This is one of the many "DIABLO" type 'features' that have sneaked into DSII
(suspect some of the Diablo folks moved over to Gas Powered). The death
system is another--respawning in the nearest town without equipment but with
a trunk full of stuff available. There is no way around this--(I also
dislike this system). What you need to do is to always make your way to a
transporter before quitting the game. A town portal won't work because it
is not preserved through a shut down and restart of the game. Once you
catch on, this is not too difficult a thing, until near the end of the game
where the transporters get farther apart and the monsters become more
numerous and nasty. OTOH, fighting your way back to an old location (since
monsters respawn in DSII) does build your experience and will get you more
points towards special abilities--which you will need in ACT III.

rwt



"Tina V. Wright" <Tina V. Wright@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> I enjoy playing Dungeon Siege II. I had a blast showing my nephews and
> nieces how to play the previous versions.
>
> However, I seem to have a problem saving/reloading games. Everytime I
> reload
> the game, I always start in Erulan. Much time is wasted trying to figure
> out
> how to travel the location where I saved the game.
>
> Is there any way I can ensure that I will start in the last location where
> the game was saved at ? It's extremely incovenient, and a bit backward, to
> have games always reload to Erulan. I'm not aware of any other game that
> does
> this. I play all of the blizzard games, Temple of Evil, Morrow, etc.
>
> TIA,
>
> Tina