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Here is a collection of my favorite gameplay tips to help you get the most out of your gaming experience.
Party Creation
-- Try to create a balanced party with skills that work well together. For example, a Druid can debuff the elemental resistances of your enemies while a Warlock, firing elemental damage spells, can take advantage.
-- It's easier to have a Cleric or Paladin in the party for healing but you can make it on just store bought potions if you choose.
-- Vitality is important to all characters, regardless of class. It plays a major part in your total HP (hit points) and weak characters are more difficult to keep alive.
User Interface
-- You can press the first letter for any screen to open it. For example, press 'I' to open your inventory.
-- While exploring, I frequently press 'A' to open the Automap and 'spacebar' to quickly close it when I am done looking.
-- You can use the arrow keys to change targets quickly. On the Main screen, hold 'SHIFT' and use the arrow keys to switch targets.
Exploring Villages
-- Speak to every NPC you meet. They often share valuable information or have a quest the party can take on. Many NPC's change their script depending on a number of game conditions so speak to them often.
-- Some shops sell items that are unique to their location. Keep your eyes open.
Exploring The Wilderness
-- You earn discovery experience for your party every time you visit a new area for the first time. It's OK to pop into a dungeon that you know is too high level for your party just to get this experience.
-- Search once in a while in places that appear to be suspicious. You never know what you might find!
-- Always purchase food before setting out. You don't want to run out half-way through a dungeon.
Creatures and Combat
-- Rare creatures (the game plays different combat music - you'll know when you've found one) drop better loot than common or uncommon creatures.
-- Uber creatures are somewhat rare but drop better loot and award more XP and GP.
-- Do whatever you can to avoid a character death. If you cannot revive them with magic you will have to stop what you are doing and head back to town.
-- The Stealing skill can net your party interesting items that cannot be obtained any other way.
-- To cure your party members in combat, just cast the spell on your creature target. The game will throw the spell at whichever party member has the least HP automatically.
-- Same thing for a heal...the game will re-target your spell to the party member that needs the heal automatically.
Treasure System
-- Unique items are usually the best. Keep an eye out for items that have an instant, proc or click effect - they can be very powerful.
-- Use the Tinkering skill to melt unwanted items into bags of salvage. Salavage can be used to imbue items with special effects or sold to a shop.
-- Store items you cannot use yet in the bank - they are safe there.
Spells
-- Keep an eye on the magic shops for new spells for your casters. You want to always have access to the best spells possible during combat to give your party the edge.
-- Expert and master level versions of the spells are rare but much better than apprentice level spells.
-- Portal magic is invaluable. It will save your party lots of travel time over the course of the adventure.
-- Remember that you can quit and reload your adventure to appear back at the last village your party visited. This is handy if you don't have portal magic.
Pets/Hirelings/Advisors
-- Always have two pets or hirelings or some combination thereof. They effectively make your party a group of 6 - not 4 - and there is power in numbers.
-- I prefer melee hirelings early on in the game and magic casters later on.
-- An advisor can be expensive but their effects are very much worth it once you can afford them.
Tradeskills
-- Be sure to experiment. You can create all sorts of items that cannot be obtained any other way.
-- Always socket your items if possible. This adds special effects to an item and some of them are quite powerful.
-- If you do not want to do tradeskills that is OK too. Shops in town can do the work for you and there are no penalties to doing it this way.
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