'. I cleared out the village full of Goblins, though I haven't done the spider cave beneath it yet, and I'm still only level 3. I'm also hoping I didn't really gimp myself by choosing to play a Monk, I know I can reclass but that's besides the point.
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Malaria posted:Just had the single dumbest honor mode wipe on PS5. lmao nice!
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Hunter Noventa posted:I got this for Christmas from a friend and I've been slowly poking through Act 1 and...it feels like everything is kicking my rear end. I'm on normal difficulty, but my quest are like 'Go get your rear end kicked by the people chasing karlach who have 1 to 2 levels on you' or 'Get your rear end kicked by a bunch of gnolls hounding guards in a cave who have 1 to 2 levels on you' and 'go deal with a Hag who has 2 levels on you'. I'd recommend going to the goblin camp (not the ruined village) and making sure you've done all you can for now in the grove - if things are a couple of levels above you, they're probably best left until you're the same level. Also, things get easier about level 5 when your characters really begin to come into their own.
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Hunter Noventa posted:I got this for Christmas from a friend and I've been slowly poking through Act 1 and...it feels like everything is kicking my rear end. I'm on normal difficulty, but my quest are like 'Go get your rear end kicked by the people chasing karlach who have 1 to 2 levels on you' or 'Get your rear end kicked by a bunch of gnolls hounding guards in a cave who have 1 to 2 levels on you' and 'go deal with a Hag who has 2 levels on you'. Good for you, Open Hand Monks are one of the Most OP classes in the game. My advice would be to take it slow and more thoroughly explore the places you've already been, it seems like you've missed a few encounters on the first map that are more doable at Level 3, and if you've cleared out the entire Goblin Camp without even reaching Level 4 yet then you've probably skipped quite a lot!
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Here’s my advice from watching a frustrating twitch stream. If you do 0 damage do literally anything else besides walking up to the cannon and ending your turn there. Like you could even walk away.
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exquisite tea posted:Good for you, Open Hand Monks are one of the Most OP classes in the game. My advice would be to take it slow and more thoroughly explore the places you've already been, it seems like you've missed a few encounters on the first map that are more doable at Level 3, and if you've cleared out the entire Goblin Camp without even reaching Level 4 yet then you've probably skipped quite a lot! Ah I hadn't touched the goblin camp yet, just the village full of goblins with the three ogres. I also didn't go with Open Hand, but I presume I can switch subclasses at the camp with Withers?
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I think the number one thing I recommend is that if you’re using a wizard, warlock or sorcerer that you go down and get Shovel from one of the blighted village basements because making her invisible and then attacking to initiate combat before your party has been seen will make a lot of combat encounters much easier. You get a surprise round for that which means you get to have a whole turn where the enemy can’t act, which is massive. I recommend also learning to love minor illusion because you can also force enemies to group up and hit them with an AOE attack to begin combat as well. For example with minor illusion, the guys chasing Karlach can be lured outside of the building they’re in. This negates a huge advantage they have with how they’re set up inside. ETA: if you have someone as a pact of the chain warlock, the imp and quasit familiars can also be used to generate surprise rounds with their invisibility as well Big Bowie Bonanza fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Feb 7, 2024 |
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