Yes, really, @Tresset. The Arrows of Fire have always been +2, but in original BG1 the description didn't make it clear.
(Similarly, in original BG2, it wasn't made properly clear that the disruption throwing axe "Azuredge" is actually "Azuredge +3", so it's one of the best weapons in BG2:SoA and even worth carrying into ToB, yet many players overlooked it because they didn't realise that it's +3. I hope Overhaul will also fix this description whilst they're working on BG2ee.)
That axe had some other issues too. Like not killing undead for instance... Bad bug that. Glad someone (Kevin Dorner I think) fixed it.
Ah, I only remember playing with the usual bug fixpacks installed, so Azuredge was always terrific for me.
I seriously had no idea that the axe had originally been bugged! So we've both learnt something new today, after all these years of playing these games. :-)
(Similarly, in original BG2, it wasn't made properly clear that the disruption throwing axe "Azuredge" is actually "Azuredge +3", so it's one of the best weapons in BG2:SoA and even worth carrying into ToB, yet many players overlooked it because they didn't realise that it's +3. I hope Overhaul will also fix this description whilst they're working on BG2ee.)
But it says +3 in the first line of the description!
If you read the details and pay attention, then yes, @Jalily. But people get very used to +n items always being named "whatever +n", which is how pretty much every other +n item in the game was named. However, Azuredge was named just "Azuredge" instead of "Azuredge +3", and therefore players could (and did) easily fail to register the point that it was a +3 weapon.
@subtledoctor 10000 agrees! I love that the lore tells me the power of the item, but I want it to be named. One of my favorite things about BG:EE is that the items are named more, and statisic-ized less.
@subtledoctor 10000 agrees! I love that the lore tells me the power of the item, but I want it to be named. One of my favorite things about BG:EE is that the items are named more, and statisic-ized less.
And TBH it doesn't bother me much that folks who can't be bothered to look at descriptions might miss something by leaving +x off the items name. ;-)
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Really?!
(Similarly, in original BG2, it wasn't made properly clear that the disruption throwing axe "Azuredge" is actually "Azuredge +3", so it's one of the best weapons in BG2:SoA and even worth carrying into ToB, yet many players overlooked it because they didn't realise that it's +3. I hope Overhaul will also fix this description whilst they're working on BG2ee.)
I seriously had no idea the arrows were +2. Ever.
I seriously had no idea that the axe had originally been bugged! So we've both learnt something new today, after all these years of playing these games. :-)
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