sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland) (12/25/90)
I just purchased Chaos Strikes Back for my Amiga. I looked at the characters in the starter dungeon to compare them with my own party from DM, and I have decided that my DM party is superior in stats to any combination of the CSB characters. Now, I have my old DM party saved at various levels of experience, so I now have a choice to make. I would appreciate it if someone out there who has played CSB could answer a question for me that would aid in my choice. Here goes: I have a party of 4 saved as follows: Name Hea Sta Mana Str Dex Wis Vit AnM AnF Levels ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stamm 344 298 73 68 58 52 59 46 63 Ad F, Ar N, Cr P, Ar W Sonja 334 256 79 73 62 54 59 60 49 Ad F, Ar N, Cr P, Ar W Chani 314 259 145 53 61 76 43 59 40 Cr F, Ar N, Ex P, Ad W Boris 317 249 136 48 60 73 45 63 49 Cr F, Ar N, Ex P, Ad W I also have the same party saved later on in the game (about to meet Lord Chaos): Name Hea Sta Mana Str Dex Wis Vit AnM AnF Levels ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stamm 449 414 131 70 59 55 60 66 64 Ex F, Ar N, Ex P, Ex W Sonja 435 348 132 75 63 60 62 64 50 Ex F, Ar N, Ex P, << Mas W Chani 381 304 191 53 61 79 44 64 41 Ad F, Ex N, <> Mas P, = Mas W Boris 383 297 300 48 60 77 47 67 50 Cr F, Ar N, [] Mas P, << Mas W As you can see, with the levels of experience going: Neo, Nov, App, Jour, Craft, Artis, Adept, Exp, Master (<<, [], =, <>, )-, /|) That the latter group is more advanced. Now, I think, having played a few minutes of CSB, that I can survive with either of these parties. My question is this. If I take the first party into CSB and use them until they advance to the levels of second party, will they have similar increases in the statistics, or does CSB give you larger increases in these stats (specifically Str, Dex, Wis, Vit, AM, AF) than DM. If they are the same or similar, then I am better off taking the more advanced party. If I can get better increases in stats in CSB, then I am better off using the first party and trying to survive until they advance, since that means that they will be stronger characters in the long run. Finally, is level 6 master the highest attainable level in CSB? If so, what happens when a character reaches level 6 master in all 4 categories? Where do they improve from there? I hope that this makes sense. Any help would be appreciated. Scott Sutherland sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu
mndaily@ux.acs.umn.edu (Linda Seebach) (12/26/90)
In article <1219@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu> sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland) writes: >[...] >I hope that this makes sense. Any help would be appreciated. Yeah. But, has anyone ever managed to gain a level in CSB? I have a party who spent about an hour, living off any food or drink I could get to, casting mon fireballs, and we haven't gotten a level yet. How do we gain levels, pray tell? Is it just me, or are they harder? And, is there any way to gain them faster? Please, elucidate. I haven't been able to do well at all, partially because it takes a *lot* of spells to kill monsters these days, and it's hard to get enough weaponry to kill them off. 'Specially since I haven't found the V. Swords. (Of course, the second one is obscure enough in DM I... but this is rediculous!) Does anyone have nice maps that show where things are, or other useful hints compiled? This game is *hard*. >Scott Sutherland >sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu Oh, By the way: I would bet even money that your statistic gains are even either way, so take the high-level dudes. Or, be creative, and reincarnate some of the captured people. Gets you high stats! --SeebS-- ps: Has anyone bothered to play DM with custom portraits yet? It's fun! -- mndaily is the Minnesota Daily, and does not speak for the U of M. Linda Seebach does not speak for the Daily. --SeebS-- does not speak for Linda. Marcel Marceau speaks for no one.