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lessened xp?

Discussion in 'BG2: Shadows of Amn (Classic)' started by millertime, May 27, 2006.

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    hey guys does anyone know if the Unfinished Business mod categorically decrease the xp value you get from killing monsters? i.e. instead og 8,000 xp I got 4,200 for killing a fire giant, or a measly 7,500 for killing the Unseeing Eye. Basically I'm getting half the nominal xp value I'll usually get from killing monsters. I have the following mods installed: G3 annivesary, G3 tweaks, Ashes of Ember, Unfinished Business, and Dungeons Be Gone.
     
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    Do you have the difficulty level on easy? That would reduce your experience gains.
     
    Isshy, May 27, 2006
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    Elfen Lied The Bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to

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    yeh, pretty sure the difficulty affects how much exp you get, i know this is obviously with IWD (esp with HOW installed) but i can never remember if this happens on BG i usually leave it at normal unless i want to play with it on a harder difficulty
     
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    I've never had less XP on Novice or Normal difficulties. UB does affect (lessens) the XP you get from kills and traps.
     
    kuemper, May 27, 2006
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  5. Shaitan

    Shaitan Always forgive your enemies; it annoys them so

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    Are you sure Kuemper?
     
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    The numbers in the messages about gained fighting XP are usually always wrong in BG2. Maybe only the displayed amount changed with UB.
     
    kmonster, May 27, 2006
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    I haven't found that many XP messages in the text window that are wrong. I do watch the Xp on my characters to keep track of where I am at and when they level. You got to remember that it is split between 6 characters except in the case of certain major quest rewards that have individual xp rewards.

    I just installed UB though and I will watch it and see how it does.
     
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    Page 37 of my manual says: 'There is an experience point penalty for reducing the difficulty of the game to easy.' I have never played on easy mode so I haven't experienced it firsthand but I assume the maual is correct.
     
    Isshy, May 28, 2006
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    No..it isn't the difficulty level. I always set my
    scale to normal or above. My guess is the UB mod or the G3 Tweaks mod that altered the xp value. For example, I was fighting a group of mindflayers in the sewer (where you get one of the crom faeyr component) and each of them yeilded 3,100 instead of 9,000.
     
    millertime, May 30, 2006
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  10. Shaitan

    Shaitan Always forgive your enemies; it annoys them so

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    Sounds very strange to me, try post on the Gibberlings# or PPG sites
     
    Shaitan, May 30, 2006
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