>download Baldur's Gate
>load up Dragon Descendant hummie
>get killed by a wolf in one hit
I'm not allowed to play anything but a Fighter in this game, am I?
Take some time learning how to beat engagements without taking a lot of damage. Great game don't give up on it.
>>45977990
Welcome to old school D&D.
>>45977990
Wizards are actually more powerful as you progress. The hardest part of the game is the first 4 or 5 hours (yes, the wolves are ridiculous). The game rewards you for thinking, so if you want to get through it, be careful and actually think.
I'm just shocked and appalled at how different 2e is from 3.5. It's horrifying. And it's as if Charisma does absolutely nothing for me despite being a Sorcerer.
God I love Beholders
>>45977990
get ranged weapon
>>45977990
>I'm not allowed to play anything but a Fighter in this game, am I?
Wrong. Mage is objectively the best class in BG1/2.
Especially if you go cheese and multiclass Kensai into Mage.
And even moreso if you abuse the shit out of the fact that you get XP when you learn new spells.
>>45980330
I would be surprised if 3rd wasn't made with computer game adaptations at least partially in mind. 2e loses quite a bit in translation to the digital realm. Charisma in 2e had many uses, none of which ever made it into a computer game save for shop discounts, iirc.
>>45977990
Give ranged weapons to yourself and Imoen and kite the enemies around. You can kill every enemy in the first area without taking a single point of damage.
Also, Fighters are garbage.
>>45977990
>Dee and dee
>playing a Fighter
>ever
C'mon, OP. I thought you wanted to suck less, not more?
I just finished this for the first time a week ago and just started playing the second game. I didn't expect such a jump in quality.
What went so right? Did Bioware suddenly stop being hacks for some months?
>>45982666
BioWare only published BG1/2; Black Isle was the developer.
Still, BW generally does better when they're working in someone else's IP, rather than their own OC donut steels.
>KotOR1
>NWN HotU
>>45983029
First Dragon Age was okay.
Went to complete shit fast after that, though.
>>45977990
No, but you are allowed to GET GUD
>>45977990
Welcome to D&D 2E!
Really, use the pause function. A lot.
The most effective way to fight is for one guy to rush into melee, then everyone else opens fire on the target with ranged weapons. You WILL love ranged weapons in this game.
It's hilarious how weak you are at the start.
>>45977990
>>45980143
Gods the feeling to be a wizard in BGII...
Never in a game I felt more powerful and intimidating without being a cookiecutter glasscannon.