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I've done the Womb quest as fast as possible and then I went to the Capital. First time I've entered the map I could talk with Jhod however he got mortally wounded once I've cleared all the mobs from the map.
On successive reloads, he was still mortally wounded. In other words, you can save both if you game glitched (assuming that the developers went for binary outcomes).
If you're Lawful, you can tell Kesten to go do his job and get to the capital. Otherwise, go right to the Womb, save Kesten, and don't explore any further. Immediately turn around and go save Jhod, then go finish the Womb later.
I've done the Womb quest as fast as possible and then I went to the Capital. First time I've entered the map I could talk with Jhod however he got mortally wounded once I've cleared all the mobs from the map.
On successive reloads, he was still mortally wounded. In other words, you can save both if you game glitched (assuming that the developers went for binary outcomes).
I managed to save both, but the player's alignment might have consequences here. I tracked down Kesten at the Goblin Fort, and as a Lawful-aligned character, my PC was able to convince Kesten to stop trying to play the hero and instead head back to the capital to help Jhod. I played through the Womb at a leisurely pace, and on heading to the capital next, both Jhod and Kesten were alive and well at the end of the boss fight.
I have to admit and say that my goodwill for the game is starting to evaporate.
I just finished the Womb for the 2nd time and it was anything else except fun. Maybe I'm retarded but the mobs stats are so bloated that my fighter and Amiri were simply missing all their hits (with and without Power Strike penalties).
My party was probably under-leveled for this dungeon (at lvl 9) but the encounters balance seems to be off: in one location I was killing mobs without getting hit and close by I was getting raped by almost the same configuration of mobs (!?). I'm no expert in the intricacies of the combat mechanics but I'm pretty sure this kind of shit should not happen.
Example: My Valerie has 35 AC without buffs (she is also a Stalwart Defender). With buffs she is like 40+ (probably over 45) and these mobs are doing 30-40 dmg to her (!?) I don't understand how this is possible when my fighter with 20+ STR and 19 Attack (without buffs) cannot hit shit. Every mob in this dungeon has like 27+ AC and my specialized character with some of the best two-handed weapons in the game until this point cannot do any damage to some mobs unless he hits a Natural 20. What the fuck!?
And if this is not enough then there is this kind of stuff:
You can rush to the Womb in order to save Kersten but then you will lose Jhod. And if you go to the Capital then Jhod will live but Kersten will die. You cannot save both of them.
Also the Womb's mobs have inflated stats compared to the mobs invading the Capital therefore the better choice is obvious: save the Capital first.
It looks like the game is starting to fell apart after the Troll king quest meaning that if you do the main story quests too fast then the main story will progress faster and most players will not be prepared for what is coming to them.
Basically the recommended play style looks like this: level up your party members as much as possible (while combing the map for XP) and then level up your kingdom. Don't rush to solve main story quests.
If you are lucky then the quests might trigger in a somewhat feasible way otherwise you are fucked.
Now, I will assume that some people will start saying "Git gud!" but the game has some real issues. Too may times the final outcome of some encounters depend on your party pre-positioning or pre-buffing. And the difference is not insignificant; it's between not taking any damage and party wipe. I honestly don't understand how RNG is working in this game.
I need to cool off and probably restart ... next month.
Example: My Valerie has 35 AC without buffs (she is also a Stalwart Defender). With buffs she is like 40+ (probably over 45) and these mobs are doing 30-40 dmg to her (!?) I don't understand how this is possible when my fighter with 20+ STR and 19 Attack (without buffs) cannot hit shit. Every mob in this dungeon has like 27+ AC and my specialized character with some of the best two-handed weapons in the game until this point cannot do any damage to some mobs unless he hits a Natural 20. What the fuck!?
Get 20 in Str (or Dex) from start, use Bard song, use priest buffs (Bless, Prayer), use + weapons, focus in weapon, etc. I had +15 to hit on lvl 3 ranger with masterwork (+1 to hit) bow. You have, what, lvl 8 with +19 to hit?
If you dont build character for harder difficulty, lower difficulty.
I thought that Steam was full of whiners ("too much AC").
Play on Normal or Easy.
Hard and Unfair are for optimised parties. No, lvl 8 with +19 to hit is not optimised.
Yes, 27 AC mob is usual mob that you meet in Chapter 1 on unfair. Chapter 1, when you have lvl 1-3s. Not your 8 lvls who are just bad and this is reason they cant hit and cant take damage.
Hm, it's entirely possible, but I've done it twice so far without any apparent issue arising from it. What I did was go to the Womb, rescue the chap there, leave and go back to the capital, fight off the owlbear, save Jhod, go back to the Womb. I've found if you do it without any pause, sleeping, etc, you can get there before either guy's death timer counts to 0
Example: My Valerie has 35 AC without buffs (she is also a Stalwart Defender). With buffs she is like 40+ (probably over 45) and these mobs are doing 30-40 dmg to her (!?) I don't understand how this is possible when my fighter with 20+ STR and 19 Attack (without buffs) cannot hit shit. Every mob in this dungeon has like 27+ AC and my specialized character with some of the best two-handed weapons in the game until this point cannot do any damage to some mobs unless he hits a Natural 20. What the fuck!?
Get 20 in Str (or Dex) from start, use Bard song, use priest buffs (Bless, Prayer), use + weapons, focus in weapon, etc. I had +15 to hit on lvl 3 ranger with masterwork (+1 to hit) bow. You have, what, lvl 8 with +19 to hit?
If you dont build character for harder difficulty, lower difficulty.
I thought that Steam was full of whiners ("too much AC").
Play on Normal or Easy.
Hard and Unfair are for optimised parties. No, lvl 8 with +19 to hit is not optimised.
Yes, 27 AC mob is usual mob that you meet in Chapter 1 on unfair. Chapter 1, when you have lvl 1-3s. Not your 8 lvls who are just bad and this is reason they cant hit and cant take damage.
There were around 10k viewers on steam for a week after the game released, with 4-7k at late night in Moscow. Probably twitch sound problems scared most people away