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Well, with some more experience (I mean as a player !) I did find some neat combos like Force Wall+ Conflagration+ Sleep Cloud to dispose of foes! But still in the first Bandit fight I can't beat the bandit group without having at least 1 PC killed ... Oh and for buying stuff I was against misled by BoA experience, I didn't think of asking about weapons/armor, I just clicked "Buy" ! What's fun is that BoE combat and party management is much more tactically rich and challenging than in BoA... Why did the designers "tone down" features/spells in BoA ??

Quote: Originally written by ben2: Quote: Originally written by PDF: My "Paladin" and "pure mage" surely aren't optimal, but I created them for RP reasons - after all isn't that the whole point of the game ? Not really if you're intent on winning. An "optimal" party will be better at the beginner stage than a "seems most traditional" party. Sorry, but having to do that kills the whole RPG concept... If I want to do that I play a tactical combat game, not a RPG.

Switched off NAV and game sound, now it runs TOO fast ! Problem gone ! Still get my arse handed to me on 1st fight though Thanks for the help

Thanks for the tips again. Well, as for my Archer/Thief I was surely misled by BoA play, in which an archer is much more powerful (at low level) than a melee fighter. And I supposed I need a thief anyway, and to use consistent strengths Archery seemed the way to go. And more importantly I don't like the idea of making only "power parties", with 3 fighters, 3 mages/priests and everyone saurian... My "Paladin" and "pure mage" surely aren't optimal, but I created them for RP reasons - after all isn't that the whole point of the game ? I don't feel it's good to oblige players to only play "power parties", but maybe I did begin with a too hard scenario, I'll try something easier (but want to start with a short scen, to get a good grasp of the game before playing a big epic).

Ash Lael, thanks for the help. Still I think I made a strong party, following advice from the BoE FAQ. I have : 1 big Saurian Fighter (polearm)- 20 hp 1 "Paladin" - Fighter/priest (2 levels)-18 hp 1 Feline Thief with Bow skill -16 hp 1 Saurian "Shaman" Mage 3/Priest 3 - 12 hp 1 specialist mage lvl 5 -10 hp First combat is against 5 bandits w/sword, 2 archers and a mage, each having 40-some HP (excpet the mage) I did use some "buffs", succeeded in charming 1 archer (his former friends killed him fast), and cast fireballs unless I had no SP left. But the bad guys mostly survived, and in melee they kill my chars in 2 blows, while my chars only dent them when they hit ! Huh, and I forgot the bandits use poisoned weapons ... It doesn't look like a fair fight.. But well, I'll try again !

Just started playing BoE yesterday, on a fairly recent PC : Athlon 2400+, 512Mb RAM, Radeon9700 64Mo, - under W98SE.... It should be enough to run 50 occurences of BoE , and for example BoA works quite well and so fast I have to put in at "v slow" setting. But BoE is a snail : in town/outdoors there is a noticeable but playable "lag" to mouse clicks/keys, like 0.5 sec, but in combat it's unplayable : mouse clicks/keys takes 5+ sec to be acknowledged, monster turns lasts for 15-30 sec (with a couple monsters !), it's awful !! I can't see where is the problem with my hardware/software, given that the game is pretty basic technically (I can run Morrowind or Rome Total War without a hitch ) : could it be some incompatibility with AV or firewall programs ? Or maybe sound (I have a problem with DX sound acceleration, but the game doesn't use DX I suppose)? Please help !

Thanks Whitenightever for the "technical" info, I didn't include what you say in the "unnecessary" stuff Ash Lael, many thanks for you complete "series guide", this should be stickied somewhere ! I decided finally to start with Bandits... Got my *ss kicked as soon as I left the town, my 1st level noob party is no match for the (seemingly) 5+ level bandits ! Well, maybe I should have bought some more equipment (not much with the starting gold...) but I didn't find any "functioning" shops, the blacksmith *tells* he's ok to sell stuff but nothing appears !

Thanks for the useful info I've already read some reviews/rankings, and indeed noticed Tatterdemalion (note : what can this mean ?). But I feared it was somewhat too big for a starter. Noticed "An Apology" too (and the general feeling that its designer as a very good one AND makes hard fights), but it is designed for a "low level" party, not a beginner one. I think I'll go with "Spears" As for my style of play, well, I tend to go on the "gamer" side, I can't refrain from enjoying tactical fights and gizmo hunting, but still largely prefers well done scenarios to bashing contest . Does not some "series" exist, where you can play (more or less) related scenarios one after another ? I've still fond souvenirs of the famous AD&D dungeon series like A1-A2-A3-A4, G1-G2-G3-D1-D2-D3 - which were quite poor adventures indeed but I didn't bother when I played them a loooong time ago...

Hi again, After trying BoA I bought it, and after seeing the crapload of BoE scenarios available I just got it too I've been quite surprised at discovering that BoE looks rather much rich, in terms of skills, tactics, spells etc ... than BoA, which I thought was "better", and think I will enjoy BoE even more So now the question is : where to start, I mean which scenarios ? I don't want to start with VoDT, as I just completed it in BoA it would be too much redundant. Still there are scores of highly rated and appetizing scenarios don't know where to start ! (I've found all the stuff at Spiderweb's, Lycaeum and Alexandria, and don't need "technical" advice) Could someone guide me through the (spider)web of scenarios and propose a "tour" for a beginning party (that is a relatively consistent series of scenarios leading the party from level 1 to god like status if possible ) ? Thanks