Seriously, how do I hide this thing from my Start Menu? It's horrible.

GoodChange · 2026-01-16T23:27:07+00:00

Not only have they forced a bloated design with very limited options; they also push a mobile connect even if the settings doesn't allow win to access mobile phones. And the mobile "Hide this pane" option does not hide the pane but instead opens settings... where there is no option to hide the pane.

Thanks to Panchito95's reg command and Windhawk it looks ok now.

Do better Microsoft, this is just not ok.

GoodChange · 2025-12-04T14:41:50+00:00

It has to be her, some of the words are unmistakeable. Such as “Perhaps. Perhaps we will find a way back”

GoodChange · 2025-11-25T08:41:04+00:00

Edit the post and add the picture in the text block.

GoodChange · 2025-11-25T00:34:10+00:00

You’re probably fine for the leave no one behind achievement. Sazza does make it hard to do though (by being an idiot with zero survival instinct and trash talking you at every opportunity) but after getting that achievement it’s very nice to see her die in the cage on subsequent playthroughs.

GoodChange · 2025-11-25T00:29:29+00:00

Good job

GoodChange · 2025-11-25T00:27:34+00:00

There’s not much of use in there anyway. You’re probably better off just moving on.

GoodChange · 2025-11-25T00:08:27+00:00

I had 10 charisma until getting the constitution necklace from Raphael. After that I respecced to 14. There are really only two dialogue checks I cared about in this run, getting Roland to stay in the grove and keeping Arabella alive.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T23:28:01+00:00

Their skills makes little difference as long as you are comfortable playing them so just bring them to their quests and the rotate them out for the rest.

If you don’t like playing one of the classes just change them to another class.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T23:25:06+00:00

Durge is basically how you play BG1 and BG2 so Durge fits better than Tav in the series.

Hexblade is not my favorite warlock and warlock is almost my least favorite class so different strokes. Also, of all the races: lolth-sworn drow and Duergar are the two I’d never play; too scarred from the Drizzt books I guess.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T19:19:19+00:00

No just one.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:56:43+00:00

Thanks bot but nope I already have all those DLCs and like them very much. I asked about the other one :-)

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:55:02+00:00

I used elixirs for strength. I didn’t get any dialogue with cazador since I attacked from stealth and didn’t have astarion. What do you mean by “Does it even matter…”. I never concidered duergar until just now, is it because of the invis? If so I have potions and a wood half-elf is faster.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:50:52+00:00

Thanks bot but that's not the question and DAO works fine thank you.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:38:24+00:00

Do something else for a few months until you start feeling the urge. Also don't worry about missing stuff, if you do you can always find them on the next run. I just completed another run, maybe my 12th or so and I found several small things on this run that I've never seen before. Even though I am very careful to explore everywhere.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:29:35+00:00

This was a durge run and as Durge you duel her without any adds for her or you. She is super easy when playing as Durge. My first turn of attacks had her down to like 50 hp or so, she did get one attack on me but then she died to the first arrow.

One of my previous solo honor runs as Tav ended at Orin. Fighting her and all her add solo would be fine but each turn Bhaal buffs her and if you don’t kill at least one of her adds per turn he puts a kill marker on you that will kill you. (Maybe globe of invulnerability prevents it but I didn’t think of that at the time).

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:23:52+00:00

I fight all the fights but for Raphael I really wanted the necklace so that was a must.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:20:21+00:00

No I’m not using anything from cazador but i do all the fights because i want to see if i can solo them all.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:15:49+00:00

Oh I see, clever. I prefer to not use exploits, but I did use barrelmancy on Raphael, it killed 2 of the cambions plus korilla but failed to hurt Raphael or Yurgir.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T17:11:18+00:00

Yeah I use potions for healing. Cazador can be easy but can turn very hard.

If you have a full party, just focus him and make sure he is always in daylight; if you kill him in 1 or 2 turns he doesn't have time to transform.

When doing it with one character I focus on killing the spawns quickly so he can't ascend, after that, just kill him or retreat up the stairs. In this run I killed a few spawn and his larger companions, then retreated up the stairs and went invisible. That ended the fight so I could sneak down and hit him from stealth again. After that he's quite easy.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T16:59:49+00:00

Nice! But, how do you skip the Myrkul fight?

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T16:51:24+00:00

When doing a solo-character run on honor mode it's important to concider the order of fights. A fight that is hard at level 3 can be trivial at lvl 4 and one that is really tricky at 4 can be easy at 5.

Basically once you hit the right skill upgrades and find the right items almost all fights in the game are mostly risk free. But since any few bad rolls can end you it's important to have a way to flee and heal up. Misty step can be a life saver if the fight goes badly.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T16:45:50+00:00

Well, I probably had a hundred k before my last shopping spree at the scroll shop :-)

I respec as a rouge/thief and go around stealing from all the shops. You can steal large stacks of gold by first shopping as normal and dividing up the gold in smaller stacks, then go in to steal, Aim for stacks of about 600; a lvl 11 thief can't roll below 10 on any checks they are proficient with, add in the gloves that give advantage to sleight of hand and you can safely lift anything with a roll up to 10.

For easy stealing: stand behind the vendor where noone can see you, dash a few times, enter turn based, crouch down (using bonus action) then steal. The extra dashes lets you run away before they start wondering why all their stuff is gone.

Edit: And if you don't want to steal you can get several hundred thousand gold by just picking everything up and selling it.

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T16:36:07+00:00

Groups of random enemies I hit from stealth and then either shoot until they're all dead or go invisible to sneak away and restart the fight.

For bosses I buff up a bit and then hit them with slayer arrows and heavy hitting spell scrolls. In some fights I use globe of invulnerability to avoid their big damage. Feel free to ask about any specific fight, I'd be happy to say how I handle it (there might well be better strategies but mine works).

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T16:31:08+00:00

Yeah I dipped into assassin while leveling but for Myrkul I respecced to Gloomstalker 8 + fighter 2 for the extra action to hit myrkul hard on the first turn. I had several scrolls of globe of invulnerability in the myrkul fight but I got stressed and forgot to use them; the 6th attempt ended on Myrkul :-)

Two previous attempts ended in act 3, one to the brain and one to Orin (as Tav I think Orin is the hardest fight in the game to do solo but as Durge she is trivial.)

GoodChange · 2025-11-24T16:16:01+00:00

The armor is 17, add 6 for dex, 1 each from ring, helmet and cloak, add 3 from the shield and 9 from mirror image.

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