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[JohnJSal]

I was wondering if anyone has done it and with what build. Arcane Warrior seems like a candidate since it apparently is very difficult to hit. Maybe a Dex Rogue also? Or is it just not possible given the swarms of mobs you face? (The game manual says you can do it, but I don't know how practical it is.)

[soteria]

Yes. Believe it or not, the game has been soloed on nightmare with pretty much every build you can think of, to include cunning rogue. I believe Timortis even did it with one character without potions. Some people are crazy.

[AlanC9]

It's not clear why it's worth doing, though. Every class has been done, so there's nobody left to impress by doing it yourself.

[JohnJSal]

AlanC9 wrote...

It's not clear why it's worth doing, though. Every class has been done, so there's nobody left to impress by doing it yourself.

As if that's why I care to do it.

[PaulSX]

here is a thread, you might be interested in:

http://social.biowar...6/index/2962350

[Chuvvy]

AlanC9 wrote...

It's not clear why it's worth doing, though. Every class has been done, so there's nobody left to impress by doing it yourself.

Has anyone soloed while using only their fist and only dumping into willpower?

[soteria]

It's not clear why it's worth doing, though. Every class has been done, so there's nobody left to impress by doing it yourself.

Same reason I don't use potions--a challenge. I don't enjoy the sort of challenge soloing presents, myself, but some people are into it.

[mousestalker]

Because it's there. I've only done it as a rogue, but it is doable, even on Nightmare.

[JohnJSal]

But when you say "doable" to solo, what does that mean in reality? Constant reloads? Spending hours on a single fight? Even on Easy mode, is it too hard to do for someone looking for a casual solo experience?

Modifié par JohnJSal, 07 juillet 2010 - 01:55 .

[mousestalker]

The game is easy on easy. I may be in the minority, but I think the way the difficulty scales in the game is spot on.



I tried my nightmare run through after having played the game several times, so I knew what to expect. I didn't reload all that much. The Denerim gang fights are what I remember as being fairly difficult.

[AlanC9]

JohnJSal wrote...

AlanC9 wrote...

It's not clear why it's worth doing, though. Every class has been done, so there's nobody left to impress by doing it yourself.

As if that's why I care to do it.

So what is the motivation? To experience less content?

[AlanC9]

JohnJSal wrote...

But when you say "doable" to solo, what does that mean in reality? Constant reloads? Spending hours on a single fight? Even on Easy mode, is it too hard to do for someone looking for a casual solo experience?

Now I'm confused. You're not looking for a challenge, obviously. What are you looking for?

[AlterEqo]

Wait how do you do soloing? Is this possible on console?

[Lord Gremlin]

AlterEqo wrote...

Wait how do you do soloing? Is this possible on console?

Yes. When you select party don't select anybody and press circle (on PS3) then cross to confirm and you'll be alone.

[AlterEqo]

Lord Gremlin wrote...

AlterEqo wrote...

Wait how do you do soloing? Is this possible on console?

Yes. When you select party don't select anybody and press circle (on PS3) then cross to confirm and you'll be alone.

Wow I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

[runtheplacered]

AlanC9 wrote...

JohnJSal wrote...

AlanC9 wrote...

It's not clear why it's worth doing, though. Every class has been done, so there's nobody left to impress by doing it yourself.

As if that's why I care to do it.

So what is the motivation? To experience less content?

Maybe he likes a challange? 

You made an incorrect gross assumption that he wanted to impress people.  I have no idea why you made that assumption and it shouldn't have been surprising that it was totally wrong.  Now that you know you were wrong why are you investigating his motives and trying to save face by being condescending with your "to experience less content" question?  Is it really that weird that people want to take on challanges?

[soteria]

Except, the same guy was also asking if he'd be able to do it without a lot of reloads and stress. Kinda rules out the "for the challenge of it" answer, doesn't it? I wouldn't have expected someone looking for a challenge to ask if it would be too hard for him.

[AlexRD]

Everything is possible.

[JohnJSal]

It's not like I cringe at a challenge, but spending hours trying to overcome a single battle is not my idea of a fun challenge. It just gets old after a while and I want to move on.

I enjoy playing solo games more than group games like this. I had a blast playing it for the first time with a group, but if I decide to play through it again (to experience a difference class/build), I'd prefer to do it alone, now that I've already had the group experience.

Modifié par JohnJSal, 08 juillet 2010 - 04:52 .

[Spell Singer]

I have only soloed a part near the end of the game (and not the Alcatraz themed one) and frankly it is rather less than fun. It is doable obviously and since we are talking a lone rogue against a yellow and 5 white warriors (or 6 white warriors) it is equal to a large number of the typical encounters. It took 3 tries to get past that on hard, although at least one of them was just bad luck that killed me. It was; however, immersion destroying, utterly illogical and unsatisfying. But those are all subjective things. The game is balanced for a group so playing solo...well any stun, overwhelm, paralyze, crushing prison, curse of mortality, stinging swarm effects are likely to be reload time. Playing a rogue with good stealth would probably be the best way to do it. I'd think given how frustrating I find some of the combat that "spending hours trying to overcome a single battle" would happen at least a couple of times. The random encounters probably would be the worst part.



Also the group experience changes with the group. I had a very different game as a warrior mainly with Wynne, Lelianna, and Alistair/Oghren compared to my mage who traveled with Alistair, Sten and Lelianna or my rogue who did most of the game with Sorrin (dog), Zevran and Morigan.



In many cases the comments a companion made helped me make up my mind about things.



Still at the end of the day rather than asking just do it. Worst case you invest a few days to get through your origin story and Ostagar with companions and then start up at Lothering and try and go it alone. If the first encounter kills you repeatedly you stop playing and chalk up the experience to "it sounded good in theory and worked like spit in practice."

[WRFan]

when you say "solo", what exactly do you mean? My wizardress killed over 2000 enemies herself, only 12 enemies overall have been killed by other party members and I never use party members to cast damaging spells on enemies, but I use them for support, to cast spells like paralysis explosion, death hex (for the entropic death combo) and mana regen spells. I do the fighting, the other party members stay in the background. I'd call this solo. But that doesn't mean I don't use the companions at all. It's simply impossible to beat the game completely solo. Take the following situation: 10 enemies in front of you, 2 archers behind your back. You cast Sleep on the enemies in front of you, archers prepare for the scattershot, you can't cast an additional spell before they shoot, you have to use your party members, to incapacitate the archers simultaneously, so you cast sleep, your companions turn around, cast paralysis explosion. Otherwise they scattershoot, you get stunned and damaged, that's simply nasty. I never allow an archer to scattershoot.

[JohnJSal]

By "solo" I mean truly solo, as in I'm the only one in the party. I guess that's not very realistic after all. What do people usually mean when they talk about soloing this game? Just using companions for support?

[soteria]

They mean completely alone. If you're using companions to disable enemies for you, that's not really the meaning of the word "solo," is it? People are free to play however they like, but words mean something, and "solo" doesn't mean "my main character does most of the work and companions take care of whatever I can't conveniently handle."

[mousestalker]

There are points in the game where you are forced to have a companion. For my solo run, I set the companion to passive for tactics and tried to park them out of harm's way as much as possible.



I missed the banter. I didn't miss the 'aggro the map', inappropriate placement and blocking that comes with having allied npc's.