Solasta Solasta: Crown of the Magister Thread - now with Palace of Ice sequel DLC

[mediocrepoet]

I agree mostly with what Litmanen says but his posts confidently exude cuckiness.

Anyway, are any of the expansions good? Watched some video where the guy complained they are mostly linear adventrues with no real dialogue options and dumb end-game decissions. Surely, the base game will be enough for me to get the jist of this, right?

Try the base game, if you like it, the expansions have more campaigns, but imo one of the best reasons to get them is for the additional character options (classes, mostly, but races are added too) and compatibility with all of the modded quests.

No idea about co-op.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I agree mostly with what Litmanen says but his posts confidently exude cuckiness.

Anyway, are any of the expansions good? Watched some video where the guy complained they are mostly linear adventrues with no real dialogue options and dumb end-game decissions. Surely, the base game will be enough for me to get the jist of this, right?

Feeling the Solasta II hype so I'm down to try the first one. Might as well do that this winter with a friend.
Any thoughts on the co-op experience?

I liked lost valley better than the core game. Poorly executed faction dynamics but plenty of elf and mage killing to be had.

 

[NJClaw]

The expansions have strictly better combat encounters (excluding a couple of very weak ones). But don't expect anything special in terms of plot, dialogue options and impacting decisions.

If you finish the base game and find yourself saying "wow, I'd love more of this but with better encounters", try Lost Valley. If your thirst for perfectly implemented 5E is still not sated after that, get Palace of Ice.

If you love how the game plays but find it lacking in terms of challenge, keep in mind that Solasta's base game is just a long demo for Artyoan's campaigns:

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3166018488

 

[Litmanen]

I agree mostly with what Litmanen says but his posts confidently exude cuckiness.

You should try cuckiness too. It leaves your skin smooth and perfumed.

 

[Lacrymas]

Since ERYFKRAD so generously gifted me all of Solasta's DLCs, I'll be doing a playthrough and recounting my impressions (and then playing Artyoan's campaigns). In his honour, my party is going to consist of two Barbarians, a Druid and a Ranger.

 

[whocares]

I beat the OC when it came out. Now there's a million DLC with new classes and I think 2 new campaigns. Can I beat the first DLC campaign with a new party (of barbarians) and then import it into the second high level campaign intended as continuation for your OC party?

 

[Infinitron]

There were two race/class DLCs and two campaign DLCs.

 

[whocares]

I'm aware. I'm just wondering if I can string the two DLC campaigns together and beat them back to back with the same party or will I have to import OC party or make a new one for Palace of Ice.

 

[Infinitron]

I'm aware. I'm just wondering if I can string the two DLC campaigns together and beat them back to back with the same party or will I have to import OC party or make a new one for Palace of Ice.

The Lost Valley is canonically for a separate party starting from Level 1. Palace of Ice is a sequel for your OC party.

 

[whocares]

I'm aware. I'm just wondering if I can string the two DLC campaigns together and beat them back to back with the same party or will I have to import OC party or make a new one for Palace of Ice.

The Lost Valley is canonically for a separate party starting from Level 1. Palace of Ice is a sequel for your OC party.

Yeah, and in NWN, canonically the PC from Underntide was supposed to be continued in HotU. But that didn't stop me from bringing my OC guy to HotU. I'm just wondering how party imports work here is all, because I don't want to replay the OC but want to experiment with the expanded classes. Guess I'll just have to try it and see.

 

[Lacrymas]

I'm aware. I'm just wondering if I can string the two DLC campaigns together and beat them back to back with the same party or will I have to import OC party or make a new one for Palace of Ice.

The Lost Valley is canonically for a separate party starting from Level 1. Palace of Ice is a sequel for your OC party.

Yeah, and in NWN, canonically the PC from Underntide was supposed to be continued in HotU. But that didn't stop me from bringing my OC guy to HotU. I'm just wondering how party imports work here is all, because I don't want to replay the OC but want to experiment with the expanded classes. Guess I'll just have to try it and see.

Lost Valley is for a level 1 party.

 

[whocares]

I'm aware. I'm just wondering if I can string the two DLC campaigns together and beat them back to back with the same party or will I have to import OC party or make a new one for Palace of Ice.

The Lost Valley is canonically for a separate party starting from Level 1. Palace of Ice is a sequel for your OC party.

Yeah, and in NWN, canonically the PC from Underntide was supposed to be continued in HotU. But that didn't stop me from bringing my OC guy to HotU. I'm just wondering how party imports work here is all, because I don't want to replay the OC but want to experiment with the expanded classes. Guess I'll just have to try it and see.

Lost Valley is for a level 1 party.

Jesus. Am I being tarded here with my explanations or what?

I know Lost Valley is level 1. Hence the entire point of my question. Can I start a new party in Lost Valley and then keep playing it in Palace of Ice? Or do you have to continue the OC party in PoI (or start a fresh level 10 for it)?

 

[Lacrymas]

Ah, no idea. I don't see why you wouldn't be able to import a Lost Valley party, but don't count on that.

 

[NJClaw]

I know Lost Valley is level 1. Hence the entire point of my question. Can I start a new party in Lost Valley and then keep playing it in Palace of Ice? Or do you have to continue the OC party in PoI (or start a fresh level 10 for it)?

You can import any character regardless of what campaigns they went through, as long as their level isn't higher than 12.

However, I think you should create a fresh party to get the best experience. Starting with level 12 characters will make things easier and that's definitely something this game doesn't need.

 

[Thac0]

Is Ice Palace fun?
I finished both base game and Lost Valley, and thought the expansion was kinda a one step ahead two steps back thing. It had some very fun fights, like the dryad in the swamp, and a much nicer early game with the stone spamming apes instead of the annoying darkvision lizard people, but overall it was way too buggy and the reputation system was ass.

 

[NJClaw]

I only encountered a single bug in the entire DLC, and reloading solved it.

Some fights are very badly designed and painful to go through but, just like with Lost Valley, combat is generally better than in the main campaign. If you enjoyed the first expansion, the second one won't disappoint you.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I'm aware. I'm just wondering if I can string the two DLC campaigns together and beat them back to back with the same party or will I have to import OC party or make a new one for Palace of Ice.

The Lost Valley is canonically for a separate party starting from Level 1. Palace of Ice is a sequel for your OC party.

Yeah, and in NWN, canonically the PC from Underntide was supposed to be continued in HotU. But that didn't stop me from bringing my OC guy to HotU. I'm just wondering how party imports work here is all, because I don't want to replay the OC but want to experiment with the expanded classes. Guess I'll just have to try it and see.

Lost Valley is for a level 1 party.

Jesus. Am I being tarded here with my explanations or what?

I know Lost Valley is level 1. Hence the entire point of my question. Can I start a new party in Lost Valley and then keep playing it in Palace of Ice? Or do you have to continue the OC party in PoI (or start a fresh level 10 for it)?

For Palace of ice, the game looks for a completion save of the first campaign for importing, not the characters.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

For Palace of ice, the game looks for a completion save of the first campaign for importing, not the characters.

Yes, although the Palace of Ice expansion is intended to be played as a sequel to the base game, it appears to allow the player to select different characters and create new characters, and any characters chosen will be automatically raised to level 12 before starting. Moreover, it does permit the player to import a save from the Lost Valley, bringing the set of characters over, possibly with inconsistencies in terms of inventory & equipment.

 

[Lacrymas]

So, I'm making my party now and I want to know how to set up the difficulty so it's actually difficult. Help me out ;d

 

[Litmanen]

So, I'm making my party now and I want to know how to set up the difficulty so it's actually difficult. Help me out ;d

The "normal" difficulty is easy. It's damn easy.
So, try something harder.

 

[Lacrymas]

So, I'm making my party now and I want to know how to set up the difficulty so it's actually difficult. Help me out ;d

The "normal" difficulty is easy. It's damn easy.
So, try something harder.

I'm aware of that. What I'm asking is whether to go harder than Cataclysm somehow or fine tune the difficulty in some specific way.

Also, should I go iron man?

 

[Lacrymas]

I decided to go with scavanger mode on iron man with karmic dice turned off (since I don't have enough experience to more fine tune the difficulty and I can't find anything useful online) and this is my party -

 

[Nortar]

I'm aware of that. What I'm asking is whether to go harder than Cataclysm somehow or fine tune the difficulty in some specific way.

Cataclysm was the way to go in the base game.
But in the Lost Valley it resulted in insane hp bloat on starting beetles and mokies.

Also, should I go iron man?

It's a story driven party based RPG, not some rogue-like shit which takes 30 min per run.

Spoiler

Unless you're one of the edgy bros who have too much spare time to waste want to live with a sense of danger.

 

[Lacrymas]

I don't care about the story in this story-driven RPG. Iron man will at least force me to use all my resources in a clever way. I don't care if I'm going to lose progress tbh, it's not like I ache to see the ending, I just want some challenge so I'm not bored out of my skull. I'll probably die to the vampiress in the dark castle and I think the good part of the game ends there anyway. I'll do Lost Valley after that.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

So, I'm making my party now and I want to know how to set up the difficulty so it's actually difficult. Help me out ;d

The "normal" difficulty is easy. It's damn easy.
So, try something harder.

I'm aware of that. What I'm asking is whether to go harder than Cataclysm somehow or fine tune the difficulty in some specific way.

Also, should I go iron man?

Just play Artyoan's modules, damn you.