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[KrogdorRendinate]

I like many other people have had alot of trouble with the game.  The difficulty rollercoaster has made it difficult for me to adapt.  My main problem is that I don't know precisely why I'm breezing through some encounters while getting completely demolished on others.  This is still my first playthrough, but the frustration at playing continuously difficult battles and getting destroyed again and again has made me ask for help. 

Here's my situation.  I have a Level 10 Noble Dwarf Warrior who is specced for Weapon and Shield.  I have successfully completed the Redcliffe quest line, but after getting torn apart by a group of Raging and Hungry Corpses inside the castle again and again, I switched the difficulty from Normal to Casual.  I finished the Circle Tower and then had the Mages do their thing to save Connor.  I continued with relatively few hitches until even on Casual I got demolished by the Blood Mage coven in Denerim in the abandoned building.  Honestly, I just don't know what I'm doing wrong.  I'd like to play on harder difficulties, but this is befuddling me. 

I'm going to rattle off some questions.  If any of you have general gameplay tips that I don't cover in my questions, feel free to add them.  

Party setup: In addition to my Warden, I always take 1 Warrior, 1 Rogue, and 1 Wizard.  I'll often switch around the characters for variety's sake, but always stick with the above format.  Should I keep doing that or only stick with 3 characters?

Traps, Herbalism, Poisons: How much do you use these? I admit I haven't used them much as I've often found in alot of games that tricksy stuff rarely works well.  Maybe I'm wrong now? Should I spend the money and buy new recipes and plans for all these things and make use of them?

AI Battle Tactics: I own FF12 and had found that the system never quite seemed to work the way I wanted it to.  However, the battle tactics seems to be even less efficent in this game.  Has this been your experience? If I'm simply doing it wrong, how should I set up?

Money: What should I generally be aiming for? I had been trying to upgrade my equipment as much as possible, but now I'm wondering how wise this is.  Should I spent it on recipes and plans instead?

I'm sure there's more I can add, but if you have any 'don't leave camp without doing this' tips, I'd love to read them.  Thanks.

[Guywhoiam]

I play on casual because of the friendly fire on difficulties higher then normal, which with a mage, let's say Morrigan using blizzard, would cause all my guys to die. Enough with that though, it doesn't necessarily answer your question.

I have never bought a single recipe or plan, and focused only on armor, weapons, and accessories. Here's what I did and you could do: 1. Get the drakescale armor from Wade in denerim, and give it to your rouge who should be using a long or short bow. 2. After killing the high dragon and taking it's scale have Wade make you Dragon Scale armor or Dragon Bone plate for your character. 3. As for your mage, use Morrigan and teach her the spirit healer specialization. 4. The other warrior on your team should have a different weapon setup than you. You use sword and shield, they use greatsword. Give them your heaviest armor than what you are wearing.

That was my set up. I equipped all my companions with the same setup except Wynne who I made an Arcane warrior.

Hope it helps you some.

Modifié par weirdopo, 20 janvier 2011 - 06:51 .

[Elhanan]

Party setup: appears much like my own.

I have only used Poison beyond special quests, and then mostly for solo runs.

AI Tactics does take some time and trial period. Mostly, place Archers and mages on Ranged; others on Default or Defensive. Then list your tactics in priority order.

Gold: plenty of it near end game. As for gear, depends on whether or not you have DLC.

[ussnorway]

Also understand that whilst the game can be completed in any order you like… it has a basic level meter to it i.e. some areas/ quests are designed for higher level characters and will be much harder to defeat with a low level party.

[soteria]

If you want a general help guide, try this. It's old, but largely still very relevant.

[HolyAvenger]

Herbalism and poison isn't tricky. Just buy the flasks, you'll pick up plenty of the ingredients and they can definitely help a lot. Especially with just one mage, you'll want health pots as a go to for your frontliners on a regular basis (or I did anyway). Even if you don't make grenades or poisons, one point in poisons will let you use the ones you pick up as loot which can lead to significant extra damage.

[KrogdorRendinate]

Some really good stuff. I should also add that I have all the DLC, and just yesterday added Awakening. I had completed Warden's Keep and had gotten the Warden Commander equipment. I don't know much any of that factors in though.

I'm also noticing from PC playthrough videos that players are able to get greater control from zooing the camera overhead and pointing and clicking.  I have the 360 version and didn't know such a thing was possible.  I can make with the 'circle' interface but is it possible to zoom the camera up to above the battlefield like that?

Modifié par KrogdorRendinate, 20 janvier 2011 - 09:07 .

[mousestalker]

Check out soteria's videos for specific fights.



The single best tip I can give is as follows:



every person under your control, your warden and all your companions need to have the following as the very top tactic in their tactic list: "Self/Health <50%, Use smallest Health Poultice".



That's a minimum. Some people prefer to set the threshold at 75%. I always set my tank, in your case your warden, to use the largest health poultice. But that change needs to be made to everyone who fights for you.



Anyone who is a sword and board fighter ought to have Shield Wall running most of the time. Two hander types ought to have Indomitable running. Anyone who has Momentum ought to have that going. These things are set up with tactics, not manually. If you have a tank (such as your warden) then the tank should have Threaten set as a sustainable. That will help concentrate the damage on the person best able to handle it.



Your tank should have tactics set to 'aggressive'. Mages and archers should be set to 'ranged'. Set the others as you please.



Rogues can use stealth to scout areas out. This is especially helpful with the blood mages. Your dog can close gaps very quickly. This is also helpful with mages and other ranged types. Overwhelm is bloody lethal against mages. Crowd control spells and attacks such as cone of cold, sleep, scattershot, and blizzard are lovely for large groups of enemies.



Last bit of advice: In fights try to concentrate incoming damage on the one best equipped to handle it. Concentrate your firepower to take out the most vulnerable foes who deal the most damage. In other words, kill their mages first.