Start a new game or carry on?
Igniseus
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Hi All
I was playing BG2:EE roughly a year ago but stopped playing due to moving house. I loaded it up to continue a few months back but it appeared the 1.3 update had installed (Steam) and removed all my mods (about half a dozen). It kind of buggered up my game so left it.
I have come to give it another go now with a fresh BG2 install and put on most of the mods I think I had. To my surprise my save loaded and all seems to work (5 minute test only though).
However, I am thinking due to the 1.3 update and the mods not 100% matching what I had on before that it might be safer to start again. What concerns me is that I appear to have done 90%+ of the quests in the first 3 chapters and am very near to entering chapter 4. Looking at this guide - http://www.bigorrin.org/amn2.htm - I'm pretty sure I've completely I've completed all the areas under chapter 2 and 3 - i just need to do the main story bit now and get Imoen.
What concerns me is that I've played 30 hours to get this far and it seems I've completed quite a chunk of the game. Without any spoilers as I've not gotten past this point before, how far am I in, have I scratched the surface or am I near half done? If more near half done I might try soldier on rather than restart.
Sorry if that was much longer than it needed to be!
Thanks
Igniseus
I was playing BG2:EE roughly a year ago but stopped playing due to moving house. I loaded it up to continue a few months back but it appeared the 1.3 update had installed (Steam) and removed all my mods (about half a dozen). It kind of buggered up my game so left it.
I have come to give it another go now with a fresh BG2 install and put on most of the mods I think I had. To my surprise my save loaded and all seems to work (5 minute test only though).
However, I am thinking due to the 1.3 update and the mods not 100% matching what I had on before that it might be safer to start again. What concerns me is that I appear to have done 90%+ of the quests in the first 3 chapters and am very near to entering chapter 4. Looking at this guide - http://www.bigorrin.org/amn2.htm - I'm pretty sure I've completely I've completed all the areas under chapter 2 and 3 - i just need to do the main story bit now and get Imoen.
What concerns me is that I've played 30 hours to get this far and it seems I've completed quite a chunk of the game. Without any spoilers as I've not gotten past this point before, how far am I in, have I scratched the surface or am I near half done? If more near half done I might try soldier on rather than restart.
Sorry if that was much longer than it needed to be!
Thanks
Igniseus
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It's hard to estimate. What level do your characters have? What quests have you completed? Because you can be in the chapter 4, yes, but still leave a lot of areas unexplored, unnecessary to the main plot.
Slums District
Graveyard District
Temple District
Bridge District
Government District
Docks District
Gate District
De'Arnise Keep
Trademeet
Druid Grove
Umar Hills
Windspear Hills
Looking at location lists without trying to see spoilers, this does appear to be a good 2/3 of the games locations I've explored?
I'm not that fond of the combat to be honest, its the story, lore, world etc that I am interested in so starting again to experience a different class doesn't appeal to me unfortunately - which is why I'm hesitant to start again if I've already made significant progress through the game.
I'd say in any case that you've covered about 50% of SoA. Do you have ToB installed as well. Other than those things, I very much agree with @bengoshi
Consider also romance options with different NPCs and each class of protagonist gets a different stronghold with unique content AND there's lots of NPCs to play with. You could very easily start from scratch and find new stuff, play with new NPCs or try a different character class.