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#1 SaintZenn

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 03:11 AM

I finally finished NWN2:OC, after a million restarts. I played as a male and I had some fun. Then I read somewhere there is a romance. So, I'm going a long waiting for a love talk or something. I stopped talking to my companions after a while because they kept talking about the same damn things. Then it happened Elanee somewhat expressed how she felt. So we did it. And that's it. :blink: No morning after talk. NOTHING! What the hell is wrong with Bioware? They have really gone down hill in the whole roleplay dept. At least when it comes to, oh I don't know personality and romance. Casavir annoyed the hell how of me and he could have been a cardboard cut out for all the personality he showed. Plus he didn't make sense!

I want to know why no one liked Grobnar! What am I missing?! Is it a gnome thing!?

Seriously, if they're just going to half ass the job, they shouldn't even try. It's insulting.
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Posted 03 May 2008 - 04:25 AM

I finally finished NWN2:OC, after a million restarts. I played as a male and I had some fun. Then I read somewhere there is a romance. So, I'm going a long waiting for a love talk or something. I stopped talking to my companions after a while because they kept talking about the same damn things. Then it happened Elanee somewhat expressed how she felt. So we did it. And that's it. :blink: No morning after talk. NOTHING! What the hell is wrong with Bioware? They have really gone down hill in the whole roleplay dept. At least when it comes to, oh I don't know personality and romance. Casavir annoyed the hell how of me and he could have been a cardboard cut out for all the personality he showed. Plus he didn't make sense!

I want to know why no one liked Grobnar! What am I missing?! Is it a gnome thing!?

Seriously, if they're just going to half ass the job, they shouldn't even try. It's insulting.


The romances in the NWN2 OC are disappointing with a capital DIS. Elanee is actually the better of the two, in my opinion. Neither really feels like much of a romance. You might want to try the Bishop Romance that has been modded in to the game, available here. That's good, and improves quite a bit on the original romances by having flirts added.

Personally I do like the MotB characters better than most of the OC ones. They still develop a lot faster than the BG games, but that's probably inevitable in a game that doesn't have the same duration as BG1 or BG2. Once you've decided you're aiming at fifty hours or less there isn't time for twenty love talks, flirts and interaction with other PCs without conversation filling most of your time.

Why don't people like Grobnar? This is simply anti-gnome prejudice. Their day will come, oh yes.

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 04:27 AM

I believe Domi is working in a NWNII flirtpack, so hopefully that should help fill things out. :)

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 08:19 AM

Really? I remember her saying 'she wants to prove to the world and herself that she can write more than romances'.... So I don't know if it is in the cards. Plus, 'The Deathstalker' is quite time consuming, so even if, it won't be soon...

As for romances in NWN2: what romances? ;p

Honestly, the only *good* romance (excluding Domi's Bishop romance) in NWN2 you can find here: link.
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#5 Kellen

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 08:36 AM

Though I've been told that the MotB romances far surpass the OC's.

Gann's in particular.
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#6 Alatariel

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 08:40 AM

...and I have been told that it has the end and the beginning, but lacks the stage in between ;)
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#7 Orthodoxia

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 09:32 AM

And it that alone it suppresses the NWN2 OC romances :)
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Posted 03 May 2008 - 09:43 AM

I think you mean "surpasses". I was pretty eh on Safiya in MotB, though-she's as bland as romances get. Not offensive or even interesting.

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#9 SaintZenn

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 10:53 AM

Elanee is just a cheap knock off of Jaheira. I avoided Elanee like the plague! The only reason I even slept with her was because I was hoping I could hurt her the morning after! Damn you for ruining my plans!
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Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there
What a cruel trick of nature landed me with such a louse
God knows how I've lasted living with this bastard in the house!

#10 Orthodoxia

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 10:57 AM

I think you mean "surpasses". I was pretty eh on Safiya in MotB, though-she's as bland as romances get. Not offensive or even interesting.


Yes, that, thank you. And she's still better than "stalker" Elanee. At least Safiya is an important part of the story and not a random paladin who wants to join you regardless of your alignment.
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#11 Kaeloree

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Posted 03 May 2008 - 03:30 PM

NWN2 Flirtpacks thread by Domi. :)