So I guess the iron ore was enhanced in this edition?

PugPug

I haven't broken any weapons yet. Or am I just lucky?

I normally carry around extras and some wooden clubs as last-ditch backups.

Quartz

You are just lucky.

Madhax

Yeah, I've broken a handful of weapons so far. Fortunately, I just replaced the last non-magical weapon in my party.

Amusingly, I've had a fair share of enemies break weapons against me. Not sure if that happened in the original.

IceColdMenthol

I broke a two handed sword killing one of Revor's rats, with the same character I broke my second two-handed sword killing a gibberling not 2 minutes after leaving candlekeep.

Buttercheese

I only broke two swords so far, in my original playthroughs I broke at least one sword per area. About 5 playthroughs.
Coincidence?

Nukenin

Last night my skald broke his first halberd in his first fight on his first (but fortunately only necessary) attack in the Priest's Quarters in Candlekeep.

Figures Winthrop would sell me shoddy goods.

Mechalibur

Apparently Ninjatos and Wakizashi will not break, so maybe that's it?

Teahl

Aw I haven't had any enemies break weapons against me... That sounds like a fortunate occurrence.

Minsc is breaking his sword every other battle, it seems.

Madhax

Teahl said:

Aw I haven't had any enemies break weapons against me... That sounds like a fortunate occurrence.

Minsc is breaking his sword every other battle, it seems.

It happened once in a difficult battle in the Black Pits. Probably not working as intended, but quite nice.

CaptRory

I rolled up a Half-Orc Kensai and broke my halberd on the first swing of the game XD Good thing I bought out the merchant in Candlekeep.

elminster

I have been able to avoid this I guess by using a ranged character and because I was able to get enchanted weapons for all my party members early on. I've read mixed views on whether or not it is any worse, but it sounds like it is worse (that could just be because people are more prone to reporting when their weapons are breaking than when they are fine).

Clockwork

Broke a 2h sword on the first thug in Candle Keep. After that however, I have yet to break a second.

darthchair

I like how my character doesn't even stop to stare at the handle of his sword and shattered blade. He just goes right on beating on his opponent using good ol' fashioned pugilism.

rafnow

Mechalibur said:

Apparently Ninjatos and Wakizashi will not break, so maybe that's it?

Pretty sure I broke a ninjato.

CutlassJack

You've just been lucky, OP. I've actually had Khalid using all his weapon slots just to hold longswords I've collected from mobs. He was breaking them constantly and I got tired of reloading over it. I just imagined him carrying this golf bag of spare weapons. At least the AI seemed smart enough to swap to a new sword when one breaks.

Nukenin

rafnow said:

Mechalibur said:

Apparently Ninjatos and Wakizashi will not break, so maybe that's it?

Pretty sure I broke a ninjato.

Not sure how they were implemented in BG:EE, but "traditionally" (if it can be termed such) anything introducing katanas, ninjatōs, and wakizashis would have them immune to the iron plague as they were crafted elsewhere (e.g. Kara-Tur) and not locally on the Sword Coast.

Silverstar

I've also had some weapon breakage. Not a lot, but some. Always at a bad time of course. It's happened in The Black Pits even, which I found hilarious. Isn't Drow/Duergar craftsmanship supposed to be really awesome? :P Guess Baeloth has some shoddy products made to kill off more competitors.

imajasjam

Khalid's weapon broke whilst fighting Monty during a party spat. Jaheria killed Xzar and decided to sit there and watch them go at it.

Khalid knocked Monty down.

again

again

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again

Elendar

I had a longsword break on me fighting the assassins in Candlekeep :-\

Metal_Hurlant

In 14 years, I've never had a weapon break on me. Didn't even know about this until a week ago on these forums that this happens to people.

Deucetipher

I broke dual wielded scimitars fighting against reevor's rats. I had to go get another weapon to finish the job.

Effectively, I fled from rats. Depressing.

Wanderon

Interesting I have a party thats been to Nashkel and Gnoll fort and cleared most maps between FAI & Nashkel and no ones broken a weapon yet - I have been using a lot of ranged attacks and Dorn & Raasad have magic swords but Minsc was using a regular one when we did his quest and no breakage for him -

Then again between Kivan and my elf FMT with composite bows stuff doesn't usually stay alive long enough for the melee team to get there LOL.

State_Lemming

I broke a longsword shanking Shank, his only victim, as it were.

Corvus_Metus

Khalid kept breaking his swords, like all the time. Finally decided to buy him four and by the time I finally got that magic longsword at the Mines, he was down to one.

Rilbur

Heh, AJantis went througha bout five bastard swords in the Nashkel mines before I finally got to their bottom... at which point he was left wielding a short sword +1 he didn't have any proficiency in.

That hurt.

OurQuestIsVain

I broke Minsc's two-handed sword the first time he used it, you are just lucky. I always thought this was a neat feature though, not knowing when your weapon might break on you. If they had your armor be breakable as well then we all would be royally screwed.

darthchair

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paulsifer42

I started a thread about how Minsc breaks a sword every thirty minutes or so. You're just lucky.

Elendar

I always meta-game and wander around getting everyone at least a +1 weapon (if they use melee) just so I don't have to deal with the breaking weapon crap.

tyl998

O can't afford +1 weapons for my entire party until right before entering the Nashkel mines...

Buttercheese

I just had this idea... could it be that it's not only about luck but also about the strengh of the character?
I had three front fighter until I got my dream party.
Charname a Swashbuckler with two shortswords, Rasaad and Dorn.

Dorn has magical weapon right from the beginning and these don't break and Rasaad is a fist fighter. And since Charname as a Thief had max. on dexterity and only 14 points on strengh it could be that her weapons didn't break that often because her strengh isn't high enough to do so.

It would be logic, but I somehow doubt that they put that in the game. That would have screwed up the whole balance even more than it originally was.