You're right, it is no fun. Three characters or maybe 2 is much more feasible.
I agree that Gabe and Jason made it very difficult to use the non-fighters singly when they insisted on making the dragon bane hit at less than 100%. But it was their choice and it is their game. I suspect they felt others would soon create their own games for public use and being able to play DBII with only 1 character was less necessary than it was during the multi-year time span between DB1 and DBII.
On the other hand as a play tester, you probably played through the game many times already anyway.
I have to admit I had fun playing through with different character types. Since you cannot have them all in your party, it's sort of different and fun to play with two parties that are almost completely different. I admit I have stopped playing, something I didn't do with DB1.
I do like the game. And I appreciate that Gabe and Jason made it for us. Also I'm glad you helped playtest it.
Craig
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: [DragonBaneII] Party of one is no fun
OK, what I want to know is: Is anyone having fun playing with just one party member? I've tried it with a few different characters now, and it just isn't working for me. I won DB1 with every member one-at-a-time and had fun doing it. I think I was the guy that started the one-player party idea, but in DB2 it is just a lot of work.
I think the difference is that in DB1 each player could find enough items, potions, and fruit to overcome his character's weaknesses and still be a force to be reckoned with. In DB2, the characters can't ever overcome their weaknesses. Also, money is a lot tighter in DB2.
For example, the accuracy percentage makes non-fighters hard to work with. Even if you can get Poe to Kra'an, his accuracy of 10% with the DragonBane would seem to make it virtually impossible to beat the dragon. Also, in DB1 it was possible for a single character to earn enough money to heal occasionally at the temple, but in DB2, if you don't have a thief, you can never earn enough cash to heal, or even identify all items. The lack of money means that you have to have a magic user in order to heal. This means the minimum functional party must have a healer, thief, and probably a knight.
I've enjoyed playing with parties of three, but I think I'll stick with full parties from now on. I still think DB2 is a great game, it's just different from DB1. Has anyone found a good alternative way to play DB2, other than with single-player parties?
- Larry
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