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10-04-2006, 12:59 PM
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| | | Yes!
I did it baby! I just finished BG1 without reloading! BG2 here I come! 
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Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's alright, you are forgiven. |
10-04-2006, 01:01 PM
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| | That's a feat for sure. You didn't die once????? 
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10-04-2006, 01:53 PM
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| | | Nope. And I never reloaded either. When NPCs died, I'd haul their carcasses and crap to a temple to bring 'em back.
BTW, since I didn't do all of the quests (including any of the TotSC areas... too dangerous), I was about 30,000 XP short of the cap.
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Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's alright, you are forgiven. |
10-04-2006, 05:18 PM
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| | | I really dug the expansion areas. They might be worth a few reloads. First time with BG2 too?
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Why is it that whenever I finally get around to playing a new game for the first time,
I feel like playing Baldur's Gate for the second time... |
10-04-2006, 05:55 PM
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| | Congratulations! 
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10-04-2006, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by CFM  I really dug the expansion areas. They might be worth a few reloads. First time with BG2 too? | This isn't my first game, it's my first game that I refuse to reload.
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Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's alright, you are forgiven. |
10-04-2006, 07:45 PM
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| | Hmm, I think I may give this no death/reload type of game a run-through in BG1 as well I’m planning to stay away from those areas with those damn Sirines though. And those dungeons that never stop spawning skeleton warriors and kobold commandos. Still thinking of what kind of character I’ll use.. |
10-04-2006, 09:32 PM
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| | | Klorax, what was your character like?
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10-05-2006, 01:37 AM
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| | Yeah, I wondered that myself. My money is on some kind of thief though. |
10-05-2006, 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Klorox This isn't my first game, it's my first game that I refuse to reload. | Ah, I see. I always play that way (at least, *try* to).
The one time I played, I got thru to the end of Chapter 5 without getting smoked (except for that blue chick kissed me, hardly fair btw). It was great fun, being very intense everytime I turned the game on (until reloading became a part of life in my run of BG2).
Just before starting Chapter 6, I went to Ulgoth's Beard (TotSC). Make no mistake: my streak of Almost No Reloads came to a screetching halt.
So what's up dude? What PC did you run? What NPC's did you use? How many hit points did everybody end up with? What other quests did you avoid? What's up?
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Why is it that whenever I finally get around to playing a new game for the first time,
I feel like playing Baldur's Gate for the second time...
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10-05-2006, 09:58 PM
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| | | "The one time I played, I got thru to the end of Chapter 5 without getting smoked (except for that blue chick kissed me, hardly fair btw). "
To counter this, iirc you can switch the order of the portraits on the right side of the screen. put any male npc at the top so that she will assume he is the leader and kiss him instead.
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10-05-2006, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by enagonios "The one time I played, I got thru to the end of Chapter 5 without getting smoked (except for that blue chick kissed me, hardly fair btw). "
To counter this, iirc you can switch the order of the portraits on the right side of the screen. put any male npc at the top so that she will assume he is the leader and kiss him instead. | You don't have to change the leader of your party. Just send someone besides your main character to talk to her and she'll kiss that character instead. She will also kiss female characters, by the way. (The last time I played, I sacrificed Imoen because my other two characters were much stronger and that made it easier to fight "the blue chick" and her captor.)
Last edited by VonDondu; 10-05-2006 at 11:35 PM.
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10-05-2006, 11:54 PM
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| | really? hmm.. i guess my memory is going, i kinda remember doing that but she either a) wont kiss a guy if he isn't at the "top" of the portraits or b) wont kiss a girl..
guess it really IS time for another playthrough 
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10-06-2006, 05:14 AM
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| | | Yes
Well done! I was thinking of trying it,solo.Indeed I started. However I had just installed Tutu and suddenly discovered it was not the same game! I went into an Inn in Bergost where I normally kill an assailant by stealth. Unlike before, he followed me outside and then Silke started attacking him The spiders behaved differently too, so I thought, not this time perhaps! |
10-06-2006, 07:40 AM
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| | Thanks to everyone for the advise on how to get by Ms. Kiss of Death.
My time thru the game, of course, I had to reload because of this encounter. I then had Jaheira (or maybe it was Imoen or Dynahier, I forget which) talk to Ms. Blue. The rest of it played out, with her being resurrected or whatever (I don't remember the particulars of the encounter, it's been awhile).
I just thought it was a little unfair. I had a streak going, at least to that point of the game, of No Reloads Via Death (I reload when leveling for max HP  ). It just felt a little cheesy: if it's your first time thru, and you don't know what's coming, this seems like an Automatic Reload encounter.
Admittedly, I knew something Not Good would result in kissing Ms. Temptress. I just didn't figure it'd be an Automatic Reload. Too bad she couldn't hit on Character Slot #2 instead. Anybody remember what happens if you turn her down?
Moral of the Story: if a blue hottie wants a kiss, volunteer a friend. Preferably a female friend.
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Why is it that whenever I finally get around to playing a new game for the first time,
I feel like playing Baldur's Gate for the second time...
Last edited by CFM; 10-06-2006 at 07:44 AM.
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