I can well imagine a fighter/mage when his defensive spells wear out or have been dispelled running away to a safe location whilst his comrades continue to fight, so that he can put on some armour. No mage in their right mind would continue to fight without at least some protection.
Well, it takes quite some time to put armor on, from at least 10 minutes for (studded) leather to 1 hour or more in case of full plate, so its more likely that your fighter/mage would realistically put on some armor for the next battle instead of one in progress.
Here's my unpopular opinion: The Rise of Skywalker didn't ruin Star Wars. Star Wars when never "a thing", because they had like 1 good movie. There was nothing to ruin, because it was all just stroke of luck. Prequels showed that there is nowhere to go, and if Thrawn Trilogy is the best EU can offer, then entire franchise was basically born dead.
Thus I have spoken.
Here's my unpopular opinion: The Rise of Skywalker didn't ruin Star Wars. Star Wars when never "a thing", because they had like 1 good movie. There was nothing to ruin, because it was all just stroke of luck. Prequels showed that there is nowhere to go, and if Thrawn Trilogy is the best EU can offer, then entire franchise was basically born dead.
Thus I have spoken.
Hey now, this is "unpopular opinons" not "objectively wrong" opinions
Getting back to the armor thing: BG1 had quick weapon slots for that precise reason.
All we have to do is extend "can't change armor during combat" to all equipment - you can pass loot around, but you can't ready any of it. Including potions and arrows.
That is just as unrealistic as allowing changing Plate Armour. We a;; know how Russian Troops in Stalingrad picked up the weapons of the troops that were killed (due to not having enough guns for all the troops). They then carried on fighting with very little interruption.
Similarly it would take mere seconds to have thrown a quiver-full of arrows from one archer to another.
Yes, throwing a two-handed sword from one fighter to another would have been virtually impossible, but reading the story of David and Goliath shows how it was possible to pick up a weapon that had been dropped and use it.
In the days when swords were rarities (circa 800 AD) I am quite sure that when someone wielding a sword was slain, a fighter who only had a knife would pick the sword up and use it.
My unpopular opinion is that custom NPC mods for the BG Series are terrible. The majority of joinable NPC mods (for me) are either poorly written, have poor quality voicing or are not voiced at all, are full of bugs, are overpowered with high stats or special items/abilities and finally are just boring in comparison to the real NPC's (even the most boring or annoying of them such as Nalia or Valygar).
My unpopular opinion is that custom NPC mods for the BG Series are terrible. The majority of joinable NPC mods (for me) are either poorly written, have poor quality voicing or are not voiced at all, are full of bugs, are overpowered with high stats or special items/abilities and finally are just boring in comparison to the real NPC's (even the most boring or annoying of them such as Nalia or Valygar).
I wouldn't post the same opinion bit you ain't totally wrong. There are indeed poorly written, overpowered npc mods but there are also tons of well written and balanced ones.
NPC mods are silly. You should always use me instead.
In BG1 you ARE a mod and a very good one too, even if you are on the small side. I suppose that is to be expected considering your race.
For those who haven't met you at the carnival. Here is the link. https://www.gibberlings3.net/forums/topic/27076-aerie-in-bgee/
NPC mods are silly. You should always use me instead.
In BG1 you ARE a mod and a very good one too, even if you are on the small side. I suppose that is to be expected considering your race.
For those who haven't met you at the carnival. Here is the link. https://www.gibberlings3.net/forums/topic/27076-aerie-in-bgee/
Oh I had forgotten about my appearance there, how absent minded of me. Still any non-Aerie related mods are lacklustre as they don't feature the best NPC in the entire series (me ).
NPC mods are silly. You should always use me instead.
In BG1 you ARE a mod and a very good one too, even if you are on the small side. I suppose that is to be expected considering your race.
For those who haven't met you at the carnival. Here is the link. https://www.gibberlings3.net/forums/topic/27076-aerie-in-bgee/
It's a shame that mod doesn't make her a companion, though I can't fathom how ridiculously OP she would be after leveling up through BG1 and BG2. The end battle in ToB would more or less be the rest of the party kicking back with brewskis watching Aerie do all the work!
I thought Ajantis was unpopular too. I'm clearly wrong.
I'd say every extended companion is a loved one (especially when extension includes romance). (Even additional NPCs (yes, even Sandrah) have their faithful fanbase.) And Ajantis-mod is objectively good one.
I thought Ajantis was unpopular too. I'm clearly wrong.
I'd say every extended companion is a loved one (especially when extension includes romance). (Even additional NPCs (yes, even Sandrah) have their faithful fanbase.) And Ajantis-mod is objectively good one.
i never hear anyone that hates the ajantis romance. people are just happy there is someone else thats not anomen.
thats why most romances are for female charnames more so they male ones [ altho this has changed in recent years it's now more balanced] they did not like the fact anomen is the only option so they made their own.
I thought Ajantis was unpopular too. I'm clearly wrong.
I don't like the (BG1) Ajantis romance. He's well written, of course, but I don't like him. Too formal and fastidious, tries to nobly protect a woman who is stronger and had to drag his corpse to a temple more than once, and his reaction to finding out Charname's heritage in Candlekeep is so typical. "Oh my poor noble values, what am I going to do?" Never mind how the woman you supposedly love feels about it, you poor man.
He's the caricature of a paladin, his vanilla character, and the romance sticks faithfully to it. Very well written, as I said, but absolutely not my cup of tea.
I hope @jastey won't take that as criticism, on the contrary. If you can dislike a person for his personality, that means it's fleshed out and well done.
And that's coming from a passionate and faithful paladin role player who won't open chests in inns, break into locked houses or raid the Candlekeep (or Athkatla, for that matter) tombs.
I can't say anything about his BG2 romance though.
Possibly unpopular opinion: I absolutely love Berelinde's Keldorn romance. (and before anyone passes moral judgement, his wife leaves him first).
@Arvia it's criticism, but good (constructive) one. I enjoyed it very much. I took great care in fleshing out his character the way I see it and I see that I succeeded. ( ) Thanks for the review!
In case you can make yourself play through the BGII romance once, I would be interested whether his development in BGII would make him less obnoxious for you.
Thanks for the kind words with regard to my Ajantis romances/mods, everyone.
Am I the only one who likes Anomen? Of all the romances for female characters, including mods, he is still my #1 choice. I've tried a few npc mod romances, such as Kelsey, but I end up gravitating back to Anomen. I like that Anomen is flawed and a bit of a jerk. My character might turn into a Slayer on a bad day anyway, so they're a great fit.
My unpopular opinion is that custom NPC mods for the BG Series are terrible. The majority of joinable NPC mods (for me) are either poorly written, have poor quality voicing or are not voiced at all, are full of bugs, are overpowered with high stats or special items/abilities and finally are just boring in comparison to the real NPC's (even the most boring or annoying of them such as Nalia or Valygar).
Most of these issues with NPC mods I sympathize with modders on, except voicing. It's very difficult to root all bugs even with experience for what's usually a solo project, and difficult to have a grasp of balance without a lot of technical understanding and practice. And good luck being a good writer and a good coder. I find one suffers when you put focus on the other aspect for your mod.
I feel like decent voicing is super important though. I've played an unvoiced mod however all the way through Shadows of Amn (Nephele if I remember, go halflings!), but voice would have really increased its charm.
I like Anomen's development, but my major problem is that metagaming is required to justify taking him. Otherwise, for all charname knows, he is just an arrogant and self righteous jerk.
Anomen ist really well-written as a flawed character that doesn't wear the story behind these flaws on his sleeves. Also, both CN and LG Anomen still feel like the same person on some level, which is quite the achievement.
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Well, it takes quite some time to put armor on, from at least 10 minutes for (studded) leather to 1 hour or more in case of full plate, so its more likely that your fighter/mage would realistically put on some armor for the next battle instead of one in progress.
Thus I have spoken.
Hey now, this is "unpopular opinons" not "objectively wrong" opinions
But I'd watch it anyway.
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All we have to do is extend "can't change armor during combat" to all equipment - you can pass loot around, but you can't ready any of it. Including potions and arrows.
Similarly it would take mere seconds to have thrown a quiver-full of arrows from one archer to another.
Yes, throwing a two-handed sword from one fighter to another would have been virtually impossible, but reading the story of David and Goliath shows how it was possible to pick up a weapon that had been dropped and use it.
In the days when swords were rarities (circa 800 AD) I am quite sure that when someone wielding a sword was slain, a fighter who only had a knife would pick the sword up and use it.
I wouldn't post the same opinion bit you ain't totally wrong. There are indeed poorly written, overpowered npc mods but there are also tons of well written and balanced ones.
For those who haven't met you at the carnival. Here is the link.
https://www.gibberlings3.net/forums/topic/27076-aerie-in-bgee/
Oh I had forgotten about my appearance there, how absent minded of me. Still any non-Aerie related mods are lacklustre as they don't feature the best NPC in the entire series (me
It's a shame that mod doesn't make her a companion, though I can't fathom how ridiculously OP she would be after leveling up through BG1 and BG2. The end battle in ToB would more or less be the rest of the party kicking back with brewskis watching Aerie do all the work!
Did you mean "Anomen"?
Intoxicated, so basically I'm saying he's a cool guy who parties/drinks/get high.
I'd say every extended companion is a loved one (especially when extension includes romance). (Even additional NPCs (yes, even Sandrah) have their faithful fanbase.) And Ajantis-mod is objectively good one.
i never hear anyone that hates the ajantis romance. people are just happy there is someone else thats not anomen.
thats why most romances are for female charnames more so they male ones [ altho this has changed in recent years it's now more balanced] they did not like the fact anomen is the only option so they made their own.
I don't like the (BG1) Ajantis romance. He's well written, of course, but I don't like him. Too formal and fastidious, tries to nobly protect a woman who is stronger and had to drag his corpse to a temple more than once, and his reaction to finding out Charname's heritage in Candlekeep is so typical. "Oh my poor noble values, what am I going to do?" Never mind how the woman you supposedly love feels about it, you poor man.
He's the caricature of a paladin, his vanilla character, and the romance sticks faithfully to it. Very well written, as I said, but absolutely not my cup of tea.
I hope @jastey won't take that as criticism, on the contrary. If you can dislike a person for his personality, that means it's fleshed out and well done.
And that's coming from a passionate and faithful paladin role player who won't open chests in inns, break into locked houses or raid the Candlekeep (or Athkatla, for that matter) tombs.
I can't say anything about his BG2 romance though.
Possibly unpopular opinion: I absolutely love Berelinde's Keldorn romance. (and before anyone passes moral judgement, his wife leaves him first).
In case you can make yourself play through the BGII romance once, I would be interested whether his development in BGII would make him less obnoxious for you.
Thanks for the kind words with regard to my Ajantis romances/mods, everyone.
My judgement is on his age, he is oooold.
Most of these issues with NPC mods I sympathize with modders on, except voicing. It's very difficult to root all bugs even with experience for what's usually a solo project, and difficult to have a grasp of balance without a lot of technical understanding and practice. And good luck being a good writer and a good coder. I find one suffers when you put focus on the other aspect for your mod.
I feel like decent voicing is super important though. I've played an unvoiced mod however all the way through Shadows of Amn (Nephele if I remember, go halflings!), but voice would have really increased its charm.
Judging from his daughters' ages, he's old for Charname, but not for me
I like Anomen, too. He's an arrogant bastard when you meet him, but later you find out why, and he grows on you. His story is credible.