Multi Baldur's Gate 3

[Benzine]

You should do both. You should really really do the crèche. Great item there too.

 

[TD]

So PS Plus has a 2 hour trial of this game available.

...would I be correct to assume this is nowhere near enough time to reasonably determine if I'll enjoy it?

 

[Fire Queen]

honestly, it is! that's more than enough time to get you through the tutorial intro stage of the game and by the time you finish that you'll know whether or not it's a game for you. it is a CRPG through and through. that said there is SO MUCH to that game that if your backlog's already chest deep you might wanna be careful. i've been chipping away at my BGIII save for months and i'm still not done with act 2

 

[Jawneh]

Unless you spent 1-2 hours in the character creation screen lol. So maybe plan and figure all that out before booting the game.

 

[TD]

that said there is SO MUCH to that game that if your backlog's already chest deep you might wanna be careful.

Backlog is huge but nothing I'm actively playing. Playing D&D on here has me curious.

What's a CRPG?

It would basically be to check it out and see if I'll buy it one day rather than immediately as I'm not actively playing anything.

Unless you spent 1-2 hours in the character creation screen lol. So maybe plan and figure all that out before booting the game.

Is there a good resource out there that I can use so I can plan ahead of time?

 

[Jawneh]

Is there a good resource out there that I can use so I can plan ahead of time?

Honestly, you could actually just use DnDB with only the base classes. And that's it! Pick the same lvl1 things and onward! One step above that I'd google what you think you want to do +BG3 in it. Too many sites were fishing views so I never found one good single site for info.

Though now that I think about it, just making the  appearance of your customers character can take hours. And there's a nakid button.

Or ignore all that a d pick one of the origin characters and be off in less than 5 mins! Those are the folks who'd become your companions in the game and have many extra story elements to them.

 

[TD]

Hmm.

Nekkie or origin will be the way.

My intent is not to pick up with this character if I do buy it eventually, but to treat it as more of a fully functional demo.

 

[Fire Queen]

What's a CRPG?

the C stands for Computer! primarily games like fallout 1 and 2 (though later fallouts not so much), planescape torment, shadowrun, vampire the masquerade bloodlines, neverwinter nights, and to a lesser extent dragon age origins. dialogue and story heavy, character stats and sheets, focus on player choice and exploration. if you’ve played any of those games i listed and liked them, you’ll really enjoy bg3

 

[TD]

Hm...

Haven't played Shadowrun since SNES but I loved DA:O.

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

The two hours can be deceptive, though. I have 11 hours into the game and have completely dropped it. It's overwhelmingly large and I can't do it. It's also a slow burn, which does not agree with me anymore.

Not trying to dissuade you. I loved the first few hours and then the amount of content kept rolling in and I got a paralysis of sorts and was overwhelmed to the point of uninstalling.

 

[Benzine]

I disagree, 2 hours isn't enough at all. I mean, still do it, but it's not at all.

I have... somewhere over 300 hours and I keep restarting for various reason. @TD when you can, buy this game.

@The Eye in the Sky! that's a shame to hear! You're the only person I've seen act like that. In my older, child rearing age now, I keep a journal next to the play station to help remind me what i was doig and what i wanted to do.

 

[Benzine]

I just double checked, I have 286 hours haha/

 

[TD]

I have... somewhere over 300 hours and I keep restarting for various reason. @TD when you can, buy this game.

Would there be certain race/class combos that would be best for beginners or can I probably just do anything?

 

[Benzine]

the game is fairly fucken huge though. i know there are things that i haven't done (cause i've seen them on the internet) but i don't think i ever will... i struggle to be evil in games (or at all) so there are things i am sure i won't do

@TD honestly nah. try make your tortle dude (although no tortles) and maybe that'll help you there. What I did was start with githyanki cause i knew they were important in this game and heard they get more quests... but i have chopped and changed and starting again heaps. I am playing as Ben Zine to help plan out my gwdnd stuff now.

you can also change yoru characters stuff during the game, it's not a big deal.

many people spend more than 2 hours making a character. i'd just zip through it for the 2 hour factor.

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

that's a shame to hear! You're the only person I've seen act like that. In my older, child rearing age now, I keep a journal next to the play station to help remind me what i was doig and what i wanted to do.

I wish I had more interest in actually gaming in general. I love the chatter, I love the hype, the shows, the events, but when it comes down to playing games, I have trouble sticking with them. Even when I was younger I would often 85% finish games. I'd just quit on them near the end, not due to difficulty, just loss of interest. I used to enjoy slow burn games, now I just want to be entertained without too much thinking or strategy.

The idea of Baldur's Gate 3 is the game I should want to play more than anything, yet I can't stand to play it.

 

[Benzine]

I wish I had more interest in actually gaming in general. I love the chatter, I love the hype, the shows, the events, but when it comes down to playing games, I have trouble sticking with them. Even when I was younger I would often 85% finish games. I'd just quit on them near the end, not due to difficulty, just loss of interest. I used to enjoy slow burn games, now I just want to be entertained without too much thinking or strategy.

The idea of Baldur's Gate 3 is the game I should want to play more than anything, yet I can't stand to play it.

oh i've just found out i'm the exact opposite of the eye in the sky, that's a shame

 

[Fire Queen]

Would there be certain race/class combos that would be best for beginners or can I probably just do anything?

if you want to break the game in half do a strength-based monk

 

[Benzine]

if you want to break the game in half do a strength-based monk

I am using Astarion as a monk with 8 strength right now, I've not had him in my party really so far. This is my honour run.

 

[Quagmire]

Finally made it to Act 3, enjoying the new area to explore

Some tough fucking fights too, even with extended party mod! Of course Im not as experienced with this type of game so Im sure I could do this with a party of 4 if I were more experienced, but I enjoy getting more story too

 

[LegendaryKing6]

So what mods is everyone using? I have:

Party limit begone (easily my favorite one. You don't miss out on a single party interaction)
Bags bags bags
Weight limit over 9,000
Max level mod
Double exp mod to compensate for being able to hit level 20
Camp events notifications
Better loot

 

[LegendaryKing6]

Finally made it to Act 3, enjoying the new area to explore

Some tough fucking fights too, even with extended party mod! Of course Im not as experienced with this type of game so Im sure I could do this with a party of 4 if I were more experienced, but I enjoy getting more story too

The party limit begone mod is fucking awesome. By far my favorite one.

 

[Rachel]

I'm not using mods but I did start a new game in HM. Believe it or not I was almost undone by Philomena (sp?) even though I knew exactly what could happen there

 

[Quagmire]

The party limit begone mod is fucking awesome. By far my favorite one.

It really is!

 

[Quagmire]

I have heard nothing but bad things about act 3, but I love it so far, love exploring the City Baldur's Gate and doing the side quests

 

[Jawneh]

I have heard nothing but bad things about act 3, but I love it so far, love exploring the City Baldur's Gate and doing the side quests

There's a lot of content for sure. It's just that... it's not paced well at all and... well, you'll see when you get to the parts that irked people off.

 

[Rachel]

Act 3 is not "bad" it's just sort of overwhelming at times. I have played both Divinities and what I noticed is that Larian can have trouble "landing the plane." E.g. sometimes they spend so much effort into the first parts that the last part feels rushed. Well, I don't think that is the case here.

I am replaying the game in HM and I have been admiring how well paced Act 1 and Act 2 are, and their total "things to do" length. Been wondering if Act 3 actually should have been two acts.

I have also seen some online chatter that perhaps Act 2 and Act 3 should have been switched around. Obviously a lot of things would need to be changed narratively. Maybe mostly this is because the Act 2 villain is more compelling than the Act 3 villains.

 

[Quagmire]

Act 3 is not "bad" it's just sort of overwhelming at times. I have played both Divinities and what I noticed is that Larian can have trouble "landing the plane." E.g. sometimes they spend so much effort into the first parts that the last part feels rushed. Well, I don't think that is the case here.

I am replaying the game in HM and I have been admiring how well paced Act 1 and Act 2 are, and their total "things to do" length. Been wondering if Act 3 actually should have been two acts.

I have also seen some online chatter that perhaps Act 2 and Act 3 should have been switched around. Obviously a lot of things would need to be changed narratively. Maybe mostly this is because the Act 2 villain is more compelling than the Act 3 villains.

I will say I was shocked at Act 2, it felt kind of shorter than I expected and then when I got to the end of Act 2 I thought I was already in Act 3 like ended Act 2 and now at end of Act 3 with no time to do anything in between. I'll see how Act 3 wraps up, but yeah part of Act 2's end felt like an end of a game

 

[Quagmire]

I only have one problem with Act 3, and that is the final boss. How the fuck am I supposed to beat it. I even moved down to easy and still got my ass kicked and didnt make it to the actual brain.

 

[Rachel]

You're not really supposed to engage with the enemies, you need to move through that battlefield and reach the portal. Globe of Invulnerability, gaseous form, greater invis, etc.

 

[Quagmire]

You're not really supposed to engage with the enemies, you need to move through that battlefield and reach the portal. Globe of Invulnerability, gaseous form, greater invis, etc.

I wasnt, I was trying my damnedest to make it over there, they hit hard. Will have to come back with a better plan

 

[Benzine]

got haste? hang a left and take the railing, you should steam roll all the illithid up there. what i also did was have all my other characters summon all my allies to keep the crowd in the middle busy

then globe is what i use too

 

[Quagmire]

got haste? hang a left and take the railing, you should steam roll all the illithid up there. what i also did was have all my other characters summon all my allies to keep the crowd in the middle busy

then globe is what i use too

I sadly screwed something up with summoning allies as I only have 2 available

 

[Benzine]

I sadly screwed something up with summoning allies as I only have 2 available

Like you didn’t do all the other quests available?

 

[Quagmire]

Like you didn’t do all the other quests available?

I thought I did a lot of them, like who was the person with the wings and their partner? in my camp, and I talked to them and thought I had done everything I needed for them, but I've seen videos of them being in the final battle.

I thought I would have had more than 2, must have been a lot more content that I missed that I didnt realize

 

[Benzine]

I thought I did a lot of them, like who was the person with the wings and their partner? in my camp, and I talked to them and thought I had done everything I needed for them, but I've seen videos of them being in the final battle.

I thought I would have had more than 2, must have been a lot more content that I missed that I didnt realize

Dame Aylin - you do get her to be around after what happens in Act 2, but did you go to the library and do everything in the tower?

What 2 allies do you have?

 

[Rachel]

Baldur's Gate 3 - Community Update #30 Photo Mode, Cross-Play, and 12 Subclasses Coming Next Year - Steam News

Like an aged mentor in an inspiring 1980s film montage, we’re filled with pride seeing all the mods you've been crafting and using since the release of our official mod tools in September. In just under three months, you've uploaded more than 3,000 mods, downloaded over 70 million, and created a...

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12 NEW SUBCLASSES!!!

What the fuck!!!! What the fuck Larian!!!

WHAT

NONE OF THIS IS DLC

 

[Rachel]

okayokayokayokay

Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 8, Due Out in 2025, Adds 12 New Subclasses and Loads More - IGN

Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian has revealed what to expect from Patch 8, the game's last major patch.

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Me: Path of Giants



Me: Arcane Archer



WHERE RUNE KNIGHT

Please PLEase please

LET ME WOMBO COMBO RUNE GIANT

Let me innnnnnn!!!

(as the frog race please and thank you)

(please let me grapple)

 

[Fire Queen]

i had my fingers crossed for raven queen warlock but that’s what mods are for. drunken master is a good add though

 

[MC74]

I really need to try to get this game. Been meaning to get it for well over a year and never properly had the chance to pick it up.

 

[TD]

Cross-platform play might be enough for me to finally take the leap.

...although Wilds comes out in February.
Ugh.

 

[MC74]

Cross-platform play might be enough for me to finally take the leap.

...although Wilds comes out in February.
Ugh.

Bold to assume the cats will give you the green light to play. =P