Forum Overview :: Rants :: Re: Shadowrun and Massive Multi

[quote name="Bill Dungsroman"][quote name="Damocles"]Disclosure: I have never played BG2. Because my computer sucks. One day I will, though. [/quote] Oh man. No offense, but wha do you have? Look, my old system was a P2 266, and it (barely but adequately) played BG2. [quote name="Damocles"]That's the thing about 1st and 2nd edition D&D, though: the relative power of Wizards vs. Fighters is inversely proportional to level. Wizards suck early on, then become unstoppable killing machines as they gain levels. That's the entire point of magical items... to try to make fighters even remotely competitive. It doesn't work. [/quote] This is what blows about NWN single player, and most phantasy RPGs where you go it alone. Somewhere around the middle of the game it's all good, but early on, your wiz is eating, or later on your fighter is, or some <I>deus ex machina</I> nonsense comes into play. That's why everyone plays as a fighter/mage, or a rogue if you're nasty. [quote name="Damocles"]That's also why 3rd edition threw all the feat stuff into it; so that fighters would be competitive, and more fun to play. "I dodge an arrow, jump on a guy, and start whirling around my axes slicing up everybody around me" is a hell of a lot more interesting than "I attack the orc", especially when compared to the laundry list of stuff that a high level mage could pull out. (Personally, I like bards. Mmm mmm FRUITY.)[/quote] Ah, or Bards, yes. Gamers aren't partial to Bards in party-oriented gaming, but if you had to choose one class to try to go it alone with, realistically I'd say Bard. BDR [/quote]