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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. Gangrelrumbler Arcane Patron

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    I know how spell progression works, I just don't think that having different copies of the same spell does anything other than inflate the spell number. And playing Wizard and Sorcerer is not a completely different experience. It's a slightly different way of using the same abilities.
     
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  2. Saravan Educated

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    I agree that Pathfinder got a lot of undeserving shit from the mainstream media but taking that as an example of anything is pretty pointless. You can find all kinds of stupid statements from the mainstream, it's just the way the market works unfortunately but it's good that the sequel is getting even larger exposure.

    What I see here however is some autistic tribalism being put on display where brainlets have difficulty reconciling the notion that some are able to enjoy both games for their respective strengths and weaknesses. Although most of that caveman thinking comes from people tagged appropriately as retards. Then there is also the guy who has a necromancer/magic fetish and mistakes his personal taste as objective facts whenever that fantasy is not properly recognized in a video game.
     
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  3. Ninjerk Arcane

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    If you could plot the discussion somehow, it would be a jagged line that occasionally intersects with BG3 and veers off for a page or two about something else before barely touching BG3 on the way back.
     
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  4. Ontopoly Scholar Village Idiot Trigger Warning Shitposter

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    Well I'm just glad you two were able to come in and contribute to the betterment of the thread. Keep up the good work. Proud of you
     
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  5. gurugeorge Educated

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    I take the middle road: DOS2 was indeed shit, with overthunk decisions that made the cool gameplay of DOS overfussy.

    But I predict BGIII will be good.

    Larian have a history of doing great games then shit games then great games again.
     
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  6. S0rcererV1ct0r Liturgist

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    Except by Divine Divinity, there are any good Larian game?
     
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  7. Morblot Aberrant Member Patron

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  8. Daidre Augur

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    Sometime ago you've admitted that you never played D:OS 2 and your last attempt at DOS: 1 bored you to the tears. Have you tried D:OS 2 already or you still criticizing people for criticizing game you personally deemed unworthy to spend your time on (for a 3 years since release)?
     
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  9. Lawntoilet Arbiter Patron

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    I liked Div2 and the expansion, they were pretty fun.
    It's been a long time since I played it, but as I recall the lolradnub humor and Larian idiocy was actually restrained enough to be entertaining instead of exasperating.
    If D:OS 1&2 had been able to maintain that kind of tone instead of going full retardo, I would've liked those games much more (maybe even been able to finish either one of them).
     
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  10. Elex Arbiter

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    Of course, i mean wizard of faeurn use mordenkainen spells and other wizard named spell coming from others planes.
    Because D&D is all in the same multiverse and entities like the lady of pain have more power than the gods.
     
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  11. Elex Arbiter

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    About 5e and demigods and gods:
    They don’t have stat in 5e, it’s on purpose: they don’t need stat, they are a different tier and mortal can’t even think.

    what mortal can kill is god’s avatar, tiamat is CR 30 (like the tarrasque) 30 is the max CR of pubblished official monster, and is an easy job for 4 lvl 20, for 6 is almost a joke, because tiamat is in the rise of tiamat campaign and the party fight her at lvl 15.

    When the party face a single enemy it’s always in party favor. This why 5e require some add in a fight.
     
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  12. Ontopoly Scholar Village Idiot Trigger Warning Shitposter

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    I am Ontopoly. Player of the realms of rpgs. Master of swords and spells. Manipulator of .Ini files. Devourer of antagonists. Champion of the great halls of achievements. The sword coast knows me as bhaal spawn. The people of Arcanum know me as the living one. I am known in morrowind as the Nerevarine. And there are more titles. Titles that you do not even know. Titles that if uttered aloud would tear the minds of casuals such as yourselves apart.
     
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  13. S0rcererV1ct0r Liturgist

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    Yep; On 3.5e, a lv 20 fighter can kill an army of lv 2 fighters. On 5e is different. Numbers are a insane advantage.
     
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  14. FranticDistortion Learned

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    So, an 8th-grader with edgelord complex.
     
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  15. Ontopoly Scholar Village Idiot Trigger Warning Shitposter

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    All that matters here is your accounts age, and I got you beat there, Mr.february
     
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  16. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    Well, if an eighth-grader doesn't have an edgelord complex, there's been a problem somewhere along the way.
     
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  17. Sharpedge Learned

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    Do you ever contribute anything useful to a thread?
     
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  18. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    We are already laughing.
    At BG- and RTWPfags.

    The proper term is (land)whales.

    Anyway PFWOTR seems to be wisely catering to furry audiences now (not that it's a bad thing, mind you). Will it also include TB from get-go?

    Maybe it will be worth a spin, actually?

    You haven't truly masturbated until you've done it with Bigby's Hand.
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    True story.
     
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  19. Lawntoilet Arbiter Patron

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    TB isn't in the alpha test but based on the Kickstarter news I believe it is intended to be a feature at release, yes.
     
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  20. S0rcererV1ct0r Liturgist

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    I love giving options to the player BUT PF WotR will have Turn Based, PoE 2 received a turn based after his release. A mod managed to put turn based for PFKM, why Larian doesn't give the option of RtWP? I only managed to complete some harsher encounters on kingmaker with turn based mod and loved dark sun : shattered lands and temple of elemental evil. so i an NOT a "rtwpfag"
     
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  21. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    Hint: Check out "Arcanum".
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    Because they are not abject morons and don't want to double or triple their workload implementing wonky feature not matching the source mechanics that no sane player will ever use.
     
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  22. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    Don't feed the troll, Sorc.
     
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  23. Desiderius Found your egg, Robinett, you sneaky bastard Patron

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    Gotta hand it to you, DraQ, you RP a Green Dragon exceptionally well. The Evil of the Green Dragon is fueled as much by his resentment of the superiority of the Black as his distaste for the righteousness of the Gold. Likewise your resentment of the better men who appreciate RTwP seeps out of every word you disgrace us with on the subject.

    Some cucks just like to watch the world burn.
     
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  24. Lawntoilet Arbiter Patron

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    Arcanum is my favorite game ever but the combat sucks in TB or RTWP mode.
    Kingmaker has much better combat with or without the TB mod - with the TB mod the only thing it is really missing is an easy way to do a 5-foot step I think.

    Larian has a good TB system worked out already that should be easy to adapt into what they want. I think RTWP probably isn't the best use of their resources but if they did do it, I don't think it would cause much :decline: of the TB mode, if any.
     
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  25. Ontopoly Scholar Village Idiot Trigger Warning Shitposter

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    True. Troika was much more competent than Larian. If they can't do it, it's best Larian doesn't even attempt it. Good thing owlcat isn't completely inept. Lots of bugs but they aren't full useless degenerates
     
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