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NPC Continuation to BG2:EE?

Spaceman_SpiffSpaceman_Spiff Member Posts: 40
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I'm pretty sure this must have been addressed elsewhere but I couldn't find it in the forums (or maybe I'm just too lazy) so if someone could answer, that'd be great!

I know that the PC will be able to get exported from BG:EE to BG2:EE (along with a few select items), however what about the other NPCs you played with? So for example, if I gave a couple of tomes to Dorn and decided to specialize him in clubs (lol), will this be reflected in the BG2:EE version of DORN? I know you can do this manually with SK but it'd be nice for story's sake if they'd retain their BG1 stats/experience etc. (items would be nice too but that's asking too much I know!)

Cheers!

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  • WilburWilbur Member Posts: 1,173
    All the info I have come a cross is insinuating that it will be the same way it was in BG2: only PC will be exported as he is in BG1:EE. Some items however will be exported as well.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,675
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  • shardivalshardival Member Posts: 9
    Oh man! This remind me something - I will have problem with romance - Aerie or Neera?! ;)
  • CoutelierCoutelier Member Posts: 1,282
    edited January 2013
    shardival said:

    Oh man! This remind me something - I will have problem with romance - Aerie or Neera?! ;)

    I like Aerie, but I find her romance to be quite lazily written. It could have been made really good with some more dialogue showing her real personality, and just what she's like when she's depressed/upset/angry, and encounters and quests... and, honestly, if I had total control the ToB part of her romance is the one thing in the game I would have completely rewritten.

    So I would say take Aerie, but let her down early and avoid the romance.
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  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    edited January 2013
    @Shardival: All other things being equal, I'm assuming you've already seen Aerie's romance play out - why not follow through with Neera's and see what happens? :)

    To the OP: I've wondered about tome stats myself; there's no indication that characters like Dorn, Viconia and Edwin will carry over any improved stats between BGEE and BG2EE. Best to concentrate all the tomes on yourself, then...
  • FlashburnFlashburn Member Posts: 1,847
    @shawne
    Or just CLUA the tomes in to set their stats back to what they were. I did that with Coran's NPC mod for BG2 because I gave the DEX tome to him.
  • AlkaluropsAlkalurops Member Posts: 269
    shardival said:

    Oh man! This remind me something - I will have problem with romance - Aerie or Neera?! ;)

    http://www.gibberlings3.net/readmes/readme-bg2tweaks.html (romance cheats)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A939QRRSNV4
  • DetroitRedWings25DetroitRedWings25 Member Posts: 244
    Alkalurops said:

    shardival said:

    Oh man! This remind me something - I will have problem with romance - Aerie or Neera?! ;)

    http://www.gibberlings3.net/readmes/readme-bg2tweaks.html (romance cheats)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A939QRRSNV4
    Lol thank you gave me a laugh on a gloomy night.
  • QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
    @Alkalurops HAH! Very fitting ... Great scene from a great movie! FYI people it's Office Space. Fantastic movie, funny as hell and a great theme by the end of it.
  • shardivalshardival Member Posts: 9
    Alkalurops said:

    shardival said:

    Oh man! This remind me something - I will have problem with romance - Aerie or Neera?! ;)

    http://www.gibberlings3.net/readmes/readme-bg2tweaks.html (romance cheats)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A939QRRSNV4
    Haha! I like this idea x)
  • Spaceman_SpiffSpaceman_Spiff Member Posts: 40
    yeah it'd be great if there was some option to romance both and then get them to start fighting over you! neera would probably turn aerie into a cow by accident.
  • CoutelierCoutelier Member Posts: 1,282
    Spaceman_Spiff said:

    yeah it'd be great if there was some option to romance both and then get them to start fighting over you!

    That's kind of how all the romances work anyway, at least if you play a male. If you play a female, there's only Anomen to catfight with himself over you.
    Spaceman_Spiff said:

    neera would probably turn aerie into a cow by accident.

    Or herself. Or them both... udder madness.

    Or the normally shy Aerie might get angry, break one of Neera's legs, start to feel guilty and apologize... then offer to break the other one as well to make it even.
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    Is this ToB Aerie, then?
  • CoutelierCoutelier Member Posts: 1,282
    edited January 2013
    Eudaemonium said:

    Is this ToB Aerie, then?

    She always has quite a bit of pent up anger I think. That's why being an adventurer is good for her; she can direct it at baddies, usually.

  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    I think next time I play BG2 (likely EE) as a Good character I'm actually going to have a good party: Aerie, Minsc, Mazzy, Keldorn... Imoen? *shudder*. Maybe I'll be a good thief so I can take someone else. Like... Valygar...?

    ...Maybe Imoen is best, after all.
  • CoutelierCoutelier Member Posts: 1,282
    edited January 2013
    Eudaemonium said:

    I think next time I play BG2 (likely EE) as a Good character I'm actually going to have a good party: Aerie, Minsc, Mazzy, Keldorn... Imoen? *shudder*. Maybe I'll be a good thief so I can take someone else. Like... Valygar...?

    ...Maybe Imoen is best, after all.

    There's always Nalia... although her thief skills are rather pointless. I suppose if you don't mind carrying around a lot of thievery potions and the like, she can just about manage the job, and can otherwise be treated as a single class mage. She's also a well fed noble and stronger than Imoen, so can carry a bit more loot... er, honestly obtained salvage.
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    I have never used Nalia, so I might actually try for once. Of course this is in a hypothetical future, since I will have my Evil Skald and my Neutral Kensai/Druid runs first. Assuming the second gets off the ground. Maybe I'll be a Good Sorcerer, with my Fairy or Pseudo Dragon.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    There's always the Nalia Romance Mod (hopefully it will be made BG2EE compatible).
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    But a Nalia Romance mod would tragically entail romancing Nalia.
  • sodacanredactedsodacanredacted Member Posts: 5
    edited January 2013
    Has it been confirmed that there will be an enhanced edition of BG2? Everyone here seems to discuss it as though it is a certainty. Is there any information on it?
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    edited January 2013
    Yes. When Overhaul signed the contract to do BG:EE it included a contract for BG2:EE. They are contractually obliged to do it, and would be even if the company went under and they had to do it while programming from a cardboard box on the street. Since BG:EE seems to have sold relatively well, this eventuality is unlikely and so we shall hopefully be seeing BG2:EE later this year.
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  • sodacanredactedsodacanredacted Member Posts: 5
    That is pretty exciting. I'll be purchasing my copy as soon as my new computer arrives, and that will hopefully stimulate their sales even further. On topic, I would be surprised if NPC stats and XP and whatnot carried over, even though it would be kind of cool. As a rule though I've always given tomes (in BG1) to my character, because they would otherwise be wasted when it came to to export.
  • baaddarebaaddare Member Posts: 145
    Try a bg2 party with Aerie and Viconia in it if you love cat fights
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