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Black Isle Studios Board Update

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by NewsPro, Apr 21, 2001.

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    (Originally posted by Darien)

    Here's a bit more from the developers at the Black Isle Studios message boards.

    Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

    Kevin Martens, Lead Designer:

    Ammo bag: There is an ammo bag and other magical ammo related equipment that shall remain nameless for the time being.

    Add on vs Add in: In that situation, you would be wiser to continue into the Add-On and access the Add-In area (The Watcher's Keep) from there. It is accessible from either place.

    The Add-In part of Shadows of Amn is there primarily for those who haven't finished the game or who buy SOA and TOB together. You can access the Add-In section from either part or both.

    Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter

    John Deiley, Designer:

    On the ranger tracking ability: We wanted rangers to be able to do tracking but there was no support (that I know of) for it in the engine. That being the case we had to come up with a system that we thought would give the ranger a 'heads up' on what to expect in an area without having the programmers want to cast 'slay designer' on us.

    I think Josh did just that. Unfortunately, I can't see any more tracking improvements at this time.

    High XP rewards: Ok, I see your point on the exp issue... I am going to scale the monsters in my areas. Your level will determine how tuff they are (to an extent) and what you get for exp. I will also keep the quest/puzzle exp more reasonable.

    The only thing I would point out about some of the high exp rewards is this. It was mentioned that 420,000 exp is ridiculous. Well, 420,000 divided by 6 characters is 70,000. At level 9 a warrior needs 250,000 exp to level and a level 9 mage needs 115,000 exp... Thus the high rewards.
     
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