I was browsing around to find something good to read and found this on teambg.com -> Okay, I have IWD2 and have been digging around in its BIFs with WinBiff and studying some 2DA files and have discovered undeniable proof that Black Isle has definitely planned for an expansion pack for it. Whether this gets completed and released depends upon them, but if I were to bet I would say you can count on an IWD2 expansion pack and I would bet likely around 4 to 6 months from now for optimal market advantage.

I see many interesting things in IWD2. Subraces, 3E rules, lots of feats. However, I have yet to see what chosing a subrace really means for your character. Only time will tell. Different reactions from creatures and those non-joinable NPCs perhaps? I am unsure yet. IWD2 is on 2 CDs with compressed BIFs and on the plus side it has all the sounds and portraits from IWD and HOW plus more original ones. As for gameplay and how interesting the game is, we still have to see.

On the topic of IE modding tools being compatible with IWD2. You should count on many things not working properly or fully with IWD2 until more of our community members and programmers get to examine the changes in file structures. I do know that most existing BIF extraction tools should work fine, I know WinBiff does.

Anyway, I just thought I would drop this note and *break the news* that Black Isle has at least planned for an IWD2 expansion and is likely working on it as I type this! Happy adventuring! Sounds really, really great!

Well, if so, the designers sure are going out of their way to play down the idea. Every one of them that has commented on the idea has been very negative. The most 'positive' thing ever said about the expansion idea amounted to "maybe the corporate suits will force us to make an expansion, but we sure hope and pray that they don't."

I don't know what this guy claims to have found, but most games have a fair amount of code/graphics/etc that are from ideas that got dropped at some point. This 'revelation' could well be that sort of thing.

I'd bet on an expansion. Black Isle has a long history of it. They are definitely "customer-centered". A great publishing house. FYI: I have to party members belonging to subraces (a golden dwarf and drow). NPC reactions are different for them. Also, their positive traits and negative traits have a large impact on play. More so for the drow. She has negative modifiers during the day, she also levels much slower than other characters.