10-15-2018, 10:34 AM
I just finally got to the end of the initial story and the start of the kingdom phase. I didn't realize I was so close on my last group or I'd have pressed on with what I had just to see it.
One noteworthy bug, though: I couldn't see the exit in the Stag Lord's fortress. I thought it was supposed to be like that and you had to do the whole thing in one go. I actually managed it but then still couldn't exit. Had to look it up online and found it's a common bug and the solution is to exit to main menu and reload, repeat as necessary, until you can see and click on the exit marker. I assume I could have done the fortress in stages.
In the end I was using the following group:
Evocation Sorc (my character)
Necro focus wizard merc
Paladin-bodyguard merc
Storyline fighter
Storyline bard
Storyline cleric (the one you pick up in the elk ruins)
The bodyguard Paladin is kinda interesting. He has an ability that gives the focus target +4 AC if he stands nearby. The description makes it sound like he gives up his attack to make that happen but it doesn't look like he's giving it up to me. He also has another toggle that gives him a chance to intercept attacks meant for his focus target. I leave that off because normally he's guarding the tank and doesn't need to be drawing hits on himself. I also made him a two-hander so he's less tanky than he could be. His focus ability is a bit buggy though -- he has a special lay hands ability for the focus target but it never works. If I had to do it again I might make my main tank a super tanky bodyguard type and have him set to guard a rogue.
We did great against that zombie horde in the Fortress map. The cleric spamming his AE channel for damage undead and my necro doing her special AE turn undead kept things manageable. Her turn undead kinda sucks. No bonuses for it so mostly it fails but when there's that many zombies, getting a handful to turn around is handy. The real win with her is the AE "scare" (at least for normal fights -- I dunno if you can scare undead). That turns some fights into a joke as you can send a lot of enemies running around while you kill the few who resisted.
One noteworthy bug, though: I couldn't see the exit in the Stag Lord's fortress. I thought it was supposed to be like that and you had to do the whole thing in one go. I actually managed it but then still couldn't exit. Had to look it up online and found it's a common bug and the solution is to exit to main menu and reload, repeat as necessary, until you can see and click on the exit marker. I assume I could have done the fortress in stages.
In the end I was using the following group:
Evocation Sorc (my character)
Necro focus wizard merc
Paladin-bodyguard merc
Storyline fighter
Storyline bard
Storyline cleric (the one you pick up in the elk ruins)
The bodyguard Paladin is kinda interesting. He has an ability that gives the focus target +4 AC if he stands nearby. The description makes it sound like he gives up his attack to make that happen but it doesn't look like he's giving it up to me. He also has another toggle that gives him a chance to intercept attacks meant for his focus target. I leave that off because normally he's guarding the tank and doesn't need to be drawing hits on himself. I also made him a two-hander so he's less tanky than he could be. His focus ability is a bit buggy though -- he has a special lay hands ability for the focus target but it never works. If I had to do it again I might make my main tank a super tanky bodyguard type and have him set to guard a rogue.
We did great against that zombie horde in the Fortress map. The cleric spamming his AE channel for damage undead and my necro doing her special AE turn undead kept things manageable. Her turn undead kinda sucks. No bonuses for it so mostly it fails but when there's that many zombies, getting a handful to turn around is handy. The real win with her is the AE "scare" (at least for normal fights -- I dunno if you can scare undead). That turns some fights into a joke as you can send a lot of enemies running around while you kill the few who resisted.