Dungeon siege 2 (PC)

[hobo]

Hey people, can you play this co-op?

[Bassman]

You can play co-op online with the game.

Last night I managed to finish the first Act. That multi-headed snake was interesting to fight. I eventually figured out the tactics against it.

Finally got my fighter mage up to Level 17 Melee and went into that melee restricted room at Windstone (that after I finished Act 1). Took a while to find enough monsters to kill to get the last half level. At least the character is balanced with now over 500 on Strength and Mana.

Got my special sword at the village in Act 2. I need Mana 21 to use it... typical. I still have that Crypt to clear in the desert but I'll get another level or two first I think.

[eastyy]

The snake was a creature that my main character took on by him self everyone else was unconscious.Just was next to the snake hitting.the snake rarely hit my character and when it did it did not cause much damage.

[Bassman]

I think I managed to have at least two characters attacking it at the least. Eventually figured that the middle head was the one to take out first as it was doing the healing. Having said that I took the right hand one out before it. It did manage a couple of complete heal spells befire I beat that one.

[Bassman]

Progressed to about half way through Act 2 now. I am chasing all those enemies through the forest (the ones that kidnapped Princess Evangeline. I must nearly have caught up to the boss. My party is now in the Level 28-29 region so a bunch of Level 26 enemies attacking is no longer a problem. Though those groups with a "boss" doing Soul Lance were dangerous until I took out the group healing him first (they were only Level 25 and could be taken out quickly).

Took my main character to Level 22 Melee as there were a couple of nice pieces of armour to buy that needed it. The helmet was 52 (I think) and the shield 72. Her total armour is now 205. Her stats are still pretty even on Health and Mana at around 600. Intelligence is a bit down at 72 put I may try to see if I can boost it with a sutably enchanted ring. Her strength is at around 100.

I went back to the Crypt in the desert and got the heirloom weapon. No problem now!

Managed to complete some sidequests and have now got some more to do. Quite a few gaps in the Journal so I have missed a number of them.

[eastyy]

Completed the game last night now restarted on another difficulty.You start the game at the village in the prison with your entire party and items.First monster i came across were level 40

I missed a fair amount of quests even on act 3 which quests wise does not have a tremendous amount judging by the journal.

[Bassman]

Which level of difficulty is that then?

I gave my Ranged Weapon user a cheap melee weapon and got her a few levels so that I could increase her health with the upgrade at level up. She does seem to get killed off a lot.

It was interesting against a horde of those enemies at arounf Level 26 last night. My main character seemed not to be suffering any damage, yet the other three were unconscious. I reverted to hit and run tactics to take them out.

Had to use the same tactics when I went in that temple or whatever where everone is "green" to start with. You talk with that boss character and the fight is on. There were dozens of them. At least running I only got to deal with about 5 or 6 at a time.

[eastyy]

The second difficulty you can select (cannot remember what its called).Strange thing is against the final boss i struggled so spent a little while building my characters up must have went up around 2 or three levels.And got a few better items.Then against the boss i had no real problems.Main character must be at level 45 others must be around the level 40 mark.Against a horde of enemies there is nothing more satisfying then using all the characters skills at the same time

[Bassman]

I have a little way to go on levels then. I theoretically ought to be at a higher level than you as I have done a fair amount of backtracking to get some extra experience killing enemies. I may even go the long way back to my current point to get some more as I suspect the next "big" boss may be a bit tricky.

The amount of money coming in gets silly doesn't it. I spent over 30,000 on those two good armout items for my main character and am about 40,000 back up now after maybe a couple of hours (or less). I now have 66,000 in the bank.

I have reverted to magic on my main character for the moment so everyone is using Ranged attacks. I must say that the Plasma attack is rather fun with the balls bouncing around after. I must try to get some better armour for my other characters (I have one or two decent items) as they are still relatively poorly equipped in that respect. At least I have that spare cash if I can find anything suitable.

[eastyy]

Cash is no problem now i have a ridiculous amount.The only things i buy are health potions.Armour/weapons i just seem to find.

With the extra character i can use i plan to try out the pet and see how that goes.

[Bassman]

I used a Pack Mule on the original Dungeon Siege and that was really useful as it could carry twice as much as a normal charcter. Had a pretty effective kick as well!

[eastyy]

I never really liked the original to simplistic not enough quests and the story and characters were dull

[Bassman]

I got about half way (maybe) and just lost interest. This one seems to be more capable of keeping me interested. At least I now have the FAQ on my hard disk to refer to while I am playing (resorted to it twice so far).

Once was pointless (in the desert) as I had all the items I needed already.

I was wandering around the isles wondering what I needed to do next and referred to it. Had to go through those flooded chambers (strange because I had already found one platform with lever without using the guide) elsewhere, but missed that one.

I ought really go to that Reliquery beyond the Isles to talk to the spirit there as I now have the chant to be able to communicate with them. I want to open the chest for part of that staff.

Can't remember where the other spirits I have seen are (I could always use the FAQ I suppose!).

[eastyy]

In journal it tells you the region the spirits you have found and the ones you have missed once the quest starts

[Bassman]

I'll have to check out that journal a bit more thoroughly by the sound og thongs then.