You can pickpocket that same crown from that knocked Halfling druid tho.
But it never helped me with statues. O_o
They don't help you about the statues, but the crown allows you to open the back gate from Nettie's sanctum, so you can walk through the backgate and reach the treasure without exposing yourself to the gauntlet of statue traps. Either way, you can lockpick most chests, so getting the key from the dead guy by the 3 statues is unnecessary anyways.
Right, but if I'm a first-time player, this is very frustrating. I'm not saying get rid of the traps mind you. I think having surprises like those traps is fun. The first time they hit you, you get a big wakeup call about how you need to be more careful in the game. I'm just saying that if I don't know that the dead guy doesn't have something fun and cool, I'm going to try to search. If the only way to do this is to slowly shoot the statues, that's kind of annoying. I'm not saying that I want them to take this away. Keep the whole shooting the statues as an option. That's fine. I'm just saying that there should be another way, a way that the druids use, to be able to walk around in tunnels without triggering the traps. Druids wouldn't be travelling the tunnels thinking, "I must sneak to get past those statues." They'd have a way to shut off those statues so that the statues don't kill them.
So if it is the crown you can get off Nettie or the halfling druid, that's fine. That makes sense. If it's a hidden switch somewhere that's hard to find. That's fine too. I was only suggesting that they provide SOME other method that makes sense from a story perspective, something maybe a savvy new player might still be able to find if they are being careful.
And, honestly, when I first ran this gauntlet, and there was only 1 statue before the most recent patch, that thing blew the crap out of me. I just had my characters run through the spot enduring the hits because I had no inkling that stealth would disable the statue and I couldn't find any other way to get through. Made no sense to me that stealth would disable the statue. Never even dreamed of it. Why would it? If you sneak in front of the statue, like an invader might be sneaking if they are trying to creep into the druid's grove undetected, the statue wouldn't kill you? Why? If anything, if you are sneaking, the statue should blow the crap out of you.
And why would you sneak? My thought was that this would slow me down and let the statue blast me even more. Why wouldn't the statue see me?
Well, that was my original thoughts anyway in my initial playthrough and only when someone told me you could stealth it did I even try it. I'm sure I'm not alone. I hope I'm not alone, but if I am then fine. Don't change it. Otherwise, my suggestion is to provide some other option that a new player might pick up on.
I really want new players to enjoy the game. I don't want players to get frustrated by stuff like this and quit and then Larian never creates another BG game.
