If levels were more attainable, perhaps the spells could actually be useful? They look fun, but the mana cost for using them, combined with lack of points to do anything with, has prevented me from making anything other than two guys with swords and bows. Which pretty much degenerates the game into a monster click-fest.
Hopefully I'm not being unreasonable; I really enjoyed the character build up in DD, and there were enough fun skills to use that warriors didn't feel like just being passive monster-clickers. Since there are no active warrior abilities that I've seen so far, it'd be fun to be able to afford some magical abilities... but not on the skimpy diet of bonus points BD is affording me. And I can't see myself playing through 3 more acts of "Click the monster." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />
I was using a TON of mana until I realized that I didn't have to load extra points into elemental magic and their combinations. For instance, I created a spell that uses all 4 elements and a TON of mana. It does a lot of damage, too. But I could have (and did this last time around) create individual spells for just fire, water, earth and air where I use less mana and the spell packs a decent punch. As a Level 10 Wizard using a Fire (2) Magic Spell, I can squish most of the monsters in the dungeon areas (Act 1, BFs 1&2) in one tiny zap.
I'm still getting used to the skillpoint system in BD. This is one game where I'm going to have to experiment with it before I decide whether I can create a character I'm 100% happy with. Then again, I have a lot of time on my hands with little responsibilities to anyone other than myself (not married, I work from home, live alone, blah, blah, blah) so I can indulge in this type of stuff. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Faralas <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />
P.S. Sorry about posting 2 back-to-back messages. Oops! My bad. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />
