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This is a known bug, it doesn't happen in every game, dunno (still) how to fix it.Well, my games bugged out. Not long after getting to the swamp my party is permanently wet
Didn't have it in my game - I finished the starting island.
Anyway, to others, if you notice a party member can't get rid of "wet" status, reload some previous save.
DOS2 is richer when it comes to story, characters and graphics. Expeditions2 has something DOS2 doesn't include - romances.@joxer; - how does it compare to Expeditions: Viking?
Music is on the similar level (so far).
Combat?
Expeditions2 combat is awesomely simple. Make sure you have two bowmen in the party, keep shield on everyone because of no initiative stat and you pwn everything if you guard archers with other two party members. AI is nothing to brag about, seems it'll attack anything randomly. Despite that "basicness" it's so fun I love it!
DOS2 is extremely rich with skill/spell options, makes fights so complicated the game feel as a tough puzzle to crack. AI is unbelievably dangerous, trashmobs will aggro your weakest characters and ignore tanks, boss mages will peel magic armor on your strongest character in order to charm them and just when you think teleport spell is a path to victory, enemies will teleport your party all over the place!
I can't wait to hear… Wait I wrote that already, we have some forum members who play games only on highest difficulty as everything else is beneath them and I want to hear their whining ASAP.
As NWN hater #1 on this site I can only say mentioning that trash in DOS2 thread is a plain insult!So I started playing this for the first time. The camera reminds me a lot of Neverwinter Nights 1. And that's not a good thing
This seems true on the first island. Because of protection difference where physical damage based party members cannot benefit from your magic armor removal and vice versa, full physical or pure magic party is better than mixed.A couple of hours in and highly enjoying it. Not at all sold on the armour mechanics though, which makes a party specialized in a single damage type (physical or magical) much more effective than a versatile one. That's just a bad idea severly limiting your choices if you want your party to synergize well. I'm running a pure physical party now and the battles got alot more doable. When the option comes to respec I'll use it and try going 2 physical and 2 magic though, perhaps if they focus on different enemies it's still a decent tactic, and it will be alot more fun.
I'm playing with 2+2 mixed party and as you noticed, you need to go magic on trashmobs with low magic armor, physical on others. Also because of this, my physical based duo always uses weapons that do some additional magic damage.
I don't have a summoner so cannot say about that school. AI ignores your summons not because of them being summons but because those are weaklings. If you summon something and move party away from trashmobs visual range, you'll notice they do attack summons because now they're not weaklings to them.summons, which saved my bacon before, seem crap (well, Ok, only have a certain game awarded summon…but its really useless, doesn't seem to get attacks of oppurtunity and every AI agent ignores it when in combat. If they ignore summons in general then they really have lost 90% of their utility).
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Getting enough money to buy skill books is a bugger - I spent several levels with many empty memory slots because I didn't have enough cash to buy more than 1/2 skills books a level. It's improved now, but does limit the impact of levelling up unless you have money.
$ problem on the first few levels is understandable, cmon, you didn't start as a filthy rich character but to be honest starting skills are enough to pass through any obstacle. After that just sell crap to traders! Don't hoard items you won't use.
But remember, on the first island you have the party of four and two more characters aside to use. You don't have to use those two at all except… Hell let's abuse the system man!
When you finish the first island, you'll get on a ship where you can respec everyone. For free. Yup. I just found out.
That means what? Means I'm just gonna reload my save before proceeding to next act and do it.
Before boarding the ship, don't sell one instance of thievery/sneaking equipment. You'll get to level 8 on the first island (maybe level 9 is possible to reach if you solve all sidequests then kill everyone and everything). Sneaking 2 and thievery 2 is enough to get rich on the first island so push thievery on Sebille up to level 2! I just boarded the ship, found two +1 thievery equips (belt and gloves):
Time to pickpocket *everything*!
Well, not the junk you already sold to those traders ofc.
Okay maybe you use Sebille (I ditched her because I thought her story was screwed because I killed Griff before she talked to him so she is clean slate in my game) but you can do this with another sidekick!
That means what? Means I'm just gonna reload my save before proceeding to next act and do it.
Before boarding the ship, don't sell one instance of thievery/sneaking equipment. You'll get to level 8 on the first island (maybe level 9 is possible to reach if you solve all sidequests then kill everyone and everything). Sneaking 2 and thievery 2 is enough to get rich on the first island so push thievery on Sebille up to level 2! I just boarded the ship, found two +1 thievery equips (belt and gloves):
Time to pickpocket *everything*!
Well, not the junk you already sold to those traders ofc.
Okay maybe you use Sebille (I ditched her because I thought her story was screwed because I killed Griff before she talked to him so she is clean slate in my game) but you can do this with another sidekick!
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