Too many Player Characters. Grrrr!

[Mr. Goblin]

I don't know about you all.
But; I find that having 6 Player Characters is sort of pointless and annoying.

I mean. I LIKE all the characters and all. However; I only ever seem to have the desire to play with a set four.

I have no real incentive to ever change characters around. Because it seems like a lot of work!!

I have to keep all 6 characters upgraded and updated. After they come from out of service again. Half the time I forget what inventory they had.

Half the time; I forget to even 'go back to them' at some point and re-include them into my game and story.

I also don't like feeling like I am constantly missing out of Personal character quests.... because I am always missing at least two of them; at any one point.

Sure; I can go grab them later and try to hunt down any more quests that involve them.
While other times some quests can happen with ANY combination of characters. Fine.


Here is where I mostly lose my moral though. Besides it being A LOT OF WORK to try to bring characters back into the party to share some Spotlight in the story.
Here it is.

SPOILER ALERT.

I read somewhere that the Player can ONLY PLAY 4 Characters permanently; after a certain chapter. The other two can never be played again.

I also read that there is a possibility for all 5 Characters to be cut out of the story by a certain chapter. While only able to play the Main Character. This happens depending on what the player chooses to do in game.

I have not gotten there yet myself. But... on the back of my head I am thinking.... who cares about these characters. At least any two of them. Because by Chapter 2 or 3; I won't be able to play them anyway!

So basically. I now totally ignore 2 of the Characters. I only focus on 4 specific characters. Because I already know that they are the only ones that actually matter; to Quest UP and Upgrade.

The remainder characters which will not be included for the remainder of the game by a certain chapter seem POINTLESS and a waste of time. Like I have no desire at all to 'want' to play them. Even though they all seem like pretty cool characters in general.

Like. is it just me? Does anyone else feel the same way?

I kind of wish the remainder, and unnecessary characters where not in this game at all. Like it should have been made with the specific characters needed for the adventure of the story.

I would rather just invest my time and energy into the 4 (or 1) character that actually matters.





Also. It is very easy to forget about the other two characters in Roster Waiting. Because, I get very fine tuned; in playing my active roster of 4 characters. I build them up to compliment each other in battle. Call if battle efficiency. And I get used to the feel of 'that team' and how they play together as a unit.

Once I trade 1 or 2 of them away for another 'usually lesser' built up Roster Character... my party unit feels OFF. Weak. Wonky. Not 'tuned'. And I have to relearn for "some time" how to best work this new Party in combat. Based on the new mix of Classes. Classes that I am not accustomed to playing as a unit team.

All that I want to do it revert back to my original and 'known' Team of four.

Like I said. I have very little incentive to want to keep flipping back and forth and all around; between 6 Characters during game play.

I find it rather annoying.

It is the only thing about this game that I find annoying and "work".
Besides the already LARGE inventory system that we all have to take on. Between four characters! Six? Good grief.

[Yojo0o]

Who told you to balance all six characters and continually swap them out? The game certainly doesn't.

You're supposed to just assemble your squad and roll with it. Each potential party member has their own issues to deal with and makes no promises to you that they'll just stick around ready for action when not actively in your party. This isn't Mass Effect.

[canuck250]

Originally posted by Mr. Goblin:

It is the only thing about this game that I find annoying and "work".
Besides the already LARGE inventory system that we all have to take on. Between four characters! Six? Good grief.

Def do not play Pathfinder then, you play with 6 active party members and still can have more in the back, which have quests and other things. Then I made a decision in a run which auto killed one of my main party members. It was devastating but amazing. Because that was such a unique experience due to the combinations of things I did, I can easily have a whole new experience if I decide to play through again.

Same with DOS 2. The game is meant to be played with 2 or 4 party members. You have 6 story characters that you can use if you so wish. You can also just have generic people that don't have those stories. You have options, the only thing that limits your options is your mentality. If managing 6 people is too much, just do 4. If 4 is even too much, get lonewolf and only go with 2 people.

IMO a good option is that you can do a play your first run with a full party of 4, then do a lone wolf on your 2nd run and thus only played through the game once with each story character.

[Mr. Goblin]

Originally posted by canuck250:

Originally posted by Mr. Goblin:

It is the only thing about this game that I find annoying and "work".
Besides the already LARGE inventory system that we all have to take on. Between four characters! Six? Good grief.

Def do not play Pathfinder then, you play with 6 active party members and still can have more in the back, which have quests and other things. Then I made a decision in a run which auto killed one of my main party members. It was devastating but amazing. Because that was such a unique experience due to the combinations of things I did, I can easily have a whole new experience if I decide to play through again.

Same with DOS 2. The game is meant to be played with 2 or 4 party members. You have 6 story characters that you can use if you so wish. You can also just have generic people that don't have those stories. You have options, the only thing that limits your options is your mentality. If managing 6 people is too much, just do 4. If 4 is even too much, get lonewolf and only go with 2 people.

IMO a good option is that you can do a play your first run with a full party of 4, then do a lone wolf on your 2nd run and thus only played through the game once with each story character.

This game is monstrously long.
I don't have the time to play it 5 times over.

Once is good enough. Be how unique that experience be.

[canuck250]

Originally posted by Mr. Goblin:

This game is monstrously long.
I don't have the time to play it 5 times over.

Once is good enough. Be how unique that experience be.

That is fair and true. One tip I will drop then, Fane has the most story tied to the main game. Sebs and Lohse both have well regarded stories. But take who you like in the end as you say it is a long game so you want the people you like with you.

I will also mention the MP in this game. I agree I have a hard time sitting through a long single player game. However with some friends, it doesn't matter how long the game is as we are just having fun in the adventure

[phenir]

Use a 6 character party size mod.

[LukanGamer]

lol this post

[Huan MEDIC]

:)

[Mr. Goblin]

Originally posted by phenir:

Use a 6 character party size mod.

I think the game would be too easy then. Battles.
That is like having a 50% positive handicap increase in battles.

[Alex_x86]

You can take a Lone Wolf perk and dismiss the rest of your party. Or you can select one more character give it Lone Wolf and manage only that character. You'll have to keep your 2 characters separate though so one goes to the West and another to the East and at the end of every Act they would meet again.

[canuck250]

Originally posted by Alex_x86:

You can take a Lone Wolf perk and dismiss the rest of your party. Or you can select one more character give it Lone Wolf and manage only that character. You'll have to keep your 2 characters separate though so one goes to the West and another to the East and at the end of every Act they would meet again.

? I don't think that is true at all. Take note on the party size stipulation.

Skill description:
Lone Wolf provides +2 Max AP, +2 Recovery AP, +30% Vitality, +60% Physical Armour, +60% Magic Armour, and doubles invested points in attributes - up to a maximum of 40- and combat abilities (except Polymorph ability) - up to a maximum of 10, while you are adventuring solo or with at most one companion. This bonus is temporarily removed while there are more than two members in the current party.

[Mennan]

Originally posted by canuck250:

Originally posted by Alex_x86:

You can take a Lone Wolf perk and dismiss the rest of your party. Or you can select one more character give it Lone Wolf and manage only that character. You'll have to keep your 2 characters separate though so one goes to the West and another to the East and at the end of every Act they would meet again.

? I don't think that is true at all. Take note on the party size stipulation.

Skill description:
Lone Wolf provides +2 Max AP, +2 Recovery AP, +30% Vitality, +60% Physical Armour, +60% Magic Armour, and doubles invested points in attributes - up to a maximum of 40- and combat abilities (except Polymorph ability) - up to a maximum of 10, while you are adventuring solo or with at most one companion. This bonus is temporarily removed while there are more than two members in the current party.

I mean he went real literal and had a interesting play style. You can indeed have 2 party members working together however. However if you have a party size larger than 2 you will loose the lone wolf benefit no matter where they are on a map.

[Mr. Goblin]

Read all the above.

Interesting all.

[phenir]

Originally posted by Mr. Goblin:

Originally posted by phenir:

Use a 6 character party size mod.

I think the game would be too easy then. Battles.
That is like having a 50% positive handicap increase in battles.

Then also use a mod that spawns more enemies or something.