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Re: Another Fast Alchemist

Perceval — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:07:22 +0100

Tanks get the last laugh! I love it

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Re: Another Fast Alchemist

Da Boss — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:52:02 +0100

Yes, there are more combats like the King Louis one - in both the upcoming bonus content for LoS and in DQ2. Balanced builds will be of greater significance - and easier to accomplish - due to improved itemisation in DQ2.

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Re: Another Fast Alchemist

pwgresty — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:33:33 +0100

Good idea. Keep those uppity potion-swiggers in line.

And a suggestion for DQ2 - maybe a few more fights like King Louis, where you need Armour to survive more than a few seconds. That'll bring the lightly-armoured speedfreaks (like me) to a screeching halt. Force - no, encourage - people into balancing their build a little more.

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Re: Another Fast Alchemist

Da Boss — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:34:02 +0100

Thanks for sharing your build. Very impressive - I doubt many enemies caused you much stress (other than the white ape, of course...).

Gardener's gloves are receiving a nerf in the new edition - dropping a point of speed, I'm afraid.

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Another Fast Alchemist

pwgresty — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:01:19 +0100

So, for posterity's sake - and in case I lose my character sheet before DQ2 comes out - I'll post my guy here. This is from my first-ever playthrough. I'd deliberately avoided the forums, and yet I see that, by coincidence, I've created a character very similar to cdc_it's Alchemist. Wasn't copying, honest.

A couple of notes: taking Tempest's Fury would have given me an extra point in Magic, but I decided to hang on to the weapon I had, just to keep hold of the 'piercing' ability (enemies tend to be heavily armoured in the later parts of the story). Also, I was tempted to switch to Pyromancer when that career became available, but finally stayed with Alchemist just to keep my Speed a little higher. In hindsight, maybe I should have switched; one point less of Speed wouldn't have made a huge difference, I think.

And so, at the end of Act III: -

NAME: Eric (where does this name come from, exactly? Do you just decide to choose a name when you first wake up with no memory?)
PATH: Mage
CAREER: Alchemist (Good Taste, Midas Touch)
TITLE: The Champion of Light (Bright Shield)

SPEED: 18
BRAWN: 0
MAGIC: 23
ARMOUR: 2
HEALTH: 50

CLOAK: Slipstream Silk (+3SP, +2MA, Surge)
HEAD: The Morgue (+2SP, +4MA, Leech)
GLOVES: Gardner's Gloves (+2SP, +2AR)
MAIN HAND: Frost Burn (+2SP, +4MA, Piercing)
CHEST: Slipstream Gown (+2SP, +4MA, Overload)
LEFT HAND: Archstrike (+3SP, +3MA, Dominate)
TALISMAN: Blinding Dust (+1SP, Deceive)
FEET: Sanguine Slippers (+2SP, +2MA, Charm)
NECKLACE: Pendant of Foresight (+1SP, Evade)
RING: Wrath of Ages (+2MA, Rust)
RING: Band of Elements (+2MA, Lightning)

BACKPACK: Gold detector (Beep, beep!), Pot of Mending (or whatever it's called, +12 Health), Potion of Healing (+10 Health), Stinkbomb (-2 to enemy's SP for one round), Arthurian's Horn (20 damage, no armour protection)

GOLD: 1020

And there we go. Next time... maybe a Rogue.

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