Hey, guys
So I'm starting my second BGEE run soon and this time I wanna RP more. I finished BGEE a few months ago and despite having an amazing time playing it, I'd feel horrible whenever I reached a new hub because I couldn't fight the urge to break and check every building, closet and container for stuff.. I may have spent half a week in Baldur's Gate checking every house before doing quests and moving on, really. It was really immersion-breaking.
How about map exploration? I know most of you guys are veterans and remember the exact locations of items, NPCs and quest triggers... I would spend much more time clearing the map fog in zigzag to make sure I wouldn't miss anything rather then actually doing stuff in these maps. It was fun If a imagined banters between the party or enjoyed the landscape artwork (it's impressive, imo), but obviosly pretty boring otherwise. Thank God I abhor pickpocketing!
This time I'm refraining to repeat these bad habits and I wanna focus more on RP. I'm not sure, maybe I'll restrict myself to public places and open houses. I may break into closed buildings as long as I have knowledge in game there's something important there. Stiil, I'm afraid I'm gonna miss a lot of equipment and spells.
I'd like to know how you guys dealt with it when you were new and akin to roleplaying and how you do it today. Do you enter houses and headcannon you were invited, or do you pillage them for the sake of powergaming?
So I'm starting my second BGEE run soon and this time I wanna RP more. I finished BGEE a few months ago and despite having an amazing time playing it, I'd feel horrible whenever I reached a new hub because I couldn't fight the urge to break and check every building, closet and container for stuff.. I may have spent half a week in Baldur's Gate checking every house before doing quests and moving on, really. It was really immersion-breaking.
How about map exploration? I know most of you guys are veterans and remember the exact locations of items, NPCs and quest triggers... I would spend much more time clearing the map fog in zigzag to make sure I wouldn't miss anything rather then actually doing stuff in these maps. It was fun If a imagined banters between the party or enjoyed the landscape artwork (it's impressive, imo), but obviosly pretty boring otherwise. Thank God I abhor pickpocketing!
This time I'm refraining to repeat these bad habits and I wanna focus more on RP. I'm not sure, maybe I'll restrict myself to public places and open houses. I may break into closed buildings as long as I have knowledge in game there's something important there. Stiil, I'm afraid I'm gonna miss a lot of equipment and spells.
I'd like to know how you guys dealt with it when you were new and akin to roleplaying and how you do it today. Do you enter houses and headcannon you were invited, or do you pillage them for the sake of powergaming?