Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity - Original Sin - General I admire this game so much, just wish it explained

Baldurs Gate 1, 2 and both the expansion packs for part 1 and 2. This D&D basic lite CRPG, its a bit dated now but still one of my favorite 10 games of all time for less story and more dungeoncrawl just get Icewind Dale and its expansion pack Heart of Winter. Icewind Dale II is very problematic in a lot of ways, a good game but it needs careful handling to get the most out of it.

Fallout 1, 2 and Fallout Tactics far better than Wasteland 2. Another of my favorites.

Temple of Elemental Evil, another D&D CRPG but this is true turn based, an excellant game which has hidden layers of depth and a great combat system, very different from BG's and IWD's since it uses a later version of the D&D rules but the combat is excellant ( not quite as good as D:OS but few things are). It needs to be fully patched to get the most out of it which is actually quite a bit.

Crafting....yes we all want crating to be refined a bit, my first playthrough I crafted exactly nothing except a certain spellbook and one certain potion, but on following playthroughs I crafted and do craft continously, the best weapons are crafted the best armor is improved by crafting.

The recipe book in the journal is just clumsy and too unwieldy and large. I got serious and got the crafting guide as well, but most of the things in there I just dont bother with Weapons and Armor are the most important and eneded up being the only things I craft at all but I make a new greatsword for my Knight every level, thats theonly way to get the best damage for a weapon, damage is the most important effect, status's and stat boosts are good but damage kills the enemy.

I do think the widespread opinion ( read as nearly universal opinion) that crafting is in need of a revamping may be one of the things the new content patch will be addressing hopefully, I could be wrong either way I would be fine with it. Once you figure out the things you really want to make it becomes basic, be aware most weapons when forged/crafted can have a low end result and a high end result so making multiples sometimes will produce different items, also level and crafting blacksmith skill affects what you produce.

Make sure your crafter is also the blacksmith, so get to crafting and blacksmith 5 as fast as possible and be looking for that belt that is Crafting +1 and Blacksmith +1, that and scientist and you only have to get to 3 skill level to max out.

Welcome and have fun!