dteowner
Shoegazer
So I've managed a couple restarts now and I'm starting to get a feel for things, although my last character got trounced by an orc drummer that didn't attack me for a long time and then killed me in 2 quick slashes.
I've pretty well cleared the opening town, but I haven't had much luck outside the gate. My best tactic has been to drag the orcs back to Superman and let him kill them in one blow. Costs me a lot of XP, but I seem to do better on that whole "survival" thing.
So then, a couple questions. First off, anyone know of a good walkthru? I don't intend to use it just yet, but it makes a nice security blanket. Second, what's a good build for a melee type? There's almost too many choices for a newbie. My last char, Biki Nibayb (y'all shamed me into coming up with something better than Ahab and Ishmael) picked up ID Item and then sword specialization and seemed hopelessly outclassed by mere orcs. I got on the merchant's good side and traded for the best armor and weapons I could afford, so I don't think my problems stemmed from lousy equipment.
Oh, one other thing--is there supposed to be a death screen? After I got killed, the game just sat there. I thought maybe I was going to resurrect ala DS2, but no such luck. I've patched up to the latest version available at Larian.
I've pretty well cleared the opening town, but I haven't had much luck outside the gate. My best tactic has been to drag the orcs back to Superman and let him kill them in one blow. Costs me a lot of XP, but I seem to do better on that whole "survival" thing.
So then, a couple questions. First off, anyone know of a good walkthru? I don't intend to use it just yet, but it makes a nice security blanket. Second, what's a good build for a melee type? There's almost too many choices for a newbie. My last char, Biki Nibayb (y'all shamed me into coming up with something better than Ahab and Ishmael) picked up ID Item and then sword specialization and seemed hopelessly outclassed by mere orcs. I got on the merchant's good side and traded for the best armor and weapons I could afford, so I don't think my problems stemmed from lousy equipment.
Oh, one other thing--is there supposed to be a death screen? After I got killed, the game just sat there. I thought maybe I was going to resurrect ala DS2, but no such luck. I've patched up to the latest version available at Larian.