Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear - Gameplay and Mechanics Thread (NO political crap!)

[Lilura]

Siege of Dragonspear Walkthrough - Part III has been posted.

This campaign is piss-EZ to do write-ups for in comparison to some NWN modules I've covered (e.g, The Bastard of Kosigan).

Cuz Codexers like pics:

Btw, no show-stopper bugs encountered so far *fingers crossed*

Enjoy.

 

[Hegel]

Damn it's pretty impressive, so many NPCs

 

[Lilura]

Sprite density, ftw. Some solid scripting in this campaign. Sometimes the rabble gets in the way but it's only momentary and just in the city (a segment you can skip entirely).

 

[Rivmusique]

Btw, no show-stopper bugs encountered so far *fingers crossed*

Enjoy.

What game version you playing? I've played 1 and a bit playthroughs and I also didn't get any major issues (a few crashes, one broken quest, a dodgy bard item and a party member interjection that stopped a quest from completing in the journal), especially happy to have dodged the "difficulty lowering" bug that has being mentioned everywhere. I've got non-galaxy GoG v2.0.62.2. Any info on whether it's mostly steam users suffering?

 

[Reinhardt]

Btw, no show-stopper bugs encountered so far *fingers crossed*

In All the Way to the Bank you can chase thief, kill and get stolen money back. But game never recognize it. No change in journal or dialog. Pay from your own wallet or fail - only 2 choices.

 

[Lilura]

Same version as you. And yeah, it seems Steam users are having the most/worst issues.

 

[Reinhardt]

As for major bugs - i've lost one of potential companions even before recruiting.

Spoiler

Khalid somehow managed to die in magic explosion in Boareskyr Bridge. No body, no chance to revive, no dialog options, even Jaheira doesn't care.

 

[Rivmusique]

Btw, no show-stopper bugs encountered so far *fingers crossed*

In All the Way to the Bank you can chase thief, kill and get stolen money back. But game never recognize it. No change in journal or dialog. Pay from your own wallet or fail - only 2 choices.

My fighter/thief spotted that he was being robbed. Got a "don't rob a robber"-like dialogue option.

 

[Unbeliever]

After last patch, Wyvern quest in BG EE is bugged. I have two heads but can't get a line about reward in Temple. Anybody had same problem?

I had completed that quest when I patched to 2.0. After patching, the quest was still on my journal as completed, but Coran left my party citing having to hunt wyverns anyway.

I pegged that down to some sort of conflict with SCS, but guess not. Pretty sure there's a console command that can flag the quest as completed, though.

Thanks, then I will look out for c. command. Coran is not important, I took him just for that quest.

In that case, I wouldn't bother. Quest rewards in BG are almost always meaningless in the grand scheme.

I know, I always hit level cap during Durlag Tower crawling. It's just annoying to know that your quest reward is right there and you can't pick it.

 

[DemonKing]

The NPC options are a bit limiting at the beginning - I'm using a high AC Viconia as my frontline tank because other than Minsc there are no other fighter types available early on.

 

[Lilura]

Mages make the best tanks, anyway (Mirror Image, Stoneskin).

Excerpt from my walkthrough:

The biggest issue for Minsc is high AC (-2). Here is an example of how to make him a better tank, mostly using items carried over from the original campaign:

Base AC 10 (AC 10)
Gauntlets of Dexterity (+4) (AC 6)
Full Plate Armor (+9) (AC -3)
Pellan's Shield +2 aka Large Shield +2 (+3) (AC -6)
Helm of Balduran (+1) (AC -7)
The Guard's Ring +2 aka Ring of Protection +2 (+2) (AC -9)

 

[Metal Hurlant]

I found a bonus merchant in the game.

Spoiler

In the Elfsong Tavern, you come across some guy with the Spectacles of Spectacle. You can use these spectacles while equipped only 3 times to summon creatures when you see them in the game.

1. Monster in the Elfsong Tavern (Can't remember what it was, as I didn't use it on him)
2. Gauth near the petrified statues (Summoned and killed this one)
3. Ghost in the cave with the Bugbears (Summoned and killed this one)
4. Nazramu the djinni merchant in the Coalition Camp (Last creature I summoned)

Location of Nazramu

Dialogue with Nazramu

Items he sells. Quite a lot of good items!

 

[ArchAngel]

Ha, nice. I did kill that gauth, you get some magic item from it. The elemental and shadow give you nothing so I loaded a save before using item on them and ignored them :D
I am not playing ironman so I don't have a problem to find best uses for these spectacles

 

[Metal Hurlant]

Found another two with the Spectacles. No idea what they're carrying as my spectacles can't summon anymore.

Spoiler

Two fighting each other. World Map is Dead Man's Pass.

 

[Rivmusique]

I used the charges on the first three on my first run, noticed those next 3 but couldn't bring them to this plane. Never noticed any more further on, but I might have unequipped the glasses at some point. I'll probably be seeing that fighting pair later tonight.

 

[AMG]

Dunno what happens if you use it on elemental, but if you use it on the girl, she will say in some terribly acted weird accent that she is from Sigil (references!!!) and thank you for saving. I think she gives you a ring with +10% resist to all elements that summons mephits once a day.

 

[Wintermute]

There are

Spoiler

10

encounters total.
Details in this post (beware the spoilers):
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/746544/#Comment_746544

 

[Unbeliever]

Okay, this was maybe even intentional. I had problem to finish the quest with two Wyvern head I got after random encounter. Just to be sure, I reloaded old save and proceed to Wyvern cave, killed everything inside, grabed new head and went to temple again. Bingo, quest line is now there.

 

[Rivmusique]

I found a bonus merchant in the game.

Spoiler

In the Elfsong Tavern, you come across some guy with the Spectacles of Spectacle. You can use these spectacles while equipped only 3 times to summon creatures when you see them in the game.

1. Monster in the Elfsong Tavern (Can't remember what it was, as I didn't use it on him)
2. Gauth near the petrified statues (Summoned and killed this one)
3. Ghost in the cave with the Bugbears (Summoned and killed this one)
4. Nazramu the djinni merchant in the Coalition Camp (Last creature I summoned)

Location of Nazramu

Dialogue with Nazramu

Items he sells. Quite a lot of good items!

Spoiler

A Bard gets unique dialogue with this guy. You can recite a shitty limerick about djinni which offends the merchant so he gives you cursed bracers, saying they're appropriate for someone like you.

 

[Shammy]

As for major bugs - i've lost one of potential companions even before recruiting.

Spoiler

Khalid somehow managed to die in magic explosion in Boareskyr Bridge. No body, no chance to revive, no dialog options, even Jaheira doesn't care.

Had the same issue but I was able to work around it using this console command: C:CreateCreature ("khalid7"). Note that you must spawn him outside on the ramparts, not inside the keep itself, otherwise it won't count. Also if you have a save previous to when he exploded, you can cast Negative Plane Protection on him and he should survive the blast. Hopefully that works.

Spoiler

Also for you spectacle-bearing fellas, there are 2 (or was it 3?) dudes you can use it on in the last area of the game. For some reason. No idea what they do as I used all mine before I got there, but I assume they help with the final fight.

 

[Bubbles]

Today we're pleased to bring you v2.1, which includes a number of fixes to BG:EE, BGII:EE, and the Siege of Dragonspear expansion. The full release notes are linked below, but here are the highlights:

- Difficulty options should now be preserved across saved games
- Using cloud saves should no longer cause game crashes in multiplayer
- Multiplayer in general should be more stable

We still have a few lingering issues to fix regarding multiplayer, as well as other areas of the game that need some more polish; those things will be addressed in one of our upcoming updates. In the meantime, enjoy this first batch of fixes!

Release Notes

 

[Space Insect]

Today we're pleased to bring you v2.1, which includes a number of fixes to BG:EE, BGII:EE, and the Siege of Dragonspear expansion. The full release notes are linked below, but here are the highlights:

- Difficulty options should now be preserved across saved games
- Using cloud saves should no longer cause game crashes in multiplayer
- Multiplayer in general should be more stable

We still have a few lingering issues to fix regarding multiplayer, as well as other areas of the game that need some more polish; those things will be addressed in one of our upcoming updates. In the meantime, enjoy this first batch of fixes!

Release Notes

Where is the option to revert back to the old UI?

 

[Metal Hurlant]

Save games going into story mode were eye roll inducing. I'm nearing the end of the expansion that I can't be bothered if any save games do go into story mode. But at least now the difficulty won't change. I just want to finish it and put this dog to rest.

 

[Metal Hurlant]

Finally had some time to sit down and finish this. Dear lord, WTF was that.

Spoiler

When did I take a left turn and end up at IWD?

Seriously, Belhifet? My party is such a low level compared to my IWD party and here I am going against him in his own domain.

Also, what was the crusade all about? I'm completely lost on that.

If they wanted to capture me for my blood to open a portal to let Belhifet out, why not hire those guys at the end of the game to capture me? Would have been a lot easier than organising a crusade down the Sword Coast.

ugh.

 

[Rivmusique]

Spoiler

They were not only after you with the war business. She was raising and feeding an army via raiding. And her plan was to go in and free her Uncle, though she had her soldiers convinced they could get a bunch of people out of there, including their friends/relatives who had died in past Dragonspear wars. It was only her adviser (devil in disguise, think he used the Brother whatever model from IWD, the guy Belhi disguised himself as) that wanted to use the portal opening to get Belhi out. They came for you (with those failed assassins at the beginning) because her barely divine blood wasn't enough to open the portal, yours was needed.