Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Suggestions All the pretty animals....

One of the (very few) things I didn't enjoy about DD was killing the wolves.....
In any new incarnation of the game, I'd appreciate a way of stunning, holding (energy cage doesn't work, I tried...) or even befriending hostile animals...maybe you could even get info from them, if you chose the right skills — it would fit right in with a ranger/druid type character.
On the same note, I do love that the kitty in Aleroth hangs out with you, and I make a point of petting it whenever I'm in the village...(I felt kind of sad gathering my stuff up from my homebase and preparing for Divine-ness...knowing I was leaving kitty all alone in the village....oh well, he had plenty of bunnies to eat....)

I agree. Each time i killed a wolf, i felt like i was killing my dog. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasEek.gif" alt="" />

Barta

I agree, I hate having to kill wolves. I felt the same in Baldur's Gate when having to kill wolves and large felines.
Oh, I love what you say about Kitty! I do the same thing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" />
The last time I played Divine Divinity, when I was gathering the council members, the orcs in Aleroth actually attacked that poor little cat! I killed all the orcs in town (checked and double-checked), yet the next time I entered the village Kitty had been slain! I immediately learned the Restoration spell and brought him (or her) back to life.
Strange how you can get attached to a digital cat. It's just that I always imagine it's one of my real cats <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Oh no!!...I was gonna buy that next, but now I don't want to!


<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />
oooooooooohhhhh..that's just MEAN!!! Those orcs are *%$%ing lucky they didn't do that to MY kitty....I'da ripped their digital hearts out!! ... and then resurected them, so I could start on their spleens!!!! (do NOT mess with a she-mage's kitty!!)
Actually, the Aleroth kitty looks JUST like my own furball, which is probably why I'm so attached to it....even if my kitty is sitting right on my lap the whole time....

(I admit I've redone about 2 hours worth of gameplay after a mistaken click of the mouse made me accidently kill a cat in the Wine shop....hmmmm......wait a minute...the MOUSE.....it was a set-up!!. The MOUSE made me do it!!!.....)

Do though <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Both Baldur's Gate I and II are great games! I guess you can always charm the animals <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hug.gif" alt="" />


<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> Great deduction! I'm going to throw mine out immediately! The conniving b*st*rd!

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" />

If only the graphics/gameplay hadn't been so old <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />...

Übereil

At the time these games were released their graphics were quite good as I recall. Especially Shadows of Amn.

Probablly, but now they just look old <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />.

Übereil

In my opinion, Shadows of Amn still looks great. Not as smooth as Divine Divinity, but still great. And anyway, it's especially the gameplay that counts, no?

The gameplay is allso terribly old <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />. And D&D 2nd edition sucks.

Übereil

Ok, third edition rules are a lot better, but can you honestly say you think Baldur's Gate I and II aren't good RPG's?

Never said that (allthough BG1 got really boring as soon as you got to Naskel mines). Just said they were old, looks old, plays old, and that I therefore didn't like them.

Übereil

Well this is a link for a topic about Baldur's Gate

Let's talk about the pretty animals in this topic. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" />

Barta

What pretty animals <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />?

Übereil

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You have to read a topic since the beginning and not only the last post. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
We are talking about killing the wolves, about Kitty in Aleroth and about pets in the next Larian games.

Barta

Back to pets than <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" /> Well in any case, I would love it if cats and dogs would run around again in villages. It's one of those things that makes a game come to life.

As long as they don't all start attack just because you were attacked by a wolf in the middle of a forest...

Übereil

That's what I'm saying...I want another way to relate to the animals....especially the wolves <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> I hated hearing that 'yip' evertime I had to kill one...(however, none of the dogs have gone hostile on me....)
A necromancer...or some type of evil mage could control the spiders and beetles and have them to their bidding....a 'cat' burglar' could have the town's kitties telling him when the coast is clear....dogs would be drawn to a noble paladin (but perhaps hostile to the cat burglar)....or a druid or ranger type could actually talk with the animals at high enough levels.....
Either way....a 'charm' or 'energy cage' or a non-lethal strike should be available for dealing with animals who are hostile...not nice to kill them all....
Besides...a non-lethal attack would be welcome in situations where a whole heap of mind-controlled soldiers try to kill you too....i never did feel right about wiping them all out.....

Übereil was actually making a joke <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> In <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" />, when you accidentaly kill one animal of a certain species (that was non hostile), all fellow members of that species become hostile throughout the entire game <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" /> Way to hold a grudge!

I think that happens in DD, too...at least I've read here from people who were attacked by dogs throughout the game....and the one time I TOTALLY ACCIDENTALLY killed a kitty....the other kitty in the room started to attack me...but I reloaded cuz I don't think I could have finished the game killing all the kitties... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" />