I finally bought the game and fired it up on the old PC last week. It's mostly working smoothly, but Wow! Loading a game or new screen takes some freaking time!?!?? And the game it self's initital download took over 6 hours...Tho, 121 GB is big.
I had thought I had pretty good internet speed...?
I am about 10 hours of gameplay in and got up to level 2 with just the 2 of us (Shadowheart) looting the crash site of Ravaged Beach and some random exploration north; but it felt like I got a good bit of that experience from Role Playing & making skill checks in conversations. While yes, slightly disappointed the WIS-AC does not stack with the Draconic Resilience, that +2 has already come in handy several times in conversation choices, insight rolls etc. And eventually will for 'spell' DC once I get the 4-Elements. I've LOL a few times at the Monk inspired conversation options.
Stumbled upon the Goblin attack scene & Wyll first and then went out of my way to find Lae'zel who was right nearby anyway (so close & could have used her vs. the Gobbos.) I wanted the badass fighter for my party design, but man, that is one lawful evil bitch, eh!?!?? The other party members do not approve of her & I suspect she's the one most likely to turn against us and is likely leading us to a trap instead of the cleansing purification she touts...
So, as partially expected I guess, a good amount of learning the controls & buildup time, studying party member abilities & gear tweaking; BUT Finally now have a Full Party: Lae’zel for muscle/meat-shield, Shadowheart the healer/cleric & Wyll the Warlock as 2 versatile ranged/melee options…To go with my character at Monk1/Sorcerer1, also very ranged or melee versatile. ALL but Lae’zel are stealthy.
Bought Wyll some AC. Bought a fancy ‘spellthief’ bow for my elf: 1/day a critical hit restores a first level spell slot!
Guessing I might like this Halsin the Druid better than LZ
As for spear prof...you can always just go half-elf, eh? One of the things I like about Elf is Bow prof...not that this character will need it for long term levels, but spells slots go quickly now.
CHEERS!!
