In BG2 I buy every single Greater Restoration Scroll I come across, even if it will leave me completely broke. My cleric or druid (usually Jaheira) will always have Negative Plane Protection prepared.
In BG2 I buy every single Greater Restoration Scroll I come across, even if it will leave me completely broke. My cleric or druid (usually Jaheira) will always have Negative Plane Protection prepared.
not an unsound practice. I often have both Anomen and Jaheira, and neg. plane prot. is vital in certain areas. But I never thought of buying rest. scrolls. Anomen can usually handle it.
As for BG1....I have a habit of running the standard party - Imoen, Jaheira, Khalid, Minsc, Dynaheir. Looking forward to trying some different groups with EE.
I always go to Windspear Hills as soon as possible and use exploit to kill firkraag, because I can't wait to have Carsomyr. And I do that even when I say to myself that I won't do it this time. Can't be helped.
I impulsively hit the quicksave button like every two minutes.
Only every 2 minutes? I probably quick-save every 15 seconds, not even exaggerating. I have a fast machine so it literally takes 1 second though, that could be part of why I'm so crazy.
Even my paladin walks into houses and steal anything that aint nailed to the floor.. Quicksave..... A wild fetish to explore as much of the map as possible even if i know its nothing up there
thats my usual suspects;)
edit: never a good alignment party without Minsc and Boo!!
I guess there's the tactical metagaming aspect of acquiring certain items as soon as possible... For example, in my first BG:EE game I'll be playing a multi Fighter-Mage, and therefore I will want both Rings of Wizardry and the Amulet of Metaspell Influence, ASAP. But that's not an OCD thing. It's a tactical decision as a player (borne of meta-knowledge).
I thought "d" in ocd is for disorder. After reading these posts... it sounds pretty ordinary for me. I give credit for the psycologists creativity though. Inventing new illnesses can be hard.
I guess there's the tactical metagaming aspect of acquiring certain items as soon as possible... For example, in my first BG:EE game I'll be playing a multi Fighter-Mage, and therefore I will want both Rings of Wizardry and the Amulet of Metaspell Influence, ASAP. But that's not an OCD thing. It's a tactical decision as a player (borne of meta-knowledge).
I thought the second ring of wizardry was removed from BG long ago?
...Also, I've never done a BG1 playthrough without Xan in my party. I've tried to leave him behind, or ignore him and not rescue him from the mines, but I just can't bring myself to do it.
In BG2 I buy every single Greater Restoration Scroll I come across, even if it will leave me completely broke. My cleric or druid (usually Jaheira) will always have Negative Plane Protection prepared.
not an unsound practice. I often have both Anomen and Jaheira, and neg. plane prot. is vital in certain areas. But I never thought of buying rest. scrolls. Anomen can usually handle it.
As for BG1....I have a habit of running the standard party - Imoen, Jaheira, Khalid, Minsc, Dynaheir. Looking forward to trying some different groups with EE.
Well, maybe it's just going a bit too far when Jaheira ends the game with around 25 restoration scrolls in her inventory.
I just realized, one habit of mine is that Imoen is *always* in the party. Even if I'm doing an evil playthrough, since she'll never leave you. Statistically, she's also has some of the best stats, and you get her right at the begining of the game. I just wish her carrying capacity wasn't so low!
In BG2 it would just be cruel to leave her in Spellhold... or anyone for that matter. That's why I usually bring Yoshimo along. So I have an extra slot to take Imoen without leaving someone behind,
for BG 2 I always have Minsc, Jahera, Imoen/ Yoshimo, (love interest character or Jan) and take and drop every other party member once I've done their personal quests Then in ToB take Sarevok. I also plan out which character I intend to have as the love interest (insert various npc mods) before I actually start the play through.
Oh and I also always (since discovering it) make the mace of disruption +2 and soon as I have it go and say hello to Gaxx ^_^
I thought "d" in ocd is for disorder. After reading these posts... it sounds pretty ordinary for me. I give credit for the psycologists creativity though. Inventing new illnesses can be hard.
What does this thread and its posts have to do with the existence of OCD? This kind of mentality really gets tiresome. Statistics show that at least 1 % of the population has OCD. What next, cancer is a myth?
I suffer from industrial strength kleptomania in bg. Also I clean every map of items/enemies/fog of war like a plague of locusts. In terms of OCD, I must hand in every single scalp to officer vai. EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.
I thought "d" in ocd is for disorder. After reading these posts... it sounds pretty ordinary for me. I give credit for the psycologists creativity though. Inventing new illnesses can be hard.
What does this thread and its posts have to do with the existence of OCD? This kind of mentality really gets tiresome. Statistics show that at least 1 % of the population has OCD. What next, cancer is a myth?
I'm sorry, it was my fault. I wrote "It could be obsessive compulsive behaviour or well-founded choices (though part of my diagnose is not OCD nor do I believe in free will, but your mileage my vary), share what's your persistent habits!"
It was a bit tongue-in-cheek comment, while it may also be true that an obsessive compulsive disorder displays itself in the way people suffering from it play BG, but I want to state:
I acknowledge: - Obsessive compulsive disorder is a serious disease and can be just as debilitating as depression, schizofrenia or any other psychiatric disorder. - It's not fun suffering from OCD, and me talking about it in a kind of humorous way was edgy. Maybe I shouldn't have done it. - There's a big difference between persistent and compulsive behaviour while playing a game and suffering from a real compulsive disorder, like there's a big difference between feeling down sometimes and suffering from a real depression.
I didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings, it's just that suffering from a psychiatric disorder myself (though not OCD), I allow myself a black humour about psychiatric diseases to liften the burden of life somewhat, but maybe I should stick to my own and maybe make fun only of depressions and schizo-affective disorders?
I'm sorry if anybody did feel hurt because of this topic.
I think the point about what is normal when it comes to repetitive behavior is very well taken, though. People who show some of that and it doesn't result in any significant impairment are within the distribution of the bell curve that defines "normal." It's when OCD symptoms are relatively severe and resulting in substantial impairment to functioning that it gets diagnosed as a disorder. It has to meet certain diagnostic criteria, etc. Anyway, there's a lot of behavior that we all normally do repetitively, and it doesn't mean that we have the disorder.
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As for BG1....I have a habit of running the standard party - Imoen, Jaheira, Khalid, Minsc, Dynaheir. Looking forward to trying some different groups with EE.
Quicksave.....
A wild fetish to explore as much of the map as possible even if i know its nothing up there
thats my usual suspects;)
edit: never a good alignment party without Minsc and Boo!!
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/4328/how-obsessive-compulsive-are-you-when-you-play-bg-or-iwd#latest
After 14 years this will almost be like playing a new game, but with nostalgia...
I just realized, one habit of mine is that Imoen is *always* in the party. Even if I'm doing an evil playthrough, since she'll never leave you. Statistically, she's also has some of the best stats, and you get her right at the begining of the game. I just wish her carrying capacity wasn't so low!
In BG2 it would just be cruel to leave her in Spellhold... or anyone for that matter. That's why I usually bring Yoshimo along. So I have an extra slot to take Imoen without leaving someone behind,
Oh and I also always (since discovering it) make the mace of disruption +2 and soon as I have it go and say hello to Gaxx ^_^
Also I clean every map of items/enemies/fog of war like a plague of locusts.
In terms of OCD, I must hand in every single scalp to officer vai. EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.
To Centeol:
"Why are you so fat?"
To Prat:
"You really are a prat aren't you?"
To Drasus:
"Always kill the mouthy one first. That's what I always say"
It was a bit tongue-in-cheek comment, while it may also be true that an obsessive compulsive disorder displays itself in the way people suffering from it play BG, but I want to state:
I acknowledge:
- Obsessive compulsive disorder is a serious disease and can be just as debilitating as depression, schizofrenia or any other psychiatric disorder.
- It's not fun suffering from OCD, and me talking about it in a kind of humorous way was edgy. Maybe I shouldn't have done it.
- There's a big difference between persistent and compulsive behaviour while playing a game and suffering from a real compulsive disorder, like there's a big difference between feeling down sometimes and suffering from a real depression.
I didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings, it's just that suffering from a psychiatric disorder myself (though not OCD), I allow myself a black humour about psychiatric diseases to liften the burden of life somewhat, but maybe I should stick to my own and maybe make fun only of depressions and schizo-affective disorders?
I'm sorry if anybody did feel hurt because of this topic.