My friend and I are playing through Baldur's with our own characters (2 each). Occasionally, on some quests, his journal will say the quest is over, but in mine it doesn't. Others complete as they should. Is there a certain reason for this? Is it because I specially didn't lead the party and talk to the NPC to complete the quest?
Also, approximately how long did it take you to get through the entire game? We are trying to do all the subquests before moving on to the next area, etc. We haven't left town yet.

How long did it take you to do all the sub quests, if you even did them all?
Are we missing out on quests because we don't have Jaheira, Minsc, Imoen, etc.?
One last question. My friend and I are finding many pieces to what I'm assuming will be super weapons. Are there these super weapons for most every class of weapon? I'm just curious because I'm hoping there's a good Axe to look forward to at the end of the game. I find a lot of very good swords... but no one in our party is proficient in them.

*crosses fingers for good axes & hammers later on*
- HiT
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