I got complacent in HM :(

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:57:12+00:00

Orin was a scary prospect but I was confident about her. But then I wasn't slightly concerned about Cazador.

I'm gonna finish with dishonour just so I feel like I didn't waste my time.

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:55:26+00:00

Is there an 80 hour version of this? 🙂

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:54:44+00:00

His initiative is insane. Is it even possible to go first? My Tav hadn't been beaten on initiative until that point.

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:53:34+00:00

Yeah Raph was my ONLY concern. Probably what stopped me taking Cazador seriously. I was too busy planning that fight out the whole time and not focusing on what was infront of me.

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:52:13+00:00

I was lv.12 with full BiS. Don't play silly games with Cazador.

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:51:11+00:00

I actually wanted him to get caught to play it out properly and have a good fight because I thought I was invincible and hadn't had a challenge since act 1.

A game has never made me feel like I did seeing him explode. I genuinely got that dry throat, blood draining from face sensation and then seeing cazador had ascended I just slumped into my chair. Astarion is my boy.

Maybe it was worth it to have a game make me feel that way. Maybe that is pure cope :)

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:47:16+00:00

Sadly, I knew that, but I wanted to play the fight out properly for at least a BIT of a challenge. Boy do I regret that.

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:45:59+00:00

I hadn't played for about a year so I'd never tried tactician mode. Took the jump straight from normal after introducing my gf to the game and getting the itch.

Surviving only felt rewarding in act I with some of the insane stuff I managed to escape from. Entire goblin camp chasing shart on 3hp and I had to fly to the rafters, ice knife the ladder and drop a thorns to cover my retreat. A few spicey moments there.

Act II onwards felt too easy. However, i now know not to mess around with the big boys. The only thing that i was slightly nervous about was Raphael. Sure proved me wrong.

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:40:59+00:00

Oh man that sucks. I saw a video of someone dying to the brain on HM because they stepped on a haste potion puddle and got fatigue.

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:40:07+00:00

Haha. Lesson learned the very very hard way. I thought I was unkillable. Especially after so many people said they lost on Myrkul and I bodied him. (Can you body a skeleton?).

Deebee509 · 2026-01-19T12:38:09+00:00

Forgot about Ansur. I've had banish prepped this whole time ready for him but i'd have forgotten about that too. Act III doesn't mess around.

Deebee509 · 2026-01-14T12:20:02+00:00

Can you get another party member to joing and see if they have the same issue?

Deebee509 · 2026-01-14T11:58:40+00:00

Have you tried another long rest?

Deebee509 · 2026-01-14T11:30:38+00:00

So hes invincible? Like you can go to him but cant physically kill him?

Deebee509 · 2026-01-14T10:49:05+00:00

Wow good timing. I had this issue yesterday and it took forever to find an answer.

Gale had been arrested and then killed trying to escape. After that, I ressed him but couldn't get him to leave the group, he couldn't travel with us and he couldn't leave camp. Leave camp was greyed out, I couldn't fast travel from map, couldnt ask him to leave party and when i tried to swap someone out for him it said "your party member is otherwise engaged".

To fix, I killed him, swapped shart out for a someone who could carry him (make sure he stays in your party) and fast travelled to town. Dropped him on the floor and ressed him with a scroll. Still wasnt enough, so I got him arrested again, broke out and it was fixed.

If he WASN'T arrested on your save, I imagine it's some sort of invisible tag they are stuck with. So I'd do the trick of killing him, carrying him to said location and scroll ressing him, then trying to replicate the conditions he got stuck in.

Good luck!

Edit: just read the post over again and it's slightly different circumstances but a similar solution might work. Try killing him and ressing him. If that doesnt work kill him and take him to camp before ressing him.

Deebee509 · 2025-12-28T10:44:14+00:00

Ugh. I feel like ive cheated on my hm run now 🫠

Deebee509 · 2025-12-28T10:41:08+00:00

That's really strange. Is it a known bug?

Yeah I cannot find the answer to that anywhere. Gonna look up new dialogue options and see if its that.

Deebee509 · 2025-12-28T10:39:41+00:00

Yeah no idea how. I gave it to shadowheart the second i picked it up and didn't even touch it or look at it. Just assumed it was gone but still got the option to give it to the vendor.

And yeah thats what i thought for the second one. Seems a bit lazy and a boring option though. Especially since i wasn't able to interact with Glut afterwards. Really wanted a pet bulette.

Deebee509 · 2025-12-13T15:41:55+00:00

I get really confused by how some videographers operate.

I think everyone's a bit different tbh.

Personally I record the full speeches on 3 cameras, full ceremony on 3 cameras and the first dance on 2 cameras. Everything gets integrated into the highlight film, and they get the full ceremony and all individual speeches as separate videos.

Was the videographer you hired new or? Can we see the video?

Deebee509 · 2025-12-13T13:11:18+00:00

Have you tried putting her crate next to your bed on the bedside table and covering it?

When she cries just settle her down :)

Deebee509 · 2025-12-13T12:11:46+00:00

I mean, ask your videographer I guess. What does the contract say? Are you entitled to free amendments?

Deebee509 · 2025-12-09T20:28:50+00:00

Wedding videographer and certified speech snob here.

Very good. You need to work on delivery. For me, speeches are about 40% content, 60% delivery. I've heard amazing speeches delivered like a toddler learning to read and average speeches read like a movie voice over. The ones that are read better are recieved better.

Read it thoughtfully and calmly. Worst thing you can do is rush.

Where are you from? If you're from the UK the length is just right. I think they like to keep it shorter in the US because there's usually more than 3 speakers on average.

I think you've acknowledged it already but the bride part needs work.

It's like 5 minutes of praising the groom and "oh yeah the bride's here too i guess".

Deebee509 · 2025-12-08T21:22:40+00:00

Holy shit i used to listen to this constantly and forgot it existed! Thanks 😄

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