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Originally posted by IronDragon:
Get rid of excess materials often. Find a spot to store all the garbage you collect, keys, un-sellable books, parts of uber-weapons waiting to be assembled, spare arrows, bolts, bullets, scrolls and the like. I tend to use a crate in the Copper Coronet for this, your always going back there for some reason.
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Exactly. In fact, there are many containers in that building, so you can sort your stuff out by type (all wands in this barrel, all scrolls in this crate, etc.). Other buildings or even outside crates can be used for this purpose. Just make sure you use containers that you will not forget where they are (and are centrally located; somewhere in the city is the best place), and only carry the bare essentials you need.
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Originally posted by Ares:
Setup scripts for the Fighter types - Your Cavalier, Minsc, and Yoshi to a point.
For the Mage/Cleric types, I suggest you get used to mircomanaging and using the different types of mage spells in conjunction with the clerical boosts..You're almost guaranteed to win a fight if you use the corret spells at the correct times.
But, as before, Just script the fighter types and micromanage the spellcasters.
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Exactly. Just go to the character screen, and set up a script for each of the fighter types. You can always override what a certain character is doing. Just set up Yoshimo as an archer, then give him the order to go backstab when you want him to. A tool that is helpful for spellcasters that I often overlook are the spell quickslots. Those save a LOT of time during combats, if you set them up with the spells you use most often. This allows one-click (or two-click for targeted spells) spellcasting for your most often used spells. You definitely have to micromanage the spellcasters; make sure you disable their script entirely and control their casting.
Make sure you make good use of the autopause options. There are some good ones that are not available in BG1.
I do highly recommend you keep all 6 characters. Once of the big things about the game that is much more developed than in BG1 is the interaction between the party members; by cutting out party members, you are missing out on the interactions. You have a very solid party, so just keep it the way it is.