I know it's probably too late to cry over spilt milk, but didn't the devs have access to the source code fully?
Many issues of the original could have been fixed at the engine level (which many mods try to bypass with TobEx or whatever).
Some pet peeves of mine as example:
- Thieves cannot sneak AND search at the same time
(as per: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/33957/how-the-hell-does-one-thief-sneak-or-search-really )
- multi-class combo limitations (I *really* wanted to make a Sorcerer/Paladin -- and damn the cheese!)
I'm sure others will chime in with occurrences of "engine doesn't let it" (even though, e.g., IWD2 had improvements over BG2 in terms of engine capability).
Many issues of the original could have been fixed at the engine level (which many mods try to bypass with TobEx or whatever).
Some pet peeves of mine as example:
- Thieves cannot sneak AND search at the same time
(as per: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/33957/how-the-hell-does-one-thief-sneak-or-search-really )
- multi-class combo limitations (I *really* wanted to make a Sorcerer/Paladin -- and damn the cheese!)
I'm sure others will chime in with occurrences of "engine doesn't let it" (even though, e.g., IWD2 had improvements over BG2 in terms of engine capability).