LUTHAN'S PROFILE

So I was right to go with Efflora and Fidese. I used them in the earlier bossfights too. Fidese because of the healing and Efflora/Vellamik because of the defense buffs and Efflora's elemental defense. I changed their gear a bit and decided to use Syndarion as damage dealer. Old but still strong. I used his strongest ability "Force" that deals about 10k damage for sure. Better than hoping for crits. It worked. I gave him the Aegis item that I got after collectiong the 99 relicts and was able to keep him alive and Naarxoth often dispelled my defensive buffs and used that ability which sets my mp to 0 only 2 or 3 times.

Later I used Syndarion in the last battle too. I hope there wasn't anything to steal. Didn't try stealing. So the only thing was that letter from Argyle?

I liked the game. Minigames were nice and the difficulty of the puzzles was okay. Also the Complete_Item_Guide.doc helped a bit. Most of the things I would have found without help but one or two things I would have missed without it. Lockpicking was good too. On hard mode you needed to write down every single step and be very careful but it was not impossible.

Battles were good too. I played everything on medium/normal difficulty. I liked that you really needed the special abilities sometimes and that they weren't that hard and you still hat time to figure it out without thousand times reloading and trying another strategy then dieing and then reloading again.

Story was good but not great. But that is only my personal opinion. All the puzzles made it a bit "slow" and sometimes I wished for less puzzles and more background scenes for example where you see what Balerus is doing or other stuff. But then the ending was unexpected. I liked that. So that old planet was Earth if I unterstood it correctly? I would have preferred more info about some of the characters. Would have been interesting to see Balerus alive and going him with the others to earth.

By the way: I liked that last puzzle. Something not that hard... only a few hintes were you could make a few equations and then that latin sentence where you could see that E was 1 and then get the other values.

Vellamik was the best character. I really liked him(and Trux and Brynn and that thief guy. About Novriath someone said it was "uuh okay"... I think it was a bit too fast. He saw Efflora and remembered her and then he was back to normal. There could have been a few of the memories that the scientists gave him and a bit more of struggle against the wrong memories.

What I did not like: Armegmus has the special abilities to break rocks, burn trees... you come across some of that stuff earlier but you can use the ablity only later after you trigger some story event. Should be either
a) possible to use them from the beginning
or
b) explained why he can't use them from the beginning. For exmaple he could learn to use them only later or some other characters that join later could only use them.

And then I found one bug besides that F12 bug. Some minor thing. I already forgot which map exactly. But in Sanctum there are signs in front of the doors. On one door there was no visible sign but you could still "use" it and got a dialogue which told what was behind the door.

it had to do with the colour names and the amount of letters or with sorting the names alphabetically. Really didn't think it was this. Seems this crypt has the hardest puzzles in the game. I already needed lots of time to finish that picture puzzle. Grotto was easy in comparison to that and even the Nayrin towers weren't that hard. Only need one last relict from a game in the pub in the capital and that major optional boss. Then I can continue to the sewers.

Nice. Now I have almost everything. I'm in the new cycle and I already defeated Darxinger and the Archetype Auria and all the enemies in the arena except the last 2 rooms. And I got all the 4 sigils and the new awakening.

I found some bugs. At the beginning of the new cycle you can use the ancient manuscript at the book in the Hall of Legends. If you don't use it it asks you where you want to go and it offers (only) the Mag Mell dungeon as option even if you haven't visited the church yet. You can get the Worldweaver and then go to the church wihout bugs. Just talk after the first dialogue a second time with Laaik. If you use the manuscript it correctly offers the arena and that Yomi thing as option(and probably unlocks the Mag Mell after you have visited the church).

After the visit in Bellemont you need to visit Raphael Island again because of Seri. If you go there and then go straight back to Svaneholm you won't encounter Seri(I think you need to go to the place where Noe was and then go back to the boat to trigger the event). Svaneholm the pier is empty then and the other party members that are usually staying there aren't there. I reload a save earlier and didn't check. Mabye this was intended because of Vel...

Questions: Can you do something with the Excerpts? If you somehow manage to get them all(seems they are random in chests)? Or are they only for reading.

The description of the 'Star Fragment' says 'It might be worth money'. Is there a use for this item or is it really only for selling?

I just saved after meeting Seri on Raphael Island. It now says "Silence (II)". Is there a Silence (I). I don't remember seeing Silence (I). Or can you go searching Vel in Svaneholm first (don't know if this is possible) and not go to Raphael Island and then get Silence (I)?

I read one sigil is in Bellemont but I can't find it. Is this in a house or is it outside? The other sigils were in chests and in the houses are no chests. Outside were only 2 chests with random stuff. I already opened of them in the north in Act II.

Can you tell me more about this? I already did the Ressurection, Relinquish and Resignation ending. And the Relinquish ending wasn't a problem without the Diadem but I want to know how to get that money easily.

Edit: Found it. Lol. I read somewhere that you get the Relinquish ending if you refuse to help Vel or if you sabotage the efforts to save her. After the first choice when Ray asks you to help Vel I didn't find any other dialogue options that make you sabotate the efforts to save her(you can only choose to fight Darxinger and get the Resignation ending). So I thougt maybe it is a bit hidden and you can do some other things with Noe instead of giving her to Darxinger. Then I tried to sell her... lol. 49999 gold. But then you need to go to Svanholm to the boat and choose to go to Halo Locks and abandon Ray. Maybe you could make other dialogue options with Darxinger after Raphael Island if Noe is not in your inventory. You can't 'use' or equip her so if she isn't in your inventory it can only be because you sold her. So no other possibilities to take care of. Let Auria tell Darxinger that she sold Noe. Then an option where he is angry and wants to fight you. You can fight him for Resignation ending or run away. Then the other party members leave you and you can go to Halo Locks.