The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
I have seen Irenaeus II 's posts about it and after a lot of degenerate save-scumming with my first characters, I decided to Ironman-only from now on because that's the mainly thing to do.
(alternatively, one reload chance per city? Maybe I will try coin-flop for reload)
Maybe Irenaeus is right, it is the mainly way to play AoD:
My chars until now:
Phillipos Augustus - Loremaster, my first character. Got "stuck" in Teron because I got some bad solutions for missions. Sorta got fucked because not enough cha and I didn't feel like grinding my teeth yet. Build: Dagger/Block/CS, Streetwise/Persuade/Lore/Ettiquete/Impersonate. Too spread.
Philipos Augustus (II) - Loremaster (Build: Dagger/Block/CS, Streetwise/Persuade/Lore), another one who got stuck in Teron. Alocated the wrong skill points. Bit more cha now.
Philipos Augustus (III) - Loremaster (Build: Dagger/Block/CS, Streetwise/Persuade/Lore), turned into Loremaster-Merchant hybrid because I did Commercium quests and through some training got some fairly decent trade skillz. Got as far as Maadoran, decided to restart and begin with a new char because I already knew enough about the game not to die like a tard, and now I want to Ironman. Also tired of savescumming all the time.
___________________________Ironman only from now on_____________
Philipos Augustus (IV) - Pure Loremaster - the "Indiana Jones" loremaster build (Build: Crossbow/Dodge, Streetwise/Lore). Died to some losers in Teron.
Romulus Brutus - Mercenary. Build: Tank-Block Spearman (10 CON 6 Dex, made to take a beating), Spear/Block e Streetwise/Crafting, killed the assassin but got pwn by the two thieves near Tavern.
Romulus Gaius - Merc, same build bigger shield, killed the assassin but still died to the two thieves.
Flavius Romulus - Just like before, still died like a bitch to the thugs with daggers in the vignette.
Julius Aenas - Same build, but I brought a even bigger shield and now more ST and less CH. Killed the assassin and the thieves but the merchant died. Died attacking the bandit camp by himself.
Interesting discoveries: One-handed spear + block are great, but crap when you have to fight like six niggas because then everyone goes a conga line and bashing doesn't work a damn because the square is busy. Also, 8 AP and big-ass shield/armor sucks because then you stay like a 'tard missing quick attacks while there's a guy with this huge-ass axe seeping your HP.
Thinking about going pure talker Le Happy Merchant with Alchemy or trying another type of merc in next attempt.
(alternatively, one reload chance per city? Maybe I will try coin-flop for reload)
Maybe Irenaeus is right, it is the mainly way to play AoD:
My chars until now:
Phillipos Augustus - Loremaster, my first character. Got "stuck" in Teron because I got some bad solutions for missions. Sorta got fucked because not enough cha and I didn't feel like grinding my teeth yet. Build: Dagger/Block/CS, Streetwise/Persuade/Lore/Ettiquete/Impersonate. Too spread.
Philipos Augustus (II) - Loremaster (Build: Dagger/Block/CS, Streetwise/Persuade/Lore), another one who got stuck in Teron. Alocated the wrong skill points. Bit more cha now.
Philipos Augustus (III) - Loremaster (Build: Dagger/Block/CS, Streetwise/Persuade/Lore), turned into Loremaster-Merchant hybrid because I did Commercium quests and through some training got some fairly decent trade skillz. Got as far as Maadoran, decided to restart and begin with a new char because I already knew enough about the game not to die like a tard, and now I want to Ironman. Also tired of savescumming all the time.
___________________________Ironman only from now on_____________
Philipos Augustus (IV) - Pure Loremaster - the "Indiana Jones" loremaster build (Build: Crossbow/Dodge, Streetwise/Lore). Died to some losers in Teron.
Romulus Brutus - Mercenary. Build: Tank-Block Spearman (10 CON 6 Dex, made to take a beating), Spear/Block e Streetwise/Crafting, killed the assassin but got pwn by the two thieves near Tavern.
Romulus Gaius - Merc, same build bigger shield, killed the assassin but still died to the two thieves.
Flavius Romulus - Just like before, still died like a bitch to the thugs with daggers in the vignette.
Julius Aenas - Same build, but I brought a even bigger shield and now more ST and less CH. Killed the assassin and the thieves but the merchant died. Died attacking the bandit camp by himself.
Interesting discoveries: One-handed spear + block are great, but crap when you have to fight like six niggas because then everyone goes a conga line and bashing doesn't work a damn because the square is busy. Also, 8 AP and big-ass shield/armor sucks because then you stay like a 'tard missing quick attacks while there's a guy with this huge-ass axe seeping your HP.
Thinking about going pure talker Le Happy Merchant with Alchemy or trying another type of merc in next attempt.