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#538311 06/08/14 11:41 PM
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Hi all,

Two-time hard playthrougher here. Just wanted to start a topic to see what the community has in mind for making the current version of the game a tad (or a lot) more challenging, especially given all of the criticism on the boards regarding the difficulty. I was thinking that people could list what fun builds they're doing then show screenshots, post videos, etc.

Here are challenges that I had in mind, organized by difficulty:
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Easy/Cheesy/You should be doing this anyway
-No teller of secrets abuse
-Hard difficulty only
-No ending turn on sneak/invisibility

Medium
-No glass cannon + lone wolf combo
-No blacksmithing/crafting
-1 mage max
-No saving in battle
-No respect demon usage
-No stealing/pickpocketing

Kinda hard
-Dual lone wolves
-No glass cannon
-No spells (scrolls okay)
-All four characters have the same (and only that) spell/warrior skill
-Save in town only
-Source difficulty mod

Pretty hard
-No companions but no lone wolf either
-No spells or scrolls (resurrection after battle only)
-No healing potions (or healing spells); eat food! Bonus points for 5 star diner
-No reloading
-Kill any NPC on sight as soon as you are at least half their level (unless you need to turn in a quest, but then immediately afterwards)

What??
-One character no spells

Would be glad to hear other things that people have in mind/are currently running.

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Currently running:
No Magic Abilities
No Glass Cannon
No Leech
Hard Mode
Party comp = Lone Wolf Rogue + Ranger + Madora

Very early levels were extremely challenging, given that 2/3 of my damage was piercing, against skeletons.

Joined: Jan 2014
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You are missing
-the Shield spells (absorb any damage equal to your health)
-conversation saves
-the RPS cheat (changing chars during Rock-Paper-Scissor will make you auto win the minigame)
-the "double" XP problem (get charisma XP in addition to the combat XP)
-dedicated Homestead crafter
-Leech
-rehiring NPCs
-using NPCs with broken stats
-save scumming should be addressed earlier
-telekinesis

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