Nid got an extra level right at the start after importing

[nbc5218]

When importing my saved game from Banner Saga 1 to Banner Saga 2, the character of Nid is bumped from level 5 to level 6 right away. The very first time I'm able to access the Heroes screen at the start of the game, all the other heroes are level 5 but Nid is already level 6. I wouldn't mind except she hasn't got her second ability (rain of arrows or slag & burn) and she doesn't have the extra two stat points from gaining that level. I've opened up the original BS1 save file before it was imported, and the new BS2 save file after, and everything seems normal. Can someone help shed some light on this bug, and how to fix it?

[Aleonymous]

Yes, a case of corrupted auto-promotion. Did any of the recent upates help with this?

[nbc5218]

Originally posted by Aleonymous:

Yes, a case of corrupted auto-promotion. Did any of the recent upates help with this?

Recent updates don't seem to have helped. I did try replaying BS1 and intentionally refrained from leveling Nid up too far; upon importing that save to BS2, with Nid at level 3, she remained at level 3 once imported, but was missing two stat points from her promotion to level 3 in BS1. That's better than my original problem, since I can level her up from there in BS2 and, while she's 2 stat points behind every other character, at least she gets her second ability. But something's still going wrong somewhere with Nid, and apparently only Nid, when games are imported from BS1 to BS2.

[Aleonymous]

Hmm, I see. This has been quite a long-standing bug... No sure workarounds, it seems.

[miran]

I just encountered this bug as well, and forwarded my endgame TBS1 saves and starting TBS2 saves to [e-mail] - hopefully that's the right thing to do.

On my 3rd playthrough for TBS1 I specifically leveled up Nid for use in TBS2 :(

[miran]

I also tried editing my TBS2 save file based on info I saw in another thread. I changed it from rank 4 (which it seems like Nid's always is Rank+2, so that brought her in as rank 6) and 21 kills, to rank 3 and 10 kills. That worked, but it leaves her at "-2 points available". That part isn't awesome, but she doesn't have the highest max stats so I should still max the stats before max level anyway? Hopefully I'm right on that and not hamstringing myself...

Here's what the final edit looked like:

"nid": {
"item": "itm_str_3:13",
"stat_ups": {
"ARMOR": 2,
"ARMOR_BREAK": 1,
"EXERTION": 1,
"KILLS": 10,
"RANK": 3,
"STRENGTH": 3,
"WILLPOWER": 1
}
},


When I changed it to Rank 5, she showed up as Rank 7 in game. I read elsewhere that it should be Rank+1...IIRC. If that's the case, then could Rank+2 being unique to Nid be what's causing all these problems with her imports? Almost seems too simple.

[nbc5218]

A NEW DEVELOPMENT:

I continued playing the save I described above, leveling Nid up but with her 2 stat points behind the other characters due to the BS1->BS2 level discrepancy. I finished BS2. I then imported that save into BS3, and Nid was actually REDUCED IN LEVEL by the same amount her level was improperly increased in BS2, thus (apparently) SOLVING the problem because I could then level her up properly in BS3 and she wouldn't be two stat points behind anymore.

So whatever is causing this problem is:
1) Unique to BS2,
2) Only "superficial" or at least is undone somehow by the BS2->BS3 import.

So, while it's important that the developers figure out & fix this problem, those of us who suffer from it can rejoice that at least we only have to deal with it for BS2 and the "damage" it does will disappear upon importing into BS3.

[Aleonymous]

Thanks for the detailed feedback. Linking this to the devs.

[Athica]

I ran into this problem too (Nid being level 6 at the start of TBS2, not being able to pick her 2nd ability). Editing the save-file, instead of adjusting her rank (which would result in '-2 skillpoints'), I gave her the 2nd ability that she would've gotten at rank 6 (that I would have picked for her). The code is:
"nid": {
"actives": [
{
"id": "abl_rainofarrows",
"level": 1,
"rankAcquired": 7
}
],

(I looked up the name of the ability by temporarily giving me enough renown and Yrsa enough kills to promote her to rank 6, picking Rain of Arrows.)

[Ms. Black-and-Blue]

I just encountered this glitch, too, so I guess it's still a thing?

[delraith]

When I started without importing, my Nid at the start of the game had -2 stat points to distribute. When I promoted her the number changed to 0. Seems wrong.

[mike280zx]

Bruh this is still a thing just happened to me now she's lvl 6 amd doesn't get her ability..

[mike280zx]

Originally posted by Athica:

I ran into this problem too (Nid being level 6 at the start of TBS2, not being able to pick her 2nd ability). Editing the save-file, instead of adjusting her rank (which would result in '-2 skillpoints'), I gave her the 2nd ability that she would've gotten at rank 6 (that I would have picked for her). The code is:
"nid": {
"actives": [
{
"id": "abl_rainofarrows",
"level": 1,
"rankAcquired": 7
}
],

(I looked up the name of the ability by temporarily giving me enough renown and Yrsa enough kills to promote her to rank 6, picking Rain of Arrows.)

How did you edit the save file? I tried going to steam app and all that but can't find it

[Athica]

It's in C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Roaming\TheBannerSaga2\Local Store\save\saga2\
At least it was when I fixed it in 2019.

[Lex]

2022... still not fixed!