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Originally posted by Sever:
No matter what alignment i choose in a BG2 game, my actions always tend to stray towards Chaotic Good. This is not helped by the fact that the game really seems to have poorly thought out evil dialogue options and events and xp penalties for the evil paths. In order for me to enjoy an evil game, i have to really improvise on the roleplaying side of things.
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I agree. I think that maybe evil should lose out on some xp, but have that path be more profitable in the short term (i.e. evil is looking for power and wealth, so have them be able to accumulate both more readily than the good person who sacrifices such things to do the right thing). In other words, good gets better feel good rewards (rep for better prices and a little better xp), but evil gets more wealth and magic (i.e. more opportunities to sell people out, play two sides off against one another for profit, etc.). Neutral should get a mix of both, depending on the situation.
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There is one quest for which the evil guys, if they play in character, really get screwed on. The whole dragon egg quest is just one big losing battle for evil guys if you kill Sola. You have to show mercy to a guy (out of character) to get the fake eggs to be able to give them to the demon for your own profit. There should be a method of getting another set of fake eggs that is just downright nasty (killing some innocent creatures who are the components for the fake eggs). Or even better, some way to play one of the other houses off against House Despana, where you can come out on top if you play your cards right. I wouldn't mind seeing a mod that did that.