Help a noob out how to avoid same mistakes

[KyP 3a LeBcKu]

I played the game at the beginning now I want to try again but I remember
SPOILERS
First time I played It was hard on normal but nothing impossible but then I reached a Boss in a castle I think end of act 1 in the city. He absolutetly stopmed me like I had zero chances. I had to go to easiest diffcult to kill him

I want my Main hero to do most damage physical possible - Can you give me some tips what to do there
Also if possible some parry composition and some essential tips

[fauxpas]

There are a bunch of build guides on YouTube, so your best bet is to pick on that fits the playstyle you prefer.

[fauxpas]

Otherwise you'll just be getting what we find fun to play which might not mesh with what you find fun.

[Dryden]

There are many broken builds, but almost no character will shine brightly in the early levels. Making use of grease and hexes is usually the way to win fights during the first two acts.

This video probably has a good build as you’d have slick (grease) for the early levels and some absolutely broken damage later on, assuming that deadly earth remains unchanged. No idea if it would be fun to play however.
https://youtu.be/awWqWuG1wcA

[KyP 3a LeBcKu]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

There are a bunch of build guides on YouTube, so your best bet is to pick on that fits the playstyle you prefer.

what is essential party composition skill wise? Problem is i work a lot and i am 35 now and have missed some ofthe rpgs but really want to finish this one

[KyP 3a LeBcKu]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Otherwise you'll just be getting what we find fun to play which might not mesh with what you find fun.

In those games I like more the lore,quests story character development not neccesiry the combat sometimes the combat just gets in a way of the game especially if u have to save scum a battle 10 times ot beat i

[Moo]

If you are talking about the last fight in Act 1 vs Minghago, all your party members are super charged for that fight. Spells like grease work great, also all your attacks do area damage. I would move your guys into proper position to attack, so you are hitting multiple enemies all at once.

[KyP 3a LeBcKu]

Originally posted by jeem1972:

If you are talking about the last fight in Act 1 vs Minghago, all your party members are super charged for that fight. Spells like grease work great, also all your attacks do area damage. I would move your guys into proper position to attack, so you are hitting multiple enemies all at once.

Maybe act 2ending i think it was a drawf in a small room the demon wasnt that hard . It was a meele fighter that just stomped me with few hits

[Lunatic Thundara]

Originally posted by KyP 3a LeBcKu:

Also if possible some parry composition and some essential tips

Here's a quick, but extremely good one: despite Seela looking like she'd be extremely bad at the mobility skill, it is absolutely required for her to function correctly. She's so dependent on the skill for keeping her mount alive that giving her skill focus (mobility) and mythic skill focus (mobility) are actually worthwhile choices.

The thing about mounted combat is that the mount will always take the hit for her (unless targeted by an AOE in which case both get hit), and she can use the Mounted Combat and Indomitable Mount feats to negate some of those hits. By giving her these skill focuses many hits and spells will just automatically be negated because of how reliable her mobility check will be (automatically taking a 10 when doing so will succeed).

While mounted, and the mount being the primary target, this also means that seela doesn't need to be wearing the heaviest armor and you can switch it to something else that gives better bonuses and reduced armor check penalty (making her mobility skill even higher).

If you're running with mods like Respec, it's worth changing her paladin archetype to Divine Guardian to use Divine Trough on the mount.

[GunStarX]

Cavalier can do crazy amounts of damage, and as already mentioned you use your mount for ac 99% of the time.

This should give you a pretty good idea of what's possible. Lots of op builds on this channel if you want to look around

https://youtu.be/SfX3oyMhVZU

[dr46onfusion]

Remember you can rest during Act 1 in those areas with no risk to corruption and enemies will spawn and also drop loot and such (and I think give EXP too).

If you make a dedicated spellcaster, you could learn large area spells and lob it across the debris before fighting Minahgo.

[KyP 3a LeBcKu]

Originally posted by GunStarX:

Cavalier can do crazy amounts of damage, and as already mentioned you use your mount for ac 99% of the time.

This should give you a pretty good idea of what's possible. Lots of op builds on this channel if you want to look around

https://youtu.be/SfX3oyMhVZU

Thanks for the tip but what would u suggest at teh beginning i never go tto the point having mounts :)

[GunStarX]

Originally posted by KyP 3a LeBcKu:

Originally posted by GunStarX:

Cavalier can do crazy amounts of damage, and as already mentioned you use your mount for ac 99% of the time.

This should give you a pretty good idea of what's possible. Lots of op builds on this channel if you want to look around

https://youtu.be/SfX3oyMhVZU

Thanks for the tip but what would u suggest at teh beginning i never go tto the point having mounts :)

Gendarme Cavalier, human. Take mounted combat and spirited charge for your first 2 feats. Gives you double damage on a charge immediately. You get your mount at level 1

[Aralkhar]

From what I understand the Slayer is the best physical damage dealer class as long as he has someone flanking with him (Sneak Attack is a very reliable source of damage). However, as someone who just deleted all his saves from the first attempt at the game precisely because I couldn't finish the exact battle you're talking about I just have to say to make sure you always have at least two buffers in your party (preferably one arcane and one divine), as the physical classes will struggle against the monstrous AC of enemies in this game.

[Dave]

I play only on Unfair, and even with subpar builds i went pretty far.

When they nerfed unfair, the minmaxing requirement for it kinda fell off,

So when i read people having an hard time on Normal/hard/core and having to lower difficulty i can easily see the problem, and more often than not it is always the same.

Bad strategy due to little knowledge of game mechanics.

True there are bad party compositions and bad MC builds but unless you actively build a character to do no damage, there is not way you are forced to lower difficulty to easy to win a fight

Oh, and last thing.

Pathfinder is a table-top TURN-BASED game. If you play it RTWP you're bending, breaking, ignoring some game rules, and that will make some classes extremely weak, and some fight extremely hard. Ofc due to bad AI implementation, Turn-based will also make some fight harder but that is how it goes

TLDR;
You should be able to complete the game on unfair with ANY MC build, you just need the right strategy. Without giving us details of how/what went wrong in that fight it is hard to pinpoint the problem

[Liecon]

some basic tips

1. buff before battle, spells like haste, mage armor, mirror image, greater magic weapon, crusaders edge, enlarge person, heroism, true seeing, bulls strength, etc,
make a huge difference

1.1. another good way to buff before battle is with hexes from the shaman or witch classes using fortune hex (lets you roll twice every attack) and protective luck (makes every one roll twice to hit you) with cackle (extends the duration of certain hexes by 12 seconds i Think?), by Spamming cackle you can keep increasing the duration of your hexes,
this can it can be quite strong but its a hassle to do before battle so you normally only use it when you really struggling

2. if you want your MC to be a Melee fighter pick a class with a high Base attack Bonus (BAB) like Barbarian, Bloodrager, Cavalier, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Shifter, Slayer, etc.
Having a higher BAB will allow you to attack more and hit more often.

3. Try to have a Divine caster and arcane caster for a wide variety of spells for buffing and fighting (certain spells are class locked so cusaders edge for example can't be learned by a druid even tough they are divine spell caster) p.s. you don't need both if you only can fit one on your team a divine caster such as sosiel or daeran are arguably better

3.1. you can see what spell a class can cast be hovering over the spell level on the class screen and right click to expand

4. AC (armor class) is the number that you have to reach when you attack to hit some one or
for them to hit you, if your flat-footed (caught by surprise or some other effect making you flat-footed) you will lose your dexterity bonus to AC

5. read what effects feats and items have you could equip and item like stern hand without reading the effect properly and be wondering why your horse is attacking you

6.make sure you don't forget to equip everyone with the best gear you have p.s. also take everything off characters your not using.

7.when it comes to party composition anything is fine for normal as long as you have at least one party member to buff everyone you should be fine but as an example a basic party could look like this: Cleric, Cavalier, Bard, Magus, Witch, Fighter.

8. try not to deviate from a class to much or at all unless you know what your doing or following a guide

well thats everything i can think of of the top of my head

tl:dr buff before battle, use high BAB classes for melee, stick to your class if you don't know what your doing, Read your feats and item descriptions.