solo roleplaying fighting styles

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What type of fighting style do you use when you are roleplaying solo: 1 handed, 2 handed, ranged, or 2 weapons style?
Im thinking about a multi-fighter/thief with single weapon, but i dont know if ill be stepped on later in the game......i had troubles with that final boss (dont remember her name) when i had a 6-man team......i was a cavalier at the time.......

 

It all depends on the situation. The last solo character I played with was a Fighter/Mage and for most of the game I played weilding two swords, but I always keep a ranged weapon in my invantory for when and if it is needed.

My favorite combo of swords in SoA are Celestial Fury and the Daystar; but in ToB I switch them to the Spectral Brand +5 and Hindo's Doom +4. Hope that helps.

 

I'm doing single-weapon style with my solo ranger. I also have a bow and a stff equipped at all times.

 

Since my characters seem to run the gamut, it's tough for me to say what fighting style I use the most.

My fighters tend use 2-weapons, except for my paladins who get 2-handed; my clerics always get 2-weapon; my thieves get 2-weapon; my mages get 2-handed.

Multi- and dual- classed characters depend on the combination.

 

Blackrazor/Dragonslayer + Equalizer
Bow of Gessen...

 

I prefer single weapon style to dual wielding in terms of raw power: dual-wielding gives one additional attack and single-weapon makes you hit critically twice as often plus it gives you -2 AC. Dual-wielding though makes you able to employ two harmful effects on the enemy in one round or to enjoy the benefits from two weapons' enchantments (like strength increase and draining immunity for Crom Faeyr and Runehammer dual-wielded).

Two-handed is priceless if you have a favourite two-handed weapon. Also criticals twice as often and speed factor decrease by 4. My cavalier wielded Carsomyr that way and swang at speed factor 1, which is *before* any spell can be cast and *before* most weapons can strike (longswords +5 have speed factor 0 though). Note that you can't decrease speed factor to a negative number and that pure fighters (should you ever run one) get speed bonuses for higher ranks in weapon specialisation and Kensais get even more of them.

 

In regards to roleplaying, i dont think many people run around with two swords in their hands, unless they were insanely skilled, or the situation warranted it. In my other games, i was dual-wielding for more hits......but now, im going more for look. Ahh well, maybe ill try out single weapons.......but how do you kill that final boss? She was stupid hard last time.....any help? (while soloing of course)

 

for sologame i strongly recommend to use shields often. there are many useful shields such as shield of reflection or shield of defensive harmony. you have to know that charm spells "kill" you because the game considers no control for you = monsters do coup de grace.
oh yes that sucks. this way i see no use for dakkons zerthblade for example (sadly). still two weapon style is the best choice overall, especially for F/M/T.

 

nonsense. If you are solo, take an f/m/t or an f/m and use the staff of magi. Call it cheap if you like. Or have some great fun and do this: Take an F/M/T and start with the staff of magi and then cast a mislead. The mislead is invisible, therefore untargetable to almost all monsters. Now you have permenant invisibility for the duration of the spell. Now switch to two weapons of your choice (oh, just be a whore and use Crom Faeyr and Flail of ages...nobody will mind) and backstab all the monsters with reckless abandon. Cheers

 

Umm assassin, two-weapon fighting styles are very common in calimshan, mainly for the different guilds, that make up most of calimshan but its still common.

 

oh yeah flashram ... saying nonsense to me and talking about backstabbing with crom faeyr. lol

when i play a fighter/mage/thief and solo i don't want to cheese all the time, so i USE weapons a thief can backstab with and not some overpowered unstilish staff of the magi

 

My approach was extremely stylish. And before ToB was released, you could even backstab with Staff of Magi. If you are playing with ToB installed, then go with Answerer and Blackrazor.