Hi, Im playing BG2, Im wondering if its best to take on many quests or just get involved in a couple at a time?
will either approach ruin the questing experience?
thanks in advance for any help..

Its not the GOG version, but as i am a GOG loiterer/ new fan i thought i would ask here :)
the communities here seem cool

also interested in trying multiplayer if anyone cares to

I usually do all of the quests I can in Chapter 2, so I don't think it should be an issue. Most of them don't have any timers on them, and your party members will speak up if you're starting to run out of time on any that do. (In fact, I think that party member's quests are the only ones that HAVE timers.) So yeah, don't be afraid to grab every quest you can, and don't worry too much about what order you do them in.

Great, thanks so much for your help.
im really enjoying the game. so far ive been trying to only take a couple of quests on at one time as im in no hurry. but i think i will start to take a bit more on.
thanks for the help :)

One thing to note in BG2 is that the party member quests are usually done in stages. Say for example after you've done the first thing they ask, sometimes you get a messenger 3 days (even 10 days) later to continue that story. So if you swap party members quite frequently, you can end up with overlapping stuff to do all of a sudden.

My question - I'm not sure if you can miss stuff by kicking them out either, because if the NPC is not in your party after the set time, the messenger does not show up. Perhaps when you recruit them again, they show up then and the quest can continue? (I'm not entirely sure how/if that works)

It depends on the character, really. Some of them, like Mazzy, have to be in your party for the full time before they get their messenger, and if you kick them out the timer will reset. Others, like Anomen, keep the timers running even if they aren't present, and they may get their messenger two seconds after getting them back in the party if the timer is up. Anomen will even go to his trial by himself if you kick him out of the party after he gets his "go get judged" messenger. Most of the party member quests are pretty minor, though, so you shouldn't worry too much about them if you aren't intending to actually USE that character.

You can even use the console to jump-start the timers if you're impatient and know the variable names, but you have to be careful not to get them out of order, or you can cause major glitches.

Yeah, good advice. Anomen was the one I was worrying about because I had read about the useful reward he gets (no spoilers) - I wanted to keep him long term, but kick him out short term while waiting for the messenger. I have not picked up Mazzy yet, save for a brief meeting.

Anyway, after about a year of playing BG2 on and off, I have finally decided "enough of chapter 2" :D (LOL - there are a lot of side quests), and pressed on with the main plot.