NWN 2 Henchmen

[Fenghuang]

Bastila sucked mm'kay?

[Cyric]

.... Bastila pwnz Aribeth (w00t)

[taks]

being able to level your henchmen is important to me. i enjoyed building my party to my own specifications. if you have to exert a little influence on the character for class options, so be it, as that makes a bit of sense, too (i.e. they aren't YOU, just a friend).

 

taks

[Fenghuang]

Are we talking a lesser of two suckers here or what?

 

When all are losers there are no winners.

[Arkan]

1. Don't speak with other forumates like this.

 

2. Judge is right.

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1. ST*U

 

2. Yeah, he is being sarcastic.

[Dark_Raven]

I wonder if the henchmen will have some cool banters or romances.

 

 

@ Volo LOLZZZZZZZZZZZ

[metadigital]

Or fights.

[Dark_Raven]

They can fight well. For a thief Tommy was pretty good at it. Like good little cannon fodder he took on the baddies while I staid behind until he really needed help. "

[metadigital]

I meant with each other.

[Dark_Raven]

In order for them to fight each other they would have to have banters with each other that would lead up to the fight.

[Pop]

In order for them to fight each other they would have to have banters with each other that would lead up to the fight.

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Or, you know, they could just spontaneously have at it. MCA doesn't seem like that kind of storyteller, though Intra-party banter is pretty much standard for crpgs nowadays. Doesn't seem like they've been as narratively interesting as they were in BG2, though.

Edited October 9, 2006 by Pop

[Atreides]

In order for them to fight each other they would have to have banters with each other that would lead up to the fight.

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Or be in Fallout.

[metadigital]

In order for them to fight each other they would have to have banters with each other that would lead up to the fight.

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Not to split hairs, but your statement (about "banters", sic) is not inclusive of (physical) fighting, which is why I added mine.

 

No amount of post-fact revisions on your part will make that true.

[Dark_Raven]

In order for them to fight each other they would have to have banters with each other that would lead up to the fight.

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Or be in Fallout.

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True about that.

[Pop]

So when you encounter a potential party member, are they always available from that point on, ala KOTOR or NWN, where tracking them down and switching them out is rather simple, or do you have to go to them, ala BG?

[alanschu]

I think they go to your Stronghold and chill there.

[Pop]

I think they go to your Stronghold and chill there.

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Hmmm. I assume there's a portal feature that brings you back to your Stronghold :\ Makes sense.

[Musopticon?]

So, I'll probably have a huge amount of cannon fodder available for the inevitable huge end battle? Cool.

 

I've always had a standard party I stay with the whole game.

[Lare Kikkeli]

So, I'll probably have a huge amount of cannon fodder available for the inevitable huge end battle? Cool.

 

I've always had a standard party I stay with the whole game.

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not going to happen in NWN2, ferret decided that you need to keep some party members with you on certain key points of the game.

[Darth Drabek]

That makes sense in my book. I kind of like it when you're forced to stray from your chosen running crew. One instance that comes to mind is the Leviathan in KOTOR, where the more plot-centric characters accompanied your PC, but you needed to pick someone who might have spent most of his/her time polishing the ship for the daring rescue.

 

Also, splitting the party in KOTOR 2 was a really cool way to force utilization of more NPCs while adding to the "large-scale conflict" feel of the endgame.

 

Of course, it would bug me if I had to use a character who hadn't built up any XP from adventuring with my PC. That wasn't a problem in KOTOR, where all party members gained XP whether they were in the fray or not.

[Judge Hades]

So, I'll probably have a huge amount of cannon fodder available for the inevitable huge end battle? Cool.

 

I've always had a standard party I stay with the whole game.

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not going to happen in NWN2, ferret decided that you need to keep some party members with you on certain key points of the game.

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I hate that.

[Dark_Raven]

I second that. My party I choose who is in it. I hate having people being forced into your party.

[Tigranes]

It seems to be a pattern after KOTOR, as part of a programme to make characters more 'involved' in the story, and not just take out and shift around whenever.

 

I like the idea, but I thi they should prepare contingencies for whoever you choose to take. Harder, but more realistic. Probably too hard right now for the exponential possibility thing. At least in the current way party members do get a more substantial role in the critical events, I don't mind too much.

[Volourn]

It's unneeded and poor deisgn. Plain,a nd simple. Both BG2 and PST managed to pull of great joinable npcs without forcing them on you. Silly KOTOR series, JE, NWN2, and DA!

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tigranes]

But Volo, they're BIOWARE games.