I'm having fun, but am feeling overwhelmed.
Hi all!
I have started playing DOS2. I usually never play these kind of games. I'm usually playing first & third person games.
I'm currently still at the first island and am 4 hours in. The amount of actions, characters, lore, skills and loot is overwhelming me to say the least. I will give 3 examples of what I am confused about, but besides these things, there are more. Feel free to skip reading all that, and just jump to my question at the bottom.
1) I'm mostly struggling with my characters and their skills. I have 4 in my team now. In combat I just click the actions I think are most relevant for the situation. But I feel I am missing a lot of efficiency. How do I decide which character to give what skills and weapons? Lockpicking? Do I just assign that to any character I want? Or are there certain characters that are better at it? How do I even unlock the thievery skill? As it doesn't seem to give me points to assign to that skill.
2) Also missions and lore, I met a child hiding behind a basket, and an adult elf was wandering nearby. I asked them what was going on. The child said her parents are missing. I calm her down and nothing seems to happen after that. Not sure if a mission has to unlock? Or is this a silent mission or something?
Then I speak to the adult elf. She says she is waiting for a person called Arusa, but she is late and hasn't arrived yet.
A few comments I can give include:
- Never trust a Magister.
- Assure her lizards are always trouble.
- Bring her some bad news and say that Arusa is killed.
None of these prompts have the "lie" tag attached to them.
How am I supposed to choose what to respons. I have no idea about who or what the magisters are. Nor do I know a lot about the lizards in this lore. I guess both the magister and the lizards are troubled races? (since there is no "lie" tag).
Then the 3th option. How did she know Atusa was killed by some higher ups? Perhaps I forgot this event? I am bad with remembering names, so I have no idea who this Atusa is.
3) I met Fane, the skeleton who tried to cut someones face off. When I approached him, he acted like he knew me already. "Oh, it's you. I must admit, I'm surprised..."
I seriously have no idea who this skeleton is and where I have met him before.
Having said all that, I do enjoy the game, but I feel I am missing a lot of immersion by having no idea who all these characters are and how to use all the game mechanics more efficiently.
So my question really is, how do I deal with these kind of issues? How often did you had to google something to get up to date with the lore, but also so you don't spoil anything important?
What would your general advice for me be?