Fledgling Fyora hackedagainanda Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I recently started this game after finishing A:EFTP and have been looking at guides and party building mechanics. If I am a casual player on Normal difficulty, could I get away with using melee instead of an all mage/priest party? I understand that all spell casters seem to be stronger but would it make a significant difference on Normal difficulty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I completed the game multiple times on normal with a sword and shield fighter, a pole arm fighter, a mage and a priest. It was not a problem. For A:CS there is some goodness in dual wielding and adrenaline rush if I remember correctly, but that wasn't the route that I took. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 An all spell casting mage/priest runs into some problems in the final Garzhad fight that I stopped at for torment difficulty since it is a scripted fight that works better with a melee fighter in the party.However I saw I had enough unfinished quest to get another 5 party levels, so someday I might go back and finish them to see how much difference that makes and better equip the party with more consumable items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 An all spellcasting party definitely isn't necessary, even on Torment. On Normal any sensible party will work fine. The Garzahd fight goes fine with an all-spellcaster party. Adrenaline Rush remains OP in A2:CS. Dual wielding, not so much -- it's OK, but it's truly outclassed by spellcasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt TriRodent Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Jeff/Spiderweb makes it so that you have to pretty much deliberately screw up your party to not be able to finish/survive while on easy or normal settings. Having a traditional melee meat shield in your party is pretty far from deliberately screwing up. /although I'd give him at least one level of priest skill so that he can heal/cure if the assorted others' time could better be used dropping serious spells on the monsters that need thumping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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