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Just wondering if anyone plays or has played it..having a few problems..i know its buggy,slow and freezes but i think its strategy is great...my sort of "Warcraft"....i.e rgp + stratgey.

Since the forums there dont allow an account with a free e-mail address i thought i might around here since this is a friendly forum and since i cant find the answers over there.

First question is a compter one and me being not very literate in the subject i have to ask.

The patch required states that it may not work with Direct x 9.0 andi have downloaded direct x 9.0b( included in temple of elemental evil) and i am wondering if it is the same.

Plus have same difficulty in defeating Balor...i cant seem to get the gem the very few times i can defeat him.


Thanks for your help

Tragic

are you using the official patches or the circle of 8 patches? i'm pretty sure the official ones don't have directx compatability problems, but i could be wrong. also, there are two official patches now. troika did a second one.

it's been a while since i played it. where's balor again?

I really like that game, despite its negative press! Couldn't tell ya what patch I had but I had no direct X problems.

Game did crash on me once, started to freeze up when I was in the temple during a particualar fight but once by that it worked fine again - I dont know if that was a direct x issue.

I love the combat in this game...I still think it's the best turn based combat I've seen in a fantasy RPG.

I also don't remember Balor - been a while since I played it.

Tragic,

Are you asking about the gems that can be combined with the Orb of Golden Death?

Aren't they located in the Elemental Nodes?

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Thanks for your replies and concerns,i too realise that i havent been so specific as i should have been
Ok here it is.

There are two offical patches but you only need to download the second one becuase the second one has the same and more fixes than the first one.

I have done that already and everything is fine.

However an unoffical patch..the cirle of eight patch adds more fixes than the second offical(and you can craft better weapons/armour) one but there seems to be a problem with compatability with Direct X 9.0.

Since i have installed direct X 9.0b(which was provided by temple of elemental evil) i was wondering if these two are the same and if there would be any problems.

I thnk i should take a risk and intsall the thing anyway and see if it works.

Balor is the boss at the end of the nodes...actually the fire node and hes tough...he keeps casting fear on my troops and i am guessing that if my cleric casts calm emotions before hand that it will prevent the fear from settling in.
When you kill him you do indeed get the gem to put into the orb of golden death.

I have cast loads of other spells like dispel magic..remove fear etc but notihng has worked so far.

Another thing...how can you enter doors which are "magically held."
Do you need to be good at the spellcraft skill?

I too have been very impressed with the combat technique of the game..i think its one of the best but saying that apart from that,diablo2( which is inferior to divinity imo) and divinity i havent played any rgp game so im guessing there may be other versions.

Next on my list is Beyond Divinity!!!

that freaking battle was TOUGH! took me forever. some people who used better strategy than me got through it quick, but i must have reloaded 20 or 30 times. bottom line iirc is use area effect spells to your advantage early, and then get some steel on him and don't let up.

Well i have beaten him a few times but either one of my party members dies or i cant pick the gem he drops.
Dust of dissappearance i think will work well if you have two fighters and flank balor..providing they kill him in the two rounds they have being invisible.

Also im guessing that if i have 3 party members i can potentially get a higher level..i.e up to say 12 or something becuase with my five members i can get up to level 10 becuase i beleive that the total exp gets divided by number of people and so in theory if i have only 3-4 members i can get higher levels.

in theory, you could. but in reality, the level cap is 10.

Awww so then there is no point in having less than five memebers unless you want to spalsh out on equipment in the begining.

You could have a fighter/barbarian clan whereby you have 3-4 fighters and 1-2 fighter/cleric.
Bash everyone before they can bash you...i wonder if that works?

Or a "nature/elf" clan where you have 2 ranger,druid,wizard and a elvish rogue.

Or be greedy and have an all human party so you can get that extra feat.....hmmm

there's tons of fun combos. i did almost every side quest i could and still didn't cap out until near the end so i wouldn't worry too much about it.

Yeah same here im level 10 and i think the point of getting the extra exp is to use it to craft weapons armour or something.

Another thing...once when you fight edrack and he conjures up Luz...If you have Throomel...he conjures up St Cuthbert but he doesnt do anything and when the enemy casts a spell on him..its friendly fire even though my Party is true Neutral.