Dungeon Siege 2 - Beginners Guide + Tips and Tricks
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
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This game will always have a special place in my heart. So much nostalgia!! Feels like it's where my memories are kept safe where I can always return to whenever I need some sort of comfort.
When Baldur gate 3 released I could only pray ds comes back and blows Diablo 4 out the water
This game was first my first rpg game I have played when I was teen. Im 28 now.It always will take a place in my core memories.
Turns out, i was not the most informed player regarding this game... Excellent job mate!
Nice video for new players, thanks for keeping the game alive
Crossbows also have longer range therefore you can run artillery units.
I freaking love this game it's a Masterpiece
It is. So beautiful, the story line is interesting
This game deserves more credit Just players trough it for like the 10th time, this time with 6 combat Mages alle firing plasma globes
I'm just picking up on things mid video here but I just wanted to make sure this was not a confusing topic. With regards to mixing parties, it is true you won't get the absolute bonuses out of things that are hard to manage such as a combat mage casting debuffs to specific damage types. For example a combat mage casting "decay armor" will increase all PHYSICAL damage dealt by anyone or anything that hits that target (this includes the majority of summoned pets) this debuff also stacks with 2handed warrior "War Cry" armor reduction. Since enemies cannot maintain more then a single combat magic debuff spell or 'curse' on them, you would not be able to maximize on such damage bonuses if you split up your party too much. The same rule applies for chants that boost various skills (although I never use such chants) only a single one can affect your party from each shrine and therefore you would probably want to stick to one type.
The part I actually wanted to get too, that I disagree with and just wanted to make sure there was some light shed on this. Regarding BUFFS from nature mages, every character can have a maximum of 2 buffs applied to them (either embrace or wrath of a combination of both) so as our lovely host mentioned you would be hindering yourself diversifying your party too much if you used 2 specific buffs constantly on your entire party. HOWEVER and I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but you can very easily (although a little hard to find) remove buffs from specific characters while keeping them on other one, I found this out probably a year into launch. Open up your characters INVENTORY and click on the VIEW button (neatly parked next to your spell book slot) from here you can see all listed buffs on the left margin of your character visual panel. Right click on any selected buff you want to remove (pretty sure this works for chants too but obviously not debuffs from enemies) and voila, the buff is removed. This way I utilize my nature mage buffers to benefit the entire party, catered to their specific needs. Tanks get dodge chance and spirits embrace, melee DPS get spirits embrace and wrath of the bear, and mages get wrath of magic and either aquatic embrace or dodge chance. So overall my point here was that you can overlap elements of your party or run a diverse one but always be aware that you have so many options, this game is one of the original RPGs that allows for so much character customization that you can make any combination of party you want, but you should always keep in mind that you will get mixed results as well depending on the combinations you attempt - some of which might not be as desirable (aka fist of stone healer). Also in the event you come across an enemy that is resistant to any particular damage type you may be stacking, you could be in deep trouble - I've always found a fun and enjoyable balance in having a little bit of everything in a party but make sure you have a plan when you put it together :)
Oh and yeah you were absolutely right wrath of the bear is useless for mages as magic cannot crit in any way.
I saw this video again and I want to play it again :)
A very important aspect of the game is the party controls. While they're no where near as refined as something like Dragon Age Origins (nor do we really have an effective tactics-based automation system) we can still set up our main number row keybinds for four contexts: unbound, control-bound, shift-bound and alt-bound.
This can help players quickly issue party commands without needing to upset their hand positions. Since you never need more than four or five number keys bound this way at any time (except for your abilities, which should always be left unbound) it's easy to remember your keybinds and practice your rotation. DS2 might not be particular demanding game with regard to rotations, but this still helps free up other keys for other tasks.
Bottom right corner of the screen disbands were from Dungeon Siege and Legends of Aranna, it's very likely that the reason there was residual forum comments or guides randomly strewn across the internet is because the games often get confused for eachother since neither really has a lot of overwhelming information online. Even the franchise specific websites often have both games information on the exact same webpages just separated by headlines, which is unfortunate that we can't get info on questions like whether armor affects spells in any way or if it's solely based on resistances. Another wonderful video, for a brilliant game! Keep up the fine work :)
This Video is a great guide! I recommend it!
I have been looking for this game for so long
It’s in the GOG store.
@@majorgear1021 no not like where to download it but rather the name
I remember playing it as a kid but I could never remember the name
@@mantasplah7791 Oh! Well I’m glad that you found it!
Thanks for the vid
I remember while playing this game I just used invulnerability cheat. What fun times!
I decided to play this game as soon as I finished with DS1. I was amaized by the upgrades of the game when it comes to class system and actually making game hard. No more click and wait for things to be over. But still, DS1 is also a great RPG.
Keeping a party purely melee (fist of stone or not) and ranged (nature, combat, archer and its variants) is very helpful from a control and positioning perspective.
How do i get past that early game wall/stone door area thats next to i think the first teleporter you unlock?its like a moss covoured stone wall and theres and uphill behind it and some sort of area but i dont know if its unlocked/opened thru an stone thi g hiding somewhere you hVeto click on or if its quest locked...ive always wondered how to get past that wall/door part to explore that area behind it..its just before that early game part where you get to that broken bridge
Que lindos recuerdos. este juego tiene una magia unica que no lograron replicar en la siguiente entrega.
What has been your most successful party composition?
Im kinda scared of that save game thing. Did they fix it? I want to play the game but that bug is making me wonder if it's really worth playing
I read from some forum 10 years ago that aggro is based on dps. The character doing the most damage will get the most aggro
Oh hell yeah, which is why having a provoke tank with as mage is a must.
How well does this game work with Ultra Wide displays? I never finished it and want to fix that this weekend.
Great video, by the way!
How do you finish the game? I killed Valdis but when I went to the main game screen to try to start another game with five team members, it told me I hadn't finished the game yet.
Is there a way to cap the framerate? Or is it capped at 75FPS?
This man doesn't understand magi, he's wrong about basically everything.
Him: Death magic sucks due to high "spread".
My father as he wipes out an entire room with a single death cast: The uploader needs more Pylons.
diablo II
blade and sword (best feature is combos which i miss)
dungeon siege
Fable The Lost Chapters
Eternium
dragonage origin
Spellforce
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
Divine Divinity
torchlight II Titan Quest Anniversary
Hazen : The Dark Whispers
Shadows Heretic Kingdoms
Victor Vran - Overkill Edition
Van Helsing
silver gog game
darkstone
Warlords Battle Cry II
Heores of Annhiliated Empires
What is this a list of? Besides games, I mean?
sadly I never got broken world to run
Hi, i would like to know what these red skulls around ur squad are? I just tried to google and couldnt find anything.. is it a spell or some dlc thing?
Doing a playthrough right now, opnauticus has lasted my dps mage 38 levels.
anyone else getting fps drops to 50 and stuttering when in combat? i get 70-ish when in town but when i get outside of town it stutters alot for some reason.
Say can i only use (Base Game) 2 of the Wrath and/or Blessings at the same time?
How did you make it in full screen?
I watched the video, very helpfull. But I have a question to the magic find, when you have one character with lets say 1000 magic find, does that mean everyone has 1000magic find?
yes it does. It also means that no other magic find will count on any other character you have. So let's say you have 1000 magic find on one char and 750 on another. You don't have 1750... You just have 1000 and the 750 on the other character is completely wasted.
Basically, it takes your character with the highest total Magic Find in your party and uses that number.
Recently tested this myself extensively with Legendary edition just pumping one character chalk full of magic find on every enchantable piece as well as any set/unique/rares that I could find with "magic find" on them. The result was rather hysterical, I was dragging in gold like crazy from selling uniques/rare/set items every few minute just cruising through the game. Even random pots were dropping rares like 90% of the time, although I didn't find too many uniques/set items from pots, more from monster drop/chests. I'm in the process of testing a "% increase to gold drop" character as well but I'm finding that for the amount of time/effort invested in getting "gold drop" your so much better off with "magic find" as the items sell for more and are much easier to acquire since I've found no way to enchant an item with "gold drop." This also means that if you were so inclined and really wanted to ramp up your chances to find a certain item/set piece, you could just take the one character with designated "magic find" items and take them alone to go get one of the 3 "prosperity chants" as there is no benefit in having the entire party buffed from such a chant when only the highest is taken into account. This can be tedious but can also get you what your looking for that much quicker :)
Do you really need such a huge army? I want no more than 2 party members.
Felt the itch to play this game again after 10 years and started a melee character. If I dual wield using a 2-H (through the glitch) and a 1-H weapon, would both 2-H and 1-H skills work at the same time? I.e., would you benefit from overbear, smite, and alacrity, as wells as be able to use staggering blow? Thanks. I appreciate your videos.
That I genuinely do not know - I didn't toy around much with the 2h weapon glitch when I played. IIRC though when using the 2h weapon glitch i wasnt able to use 2h weapon skills. I think that is why I decided to not use the glitch. That's just a guess on my part though - fact check me on that
@@AlmarWinfield you are right - won't let me use 2-H powers. Plus, there were cosmetic issues such as looking like I'm holding both weapons in one hand. Probably why I didn't use this glitch either in my last playthrough.
I need a game that’s like Fate and dungeons siege 2
I think DS2 is still one of the best ARPGs ever made. It's only second to Diablo2.
It not only works as a Hack'n Slash but also as an RPG with funny, fully voiced characters and an epic story and in this regard it's uniqe!
An the TON of hidden content (quests, secrets, characters) the diverse Quests and the sense of graphical detail of the world also makes it fun exploring and even backtracking the levels. DS2+Broken World desperately needs a proper remake without the sticky fingers of Squeenix.
Kind of a weird question but you seem like the guy and I'm taking this opportunity. Right now I'm hoarding spells. I check the shop constantly for new ones. Do shops eventually stop selling certain low level spells? For instance if I have lvl 30 combat mage will I no long be able to purchase lesser versions of certain spells? Thank you for your videos.
yes shops do stop selling low level spells. They will only sell spells YOUR level if i remember correctly. It works the same way for spellbooks too which is super annoying. If you have a melee char who is just leveling up magic and you wanna give them a lesser spellbook you can't buy any for them anymore once you get higher level. You gotta hoard them from lower levels.
@@AlmarWinfield Thank you for the info. Wasn't sure if I was making the right decision.
Nice upload did try the cheats but for some reason when i r-load the the game it says its infected with a malware viris.And game would not load. I uninstalled game and then r-installed and workt ok but as soon as put cheat in same thing happened.
sounds like you got crappy anti virus software. I use Malware Bytes and have never had an issue with stuff like this. I know many out there give false positives and you have to whitelist the program to avoid it
Yes enemies target the weakest in the party, that's quite annoying because I must have a Shield Warrior with Provoke or Nature Mage Summon with provoke power, by means it locked the gameplay into certain way from beginning to end, then become boring. The only purpose of a Shield Warrior character is to Provoke, the Mages and Rangers who kill a lot which means Melee skill will become slow to level for that tank character, unable him/her to wear higher level armor that require certain level of Melee skill. Without the Shield Warrior Provoke power, the Mages and Rangers will get mobbed and die. Funny thing is the game always remind not to make hybrids but pure characters can't stand alone.
So the only way for all pure Mages party is to deal highest AoE damage before the enemies can get closer, and the gameplay get locked into that. All Rangers party must hit and run always. Both can't do specific quest to kill an animal immune to everything except a ritual dagger. By means, if play as a Mage or Ranger, must have at least one Shield Warrior or Summon with Provoke in the party, but beginners don't have access to both in the early game. Even the Shield itself we can only equip at level 5 Melee , which means have to going through mobs without one at early part in Erulan.
All Melee party won't get much trouble but must have a lot of healing. So "don't make hybrid" is only true for all Warrior party.
I love being able to run an OP mage in solo while you have that issue.
how does Gold find work ? same as magic find on 1 character or adds up on all chars?
it works the same as magic find
@@AlmarWinfield Thanks, and do you know if spells are considered range damage and can they crit? And does transmute give more gold than selling to vendor?
@@JD-hm2wo transmute gives the same amount of gold as a vendor iirc. I used that more often than vendors towards the end of the game. Also spells i think are magic damage, ranged damage is solely bows.
transmute gives a lower gold value than hauling to a vendor.
Being a jack of all traits is bad mmmkay
Would you say that having a MF provoke shield warrior viable/optimal? Does it die all the time because of lesser gear power?
It depends, but no my warrior almost never died when i used him as my MF character. If you dump enough talents into survivability the only stuff that will kill you is standing in high damage AoE in some places in the game. Towards the end of the game with my warrior I started to trade off survivability talents for DPS ones because I had no issue at all staying alive
to any one who want to play a new game like dungeon siege 2 theres a new game called undecember, its very simmiliar to ds2