Baldurs gate - how should I start.

[Jamski]

Its good if you find a nice weapon that you can use it though. And you don't know yet what the nice weapons are

-Jam

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Jamski
Its good if you find a nice weapon that you can use it though. And you don't know yet what the nice weapons are

-Jam

I didnt mean i bought the wrong kind of weapon (I dont know what they are) but that after buying the weapon, I went upstairs and found the same kind of weapon.

[Jamski]

I was referring to spreading your weapon profs.

BTW, you really should get the pacth from here

-Jam

[Dis]

I actually like dwarven clerics.

That's not a bad recommendation. As I don't care for the clerics in this game that much.

But fighter isn't a bad choice either. As I'm not all that impressed with the fighters either. Minsc is pretty good. And the Paladin is okay. There are a couple of good rangers you can pick up as well.

I recommend the Minsc/Dynaheir combo. But not everyone likes them. Beats me why. Dyanaheir is a very capable good mage. But if you want an evil mage, Edwin is the one to go. He doesn't like Dyanheir so you can't have them both. He doesn't care for Minsc as well because Minsc protects Dyanheir.

[Dis]

I actually have a problem with ambient sound in this game as well.

My major comlaint is I can't hear what Branwen is saying most of the time. The NPC's don't talk as much as in BG2. Some people don't like that, but I love the party interaction. Lots of voice acted speach in both games. I like that.

I did patch the game- actually I installed the expansion pack for BG1- so that should have patched it already.

The copy I got was for $10 at Fry's electronics. I didn't need the expansion disc (got that from my brother), so I just got the original game. I believe it is the original packaging as well. This isn't a discount shelf packaged game.

[Jamski]

There's another patch to fix the expansion disc Diss. Same loctaion as my link above.

-Jam

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Main_Brain
For how much you bought it, if I may ask?

$13 US, used, at EB, without the Xpack.

[Main_Brain]

Thats pretty okay for Game with that many Discs

[Datajack Franit]

Oh please do not use a bowman! Arrows are damn expensive in the latest parts of the game!

Focus on strenght and magic skills

[Jamski]

Please DO use a bowman. Arrows cost 1gp for 20 all the way through the game, and the game literally THROWS magic arrows at you, more than you can ever use. (Go respawing underground infinite kobold commandos of doom!)

Bows = enemies dead before they can even TRY and hit you. Swords = miss, miss, miss, oh I got splatted, heal, miss, miss, miss...

-Jam

[Dis]

as for bows and arrows. Well I can't be bothered

I know they are poweful.

But I'm a traditionalist in the way that I play.

My fighters usually use either a 2 handed sword or long sword. Unless I have a dwarf or barbarian (not in BG1 but other games)- then I use a battle axe or great axe. My cleric uses a mace or morningstar usually (except in 3E games). My thief uses a bow or sword (if they are a fighter/thief). In this game Imoen is my theif and she uses a bow I believe. And my mage uses a sling (or crossbow in 3E).

I do have bows equipped on some of my front line guys, occasinally I use them. But I'm too lazy to switch back and forth. I can usually only get a few arrows off before they close in anyways. So I concentrate on melee attacks with my front line guys.

[Jamski]

Gah, melee will only get you so far in BG1. Unless you like to reload all the time

A party of six, using decent bows, and with good DEX and good skill in bows, can kill ANYTHING before it reaches you, with one exception.

SKELETONS.

They take just a bit longer, that's all. They are arrow resistant. But weak.

-Jam

[Marid Audran]

Jamski is right, no bones about it.

The biggest advantage to a missle-heavy party (bowmen/crossbowmen) is ripping enemy mages to shreds with multiple volleys before they ever get a spell off. Baldur's Gate II changed all this, with wizards' multiple illegal cheesy defensive spell contingencies, but in Baldur's Gate I they're like a paper towel trying to keep a tsunami at bay.

I prefer Jaheira to Branwen because Jaheira has superior melee skills. Branwen is also a simple-minded wench, a bad parody of a Swedish bimbo. Hell, I'd rather take Faldorn (and have) than Branwen.

Minsc and Dynaheir are an effective duo in their respective classes, although I have barely restrained hatred for both of them.

Kagain, Kivan, and Shar-Teel are all excellent muscle to have on the front lines. Most mages in the game are fine, although technically speaking Edwin is the most powerful due to that chessy Thayvian amulet.

It's a pity that some of the more useful joinable NPCs don't show up until later, like Eldoth, Yeslick, or Quayle. That's the way the game unfolds, though.

[Jon Miller]

I made my main character an elvin mage/theif

I have archers (Imoen, Kivan, and myself), the mage (Dynaheir). and a healer (Branwen), and my frontline master (Minsc)

the front line guy has a kick ass sword, Kivan is deadly with the bow and arrows, Dynaheir and Branwen are support characters, and Imoen and myself are backup archers (I sorta suck)

Jon Miller

[Marid Audran]

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