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Date Posted: 17:20:53 05/14/01 Mon
Author: Saint Faucet
Author Host/IP: slip-32-100-150-128.ca.us.prserv.net / 32.100.150.128
Subject: "Ah we are all heroes... you and me and Boo... Hamsters and rangers, rejoice!"
In reply to: Achilles 's message, ""Squeaky wheel get's the KICK!"" on 14:55:14 05/13/01 Sun

The battle system? Personally, I hate the battles. Most of the time I end up conjuring flunkies (Summon Monsters III, Summon Elemental Spirits, etc.) to do my fighting for me. If not, I keep getting characters that say "That's not right!" or "My weapon is ineffective!" when they attack. It's almost like they aren't equipped with the nice magical gear I give them. :-( The system also added in level drains which are annoying to say the least (especially if you don't travel with a full cleric like I do) and none of my gear or spellbook spells transferred over when I imported my old savefile.

Anyway, the plus to the new system is that you can equip two weapons at once (should you wish to forego a shield or a two-handed weapon). The strange "lower the armor class number" and "higher the weapon quality" is still in effect (but then that's 'classic' D&D for you... one of the reasons I was never fond of the system).

I don't know if you can get a Flaming Fist helmet (though I do remember equipping Minsc with a vaguely similar looking one that had some magic spell on it... infravision, maybe?).

The customization is a little more extensive in the BGII (at least weapons-wise). The various weapons are now split out into more catagories and certain fighting styles have been added for possible bonuses (like "two-handed weapon" or "weapon and shield").

On the overall bright side, I just picked up a Stronghold/Fortress for my main character. There's more verbal interaction between npcs (including possible romances between the main character and one of several npcs). As far as I can tell, the annoying "If so-and-so isn't in your party, then I can't be either" npc tag team bit is gone. And of course, Minsc has even better lines than before (heh heh heh)!

I am so rusty at AoE2. I broke it out the other night and was seriously schooled by the computer in no time flat. I was so embarassed. Heh. Mayhaps I'll get better again with a bit more practice. We shall see...

- Aaron (is off to his programming classes)

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