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Gothic Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos mod for Gothic 2

Steezus

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South Swamp, location on map in the spoiler.

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Is there a way to open the door on the left?
 

Mauman

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South Swamp, location on map in the spoiler.

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Is there a way to open the door on the left?

Yeah, don't open the door on the right.

Seriously, that's the trick.

Choice rundown

Door right - gold and silverware, money, dragonroot, goblin berries, and a health elixer

Door left - lots of rare scrolls and potions (including destroy undead) and a mana elixer.

Door right is probably the better choice. Unless you're playing a completely pure mage I suppose.

Each one also has a decent belt but you probably have better stuff by this point.

This is assuming you're not talking about the door with pedestal key thingy, but the inside.

if that's not the case then

Give old coins to the museum guy till he gives you a sword
 

Zariusz

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HAHA!!

I got my Stew. Oh yeah, and master pickpocketing.

Left the militia for the Ring of Water. Borr isn't so picky now.

I was rather touched (and impressed with the devs for taking things into account) when Oklav came up and cheerfully said hi, asked how I was doing now that I wasn't in the guard, and that the guard missed me :hug:
Why would you even leave your guard bros for some shady dude.:cry:
 

Mauman

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HAHA!!

I got my Stew. Oh yeah, and master pickpocketing.

Left the militia for the Ring of Water. Borr isn't so picky now.

I was rather touched (and impressed with the devs for taking things into account) when Oklav came up and cheerfully said hi, asked how I was doing now that I wasn't in the guard, and that the guard missed me :hug:
Why would you even leave your guard bros for some shady dude.:cry:

I wanted my stew damn it :P

Also, it was the only way I was going to get Water Fist before going into the scary ruins.
 

Salvo

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HAHA!!

I got my Stew. Oh yeah, and master pickpocketing.

Left the militia for the Ring of Water. Borr isn't so picky now.

I was rather touched (and impressed with the devs for taking things into account) when Oklav came up and cheerfully said hi, asked how I was doing now that I wasn't in the guard, and that the guard missed me :hug:
Why would you even leave your guard bros for some shady dude.:cry:
Roderich is an asshole
"Oh yeah dude I know you've been asking for my help for a month now but how about those slum patrols eh"
 

Tygrende

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Roderich is an asshole
"Oh yeah dude I know you've been asking for my help for a month now but how about those slum patrols eh"
Well to be fair the guard is not your personal army, you don't get to pick and choose what law enforcement does because you signed up and your brother is missng. He's not obliged to help you at all but does something anyways. I think it's more fair to shit on Araxos for not helping you enough if you join them since they are a private company.
 

Tygrende

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Finished. 104 hours. 10/10. What else is there even to say?

In the end I have become one with DEX. 415 with the pot, 390 otherwise. I think I got most perma bonuses but not all for sure. Worth nothing that I was almost 1-shoting most things with a bow, so an optimized crossbow build would probably be actually 1-shoting everything. Final boss(es) took quite a few more. Bosses don't really interact well with ranged, you either slow them down with the spell and kite or just out-DPS them, but it was fun nonetheless.

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Roderich is an asshole
"Oh yeah dude I know you've been asking for my help for a month now but how about those slum patrols eh"
Well to be fair the guard is not your personal army, you don't get to pick and choose what law enforcement does because you signed up and your brother is missng. He's not obliged to help you at all but does something anyways. I think it's more fair to shit on Araxos for not helping you enough if you join them since they are a private company.

In fairness to the guild, Lorenzo does actually keep his word and send out the trackers to search. They just don't do a very good job.
 

HoboForEternity

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
chapter 4 finale:

knew it was coming, but damn. the stry is finally going into the fast gear now. this is the last chapter right?

also googling the result i found
you can find jorn alive if you don't do sidequests. most players won't get it, but that is such a cool thing to do and the gam ended there
 

Cpt. Dallas

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chapter 4 finale:

knew it was coming, but damn. the stry is finally going into the fast gear now. this is the last chapter right?

also googling the result i found
you can find jorn alive if you don't do sidequests. most players won't get it, but that is such a cool thing to do and the gam ended there
It goes to 6, but the last two are pretty much railroaded. Do everything you need to do before crossing the bridge in Vardhahl.

Yeah that speedrun is the only thing to give Marvin a decent ending.
 

Danikas

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chapter 4 finale:

knew it was coming, but damn. the stry is finally going into the fast gear now. this is the last chapter right?

also googling the result i found
you can find jorn alive if you don't do sidequests. most players won't get it, but that is such a cool thing to do and the gam ended there
There is still good amount of side quests in chapter 5 they finish storylines that started in previous chapters. Chapter 6 is basically ending sequence with no side quests.
 

Tygrende

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I just remembered, there is one thing I didn't find an answer to in particular.

What happened to Fabio and his new group? I made them farm swamp weed, visited them once in ch4, on a second visit in ch5 they were all gone, Marvin noted it himself too. I searched the whole swamp and they were nowhere to be found.
 

agris

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I just remembered, there is one thing I didn't find an answer to in particular.

What happened to Fabio and his new group? I made them farm swamp weed, visited them once in ch4, on a second visit in ch5 they were all gone, Marvin noted it himself too. I searched the whole swamp and they were nowhere to be found.
apparently, if you return to the swamp a few days after finding everyone missing, you'll find them zombiefied.
 

Tygrende

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I just remembered, there is one thing I didn't find an answer to in particular.

What happened to Fabio and his new group? I made them farm swamp weed, visited them once in ch4, on a second visit in ch5 they were all gone, Marvin noted it himself too. I searched the whole swamp and they were nowhere to be found.
apparently, if you return to the swamp a few days after finding everyone missing, you'll find them zombiefied.
So just a matter of waiting a few days after they were gone, thanks. I suspected something like that happened.
 

Mauman

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That swamp always felt like there should be some questline about its secrets or some hidden notes with story

Yeah, between the

Swamp witch who shows up at night in the hut you find the Axeman bounty, Fabio's group, the haunted forge in the teleporter cave, the mysterious salesman, and Fane, you'd think that there's SOMETHING that you'd be able to dig into a little bit.

But no, it just ends. I guess it's ok. Sometimes some things aren't meant to be explained, and they make it more memorable for it. But man it makes you wonder too.

Edit - also, about Fabio.

You have to show up at night to find their zombies. If you show up during the day then nobody is around. Martin will comment on it, but no zombies

Also, as an aside, the gal isn't present. This could be chalked up to there being no female zombie model, an oversight by the devs, or something else we don't know. Who knows.

edit - at least I think it has to be night as I came back that same exact day but at midnight. That's how it worked for me. Somebody let me know if you saw them during the day :D

Chalk it up to more Swamp Witch fuckery I guess :roll:
 
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ELEXmakesMeHard

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An Archolos dev on the Steam forum said that they tried to get patch 1.2 ready for today, but didn't make it, and that "the next chance is on Thursday".
 

Murk

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Played through it twice, as a str/melee guard and then a dex/archer->mage mercenary and yeah, the game is fucking great.

Long live the potatomen responsible for this wonderful gift; in all of its free glory. I'll be seeking them out and sending money their way that they may bless us again.

It's what I always wanted... Gothic 2: Again. May there be a Gothic 2: Once More in the future.
 

Jaedar

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Project: Eternity Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Spoiler bug question for act 3:
What's up with the pirate tournament? As a pure mage I can't win, and when I lose the game locks itself after the announcer facepalms and announces that marvin does not advance. I can't access the main menu, just open quest log and inventory, and the camera is just hovering in the center of the arena.
Can't progress, please halp.
 

Jasede

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You don't have any scrolls or spells like Slowdown, Shrink, Ice Block...? Or a summoned bear or something?
 

agris

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The vendor right outside the arena sells some of those spells also, so really no reason to lose.
 

Jaedar

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Project: Eternity Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pathfinder: Kingmaker
You don't have any scrolls or spells like Slowdown, Shrink, Ice Block...? Or a summoned bear or something?
The vendor right outside the arena sells some of those spells also, so really no reason to lose.
:keepmymoney:
I tried using maximally summoned raptor, but it bugged out so I assumed summons were verboten (they tend to interact weirdly with nonlethal combat anyway).
 

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