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Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate III by Larian Studios - Early Access announcement on June 13th

Discussion in 'Larian Studios' started by Belegarsson, May 30, 2019.

  1. Lacrymas Arcane

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    It's not only about the scaling. Like already mentioned, D&D features scaling in the sense that the items increase in their numbers, the important part is they don't scale infinitely and they don't scale every level (or to the players' levels in general), unlike D:OS1 and 2. They also aren't prefix sword of suffix like the filler parts of hack and slashers or MMOs. Swen doesn't seem to get that there are fixed items in those games, just the way you get them is random (or from bosses with a bigger loot list than drops). While in an RPG, items are considered a part of the world, so you can't find a hyped up item of lore from a random goblin or barrel in a village.
     
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  2. Saravan Educated

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  3. User0001 Learned

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    What, where, or who could perpetuate all those ratings...?

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  4. NJClaw Ontopolover Patron

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    Not all heroes wear capes. Some of them just steal jewels from ancient statues' eyes.
     
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  5. fantadomat Dumbfuck! Dumbfuck Edgy

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    And a larian fan on top of it,the codex is really declining this days.



    Ahhh most likely butthurt TB fanatics dog piling like typical faggots.....in this thread.
     
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  6. User0001 Learned

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    Ok, Linus

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  7. Saravan Educated

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  8. Gyor Learned

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    Mythic Odysseys of Theros is upping the complexity and diversity of builds in 5e.

    In Theros you also pick Supernatural Gifts (which act kind of like a second race, but different), a piety System where the God grants you benifits and powers depending on how pleased with you they are, and 3 Mythic Monsters that sound wicked awesome and create a more cinematic battles. That is why I'm still buying the book even though I'm in a pissy mood since getting banned from Enworld.

    Anyways I think BG3 will have ways to spice 5e up too, like the Tadpole skill tree.
     
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  9. Poseidon00 Learned

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    Which is boring, stupid as hell, and kills all sense of diversity and power progression.
     
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  10. Cael Dumbfuck! Dumbfuck

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    It is back to AD&D, in other words, and the "good" old days of MUDs.
     
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  11. Cael Dumbfuck! Dumbfuck

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    This is perfect for the MMO generation. I can't think of a better way to bring WoW on to paper.
     
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  12. Elex Arbiter

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    mmorpg are extremely bloated games as combat rules not simplified at all.
    Mmorpg theoricrafing require multiple maths fomulae.

    the tabletop closer to mmo bloat is pathfinder.


    5e is the tabletop rpg born when people stopped to care about gear treadmill in ttrpg and staking stuff on top of stuff fir get a +75.

    mmorpg are pretty much dead, mmorpg generation was 10-20 years ago.
     
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  13. Ontopoly Scholar Village Idiot Trigger Warning Shitposter

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    Literally 600 of those are from my stalker mass rating every one of my posts. I see you've started stalking me too. User0001 took a lot more work to get him worked up. Something about you Larian TBers makes for real degenerates.
     
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  14. Saravan Educated

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    [​IMG]via Imgflip Meme Generator
     
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  15. NJClaw Ontopolover Patron

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    Wait, am I not your only stalker? Am I at least your favorite one? I even summoned you from the shadows!
     
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  16. Lacrymas Arcane

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    Is there a Codex achievement for having more retadred ratings than posts?
     
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  17. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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  18. Volrath Arcane Patron

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    You're one of those faggy could never get laid 3.5E powergamers aren't you?
     
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  19. Darth Canoli Cipher

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    To be fair with ontopoly, it takes an insane amount of fingers to count up to 600 ...
     
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  20. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    That's what he gets for not being a serial killer.
     
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  21. Gyor Learned

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    5e has optional mechanics like Faction and Piety systems as alternate forms of progression, and Larian will have their own ideas on this such as the Tadpole Skill Tree.
     
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  22. Poseidon00 Learned

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    The only optional mechanic to redeem 5E is to revert it to 2E or, maybe, 3. Those editions had glaring flaws but highly redeeming qualities. 5e is babies first PnP campaign.
     
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  23. Ontopoly Scholar Village Idiot Trigger Warning Shitposter

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    https://imgur.com/a/N4syw3I

    This is literally what I wake up to every day.

    You're not nearly as degenerate or committed as User0001
     
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  24. Ontopoly Scholar Village Idiot Trigger Warning Shitposter

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    Honestly having any discussion with Larian fanboys gets you spam rated because like the company who's shit they swallow no matter what, you guys are all fucking idiots. Doesn't happen in any other threads except for Larian. Something about swen brings out the degenerate scum in people
     
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  25. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    I thought that was Bioware and RTWP.
    :swen:
     
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