I'm an obsessed and lost soul who's new to Daggerfall.
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 1:58 am
I guess I've been at this for about a week, maybe longer. I've re-rolled about 20 times.
I tend to play games in an obsessive way (not knowing how else to put it). I do a lot of research and try to think of the best way to play a game before I start. In this case, I mean best "class" to play. And in this game, this is not an easy thing to figure out.
For starters, there's a lot of incorrect info lurking out there about this game. For a new player like me, this has been nothing but confusing, and kind of annoying. Lots of guides and threads from all over have claimed that Willpower makes your spells harder to resist, that Critical Strike affects damage, etc. Things like that.
Well, I checked over the source code at GitHub (at least for Willpower) and I found nothing to suggest that Willpower makes your spells harder to resist. Though it would've been nice if this were the case. And with Critical Strike, I've found threads here that cleared that up. Critical Strike only affects your chance to hit. I'm fine with that. At least it does something useful.
I guess now I just don't know what type of character to play. I usually like thief type characters, but it looks like lockpicking and pickpocket are notoriously terrible skills in Daggerfall.
I had considered a mage-type character, but now that I know I can't make my spells more effective, and even rats are dodging fireballs at a regular rate, it looks like Destruction might be more trouble that it's worth. I could be wrong. I'd appreciate some commentary from someone who's played a Destruction mage (and was happy with it).
Actually, any kind of build that is fun would be good... I'd appreciate some help with this, as I'm tired of starting over.
I tend to play games in an obsessive way (not knowing how else to put it). I do a lot of research and try to think of the best way to play a game before I start. In this case, I mean best "class" to play. And in this game, this is not an easy thing to figure out.
For starters, there's a lot of incorrect info lurking out there about this game. For a new player like me, this has been nothing but confusing, and kind of annoying. Lots of guides and threads from all over have claimed that Willpower makes your spells harder to resist, that Critical Strike affects damage, etc. Things like that.
Well, I checked over the source code at GitHub (at least for Willpower) and I found nothing to suggest that Willpower makes your spells harder to resist. Though it would've been nice if this were the case. And with Critical Strike, I've found threads here that cleared that up. Critical Strike only affects your chance to hit. I'm fine with that. At least it does something useful.
I guess now I just don't know what type of character to play. I usually like thief type characters, but it looks like lockpicking and pickpocket are notoriously terrible skills in Daggerfall.
I had considered a mage-type character, but now that I know I can't make my spells more effective, and even rats are dodging fireballs at a regular rate, it looks like Destruction might be more trouble that it's worth. I could be wrong. I'd appreciate some commentary from someone who's played a Destruction mage (and was happy with it).
Actually, any kind of build that is fun would be good... I'd appreciate some help with this, as I'm tired of starting over.