Moving to ToB

Leofric the Unsteady · 06-01-2002, 02:30 PM

If you are coming to the end of SoA and thinking (as you should be) of continuing the adventure with ToB, think carefully about the timing of the installation for the follow-on. There are (without spoiling anything) some important and valuable benefits to be gained just before the final battle, and if you do not already have ToB installed by this stage you will not get a chance to import a save to start ToB once the battle has started. So install ToB at the very latest as soon as you get into the 9 Hells, and when you complete SoA you will automatically go on to ToB *With all the benefits intact*.Otherwise you might have to do what I did and backtrack over many nights work to go back and fight the final battle again. And do install the Bioware patch for ToB if you are running on Windows XP.
Leo.

Rimjaw · 06-01-2002, 02:34 PM

yeah, I had to restart my fight with Irenicus as well, nothing wrong with that of course.

Zuvio · 06-03-2002, 08:54 AM

what do you mean, I should install ToB only when im already in chapter 9 or before that?

Sazerac · 06-03-2002, 03:40 PM

Heck, if you have it, install ToB from the get-go. It has some nice benefits, not the least of which is the new Watcher's Keep dungeon for SoA (the BG2 equivalent of Durlag's Tower in BG1), and all sorts of new powers for ALL your characters, including NPC's...after they get to a certain level, of course.

Shouldn't this be in the ToB forum, though? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

-Sazerac

Sir Exxon · 06-03-2002, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sazerac:
Shouldn't this be in the ToB forum, though? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

-Sazerac

You're the mod, it's all up to you. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 06-03-2002, 04:26 PM

install tob if only to protect the weak that fell becasue of you! uh what i mean to say is; u can get a potions csae ealry; from whacteres keep; and its makes a world of diff in ur inventory space. u can also pick up cool items. hell if u *really* want to; make a char in TOB; save it then start SOA, cause u start off at a higher lvl. lol.

SixOfSpades · 06-03-2002, 11:32 PM

I'm for keeping this in the BG2 forum as well, as it's important to BG2 players: If you install ToB and load up a Final-Save from the last battle of BG2, your character will NOT be as cool. Install ToB prior to the last fight to experience coolness.

Sazerac · 06-03-2002, 11:50 PM

I'm cool with it being in the forum. [img]smile.gif[/img] It's really Memnoch's call anyway; I just wasn't sure what the precedent on it wsa. I tend to agree, I'm all for loading ToB with SoA and playing it all the way through. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Plus, you get to do Watcher's Keep while still in SoA and get a lot of goodies.

-Saz

Zuvio · 06-04-2002, 03:42 AM

Well Im almost done with ALL the quests in chapter 2, im NOT gonna restart again. Ill install ToB now and see whatever happens. Else Ill cast timestop and play through SoA&ToB without 'wasting' precious time. Else Ill cheat my way until where Iam now, although that would require large quantities of liquor, cuz it sux playing a game this big the beginning only 3 three times in a row.

06-03-2002, 08:54 AM	#3
Zuvio Gold Dragon Join Date: May 19, 2002 Location: Blessed are those who are not.... Age: 42 Posts: 2,556	what do you mean, I should install ToB only when im already in chapter 9 or before that? __________________ [img]\"http://img121.exs.cx/img121/4236/zuviodemonnoname2hf.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

06-03-2002, 03:40 PM	#4
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	Heck, if you have it, install ToB from the get-go. It has some nice benefits, not the least of which is the new Watcher's Keep dungeon for SoA (the BG2 equivalent of Durlag's Tower in BG1), and all sorts of new powers for ALL your characters, including NPC's...after they get to a certain level, of course. Shouldn't this be in the ToB forum, though? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] -Sazerac __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."

06-03-2002, 04:26 PM	#6
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 39 Posts: 7,029	install tob if only to protect the weak that fell becasue of you! uh what i mean to say is; u can get a potions csae ealry; from whacteres keep; and its makes a world of diff in ur inventory space. u can also pick up cool items. hell if u really want to; make a char in TOB; save it then start SOA, cause u start off at a higher lvl. lol. __________________ Skydracgrrl: Cruelty, thy name is Cal! --- There are none so blind as those who refuse to see, none so deaf as those who refuse to hear, and none so smelly as those who refuse to bathe.

06-03-2002, 11:32 PM	#7
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 46 Posts: 6,901	I'm for keeping this in the BG2 forum as well, as it's important to BG2 players: If you install ToB and load up a Final-Save from the last battle of BG2, your character will NOT be as cool. Install ToB prior to the last fight to experience coolness. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.

06-03-2002, 11:50 PM	#8
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	I'm cool with it being in the forum. [img]smile.gif[/img] It's really Memnoch's call anyway; I just wasn't sure what the precedent on it wsa. I tend to agree, I'm all for loading ToB with SoA and playing it all the way through. [img]smile.gif[/img] Plus, you get to do Watcher's Keep while still in SoA and get a lot of goodies. -Saz __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."

06-01-2002, 02:30 PM	#1
Leofric the Unsteady Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: York,United Kingdom Age: 80 Posts: 16	If you are coming to the end of SoA and thinking (as you should be) of continuing the adventure with ToB, think carefully about the timing of the installation for the follow-on. There are (without spoiling anything) some important and valuable benefits to be gained just before the final battle, and if you do not already have ToB installed by this stage you will not get a chance to import a save to start ToB once the battle has started. So install ToB at the very latest as soon as you get into the 9 Hells, and when you complete SoA you will automatically go on to ToB With all the benefits intact.Otherwise you might have to do what I did and backtrack over many nights work to go back and fight the final battle again. And do install the Bioware patch for ToB if you are running on Windows XP. Leo.

06-01-2002, 02:34 PM	#2
Rimjaw Red Wizard of Thay Join Date: May 24, 2002 Location: East Coast, Singapore Age: 41 Posts: 890	yeah, I had to restart my fight with Irenicus as well, nothing wrong with that of course.

06-04-2002, 03:42 AM	#9
Zuvio Gold Dragon Join Date: May 19, 2002 Location: Blessed are those who are not.... Age: 42 Posts: 2,556	Well Im almost done with ALL the quests in chapter 2, im NOT gonna restart again. Ill install ToB now and see whatever happens. Else Ill cast timestop and play through SoA&ToB without 'wasting' precious time. Else Ill cheat my way until where Iam now, although that would require large quantities of liquor, cuz it sux playing a game this big the beginning only 3 three times in a row. __________________ [img]\"http://img121.exs.cx/img121/4236/zuviodemonnoname2hf.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

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