Although it does get way easier at mid-game with any kind of competent build. The game is pretty good at reminding you you're not that big of a deal if you start slacking. Also wizards are super powerfull because of the spell selection, but tbh I can't handle the suffer early game. Old sycamore caves are just a pain on wizard (hard+) with the combat density there. Also I am always annoyed that I want to pick divination spec because of the school powers (great initiative boost and a great save reducing aura) but that's basically sacrificing a bunch of spell slots for it
. Sage sorcs with heighten metamagic will end up just as flexible as wizards, and can ramp their DCs higher too.
is the enhanced edition out already?
Close to worthless on unfair until they get their upgrade at lvl4 or 7, plus animal growth (lvl 5 spell) plus mage armor, stat buffs, barkskin, shield of faith. Until then they pretty much get oneshot. Then again, still better than party members getting oneshot. Midgame they are ok-ish properly buffed, endgame their bad saves might become a problem.
That sounds tough. I am curious what melee class could manage Unfair, unless it is just "spray and pray" with spellcasters.
Do I play it now or do I wait until its officially out, decisions :/
It has been about 5 months since I last played through the game and finding my spreadsheets is hard, but from memory, for level 1-7 leopard was better and once you have access to a full array of buffs and can transform your pet into a dragon, a dog is better. That was based off monster ratings on unfair. So it wasn't just group think, it was incorrect group think.
Pretty much all the casters are overpowered.
From my experience (solo unfair) the pet is a decent enough distraction in the early game that lets you cast 1 or 2 spells without instantly dying, which makes it much more manageable. Once you get to the House at the End of Time however, it was completely useless and would die if something breathed on it.
There's no melee class that can tank on unfair in the beginning. (i.e. chapter 1 and first half of ch2).
A lot of guaranteed hit spells also make a difference.
This attitude is retarded, the game still has problems and launched literally unfinished so it's not hard to see why people would have given it bad reviews
Melee you kinda need dodge tanks with monk dip and even better if you get access to mirror image. The problem with unfair is not so much the bloated stats but more the damage modifier (taken x2). On hard, your tanks can take one or two hits from a big mob. On unfair they just get one shotted even with DR. Dodge tanks reach much higher touch AC than armor tanks as well so they don't suffer as much late game vs a lot of touch attacks. One of the key things is to never get caught flatfooted especially at the beginning of combat (expeditious retreat is key to kite while recovering your footing after combat start). Prologue is pure suffering though - no matter how you do it with a melee class. There are few classes that can be built to deal with the prologue relatively unscathed but they aren't necessarily going to do too well later on (scared huntsmaster inquisitor for example). Once you get out of the prologue it's all about taking the tempo dips (vivisectionist/monk) that allow you to close the stat gap early on.
Overall score is not Mixed, but last 30 days is Mixed for some reason. Atm it is certainly not worth that.
That sounds interesting, would you mind elaborating on this build?
