When do you get to some new shops? (I'm impatient) :)

11-05-2000, 02:54 PM

I'm only in Ch 2, and in the dragon's eye, but I'm just wondering how soon I"ll get to do some extra shopping. Do I have access to other shops once I get thru the Dragon's eye? Thanks

11-06-2000, 05:33 PM

IWD is a great game, but you've hit upon what I think is one of its few major weaknesses. While I found a couple of shops along the way, they were few, far between, and didn't have much! By the time I could afford anything really powerful, there wasn't anyplace to buy it. Maybe I just missed something, though, because I've never seen this mentioned. Good luck!

11-06-2000, 07:04 PM

Yeah...this seems to be a major difference between BG and Icewind Dale (haven't played BGII yet). I remember being able to buy big ticket items much earlier (or rather, drool over them much earlier). There are a few items (armor, rings, etc), but as far as weapons & ESPECIALLY 'magic' bolts & arrows, there are only the ones that I find. This is super frustrating. I spend my whole time tippy-toeing to one baddie at a time, killing him, running away, healing, tippy-toeing, etc. Maybe I just want to make it thru the game with only 2 or 3 people in my group, and it was set up where you HAVE to have a maxed out group...oh well.

Wrath · 11-06-2000, 09:10 PM

Until you get to the second half of the Severed Hand, you'll have to make do with Kuldahar and what you find along the way. But the ghost-merchant in the Severed Hand will be a god-send, he'll keep you up to your ears in +1 Arrows/Bolts/Bullets, Acid Arrows, etc. He's also the man to sell all your unneeded gear to, as he'll buy items for a much higher price than anyone else in the game (1/2 item cost, IIRC). And in one of the final areas in lower Dorn's Deep, you can buy +2 ammo, Acid Arrows, Bolts of Lightning, and other goodies from a rogue Drow...I won't give anymore away though
I personally like this change, it makes you focus more on tactics than uber-gear, which is why bows owned in BG. You have to learn to make do with regular arrows and bullets, and adapt when you come across tough monsters instead of relying on those stacks of Ice Arrows and stuff. It feels nice when you slay the archers in lower Dorn's Deep, knowing you've earned those Arrows of Piercing. Just my opinion though

-Wrath

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11-05-2000, 02:54 PM	#1
Rouver Guest Posts: n/a	I'm only in Ch 2, and in the dragon's eye, but I'm just wondering how soon I"ll get to do some extra shopping. Do I have access to other shops once I get thru the Dragon's eye? Thanks

11-06-2000, 05:33 PM	#2
Bruja Guest Posts: n/a	IWD is a great game, but you've hit upon what I think is one of its few major weaknesses. While I found a couple of shops along the way, they were few, far between, and didn't have much! By the time I could afford anything really powerful, there wasn't anyplace to buy it. Maybe I just missed something, though, because I've never seen this mentioned. Good luck!

11-06-2000, 07:04 PM	#3
Rouver Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah...this seems to be a major difference between BG and Icewind Dale (haven't played BGII yet). I remember being able to buy big ticket items much earlier (or rather, drool over them much earlier). There are a few items (armor, rings, etc), but as far as weapons & ESPECIALLY 'magic' bolts & arrows, there are only the ones that I find. This is super frustrating. I spend my whole time tippy-toeing to one baddie at a time, killing him, running away, healing, tippy-toeing, etc. Maybe I just want to make it thru the game with only 2 or 3 people in my group, and it was set up where you HAVE to have a maxed out group...oh well.

11-06-2000, 09:10 PM	#4
Wrath Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: March 24, 2001 Posts: 6	Until you get to the second half of the Severed Hand, you'll have to make do with Kuldahar and what you find along the way. But the ghost-merchant in the Severed Hand will be a god-send, he'll keep you up to your ears in +1 Arrows/Bolts/Bullets, Acid Arrows, etc. He's also the man to sell all your unneeded gear to, as he'll buy items for a much higher price than anyone else in the game (1/2 item cost, IIRC). And in one of the final areas in lower Dorn's Deep, you can buy +2 ammo, Acid Arrows, Bolts of Lightning, and other goodies from a rogue Drow...I won't give anymore away though I personally like this change, it makes you focus more on tactics than uber-gear, which is why bows owned in BG. You have to learn to make do with regular arrows and bullets, and adapt when you come across tough monsters instead of relying on those stacks of Ice Arrows and stuff. It feels nice when you slay the archers in lower Dorn's Deep, knowing you've earned those Arrows of Piercing. Just my opinion though -Wrath

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