he may be obnoxious, but he makes a valid point. starting a new game AFTER the patch is likely to not have any of the issues games in progress seem to be having.
Larian has noted that patches may or may not be able to correct issues within currently progressing games, depending where you are in the game.
I know how this is. I had this problem with Prince of Qin. Good game, but patches fixing something with multiplayer and then later with the single player, would break something new in the single player game. so i started over 3 times. i;m currently taking a break from my 3rd session, while i'm playing this one.
Actually, I know it may not refer directly to what we think it does;
but "This patch with not affect your saved game" posted all over the support page kind of says it won't cause all these problems, to those of less technical background. If I'd known it would, i'd of stayed with 1.00 to be perfectly honest, but now I like the respawning gold to feed my potion addiction <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />.
We can't all be bug-testers and computer experts, unfortunately.
As for starting over: The point is, not many people are prepared to lose a few days to a weeks worth of work (Beyond Divinity is pretty darn hard in places) just to delete it anytime a new patch fixes stuff that is wrong. I never had problems in Baldurs Gate, NWN, Morrowind etc after patching. The only thing I ever had problems with (in Morrowind particularly) was fan made modules. I know it's like comparing apples and oranges but hell, as has already been said: We paid for the game, we shouldn't be expected to bug test as well. That's a beta stage, not retail.
And no, i'm not complaining/whining/pissing/bitching. I like BD, I'm just wondering if anyone takes into consideration what less-knowledgable computer users might think. I've already had one friend refuse to buy BD after playing my copy and who bought FarCry instead. It's a damn shame. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />
