when I came across Mintara they attacked my group before any conversation was exchanged.
That is bcs when you kill Ragzlin, every goblin in the location will turn hostile ... nobody as far as i know so far managed to determine why, or how ... but they do.
So if you wish to speak with her, before you cut her throat ... you need to slay Ragzlin last.
does it now not only take longer to load the game but to save it as well?
That is bcs game is saving state of whole world ... simmilar to why there are so long loadings, bcs this game is created as multiplayer engine where only one PC can exists (in simple words: Multi- and Single- player are exactly the same) ... and since multiple players IS able to go throu different ways, the game need to keep eye about everything at once.
it just makes no sense how a game that is 20 plus years old can load so much quicker than a game that's only been around for a year.
That will never make sence, since that is litteraly no connection between those systems in any way.
Also, the quick bars at the bottom right side of the screen, for your potions, spells. etc why did they change it? I used to be able to re-arrange them for all 4 of my toons and now the Player Characters that I created I can't organize hers as I want but I can organize the other 3. I've tried everything and nothing seems to work to allow me to re-arrange it.
This sounds like bug to me ...
I mean there was some changes, most probably bcs of they needed to fit metamagic somewhere and for some unknown reason didnt find any of those deadspaces as better ... but you still should be able to re-arrange everying in you bar however you like it ... its smaller now tho. :-/
Also in the Character creation screen before we start in the game itself. They have listed their Shadowheart, Wyll, Atarion, etc and I was curious if when this was implemented was this so that we could play them as our main Character Or o that we can adjust their stats for which they have them predetermined in-game. I.E. their strength, wisdom, etc? Or has Larian said yet how they plan to implement this? I wouldn't want to play one of them as the Main PC, to be honest with you.
Yes, we will be able to play as them ... that was confrimed long time before EA even started.
Personaly i really doubt that we would be able to ajust their visual or statistic here and them go to create Tav ... this is create your character sceen after all, not adjust all your companions screen.