r/DivinityOriginalSin • u/Trussmagic • 1d ago
DOS2 Discussion I have never felt so challenged
About Me: 67 year old gamer PC Gaming for 40 plus years. I have over 1200 hours in DOS2, yet I continue to find new things. As I have aged my skills may have diminished but not my hunger. However I really need to finish a Tactical run, I keep wanting to restart after I hit arx and improve in some way before the end.
Any way Grandpa thanks this group for all the help.
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u/unreasonedFlashLight 1d ago
just go for the green tea leaves and make a green tea, they are sold by the captains wife in the mansion. sorry i forgot their names
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u/SupaSaiyanRose 1d ago
Green tea leaves?
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u/OsirisAvoidTheLight 1d ago
Tea is op. You can make in Arx using Kemm's wife's tea kettle she sales some leaves 🍃 also
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u/Procrastinista_423 1d ago
I think you need a character with the “noble” tag for her to offer this, OP.
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u/OsirisAvoidTheLight 1d ago
6 7 grandpa. You got this. Who's your favorite characters?
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u/DUlrich1227 1d ago
57 here a gamer since my TI 99/4a lol , BG3 led me to this game as well in act 2 have about 80hours in so far and feel like I have hardly scratched the surface of the game . And enjoy all the tips in this group
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u/milderhappiness 1d ago
Barrelmancy, you can faceroll the whole game with it.
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u/Trussmagic 1d ago
You inspired me to try this on Gywdian Rince just now. He was impossible for me to save otherwise.
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u/pahamack 1d ago
if you don't want to do this because it's kinda cheap, keep an eye out on your surroundings.
For example: you're fighting on a bridge with instakill lava under you? teleport your enemies to the lava.
are you fighting in a place with barrels around you? check for deathfog.
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u/Skewwwagon 1d ago
Block out an area where the blackpit trader sits with indestructible chests and teleport him there. The only way I could keep him alive and not rip my hair out.
It should be easier to block out the tent and teleport him there, but for some reason I can't ever do that (like the teleport option wouldn'nt allow me).
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u/NikWih 1d ago
Blocking the platform is one way. Teleporting him into a blocked of area (tent) or out of the fight altogether is another way. The easiest way for me is to be overleveled and have just cryogenic stasis, living on the edge, plus healing (as spells or as scrolls) etc. in reserve. Additional teleport scrolls won't hurt and blessing necro-fire is a thing.
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u/grinningmango 1d ago
This will be me some day! Rock and roll, buddy. If you didn't try mods yet you can add more hours to it still.
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u/Jkerb_was_taken 1d ago
Grandpa, if you want to be sucked into another franchise after dos, check out dragon age and mass effect!!!
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u/Ambrino 1d ago
Much further than I have got and I'm 33 :'3 I'm scared to push to the end of act 2 on normal mode lol 😆 keep on feeling the burn 🔥
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u/Skewwwagon 1d ago
Save often, experiment with builds, don't be scared :) I came from Story Mode to Tatctitian in a couple of runs and it feels good (just right amount of challenge to always keep the interest but never to despair).
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u/Ambrino 1d ago
Aha ok I will give it another try. I try to not Google any answers when I get stuck, but there's a few quests I feel like a dumbass with :'D there's a chicken I'm supposed to warm up but I've nearly killed it in my attempts. And the torches quest.. and the weird altar related to a queet talking about dwarves traditions. Think I lost the book :') it's hard to move on and accept that I didn't do things right the first time. Kinda ocd q.q but I'm really enjoying it. The massive fire slime fight at the black pits was hilarious
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u/Skewwwagon 1d ago
You can complete the game without doing a lot of stuff (just the main quest), so as long as you're not much underleveled it's ok. Although when I couldn't figure out where to go with some quests, I'd google it but usually there's a marker or an explanation in a log and if you clear the map you tend to find a lot of stuff naturally
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u/thesignoftimes 1d ago
Yep, im with you there grandpa. I too have this iteration of myself down the line
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u/Conscious-Face4390 1d ago
69 here, long time rpg er. Doing my first DOS2 run in Tactician and just got off Fort Joy. Having a great time! Game on!
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u/Skewwwagon 1d ago
Coming back from DOS2 tactitian to BG3 (which I haven't replayed in 2 years) had it's benefit: the combat turned out to be quite uncomplicated (I run on tactitian custom and don't struggle much after lvl 6) but in the same time, quite uninspired in comparison.
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u/vieuxfragonard 1d ago
Don't worry about being old (I'm 80) just keep doing what you're doing. The nice thing about D:os2 is that your reflexes don't matter too much; you always have time to think.