Finally had some time to play this. Early impressions are pretty positive, but of course I'm still very early in the game. Also saw first real glimpse of the improved enemy AI while fighting some undead. A shadowed soul actually tried to kite my melee fighters by running away, and stopping to cast a quick spell and then running away again. Don't remember that happening before.
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Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear |OT| Tales of a Sword Coast Legend
- Thread starter MisterShine
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So does anyone know how long until this is fully integratted into the Big Picture mod?
It's been awhile since since I've used BG mods. I'm assuming BP is still the best mod to combine all the games and expansions.
Can't wait to lose myself in 200 hours of the best game ever again.
It's been awhile since since I've used BG mods. I'm assuming BP is still the best mod to combine all the games and expansions.
Can't wait to lose myself in 200 hours of the best game ever again.
MisterShine
Member
I know a Trilogy mod is in the works to fit SoD right in with the other games, they had access to the code before the game was released. Beamdog is great with the mod scene.
On my surface pro 2 it is flawless.
If you start a new game in SoD you begin with about 70k xp (about level 7) and your characters are decked out. Basically all the best gear from BG1. That might be a more interesting spot for you.
Your avatar is exceptional.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Oh shit, they got David Warner back for Irenicus!?
Even though I have a ton of unfinished games I'm close to finishing, I'm tempted to fire up BG:EE and maybe just try and speed through it in the Story mode so I can jump into Siege of Dragonspear sometime soon.
The update on steam was 3.2 GB.
Spacejaws
Member
I'm one step closer to buying this add on, just bought my first ever game on Steam, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition since it's on a great sale (5). Now I just need to play (continue) Pillars of Eternity first, then play BG:EE (loved the original, one of the best games ever), then I should check out this game.
Pilgrimzero
Member
You will suffer! You will all suffer!
MisterShine
Member
Interesting points from SoD:
Added to the OP, thanks
bg2ee and IWDEE are also on sale if you're in the mood for more cRPG goodness
- The stat rolling now skews MUCH higher. Getting a roll of 90+ takes only a minute or two edit: retested this after the posts below. It seems I was just crazy fucking lucky last night on the three characters I made? Rolling seems normal now for BG and SoD. Or perhaps it was a mod I had installed..
- The starting party changes based off of your alignment. Good is the 'canon' party members, evil is Baeloth, Viconia, Edwin, Dorn and Safana
- Viconia has a new portrait! She actually looks like a drow! Still pretty hot!
- Neutral Party - Khalid & Jaheria, Safana (lol) Dorn & Neera
- You can now just create a whole party yourself in singleplayer mode. No need to make an MP party then switch them over
Added to the OP, thanks
bg2ee and IWDEE are also on sale if you're in the mood for more cRPG goodness
Elaugaufein
Member
The 2.0 patch for BG is up on GOG too (backdated to March 1?).
BGII isn't up yet though.
BGII isn't up yet though.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Took me over 10 minutes of rolling last night to get a number of greater 90 (91) and then my finger kept clicking and I lost it. Finally just used EE Keeper to give me the same stats on my character from my BG:EE playthrough last year (93 total). For some reason my late game BG1 saves seem to have been nuked at some point along with my the BG2 save I continued with it. Very frustrated.
Jag
Member
I used to do that all the time with BG and I think Gold Box games as well.
LurkerPrime
Member
Hell of a deal, got all 3 EE's for just over £6!
Jag
Member
Yeah I was going to buy it all on Steam, but I bought the EE of BG1, BG2 and IWD on GoG
Yeah, I saw that and bought. All 3 EE's for nine bucks. Nice deal.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Two were linked on the previous page.
Strife In a Teacup
Member
Bought. I played through the BG: Trilogy mod and finished it a while back, I've had the enhanced editions but haven't gone through them. This is a good excuse to do so.
The custom party in singleplayer works without SoD. Don't think the stat rolling really skews higher, at least certainly not without buying SoD.
Basileus777
Member
Multi-class Kensai?
That makes me wonder how the shaman class is coded. Does it function like a cleric kit that one could mod into a dual-class like the barbarian functions like a fighter kit or is it like the sorcerer?
That makes me wonder how the shaman class is coded. Does it function like a cleric kit that one could mod into a dual-class like the barbarian functions like a fighter kit or is it like the sorcerer?
LunaticLMD
Member
MisterShine
Member
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=657516131
This only seems to affect SoD. She still has her BG1 portrait in BG. Unfortunately I can't check her BG2 portrait..
I'm going to assume Sinitar cheated.
When did they add the custom single player party? I didn't see the option last week when I rolled a custom party. Also I edited my post about the stat rolling. Either I was crazy damn lucky with three characters or I had some mod that was affecting rolls.
I'm rather fond of it as well. Basically is her BG2 portrait redone as a more proper Drow appearance/clothing. Also dark purple really is her color..
Best stretch goal for Shadowrun: Hong Kong was the extra portraits! They're pretty awesome, btw.
Okay this post is too long now no more editing.
You know what DLC I would not mind? High-quality portrait packs. The Kieran Yanner pack for example was great.
I think....Wednesday (or maybe Thursday) both BG1 and BG2 got a big patch to prepare for SoD. Said patch added the various interface changes, as well as custom parties and achievements.
Stat rolling depends heavily on the class. Some classes have a lot of fixed minimal values, which means you're much more likely to get a high roll. It's probably better to just use EE Keeper to change stats.
I think....Wednesday (or maybe Thursday) both BG1 and BG2 got a big patch to prepare for SoD. Said patch added the various interface changes, as well as custom parties and achievements.
Stat rolling depends heavily on the class. Some classes have a lot of fixed minimal values, which means you're much more likely to get a high roll. It's probably better to just use EE Keeper to change stats.
LunaticLMD
Member
Yea that's from save editing. I've played through BG so many times that I like to spice it up.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Love a lot of the new interface stuff but really wish they had programmed in an autoequip button for picking up the gear from where a party member dies. Or put in a toggle not to drop the gear at all if you are just going to res them anyway.
Giolon
Member
Well, SoD isn't going to be out for Android/iOS for at least 5-6 weeks they said on stream.
Killroyskbg
Member
Wtf where do you live? That is almost what I pay for 200/200mb here in Sweden.
Probably North America. US/Canada have one of the worst deals in Internet/mobile on the planet.
Third-world countries have more decent offers.
Looks like it's off to a good start, which is great and bodes well for their future projects.
https://twitter.com/TrentOster/status/716030900270575617
https://twitter.com/TrentOster/status/716030900270575617
Paladin CL
Member
Wait, what?? awesome!
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Sweet. Still haven't gotten around to Dragonspear, slowly working my way through BG1 again, but it'd be cool if they were able to make a full fledged BG3.
Did anyone here play EE on multiplayer? Yesterday I convinced a friend to start a playthrough, neither the lobby or direct connection worked (we have all the ports open, no firewall, etc) so we had to use Evolve make a LAN game and still it was kinda buggy to join but seems playable.
So, is there any problem (like the game kicking you on loading screens) or can you complete it?
So, is there any problem (like the game kicking you on loading screens) or can you complete it?
Basileus777
Member
It seems like modding for this is going to be a mess unless Beamdog makes some changes since dialog.tlk is now placed in a zip file and can't be altered with weidu. To even mod vanilla BG1 you need to uninstall Dragonspear for now.
Giolon
Member
I play without mods. *Shrug*
StereoVsn
Gold Member
There are a lot of mods, some of them quite good where they correct various quirks of the engine as well as mistakes, plus quests, more NPCs, etc.... That said, if you are not super familiar with the ruleset and the gameworld, just play vanilla for your first game, IMO.
Oh, and if you bought from Steam/GoG, mods are hosed (work from Beamdog direct).
CrichtonKicks
Member
Honestly, I think the fully patched BG:EE makes most of the previously essential BG1 mods obsolete.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Not really, like the post above said, the EEs pretty much already have the essential mods. You're good to go.
Three things I've learned:
1) They've added really solid AI scripts for party members. It seems like these might make it a lot easier for people that don't want to micromanage every fight.
2) Legacy of Bhaal difficulty is bullshit.
3) During cutscenes the characters are all rendered invincible, which is good, because otherwise you'd die immediately in BG1 on LoB difficulty.
1) They've added really solid AI scripts for party members. It seems like these might make it a lot easier for people that don't want to micromanage every fight.
2) Legacy of Bhaal difficulty is bullshit.
3) During cutscenes the characters are all rendered invincible, which is good, because otherwise you'd die immediately in BG1 on LoB difficulty.