Missing out on xp/loot by passing speech checks?

[soulphreak]

correct me if i am wrong but apparently there is NO xp for passing a speech check and resolving a situation without a fight.

i have had a few situations now where i reloaded the game and went the violent way earning some nice xp and loot.

this is a ROLEplaying game i know but it's just not fun using my char to intimidate/persuade some bad guys to leave and getting nothing for it while killing them gives me xp and loot.

[Chaosolous]

That's not correct, you get EXP for speech checks and non-violent methods. Larian was specific about this during development, you can find information in interviews if you look for it.

They paraphrasingly said someting along the lines of "We want to make sure that you don't fall off level wise just because you found a smarter way than violence to solve the problem." They made a point to make a point of giving EXP for nonviolent confrontations. May not be as much, but should be in the ballpark.

[Havok]

You get xp for everything you do. The xp gains for talking or fighting through a situation are similar enough it’s not a problem

[Khaylain]

What I've seen from people streaming it shows that the XP from combat shows up above the characters, the XP from social shows up on the combat log on the right side.

[soulphreak]

well, either my game is bugged or the information you guys are giving is just not correct.

i checked my xp bar before and after at least two separate incidents and got nada,, nill, zilch xp for passing the speech check and sending the bad guys packing.

might be that SOME reward xp but definitely not all of them.