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Airfoil posted:Kinda your fault for not paying attention, but I sympathize. I'm not particularly impressed with the way Beamdog chooses to sell these games. Beamdog didn't even want to release on Steam because of the cut that Valve takes from every Steam transaction. Plus there was some contractual hiccup, apparently now fixed, that required the Steam version to get routed through Atari. Beamdog only begrudgingly released on Steam when they realized that people refused to buy the game through the app store or their own proprietary platform.
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Basic Chunnel posted:So much of BG1's audio was just goofy. Khalid's Chia ad, Xzar and Jaheira breaking the fourth wall outright. And the dialogue choices contained much more "ye" and "thou" than subsequent games. Whenever I see the silly script of BG1 I'm reminded of how long ago the game came out. Only a couple games back then put a lot of effort into their writing.
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Nov 25, 2013 04:03
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Lobst posted:I picked up Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition recently and I'm generally pretty happy with it, but during my last BG1 playthrough I installed a mod that made the world map look like this, and I can't for the life of me remember what it's called. Does anyone know where to find it, and if so, is it BG:EE-compatible? This reminds me that I never go to the farmlands outside Baldur's Gate. Is there anything of note there?
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feraltennisprodigy posted:Has there been any word on a release date for the iPad version of BG2EE? I just started playing BG1EE on my Air, it'll probably take me a while to beat but hopefully BG2EE will be out by then. Nope. The 1.2 patch for BGEE isn't even out for iPad yet and that comes first.
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The BGEE 1.2 patch is live for iPad users, finally.
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Dec 14, 2013 14:45
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With a six-character party, you need to do most of the original game and at least Durlag's Tower to reach the xp cap. Durlag's Tower gives a lot of xp. If you want to farm xp, maybe try resting in the ankheg dungeon south of the Baldur's Gate bridge?
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Dec 15, 2013 14:58
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Basic Chunnel posted:There are a couple of permanent stat-boosting tomes around the city. Intelligence is in the top-floor library of one of the city mages, I think a wisdom tome is afforded for an Umberlee temple quest, and the dexterity tome is in a container at the thieves' guild Good items (which are good for BG but do not carry over into BG2) come from the Umberlee quest in the quote above, a mage's house in the southwest portion of the city, the boat brothel in the south center of the city, an inn in the northwest of the city, and another brothel behind an inn in the northeast of the city.
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Dec 22, 2013 03:52
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TraderStav posted:I just picked up BGEE on the iPad and played through the tutorial. Am I missing where the abilities and spells names are listed? I just see runes with icons that I don't know what they are. On the main screen, use the question mark icon towards the bottom left, by the quick save and camp icons. If you're in the spell books, unfortunately you need to fill up the memorized spells for that level and then press, hold, and release on an icon to get the spell description.
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Dec 22, 2013 16:47
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ashgromnies posted:Anyone else playing on iOS noticing weird bugs? For example, I can never scroll down to view item descriptions in the identify menu or scroll the item list, so I have to rearrange stuff to be able to identify which sucks. The 1.2 patch on iOS broke scrolling in merchant screens, so that scrolling either goes far too fast or not at all. In the identify screens, tap the up and down arrows on the scrollbar.
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Dec 28, 2013 00:03
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BG2EE is now out for the iPad. I haven't figured out how to import a BGEE character yet.
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Jan 17, 2014 04:12
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Dragonrah posted:Export from the character screen and it should then let you import into BGEE2. That is it. You have to do a fresh export, i.e. characters you have already exported won't carry over to BG2. If you need to move over an already exported character, start a new game with that character and then export it again.
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Jan 17, 2014 04:40
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Is every enemy in Aerie's recruitment quest supposed to one-shot you? I don't remember this 
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verybad posted:I think the orcs hit pretty hard, but they almost never make it into melee range so uh no definitely not. I think my game is bugged. All the werewolves are hostile and each hit insta-kills a character. I can't even make it past the second room in the tent.
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Jan 18, 2014 19:50
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Captain Oblivious posted:Yep. What mods are you using, if any? None. The just-released iPad version of BG2EE.
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Jan 18, 2014 19:58
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verybad posted:The werewolves are supposed to be hostile - they're not supposed to be able to do any damage to you if you don't attack them first, though. Turns out this is a known and widespread bug on the iPad version. Werewolves insta-kill instead of being harmless until attacked. This is insane. How did Beamdog miss a game-breaking bug--you can't leave the tent until the quest is over--that happens across an entire platform on the very first quest in the game?
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Draile posted:Turns out this is a known and widespread bug on the iPad version. Werewolves insta-kill instead of being harmless until attacked. I had to start over because of this bug, and got around it the second time by rushing to Keldorn. His true sight dispels the werewolves.
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In the original games weapon mastery was greatly weakened from BG to BG2. Which system do the enhanced editions use?
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Jan 20, 2014 14:33
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If I want Imoen in my party should I get through Chapter 2 as quickly as possible? I forget if she remains her starting level when she rejoins.
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Jan 28, 2014 02:41
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OregonDonor posted:Are Rings/Cloaks of Protection +k worthwhile in BG2? It seems pretty easy to compensate for the AC and THAC0 bonuses and still be able to use other magical gear. You can find a use for them. They stack with bracers of AC and you may not have something else to put in the slot.
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Feb 5, 2014 23:48
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BG2EE: I got to the graveyard in Chapter 6 while in a romance with Jaheira and Bodhi didn't turn her against me. Bug or design? For what it's worth, I haven't completed all the Jaheira romance events, i.e. getting the harper's pin, but I have killed Galvarey.
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Feb 12, 2014 12:52
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Assuming console commands still work the same in the EEs, CLUAConsole:GetGlobal("JaheiraRomanceActive","Global") ? I'm playing on iPad, unfortunately, and don't have access to the console.
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I'm up to Throne of Bhaal in my current trilogy playthrough and this part is always a disappointment. It's completely linear and you have barely any time to use all the great gear you are upgrading. The best part of Throne of Bhaal is that it lets you play through BG2 with the extra content from Watcher's Keep and with the xp cap removed.
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Feb 17, 2014 19:06
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GreatGreen posted:Holy crap. Mage kits that aren't wild mage or sorcerer are conceptually the same: you get extra spells per day in exchange for not being able to cast spells from one or more schools of magic. The kind of specialist that you are determines which schools you can't cast from; no more. That said, read the link in the above post. BG can be overwhelming if you go in knowing nothing.
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Feb 17, 2014 20:18
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I finished Throne of Bhaal on iPad and the ending movie is bugged so that it skips straight to the character epilogues 
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Feb 23, 2014 03:39
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Whenever I needed CHA, which is really just for shopping, I put the ring on. When I was done, I took the ring off. There is no need for CHA in BG2. Even more absurd, a mage can combine the ring with a friends spell for an effortless 24 CHA.
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Feb 23, 2014 16:03
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I'd choose a fighter/cleric over a fighter/druid, even though it means giving up iron skins, because of the excruciating druid xp barrier at levels 13-14. You won't get over that hump until you have three million druid xp which is six million character xp.
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Feb 27, 2014 01:35
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GreatGreen posted:Oh wow, that's cool. So then a devoted player could do something like: It's kind of cool but mostly a novelty. If you're only doing "new game+" for the character development you might as well get an editor and add the stats (BG1) or xp (BG2).
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Captain Oblivious posted:Indeed you should.  Actually it's +1 to each stat except Wisdom, which gets +3.
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I did something like that with demogorgon on my most recent run. Pierce magic and breach from the spell striking wands while four warriors unloaded with greater whirlwind. It was dead before it even got off an attack. Once upon a time I thought that fight was hard.
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Mar 4, 2014 01:15
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But then he doesn't get to become a demigod, which is the best.
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Random note for mac users: GOG has added OSX compatibility for Torment (using a wineskin). I think this is the first time Torment is commercially available on mac.
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Apr 24, 2014 02:49
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Dan Simpson's guide to everything BG2 says that Jaheira's quest progresses after long intervals of real time, and in the base game is bugged on top of that. I've never seen the whole thing.
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May 23, 2014 22:07
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I romanced Jaheira on my EE playthrough of BG2, which was on the iPad so I did not have access to console commands. I got as far as her first encounter with Dermin. That's further than I made it in the original, but still not the whole thing. Is the romance even worth finishing? Is the harper pin any good?
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May 24, 2014 01:46
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The Enhanced Edition fixes a lot of BG2's bugs but adds some new bugs of its own. Hope you don't like using the Slayer. And bring Keldorn to Aerie's tent if you're playing on iPad.
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Is the invisibility innate on the Staff of the Magi a permanent effect, or do you need to unequip/requip the staff every time you do something that would dispel a regular invisibility spell?
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A bunch of experience for killing Shandalar? Am I the only one that kills Shandalar every time? Thanks for that pain-in-the-rear end dungeon with no reward, jerk.
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Hit him with a wand of paralysis and you can kill him before all of his bullshit scripting kicks in, so it doesn't matter what level you're at. He drops a robe of neutral archmagi, too, so you even get a reward! You'll take a reputation hit though.
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Factor_VIII posted:Also, doesn't EE require you to have 18 Int in order to cast 9th level spells? No, just to learn 9th level spells. This is why you can min-max a mage by going low on int and using potions when you need to learn spells. But just because you can do it doesn't mean it's fun. I would never recommend anyone skimp on int as a mage. If you're going to munchkin that hard you might as well just edit your stats. Edit: Or play a Sorcerer.
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FairGame posted:If you manage to hit Demogorgon 10 times in a row, he is going to die anyway. The problem with Demogorgon is that he summons like a million loving things into the arena and has a zillion refreshing spell protections. Yeah, this guy is right. Demogorgon is squishy once you get past his protections. If you have two characters with the striking wands hit him with pierce magic and breach, and then have a couple warriors immediately go into greater whirlwind, he'll be dead before he can do more than summon a marilith.
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The Nameless One is kind of a mix of fighter and mage/thief because he keeps his best THAC0, his weapon proficiencies, and all his hp when he switches classes. He may even keep his attacks per round; I don't remember exactly. And the disadvantages of mages in most games--no armor and limited weapon choices--aren't in Torment because there is no armor and all the best weapons are usable by mages. All of this makes mage the most powerful class.
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