Still wondering if I should get Sacred 2 [Solved] i bought it

[Raventiger 0]

Hi Raven and thanks for sharing your opinion about Sacred 2.

Bunny quest... that reminds me S1 when you start off with a brand new Battle Mage in SP. You have to defeat a creature in a place surrounded by stones. Once dead, you click a monolith (or something like that) and it spawns rabbits. Can't remember if they're agressive or if you must have a "kill animal" item but you can spawn millions of them and toast'em to your convenience.

Aren't the people complaining about ease playing cookie-cutter builds ? S1 was damn easy also, but trying to get a "unique" char through niob was a real challenge. Ease is the result of laziness. Fun is the result of creativity. And by buying Sacred 2, I think I knocked at the right door.

 

Cheers

 

I'm not sure if they are using cookie cutter builds or not, but the complaints are all over the SIF. I suppose it depends on what you're used to and what you are expecting. Personally I like taking new characters starting them on the easiest level and working my way up. In Sacred 2 case this is Bronze. When I shared my play style a number of people told me that bronze was too easy and not worth it. I didn't agree, and stuck with bronze until I realised that the item drops I was getting wasn't matching my character level for the area I was in. At that point I switched to silver.

 

Now this is just me, but personally I found switching to silver got me in over my head at that stage of my characters development. All the monsters matched my level, and they constantly respawned so their was no way to back off into a safe cleared area if you got in over your head (which I did). Even when I did adjust, I found that whilst I could clear out normal groups of monsters, Bosses would wipe the floor with me. Keep in mind that this is my first time through the game and I haven't been reading up on walkthroughs, etc cause I didn't want to spoil the game experience. I ended up getting so frustrated with bosses that I went back to bronze with a new character.

 

One major negative with Sacred 2 that no one has mentioned is the blasted escort quests. These are not fun, as the NPC's you have to escort are a.dumb, b. Run at supersonic speeds, and c. Die quicker then you can say "Don't run into that pack of monsters you twit!" Don't be surprised if you fail a number of the escort quests through no fault of your own.

 

Regards

 

Raven

[Nihilith 0]

OMG. Ascaron didn't find the way to AI.... dumb npc are dumb npc... Ancarian people are just... simple-minded, deaf and blind. This hasn't changed since S1, and won't.

 

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installation : ok

patch download : ok

patch file checking : takes forever...

 

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Ok mates, I'm in, account Nihilith on EU servers. Don't play online right now cause of CG card issues, but I'll join you soon.

I just created 2 chars (1 in SC et 1 in HC) and I realized the stash is shared between the modes... I think this feature makes the HC mode less... heroic as you can farm items with a SC char... just my 2 cents.

 

Anyway, I tried SC just to see if it was playable atm, and it's not. Check for [D.a.r.k] Nihilith in HC and Nihilith [D.a.r.k] in SC sometimes, maybe I'll be wandering near sloeford to get some runes.

 

OH... Soul Reaper is well fed with a Clustering Maelstrom + Levin Array combo and this rocks, mates... poor kobies !

Can't wait to join the party...

 

Cheers.

 

Nihilith

Edited September 10, 2009 by Nihilith