It's not a specific thing, really, but those little moments that make ya say "I got killed by a what"? Or, "You mean that sucka paralyzed me"? Special mention goes to those bandit firing squads that like to surround low lvl parties. If you've done the classic ol Steve Carell line (you know the one) after gettin whooped, especially on a no-reload run, at least once, you know what I'm talkin bout.
Jan's quest in SoA Not only it is totally out of character for him, his replies and comments are far too serious and contrasts with his usual wacky-aloof characterization. The quests are such a drag and bore. First he leaves you so you suddenly lose the thief in your party. You travel all around docks, government district, copper coronet sewers (twice) and bridge district (for a lousy fight) and it is such a chore, a boring, needlessly long chore. Jan is arguably one of the most colorful, and fun persona in the entire bg2 npcs (competing with Neera, I love Neera too!) not to mention he is the BEST thief npc hands down. Yet his quest is the ultimate worst npc quest in the game. Totally lame.
No, it makes total sense. Comedians are some of the unhappiest people in the western world.
Isn't that a myth though? I have never seen statistical data to support that comedians are more often suffering from depression than other career paths.
Kobolds are probably the most effective statistically pathetic, yet dangerous enemy I've ever seen.
They actually aren't as statistically pathetic as you might think. Kobold Commandos have a base THAC0 of 15, which is the same base THAC0 that a level 6 fighter has. In addition, they fire +2 flaming arrows; this means that they have 13 THAC0 in total, which is pretty solid.
Cutscenes with my Charname. There is especially annoying one in SoD during Coast Way Crossing fight on the bridge. Listen, game, if you let me control my character, bridge would still be there, and history would be very different.
Being bombarded with party interjections right after I'm done with a dungeon. Right outside the Planar sphere is a particular spot for me...I really don't like it, I much prefer it on my own terms^^
Oh and missing out on specific dialogue, just because my Npc was positioned too far away. Nalia and Tor'gal for example is easily missable because of stuff like that.
Or NPC's chiming in on a conversation when half a screen away, heh. What do they have, listening devices? Then, I almost can hear them yelling through a bull horn it seems to get in on it.
I don't like how Aec'Letec doesn't give any experience when killed. You do get a lot of experience for completing the quest, but you don't get more experience for killing more than one Aec'Letec. If you were somehow able to beat six Aec'Letecs at once, you DESERVE to get a ridiculous amount of experience for that.
If you've killed the six sacrificial cultists, you get 16000 experience after you kill Aec'Letec. However, if you leave the cultists alive and you kill Aec'Letec, you don't get any experience until after you kill the six new Aec'Letecs.
The really sad thing is that the six cultists DO give experience. So you actually get MORE experience for killing six cultists and one Aec'Letec than you do for killing seven Aec'Letecs.
It annoys that you can't talk back to people in SoD. Daggerfort general jumps on you over Boareskyr Bridge? You can't say anything. De Lancie basically says to you "we don't want you, Bhaalspawn, in our camp, so we send you to dangerous mission in some caverns"? You can't talk back. Dunce, basically a slightly-higher-than-average mook a.k.a. Skie's bodyguard shouts at you "What are you doing here! Go to those caverns! Go! Go! Go!". I don't know, I've just save life of duke's only daughter and wanted to report to general, but it's probably not as important as what you were doing. Baldur's Gate allowed us to trashtalk basically anybody, I can't see why we are forbidden in it's sequel. It feels very "nu-Bioware'y". Other thing - dream sequences in expansion seem annoyingly unclear to me, unlike those in SoA (they are straightforward: accept your divine heritage to gain power). Why am I seeing Corwin? Why are we talking about duty? What duty has to do with being Bhaalspawn? Why Imoen wants me to kill her? Why, according to Hooded Man, when I dismiss phantom of Sarevok I "have learnt nothing"? What is happening here?
EDIT: Bence Duncan, I mean. I have no idea why I came up with "Dunce".
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As i recently had a bout with this. Norton updating and then deciding the mods I was running were chock full of viruses and deciding to delete them ALL mid-game (when they were not). Darn WS1 Reputation ratings. Can I help it that Norton folks play waaay to little BG and think modding is all a scam (poor misguided souls)?
@Zaghoul: I wouldn't really recommend Norton to begin with. The program does very little except for plaster its name on your applications and talk about how it's protecting you from all these threats. I've heard better things about security systems like Kaspersky, McAfee, and Malwarebytes. I'd recommend those programs over Norton, which seems to survive based on name recognition.
A lot of antivirus programs don't actually make your computer any safer. The protection is cosmetic, and in some cases, they'll actually damage your computer and install viruses just to convince you that you need it to protect you.
Windows actually has a pretty strong security system without any additional programs, and Apple computers are already incompatible with most viruses due to being the minority computer system.
I definitely WOULDN'T recommend Mcafee. Its slow, and doesn't actually protect your computer very well. Its also harder to remove than some viruses. I'd personally go with either Avast or ESET.
Of note, ESET is FANTASTIC but probably one of the most expensive options out there. I've adopted Avast relatively recently but its got great value to it in addition to being effective. Its free version offers more than some paid programs.
In SOD you can't decide which spell to memorize *first*. I hate it when my lesser restoration spell stays at the end of the list and then some wraith drains a level from the only cleric in the team.
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He's at least got shortsword n bow animations to use if not actual stats to use.
If you've done the classic ol Steve Carell line (you know the one) after gettin whooped, especially on a no-reload run, at least once, you know what I'm talkin bout.
for an emergency ration, that is.
Oh and missing out on specific dialogue, just because my Npc was positioned too far away. Nalia and Tor'gal for example is easily missable because of stuff like that.
Aerie: "My wings have been sawn off..."
Commoner: "Top o' the day to you. Fine bit o' weather isn't it?"
For some reason I was reminded me of this short clip with Sam Elliot from "We Were Soldiers"
*Little rough language wise so be advised*
The really sad thing is that the six cultists DO give experience. So you actually get MORE experience for killing six cultists and one Aec'Letec than you do for killing seven Aec'Letecs.
Daggerfort general jumps on you over Boareskyr Bridge? You can't say anything. De Lancie basically says to you "we don't want you, Bhaalspawn, in our camp, so we send you to dangerous mission in some caverns"? You can't talk back. Dunce, basically a slightly-higher-than-average mook a.k.a. Skie's bodyguard shouts at you "What are you doing here! Go to those caverns! Go! Go! Go!".
I don't know, I've just save life of duke's only daughter and wanted to report to general, but it's probably not as important as what you were doing.
Baldur's Gate allowed us to trashtalk basically anybody, I can't see why we are forbidden in it's sequel. It feels very "nu-Bioware'y".
Other thing - dream sequences in expansion seem annoyingly unclear to me, unlike those in SoA (they are straightforward: accept your divine heritage to gain power). Why am I seeing Corwin? Why are we talking about duty? What duty has to do with being Bhaalspawn? Why Imoen wants me to kill her? Why, according to Hooded Man, when I dismiss phantom of Sarevok I "have learnt nothing"? What is happening here?
EDIT: Bence Duncan, I mean. I have no idea why I came up with "Dunce".
Norton updating and then deciding the mods I was running were chock full of viruses and deciding to delete them ALL mid-game (when they were not). Darn WS1 Reputation ratings.
Can I help it that Norton folks play waaay to little BG and think modding is all a scam (poor misguided souls)?
A lot of antivirus programs don't actually make your computer any safer. The protection is cosmetic, and in some cases, they'll actually damage your computer and install viruses just to convince you that you need it to protect you.
Windows actually has a pretty strong security system without any additional programs, and Apple computers are already incompatible with most viruses due to being the minority computer system.
...Now that I think about it, my computer was hideously slow for a long time, up until the very day that I uninstalled McAfee.
pornacademics sites and not a single virus.I hate it when my lesser restoration spell stays at the end of the list and then some wraith drains a level from the only cleric in the team.