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me too. i'd like to see this mod come to fruition especially with the patch 1.3 around the corner (which adds the posibility of contionuing the variables from bg:ee to b2:ee) and seemingly no intention from beamdog to further expand their npc's.

 

i really, really hope to see some news and maybe a release soon!

btw, here are few links from beamdog's forum that could come in handy (in case you're missed them)

 

http://forum.baldurs...perspective-1-6

 

http://forum.baldurs...perspective-2-6

Well, i can do nothing but approve.

Also, i'm intrigued by dorn not losing powers... Did you want to change his class to fighter? Maybe cleric? Become worshipper of some ideal or PC, this retaining blackguard powers?
Btw, i always thought PC could influence dorns alignment on lawful/chaotic scale. I agree he is beyond redemtiom but he seems open to that kind of influence. Maybe that adds some flavor to later talks.

And i hope to see some new epilogues also

this is some good news!

 

I think Kulyok summed it up nicely and i think the most important thing is to bring the new content on the level of the pre-existing NPC's, meaning:

- bg:ee should probably get less attention, but i will not argue additions

- SOA+TOB definitely need number of lovetalks equal (or greater) to existing romanceble npc's.

- coding Bodhi abduction if possible, makes the fight harder and more invested and offers opportunity for nice extra dialogue upon resurrection. Current "too powerful to be kidnapped" just seems... cheap. If nothing else, a talk devoted to Bodhi would be nice.

- interjections where they make sense. I would VERY much like this. Especially in TOB and Watcher's Keep.

- i completely agree about descriptive text being immersion breaking (except in special circumstances) in otherwise dialogue based game

 

on a more specific level:

- i'd love to see some deeper connection between dorn and evil pc. i think caring and trusting (which seems to be dorn's issue) could be great parralel path to power and lust arc already present. maybe even expanding a bit upon freedom vs. bound by service bit? In any case, i do not believe caring and trusting (in short, loving) makes somebody less evil. far from it, even greater atrocities can be commited with mutual support. in the least, i'd love to see an outcome not neccesarilly resulting in killing each other.

- staying true to one's alignment should be priority but i would like to see some paths or talks considering a more neutral PC ready to tolerate evil or good NPC without them breaking up

- i'd love to have removed gender checks. I do not know how much hassle it would be to write gender-neutral dialogue.

 

in general, i would be careful not to go over the top. i realize this is d&d and characters are already cheesy, but i think no new quests are necessary as well as no further accentuation of the established personalities. for example; does neera alwasy have to be quirky and unpredictable, or dorn power-hungry, or rasaad burdened by faith and hexxat by vampirism and duty? Can we catch thzem "off guard", so to speak? Perhaps some bacstory, opinions on the world, philosopy of alignment and planes, plans for the future etc. options are many

 

well all these are just my opinions and suggestions, in the end the vision and mod are yours and i look forward to them. if you need testers or help, i'm available. best of luck!

@Kai  does that mean you will make an option in installation to remove gender checks for bg:ee and bg:ee2? that would be amazing btw, i'd love to try out rasaad romance as a male.