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Baldur's Gate Habits & Tics!

DerDuKeDerDuKe Member Posts: 88
edited January 2013 in Archive (General Discussion)
Right now I am on my second playthrough and just recently noticed I acquired some 'special BG habits' while playing the game.

As an example:

- Right before quitting the game I usually visit an Inn (preferably the 'Jovial Juggler' :D) with my party to give them the rest they need. Why? Don't know, probably to have them healthy and refreshed when I start a new adventure at another time.


Did some of you acquire similar habits? If so, share them with the BG community and let us know what behaviour you can't avoid before venturing forth! :-)
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  • KalbarKalbar Member Posts: 6
    Sylvus Moonbow!

    I've crossed the world looking for you. Okay, not really.
  • MykraMykra Member Posts: 252
    Does an unreasonable addiction to the quick-save tab count?

    Seriously, I loaded up a BGTu game and started having the shakes in seconds.
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    I'm used to turning down the difficulty before level up in order to attain max hp.
    However, this frequently causes a tic where I level up and then save the game. Then I think i havent set the difficulty back to normal, so I go into the options and check, and lo and behold I already have. Then I leave and save the game again just to make sure. Repeat every time a party member levels up.

    A separate option for max hp on level up cannot come fast enough.
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    edited January 2013
    @ajwz Did you try the BG2 Tweaks max hp on level up to see if it works in BG:EE? I see no problem modding the game while certain functions are not implemented :)
    Post edited by mlnevese on
  • lunarlunar Member Posts: 3,460
    @DerDuKe I do the same %90 of the time! Always save at an inn when I need to quit the game ^^
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  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    I now quit the game by switching to desktop, right-clicking, and choosing "Close." Can't be bothered to navigate menus.
  • DerDuKeDerDuKe Member Posts: 88
    Glad to see I am not the only one! ;-)

    Another one from my side:
    - I tend to explore the whole map and get rid of all the black spots before traveling to a new one, even if I already found all npcs and did all quests on it. This is not always the case, but most of the time!
  • WilburWilbur Member Posts: 1,173
    ajwz said:

    I'm used to turning down the difficulty before level up in order to attain max hp.
    However, this frequently causes a tic where I level up and then save the game. Then I think i havent set the difficulty back to normal, so I go into the options and check, and lo and behold I already have. Then I leave and save the game again just to make sure. Repeat every time a party member levels up.

    A separate option for max hp on level up cannot come fast enough.

    I feel you sir, I'm struggling with this and many similar OCD-type problems :D

  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    DerDuKe said:

    Another one from my side:
    - I tend to explore the whole map and get rid of all the black spots before traveling to a new one, even if I already found all npcs and did all quests on it. This is not always the case, but most of the time!

    Oh man, I misread this topic completely. I thought it was for habits that only started with the Enhanced Edition. :O
  • DerDuKeDerDuKe Member Posts: 88
    Jalily said:

    DerDuKe said:

    Another one from my side:
    - I tend to explore the whole map and get rid of all the black spots before traveling to a new one, even if I already found all npcs and did all quests on it. This is not always the case, but most of the time!

    Oh man, I misread this topic completely. I thought it was for habits that only started with the Enhanced Edition. :O
    I will rename this thread to make it a bit clearer. So, are there some additional BG habits from your side? ;-)

  • ArturArtur Member Posts: 35
    I started powergaming the moment I knew where everything was.
    Now I don't even bother to go through the areas where I'm supposed to go to advance the story but straight for the magical items.

    I'm afraid I'm ruining my experience but it's just too tempting...
  • leeho730leeho730 Member Posts: 285
    My habit:

    1. q!
    2. I always stay at Jovial Juggler.... I somehow feel attacked to the place...
    mlnevese said:

    @ajwz Did you try the BG2 Tweaks max hp on level up to see if it works in BG:EE? I see no problem modding the game while certain functions are not implemented :)

    It works. hp roll for level up 2DA files are unchanged as far as I can see.

  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    edited January 2013
    DerDuKe said:

    I will rename this thread to make it a bit clearer. So, are there some additional BG habits from your side? ;-)

    Yep!

    - I explore maps as fully as I can and always look for the most time-efficient way to complete quests that involve travel.
    - I never intentionally kill off an NPC even if I hate them or only want their partner to tag along. What if I need them someday? What a waste! I'll just leave them somewhere and run off before they can talk to me.
    - I never pay to identify an item even if I'm rolling in cash. I have to use the spell.
    - I never rest more than once in a row. Not because I think it's cheesy... I just hate the passage of time.
  • WilburWilbur Member Posts: 1,173
    edited January 2013
    I always load when even one of my party members dies so I have never used raise dead spell. It took me some time to finish BG+TotSC and BG2+ToB this way.
  • Excalibur_2102Excalibur_2102 Member Posts: 351
    @Jalily Im exactly the same regarding the passage of in game time, lol. I'll hate resting overly often and try to limit rest to once per day, and hate needlessly travelling to places. I will try and do everything in one area before moving on, because god forbid if I have to go back if I forgot something, therefore wasteing a whole 8-40odd hours of in game time O_O. I would rather reload an earlier save, even though it is just essentially a few clicks to go back :p.
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    The EE actually made me lose one of my old habits. I never sold named items. Not anymore Ring of Princes +1? Sold :)

    Besides that I never let any place unexplored, I never rush to the items I want even if I know where they are and I always explore all areas before finishing the game, for the unreachable areas, I use the ExploreArea console command. Also I try to complete all quests I find, even those that would be better for the group not to complete, such as returning the gems that Prism stole.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    Kagain's shop is where I store my stuff. So many containers to sort things, it's wonderful.

    I often rest to not play at night or try to time travels in regard to that, but that's not so much a real habit as it is an issue with my eyes.
  • WilburWilbur Member Posts: 1,173
    I tend to not use items I don't have unlimited supply of ie potions, spell scrolls, wands. I just collect them. I only just figured out you can recharge a wand by selling it to a shopkeeper and then buying it back. Nice, I can start using wands :)
  • KalbarKalbar Member Posts: 6
    Sylvus_Moonbow said:

    Kalbar!

    I don't know what you mean by that, but your search is ovah! :D

    I troll the old AFLA forums about every 3 years and usually ask after the whereabouts of some of the brighter lights of days long past. Every so often that includes you. The usual response is, "Who the hell are you?"

    Every once in a while someone who's handle looks vaguely familiar might say something like, "I think I saw him posting over on somesuch whatfor forum" which, of course, I never follow up on. Not that I have anything to follow up with you about anyway.

    Gromnir remains ever elusive.


  • deltagodeltago Member Posts: 7,811
    Jalily said:

    I now quit the game by switching to desktop, right-clicking, and choosing "Close." Can't be bothered to navigate menus.

    I use to do this in vanilla BG and they had a quote like "Are you sure you want to leave, Boo will miss you." I miss that quote :(
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    @deltago

    I'm pretty sure they still have that quote because I alt-enter and hit the X a lot.

    Either that or I'm remembering seeing it from when I was testing something in vanilla BG1 recently.

    I don't know if this counts as a habit exactly, but if things go badly enough for me or wrong enough, especially if it involved massive game breaking bugs. I save my game and start CTRL-Ying everything around me including party members and finishing with CHARNAME.

    Or when Keldorn and Viconia kept getting into it and trying to kill each other. I finally got fed up with it and ctrl-Yed the person who was being the problem, and then used Ctrl-R to raise them and did that repeatedly until I felt better.
  • LoremasterLoremaster Member Posts: 212
    DerDuKe said:

    - I tend to explore the whole map and get rid of all the black spots before traveling to a new one, even if I already found all npcs and did all quests on it. This is not always the case, but most of the time!

    I have the same habit. Being a map freak I need to see it all.

    I usually also tend to keep much of the stuff I find, running around with empty bottles and other usless items, can be a pain in BG II. A bag of holding is my most precious possession. I also refuse to pay for item identification, but havn't tried a solorun yet.

  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    edited January 2013
    I never did a solo run as well. Actually I never played with less than 6 chars in the party. I really LIKE party interaction :) I have ALL banter mods installed in my BGT install.
    Post edited by mlnevese on
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    For me, my favorite tavern to stay in is the Jovial Juggler. Don't know why, but I always end up there when I rest if I can.

    I also tend to explore every single nook and cranny such that there are as few black spots in the map as possible. I gotta catch em all.

    I tend to store all of my junk items in the barrel outside of the JJ, for lack of any place better to store them. As a side note, does anyone else believe as I do that "Quest specific" items like notes should not be inventory items and should go automatically into your journal? Just an aside.

    I always try and save Marl in Feldpost, even if it is out of character to do so.

    I hoard potions like no one's business. Scrolls as well.
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