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== | ==Character Creation & Early Game Advice== | ||
* | * The base game's group members cover all classes besides Barbarian, Monk and Rogue who you can pick up in the White March expansion. Recommended level for the White March is around 7. | ||
* | * Cipher is a popular main character choice as they have the most unique dialogue choices and the Cipher companion is both relatively unpopular and comes in late. Fighter, Paladin or Ranger are all fairly simple if you don't want to micromanage much. All classes are viable though, even on Path of the Damned. | ||
* | * While not necessary, you can hire a couple of generic party members in the first town of Gilded Vale to help fill out your party until you've picked up the official party members, and later use them to garrison your stronghold and run errands for you there. | ||
* The | * The temple of Eothas dungeon in Gilded Vale is also much easier to tackle after you've picked up either some generic henchmen or the Priest and Chanter companions found in the nearby areas of Magran's Fork and Caed Nua, respectively. It's also an option to go around checking new areas for more party members until your group of 6 is full before going for quests or dungeons. | ||
==General Advice== | |||
* | * Pick up everything you can find and sell all gear you don't need as your stash has infinite space and items can be put in it at any time, even when looting. | ||
* | * Scouting Mode (Alt by default) acts both as stealth mode and search mode for detecting traps and hidden objects. Object detection (alongside lockpicking and trap handling) is based solely on a character's Mechanics skill, so having one person focus heavily on it is recommended, especially as hidden things are present in almost all areas. | ||
* Don't neglect crafting and enchanting, they require neither separate crafting stations or abilities and can be done from very early on. Even a simple accuracy or damage enchant helps a lot, and Unique items can be improved too provided you don't try to apply an enchantment type already present on them. | |||
* The | * The more monsters of a certain type you defeat, the more information you'll have about their strengths and weaknesses. Check the Bestiary section of the Cyclopedia for their detailed information. | ||
* | * NPCs with gilded names are Kickstarter backer characters and the "visions" you see talking to them aren't relevant to the story, you can freely ignore them. | ||
* There is no | * There is a hard point of no return involving a legal hearing at the midpoint of campaign which'll skip the rest of the side missions. | ||
* | * You can ignore the army raising mission later on as long as you like, even if it seems urgent it's meant to be done late. | ||
==Combat | ==Combat Advice== | ||
* You can assign hotkeys to abilities by pressing the key in question while hovering over the ability. This is handy with frequently used abilities such as Fighters' Knock Down. | * You can assign hotkeys to abilities by pressing the key in question while hovering over the ability. This is handy with frequently used abilities such as Fighters' Knock Down. | ||
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* Don't break engagement unless absolutely necessary. Your cursor will turn red if you try to move a character who's engaged in melee; breaking it without using an ability to avoid the disengage attack can lead to the character taking heavy damage. | * Don't break engagement unless absolutely necessary. Your cursor will turn red if you try to move a character who's engaged in melee; breaking it without using an ability to avoid the disengage attack can lead to the character taking heavy damage. | ||
==Class-specific | ==Class-specific Advice == | ||
* Ciphers leech focus based on damage dealt, so a cipher with a slow but powerful weapon will get fewer attacks but generate more focus per attack. | * Ciphers leech focus based on damage dealt, so a cipher with a slow but powerful weapon will get fewer attacks but generate more focus per attack. | ||