Hello, fellow waiters.
One thing I like about Baldur's Gate is that it only brings you from approximately 1st-6th level. Most CRPG's today have a much higher rate of advancement. But BG, being 2nd Edition AD&D, inherits a slower pacing, which was previously explored in computerized format via the famous Gold Box series of 1st Edition games.
In practice, I saw that in pnp AD&D, the level advancement was often tweaked by the DM to keep the campaigns from stalling, but on a computer, it seems a good pacing for a long campaign such as BG-->SoA/ToB.
You really savor, and struggle, through the lower levels in BG, which is as it should be.
One thing I like about Baldur's Gate is that it only brings you from approximately 1st-6th level. Most CRPG's today have a much higher rate of advancement. But BG, being 2nd Edition AD&D, inherits a slower pacing, which was previously explored in computerized format via the famous Gold Box series of 1st Edition games.
In practice, I saw that in pnp AD&D, the level advancement was often tweaked by the DM to keep the campaigns from stalling, but on a computer, it seems a good pacing for a long campaign such as BG-->SoA/ToB.
You really savor, and struggle, through the lower levels in BG, which is as it should be.