Ease of use mod makes game way too easy

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The title of the post says it all. My party is in the Underdark and they are all level 20.

My party isnt a standerd powerlev party. Im having fun leveling a deep gnome rouge, who cant be touched.

The item that has unbalanced the game is a "Barrel Hoop". The BEST item in the game. The barrel hoop spawns once per day either a barrel you can kill once per day for Uber items, for example Ive gotten burning ax, 2 crows nest ect. It also spawns once per day a grand daddy killer mimic. Kill him and the party receives 10,000 exp points.

LOL...just for loot ive rested several times just to get loot and exp.

Im very tempted to restart a game without the mod for more of a challage because as of now there is none. Though I do wish to see if Hof mode will make it harder.

[ October 24, 2004, 21:08: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

Again, with those kinds of mods, you didn't have to install everything as I recall. As well, you didn't have to farm the barrels. Oh, and HoF, as I recall, makes the loot, EXP, and barrel difficulty all increased.

 

Thats like telling a drunk not to have another beer. Of course I didnt have to install everything. how ever I didnt know the ramifacations of doing so. But then again its not like were discussiong world peace either. Its a video game.

Was just an observation on my part. Getting Uber Loot at the docks made it way easy.

Heres to killing uber barrels for insane items!

 

The purpose of such mods is to make the game way too easy. They're intended primarily for those who have already finished the game the normal way and don't want to get stuck on technicalities.

 

I've installed the Weimer mods--not all of them--and think they fix a number of oversights that should be fixed. From the number of times my characters die, I certainly wouldn't say they make the game too easy. My parties are way past the underdark and nowhere near level 20, or level 14 for that matter. And I've never seen a "Barrel Hoop". My advice: stop drinking.

 

I can't even remember how the heck I got the barrel hoop either... Did you console it in or something?

 

it is a random treasure item.
i found it once in HOF mode where Dullcobbles Axe was, in the cave of the troll that stole the moonblade.

 

I found two of those rings. I have two problems with this mod. 1) The random treasure sucks!! It prevents you from getting quest items and certain treasure in containers you might need. 2) There isn't enough variation with the magic items in the barrels the ring summons. I am getting tired of getting the same old handful of items.

I have more things that I like about this mod though. I like all the fixs, bonus merchants, new items, LOVE the alternate shapeshifting. I have read a lot of complaints about the druid's shapeshifting. Especially at higher levels. This mod adds some new shapes as well as beefs up the old shapes. I'm having fun plowing into snow/ice trolls as a remorahz!! I played through the game years go and am having fun with it now. I try and make it a personal point not to cheat in a game unless I have completed it first.

[ October 31, 2004, 09:15: Message edited by: natureofreality ]

 

If you find the game is made too easy, you can always whack the difficulty up. Some people find the game challenging normally, so will enjoy the mod. If you want challenge, stick it on insane, or limit what parts you install. Just dont moan about being easy, because you choose to play it on an easy setting, and exploit all that you can.

 

i love those iron hoops they rock but in HOF mode the grand daddy killer mimic killed 2 of my level 30 fighter in melle combat.

 

Despite the fact that I have two of those rings, several high level items and over 1M in gold; several of my characters still take a beating in about half the encounters. It may just be my play style, but it doesn't seem to be making that game too ease. There is still somewhat of a challenge and I still need to use strategy most of the time.

 

I actualy restarted my game with new charachters. Although I found the barrel hoop a blast the game was no challange at all. My first party was a 4 charachter party so there was more exp to go around.

This group is 6 charachters. I deleted the random loot part of the mod as everyone has noticed ruins some quest items.

I now find the game more satisfying and challanging to play...I wonder if Ill be singing that toon when I hit Hof mode. Heh time will tell...though by then I may ad the double exp file *grin*

 

I've never heard of a "barrel hoop" and I thought I'd seen everything in this game. Man, I wonder what other stuff there is kicking around that I haven't encountered.

 

Sorry I forgot to add this as well

I learned how to kill the Grand daddy killer Mimic with ease. The first time I spawned one I was level 4 or 5. I had to leave it in the Goblin warrens.

I discovered by accident that if you have your warrior or tank class use an extended weapon like a Halberd or 2 handed axe it cant hit you.

My rouge would sneak for a back stab everynow and then as well. But an extended weapon works wonders.

 

Hmmm I tried that once and my tank almost got creamed. Maybe I was doing something wrong. Regardless, I have my druid wild shape into a white half-dragon and plow into it.

 

What the hell is a "Grand Daddy killer mimic"? I've played this game many times and I'm sure I've never encountered one before.

 

The Ease of Use mod introduces an item called Geithman's Iron-Ringed Wager. It's usable once per day. When you use it, the ring summons either a Super Barrel or a Grandaddy Killer Mimic. When you smash open the Super Barrel you randomly get two or three high level magic items and sometimes a gem. However, the Grandaddy Killer Mimic will slaughter whoever attacks it if you can't stand up to it. I have a Half-orc Barb 11/ Fighter 4 with AC 25, 259 HP, and three attacks at +27/+22/+17 and he can't kill it without it killing him. It has a lot of hit points judging from the last time my druid in white half-dragon form (which the mod adds also among other new forms). The last time my druid killed one she did 356 points of damage to kill it. The mimic also has a very high AC as she was missing most of the time. It appears to be immune to magic and elemental damage. If you kill it the whole party receives 10,000 xp to split up among them, but no treasure.

[ November 02, 2004, 06:35: Message edited by: natureofreality ]

 

I've got the ease-of-use but I've still never seen any of that crazy stuff.

 

enfeeble works on it and it can be feared. At least spell "efeects" work on it.

And yes the barrels drop insane items.

 

I found the two rings I have as random loom during the Prologue. I was wielding +5 weapons and some other nice items before Chapter 1. Even got two nice +5 one-handed axes that did +2d6 vs yuan-ti. Greater Scalecleaver I think it was called. Also Flaming Burst Mace of Disruption. Which is +5, does fire damage, and undead and outsiders must make a save or be destroyed.