How much of the game is left from Spellhold
lummoxybez
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I played the unenhanced version 20 years ago or so and got as far as the Underdark, and remember feeling that there was still loads more to go.
In a recent playthough I got as far as Spellhold, thinking the same.
Now SoD exists, I've just started BG2EE after completing BG1EE and SoD, and I'm curious as to how much is actually left of the game.
Once I reach Spellhold, am I roughly 50% of the way through, or is it more than that?
I'm talking just BG2EE here, not TOB.
I'm quite a completionist, although if the main quest needs urgency I will tend to focus on that rather than side quests (such as the main quest in Mass Effect - it was literally called 'Race Against Time' so I just went at it rather than doing petty side quests for the UPS man).
The 'howlong' website lists it as 180 hours or so for a completionist playthrough. It only took me around 17 hours to get to Spellhold though, which suggests that there is loads of the game left after that.
In a recent playthough I got as far as Spellhold, thinking the same.
Now SoD exists, I've just started BG2EE after completing BG1EE and SoD, and I'm curious as to how much is actually left of the game.
Once I reach Spellhold, am I roughly 50% of the way through, or is it more than that?
I'm talking just BG2EE here, not TOB.
I'm quite a completionist, although if the main quest needs urgency I will tend to focus on that rather than side quests (such as the main quest in Mass Effect - it was literally called 'Race Against Time' so I just went at it rather than doing petty side quests for the UPS man).
The 'howlong' website lists it as 180 hours or so for a completionist playthrough. It only took me around 17 hours to get to Spellhold though, which suggests that there is loads of the game left after that.
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I would say you did 15% of SoA.
In my first play through I did the following Athkatla quests: D'Arnise Hold, Firkraag, Trademeet, and the Planar Sphere.
I assume that if I do these before Spellhold, then I've done a huge chunk of the game.
If I leave them, can I do these quests once I have gone through Spellhold and The Underdark etc...?
Thanks for the swift answer btw!
Yep, you will not have any problem to do these quests after Underdark, except if you have Nalia in your team because she wants you to go to De'Arnise Keep and after a while she'll leave.
Maybe you can plan what characters you will want in your party and then decide which side-quests you will complete before Spellhold (you need at least 15000 gp anyway)
Are available in chapter 2. But they’re also available in chapter 3 and 6.
I think that there are probably loads more things to do in Athkatla than I listed above.
Despite me saying that I am a completionist, the plot sometimes makes me abandon side-quests and push on with the urgent 'save the universe' quest. Therefore, trying to figure out how to open up the various lich tombs seems pointless to me unless I was playing an Undead Hunter.
SoD felt like that. I did no companion quests, no romances and hardly any other side quests cos, you know, stopping the relentless army destroying everything in it's path seemed to be a tiny bit more important.
The main plot will always feel grander, more pressing, more urgent than any other sidequest and it could be illogical to not pursue it at all times.
For an Evil charname, who isn't all that fussed about saving Imoen then rushing to spellhold might not be top priority if other lucrative options appear.
At some point you'd probably wanna go get even with Irenicus but it doesn't feel like much of a rush if you don't care about Imoen.
This can't really be said about
It's the same with ToB. The situation is such that it feels illogical and strange not to rush towards the ending.. and spending weeks in the watchers keep is probably even crazier hehe)
I don't want to spoil you more than that, but are quests related to the main one, that you can do or skip only after the asylum and before you come back to town for the last chapters of soa.
Also this, with the quests that you have skipped in chap 2, affects how much game is left to play.
If you plan to play the game again in the future, thing that i suggest, dont worry and play as you feel, in future runs you will have new content to discover, and new weapons and items, as each quest allow you to loot or buy unique equipment.
Funny, I tend to do the opposite (admitedly, depends on my alignment).
If playing good or neutral, I generaly only do minimal quests in chapters 2/3 : the stronghold quest, and some early quests in Athkatla to get 15k GP. Then it's a rush to Spellhold and the rest of the quests are done in Chapter 6.
Although, now that I think about it, it is true that chapter 6 puts more "urgency" on you than chapters 2/3. But Elhan's attitude pisses me off and I RP it as a "he should have been more honest. He can wait now". Not much of a reason, but it's all i've got ^^.
Off course, if playing evil, I don't feel any urgency in chapters 2/3.