I downloaded the mod that tells you there's an encounter in camp for my second run.
Turns out I missed out on tons of content. My first playthrough was a breeze (I had a ton of experience in act 1 from ea) I barely long rested at all, especially as I was playing a bard so I had song of rest...
My romance never went further than the one night, I never saw Orin in camp, I missed out on tons of intercharactar dialogue...the list goes on.
Playing it a second time and long resting like 20 times in a row to see each scene...I literally used more long rests before finishing act 1 than I did in my entire first playthrough...that mod is necessary...
Do you mind sharing what mod? I tend to spam long rest when I can, but there's times I just get too engrossed in battling/exploring and forget for a while LOL
Pretty sure it's called "Camp Event Notifications".
It gives the mc a ! above their head when running around and there's a camp event, sometimes it's just going to camp but normally it's a long rest thing.
You can also turn it off in-game if it annoys you.
But yeah it was eye-opening. I didn't realise how much fun stuff I missed!
I should warn you that early game if you feel compelled to see everything there's a lot of scenes that change depending on how many people you have recruited and you really don't have to have a 5 night long sleepover with shadowheart right after nearly dieing, unless you want too.
I had 3 short rests which helps with some class configurations (druids/warlocks) but really helped with my main team (Lae'zel, Karlach, Astarion). I was main bard with some paladin but mostly used spells for utility and smiting. I also proactively use limited resources as long as I have a few in reserve so I use scrolls, potions etc readily.
Also familiarity helps. I played early access from release so the first area + underdark carried 0 secrets and I have played D&D for years and I'm a long time RPG and strategy gamer, resource management is easy for me.
I since played a full caster team and it did long rest a little more but still nowhere near as often as it turns out I needed to be to see all the scenes.
So my first several playthroughs, I was very precise with my long rests, only taking them when I needed too.
It took 5 playthroughs before I got the Lae'zael vs Shadowheart that everyone got hassled by, funny thing js those 2 are always on my team for the first act.
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u/The_Shadow_Watches Feb 17 '25
I uhh.. lost the Owlbear cub due to not using enough Long Rests.