Ok, i have the standard version of BWP installed and i just reached the Cloakwood mines map and beat some arch druid in a tough battle.
On this quest going up against the shadow druids i have found some very powerful items for Jaheria. A ring of fire shielding called " Charvirak's Glow" and some special leather armor named Stormcloud "Kraken's Bane"
She's now running around with a -10 AC and that seems REALLY low to me.
This is my first time playing the BG series, so i don't know if this is that normal for these games compared to real d&d. I used to play some p&p D&D way back in the 80's, and would never even come close to such a # such as that.
I don't know if this is a BWP related issiue or not, but i'm worried that the game might get too easy and that the balance would be upset.
I wanted to install the BWP even though it was my first time playing because i wanted to have the biggest BG world to play through since i probably won't be doing any 2nd runs any time soon. ( I'm new to pc gaming and have alot of crpgs to experience after this one, Planescape, Fallout 1&2, Icewind Dale 1&2, Arcanum, KOTOR 1&2, TOEE, Vampire:Bloodlines, Mask of the Betrayer and NWN1&2 modules for mp purposes, Possibly Wizardry 7&8 , maybe an Ultima game or 2, you get the picture.
Worried about overpowerd items upsetting game balance in BWP
Started by
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, Jun 20 2011 07:33 PM
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el niko
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Posted 28 August 2011 - 01:08 AM
Those items are added by the DSotSC mod, which is quite famous for its uber items.
Simple solution : resist the temptation to use the items (and breaking your game) by selling them next time you pass by a merchant.
If you're not sure whether an item is original or modded, use the following detection method :
1. Bonuses out of touch with what you currently have
AND
2. Typos (English, capitalization / punctuation)
BWP Balancer is trying to solve some of these problems, but it's still a WIP.
Simple solution : resist the temptation to use the items (and breaking your game) by selling them next time you pass by a merchant.
If you're not sure whether an item is original or modded, use the following detection method :
1. Bonuses out of touch with what you currently have
AND
2. Typos (English, capitalization / punctuation)
BWP Balancer is trying to solve some of these problems, but it's still a WIP.
Edited by el niko, 28 August 2011 - 01:22 AM.
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Creepin
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Posted 28 August 2011 - 02:20 AM
If you're playing BWP with tactical or expert mod set, then overpowered items will be eventually balanced by overpowered enemies later in game. However there's not much of such an enemies in BG1 part of BWP, with the exception of Sisters A Little perhaps, so selling/dumping unbalanced items is good idea. I would advice you to avoid using BWP Balancer however as it makes way too much of arbitrary changes to the game, or at least read it's readme carefully before applying.
Edited by Creepin, 28 August 2011 - 02:35 AM.
The Old Gold - v0.2 WIP (mod for BGT/BWP/BWS)
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el niko
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 12:12 AM
If you're playing BWP with tactical or expert mod set, then overpowered items will be eventually balanced by overpowered enemies later in game. However there's not much of such an enemies in BG1 part of BWP, with the exception of Sisters A Little perhaps, so selling/dumping unbalanced items is good idea. I would advice you to avoid using BWP Balancer however as it makes way too much of arbitrary changes to the game, or at least read it's readme carefully before applying.
Is there any released version of BW-Balancer ? I couldn't find any.
I have BP-Balancer, but i don't think you are referring to this one (as there's basically nothing in the readme...)
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dmxdex
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 01:36 PM
Is the BW Balancer a download? Or just feedback?
Edited by dmxdex, 07 September 2011 - 01:37 PM.
