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Originally posted by Calaethis Dragonsbane:
]...70. I found a bug at the Moonstone Mask where the owner says that you're in good hands with Sand and if you agree, you get +1 influence with Sand. Now, I wanted to see what Sand said about "have you got a problem with Qara" and he would never speak of it in front of her, so I figured that I may as well as try and get Sand's influence reaaaaaaally high to see if he would. Unfortunately, it seems scripted that he won't. Watching Sand and Qara fight is fun.
In regards to Memnoch's post, I have very... mixed feelings about the influence system. As per Kotor2 it seems you must suck up and agree with your companions, appeasing them in order to influence them. I don't like that. It's very difficult to get them to see your point of view without flattering them.
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LOL That explains it. I was wondering. I was actually hoping that there was a threshold in the game where if influence with both of them is high enough that you get to make a REAL choice, rather than simply being forced to take the higher influence one.
No, I disagree with the sucking up comment. The reality is that you do NOT have to appease anyone if you don't agree with them. That's the PLAYERS choice not a choice forced on you. If you and an NPC are diametrically opposed on an issue, then it becomes a matter of how whether you want to appease them or hold your ground and risk losing them as a companion. You are NOT forced to suck up to them by any means. But you do have to account for the consequences of your actions.
Even though Bishop is actually a pretty good tank, I simply can't abide his viewpoint in the game and the slim influence gain I have with him was more a matter of chance than trying to tweak the system. Like you, I saw Bishop's betrayal coming really early, but I dropped him from my party for good once I got finished with the Let's Rescue Shandra quest. In fact, if it had been up to me I would NEVER have taken him on that quest in first place. lol So it was of no consequence to me whether he stayed with the KoS or not - if he stays he's going down, if he leaves so much the better.
Neeshka is the only character that I actually had to compromise with - at least a little. I let the influence play out with all of the others, but I decided that I liked her enough in game terms that I would bend over backwards to cut her some slack - even if it meant taking the occassional hit to my alignment - as long as the sacrifices could be justified. In my case, I decided to make the stretch.
[ 01-04-2007, 07:02 AM: Message edited by: Micah Foehammer ]