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[Eagle of Fire]

Anyway, thanks for the info. I'm still not quite sure what to do since there isn't really a consensus about it. I guess I'll just play the original. I still fear I won't make it, I've never been good at these RPG games (isometric) I remember that most of the time in Planescape I was just running and (somehow) it worked! Well it worked until my unexperienced character had to face much more experienced creatures... but I was stupid back then.

You need to be patient and take your time exploring well each maps before going away. Oftentime very powerfull relics can be found in places you would never think of.

For example, I used to often play druids or clerics. They usually use blunt weapons, and I was looking for a good mace. I was wandering on a road and was aimed to another map when I got to a quest or a lone agressive necromancer (I don't remember). Anyways, killing the necromancer I found a +2 magic hammer on his corpse... Let me tell you that this hammer comes very handy at the start of your journey, since you can meet that necromancer at the very beginning and manage to group him easily enough! k:

Also, make a lot of quests. They usually bring you the best XP. If you are playing good, refusing to be paid usually give you bonus XP too, tough you'll do need money after a while or you'll get ugly equipment.

[Borodin]

Originally posted by Eagle of Fire@Jan 22 2005, 07:10 PM
Also, make a lot of quests. They usually bring you the best XP. If you are playing good, refusing to be paid usually give you bonus XP too, tough you'll do need money after a while or you'll get ugly equipment.

I think you're remembering IWD2, not the BG series, with this. There's no ability to refuse payment for a successful quest in either BG title. On the other hand, you can decide to avoid payment in IWD2. In fact, if you have a paladin leading your party and somebody decides to stiff you, you'll be able to do nothing about. :angry:

I've been contemplating starting a new BG2 game for some time, with the introduction of so many new mods. I've been gathering them carefully, but I'm still a ways off. And what with X2 sitting on my hard drive, awaiting the end of some heavy work, I'm pretty well set for the moment.

[Eagle of Fire]

That advice was for any RPG in general. And I remember some quests in BG where you could not be paid and either leaded to bonus item or bonus xp. They are sparse but they do exist.

[Borodin]

Originally posted by Eagle of Fire@Jan 23 2005, 02:26 AM
That advice was for any RPG in general. And I remember some quests in BG where you could not be paid and either leaded to bonus item or bonus xp. They are sparse but they do exist.

Could be; it's been a while since I played the first title. And there may be something involving the hell run in BG2 where you can trade some item-based reward for virtue, which just happens to be accompanied by experience. I really should try that game again, too, but I don't think I have the patience to meticulously label on paper all those maps of each Baldur's Gate sector. What a chore that was, the first time.

[Kreepah]

i thought both of em were excellent yeah bg 2 was better, i loved the scenery in both an same excellent game play, time consuming though, i wish i had em still lent 2 of the cds to someone who went 800KM away, second one vanished off the face of the earth :blink:

[dishwasherlove]

Second is definately superiour but if you don't play the first one first you may find it very hard to get back into it. The graphics \ UI is were improved substancially in the second so the first is a little fiddly. Plus the first is DAMN hard..

Originally posted by dishwasherlove@Jan 23 2005, 08:17 AM
Plus the first is DAMN hard..

That would be ok for me. After successfull fights with dread dragons and liches in BG2 I doubt it will be really harder than that in the first title.

[Tulac]

No really the first one is much harder because your a small level, with 8 hps even a goblin can kill you with one shot , while liches in BG2 have too fight for quite some time.

[Borodin]

Really depends on your party, and how willing you are to exploit cheese. But since I don't use cheese, I never found BG1 anywhere near as difficult as BG2, especially the add-on, ToB.

[Tulac]

Well it's completely opposite to me, the bigger the level I am the easier the game is, I guess I'm quite experienced with adnd, so I know which spells are usefull on higher levels.