So I screwed up my honor run I think.

[OakenWall]

Well I never play evil really, but I wanted to have a paladin in my party as the face character and see more of the game.

Long story short, I not only managed to loose both Wyll and Karlach because I raided the grove(for the first time). I also took the wrong decision when talking to Minthara and she attacked me so I had to kill her. Like sure, I can respec Laezel to be a paladin, but then i'm kinda down to just gale left if something goes wrong and I say something wrong some other time. It felt kinda harsh to just loose 3 potential companion because of like 2 dialoges.

Would you restart?

[lordkrotan]

No, take your loss and move on. *Spoilers* There are more companions in act 2 and 3

[Psychotic_Frog]

There's more companions later and you can roll with Hirelings. Wouldn't restart, defeats the purpose of playing a game mode where actions have consequences.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by OakenWall:

So I screwed up my honor run I think.
Well I never play evil really, but I wanted to have a paladin in my party as the face character and see more of the game.

Long story short, I not only managed to loose both Wyll and Karlach because I raided the grove(for the first time). I also took the wrong decision when talking to Minthara and she attacked me so I had to kill her. Like sure, I can respec Laezel to be a paladin, but then i'm kinda down to just gale left if something goes wrong and I say something wrong some other time. It felt kinda harsh to just loose 3 potential companion because of like 2 dialoges.

Would you restart?

I would not. That is how the story played out for you, uniquely. Shaping your adventure in unique ways. I recommend to go on and keep moving, enjoying it as it is and let the fear of missing out behind. If you lack companions you can get additional hirelings or custom avatars to help you out.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3015842445
Though you lost actually four potential companions in the course of action you went.
But then it is the consequence of your decision to raid the grove and choosing the dialogue options you chose. If you feel unable to move on, being unable to take responsibilities for such, you will going to have very strong life problems where you will find yourself unable to keep relationships. That is one of the consequences if you let fear of missing out rule over.

[Drosta]

Originally posted by Psychotic_Frog:

There's more companions later and you can roll with Hirelings. Wouldn't restart, defeats the purpose of playing a game mode where actions have consequences.

^this

[Wuorg]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

If you feel unable to move on, being unable to take responsibilities for such, you will going to have very strong life problems where you will find yourself unable to keep relationships. That is one of the consequences if you let fear of missing out rule over.

Eh, idk, that seems like a bit of a leap to take. I get what you are saying, and I like to roll with the punches myself, but some of the best content is tied to these companions, so I get OP's instinct to not want to miss out. Though, if OP finds themselves frequently wanting to take a mulligan on Honour mode runs, then maybe the mode just isn't for them and they'd be better off doing the custom difficulty equivalent that allows saves. And there's nothing wrong with that. No need to go so HAM with the comparisons to real life personality failings.

Edit: To be clear, my advice for OP would be to either just keep going with this run (if he is just worried about the game getting too hard without those companions or some such), or just start a new run that allows saves. No one cares about what difficulties your achievements say you have done, so neither should you.

[Skaraok]

Doing anything "for the first time" on a HM run is a terrible idea.

I wouldn't restart. You don't lose anything by trying to beat the game as you are, and if you fail then it'll teach you valuable lessons for when you do a more prepared run. Win-win.

[Mike Garrison]

Originally posted by Skaraok:

Doing anything "for the first time" on a HM run is a terrible idea.

Well, it's a risky idea for sure. But maybe not necessarily a terrible one.

[OakenWall]

I did not really save scum in my first run that I played on standard mode. I picked honor mode for this run mostly to get the dice.

I read the comments, I get what your saying, but don't try convince me most of those playing honor mode did not look up whats going to happen on the internet or played it before they do it.

After thinking about it for a bit Im going to abort. The whole point of the run was to have her on the team. Maybe honor mode is not my thing, I rather run blind and able to load than look up encounters and choises on the internet before I do things.I

I would have preferred an iron man mode where you can have 1 save and actually decide when to save instead of ruining your entire run because you don't know your companions will abandon and attack you for saying something pretty neutral in a dialoge, its not like I lost a combat or even a dialog roll.

[Drosta]

Originally posted by OakenWall:

I did not really save scum in my first run that I played on standard mode. I picked honor mode for this run mostly to get the dice.

I read the comments, I get what your saying, but don't try convince me most of those playing honor mode did not look up whats going to happen on the internet or played it before they do it.

After thinking about it for a bit Im going to abort. The whole point of the run was to have her on the team. Maybe honor mode is not my thing, I rather run blind and able to load than look up encounters and choises on the internet before I do things.I

I would have preferred an iron man mode where you can have 1 save and actually decide when to save instead of ruining your entire run because you don't know your companions will abandon and attack you for saying something pretty neutral in a dialoge, its not like I lost a combat or even a dialog roll.

i mean... you had to have known by the time you raided the grove that Wyll and Karlach (gale too btw) would have a problem with you slaughtering the innocent. they dont make it at all ambiguous who's side these characters are on.

you do you but id say if you want to play honor you should stick with it. the best part about the mode is actually that things go off the rails and you end up with a unique experience/play through because of it.

just my opinion.

[Psychotic_Frog]

Originally posted by OakenWall:

I did not really save scum in my first run that I played on standard mode. I picked honor mode for this run mostly to get the dice.

I read the comments, I get what your saying, but don't try convince me most of those playing honor mode did not look up whats going to happen on the internet or played it before they do it.

After thinking about it for a bit Im going to abort. The whole point of the run was to have her on the team. Maybe honor mode is not my thing, I rather run blind and able to load than look up encounters and choises on the internet before I do things.I

I would have preferred an iron man mode where you can have 1 save and actually decide when to save instead of ruining your entire run because you don't know your companions will abandon and attack you for saying something pretty neutral in a dialoge, its not like I lost a combat or even a dialog roll.

If you want to run blind because it's your first playthrough, Honor Mode definitely is not the good difficulty for you. IMO it's played best with prior knowledge and good understanding of game mechanics. Personally I did not look things or encounters up on the Internet, but I had made a full playthrough before. Would definitely not been confident enough to play my first game fully and make weird choices (that I know I can revert from) was I in honor mode.

[RollerPig]

if I went full evil (which i've done) and lost Minty I'd probably reset but thats me.

She is a BEAST of a Paladin and fits perfectly as both a romance option and ally

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by RollerPig:

if I went full evil (which i've done) and lost Minty I'd probably reset but thats me.

She is a BEAST of a Paladin and fits perfectly as both a romance option and ally

Any paladin played well, is a beast.

[Worlord]

I would continue your honour mode just to spit in the eye of fate and make it to the end in spite of your misfortunes along the way. It will make victory that much sweeter. I failed to save Isobel, lost Jaheira because of it, did something stupid to lose Halsin in the portal (and in doing so failed to lift the shadow curse and missed those related quests later on) but i just made grumpy faces and moved on. That was my first completed honor mode run.