Silent Winter

^There is one character that has more of a reaction to certain choices (but can't say more without spoilers)

Doesn't that only affect PC Priests? NPC Priests might need the scaling.

Great news It will be before the final boss - but you don't need to restart - there's a savegame made automatically just before 'the point of no return' in the main game. Thanks for rolling out the changes to those without the expansion too - for a few reasons (mostly money), I'll be waiting until part 2 comes out to buy both.

You need to explore the whole level - talk to some of the spirits (AFTER attempting to open the door first time - so you may have to go back and talk to someone you've already spoken to - 2 someones I think).

^Paradox is in charge of shipping - use the contact form on their site - if no PoE option, use 'other' or the equivalent.

Do you mean you're hitting the friendlies with AOE spells? They will turn hostile for that (even your paid hirelings) - makes the fights a little more challenging because you have to be more careful or not use those AOEs. FOE-Only AOEs should be ok to use.

^You have to do it first time - can't go back later

For saved games - on some setups (like mine - i5 8GB RAM Win7) it takes a while for the game to read the saved games folder - waiting a few minutes after boot-up , before opening the program, should allow you to load the game as normal.

If you continue with the main quest, the water level drops by itself at a certain point.

I don't think there are any differences in the grimoires, so using another, if it works, will allow you to continue. I've not encountered this bug myself, so I can't say more than that.

Explore, fight, die, reload, avoid those enemies until later, explore more, talk to people, explore more, use the map, check the journal, explore more, etc

Experience is awarded for completing objectives - quests or parts of quests. Also for certain other actions like disarming traps, picking locks and completing the bestiary entries on animals. XP is given to party members equally. Playing solo - there's a bonus to XP for each party-member less than the full 6 - but it's not equal to 6 times the XP if you play solo. So you'll level faster but not 6 times faster.

Explore everywhere - use the map to see where you've been - you'll find an exit eventually. Failing that - look up a completed map online from a walkthrough and use that for a hint.

^Agreed. BG companions were the same: Imoen tags along coz she's your buddy, Minsc tags along to save Dynaheir, who in turn tags along because you saved her, Quayle tags along because you're heading East....or West, or North, or South, Etc. BG2: Pretty much only Jaheira, Minsc, Yoshimo and Imoen have a plot inticately tied to finding Irenicus. Viconia joins you because you save her, Edwin to find a scroll, Korgan because you buy him a drink...and are willing to find that book, Aerie because she wants to see the world Etc. They all have their own unrelated side-quests and then carry on with you and yours. I'd like the same from PoE expansion and Sequel companions. It's fine to have someone like Aloth, who's related to the Leaden Key, and Kana, who's pursued by them because he's looking for 'forbidden' knowledge, or Durance, who's related to the godhammer bomb - but too many like that (without a PS:T reason for it) would be silly.

^Love that Eder is petting Itumaak in that pic

Have you found a recording? I can't seem to find anything but the live stream which is over. How can I watch this? Link above to codex article - contains a link to twitch recording started at 5hrs 30 - start of PoE bit. http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9947 http://www.twitch.tv/twitch/v/6281592?t=5h30m30s

i dont understand what you are trying to say and what is it you are agreeing with. You said having only 4GB RAM might make 64-bit OS a bit pointless - I'm suggesting otherwise - only if it's less than 4GB might I agree. It depends on the rest of the setup too, of course. The thread isn't going in a redundant direction as you said - it's going in an unknown direction. If we knew OP couldn't run 64-bit, it would be more redundant (though checking out Linux on 32-bit is still worthwhile to see if you like it).

It'd be really weird if you couldn't, as this is an expansion, not a sequel, and the trailer starts off from Caed Nua, rebuilt by "you." So yeah, I think it's safe to assume that we can continue playing with our current characters. But...but...what if I left the place to rot? (Eastern Barbican not withstanding) and I think Wintery-snowy places are popular because they look cool (no pun intended) without needing even super-many poly's to model. Mayhaps the sequel or expansion 2 can deal with the archipelago :fingers crossed: $20 gets you one key, not two - confirmed by Devs in a previous update thread but I can't remember where. Makes sense though.

My laptop has 4GB RAM (and i3) and is running Win7-64 just fine. (Though I play PoE on my desktop with 8GB RAM and a better processor) If there's LESS than 4GB, I'd agree.

Thanks, I wouldn't have known otherwise, because it hasn't been announced yet. Gog Galaxy updates the game automatically. You say that like it's a good thing One of many reasons I'm happy to stick with good old gog (see what I did there?). With possibly undesirous game changes mid-game (like character attribute buffs/nerfs etc), I'd prefer to try a new patch with a new game, unless I'm very early game. At least I can look at the patch notes and see if it fixes something I need fixing before installing. So yay for choice. Can Galaxy's auto-update be toggled to 'off' ? Or is it all one big Galaxy bundle?

^The question is fine. I just think it'd take a longer narrative to deal with it properly (especially as we get all this info in the last little bit of the game) - perhaps the sequel will go into it more

^What Aurelio said. I was suggesting you try it out to see if you can get along with it. If you find it easy enough, you could get the game then. Make sure your hardware can run the 64-bit OS (again, try it out for yourself, see what performance you get).

It's supposed to continue from where it left off (e.g. if you have 10s of an effect remaining when you cast LE, then it's suspended for the length of LE and resumes with 10s left after that). I don't know if it's the same if combat finishes in that time.

^Quest items can't be moved out of the stash - I've tried it with quest weapons. (And there doesn't seem to be a way to have the stash open and drag it onto your character - correct me if I'm wrong).

^yeah, I've seen arrows change direction after passing through the initial target (in PoE, obviously ) There's no indicator as to whether it will on a given shot, though. (And I don't know if this is an invisible cone with a size affected by INT) So I think it's just the nearest one 'sort of behind' the target.