Most annoying\ridiculous stuff

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Quite a few times, I've told them to go somewhere, gone and made lunch, check on them, sit down to eat my lunch, watered the dogs and came back and they were just getting there!

 

Imprisonment. Worst idea ever.

 

about beholders....
Well, having Minsc wear a Cloak of Mirroring and start dancing around the Beholder Caves makes the game waaay too easy for my liking.

that item is just too powerful.shouldn't been created by the designers.

 

@ iceviper

That's why I sell the cloak. It's way too cheesy. Beholders are much more challenging without the shield of Balduran or cloak of mirroring.

 

I admit, I, too hate the walking bit. Thus, I used the cheat keuys rather liberally to get from place a to place b asap, before I realized that upping the frame rate worked just fine.

And yes, despite the fact that there's a mod to remove it, the mere fact that befor ehtere was the mod there was the hoirrible voice of "Yo must gather..."

And Aerie's voice.

 

Aerie at all.

 

-the mindless walks through dungeons
- the voice of "you must gather your party"
-irenicus was way to easy to beat, I mean come on, almost a demi-god and you kick the crap out of him at the tree of life. i know you fight him in hell but i kicked his butt fast at the tree"
-aeries constant freakin whining
-using magic in the city
-for the majority of dragons (crappy treasure) I know your not going to get mounds of gold and gems and magic items, but lets be realistic. You fight a red dragon and get Carsomyr. Awesome.
but then a few gold and a cloak. Please.

 

Random See Invisibility on plot baddies. Nothing like sneaking past Ravic's golems in Invisible mode only to have Ravic greet you with a resounding "what the hell are you doing here?" when you come up the stairs. What, did he see the green circles?

"So-and-so appears busy. You many not initiate dialogue." This makes sense when it's the Council of Six at night, but when it's the fricking statue in the Temple Ruins? What could -that- possibly be busy with?

Romantic plots surfacing at the wrong moment. "I know this is a bad time..." "Well, Viconia, you're in the middle of furiously turning undead so the rest of the party can stave off the Shadow Fiends while Minsc uses the Mace of Disruption on the Skeleton Warrior that's already done 40 damage to him...maybe now's not the time to apologize for insulting me last night. If you want to apologize, try Raising Yoshimo since the Shadow Fiend just Held him and is going to kill him. Goodbye while I cast Dispel Magic..."

 

The so-and-so appears busy thing is a BUG. get the latest patch off bioware and you wont see it again. Someone really ought to sticky something like that.

But anyway, what annoys me most is the two forests with nothing in them whatsoever. Man that pissed me off.

 

I just posted about this in another thread but it applies here as well.

It is just plain silly how a character raised from the dead has to pick up all his equipment off the ground.

I can just picture the character saying - "Oh look, the raise dead spell caused my body to mystically float out of the armour that I was wearing leaving me completely unprotected, isn't that odd?" just before he/she is reimpaled by the critter that killed him/her in the first place.

 

Having to re-select spells after level drain is always a pain. Even if the spells could still be there, but not available until after resting, would be fine.

 

Things that depend on luck so much that lack of luck can make you reload the game.

Also, insane damage reduction on certain enemies and certain immunity-driven fights.

And lovetalk intervals can get annoying sometimes.

Plus agreed on spell selection after draining.

 

The purpose of this feature is to allow your PC and in fact other NPCs to see Jaheira naked.

 

The movement AI. Characters given orders that at the moment they are given are impossible will take the long way, even if that's impossible. I've lost parties because I told Nalia to cast Fireball just inches out of range, so instead of waiting for Minsc to move forward she walked around the corner.

 

A few things:

Weapon specialization not giving an extra attack on swashbucklers (or Haer'dalis with short swords) - come on, it's they who need it the most!
Imprisonment spell on PC. Even if you have a bucket of freedoms, it is no good for the game
Anomen being the only non-evil priest and the only warrior-priest around (Jaheira's stats are not too good in that... and finding a good scimitar was a pain before I heard about Belm). If anyone has an attitude problem, it's this guy, then Nalia. Aerie is an angel in comparison.
No neutral or evil warrior (pure warrior) except Korgan in the SoA part. Who should do the smiting for an evil party, Jaheira the harper? Anomen?!? Or Haer'Dalis with his almost absent HPs?
Hostile mages and magic-casting monsters having seemingly endless spell slots. I once tried summoning animals to keep Kangaxx busy while I hit him with the sunstone bullets. He imprizoned five, cast imprisonment 4 times on Imoen (staff of power), then after she freed them methodically proceeded to imprison them again. He died on the 3rd. 12 Imprisonments... OMG.
Movement AI when it decides that the path it has to take is occupied by someone else and takes a "short" detour.
Druids getting to level 15 with 3 millions of XP, rogues to level 25. Anyway, just compare clerics and druids to see who can be a much better spellcaster for practically the entire game.
Not having any decent thief or fighter-thief. Should I keep Jan for that?
Aside from that and a few other problems, I must say I adore this game.

 

Get a look at this, and you'll realise why Korgan and Haer'Dalis have enough melee power for the SoA part of the game for any evil party, even if the PC isn't a warrior class.

The Imprisonment thing is annoying, though - but every PC gets a defence against it (just a case of whether you're willing/able to use it successfully). There's generally a mod or a code you can use that won't wreck the experience or qualify as game-breaking which should ease most people's pain.

 

Haer'dalis is a good char, but his constitution leaves a fair bit to be desired to be a good fighter... And the belt that suits him more if he would be a fighter is one giving him extra strength.

Make no mistake, I was using him in my last party - but I also had the PC (barb), Keldorn, Jaheira and Anomen, who saw more action up front. Haer'dalis provided some support, but only he and Korgan are IMO not enough, even with the blade's stoneskin and blur. He's a bit too fragile.

 

Why bother with it at all - he doesn't need the extra hit points when he can throw out Stoneskin, Mirror Image, Improved Invisibility, Protection From Magic/Normal Weapons and Contingency (probably the best for a frontline Blade). If you don't mind a touch of powergaming, combine the Ring Of Free Action with Defensive Spin and Melodic Chain/Bracers AC 3 to make him virtually untouchable while staying mobile (his AC goes to -10 or better very easily, making him almost untouchable in SoA). His strength of 17 is still good by any measure - the strength belt is a nice addition for him, as are the Gauntlets of Ogre Power, but he can survive without them using Offensive Spin, (Improved) Haste, Mirror Image and Stoneskin.

That said, put Korgan in first, then follow up with HD. If you've got Viconia, she can serve as support with Mauler's Arm and plate mail, although she's not a front-line tank by any means compared to the other two.

 

The fact that Cowled Wizards are incapable of noticing magical disturbances in buildings.

The already-mentioned item-space-in-backpack issue.

Aerie.

Anomen.

Just how many liches does Athkatla have? Why has nobody done anything about this?

The inability to go anywhere without being told about it. I want to explore!

Is there a law which states every romance option must be a healer?

The fact that I can't initiate conversations with party members. This annoyed the hell out of my when I first got the game (a bitter disappointment after Torment).

The insane amount of magical items in the game.

The fact that all these items are obviously there in the gameworld, and I can't pick the vast majority of them up! This is particularly annoying in the case of things like weapon-racks.

 

How about having no spells memorized when you first start the game, therefore MAKING you sleep in the dungeon.

Or how about how an enemy mage with 18 INT can't open a door to get at you.

Or how about the ridiculous freakin import system. WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL MY SPELLS!!??!

Or how about how almost everything in the Underdark has MR, but on the surface, only dragons do

Or how about the animations for a mace/club. Who the hell stabs with a club?

Or how about being able to beat the Shadow Dragon with a lvl 9 party?

Or how about how everyone in ToB carries 20,000 worth of equipment

Finger Of Death is the dumbest spell.