Pocket Plane tests-why everything feels so evil?
lunar
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Obvious spoilers for ToB.
Okay I never paid attention to pocket plane tests back in the original bg2. I always played the good hero, and hence I think I got the good results.
Now, however, in my current run, I am chaotic good aligned (checked, did not fail in hell trials of SoA unknowingly) but pocket plane tests and changes are...creeping me out.
In the first test everything worked okay, the final spawn was Irenicus&Bodhi&Big S so I think the game still thought me as 'good' because I vaguely remember evil players are challenged by a clone of Ellesime and paladins and such.
However, second test felt..different. I remember from bg2, my alternate self had a coal black platemail and looked eeevil. Now he looked in whitish platemail. I thought this was changed in ee, however it looked cooler with dark black. When I killed my alternate self, the room changed into a hellish pit with lava pool. However I remember it used to change into an oasis, in bg2. I think game put a 'good' alternate me (hence, in white plate) and the resulting room was the hellish pit that evil players get.
In the third test, I used to be challenged by my innocence, and I really loved that challenge, however to my surprise this time my doubt was talking and wished me to reclaim it. Again I think this is wrong, evil players should face their doubt, but good players should face their innocence? And the resulting room looked freaky with body parts stucked in walls etc.
What determines which test and the result the player gets? Reputation? Alignment? Something else? I may have talked a bit like a jerk to Solar, but I meant well. I was rping a little more hardcore, edgy chaotic good emphasised on chaotic but I was still good. Why this change? At this rate, I think, in the end, if I choose to become a god, I will get the 'evil god' cinematic ending, right? Not that I ever choose that for my pcs, I am just curious. Why this? Why don't I get good tests and results, because I acted a bit edgy to Solar?
Okay I never paid attention to pocket plane tests back in the original bg2. I always played the good hero, and hence I think I got the good results.
Now, however, in my current run, I am chaotic good aligned (checked, did not fail in hell trials of SoA unknowingly) but pocket plane tests and changes are...creeping me out.
In the first test everything worked okay, the final spawn was Irenicus&Bodhi&Big S so I think the game still thought me as 'good' because I vaguely remember evil players are challenged by a clone of Ellesime and paladins and such.
However, second test felt..different. I remember from bg2, my alternate self had a coal black platemail and looked eeevil. Now he looked in whitish platemail. I thought this was changed in ee, however it looked cooler with dark black. When I killed my alternate self, the room changed into a hellish pit with lava pool. However I remember it used to change into an oasis, in bg2. I think game put a 'good' alternate me (hence, in white plate) and the resulting room was the hellish pit that evil players get.
In the third test, I used to be challenged by my innocence, and I really loved that challenge, however to my surprise this time my doubt was talking and wished me to reclaim it. Again I think this is wrong, evil players should face their doubt, but good players should face their innocence? And the resulting room looked freaky with body parts stucked in walls etc.
What determines which test and the result the player gets? Reputation? Alignment? Something else? I may have talked a bit like a jerk to Solar, but I meant well. I was rping a little more hardcore, edgy chaotic good emphasised on chaotic but I was still good. Why this change? At this rate, I think, in the end, if I choose to become a god, I will get the 'evil god' cinematic ending, right? Not that I ever choose that for my pcs, I am just curious. Why this? Why don't I get good tests and results, because I acted a bit edgy to Solar?
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i remember poking around in the .bcs file a while back looking at all the craziness that goes on that plane, and i saw that reputation was a big factor on what happened in your trials