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lolololol

it sucks, yes, but it is odd how this phrase is instantly making me nostalgic

You can't do that while stunned.
You can't do that while stunned.
You can't do that while stunned.
You can't do that while stunned.
You can't do that while stunned.
You have died.
You are dead.

suck it, BG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93XFxKXdbqY

Don't worry, your entire party is in one place, at the tavern, eager to go forth. It'll only take a minute.

NOT

i'm playing this rn. it's good, i suppose, but there's just too many design decisions that i disagree with. the scaling of the characters and the game world is a biggie - why does 75% of the game consist of super tight corridors that can't fit any of your group formations? look at fallout and how spacious the indoor environments are (admittedly that's a tile-based game, and it's probably harder to do with 6 characters). i also hate the active time battle combat system, go fully turn-based or dont even bother imo. basically all games should be fallout is what i'm saying.

that said, there's a lot to like about it - it's dauntingly huge, the character interaction is fantastic (makes me wish i could have a bigger party), the pathing is better than in BG1, and most of all it's CHALLENGING as hell (as opposed to say the kotor games which were just retardedly easy). i love when you stumble on all these encounters that you have to redo a million times in a million different ways before you figure out an effective tactic.

dan, what are your favorite party combinations - my player character's an archer, i'm keeping minsc and jaheira for story purposes, i have jan cuz he seems like the best thief (but yoshimo sets better traps and those are pretty handy, so idk), aerie (i ended up developing a romance with her, but only because my only other option [jaheira] is a ball-busting harpy) and nalia (she's just there until i hopefully get imoen back). jaheira seems to make a great tank because of her high dex and ironskin, but i have minsc dual-wielding and he gets hurt a lot so i'm thinking of just giving that fool a bow and lettin him chill in the back w/me and jan. magic seems a lot more important in this one than in BG1 (and ranged attacks are a lot less powerful), and i feel like there's still a lot of stuff i need to figure out there.

ps. liches before bitches imo

My default party was something like:

Jaheira
Minsc
Nalia/Imoen
Aerie
Viconia

Arie's the best magic user, far and away (mage/cleric FTW) and getting Viconia to help with the healing is a much better option than using Jaheira to do it. I had Minsc wade in with broadswords due to his strength and had Nalia or Imoen shooting arrows from the back. My main was a fighter, so I had 2 melee splitting the incoming damage with the other 4 doing ranged damage and 2 possible healers.

when do you get viconia? I have been playing this through again on 'hard' and it is definitely fucking hard. rarely get any spells off before the fight is already over one way or another.

i love how unforgiving the game is. neverwinter nights 2 (and 1?) has instant rez for the entire party if one person survives a battle. Oblivion has monsters that scale to your level. in bg2 you can get major characters obliterated and you can either reload or roll with the consequences.

I have started saying NO EFFECT? irl now and can't stop :/

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