2 wizards, hunh? Tough row to hoe! How do you deal with the incredibly costly spells? Just port back and forth to the Battlefields to restock on small mana potions?
The problem I'm having isn't in survival; I'm actually fairly efficient (both my characters are using low agility requiring swords that have been sharpened to nearly 3x their starting damage, toggled with using splitting arrow bows when meleeing gets too hard for my low HP hero). The problem is that I'm bored. And you're right, 10 hours is nothing to an avid gamer; I'd feel cheated if I beat the game in anything less than 30-40 hours. But I just don't see myself enjoying any more time spend in BD, not based on the last 10 hours of gaming investment I've already sunk in. ...
I'm still eager to play; I know a lot of work goes into Larian's games, and I'm sure I'll enjoy what's to come. Which is why I'm lurking here instead of playing -- I'm waiting to see if things improve. As they are now, I don't like the playing experience I've had so far, and I'm not willing to play anymore. If things change for the better in terms of game balance, I'd fire up my copy as soon as the patch was installed.
Now that you've explained your frustration in further depth, I do understand it. I don't normally play as a warrior (not just BD or DD - any game). So, of course, I can see why your gameplay is frustrating. You're right, there are no special or combination moves the avatar makes other than whirlwind or sneak. (This is to my limited knowledge since I haven't played as a fighter. I could be wrong and often times, I am! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ).
As for playing as 2 wizards, I thought it would be a pain in the butt and I'd be on an intravenous drip of mana but surprisingly the way I've created my spells, that hasn't happened yet. Yes, I do jump back and forth between battlefields and the dungeon. Every time I jump out, the merchant restocks and it takes only a couple of minutes before I have enough potions to go on for another few hours. But I think I have a bug in my game. LOL
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I'm patched to v 1.4 and everytime I kill a guard (named or unnamed -- in the training room of the drilling compound), I end up with a gazillion arrows (of every kind!). So, instead of using gold as 'gold', I've been using arrows. The Spiritual arrows (I think I have about 797 of them) bring in mondo $$. I already have over 30,000 normal arrows and that was accumulated from this afternoon's game play! LOL I don't think this was supposed to happen but I'm not going to complain.
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But your point is well taken. If the game is no longer fun for you, it's time to move on to another one. As I've stated previously, I'm not 100% sure I understand the skillpoints system all that well. And certainly not well enough to offer suggestions for changes. But, so far, it's worked for me. I'm glad that you jumped into the discussion, Bif! It's been great talking with you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Faralas <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />
