I do have a follow up question regarding the scaling difficulty. Will XP be scaled down for encounters when fighting the extra critters.
There is no XP scaling in SoD. If you play on harder difficulty settings, you fight more monsters and get the XP that those monsters are worth.
As an example, lest's say that on Normal you would fight two ogres, each worth 270 XP so you'd get a total of 540 XP from that encounter. On Core Rules, you would fight 3 ogres for a total of 810 XP from the same encounter.
Don't know if anybody asks that but can I bring my gold from BG:EE to SoD? I've already collect 330000 in my playthrough and still didn't do Durlags and Werewolfs island. I'm just courius is it worth to keep that amount of money.
You sure can. But you might want to spend it beforehand.
Yes tomorrow at 10 am PST. No release date announcement (sorry, I'm still not allowed to talk about that, but soon I hope) but we will show off some of the features everyone's been asking about, and we'll have a bard and shaman in the party.
That = 10:00am PST. Also, I am not bathing children or disappearing halfway through! Yay!
I will battle for a prize! I will wrestle!
I WILL TAKE THE SHIRT OFF PHILLIPS HAIRY BACK IF I HAVE TOO ! ! !
I just imagine it is hairy... Like a yeti from IWD... It may not be... Not that I imagine about @PhillipDaigle topless often, or actually not that often at all... Or that I want to wrestle him in a manly way... Or wrestle a furry yeti ... ... ... ...
We do, though it'll probably take a few days. We download the video and then send it to Alyssa to balance the sound and clean up any fuzziness or hums before it's uploaded.
So, it's one hour till the livestream. I've gathered 8 questions from the forum:
1) Given his prior status as an easter egg, can Baeloth be recruited in SoD, or is he only present if you had him in your party at the end of BG:EE?
2) I would really like to know about any new opcodes, triggers, actions, 2da files, and if more tobex features have been implemented
3) There will be dreams again. Will these be Baldurs Gate 1 style (narrated) or Baldurs Gate 2 style (in game engine)? Also are they affected by reputation or events at all?
4) Could it be possible at some point after SoD to just combine all official player portraits and player voice sets from all EE games into each of them all?
5) Are your companions dictated solely by import or starting alignment (if that is indeed still a thing? Or instead might there be a few opportunities to swap out some people at the start of the expansion?
6) Will the content of BGEE and BG2EE patches be translated into other languages before their release?
7) You mentioned quests for Corwin, Glint and M'Khiin. Will there be quests for Rasaad, Dorn and Neera in SoD? What about Baeloth?
8) With the next patch for BG2EE, will there be changes in how the transfer of companions is made, i.e.: will you choices on NPCs' proficiencies made in BGEE and SoD, be remembered in BG2EE? For example, I gave Dorn in BGEE two pips in axes. Will patched BG2EE remember it?
So I have to share this. We're experimenting with having the Familiar app post about our live stream, and the Dialect team set everything up for us. They'd asked if we had an image to use in the notification and I sent them our picture of Boo going "we'll be right back."
Apparently there was a miscommunication somewhere and Dialect decided to make their own image. I got an email saying, "Here's a post preview, let me know if it works!" I clicked on the link and saw this, in all its widescreen glory.
So, it's one hour till the livestream. I've gathered 8 questions from the forum:
1) Given his prior status as an easter egg, can Baeloth be recruited in SoD, or is he only present if you had him in your party at the end of BG:EE?
2) I would really like to know about any new opcodes, triggers, actions, 2da files, and if more tobex features have been implemented
3) There will be dreams again. Will these be Baldurs Gate 1 style (narrated) or Baldurs Gate 2 style (in game engine)? Also are they affected by reputation or events at all?
4) Could it be possible at some point after SoD to just combine all official player portraits and player voice sets from all EE games into each of them all?
5) Are your companions dictated solely by import or starting alignment (if that is indeed still a thing? Or instead might there be a few opportunities to swap out some people at the start of the expansion?
6) Will the content of BGEE and BG2EE patches be translated into other languages before their release?
7) You mentioned quests for Corwin, Glint and M'Khiin. Will there be quests for Rasaad, Dorn and Neera in SoD? What about Baeloth?
8) With the next patch for BG2EE, will there be changes in how the transfer of companions is made, i.e.: will you choices on NPCs' proficiencies made in BGEE and SoD, be remembered in BG2EE? For example, I gave Dorn in BGEE two pips in axes. Will patched BG2EE remember it?
Is there anything else someone wants to ask?
I asked the dev team about #2 and they can't give me an official answer yet, so we won't be talking about it on the stream.
#6 and #8 I don't have an official answer for either. I'll try to cover everything else!
How is the expansion going to be integrated into the main game? I read somewhere that player must first defeat Sarevok before the expansion content.
So I was wondering if we're allowed to keep playing after defeating Sarevok. I always wanted to loot the place, but as we know after Sarevok is killed, the game autosaves and takes you to credits screen.
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As an example, lest's say that on Normal you would fight two ogres, each worth 270 XP so you'd get a total of 540 XP from that encounter. On Core Rules, you would fight 3 ogres for a total of 810 XP from the same encounter.
That doesnt sound well for our characters...
PS. I guess no clue about a release date yet?
twitch.tv/beamdog
We need to know... I'll be there 6:00pm GMT
That = 10:00am PST. Also, I am not bathing children or disappearing halfway through! Yay!
I will battle for a prize! I will wrestle!
I WILL TAKE THE SHIRT OFF PHILLIPS HAIRY BACK IF I HAVE TOO ! ! !
I just imagine it is hairy... Like a yeti from IWD... It may not be... Not that I imagine about @PhillipDaigle topless often, or actually not that often at all... Or that I want to wrestle him in a manly way... Or wrestle a furry yeti ... ... ... ...
*cough*
Yay! I'll be there!
(It's been a long day, okay?)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rechat-for-twitch/ipplilmaapjjklilmmaccfemdmhkoacd?hl=en
1) Given his prior status as an easter egg, can Baeloth be recruited in SoD, or is he only present if you had him in your party at the end of BG:EE?
2) I would really like to know about any new opcodes, triggers, actions, 2da files, and if more tobex features have been implemented
3) There will be dreams again. Will these be Baldurs Gate 1 style (narrated) or Baldurs Gate 2 style (in game engine)? Also are they affected by reputation or events at all?
4) Could it be possible at some point after SoD to just combine all official player portraits and player voice sets from all EE games into each of them all?
5) Are your companions dictated solely by import or starting alignment (if that is indeed still a thing? Or instead might there be a few opportunities to swap out some people at the start of the expansion?
6) Will the content of BGEE and BG2EE patches be translated into other languages before their release?
7) You mentioned quests for Corwin, Glint and M'Khiin. Will there be quests for Rasaad, Dorn and Neera in SoD? What about Baeloth?
8) With the next patch for BG2EE, will there be changes in how the transfer of companions is made, i.e.: will you choices on NPCs' proficiencies made in BGEE and SoD, be remembered in BG2EE? For example, I gave Dorn in BGEE two pips in axes. Will patched BG2EE remember it?
Is there anything else someone wants to ask?
Apparently there was a miscommunication somewhere and Dialect decided to make their own image. I got an email saying, "Here's a post preview, let me know if it works!" I clicked on the link and saw this, in all its widescreen glory.
http://bit.ly/1Ub8wJj
After I stopped laughing hysterically I told Dialect, "It's perfect." Totally captures mine and Phil's personalities.
2. Will there be more fancy externalizations for modders provided in upcoming patches? If not, are they planned for consecutive (smaller) patches?
#6 and #8 I don't have an official answer for either. I'll try to cover everything else!
Please can you answer with a YES or NO the following.
Will we get to have a gazebo as a stronghold?
Will we get too destroy a gazebo?
Will a gazebo explode in SoD?
Is the gazebo a trap?
Will a gazebo NPC be included in SoD?
Will we get to party with a gazebo?
Will we be allowed inside the gazebo?
Do you own a gazebo?
Is the gazebo actually an outhouse named the black pits?
Do you like gazebos?
Should Anduin stop asking questions about gazebos?
...
I await most humbly for answers...
So I was wondering if we're allowed to keep playing after defeating Sarevok. I always wanted to loot the place, but as we know after Sarevok is killed, the game autosaves and takes you to credits screen.
Is there a quest to find Elminster's long forgotten wig?
Does a Cursed Knife of Cake Cutting -5 appear at some point in SoD?
Have taverns stocked up new kinds of booze?
Is M'Khiin's afro authentic or fake?
2) Dual wielding slings ... ?