You kidding? Mages are awesome. I've played low level Mages throughout my D&D group's entire second edition era. But it's the truth that they suck at low levels (and that they're overpowered at high levels) and I was really the only one who was persistent enough in our group to actually endure the long wait to power (And they needed at least half again as much experience as any other class to level too, if I remember correctly. By the time your mage was level 2 the rogues was level 3 )



Dynaheir had a quest? Also, you're probably thinking of Edwin, not Xzar . And yes, quests involving NPCs, while few, were generally more interesting. But this is something that is specifically and undeniably better developed in Shadows of Amn.




Except I'm specifically complaing about the ones that you do need to head out in the middle of nowhere to find. The fact that not every quest is like this is completely unrelated to the point. Those quests (and loot, and lore) do exist. Substantially. And that causes grinding and subsequently annoyance.




That's in Throne of Bhaal though . I've never done it however, as I recall one of the quests involved requires evil actions, and I've never played with a sufficiently evil party .




You implied that I was complaining that it was difficult. I did no such thing, I complained that it was tedious.



See, I have played D&D since 2nd Edition and I've never had at any point a group of adventurers head out into the wilderness and start searching it in the hopes they would find a quest.