User blog:Valferys/Returning to the game

Just recently started BG 1 again - original release, im not cool enough to own the EE quite yet - and am thinking of making some changes to the way i used to play...

Mainly party choices... I usually keep with the staple team: Imoen, Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc, Dynaheir... I think this time through, I may start swapping out some of the "cannon" members for some of the other NPCs.. I dont think it will interfere with continuity between BG 1 and 2, seeing as how Imoen, Jaheira and Minsc can have an explanation as to why they were around Baldur's Gate when captured by Irenicus; they dont need to be directly involved in my BG 1 exploits...

Where I think I will keep Imoen around just cause of the storyline spanning both games, I kinda feel the rest are interchangeable... I know its a risk to fire someone from the team and potentially never be able to re-recruit them, but I dont think I will be shooting myself too much in the foot for taking a different team around, and swapping out some as need be...

Any opinions? Suggestions? Favorite teams I should be on the watch for? It has been a loooooong time since I played either BG 1 or 2 through, so its all very "new" to me; that and I rarely strayed from the core group, anyway...