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Hi,Im new here and i have a question:
If I buy Divinity 2 + The Expansion Pack Separately will i have the exact same content in the Dragon knight saga,or i will have some stuff missing?
AKA does The Dragon Knight Saga have exclusive stuff?
Thanks In advance and sorry for my english. :P

Yes, DKS does have some exclusive stuff in it, that Div 2 + FoV does not have, at least until Larian makes a patch that turns Div 2 + Fov into the same thing as DKS, though the saves will not be compatible when that patch is made.

Any ideas what the exclusive stuff is...? I need to know if I should regret buying FoV instead of DKS.

Re balancing of the game, and new quests.

When is the patch coming?

Could you be more specific? I quite like the existing rebalancing that ED gets with FoV layered onto it, not dying all the time is nice, for example; but I'm curious to know what other bits I'm missing.

And is there a list of the new quests anywhere? Though I guess I should be careful what I ask for as I don't want to wade through a list of spoilers for something I may eventually end up playing...

no clue

no idea, just going by what I have read.

These are my observations since moving from D2 to DKS.

- overhauled quest rewards
- better game performance overall
- some NPCs received different heads/clothes/equipment (same voices)
- many set items and personal/class items can be purchased from vendors, as early as Broken Valley Village, and/or found in the wild.
- most personal gear, such as is found after reading minds, has been reworked
- gear is more Shiny!
- the DKS:ED campaign's end seamlessly transitions to FoV's beginning (Had it not been for meta knowledge, I wouldn't have known I was moving to a different campaign.)
- anti-dragon zones have been mostly removed from fortresses; the exception being one at Stone's fortress
- contrast improved so dungeons feel darker and outdoor areas feel brighter (still a lot of 'fog' around Broken Valley Village, for some reason)
- quest items, keys, and other special items sparkle so it's very hard to miss them (this might be part of a recent patch to both games - my memory is fuzzy)


I have one issue with DKS that I don't suffer in D2:ED...

- speech volume is not uniform; normal conversation is noticeably lower volume than that of mind reads, NPC barkers, and the speech volume indicator in game options (not an issue in D2:ED so chalking this up to an engine glitch)


Edit: I don't recall seeing any new quests prior to FoV. I was using a walkthrough to make sure I didn't miss anything. Perhaps they added more ways to solve certain quests?

The version of DKS sold on Steam also comes with three complete level 15 sets (Warrior, Ranger, Priest/Mage) in your inventory. They're decent mid-level sets, not not as good as the Scorpion, Hinter and Archmage sets.

There are no new quests in DKS.

I see; absolutely zero bonus items for downloading from Amazon. Ah well, most publishers work from Black Ring fortresses, so I shouldn't be surprised.

As far as I can tell, many of those seem to be the case with ED+FoV too, so it looks like any differences might be minor. The bits I'm not so certain about is the extra personal stuff, though it does seem that vendors have a wider range of goods for sale unless my memory is playing tricks, and the transition to FoV itself since I haven't got that far yet. The visual effects are the most obvious such as the darker dungeons, and I quite like the sparkly items though I can see some people objecting to the "handholding"!

Well it looks like the upgraded ED probably isn't missing too much (or indeed anything) from DKS, which is good to know.