My favorite way to play BG1 is with the canon party:
Imoen Khalid Jaheira Dynaheir Minsc
And then with a fighter - berserker main character. Berserkers are extremely strong, becoming outright immune to some of the most annoying spell effects enemies can throw your way. I also like to headcanon that the berserker bloodlust is actually a manifestation of being a Bhaalspawn and is what allows my character to control the Slayer form in BG2.
So there is my 2 cents.
Haha, I always end up splitting the couples as I can't stand half of each. I take Jaheira and Minsc but not their other halves. But unlike some other crazy people, I don't kill off Khalid or Dynaheir. I just lock them up inside one of the houses in town. And lil' sis Imoen is always in my party.
I pretty much just take the canon party for continuity, because if I’m going to play BG, I’m going to play BG2 after. Also, I know the game in and out well enough that it doesn’t really matter whom I take. My berserker Bhaalspawn will be doing the vast majority of the killing personally, as fitting for an heir of murder.
Originally Posted by kanisatha
Isn't Diablo 4 largely hack and slash combat? Given that combat tends to be (allowing for exceptions) the part of an RPG that I like the least, if the game is mostly combat, and action/hack and slash combat at that, I'm not going to have an interest in it.
I’ll put it this way- playing Diablo for the story is like ready Playboy for the articles. Diablo cares more about mood and setting than story, but combat is always the main draw.
Originally Posted by The Red Queen
Cheers! I considered Imoen, but I actually did a run with that party not all that long ago (by which I mean a few years back when SoD was released for iOS) so want to mix it up at least a little.
I do like the idea of Bhaal’s essence coming out in a berserker’s rage, but think I’d want to try that without Minsc and when I didn’t already have three melee characters. I’ll save the idea, though, so thanks for that .
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