[quote name='Maynard46']but u still need the book to use that card. I am in the same boat as zmonkay.
im getting a bit frustrated with mage abilities. I am playing the beginning missions and side quests so I assume there difficulty falls in line with where a starting player would be. I played and finished the starvation quest last night. Along the path i come across giant ants or those creatures called gorrs or something. As a mage i only have a few spells. Each of which seems to do little damage. Take the Ant for example. I hit him 5 times with a fire bolt, run away so he doesnt hit me, fire 5 more times. rinse/repeat about 4 times. Thats like 20 hits. meanwhile he hits me 3-4 times and i am dead..... the hit and run method isnt exactly stratigic and its kind of lame.
I could see if i was wandering into areas that i shouldnt be. But where i am coming across these enemies is in the course of playing the very first side quest you open in the game.....(for a sidequest its very long...took about 2 hours a gametime to finally finish). I am a level 8 and i am now only sinking points into mage now.
even using my melee setup and trying to melee fight a enemy is extremely tough. Its easier than as a mage though. It just feels like the balance is off right now. Maybe thats how they want it to be and i will get stronger while they stay the same. There are some real weak enemies to like the monkeys and rhinos ect. But i assumed this was like a ME or DA where bad guys got harder as u progressed....maybe thats not really the case?? i dont know
I came to another sidequest last night where i am to find some runes for a forger. I go in this cave and 1 skeleton dude kept beating the shit out of me. with melee i had a chance, but as a mage i had no chance cause i would hit him 10 times and it did nothing to slow him down....maybe i am using the wrong type of spell against skeletons. I have fire, water and air available. but none worked. Plus its dark in there. I have a torch but i cant hold my torch while fighting so as soon as the torch is out i cant see shit
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Some of the quests just aren't meant to be done until you reach a higher level. It would be nice if the game color coded quests by difficulty in the journal. I love the no level scaling but don't like wasting time traveling to a quest I just can't complete at my level. Anyway, I think those giant ants are the toughest things you will encounter in the wild in the first area. I am one shotting the werewolf-like Varns at level 24 but the ants still take a few hits.
[quote name='Zmonkay'] I've found plenty of vendors with the skill books I "need", but they sell for over 9000 (intentional DBZ reference or coincidence? you decide
) gold. Did finally get to the mages guild where I got a book that allows me to stack spell effects, so that's cool. [/QUOTE]
I've found a lot of skill books just by doing the main quest. One of the main quest givers gave me two books as rewards and then I found several in areas I needed to go.
[quote name='Maynard46']co-sign. its a great game. it has all the things i love from an rpg. the negatives are not an issue for me
are u guys even putting points into strength, health, accuracy...since your playing as a mage? i started out doing that. But i since stopped.
my guy is
health 13
strength 10
Accuracy 6
Willpower 16
plus i also put some points into the warrior tree. i think i have the basic attack and defend skill at level 2 in there.
what about the general type skills on the right of the skill screen? you guys doing anything in there?
i know i can find the item to re-distribute my points, but i am thinking of starting over cause i feel like i wasted some points now. But then again, without melee skills i dont know if i would have made it this far as a mage[/QUOTE]
I think you'll be good putting points into 3 out of the 4 attributes. I put nothing into Willpower and I'm doing fine at level 24.